own text as expressing unconscious conflicts and longings within his psyche? An interview with L., published in Evangelisches Kommentar (Oct. 1995, 605-8) provides further material for any critic who wishes to raise hypotheses about L.'s unconscious. The long central chapter that analyses New Testament Resurrection texts contains many insightful comments and valuable criticisms. The problem is that L.'s exegesis aims to prop up a very flawed thesis about the origins of Christianity. John Bowden's translation is, as usual, simply magnificent. It is regrettable that this talent serves a book that many scholars, not least L.'s own Protestant colleagues at the University of Gottingen, find outrageously deficient.


The level of different urinary 17-ketosteroids were assayed using a method requiring an enzymatic hydrolysis and a solvolysis, a separation by gas-chromatography on OV 225 (cyanopropylsilicone) and a detection by flame ionisation. The method has been discuted. Statistical study of the results obtained in 89 healthy and ambulatory subjects (divided in 4 groups according to sex and age) has shown a log-normal distribution of urinary excretions.


This paper makes a review of the researches on community-involved and community-driven rural tourism both home and abroad and does a case study of rural tourism development in different regions of China.The authors believe that the endogenous community-driven development model should be selected to achieve sustainable development of rural tourism since the exogenous development model can do little to achieve the goal.The paper elaborates three different types of community-driven models in Chinese scenario namely,the grassroots-organization-driven model,the stockholders model,and the specialized-cooperation-driven model.It also explores into the differences between the three models and their pros and cons.


Objective: To compare the measured values of N-acetylaspartate(NAA) before and after the treatment of acute cerebral infarction by magnetic resonance spectrum(MRS) analysis technology.Methods: 90 cases of patients with acute cerebral infarction before and after treatment inspected by MRS,measured values of NAA in infarction location before treatment,compared with the symmetric health part before treatment and the infarction location after treatment and analyses its changing characteristics,and neurologic deficits scores(NIHSS) was measured before treament and 2 weeks after treatment.Results: The values of NAA in infarction location before treatment was lower than in the symmetric health part before treatment(P0.01).NIHSS had no correlation with NAA(r=0.1221,P0.05);the values of NIHSS after treatment decreased obviously than before treatment(P0.001),but the values of NAA in infarction location after treatment compared with before treatment had no statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion: Using magnetic resonance spectrum(MRS) analysis techniques can be non-invasive detection of the dynamic changes of NAA of acute cerebral infarction,which can understand the organization metabolism of cerebral location infarction,provide more clinical evidence for early diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of the disease.


Some living creatures have special structures on their body surfaces, such as smooth and elastic epidermis with subcutaneous tissue having non-smooth structures under certain conditions. The elastic epidermis coupled with non-smooth structures has a special function called bio-coupling functional surface. Imitating this functional surface and applying it in engineering has a potential to solve some engineering problems. Based on the simulation method of fluid-structure interaction (FSI), simulation calculation of the bionic functional surface coupled by the two factors, form and flexible materials was conduct using ADINA software. A viscous and weakly compressible transient flow was selected as a working medium, a discrete solver was selected in numerical calculation and the basic model was chosen as a turbulence model. It is assumed that the coupling surface of the form/flexible materials results is large deformation and large strain. The boundary condition of fluid-structure interaction was set as the calculation surface. The simulation results showed that this coupling is a dynamic process, in which the two factors (form and flexible materials) are influenced by the flow field. As the pressure and velocity of the flow field increase, the coupling process changes from partial coupling to complete coupling, the pressure drag decreased due to the maximum effective stress of bionic coupling surface is very small and the smooth and flexible materials can redistribute pressure by absorbing and releasing energy, the pressure drag thus formed is decreased. Moreover, non-smooth structures (form factor) coupled with flexible materials reduced velocity of working face and minimise energy losses effectively, enabling the bionic coupling surface to reduce drag.


An environment-friendly technology for the production of high purity europia(≥99.999%) is introduced in the system of RECl3-HCl-HNO3 with P507-coal oil as extractant.Common problems such as the recycle of various chemical assistive materials in production processes for high purity europia are solved by the new technology.In addition,less water is consumed in the process.Thus,the new technology successfully meets the need for producing europia without polluting the environment as before.


Contents: System of Equations and EigenvaluesSolution of Linear EquationsComputation of EigenvaluesSolution of Algebraic EquationsInterpolationInterpolation in Two and Three Dimensions • Regression or Curve FittingNumerical DifferentiationNumerical IntegrationInitial Value ProblemsBoundary Value Problems (ODE) • Introduction to PDEsLaplace and Poisson EquationsAdvection and Diffusion EquationsWave EquationIndex AEROSPACE & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


The inculcation principle expounded in Lenin's book What to do is an important part of Marxism. The principle should still be insisted and developed in the constructive period of socialism. It is sacred mission of the Communist Party to educate people with Marxism. We shouldn't confuse inculcation principle with inpouring education.


My explorations at the sport/music interface focus on the nonspecialized community as an impetus within music. Key to my experiments is this question: what if, instead of aiding sport and social agency, music comes into existence as the direct result of such actions? In sports like cricket and badminton, their binary and competitive natures can serve as musical structure. In cycling, mechanisms and mobile possibilities extend the performance parameters of the sonic arts, while the physical presence of a huge interactive ball brings the experience of electronic music into democratic hands. Employing both analogue and digital interactive technologies, my investigations have led to unconventional outcomes, including game projects that evoke key philosophical approaches to 'play' central to both music and sport.


In many sectors of the entertainment industry, a few employees attract the public spotlight when performing the core service. For example, in professional team sports, a team of players competes in games, and in TV shows, a cast of artists acts in different episodes. These employees, coined "spotlight personnel," are an essential but expensive element of ongoing service delivery. Despite their importance and cost, very little is known about how changes in spotlight personnel affect service performance and demand. To address this gap, this article uses unique data on professional German soccer teams, tracking the quantity (number of players) and quality (average transfer price) of spotlight personnel hiring (incoming transfers) and turnover (outgoing transfers), objective service performance (winning percentage), and demand (ticket sales) across four decades, using both traditional and novel time series methods. The results show that service performance and demand are primarily affected by spotlight personnel hiring rather than by turnover. Hiring quantity decreases service performance yet increases demand, whereas hiring quality benefits both service performance and demand. The analysis further uncovers that these effects are subject to dynamic interactions and nonlinearities. Investment scenarios showcase how understanding these effects can substantially improve managerial decision making.


The aim of this paper is to examine the tensions that face the UK banking sector in assessing and managing credit risks associated with actual or potential environmental damage arising from the activities of borrowers. It was found that banks were more concerned with the reputational effects associated with lending to a polluter than with credit risk assessment. Concern exists with the potential legal risks arising from the application of the principle of joint and several liability by courts in cases involving environmental damage caused by borrowers. The paper concludes that further research is required on the role of (a) the supply chain in credit risk assessment and (b) partnership contracts between borrower, lender and environmental agencies.


