In this paper, we present a flexible software architecture and a language for systems of mobile agents starting from a formalism with timed interactions and explicit locations. The language supports the specification of a distributed system, that is, agents and their physical distribution, and allows a timed migration in a distributed environment. Advanced software technologies are used to define the software architecture and the agents language, facilitating also the agents development. We illustrate the system by a dynamic network discovery in which the agents take into account the latency and the CPU load when choosing where to migrate. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


If the amplifying characteristics G(v) in nonlinear amplifiers which are driven by a single carrier are known, it is shown that the output at an frequency ¿, operating with n-carriers can be calculated by the integration of G(v) x F(v)¿. Where F(v) n is a derived function independent of characteristics.


Introduction: The Science of Energy and Global Warming Energy Market Structures and Regulatory Structures The Future The Economics of Future Global Security Energy Myths and a Brief History of Energy The Economics of Energy and Climate Change Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Energy based on Technological Innovation Summary.


Moths of the soybean looper (SBL), Pseudoplusia includens (Walker), were released into 1.8 × 3.7 m field cages (10 male:female moth pairs/cage) containing nectaried (floral and extrafloral nectarie...


The System-on-Chip's increased complexity and shortened design cycle calls for innovation in design and validation. A high quality System-on-Chip creates distinction and position in the market, and validation is the key to a quality product. Validation consumes >60% of the product cycle. Therefore, validation should be carried out efficiently. Validation must be quantified to aid in determining its quality. Pre-silicon uses various coverage metrics for quantifying the validation. The available on-chip coverage logic limits the use of pre-silicon-like coverage metrics in post-silicon. Although on-chip coverage logic increases observability, it does not contribute to the functional logic; hence, they are controlled and limited. Discounting the need for the on-chip coverage logic, the question to be answered is whether or not these pre-silic-on coverage metrics applicable to post-silicon. We discuss the reasons for limited applicability of pre-silicon coverage metrics in post-silicon. This paper presents a unified SoC post-silicon coverage methodology centered on functional coverage metrics.


ESL represents one of the most challenges that great part of the European countries and especially Spain are facing. The main objective of this paper is to analyze this phenomenon from a qualitative perspective of the educational decisions, strategies and practices made by young people who have recently dropped out school. In particular, we analyze the effect of the social class on the educational opportunities, desires and believe of young people and the influence of these categories on the decisions of dropping out school. The paper begins by presenting a review of the debate between the theory of cultural reproduction and the rational choice theory with a brief explanation of the rational defended by the authors on this debate. The overall conclusions show that educational decisions made by young people go beyond rational reasoning and that it is necessary to analyze unintended and non instrumental aspects hidden under these decisions.


All companies are required to report an annual report. Depending on their size, companies have different requirements for accounting of cash flow in the financial accounting. Cash flow statement is ...


G proteins (G (cid:3)(cid:1)(cid:2) ) are essential signaling molecules, which dissociate into G (cid:3) and G (cid:1)(cid:2) upon activation by heptahelical membrane receptors. We have identified the (cid:1)(cid:2) subunit complex of the photoreceptor-specific G protein, transducin (T), as a target of the ubiquitin-pro-teasome pathway. Ubiquitylated species of the transducin (cid:2) -subunit (T (cid:2) ) but not the (cid:3) - or (cid:1) -subunits were assembled de novo in bovine photoreceptor preparations. In addition, T (cid:2) was exclusively ubiquitylated T dissociated T Ubiquitylation of T on T catalyzed ubiquitin-conjugating UbcH5 and UbcH7 was coinci-dent degradation of the entire T subunit complex in vitro by a mechanism requiring ATP and the proteasome. We also show that T (cid:1)(cid:2) association phosducin, a photoreceptor-specific protein physiological function, blocks T (cid:1)(cid:2) ubiquitylation and subsequent degradation. Phosphorylation of phosducin by Ca (cid:4) protein kinase II, which inhibits phosducin-T (cid:1)(cid:2) complex formation, completely restored T (cid:1)(cid:2) ubiquitylation and degradation. We conclude that T (cid:1)(cid:2) a of the and suggest that phosducin serves to protect the light-dependent dissociation of T nonimmune IgG/serum. Specific detected with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-con- jugated anti-rabbit or anti-mouse IgG Immunoresearch and visualized by ECL. Signal intensities were quantified by digital densitometry (Amersham Biosciences), using standard curves of antigens (in assay mixtures) to determine the linear range of ECL signal detection. T Synthesized


Abstract Attribute reduction, being one of the most essential tasks in rough set theory, is a challenge for data that does not fit in the available memory. This paper proposes new definitions of attribute reduction using horizontal data decomposition. Algorithms for computing superreduct and subsequently exact reducts of a data table are developed and experimentally verified. In the proposed approach, the size of subtables obtained during the decomposition can be arbitrarily small. Reducts of the subtables are computed independently from one another using any heuristic method for finding one reduct. Compared with standard attribute reduction methods, the proposed approach can produce superreducts that usually inconsiderably differ from an exact reduct. The approach needs comparable time and much less memory to reduce the attribute set. The method proposed for removing unnecessary attributes from superreducts executes relatively fast for bigger databases.


RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription in metazoans is punctuated by promoter‐proximal pausing, during which the enzyme begins elongation but pauses during synthesis of the first 100 nucleotides of RNA. This pausing of polymerase is increasingly recognized as an important checkpoint in transcriptional regulation of processes that include response to stimuli, development, and cell differentiation. However, many questions remain concerning the mechanisms underlying establishment vs. release of paused Pol II, and the functional consequences of this mode of regulation. I will discuss our progress towards addressing these questions, with a focus on our recent work investigating the dynamics and stability of paused Pol II.


Trends expected to dominate industrial marketing during the 1970s are discussed. These are: (1) increased marketing involvement in providing direction to R&D and acquisitions, (2) more formal marketing planning, (3) emphasis on systems, (4) better direction of line marketing activities, and (5) new directions in marketing research.


The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has significantly affected health care systems around the world. In many hospitals and health care facilities, services and health care workers have been reorganized and restructured to meet the demands of the pandemic. The impact of the pandemic on hospital‐based clinical pharmacists and their ability to deliver pharmaceutical care is currently unknown.


A MANUAL OF OPHTHALMIC SURGERY; being a Practical Treatise on the Use of the Ophthalmoscope in Diseases of the Eye. By JABEZ HOGG, Senior Assistant-Surgeon to the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, etc. Third Edition, rewritten and enlarged. Pp. 296. London: 1863. TnEF introduction of the ophthalmoscope as an instrument of diagnosis in diseases of the eye has, within the last ten years, almost revolutionised ophthalmic surgery. So great has been the increase in our power, not only of ascertaining the presence of morbid states in the eye, but of determining their true character instead of being obliged to class under one name diseases of different character, and so great, consequently, has been the improvement in our methods of treatment, that it is not surprising that ophthalmic surgeons should be induced to write special treatises on the application of the ophthalmoscope. The author of the present work has, from an early period after the introduction of the instrument into England, made it the subject of study; and his position as one of the surgical officers of a large ophthalmic hospital has given him ample opportunities of testing its value. In the successive editions of the work before us, he has systematised and published the knowledge which he has acquired, filling up deficiencies bv materials gathered from the study of British and foreign writers. The fact that the book has reached a third edition would indicate that it must be too well known to surgeons to demand from us an account of its contents. It will, therefore, be sufficient merely to say that the author begins by noticing the Practical Advantages and the lnvention of the Ophthalmoscope, describes various forms of the instrument, and gives an account of the optical apparatus of the eye. He then goes on to describe the ophthalmoscopic appearances of the eye in health and in disease; and gives an account, in succession, of the diseases of the cornea, lens, vitreous body, retina, choroid, and optic nerve, as observed with this instrument. The book is illustrated by many coloured engravings and wvoodcuts; and at the end are specimens of Jiger's " test-types", and of the horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines proposed by Mlr. Wharton Jones for testing the presence of "astigmatism", or the loss of power to perceive upright and horizontal lines with equal distinctness. MTr. I1OGG's book is one of those which ought to be in the possession of every surgeon who is interested in the treatment of diseases of the eye.


Abstract : The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a filament winding approach to the fabrication of a spar which tapered in planform and thickness. A cost and weight comparison was made with a conventional titanium spar design and an alternative composite design. The design included the integration of a suitable root end retention fitting.


The experiment was laid out with nine different treatment combinations in a Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with each factor replicated thrice. The results of the experiment includes early bulb sprouting was observed with the wider spacing of 30 cm x 15 cm and application of nitrogen at 200 kg ha-1 whereas, highest delay in sprouting was observed in 15 cm x 15 cm spacing and application of 100 kg N ha-1. Among interactions, the combination of 30 cm x 15 cm + 200 kg N ha-1 was found to show the earliest sprouting followed by S3N2 (30 cm x 15 cm + 150 kg N ha-1).


The article reports on the use of bone marrow transplant for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is an investigational treatment. The content of this article has been reviewed by independent peer reviewers to ensure that it is balanced, objective, and free from commercial bias. No financial relationships relevant to the content of this article have been disclosed by the authors or independent peer reviewers.