In this paper three coordination polymers, {[Fe(fcz)2Cl2]·2CH3OH}n (1), {[Cu(fcz)2(H2O)]·SO4·DMF·2CH3OH·2H2O}n (2), and {[Cu(fcz)2Cl2]·2CH3OH}n (3) {fcz = 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,1-bis[(1H-1,2,4-triazol-l-yl)methyl]ethanol}, were synthesized. Crystallographic analysis reveals that polymer 1 exhibits a 2-D rhombohedral grid structure with (4, 4) nets, while polymer 2 has a 1-D double-chain framework. The structure of polymer 3 is similar to that of 1. We found that polymers 1–3 could effectively catalyze the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde with H2O2 (30 mass-%) as oxidant in aqueous medium. Various reaction conditions were studied, and optimal reaction conditions were obtained. Under the optimal conditions, the selectivity to benzaldehyde was almost up to 100 % and the conversion of benzyl alcohol was 87 % for 1, 79 % for 2, and 68 % for 3. The results of the recycling test showed that the catalytic activity decreased by only about 7 % after three consecutive reaction cycles. However, under similar conditions, when we used the corresponding metal salt instead of the polymer as catalyst, or replaced the water with acetonitrile as solvent, neither the selectivity nor the conversion was the same. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)


Reliability Modeling of Fault Tolerant Control Systems This paper proposes a novel approach to reliability evaluation for active Fault Tolerant Control Systems (FTCSs). By introducing a reliability index based on the control performance and hard deadline, a semi-Markov process model is proposed to describe system operation for reliability evaluation. The degraded performance of FTCSs in the presence of imperfect Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) is reflected by semi-Markov states. The semi-Markov kernel, the key parameter of the process, is determined by four probabilistic parameters based on the Markovian model of FTCSs. Computed from the transition probabilities of the semi-Markov process, the reliability index incorporates control objectives, hard deadline, and the effects of imperfect FDI, a suitable quantitative measure of the overall performance.


Gating Heatmap: sortable heatmap that shows Gating Hierarchy for each sample/population Full gating hierarchy for each population/sample can be assessed for reliability. Bad gating results can be flagged and removed Violin plots for each marker/sample can be visualized for technical variablity. Samples can be flagged for poor quality and removed from downstream analysis. Violin plots allow to assess reproducibility of expression within a population and aggregate data within conditions and populations


The levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in serum of 22 patients with hepatic cirrhosis,110 patients with hapatitis B and 20 blood donors were detected by ELISA.The results showed that the level of TNF in serum of patients with hepatic cirrhosis was the highest.The elevations in serum level of TNF in order were chronic persistent hepatitis B,acute severe hepatitis B,chronic active hepatitis B,acute severe hepatitis B and chronic severe hepatitis B respectively,significantly different form that of normal ( P 0.01 ),and that the level of TNF in serum was higher in patients with hepatic cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B complicated with infection in abdominal cavity than in those without infection ( P 0.01 ).It is indicated that the level of TNF in serum is closely correlated with hepatic cirrhosis and types of hepatitis B and is valuable for reference in the diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis and types of hepatitis B and judgement of therapeutic effects.


This report is dedicated to our friend and colleague, Dr. Jane Knitzer, whose career was devoted to improving the lives of vulnerable children and their families. Jane always began her advocacy with " what the science tells us " and then made the case for which policy options naturally follow. We hope that others will use the information in this study to inform their research, policies and practices on effective early childhood mental health consultation across the country. Funding This study was funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation. We thank them for their support but acknowledge that the findings and conclusions presented in this report are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of these foundations. and implementing regulations promulgated under each of these federal statutes, Georgetown University does not discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The University's compliance program under these statutes and regulations is supervised by Rosemary Kilkenny, Special Assistant to the President for Affirmative Action Programs. Her office is located in Room G-10, Darnall Hall, and her telephone number is (202) 687-4798. M any dedicated people contributed to the completion of this study. We extend our special thanks to the following individuals for their valuable contributions: • The program directors at each of the six study sites, who spent many hours making arrangements for and taking part in the site visits, as well as supplying additional information as needed to guide the development of this report. • The consultants, early care and education providers, family members, evaluators, and various program partners who participated in the site visits and provided valuable insight into what makes consultation work. whose comments and suggestions helped to strengthen the final version of this report and whose thoughtful consideration of study findings generated strong recommendations for moving the field forward. • Our colleagues at Georgetown who partnered with us on various facets of this study, including Tawara Goode, Vivian Jackson and Diane Jacobstein, who provided guidance on the interview questionnaires; Soumia Yesraoui, who converted the National Scan questionnaire into an online format; Kylee Breedlove, who designed the layout for this report; Courtney Holland, who assisted with data entry; and Michelle Francis, Terri Jackson, and MelKisha Knight, who provided administrative support. Family Foundation), for their support and guidance …


Abstract: Background: Pain is a distressing feeling as well as a discomfort which triggers as the result of a special stimulation of nerve endings.This study aimed to investigate the amount of sufficient pain management among patients referring to the emergency department in Besat Hospital in the city of Sanandaj in Iran. Material and Methods: in this descriptive-analytical study, 175 patients with severe pain intensity higher than 3 and definite causes of pain with physical origins admitted to the emergency department were included. Before and after analgesics injection, pain intensity was assessed by a 10-point scoring system. Results: No significant correlation showed between pain intensity in patients, administration of painkillers, and age (P>0.05).There was a statistically significant relationship between pain intensity, gender, and the type of analgesics received (P 0.05). Conclusion: Failure to control pain among patients can lead to physical, mental, psychological, and social health-related problems. Therefore, proper examination of pains can provide suitable interventions in order to control and manage pains among patients and consequently promote their quality of life.


The author, contrary to the opinion of some specialists in Permic languages, considers that Udmurt words ymyr (ымыр) and gumyr (гумыр) 'age of human life' (umr): 1) are borrowed from two languages which are Volga-Bulgaric (ymyr) and Tatar (gumyr) (See also: B. Munkachi (1884), Y. Wichmann and others and 2) they appear to be quite independent lexemes. Narrow dialectal ymyr, similarly to gumyr, is able to enrich the synonymic row beginning with the dominating word daur (даур) 'age of human life' in the Udmurt literary language.


We report a Japanese boy who died at Day 28 of life because of severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I (CPS1) deficiency that was proven by enzyme assay. By analysis of cDNA and genomic DNA, he was shown to be a compound heterozygote with two point mutations of the CPS1 gene, 840G>C leading to an aberrant splicing and 1123C>T (predicting Q375X). The 840G>C was a mutation described in another Japanese family. Since his parents carried each mutation heterozygously, we performed prenatal diagnosis at 16 weeks of his mother's next gestation by multiplex PCR and melting curve analysis in a single capillary containing two‐color fluorescent (LC‐Red 640 and LC‐Red 705) probes on LightCycler. We analyzed genomic DNA extracted from amniotic cells and found that the fetus was homozygous for the wild‐type alleles. At term a healthy girl was born without hyperammonemia. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Dear Sir, We describe the basic steps of laparoscopic intersphincteric anterior resection for low rectal cancer. The entire procedure is performed under general anaesthesia. The patient is placed in the modified lithotomy position with adequate padding of the pressure points. After an initial exploration of the abdomen and pelvis to ensure the absence of liver and peritoneal metastases, a standard total mesorectal excision (TME) is performed with complete mobilization of the splenic flexure and high ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery and vein. TME is continued just outside the mesorectal fascia down to the levator muscle, exposing it circumferentially around the rectum. The endopelvic fascia is then incised at the anorectal junction to open the superior aspect of the intersphincteric plane. Perineal dissection is begun using the Lone Star retractor (CooperSurgical Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut, USA). Dilute saline adrenaline solution is injected in the submucosal plane to develop a plane and also to achieve hemostasis and a circumferential mucosal incision is made about 1 cm distal to the lower border of tumour. The incision is deepened through the submucosa and internal anal sphincter. Dissection is then continued between the internal and external sphincters in the intersphincteric plane until the abdominal plane of dissection is met. The specimen is then delivered through the anal canal and transected just proximal to the point where inferior mesenteric artery is divided. Intra-operative frozen section is used to confirm that the distal resection margin is free of tumour and a hand-sewn colo-anal anastomosis is then performed with interrupted absorbable sutures. A diverting loop ileostomy is done at the end of the procedure.


The invention provides a conformance testing adapter based on TTCN-3. The conformance testing adapter comprises a testing project and control interface, a terminal interactive message codec, a terminal interactive message transceiver, a system configuration message processor, an external function call processor, a platform adapter body, a complete encryption algorithm processor and an API adapter body, wherein the terminal interactive message codec is connected with the testing project and control interface, the terminal interactive message transceiver is connected with the terminal interactive message codec, the system configuration message processor and the external function call processor are connected with the testing project and control interface, the platform adapter body is connected with the external function call processor, the complete encryption algorithm processor is connected with the platform adapter body and the API adapter body is connected with the terminal interactive message transceiver and the system configuration message processor. By adoption of the adapter, adaptation of a TRI and an open API of a testing instrument is achieved, and architecture of a TTCN-3 testing system defined in the standard issued by the ETSI is achieved.


The fluid was obtained either by placing a cannula in the cisterna magna or by lumbar puncture, in most cases the former method being used. The rate of flow was recorded by the drop method. High percentages of carbon dioxide in room air (8-14%) invariably increased the rate of flow, in one case reaching 1000%. This increase appeared promptly on administration of the gas, rapidly increased to a maximum, and persisted practically undiminished up to the readministration of room air, when the flow quickly returned to the preadministrational rate. The effects of low oxygen are somewhat more complex. Low oxygen almost invariably caused a decrease in flow, followed, after prolonged administration, by a gradual increase, approaching, but practically never reaching, the preadministrational rate. The initial decrease in flow was usually preceded by a slight and very brief increase. When room air was again administered there was usually a brief but distinct decrease in flow, followed by a marked increase above the rate during administration of low oxygen and approaching the preadministrational rate. These results seem to be in agreement with those obtained by Eddy 1 on salivary secretion. The effects of high carbon dioxide resemble the results of Gesell 2 on the rate of flow of lymph but the resemblance does not hold for low oxygen.


This article addresses spatial variability of comtemporary floodplain sedimentation at the event scale. Measurements of overbank deposition were carried out using sediment traps on 11 floodplain sections along the rivers Waal and Meuse in The Netherlands during the high-magnitude flood of December 1993. During the flood, sand sheets were locally deposited behind a natural levee. At distances greater than 50 to 100 m from the river channel the deposits consisted mainly of silt- and clay-sized material. Observed patterns of deposition were related to floodplain topography and sediment transporting mechanisms. Though at several sites patterns were observed that suggest transport by turbulent diffusion, convection seems the dominant transporting mechanism, in particular in sections that are bordered by minor embankments. The average deposition of overbank fines ranged between 1·2 and 4·0 kg m−2 along the river Waal, and between 1·0 and 2·0 kg m−2 along the river Meuse. The estimated total accumulation of overbank fines (not including sand sheets) on the entire river Waal floodplain was 0·24 Mton, which is 19 per cent of the total suspended sediment load transported through the river Waal during the flood. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Thermal inertia of the earth's surface can be used in geologic mapping as a complement to surface reflectance data as provided by Landsat. Thermal inertia cannot be determined directly but must be inferred from radiation temperature measurements (by thermal ir sensors) made at various times in the diurnal cycle, combined with a model of the surface heating processes. A model was developed which differs from models created previously for this purpose, because it includes sensible and latent heating. Tests of this model using field data indicate that it accurately determines the surface heating. When the model is used with field measurements of meteorological variables and is combined with remotely sensed temperature data, a thermal inertia image can be produced.


This chapter describes Venizelos's family life and connections, and his early upbringing. His mother Styliani was illiterate, from Therisso, a mountain village in western Crete involved in Cretan uprisings against the Ottomans. His father Kyriakos was a Greek nationalist tested by quarrels with Ottoman authorities and successive exiles in Greece, during which he acquired Greek nationality. They had four daughters, one disabled boy, and Eleftherios (Lefteris) Venizelos. the only healthy boy of the family. The 1866 uprising, in which the destruction of Arkadi monastery aroused sympathy in liberal quarters of Western Europe (Victor Hugo), forced the family to leave for the Greek islands, Kythera then Syros. This was Venizelos's first exile in a lifetime of travel. His education began on Syros and continued in Chania, where his father established a glass and china shop. He carried his impressions of the Cretan landscape and soundscape with him throughout his life: a 'yearning for Crete'.