Paraffin-embedded sections were used to investigate the morphological characteristics of Pholiota adiposa fruit bodies at different stages of development.Primordium initials were oval and consisted of dense,intertwined hyphae.During primordium elongation,peripheral hyphae became less dense and formed a yellowish-brown layer.The hyphae became enlarged and arranged either in parallel or concentrated into a hyphal strand to form the universal veil,the apex of which constituted the pileal veil when differentiation of the pileus commenced.At the same time,long and parallel-arranged hyphae at the base of the primordium extended longitudinally and stipe differentiation commenced.Hyphae were less dense at the connection between the pileal,stipe and hymenial primordia where the gill cavity formed.Due to the formation of a partial velum,there were no veil remnants at the upper annulus of the stipe.The pileal veil was distinct from the pileipellis,whereas the stipe veil and stipe pellis were of similar morphology.Hyphae of the stipe veil continued to grow outwards.P.adiposa was assessed to be hemiangiocarpous and bivelangiocarpous and,based on the sequence of fruit body development,the fungus was designated pileistipiocarpous.


Certificate transparency is a promising log-based system designed to audit internet certificates publicly and is currently supported by Google Chrome. However, it is potentially vulnerable to split-world attacks, where certain users are directed to a fake version of the log. So, to ensure that users are seeing the same version of a log, gossip protocols have been designed in which users share data sourced from the log. In this paper, we propose a new way of evaluating these protocols using probabilistic model checking, a technique for formally verifying quantitative properties of computer systems. We describe our approach to modelling and verifying the protocols, including a novel approach to determine worst-case model parameters. We analyse several aspects of the protocols, including the success rate of detecting inconsistencies in gossiped data and the efficiency in terms of bandwidth, comparing different protocol variants and also our own proposals to improve protocol performance.


In this study, considering all the parameters in radial forging and a three-dimensional model has been simulated using the finite element method. By implementing an elastoplastic state for the specimen tube, parameters such as friction type, residual stress distribution, effective strain distribution, material flow velocity and its effect on the neutral plate and the distribution of force in the die have been studied and analyzed. The effects of angle on the quality and characteristics of the specimen and the longevity of the die have also been obtained. Experimental results have been used to confirm the accuracy of the simulation. The results of the hardness test after forging were compared with the simulation results. Good agreement between the results indicates the accuracy of the simulation in terms of hardness. Therefore, this validation allows confirming the other obtained results for the analysis and prediction of various components in the forging process. After the validation and confirmation of the results through the hardness test, the hardness distribution was obtained by considering temperature changes and the effective strain on the specimen.


Regionalism is a somewhat contested category of recent literary criticism. Often conceived of largely as a bulwark against the dangers of nationalism's violent exclusivity, regionalism has itself been problematized, as Roberto Dainotto writes in Place in Literature: "regionalism is merely taking the place and role that once was given to nationalism: they speak the same language, they foster the same desires, menacing and unheimlich, of purity and authenticity."1 A region, for Dainotto, is a Lefebvrian espace, defined not by boundaries that are "natural" or geographic so much as by ideological boundaries, the exclusion of all that might tarnish the "beautiful discourse of what we ought to be." Regionalism, then, is a desire for an originary and pristine culture; regional literature, the imagining of that culture, a fantasy both poetic and communitarian in which literature is seen to be the ideal expression of a certain kind of community, and vice versa. Contiguous to Derridean différance, then, "because the region is not, it always defers itself to a hypothetical future that is the coming back of an original past—the realization, in other words, of what was always supposed to be."2 Regional literature is a pastoral sensibility that operates through the exclusion of whatever is defined as the greater process of history and the nation.3 My starting point is this notion of region as a metaphor for yearning—yearning for the return, always differed, of an idealized past—and for the self-conscious exclusion of all perceived threats to the possible return of this past. For my purposes, "region" means a mental space, a lieu de mémoire, a place where lost wholeness is reconstructed, lamented, hoped for again.4 It is a pastoral and literary version of what the Marxist geographer David Harvey has called a "space of hope."5 There are certain associations between writers and such regions that have become almost antonomastic—that is, the name of a region suggests that of the artist, or vice versa (Thoreau and


BACKGROUND
 The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented level of world-wide testing for epidemiologic and diagnostic purposes, and due to the extreme need for tests, the gold standard reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) testing capacity has been unable to meet the overall global testing demand. Consequently, although current literature has shown the sensitivity of rapid antigen tests (RATs) to be inferior to RT-qPCR, RATs have been implemented on a large scale without solid data on performance.

 OBJECTIVE
 This study will compare analytical and clinical sensitivities and specificities of 50 lateral flow or laboratory based RATs and three Strand Invasion Based Amplification (SIBA)-rt-PCR tests from 30 manufacturers to RT-qPCR on samples obtained from the deep oropharynx. In addition, the study will compare sensitivities and specificities of the included RATs as well as RT-qPCR on clinical samples obtained from the deep oropharynx, anterior nasal cavity, saliva, deep nasopharynx and expired air to RT-qPCR from deep oropharyngeal samples.

 METHODS
 In the prospective part of the study, 200 individuals found SARS-CoV-2 positive and 200 individuals found SARS-CoV-2 negative by routine RT-qPCR testing will be re-tested with each RAT applying RT-qPCR as the reference method. In the retrospective part of the study, 304 deep oropharyngeal cavity swabs divided into four groups based on RT-qPCR Cq levels will be tested by each RAT.

 RESULTS
 The results will be reported in several manuscripts with different aims.
The first manuscript will report retrospective (analytical sensitivity, overall and stratified into different Cq range groups) and prospective (clinical sensitivity) data for RATs with RT-qPCR results as the reference method. The second manuscript will report results for RAT based on anatomical sampling location. The third manuscript will compare different anatomical sampling locations by RT-qPCR testing. The fourth manuscript will focus on RATs that rely on central laboratory testing. Test from four different manufactures will be compared for analytical performance data on retrospective deep oropharyngeal swab samples. The fifth manuscript will report the results of four RATs applied both as professional use and as self-test. The last manuscript will report the results from two breath tests participating in the study.
Comparison of sensitivity and specificity between RATs will be done using McNemar for paired samples and chi-squared test for unpaired samples. Comparison of PPV and NPV between RATs will be done by bootstrap test.
95 % confidence intervals for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value are calculated as bootstrap confidence intervals

 CONCLUSIONS
 The study will compare the sensitivities of a large number of RATs for SARS-CoV-2 compared to RT-qPCR and will address whether lateral flow based RATs test differ significantly from laboratory based RATS. The anatomical test location for both RAT and RT-qPCR will be compared.

 CLINICALTRIAL
 ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04913116


This paper introduce a method which could be used in debugging the induction motor sensorless vector control system using MATLAB and CCS. Unify the MATLAB language formidable analysis ability and the cartography function, with the DSP 's high speed operation superiority, and then carry out the modulation experiment on the sensorless vector control system platform. The experiment result indicate that, use the Matlab debugging and the direct goal code generated method can avoid the complex programming process in traditional simulation, reduced the work load, which is helpful in enhances the system's comprehensive efficiency.


Ab s t rac t . Data collected during the period of 1956 -2005 at 8 meteorological stations of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM ) situated along the Polish Baltic coast were used to provide a quantitative assessment of t he North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) effects on variability of the maximum and minimum air temperat ures at the coast. The data were coupled with the NAO (Jones) index values reflecting the differe nce between normalized atmospheric pressure in Gibraltar (the Azores High) and in Reykjavik (the Ic elandic Low). In December-March, NAO effects explain 53-68% of the variability of the maxi mum air temperature along the coast, the variability of the minimum temperature being accounted for in 43-63%. As a rule, the positive NAO phase (index values > 2.0) brings about an increase in th e extreme daily temperature, the negative phase (< –2.0) resulting in a significant reduction of the t emperature. A unit increase in the NAO index results in the highest increase of the minimum temper ature, by 1.4-2.1 C, in February and January, and in the increase of the maximum temperature by 0 .9-1.5C in those months. Ke ywo rd s : extreme air temperature; NAO index; Poli sh Baltic coast


Abstract Literacy skills of 1st grade children were assessed; one group received instruction in phonemic awareness in kindergarten, while one group did not. Both groups received phonemic awareness instruction during 1st grade. At the beginning of 1st grade, the group with early phonemic awareness training scored higher on phoneme segmentation and had fewer children identified for reading difficulties. By middle of 1st grade, literacy skills of children without the early training were comparable to skills of children with such training in kindergarten. Results suggest that learning phonemic awareness skills during 1st grade supports grade level reading, learning phonemic awareness skills can occur within a short time period, and learning these skills beyond a sufficient level does not necessarily result in improved oral reading fluency.


The object of research is the models, methods and processes for conducting a strategic audit of projects and programs Agile transformation of Education Establishment. Today, a well-built strategy for the implementation of Agile transformation of Education Establishment projects and programs is the determining factor for success. The goal of the research is the examination of the content and processes of the strategic audit as a direction of Agile transformation of Education Establishment projects and programs.


A kind of new decimal genetic algorithm of optimal filial-population is put forward. A certain number of individuals with high fitness are chosen from the population for making up an optimal filial-population. Crossover and mutation are made between the individuals of the optimal filial-population and the other ones of the population, and also between the different inner ones of the filial-population. Then the next new population is produced. This genetic algorithm is very effective on multi-extremum programming and converges quickly.


The TextLib intergared computer library system developed in Hungary is described. This system is an evidence for the implementation possibility of an automated library system on an average personal computer system. The software has been developed to take into account the needs of both small and large libraries, and also Hungarian library standards, regulations and habits. All modules that are common for any library. system make possible flexible use according to the library's magnitude. TextLib follows client/server architecture, and is capable for multiuser services without a network operating system. A typical characteristics of the system is its uniform and convenient use in Windows environment, easy handling of diacritic letters, and extended user help functions for each process. Modules for internet search of TextLib have been installed, according to advanced requirements. Some deficiencies and problems with the system, due to its continuous development, are also pointed out.