Traditional handicrafts have undergone a thousand years of changes in the long history of development in our country, closely related to our lives. It represents the cultural heritage of generations of craftsmen. Meanwhile, it has a very high economic value in contemporary society. This article is based on a variety of features of the Internet + traditional handicrafts, analyzing the development opportunities and challenges of the traditional manual culture in the Internet environment, and takes Linshu Liubian as the entry point, analyzing its development. Finally, I give some advice for the development of traditional handicrafts under the "Internet +" environment. "互联网+"背景下传统手工文化的推广新突破 刘长龙, 韩小菲*


The aim of this work was to study the effect of fission fragment damage on the dissolution of UO2 thin films in water. For this purpose, thin films of UO2 on LSAT (Al10La3O51Sr14Ta7) substrates were produced and irradiated by 92 MeV 129Xe23þ ions to a fluence of 4.8 1015 ions/cm2 to simulate the fission damage and induce chemical mixing that occur within nuclear fuels. The dissolution experiment was conducted under a nitrogen atmosphere (200e900 O2 ppm in N2) to study the effect of the induced irradiation damage and mixing on the dissolution of the UO2 matrix. The irradiated samples showed a decrease in the amount of dissolved uranium, as compared to the corresponding unirradiated samples. This was ascribed to the irradiation-induced chemical mixing of the UO2 films with the substrate elements, which resulted in stabilisation of the UO2 matrix and increased its aqueous durability. Secondary phases were also observed on the surface of the UO2 films after the dissolution experiment. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


An improved iris localization algorithm of circular operator based on two-dimensional wavelet transform is proposed to improve the accuracy and the speed of the iris localization.Firstly,the algorithm segments the pupil area of the iris by the threshold.Secondly it locates the iris inner edge by the edge detection operator in the pupil area.Thirdly the human eye iris image is processed by the two-dimensional wavelet transform to reduce the image resolution instead of the smoothing function in the Daugman circular operator.Finally it gets the circular edge of the sliding window by the circular edge detection operator,and compares the circle inside mean gray with the circle outside mean gray to locate the iris outer edge.The simulation results show that the algorithm locates the iris inner and outer edge with 1.85s average time and 99.6% accuracy rate.The algorithm has a higher practical value in the iris recognition system.


The oil and gas industries face formidable challenges in treating process wastes to federally mandated standards. The sheer magnitude of the job is daunting: 1,200 Superfund sites and 11,000 military installations have been identified for toxic cleanup. EPA assessments place petroleum as the point source of contamination for fully 50 percent of all identified hazardous waste sites. A new treatment technolgy is a fluidized-bed bioreactor that combines the advantages of a physical carbon adsorption system with bioremediation. The system has been effective in treating tank botton wastes, brines, groundwater contaminated with benzene, toluene, xylene, aliphatic hydrocarbons, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.


Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and damage impact testing, using a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) technique, were conducted on weakly weathered granites of different porosities. Based on this, this study determined and analysed the pore structure and distribution, propagation characteristics of stress waves, changes in initial tangent modulus, and energy dissipation in weakly weathered granites of different porosities. The research demonstrated that the nature of the internal porosity of weakly weathered granites changed with total porosity. Pore structure significantly influenced the amplitude of reflected waves and distortion of transmitted waves. Under constant-damage impact loads, the initial tangent modulus decreased with increasing porosity, whereas the stress-strain curves, after reaching the peak stress, had similar shapes. Peak stress and average strain rate showed a strong power-law correlation with porosity, and peak stress decreased in a power-law correlation with the increase of average strain rate. In other words, the difference in average strain resulted from different porosities when the incident energy was same, and the average strain was negatively correlated with porosity. Under damaging impact, the energy absorbed per unit volume decreased with increasing porosity. The research results reveal dynamic characteristics of natural porous rocks under damage impacts, which provide a reference for studying damage effects of porous rocks under the effects of stress waves.


Dr. Shelly Wimpfheimer is the Executive Director of The Community Chest, a nonprofit organization that has been in existence in Bergen County since 1933. She joined the Chest in April of 2013. She ...


By using transport models in case studies for preventive evacuation of coastal and river areas in case of possible extreme flooding many insights have been gained with respect to the modeling of possibilities and restrictions of mass evacuation. Limitation of the road capacity is an important factor in the delay during evacuation. In the case studies several traffic management strategies have been examined. It turns out it is impossible to perform a total preventive evacuation for the coastal area in a realistic 48 hour time span. For river areas it seems possible to complete a preventive evacuation in a realistic time span of 72 hours. The results are based on transport models using the Evacuation Calculator for static and MaDAM for dynamic calculations. It is described which lessons can be learned from these calculations and which extensions can be made to perform improvements with respect to the modeling


Culture is the product of human interactions and the determinant of human culture. It is this invaluable possession of man that differentiates him from other animals. Every society has a culture that has been handed down from earlier generations affecting the ongoing process of interactions. Society and culture are related but not synonymous. Society is the group in interaction and culture is the product. Neither can be fully understood without the other. Culture comprises the ways by which human being behave with reference to others individual and objects in a given situation. The ways of behaving are nothing but the expected responses on the part of a person. Culture is therefore a way of life, a mode of behaviors and the style by which people respond to the attitude of others. Culture in the society standardized ways of thinking, feeling and acting that the human acquires as a members of society. Without a shared culture, members of society would be unable to communicate and cooperate. Culture exists in the mind of the members of a society. Culture is learned. No individual is born with readymade culture. It is the pattern of culture that makes human behaviors meaningful and significant. Knowledge is one element of culture through that we can share mental activity.


The probability of correct operation of the system during a given lifetime is called the reliability. The reliability of a complete satellite communications system depends on the reliability of its two principal constituents - the satellite and the ground stations. The availability of a complete satellite communications system depends not only on the reliability of the constituents of the system but also on the probability of successful launching, the replacement time and the number of operational and back-up satellites (in orbit and on the ground). Availability of the ground stations depends not only on their reliability but also on their maintainability. For the satellite, availability depends only on reliability since maintenance is not envisaged with current techniques.


TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND EMPLOYMENT This survey on technological change and employment starts with an historical perspective which underlines the contrast between the credo following the years of rapid economic growth and the concerns over the effects of technological change in the present period of slow economic growth. Three types of approaches are presented: the solowian ones which develop a New Growth Theory, starting from Solow's seminal early works, the neo-keynesian ones which rely on large multisectoral models to estimate past and future effects of technological change and the neo-schumpeterian ones which are more directly oriented towards the nature and dynamics of innovations. The complementarities displayed in this survey suggest that combinations of these various perspectives would help to answer some of the pending questions on this issue of technological change and employment.


We develop a method for estimating the flight critical parameters of pitch angle, roll angle and the three body rates using horizon detection and optical flow. We achieve this through the use of an image processing front-end to detect candidate horizon lines through the use of morphological image processing and the Hough transform. The optical flow of the image for each candidate line is calculated, and using these measurements, we are able to estimate the body rates of the aircraft. Using an Extended Kalman Filter (EFK), the candidate horizon lines are propagated and tracked through successive image frames, with statistically unlikely horizon candidates eliminated. Results qualitativly describing the performance of the image processing front-end on real datasets are presented, followed by an analysis of the improvement when utilising the motion model of the vehicle.


Abstract : This report details the design, development, testing, and evaluation pertaining to two versions of an Optimum Aircraft Rescue Tool. The rescue tool is a lightweight device required to replace several manually operated tools used by rescue personnel when forced entrance into an aircraft is necessary. Two versions of the rescue tool are incorporated into this report: a 4000-pound force spreader jaw unit equipped with a router, and an 8000-pound force spreader jaw lighter-weight tool. The primary functions of the rescue tool are piercing displacing, and shearing action on airframe materials.


We describe a method for textural feature extraction of MRI volumes of the brain and, based upon those features, a method for classification and assessment of the anatomical malformations of the brain, due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD). In our research, we make the hypothesis that there is enough detectable textural evidence from a 3D analysis of MR images of the brain to detect and identify the earliest structural changes of AD. To uniquely characterise structural malformations we construct a database of statistical information for 3D textures at different scales, using wavelet operators. The major goal at this stage of our research is to explore the inherent constraints imposed by the structure of the texture and its symbolic description. Our representation benefits from a unique method of parameter reduction, which gives an unambiguous description of the textures of the brain in 3D. One of the key attributes of this model is that, in the case of conflicting statements, it generates a low confidence estimate, thus allowing a local measure of reliability.


This paper describes the mechanical design needs commonly required to manufacture electrical coils. It discusses types of coils and presents production design information which include tolerance requirements that are commonly omitted in design considerations.


This thesis is a feasibility study of a development of a retail complex in a town called Harajuku in the Shibuya-ku district of Tokyo, Japan. The nature of the development is a marketplace with an emphasis on fast foods, ethnic foods and restaurants on 12,500 square feet site. The study also traces several transformations of the town of Harajuku between 1970 to 1980, as a result of the rapid growth and infusions of the daytime visiting population to Harajuku from the suburbs of Tokyo. Thesis Supervisor: Rosemary Grimshaw Titl.e: Design Faculty of the Department of Architecture Preliminary IntroductiOn Greater Tokyo Metropolis is divided into twentythree districts. One of these, ShibuVa-ku consists of seven towns. They are Yoyogi, Shibuya, Shoto, Sendagaya, Ebisu, Harajuku, Hiroo and Shinjuku. 04 these towns Harajuku is the primary focus of this st Ud y. The site under consideration for development lies in the western part of Harajuku . The site is certain to maintain its value because of its lcation where both Harajuku Station and Meijij .inguTfaeE' Subway Station is situated less than f ifty feet from the subject site. The impetus of Tokyo lympic in 19C64 which took place in the town of Haraiuku led to the gradual Commercial developments of Harajuku in the late 60s and early '70s. The continuous commercial developments in HarajukuL in the '70's has gradually changed the zoning restrictions on this Site. Originally this site was zoned for residenti al uses however was changed to allow for the development of retail complex, as proposed in this project. Toda. Omotesando Street is often called Champs Elysees of Tokyo. It has earned this name primarily since chic boutiques, luxury condominiums, chic restaurants and coffee shops sprouted along this street as well as along the interconnecting streets of Medidori Street and Aoyamodori Street. I. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION Findings contained in this report are capsulized in the following paragraphs. I. We have found strong evidence indicating a sizable opportunity area for festive food and retail complex in Harajuku. Interest in the development of retail complex of this nature has been encouraging. Based on the results of our survey of visiting populations of all age brackets, we see a gross sales of about $550 per square foot on our first year estimate. 2. The subject property, located in district one of Harajuku, is in a positiornto take most of this potential up to the limits of the site itself. In order to do this, however, it will be necessary that: A. The retail space be of exceptionally high design by incorporating and coordinating a small symbolic signs such as the cricket, fish, pigs etc... over the front door of each relevant stores. Highly sensitive and fashion oriented consumers will demand this to a greater degree t-an lessees. B. That aggressive marketing begin as soon as possible, as other well established shopping mall in.Harajuku could imitate the concept and provide competition. It should be noted,. however, that this site has an inherent locational advantage in Harajuku than any of the established shopping mall, for development of this nature. An acceptable range of average sales price per transaction, based on the average disposable income and monthly allowances of the consumers would be from $2.00* to $15.00 per transaction with the non-food item at the higher end of the range. 4. The potential seen for this project is based on a nearly complete domination of the market-for fast foods, snacks and ethnic foods and not upon the general market conditions. 5. The floor layCut must be designed flexibly to accomodate: A. The changes in the nature of business due to high turnover rates of tenants (ie. retail, fast foods, restaurants etc.) 6. The floor plan must be well thought out to allow for the disparities of interests and spending habits between the two distinct group of consumers. * All currency conversion in this5 study is based on 1,00 =250 yen.


An analytical technique has been presented for predicting and optimizing the air-gap magnetic field in brushless surface-mounted permanent magnet (PM) machines with proposed two-segment bread-loaf magnets. The equivalently arc-shaped pieced magnets have been modeled and the subdomain model equations have been analytically solved. According to superposition principle, the air-gap magnetic field can be obtained. In addition, the presented analytical technique can also predict the induced back-electromotive force (EMF) and the electromagnetic torque. For the maximal air-gap flux density and electromagnetic torque, the optimum magnetization angle has been analytically derived. The analytical results show that the torque ripple can be significantly reduced for the proposed optimized two-segment bread-loaf magnets compared with the conventional parallel magnetized magnets with equal magnet usage. Predicted results have been validated by finite-element analysis (FEA) for a 6-slot/4-pole PM machine.


AIM:To study pituitary-thyroid,pancreas,and testis functions in dihydroetorphine addicts. METHODS:Radioimmunoassay was used to determine the blood constituents in 11 male dihydroetorphine addicts,29 male heroin addicts,and 26 healthy men. RESULTS:In dihydmetorphine addicts,the blood concentrations of TSH,T3,and T4 were lower while C-peptide,insulin,and testosterone levels in blood were higher than those in healthy men and heroin addicts. CONCLUSION:The male dihydroetorphine addicts showed inhibited pituitary-thyroid functions and raised pancreatic and testicular functions.


This article is available from http://www.labmedonline.org 2012, Laboratory Medicine Online This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background: The serum des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin (protein induced by vitamin K antagonist-II, PIVKA-II) is a useful tumor marker in addition to alpha-fetoprotein for diagnosing primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we evaluated the laboratory performance of a modified ELISA method for PIVKA-II measurement adopting an automated ELISA processor in comparison with conventional manual method and investigated its diagnostic performance in patients with HCC. Methods: The laboratory performance of modified ELISA using PIVKA-II ELISA kit (Sanko Junyaku Co., Japan) was evaluated using control materials (10, 25, 500, 1,000 mAU/mL) and 208 patient samples according to the CLSI guidelines. In 93 HCC patients and 88 disease controls (30 chronic hepatitis and 58 liver cirrhosis), ROC curve, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were analyzed. Results: Total and within-run CVs for middle, high and very high level samples were less than 10%, while those of low level samples were over 10% (12.6% and 11.7%, respectively). The modified ELISA showed an excellent linearity (r>0.99) and low carryover rate (-0.14%). Although the correlation between the conventional and modified ELISAs was excellent (r=0.982), there was a proportional deviation of PIVKA-II levels (y intercept: 0.621). With a cut-off of 30 mAU/mL, the sensitivity and specificity of PIVKA-II for the diagnosis of HCC were 58% and 92%, respectively. Conclusions: PIVKA-II measurement by modified ELISA using an automated ELISA processor can improve the efficiency of laboratory in terms of turnaround time and labor intensiveness while maintaining reasonable sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of HCC.