Among possible external forcing agents for tropospheric response to solar variability, the variation of MeV-GeV particle fluxes, resulting in changes in stratosphere-troposphere ionization and electric fields, is a plausible candidate. The MeV-GeV particle hypothesis fits reported correlations of geopotential heights, temperatures and vorticity area index (VAT) on the one hand with solar proton events, high-speed solar wind plasma streams, magnetic storms and Forbush decreases of galactic cosmic rays on the other hand. Both solar wind magnetic structures and changes in the terrestrial magnetosphere modulate the incoming particle fluxes. The day-to-day correlations are strongest in winter.Mechanisms linking MeV-GeV flux changes with tropospheric changes are speculative. Among a number of processes to be investigated, one not previously considered involves the electrofreezing of supercooled water droplets in high clouds of cyclones; their growth by the Wegener-Bergeron instability; sedimentation to lower level supercooled clouds where they enhance freezing and latent heat release; the intensification of convection; and in warm core winter cyclones the extraction of energy from the baroclinic instability to further intensify the cyclone; leading to changes in the general circulation. On a longer time scale changes in water/ice ratio in cirrus may lead to changes in cloud radiative forcing and also to changes in the general circulation.


The field detection techniques of GIS and SF 6 circuit breaker have been introduced, which include several methods of mechanical vibration detection, chemical examination, dynamic contacting resistance detection. The principle, validity and interfer ence immunity of them are presented too.


Steganography is technique of hiding a data under cover media using different steganography tools. Image steganography is hiding of data (Text/Image/Audio/Video) under a cover as Image. This review paper presents classification of image steganography and the comparison of various Image steganography tools using different image formats. The attainment of this study is to identify the reliable and best tool available in the market for Steganography. Analysing numerous tools on the basis of Image features and extracting the best one is the main goal of this paper.. Keywords—Information hiding, Cryptography, Steganography, Steganography tools.


Translation indicates delivery of meaning. The optional idea of translation is that all information in source language is sent to target language. However, it is seldom the case that translation could be absolutely equally achieved, which means no loss of information. This article tries to find and discuss the strategies used for avoiding loss of information from the angle of literature translation.


The emphasis in this paper is on the effects of environmental stresses on apple quality. Apples can be damaged either pre-harvest or post-harvest by certain stresses. In some instances, preharvest stress conditions predispose the apple to develop symptoms of a disorder only after picking or storage. Thus, it is important for both growers and packers to be aware of these potential problems. In this paper, the term "disorder" refers to those problems in fruit not caused by pathogens. Symptoms are induced by fruit reacting to some kind of stress connected with temperature, light, humidity, atmosphere, or handling. The emphasis in this paper will be on those disorders associated with heat (especially as it relates to fruit surface temperature) and light. Although we will emphasize the disorder called sunburn in this paper, it will become apparent to the reader that apples that have been sunburned may also develop or show several other heat and/or light-induced disorders. These other disorders will appear either concomitantly or later in maturity or even in cold storage (postharvest) Sunburn of apple. Sunburn is usually the largest source of cullage in apples with losses in Washington State averaging about 10% of the crop. During 2003, over 25% of the crop was sunburned in several orchards. In apples with more than one disorder, sunburn damage is underreported by the packinghouse, as apples are culled for only one disorder even though the apple may have sunburn, bird pecks, stem punctures or other damage. We have identified three types of sunburn in apples (Figure 1).


Sane heat trans fer exoeriments have shown that the CFC mixtures have smaller heat transfer coefficiem:sthan the ones of pure components due to the dJ.ffUSlon reslstanc~ in evaporating and condens>.ng processes. In this paJ;>er an ~roved double volume method has been developed to illvestJ.ga1:e diffusion coefbcJ.ents for binary mixtures. Chromatograph analysJ.s shows that the dlffuslon coefhclents Dab obtal.:led m our >.nvestJ.gatJ.on are about 30% less than the ones calculated nrom the formulas puolished before, ill sane cases, even less than 100%. The CFCs illvestJ.gated are Rzz. R142b , R152a , R12 , R114 , R115 etc.


This study focuses primarily on the territorial bodies of mid-level state administration. Hungarian territorial state administration has been under constant transformation since 1989–1990. As other studies have already researched the key steps of this transformation extensively, this paper focuses solely on the major developments of the 2016/2017 calendar years (primarily due to the manuscript deadline). The study is mostly based on the analysis of the relevant Hungarian legislation, but also contains an international outlook. In summary, the paper concludes that in recent years the number of Hungarian territorial administrative organisations have been greatly reduced, the importance of the capital and county government offices have been greatly increased, the system of the district-level offices have been differentiated, and the customer relationship solutions have seen a notable renewal. The aforesaid conclusions will also offer a system-level interpretation of this Neo-Weberian Hungarian transformation.


Air Resources Division, National Park Service, Denver, Colorado, USA; Department of Meteorology and Measurement, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, California, USA; Integrated Renewable Energy Systems Network, Davis, California, USA; EPRI, Palo Alto, California, USA; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California, USA; Cantech Environmental Services, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Factor analysis (FA) extracts curves and images from a dynamic study with minimal operator intervention. This study applies FA to the left-to-right (L-R) shunt diagnosis, using it with deconvolution and gamma fitting techniques and comparing it to current procedures. 14 patients with a L-R shunt confirmed by catheterization and 10 normal subjects were studied. A first-pass ventriculogram was gathered in list mode for 25 sec after bolus injection of 15-20 mCi Tc99m. .5 sec frames were created. For FA 3 factors were requested, the dixel size was 4 by 4 pixels and 30 dixels were analyzed. The heart was masked out for the analysis. Three images and curves were obtained: venous input, lungs and background. The lung curve was deconvolved by the venous input curve using the lagged normal algorithm. The unit impulse response was used to obtain a calculated output lung curve. Gamma functions were fitted on this curve and area ratios yielded the Qp/Qs. Only FA with deconvolution separates the shunt patients from the control group with a p <0.001. Qp/Qs for the shunt group was 2.30, SD .54 and the control group was 1.12, SD .07. The best correlation with oximetry was obtained with this technique, r=.87more » and SEE .28. The FA lung curve has excellent counting statistics derived from 48% of the total counts, thus the improvement of results.« less


AlN thin films doped with Cr (AlN:Cr) were prepared on p-Si(100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Al–AlN:Cr-Si MIS structures were formed and their current–voltage and 1 MHz admittance characteristics were measured and analyzed. The current through the MIS structure is proportional to the square of the applied voltage, which is evidence that the current is limited by space charge at traps in the AlN:Cr films. These traps are responsible also for the observed negative differential resistance and hysteresis of the current-voltage characteristics. The C-V and G-V characteristics measured at 1 MHz and the impedance measurements in 500 Hz–500 kHz frequency range without applying bias voltage are also influenced by the traps in the AlN:Cr films.


The orbit can be the site of origin of many tumor and non-tumor lesions. Timely diagnosis depends on the clinical management and adequate evaluation of biopsies. Reliable statistical information will allow the effective guidance of this studies and will achieve, finally, a decrease in morbidity and mortality of patients. Objective: to know the epidemiological and morphological characteristics of different orbital lesions, and classify them according to their origin and type. Methods: the population consisted of all biopsies referred as orbital tumors, received on the Oftalmopathology section of the Instituto Anatomopatologico "Dr. Jose Antonio O'Daly" of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, between 2005 and 2015. All cases where analysed by reviewing the biopsies requests and the histological slides, for determining the histopathologic characteristics. Results: Orbit tumors represent 4,13 % of biopsies received in the Oftalmopathology section. The highest number was presented in patients over 50 years old (36,1 %). There was predominance of women (57,6 %) and the most affected side was the left (52 %). The more often tumours were from the reticuloendothelial, lymphoid and myeloid systems: 60 cases (33 %). Conclusion: the orbital tumor frequency in our environment is similar to that published in other countries. In this work was evident a significant relationship between age and type of tumor. No proper clinical information that would establish a clinicopathological correlation was obtained.


This journey is not meant to be walked alone, but together—in covenant community." Posting about growing in faith from In All Things an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God's creation. http://inallthings.org/a-fathers-heart/


Local density and size of distributional range have been used to characterize rarity, but conclusions are weakened by their possible lack of independence. The use- fulness and validity of using these two variables were tested with data on distribution, local density, body size, and feed- ing habits for a set of 100 Neotropical forest mammals In a bivariate plot of distributional range against local density, species clustered according to their trophic or taxo- nomic groups. This indicates that diet and pbylogenetic his- toy have an influence on rarity. A negative cowelation was found between distribution and abundance. Howevq this cotrelation was weaker within trophic or taxonomic groups, and vanished when body size was held constant. These re- sults show that both distribution and abundance are valid and independent estimators of rarity when comparing spe- cies with similar sizes and ecological traits. Regression anal- ysis showed that larger animals tend to have lower densities and wider distributional ranges. Rarity is clearly associated with body size. A dichotomous classifcation of rarity based on area of distribution and local density is suitable forNeotropica1 for- est mammals. Species in each of four categories created by such a scheme require different consmation and manage- rnentpolicies that are determined by the ecological charac-


Industrialization is a process of transformation of a predominantly nonindustrial community into a predominantly industrial community. Among the chief characteristics of a typically non-industrial economy the following are note worthy. Predominance of agriculture as a way of living, using techniques of a simple and primitive kind, high pressure on the soil resulting in small farming units, even where ownerships are in the hands of large landlords. Where the small peasants own the land, the unit of farming may be still smaller and is normally fragmented. Agricultural methods and implements are determined by tradition rather than scientific experiment. Agricultural productivity, both per worker and per acre, is low, hence farming is for subsistence rather than for the market. Markets are either very few or they are of local character and usually ill-organized. Means of communication and transport are inadequate and inefficient. Credit and banking facilities are meagre. The community, as a whole, produces little beyond mere subsistence and has very little of amenities usually associated with civilized existence. Food is meager and crude and clothing hardly enough to meet the minimum needs. Houses lack comforts and hygienic requirements. There are few schools and fewer hospitals, hardly any facilities for recreation. Poverty and the accompanying under-nourishment and unhygienic ways of living lead to high incidence of disease and mortality, particularly infant mortality. In spite of high birth rates, the rate of population growth is quite moderate due to high death rates involving, in addition to human suffering, enormous wastage of material resources. The average span of life is short. Thus, in a community of the above type, the general level of living, material, intellectual and even spiritual for the mass of the people, is very low.


In this paper, impact of γ-irradiation on the transmittance of As 32 Sb 8 S 60 chalcogenide glass in the near and mid IR spectral range is investigated. The radiation-induced changes in the main IR impurity absorption bands are discussed to be taken into account in IR optical devices based on the glass composition studied to work in the conditions of high energy radiation fields.


This study examined the relationships between community leadership education program design and structure (contact hours and content) and six leadership outcome indices including personal growth and efficacy, community commitment, shared future and purpose, community knowledge, civic engagement, and social cohesion. Two different data-sets were used, one from an online study of participants of leadership programs in 20 counties in 5 states, and the other data-set came from an analysis of the leadership program design and curricula for the leadership programs. The results showed that more training contact hours in two of four content areas led to statistically significant gains in leadership outcome variables after controlling for the effects of other socio-demographic variables. Training content on individual leadership skills and knowledge had significant positive impacts on all six indices. The amount of time spent on public policy processes showed statistically significant gains for both shared future and purpose and community knowledge. However, hours spent on training participants on content areas related to community and community development processes had significant negative impacts on shared future and purpose and community knowledge. Group and teamwork did not produce significant results on any of the outcome indices.


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Lamondji, Hasna. 2013. An Analysis on Modesty and Agreement Maxim Used in "Dear John" Movie: A qualitative study was analyzed in Dear John Movie which directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Skripsi. English Education Study Program. Faculty of Letters and Culture. State University of Gorontalo. Advisor: (1). Dr. Suleman Bouty, S.Pd, M.Hum, (2).(Farid Muhamad S.Pd. MA).

This research is a descriptive research using pragmatics approach, particularly, the politeness principles. Politeness principles is a series of maxims, which Geoffrey Leech has proposed as a way of explaining how politeness operates in conversational exchanges. The six maxims proposed by Leech are tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement and symphaty maxims. This research took conversations consisting of Modesty and Agreement maxims used in "Dear John" movie as the data. This research was aimed to describe the modesty and agreement maxims employed in the conversations of the movie " Dear John", and describe the aspects that make the utterances of the participants less or more polite in relation to Leech's politeness principles. The results of the analysis can be seen as follows: First, the employment of modesty and agreement maxims by the participants in"Dear John" Movie that there are 11 conversations employing modesty maxim,and 5 conversations employing agreement maxim. Modesty maxim minimizes praise of self and maximizes dispraise of self. This maxim is applied in assertive/ representative and expressive like the approbation maxim and agreement maxim maximize agreement with hearer and minimizes disagreement with hearer. These maxims occur in assertive/ representative illocutionary act. Second, there are three aspects that make the utterances of the participants less or more polite in relation to Leech's politeness principles. The first aspect correlates with the scales of social relationships, the second aspect correlates with the degree of language used by the participants in delivering the utterance including the degree of indirectness and the degree of optionality, and the last aspect correlates with the way they are speaking by seeing the context of situation.

Key word: Modesty, Agreement Maxim, Politeness Principle.


We use nonequilibrium dynamical mean-field theory in combination with a recently developed Quantum Monte Carlo impurity solver to study the real-time dynamics of a Hubbard model which is driven out of equilibrium by a sudden increase in the on-site repulsion U. We discuss the implementation of the selfconsistency procedure and some important technical improvements of the QMC method. The exact numerical solution is compared to iterated perturbation theory, which is found to produce accurate results only for weak interaction or short times. Furthermore, we calculate the spectral functions and the optical conductivity from a Fourier transform on the finite Keldysh contour, for which the numerically accessible time scales allow to resolve the formation of Hubbard bands and a gap in the strongly interacting regime. The spectral function, and all one-particle quantities that can be calculated from it, thermalize rapidly at the transition between qualitatively different weak- and strong-coupling relaxation regimes.


The invention discloses a Yasser and mulberry silk two-side cloth fabric weaving process. The Yasser and mulberry silk two-side cloth fabric weaving process is characterized in that after a rewinding process, a warping process, a slashing process, a reed stringing process, a weaving process and a finishing process, a Yasser and mulberry silk integrated two-side cloth fabric with the cloth width of 70 inches is woven by taking Yasser 21s as weft yarns and taking mulberry silk 21s as warp yarns, wherein the yarn density of the fabric is 133*86 yarns/inch. The Yasser and mulberry silk two-side cloth fabric has the characteristics of good water absorption property, air permeability, skin friendliness and the like, and can be widely applied to the field of clothing, underwear, home textiles and the like.


This article considers the legacies of place revealed by critical walking journeys through the city and the potential for transforming their interpretation through the distribution of new forms of map. As Francesco Careri implies in Walkscapes: Walking as an Aesthetic Practice, walking pre-dates the city and nomadism is the original condition of civilised living. Put simply, settlement is the process of civilisation becoming static.


HYDROSTAR is a hybrid synthesis radiometer, intended for spaceborne applications, which employs a real aperture (waveguide stick antenna) for resolution along track and employs aperture synthesis to obtain resolution across track. This L-band system is an extension of the successful aircraft prototype, the Electronically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer (ESTAR). A proof-of-concept, full size system was constructed (45 wavelength in the synthesis direction) and subjected to extensive antenna pattern and associated microwave component measurements in an outdoor antenna test facility. HYDROSTAR employs a thinned array of 16 elements each 5.8 inches long in the along track dimension and spanning 9.5 inches across track. Each element is a narrow-wall shunt slot array with 36 slots. The polarization is linear (along-track). In the across track dimension, the antennas are deployed in a minimum redundancy array which has 90 independent baselines spaced in integer multiples of half a wavelength. The closest spacings used are for the first three elements at each end, which are spaced by only one-half wavelength. This study was intended to assess how closely each of 16 stick element patterns compare with their nominal values (as an individual, isolated radiator), when installed in their intended composite thinned array configuration. Extensive pattern measurements of the 16 elements that constitute the HYDROSTAR antenna subsystem were conducted to observe their relative features along the synthesis plane. Data was also collected for the mutual coupling between pairs of selected antennas. All antenna patterns had features different from that of an isolated element indicating some level of interaction among neighboring radiators. Those elements which had nearest neighbors at least five wavelengths away were located near the middle of the array. Their radiation patterns displayed sonic small, symmetric ripple across their full azimuth range. The patterns of elements that lie within 2.5 wavelengths of their neighbors showed stronger and asymmetric features. These are believed to be caused by mutual coupling among these structures. Evidence for this was seen when an antenna position was displaced by 0.05 wavelengths, Its pattern and those of its near neighbors were seen to change. Displacement within the plane of the array were observed to have different effects than displacements out-of-plane. A program of data analysis and theoretical development is in progress to provide a physical interpretation of the properties of these antenna patterns and to develop methods which can optimize the performance of this synthetic aperture imaging system. This includes compensation for pattern asymmetries and element position perturbation.


Providing a testing method for wireless internet property (P) of at least one module (MO), wherein said module comprises one or more elements (u1; uN) or a plurality of elements, and said platform comprises a (e1; eP), may include a receiver element, each element is potentially susceptible to interference from the one or more other elements. Said method comprising the steps of: - introducing (10) a plurality of elements (e1 ~ eP; u1 ~ uN) having the identity identifier of the transport element and capable of measuring the parameters of the radio receiver (R); and wherein, for each (n) identified receiver (R), - to enable (12) the receiver (R) - performing and storing (14) disables (12) to measure other radio parameter identified elements, a reference level measurement (NREF); and for each of the other elements of the receiver identified different identified, - performing and storing (18) is enabled (16) different from said identified receiver and other element another radio parameter measurement element measured interference level on the identified enabled receiver for enabling another given. Also provides a computer program product for testing RFI cost and adapted to be inserted and temporarily stored measurement result internet module.


work with them? Establish a therapeutic alliance? Ask them to collaborate, or even to undergo treatment themselves? And if they do not want or are unable to understand our good intentions, they are clearly to blame, and we make them assume the responsibility for our failures or half-failures. As Nicole Oury [1] writes: "Engaged transferentially through the images offered by the child, some of which are in collusion with the parental subconscious, the analyst sometimes finds himself, or herself, confronted with the actual persons of the parents and their problems." It has often been said or written that it is difficult, even impossible, to treat a seriously ill child without treating the parents. But might not this rule rationalize an attitude of escape at difficult moments, such as those described by Nicole Oury? "At times of resistance, silence, or instinctual outbursts, the analyst is tempted to make a historical reconstruction on the basis of real elements, known from the child's history, at the expense of an elaboration based on the unconscious fantasies offered by the child during the course of his sessions." Practice impels us to


Forced mass conversions were relatively rare in the Middle Ages but they have a central place in both medieval narratives and modern historiography. A distinction should be made between conversions ordered by Christian rulers, and pressure to convert coming from popular elements. Some well-known examples of the first category are the baptism ordered by the Visigothic rulers in Spain and the forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal. The mass conversion of the Jews of the kingdom of Naples in 1495 belongs to the second category.
The article proposes to analyze the causes leading to the outbursts of violence against Jews in 1495 and the resulting mass conversions by making use of primary sources such as contemporary Italian and Hebrew chronicles, rabbinic responsa, and Sicilian material. Finally it proposes a comparison with other events of mass conversion, and principally that of 1391 in Castile and Aragon.


OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The study aims to measure the associations between nonclinical factors and the likelihood of electing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy [(CPM) i.e. bilateral mastectomy for unilateral cancer] among women with breast cancer, with a focus on the roles of race, relationship status, and geographic location. The outcome of interest is a dichotomized surgery type variable (i.e. CPM versus other surgery). METHODS/STUDY POPULATION:. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry was queried to identify female breast cancer patients diagnosed at stage IA through IIIC from 2010 through 2015 and received surgery as part of their primary treatment (n=174,776). A multilevel logistic regression was used to model likelihood of CPM versus less aggressive surgical treatment (i.e. breast conserving surgery or unilateral mastectomy). Fixed-effects included age at diagnosis, race, relationship status, insurance type, county-level median income, county-level population density, stage at diagnosis (low-stage, IA-IIB; advanced-stage, IIIA-IIIC), an interaction term between race and stage at diagnosis, and breast tumor subtype. County of residence was used as a random-effect. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Among women with low-stage cancer, compared to the reference class of white women, black women had 0.57 times lower odds of CPM (p<0.0001), Hispanic women had 0.69 times lower odds of CPM (p<0.0001), and Asian women had 0.60 times lower odds of CPM (p<0.0001). Among women with advanced-stage cancer, compared to white women, black women had 0.42 times lower odds of CPM (p<0.0001), Hispanic women had 0.51 times lower odds of CPM (p<0.0001), and Asian women had 0.45 times lower odds of CPM (p<0.0001). Compared to the reference class of single, never-married women, divorced/separated women had 1.25 times greater odds of CPM (p<0.0001), widowed women had 1.11 times greater odds of CPM (p=0.009), and married/partnered women had 1.18 times greater odds of CPM (p<0.0001). County-level variation from the random-effect (MOR, 1.49; p<0.001) had a greater influence on CPM election than fixed-effects for insurance class, breast tumor subtype, county median income, county population density, and year of surgery. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The nonclinical factors associated with variation in breast cancer surgical decision-making suggest patients and providers both may benefit from further education about surgical treatment options. Providers may also benefit from educational materials that highlight treatment selection disparities within specific contexts, such as surgery for primary unilateral breast cancer. To more narrowly tailor future policy interventions, an additional mixed-methods exploration is recommended to clarify how relationship status and location serve as mechanisms for breast cancer decision-making.


A century ago, the Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation was derived as a model for weakly nonlinear long waves propagating down a channel when cross-channel and depth variations are sufficiently weak. In this article, we study the steadily-translating coherent structures of a generalization of this equation, the Rotation-Modified Korteweg-deVries equation, which applies when Coriolis forces are significant: (ut + uux + uxxx)x − 2u = 0 where x is the down-channel coordinate. (This is also called the "Ostrovosky" equation). The RMKdV solitary waves are weakly nonlocal due to the radiation of long waves where the radiation is proportional to the small parameter 2. Because of its simplicity, the RMKdV coherent structures are the prototype of nonlocal solitary waves where the amplitude is a power of the small parameter ("micropterons"). We extend the matched asymptotic expansions of Hunter to third order. We also compute direct numerical solutions and bifurcations of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem. New modes, with multiple KdV-like peaks flanked by small quasi-sinusoidal oscillations, are shown to be well-described by matched asymptotics, too. PACS Classification Numbers: 4735, 9220, 0340K


Shortages of hydrocarbon-based fuels (petroleum and natural gas) for all uses in the United States have caused concern among agricultural leaders and farmers over their ability to obtain fuel for agricultural production purposes in competition with other users. During the 1973 crop year, for the first time in recent years, farmers were faced with the consequent need to make necessary adjustments in production and harvesting practices to utilize the fuel available. Analyses that have appeared since the recent widespread recognition of the energy crisis conclude that this is not a short-run phenomenon. Rather, farmers are likely to find themselves competing with other major users for limited petroleum supplies for some time to come [2 ,4] . Agriculture is not a major fuel-using industry if use is measured in proportion to all energy use in the United States. Direct energy use in producing food and fiber products amounts to 3 to 4 percent of total U.S. energy consumption [5]. This figure does not include energy used by supporting agri-business enterprises such as fertilizer and machinery manufacturing or product processing and transportation. Moreover, the degree of dependence of agricultural output upon energy is not accurately reflected in this relatively small percentage. Much of the increased productivity (output per manhour or per acre) achieved in the past has resulted from the substitution of machines and chemicals for human labor and the introduction of new varieties that increase yields if used in combination with more chemicals. Hence, fuel snortages threaten the productivity gains of the past since they limit the ability of farmers to apply known technical innovations. If farmers are faced with fuel shortages sufficient to limit present farming practices, it will become necessary for them to adjust to alternative production techniques and harvesting strategies. Unfortunately, little research has been conducted on alternative producing and harvesting strategies that farmers may adopt under fuel shortage conditions. On balance, it can be expected that alternatives adopted will be those that improve the net returns per unit of fuel used in the farming enterprise as fuel becomes the most limiting resource. Clearly, fuel-saving practices are available for farmers at present [2]. But, there exist no reliable estimates of how much shortage can be absorbed by farmers before major shifts in practices and/or crop's occur. Neither is there knowledge of the types of adjustments that farmers can be expected to make under varying levels of fuel availability. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effects of shortages of fuel on agricultural producers' output, income, and practices within a major commercial agriculture area the Southern High Plains of Texas.


The study investigates the lossy compression of DSC raw data based upon the 12 bit baseline JPEG compression. Computational simulations disclose that JPEG artefacts originate from the quantization of the DCT coefficients. Input noise is shown to serve as an appropriate means to avoid these artefacts. Stimulated by such a noise, the JPEG encoder simply acts as an high frequency noise generator. The processing structure of a general compression model is introduced. The four color planes of an image sensor are separately compressed by a 12 bit baseline JPEG encoder. One-dimensional look-up-tables allow for an optimized adaptation of the JPEG encoder to the noise characteristics of the input signals. An idealized camera model is presumed to be dominated by photon noise. Its noise characteristics can optimally be matched to the JPEG encoder by a common gamma function. The gamma adapted compression model is applied to an exemplary set of six raw images. Its performance concerning the compression ratio and compression noise is examined. Optimally adjusted to the input noise, the compression procedure offers excellent image quality without any perceived loss referring to sharpness or noise. The results show that this method is capable to achieve compression ratios of about factor 4 in practice. The PSNR reaches about 60 dB over the complete signal range.


The spatial data model of GIS is the core and basis for its application in hydrology and water resources management. In combination with the current practice and requirements, two kinds of hydrological data models of GIS were analyzed and summarized. The spatial and temporal distribution features of the hydrological variations were deeply discussed and explored during the process of constructing hydro-spatial database of GIS. Finally an object-oriented hydrologic data model of GIS was presented.


Materials with interconnected pore network are commonly used in several filtering applications, e.g. water purification, molten metal filtration, and hot-gas filtration. On one hand filters must contain a highly open porous structure; on the other hand these materials must have sufficient mechanical strength to withstand the pressure drop during the filtration process. The objective of this work was to study the feasibility to produce short fiber reinforced porous ceramic and metal matrix composites tubes, processed by powder thermoplastic extrusion, for application in filtering processes. The powder thermoplastic extrusion is a continuous process, able to promote high alignment of fibers in the extrusion direction, without excessive fiber breakage. Alumina and nickel superalloy powders have been selected to form the matrix of the ceramic and metallic matrix composites, respectively. Short alumina fibers have been used as reinforcement. Low density polyethylene (LDPE), paraffin wax (PW) and stearic acid (SA) formed the binder system. Different proportions of LDPE-PW-SA have been studied in order to develop a binder system suitable for the extrusion process. The evolution of the feedstock viscosity as a function of the solids content was studied and compared to various viscosity models. After the development of the extrusion feedstock, 30 vol.% of fibers were incorporated to the mixture. Tubes with 4.5 and 10.0 mm of diameter, with 0.6 and 1.0 mm of thickness, were then successfully extruded, after the complete extrusion parameters adjustment. Microscopy analysis confirmed the satisfactory fiber alignment. Finally, after sintering the tubes at 1300 °C for 60 minutes, meso and macroporosity were identified by mercury intrusion porosimetry analysis, with a total pore volume of, approximately, 41 and 36 % in the ceramic and metal matrix composites, respectively. The porosity level, as well as the average pore size, have been considered adequate for the application in certain filtration processes, particularly in hot-gas filtration.