The AspectJ programming language supports the principle of modularity and abstraction by allowing explicit separation between aspects and system core concerns. However, using AspectJ does not necessarily imply loose coupling as aspect definitions may maintain explicit visibility over components. In this paper we look at the problem of the binding of aspect definitions to application code in AspectJ, and we propose a language framework that deploys reflection in order to decrease the level of coupling between them, thereby increasing the level of reusability of aspect definitions.


Mining the association rules is the key content in data mining,and the rules generated mainly focused on how to find frequent item sets.In the ordinary circumstances,it is difficult to find frequent item sets,especially,the more of item set the more difficult.The longest frequent item sets contains almost all of the frequent item sets,so,how to find frequent item sets can transform to find the longest frequent item sets.Use genetic algorithms'global optimum and massive data search to mine the longest frequent itemset.This method scans the database only once,so it can greatly save the time.Finally,experiment shows the feasibility of the method.


Discloses a system for a container (101) measuring a parameter (100). Container (101) with a solution of (101a). The protective layer (105) is deposited on at least one sensor (103) and said container at least one wall (101b) on, wherein the protective layer (105) is attached to the container, said wall (101b) to the forming a seal between the container and the at least one sensor (103). At least one sensor is configured to have an electromagnetic field based on the container and the thickness of the protective layer according operable. The label (102) combining the at least one sensor close configuration measuring means (111) an impedance analyzer (108) and the reader (106). At least one sensor (103) is configured to determine the solution of the at least one parameter. The label (102) is configured as a digital ID provided with the at least one sensor associated therewith, wherein said container (101) in proximity to the reader (106) and an impedance analyzer (108). The impedance analyzer is configured based on the complex impedance measured at a given frequency range is received from the at least one sensor (103) the given frequency range.


Consumers often lack information about the origin and provenance of the products they buy. They may ask: Is a food product truly organic? Or, what is the origin of the gemstone in the ring I purchased? They also may have sustainability concerns about the footprint of a product at the end of its life. Producers and sellers, meanwhile, wish to know how longitudinal tracking of the provenance of products and their components can boost their sales prices and after-market value, and re-veal new business opportunities. We focus on how the product lifecycle (PLC) can be leveraged to track information that typically has not been available to support distributed activities. Instead, they have been supported by the manufacturers that create new products. We propose an architecture that utilizes blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) to support a range of PLC use case scenarios – from production to marketing and con-sumption, to maintenance and refurbishment, as well as recycling and disposal. We also offer design thinking about blockchain-IoT architecture to support products such as textiles, furniture and food. Our contribution is an architecture for cross-PLC management support and an explanation of its potential to enhance value through stakeholder informedness.


The choice of germplasm is critical for sustainable restoration, yet seed transfer guidelines are lacking for all but a few herbaceous species. Seed transfer zones based on genetic variability and ...


The efficient and effective tax education to SMEs in developing countries like Tanzania is critical to overcome the challenges of tax compliances. Despite the trend of tax reforms in Tanzania since 1998, the effects of tax education on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are still poor and many SMEs still see taxation process and cost as constraints to SMEs' successes (Adam, 2012; Masanja, 2019).
The study employed deductive approach, exploratory and descriptive survey methodology. The respondents involved 96 SMEs owners of Morogoro Municipality and four (4) TRA Education Department employees. The data collection tools involved the use of purposeful distributed questionnaires and interviews. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data. The scope was to produce the frequency tables (Kothari, 209; Mbalwowa, 2014).
To determine if the provision of tax education has resulted in tax compliance among SMEs, the results shown that to large extent there were high level of incompliancy on: timeliness for tax payment, voluntary tax payment, use of EFDs, issuance of fiscal receipts and online filing of tax returns. Therefore, the main attributing factors of tax incompliancy have been associated with tax education.
The study recommends: to evaluate the tax education programs on revenue collection, complements information technology to disseminate tax education, carry out relational or causal studies of tax education on tax compliances across different demographic characteristics in Tanzania. More importantly, to promote a shift from the tax being assessed by TRA to self-tax assessment among SMEs through tax education program.


Competition law and insolvency law are clashing doctrines. On the one hand, competition policy, particularly on state aid, is often criticised for interfering with the restructuring process of distressed companies.1 On the other hand, a certain degree of distortion of competition is inherent to insolvency law, especially corporate rescue. Insolvent companies that go through a rescue procedure to get back on their feet often bypass general contract and labour law standards. This inevitably improves their market position and consequently gives them a certain competitive advantage over solvent competitors who cannot take the same route.2 A balance has to be struck between the conflicting interests of saving a struggling though viable company and the competitive advantages corporate rescue can bestow on such a company.3 With the advent of the 'rescue culture' in many European jurisdictions, through which more emphasis is placed on restoring struggling though viable companies to their healthy and profitable state, an attempt is made to overcome the


Germany's amateur agitprop theatre movement produced some of the most popular, pervasive, and politically contentious art in the Weimar Republic, not least because of the way performers inserted themselves into the fabric of working-class life with the unequivocal intention of politicizing audiences. Germany's first agitprop troupes formed within youth clubs affiliated with the Communist Party (KPD) around 1925, but the movement quickly grew beyond established club culture, with troupes sprouting up "like mushrooms," as one critic of the period put it. By 1929 police estimated there were about two hundred self-proclaimed agitprop troupes spread across Germany, all pursuing a transparently aggressive political agenda: to turn the theatre into a site of revolutionary class struggle. If the Weimar period saw an unprecedented mixing of art and politics, agitprop took this tendency to the extreme by declaring theatre to be a weapon in the hands of the proletariat. As the slogan of the 1931 International Meeting of Agitprop Troupes in Cologne put it: "Workers' theatre is class struggle."


Under market conditions, the weight of each employee performance increases and impacts efficiency of divisions and a company in whole. An important part in this regard belongs to the system of wages as a tool capable to kindle interest of personnel in the desired results of work. Experience shows that Russian mining companies follow the prevailing trend of raising salary level generally under influence of external factors, such as inflation. There is often no connection between rewards and results. This publication presents estimation and comparison of the main results obtained within five years-long activities on promoting concernment of machine men engaged in maintenance of vehicles in the desired quality of work.


AIM:To evaluate the gingival microleakage of a low shrinkage resin composite and aconventional methacrylate resin composite after class II restorations of posterior teeth.METHODS:Class II cavity was prepared on the mesial surface of 20 freshly extracted human molars.The teeth were randomly divided into 2 groups and were filled with low shrinkage posterior resin composite 3M FiltekTM P90 and conventional methacrylate posterior resin composite 3M FiltekTM P60 respectively.After thermocycling,all teeth were immersed in basic fuchsine solusion.Each sample was then sectioned longitudinally into 3 pieces in a mesio-distal direction.Dye penetrations were examined under stereomicroscope.RESULTS:The samples filled with P90 showed significantly lower gingival microleakage than the ones filled with P60(P 0.05).CONCLUSION:The low shrinkage posterior restoration system can reduce gingival microleakage of class II cavities at cementum/dentin margins.


The authors' global ocean tide maps derived from Geosat altimetry are here improved in quality and coverage; they compare favorably with ground truth data at about the same rms level as Schwiderski's models, slightly better in lunar than in solar tides. Diurnal admittances clearly show Kelvin wave structure in the southern ocean and confirm Platzman's resonant mode at 28.5±0.1 hours with an apparent Q of about 4. Driving energy enters dominantly in the North Pacific for the daily tides and is strongly peaked in the tropical oceans for the half-daily tides. Global rates of working on all major tide constituents except S2 agree well with independent results from analyses of gravity through satellite tracking. Comparison at S2 is improved by allowing for the air tide in gravitational results but suggests deficiencies in all solar tide models. Estimates of Q factors based on potential energy (approximately 8 for daily tides and 13 for half-daily tides) agree reasonably well with hydrodynamic models.


Objectives : It surveyed the recognition level of oral health in class teachers who have influence of students' oral health knowledges and behaviors in our country, developed a program available for supplementing reinforcement in school oral health education, and planned the knowledge contents necessary for school oral health education hereafter. Methods : To arrange the basic data necessary for school oral health program, it carried out questionnaire survey by personal self-administration targeting 460 teachers for 19 elementary schools where are located in Jinhae city from May 7, 2007 to June 13. The following conclusions were obtained. Results : 1. The path of acquiring oral health knowledge was shown the high frequency with 23.9% and 23.3%, respectively, through publicity brochure and dental clinic. As for the opinion about the aim of maintaining dental hygiene, the prevention of dental caries was the highest with 53.7%. 2. The opinion about which the regular visit to the dentist is very effective for preventing dental caries accounted for 56.7%. The opinions about which the limit to sugar intake and the use of dental floss are effective for preventing dental caries accounted for 52.2% and 46.3%, respectively. 3. The opinion about which the fluoridation beverage intake and the sealant are effective for preventing dental caries accounted for 33.9% and 33.0%, respectively. 4. The opinion about which the regular toothbrushing without toothpaste has a little effect and has no effect on preventing dental caries accounted for 42.6% and 38.5%, respectively. Conclusions : The elementary-school age period, which is the most core field out of the whole oral health, is the important period that is formed the basis of lifelong oral health care. It surveyed the recognition level of oral health in class teachers who are in charge of direct health care while making continuous life with students, and developed program available for supplementing reinforcement in school oral health education. Through this, there will be necessity for cultivating ability available for properly managing oral health for the whole life by allowing elementary-school students, who will be led to future adults' oral health, to be formed the attitudes toward the rationally oral health care.


The scientific approach is a learning process designed to enable students to learn actively by doing the 5 M process of observing, asking, trying, reasoning and communicating. Learning by using a scientific approach can encourage students to find out from various sources by making observations and not just receiving knowledge from teachers. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of scientific approach in improving student learning outcomes of grade 4 on the theme of togetherness in SDN Purwantoro 1 Malang. This research uses a quantitative approach with a simple experimental research type. Method in theform of observation, interviews, questionnaires and documentation. From the 4th graders of SDN Purwantoro 1 Malang, 2 classes were taken: experimental class and control class with 30 students. Data analysis used Independent t test with SPSS 16 tool. From the research result can know the average value of learning result of experiment class 88, mean while control class average learning result 80 and Sig 0,000 <0,05 hence Ho rejected, its mean there are differences in learning outcomes of the experimental class with the control class. So it can be concluded very effective approach can improve thematic learning theme beautiful together in SDN Purwantoro 1 Malang.


Rosmianto. 2015. Improving Students Speaking Ability through Team Tournament Game with Cooperative Learning Technique To The Students Grade VII MTs.Minal IlmiTanipah Kecamatan Aluh-Aluh Tahun Pelajaran 2014/2015. Thesis, Graduate degree of Sarjana Pendidikan at English Department of Tarbiyah Faculty of Antasari State Institute for Islamic Studies Banjarmasin.
Advisor: Drs. Saadilah, M. Pd.

Key word: Team tournament game, cooperative learning, speaking.

Speaaking is one of the four language skills that plays a very important role in the teaching of English since speaking can really help the students learn a foreign language. However, the ability of the seventh year students of MTs Minal Ilmi in speaking is still unsatisfactory. The students get difficulties in finding and generating ideas; they feel confused to start their speaking, they feel shy and scare making mistakes in speaking; morever, the students have low motivation and seem uninterested in speaking.
This study is aimed to Improve Students' English speaking ability using team tournament game at Grade VII MTs.Minal IlmiTanipah Kecamatan Aluh-Aluh Tahun Pelajaran 2014/2015. This game is selected since it can guide the students to share their idea with speak totheir friends. Team tournament game is one of the most fun of cooperative learning methods. The Problem of this research is "How can team tournament game with cooperative learning technique improve students' English speaking ability at grade VII MTs Minal Ilmi Tanipah KecamatanAluh-AluhTahun Ajaran 2014/2015?"
Method of this research is classroom action research which done in 2 cycle. 2 meetings in cycle I and 2 meetings in cycle II. Subject of this research is 16 students at grade VII of MTs Minal Ilmi Tanipah KecamatanAluh-AluhTahun Ajaran 2014/2015. Teachnique of data collection was gotten by observation, quessionnaire and interview.
Finally, for the future researchers, particularly those who have the same problem and are interested in doing their research, it is suggested to conduct action research in the teaching of speaking using different type of games.


Efficient parking management strategies are vital in central business districts of mega-cities where space is restricted and congestion is intense. Variable parking pricing is a common parking management strategy in which vehicles are charged based on their dwell time. In this paper, we show that road pricing and variable parking pricing are structurally different in how they influence the traffic equilibrium with elastic demand. Whereas road pricing strictly reduces demand, parking pricing can reduce or induce demand. Under special scenarios, the demand only increases with respect to parking price when parking dwell time time shows increasing returns to scale with respect to the variable parking price. The emergent traffic equilibrium with parking is formulated as a Variational inequality and a heuristic algorithm is presented to find the solution. Numerical experiments are conducted on two networks. Analysis of the first network, with elastic demand and variable parking capacity, shows that parking capacity is only influential in the equilibrium when the variable parking price is low. The second network, a grid network with fixed demand and parking capacity, depicts a larger parking search time at the center of the network with parking zones that are accessible more travelers.