The eastern part of Qinghai Province is the main agricultural production base. Based on emergy analysis, agricultural eco-economic system was quantitatively analyzed in Haidong Prefecture of Qinghai province. From 1999 to 2008, the emergy input of agricultural eco-economic system in Haidong Prefecture of Qinghai province increased from 8.49×1020 sej to 1.68×1021 sej, the emergy output of agricultural eco-economic system increased from 3.20 × 1020 sej to 1.32 × 1021 sej. The emergy investment ratio, net emergy yield ratio, environmental loading ratio, emergy use intensity and sustainability index were from 0.53, 1.08, 0.71, 1.52 to1.09, 1.51, 1.15, 1.31, respectively, between 1999 and 2008. The results showed that the emergy use technical level of agricultural eco-economic system in Haidong Prefecture of Qinghai province had a certain improvement during ten years. Use efficiecy of environmental resoures of agricultural eco-economic system in Haidong Prefecture was low for ten years, technology level of emergy use had made strides, agriculture in Haidong Prefecture was in the stage of transformation from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, the emergy structure and industrial structure remain to be adjusted further, and sustainable development of agriculture in Haidong Prefecture has much potential.


Luke Stevens-Burt explains how the upcoming virtual British Contact Lens Association's Conference and Exhibition will work and picks out some highlights from the programme


If we were to consider that Romania was formed by the unification of provinces that experienced a strong unity through culture, language, religion, as well as through the intense trade relations existing between them over time, we may say that our country has an important historical experience regarding regionalisation. After 1989, Romania underwent a radical change of economic and political organisation (from a centralised economy to a free, market economy) and the approximation to the Western economic structures, the European Union (EU). Under these conditions the national authorities had to take into account the principles and the organisation and functioning of the European capitalist economies. During the communist period, Romania had an administrative-territorial and economic organisation that favoured centralised decision making. In the case of market economies, organisation allows and encourages the decentralisation of decision making. In the mid '90s, the economic and social realities of Romania lead to the achieving of the regionalisation of the national territory in accordance with the subsidiarity principle of the EU. Regionalisation sought to identify the most appropriate spatial and territorial framework for guiding the economic development processes, by facilitating the use of tools and resources provided by the European Union. The regional development policy is a continuation of the policies of national economic growth and development, both aiming at improving the economic and social life of the national communities. The final aim of this paper is to identify the economic and social situation of the development regions in Romania. The study provides insight into Romania's relations with the European Union, with regard to the access and use of the pre-accession European funds. Furthermore, the paper achieves a qualitative analysis, through a positive approach, but also a quantitative one of the economic and social situation of each development region in Romania, taking into account the final aim of the regional development policy. The time period considered for the analysis starts in the year when negotiations for EU membership officially began and goes on for as long as possible, depending on the availability of official statistics. A heuristic presentation of the evolution of regional development in Romania is targeted through the analysis of certain economic indicators representative for the situation of the human communities in each development region.


Under controlled laboratory conditions, it was found that during summer black spruce branches parasitized by a dwarf mistletoe have a higher rate of apparent photosynthesis and dark respiration than unparasitized branches. In winter, parasitized branches have a lower rate of apparent photosynthesis and generally a higher rate of dark respiration than non-infected branches.


Magnetohydrodynamic waves in rapidly rotating planetary cores can produce several secular variations of the planetary magnetic field. Some axisymmetric modes, including the torsional Alfven waves, are thought to be responsible for certain observed features of the Earth's core dynamics and the geomagnetic variation. It is, on the other hand, possible for other waves to lead to the nonaxisymmetric variations. A potential candidate is the magnetic Rossby wave, which migrates in the azimuthal direction along the internal toroidal field. This can be related to the westward drift of the geomagnetic field, which has been observed in the Atlantic hemisphere for the past hundred years. Though the drift has commonly been believed to reflect advection due to large-scale lateral flows beneath the top of the core, propagation of the waves excited within the core may also account for it. This was originally proposed by Hide (1966), who showed that a slow mode of magnetic Rossby waves, sometimes called a slow MC-Rossby mode, could propagate westward on timescales of hundreds years. To investigate whether this mode can be relevant in the Earth's core, we extend Hide's linear theory to quasi-geostrophic cylinders and explore nonlinear dynamo simulations in rotating spherical shells. By performing tempo-spatial spectral analyses, we identify slow MC-Rossby waves that propagate at the correct speed, given by the Alfven and Rossby speeds, with respect to the mean zonal flow. The result indicates that this mode could be excited in the planetary fluid core and that the wave propagation may indeed play a role in the magnetic drift. Taking geomagnetic drift speeds, the theory suggests the internal toroidal field of about 10 mT at the mid core radius. This could give a framework for inferring the physical properties in the fluid core, in terms of nonaxisymmetric waves.


ABSTRACT EA1 is an abundant, highly antigenic, surface layer protein of Bacillus anthracis vegetative cells. Recent studies indicate that EA1 is also a component of B. anthracis spores and a potential marker for spore detection. We show here that EA1 is not a spore component but a persistent contaminant in spore preparations.


In countries experiencing unprecedented waves of urbanization, there is a need for rapid and high quality urban street design. Our study presents a novel deep learning powered approach, DeepStreet (DS), for automatic street network generation that can be applied to the urban street design with local characteristics. DS is driven by a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) that enables the interpolation of streets based on the areas of immediate vicinity. Specifically, the CNN is firstly trained to detect, recognize and capture the local features as well as the patterns of the existing street network sourced from the OpenStreetMap. With the trained CNN, DS is able to predict street networks' future expansion patterns within the predefined region conditioned on its surrounding street networks. To test the performance of DS, we apply it to an area in and around the Eixample area in the City of Barcelona, a well known example in the fields of urban and transport planning with iconic grid like street networks in the centre and irregular road alignments farther afield. The results show that DS can (1) detect and self cluster different types of complex street patterns in Barcelona; (2) predict both gridiron and irregular street and road networks. DS proves to have a great potential as a novel tool for designers to efficiently design the urban street network that well maintains the consistency across the existing and newly generated urban street network. Furthermore, the generated networks can serve as a benchmark to guide the local plan-making especially in rapidly developing cities.


This paper presents a simple 2 × 2 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) 60-GHz radio-over-fiber system. Due to the proposed specific frequency arrangement of driving signals, each optical transmitter requires only a single-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator with 3-dB bandwidth of less than 35 GHz. This arrangement of frequencies can increase the tolerance of optical signals to dispersion-induced RF fading, thereby extending fiber transmission distance. Unfortunately, this scheme leads to signal-to-signal beating interference (SSBI), which can deteriorate system performance. Thus, we employed a 2 × 2 MIMO scheme to enhance data capacity by combining two data streams and two corresponding SSBIs prior to signal demodulation. We also developed a novel iterative equalization technique to mitigate SSBI in the MIMO system. The proposed system achieved a maximum capacity of 55.9-Gb/s in the transmission of 7-GHz orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signals over 12-km fiber and 3.5-m air transmission using a bit-loading algorithm.


The article is concerned the cultural life of Vladivostok in 1919 as represented in The Lel magazine. The articles of the magazine have enabled the author to reveal both the principal problem of the city's culture of the period and the ways of its solution.


The seeds of Triticum aestivum var. MP LOK1 were sown in earthen pots and cadmium chloride treatment was given. The plants were treated with increasing concentrations of cadmium chloride i.e., 25, 50 and 100 ppm. The aim of this work was to determine the effects of cadmium chloride on the photosynthetic pigments, polyphenol, proline and antioxidative response in Triticum aestivum. It is evident from the results that chlorophyll content of the wheat was not much affected by the lower levels of cadmium chloride but significantly affected at 100 ppm level. It was slightly increased only at 25 ppm by 5.10%. The polyphenol content of the leaves was increased at 25 and 50 ppm of the cadmium chloride but decreased by 16.54% at 100 ppm of the metal salt. Maximum increase in proline content was found as 27.36% at 100 ppm of cadmium chloride. The increased levels of polyphenols at elevated levels of cadmium chloride might be to tolerate higher levels of cadmium stress. The elevated activities of catalase and peroxidase under metal salt probably came for maintenance of cellular membranes while decrease at elevated levels of cadmium chloride might be due to the toxic nature of cadmium chloride. The details of the parameters studied are discussed in the present paper.


The Covid-19 pandemic is closely related to immunity, a biological protection system found in the human body. This system can ward off free radicals that will enter, so it is not easy to catch the disease. If this system works properly, then a person can avoid virus attacks. Consuming fruits and vegetables is the best immune boosting way that can be done. The importance of knowing local fruits and vegetables so that it can increase immunity. Make sure fruits and vegetables are always on the diet, so that the body is always in the best condition. This research examines the diversity of local fruits and vegetables in Jember District which can increase immunity. The research method uses exploratory survey, which aims to collect information with a qualitative approach. The research instrument consists of: observation sheets, interview guidelines and documentation. The survey area covers 31 districts in Jember District. The results of the study found 28 types of local fruit that can increase immunity, namely : avocado, sweet starfruit, wuluh starfruit, cantaloupe, red dragon fruit, guava, crystal guava, lime, semboro orange, kedondong, manalagi mango, gadung mango, pineapple, papaya, banana ambon, banana berlin, banana kepok, banana nangka, banana raja, soursop, big orange, ciplukan, passion fruit, pomegranate, mangosteen and apple melon. Also found 18 types of local vegetables that can increase immunity, namely: pumpkin, tomatoes, green spinach, red spinach, leeks, oyong, large chilies, rawit chilies, katu leaves, moringa leaves, papaya leaves, kenikir, cabbage, ferns, celery, and cauliflower. Of the 28 types of local fruit found, as much as 44.8% has been cultivated. From 18 types of local vegetables, which has been cultivated by 38.9%.


An automatic method for rotation-invariant three-dimensional(3-D) object recognition was proposed.The method is based on the use of 3-D information contained in the deformed fringe pattern obtained when a grating is projected onto an objects surface.The deformed fringe patterns contain the height information about the objects,so the method has the characteristic of intrinsic 3-D recognition.The rotation invariance is achieved by using the multi-channel filter.The filter is composed of deformed fringe patterns of objects with different rotated angle.The proposed method was optically implemented by means of matching correlator(MC).The efficiency of rotation-invariant recognition of the method is verified by the computer simulation.And this method can estimate the rotate angle of the objects.


The article is about the role of biometric technology in information security. The increased terrorist threat in the world has urged the biometric identification systems to be established in order to improve the safety systems. The advantages of biometric technology are shown to address the issues facing the authorities of law enforcement system, the state security system and the defense guarantee of the country on a national basis. The recommendations are given in this area.


In this paper, a novel visual image real-time detection LSE-Yolo neural network is presented, which is in artificial intelligence-based Internet of Things for smart cites and smart homes. Despite the great achievements that have been acquired in image detection, the issue of visual image real-time detection combined with privacy data protection to serve for smart cities and smart homes has been overlooked. The technique we applied in our study is referred to as visual object detection, which can contribute to more healthy and comfortable life. When several studies have been carried out to test the validity, it is suggested that our proposed LSE-Yolo neural network has better performance in image real-time detection based on AIoT for smart cities and smart homes. And it is similar to state-of-the-art. The fruitful work has made great contributions to our present understanding of the visual image detection serving for smart cities and smart homes.


Ozonolysis of -unsaturated ketones are reactions able to yield anomalous products through mechanisms that are distinct when compared with typical alkene ozonolysis. The research of this kind of reaction, using 2methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one, has shown that 5-oxotetrahydrofuran-2-yl acetate (I) is the major product of it, indicating the occurrence of anomalous steps in its formation.


ABSTRACT Despite the substantial budgets spent on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), customers' reactions toward companies' socially responsible strategies are not always in line with companies' goals. This is mainly due to the rising CSR-related-hypocrisy occurring as a customer response to a common concern that companies are investing in symbolic CSR. These perceptions not only limit the sought-after outcomes of CSR but could result in a worsening of reputation and financial loss for services. As such, the key research question in this paper is: 'From a customers' perspective, what factors can help reduce the perception of CSR-related-hypocrisy within banking services?'. In addressing this question, this paper adopts a transdisciplinary approach bridging the gap between CSR and Transformative Service Research (TSR) literature. Findings suggest that when CSR-related-activities positively affect the wellbeing of customers, it is less likely that they judge a firm CSR activity as a hypocrite. In the retail banking sector, this paper shows higher perceived bank information transparency results in lower levels of perceived CSR-related-hypocrisy, especially when CSR activities improve the financial self-efficacy of customers. By bridging TSR and CSR lenses, this paper posits CSR activities offer service companies a unique opportunity for creating 'uplifting changes' in the life of customers.


Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. Abstract We present PbP2, an automated system that generates efficient domain-specific multi-planners from a portfolio of domain-independent planning techniques by (i) computing some sets of macro-actions for every planner in the portfolio , (ii) optimizing the parameter setting of the parameterized planners in the portfolio, (iii) selecting a promising combination of planners in the portfolio and relative useful macro-actions, and (iv) defining some running time slots for their round-robin scheduling during planning. The configuration of the portfolio yielding the multi-planner relies on some knowledge about the performance of the planners and relative macro-actions, which is automatically generated from a training problem set. PbP2 is a revision and extension of a preliminary version of this system (PbP) that was awarded at the learning track of IPC-2008.


Quasi-one-dimensional oxides A3A′BO 6 (A = Ba, Sr; A′ = Na, Li and B = Ta, Nb) have been synthesized and found to display efficient photoluminescence. Their electronic and optical properties are calculated by using first-principles calculations. The modified Becke–Johnson exchange potential has been used to obtain accurate band gap. Our results reveal that alkali metal and alkaline-earth metal ions have very small contribution to the states around Fermi level, and for these compounds, the top valence bands and the conduction band bottom are dominated by O-2p and Nb/Ta-d states, respectively. All of these compounds have indirect band gap, with valence band maximum at K point and conduction band minimum at Γ point. Optical absorption spectrum is characterized by two prominent peaks. The lower energy peak originates from electron transitions between Ta/Nb-t2g and O-2p states, while the higher energy peak is determined by electron transitions between Ta/Nb-eg and O-2p. Despite the one-dimensional feature of t...


A huge amount of biological data has been collected which is related to cardiovascular disease in healthcare industry and it's increasing day by day. This enormous amount of data is in irregular form. So it is difficult to extract useful information in limited time and within affordable cost range. That's why we need some dimensionality reduction feature methods to process this data with combination of data mining techniques to extract useful information from this huge amount of data. Data mining techniques such as Decision tree, Naive Bayes, Neural network, K-Nearest neighbor and Random Forest has been previously used by many researchers for classification of cardiovascular patients. In this work, LLE used as feature selection method on two datasets; Cleveland and Statlog before applying classification methods, Decision Tree (DTree), Random Forest (RF), Support vector Machine (SVM) and Neural Network (NN) to predict the cardiovascular disease in patients. The results show that Random Forest is the best classifier for the prediction of cardiovascular disease with highest prediction accuracy for both Cleveland and Statlog heart disease datasets. It shows AUC-ROC as 1 with 80% training datasets. This framework will also be time effective and cost effective.


Giant-cell tumor (GCT) is locally aggressive bone neoplasm, with an unpredictable pattern of biological aggressiveness. The optimal treatment had to achieve a negligible local recurrence rate while maximizing musculoskeletal function. Numerous options for reconstruction are available, but in the literature there is a lack of salvage surgery data. We present a case of a 67-year-old woman who underwent complete wrist arthrodesis with vascularized fibular graft as salvage procedure for allograft necrosis, after excision of a distal radius GCT. The patient did not complain of any impairment in daily use, and the functional score was 22 points (73%) at latest follow-up of 14 months. Despite joint salvage remains the most favorable treatment with regard to functional outcome for aggressive tumors of the distal radius, vascularized fibular grafts is a valuable alternative especially in salvage procedures, where the use of another allograft could lead to higher complications rate. Keywords: Vascularized fibular graft, Wrist arthrodesis, Giant-Cell Tumor, Fibula free flap.


The main results of this paper concern the positioning and robust stability optimization of a mechanical system, to which a so-called delayed resonator is attached in order to absorb harmonic perturbations. Due to the inclusion of this active vibration suppression device, the overall closed-loop system is described by delay differential algebraic equations of retarded type. The stability optimization, thereby taking into account uncertainty on the mathematical model, is achieved by the design of static and dynamic controllers evaluated by minimizing an objective function, consisting of the mean of the spectral abscissa, the real part of the rightmost eigenvalue, with a variance penalty. The analysis and the dynamics of the system show the validity, efficacy and robustness of the novel approach, with respect to the results obtained by stability optimization without taking into account the uncertainty.


The introductory design course combines team and individual formative and summative assessment techniques. Individual summative midterm and final examinations were used to assess individual performance. Students were given the opportunity to increase their individual midterm examination marks by rewriting the same examination as a team following the individual summative assessment. This formative exercise provided students with a comparison of the efficacy and quality of teamwork versus individual work, and provided immediate feedback and correction for many conceptual and mechanical errors on the summative midterm examination. This paper reports on the strategy and set up of the midterm examination, the results obtained by individual students and student teams, and learning outcomes (including anecdotal comments from students regarding the experience and reduced time spent reviewing examinations with students) based on two iterations of the course.


Mothers with children aged six years and younger and suffering from various psychosomatic disorders were included in this study. The costs identified for the rehabilitation programme are DM 5571.10 (intensive care and post-assistance programme) and DM 1512.40 (intensive care) per patient. Further progress of the study will show if future cost will differ between the two alternatives. For the comparison of both alternatives all costs will be linked with outcomes. It remains to be seen that additional costs of the post-assistance programme will be compensated with positive outcomes. A sensitivity analysis will show if variation of assumptions will influence the cost-bene-fit-ratio of the different alternatives.


Professor Pring's lecture celebrates both the centenary of the department and the first Chair in Education at Oxford University. His lecture gives a brief sketch of the beginning of the department, showing that the problems which confronted it 100 years ago were much the same as those confronting university based educational studies today, namely, how to be respectable in the eyes of the University on the one hand (with its proper demands for academic rigour and research) and in the eyes of the schools on the other (with their proper demands for practical relevance). Professor Pring attempts to show that this is a false dichotomy, and in so doing he spells out the distinctive kind of scholarship and research which link theory with practice and academic rigour with professional relevance. In so doing, he aims to provide a basis for university-based professional training appropriate for social workers, doctors and nurses as well as teachers.


Abstract To better characterise infrared dark clouds (IRDCs), and the star formation within them, a comprehensive catalogue of IRDCs has been constructed from the Spitzer GLIMPSE and MIPSGAL archival data. Mosaicing the individual survey blocks together, we have used a new extraction method to identify dark clouds up to 30′ in size, and produce a column density image of each cloud. In total the catalogue contains over 11,000 clouds, defined as connected regions with 8 micron optical depth > 0.35 (corresponding to column densities < 1022 cm−2). The extraction algorithm also identifies sub-structures (fragments) within each cloud. These Spitzer dark clouds (SDCs) range in mass from 10M⊙ to 104M⊙. About 80% of the SDCs were previously unidentified. Only ~ 30% of the SDCs are associated with 24μm point-like sources, leaving the majority of these clouds with no apparent sign of star formation activity. This new catalogue provides an important new resource for future studies of the initial conditions of star formation in the Galaxy.


Stochastic Structural Stability Theory (SSST) provides an autonomous, deterministic, nonlinear dynamical system for evolving a turbulent mean state. In this work SSST is applied to the problem of understanding the origin and dynamics of roll/streak structures associated with both transition to turbulence and maintenance of the turbulent state. Roll structures in the cross-stream/spanwise plane and associated streamwise streaks are shown to arise spontaneously from interaction between the mean flow and the turbulence. Turbulent Reynolds stress divergence is configured in this interaction to force rolls that produce streamwise streaks that in turn organize the turbulence to support the roll/streak/turbulence complex. The dominant turbulent perturbation structures involved in supporting the roll/streak/turbulence complex are roller and hairpin eddies. The cooperative instability giving rise to the roll/streak structure arises as a bifurcation in the parameter of free stream turbulence intensity. This structural instability equilibrates nonlinearly at finite amplitude and although the resulting statistical equilibrium velocity profiles are inflectional, the associated flows are stable and both formation and equilibration of the roll/streak structure can be traced to the non-normality of the underlying shear flow dynamics. At sufficiently high turbulence intensity the fixed point equilibrium roll/streak/turbulence complex loses structural stability at a second bifurcation leading to a limit cycle in which the roll/streak structure repeatedly collapses and reforms.


Under the conditions of low stress abrasion, eutectic composition is the optimal composition of high-Cr white cast iron. The narrow intercarbide spacing is quite benefical to protect the austenitic matrix.


Children with specific language impairment (SLI) often encounter social difficulties. This paper provides an overview of recent studies on the social skills of children with SLI followed by a detailed look at six children with SLI. The data reviewed include teacher ratings of social skills and child


FIELD: individual protection means. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to respirators as filtering face mask. Respirator includes mask case containing main part, containing one or more layers of filtering material and first and second side plates, placed on opposite sides of main part, wherein first and second side plates are made with possibility to be folded inside to main part. Fastening assembly comprises first and second belts, each of which has first and second ends, wherein first and second ends are attached to first and second side plates respectively, wherein two ends are attached to each plate spaced from each other, wherein first belt has first section passing over user's ear in covering state of respirator and second belt has second section extending under user's ear in covering state of respirator, wherein when respirator is put on, at least second belt has tension, wherein said tension leads to plate folding downwards to get in contact with main part. EFFECT: respirator in form of filtering face mask is disclosed with folded side plates, activated with belts. 17 cl, 6 dwg


An analysis is presented on the statistics of deep‐level amphoteric traps in insulators and at interfaces (insulator boundaries) in terms of the occupancy functions for neutral and ionized trapping centers as a function of free carrier injection and spatial distribution of centers. Amphoteric traps are postulated for bulk insulator traps, such as silicon nitride in nonvolatile, erase‐write, semiconductor memory structures. In addition, amphoteric traps may be observed at interfacial boundaries, such as SiO2‐Si3N4, SiO2‐Al2O3, Si‐SiO2, and insulator‐liquid with site bonding. Under free carrier electron injection we find the characteristic trapped‐charge centroid movement decreases for small values of Rn=σ+n/σ0n, the ratio of capture cross sections for ionized to neutral trapping centers. These results reduce to Arnett's treatment for single‐occupancy trapping centers (Rn≫1). Efficient conversion of positive (unoccupied) to negative (double‐occupancy) charged centers occurs under free carrier electron injec...


Dentistry has seen colossal advances in all its branches in the course of the last three decades. With these advances, the requirement for more exact analytic tools, specially imaging methods, have end up plainly obligatory. These simple radiographic strategies experience the ill effects of characteristic confinements like: Two dimensional projection, superimposition, magnification, and distortion of anatomic structures. The advancement of 3D imaging modalities has made enhanced elucidation of auxiliary and biophysical changes, guarantees densitometric evaluations of dentoalveolar structures incorporating varieties in alveolar bone thickness, a peri‐ implant bone mending all the more definitely. The aim of this review is to focus on the requirements, applications, advantages and disadvantages and artifacts of the currently available digital imaging techniques. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 16-04-2018 Date of acceptance: 04-05-2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


The absorption properties of Cu:CaF2 films relating to Cu cluster structure have been presented in this paper. It is shown that the resonance frequency depends on cluster size obviously. As cluster size decreases, the absorption peak shows a red shift and the peak-width becomes greater. And a third-order nonlinear-optical susceptibility of about 10-10esu is observed near the absorption peak.


We evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a tailored evidence‐based intervention, consisting of a leaflet and a letter, to encourage timely help‐seeking for dementia in Black elders.


Abstract This article addresses the challenges facing adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in their life course as adults, and the implications on the necessary supports from social services. Through qualitative interviews with six adults with IDD, aged 60 and over, their life stories in adulthood were retrospectively described. Major events and crossroads were mapped, and a thematic analysis undertaken. The mapping process revealed three parallel life courses: relationships with parents, changes in living arrangements and involvement in couple relationships. The analysis indicated: struggles facing a reality dictated without choice, a desire for personal initiative and active involvement with regard to romantic relationships, and striving for independent living. A continued dependency on others throughout adulthood stood out as a main finding. The interviewees did not mention having received support during times of crises in their lives. Based on these findings, a new holistic model of supports is presented, designed to emphasize the importance of developing a separate and autonomous personal identity, enabling individuals with IDD to make decisions, shape their own lives and experience a meaningful life. Future studies should expand the sample under study to include different age groups reporting their experience both in adulthood and in childhood.


Hydrotropes are amazingly water-solvent natural materials that focus on improving drugs' dissolvability with poor aqueous solvency at elevated concentrations, just as in a water medium. Advances in the disintegration of ineffectively dissolvable mixes in fluid media expect a significant function in detailing medications, cleaning specialists, and individual consideration items. Besides, they are likewise of urgent importance identified with mechanical cycles, for example, crystallization and refinement. The end of dangerous solvents in compound cycles and their substitution by eco-accommodating solvents, i.e., hydrotropes, is a significant objective of current engineered science. The fluid arrangement of hydrotropes can be viewed as an ecologically favorable response medium and is safe, nonflammable, less expensive, and is inexhaustible. Attempts have been made to explore different domains of the hydrotropes, their believable functions, and exciting constitutes in expanded innovations to fill in as a superior substitution for toxic organic solvents like methanol, (CH3)2CO, DCM, ethers, including many other processes utilized in cutting edge research applications. Hydrotropes are dynamically engaged with various areas to upgrade and improve the dissolvability of inadequately water-solvent medications, explicitly BCS class II medications. Advances in their utility lead to their participation in extracting bioactive materials substance union of natural compounds. Hydrotropic agents had a compelling function as transporters for dynamic drug fixings. It also helps handle different items from drug to curative, agrochemical, and medication modifiers.


Astragalus membranaceus which is excavated the root as the medicinal between 3 to 7 years is a perennial herb of Leguminosae Astragalus genus. In order to develop and utilize the wasted cauline leaf in the growth of the reciprocating cycle whether it can be used as a green manure to promote the development of ecological agriculture. To analyze and evalute the content of the coarse organic matter and 12 large and trace elements such as total N, total P, total K of the Astragalus membranaceus stem leaf in different growth period, which based on the organic fertilizer quality classification standard and the average content of large and trace elements in higher plants. The results show that the content of coarse organic matter,total N,total K,Ca,Fe,Cu,Zn and Mo belongs to the higher level, total P and Mn belongs to medium level, Mg, S and B is the lower level. The evaluation results show that Astragalus membranaceus stem leaf of green manure are above tertiary green manure. In the 3 years, Astragalus membranaceus stem leaf, seeding stage, the bud period, florescence and fruit ripe period are the first level green manure, fruit period and deciduous period are the secondary green manure. In the 5years, Astragalus membranaceus stem leaf, from seeding stage to florescence is the first level green manure, fruit period and fruit ripe period are the secondary green manure, deciduous period is tertiary green manure. In the 6 years, Astragalus membranaceus stem leaf, the first level green manure is from seeding stage to florescence and the secondary green manure is from fruit period to deciduous period. It can be concluded that the Astragalus membranaceus stem leaf is a high-quality green manure and can be used for large area.


AUTHOR Yoder, Paul J.; Farran, Dale C. TITLE Determining the Relative Influence of Mothers and Infants on Various Aspects of Their Interactions: A Methodological Solution to the Problem of Mutual Influence. PUB DATE 4 Apr 86 NOTE 19p.; An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Human Development Conference (Nashville, TN, April 4, 1986). PUB TYPE Reports Research/Technical (143) Speeches /Conference Papers (150)


Honeycomb plastic film seeding container making machine is a unit constituted by dividing cutting and tube making machine,folding and forming machine,paper sticking machine,and cutting machine,to process plastic film into honeycomb seedling container.In this paper,selection of the design plans to the making machine,structure and working principle,key design techniques and calculation method and main functions to the major apparatus are presented.