Disclosed is a signature processing device which, without lowering the average response speed, performs multiple group signature operations in parallel with a small number of processing devices and a low power consumption. The signature processing device has subsystems for each type of basic operation contained in the signature processing procedure. Each subsystem has a configuration in which one or multiple basic operation execution units and dispatchers, which monitor the operation states of said basic operation units and issue operation execution instructions, are connected alternately. Multiple signature generation requests or signature verification requests are received as a single input, and the multiple requests are processed simultaneously and in parallel. At that time, the subsystems are not exclusively occupied with one request, and even operations in different requests are assigned to unoccupied basic operation units and executed simultaneously.


One technique to improve the power output of a wind turbine is by implementing a diffuser, which is called the diffuser augmented wind turbine (DAWT). The area ratio between the inlet and outlet of the diffuser increases the flow rate inside the diffuser which in effect produces higher output power. In this research, a 2 meters rotor diameter was used. Diffuser diameter ratio variation of 2, 3, 4, and 5 were chosen which provides inlet diameter of 4, 6, 8, and 10 meter respectively. Power rotor coefficient is assumed to be constant of 0.30. Air speed distribution inside the diffuser is calculated using CFD method. The inlet speed to the diffuser is varied to give 4 different speeds. The wind angle at the inlet is also varied at 0 o , 30 o and 60 o . The simulation result showed that at 0 degree angle, diffuser diameter ratio variation of 2, 3, 4, and 5 will increase the power output about 58, 622, 3169, and 11519 times respectively. It also showed that the increase in the output power for diameter diffuser ratio of 2 at 0 o and 60 o angle is 58 and 4 times respectively. Keywords: Wind turbine , Diffuser , CFD


A field micro‐plot experiment was conducted to study the effect of early‐stage regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) on the stress tolerance of winter wheat in the late growth stage. Plants were subjected to two RDI treatments: proper water deficits (45‐55% field water capacity) were imposed during tillering—the beginning of the spring growth stage (T1) and during the beginning of spring growth to the end of the stem elongation stage (T2). The control plants (CK) were maintained with an adequate water supply until anthesis. The results showed that T1 and T2 shortened the length of the first and second internodes, and increased their weight per unit length, and thereby enhanced stem lodging resistance. Although post‐anthesis drought and waterlogging lowered leaf photosynthetic rate and root respiration rate, the two RDI treatments improved significantly compared to the control. The two RDI treatments had no significant effects on grain yield under post‐anthesis well‐watered conditions but increased grain yield and yield stability of wheat under post‐anthesis water stress. In addition, T1 and T2 significantly reduced water consumption and increased water productivity (WP) of wheat compared to the control. In summary, this study shows that appropriate RDI at early growth stages increased grain yield and yield stability through improving population characteristics, root respiration and photosynthesis of plants under post‐anthesis water stress conditions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


A well-proportioned self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixture can be achieved by controlling the aggregate system, paste quality and paste quantity. This study aims to apply a concept that is based on paste-to-voids volume ratio (Vpaste/Vvoids) to assess the performance of SCC mixtures. The relationship between excess paste theory and Vpaste/Vvoids was investigated. Tests were conducted on a large matrix of SCC mixtures that were designed for cast-in-place concrete construction. The mixtures were made with different aggregate types and sizes, and different cementitious materials. The workability, flow properties, compressive strength, shrinkage and surface resistivity of SCC mixtures were determined as indicators of SCC performance. Statistical analyses, response surface models and Tukey honest significant difference (HSD) tests, were conducted to relate the mix design parameters to the concrete performance. Test results revealed that slump flow of the SCC mixtures increased with Vpaste/Vvoids at a given ...


This paper examined Korean EFL students` knowledge of the shades of meaning in synonyms particularly in terms of their connotations. Forty-four first-year undergraduates took a word connotations test, in which they were asked to identify the connotations of the target words by choosing one of the following options: positive, neutral, negative. I then interviewed 23 students to find out what would pose difficulties in understanding the shades of meaning between synonyms. The test results revealed that quite a few students had an inadequate understanding of the connotations of some basic words. Student interviews showed that most of the students have not been encouraged to take an interest in what might be called the depth of meaning of synonyms. It was also found that students` insufficient understanding of the shades of meaning in synonyms was partly attributable to using thesauruses that fail to give genuine help with synonyms. (Kyonggi University)


This work presents a study on the environmental vulnerability of the coastal region of Pititinga, Rio do Fogo/RN. The coastal erosion of Pititinga beach was analyzed and considerated as one more process that produces environmental vulnerability in the area of study, taking into account its human and natural environment and establishing the relation between them, to understand the arrangement that produced its spatial configuration. The natural environment was expressed by thematics maps with geology, geomorphology, vegetation and soil themes, while the human environment was expressed by the use and occupation of the soil map. The coastal erosion was put in an erosion vulnerability map. The methodological procedure to generate the thematics maps, vulnerability maps and of the erosion coastal involved the bibliographic research, field visits with check-list form fill, collect and analysis of sediment sample, photointerpretation techniques, integration of the information in a database, data store and spatial analysis in a Geographic Information System (GIS) ambient. The natural vulnerability map shows a predominancy of environments with low (29,6%) or medium (42,4%) vulnerability, pointed the frontal and mobile dune as the areas with the highest vulnerability. The environmental vulnerability map, presents a predominancy of environments with low vulnerability (53,8%), with the high vulnerability concentrated on Pititinga community. The coastal erosion vulnerability presented distinct behaviors on three sections among the coastal line according each one characteristics. Where there are frontal and transgressive dunes, vulnerability are, generally, medium or low, respectively, and in the absence of them, as what occurs in Pititinga community, the vulnerability is predominately very high. KEY-WORDS: Coastal zone, Vulnerability, Erosion, Mapping.


or subinfection are to be detected. I would, however, in all meekness, object that the intoxication theory has been tried, and, save as regards a singularly limited series of symptoms, has so far been found wanting when subjected to the test of experiment; while, on the contrary, it is possible to adduce experimental evidence in favour of each of nmy pleas in favour of the infective nature of the conditions discussed.


Since the middle of last year, a striking increase in the prices of most raw materials has taken place. Since countries exporting primary commodities mainly import manufactured products, which have had a much smaller price rise, there has been an increase in real terms in the part of their national income derived from trade. The following changes will constitute sources of gains for the country while changes in the opposite direction would generate losses: (a) an increase in the level of export prices; (b) a decrease in the level of import prices; (c) an increase in the volume of exports whenever the additional exports come from increased production; and (d) a reduction of the volume of imports whenever it does not result from a reduction in the use of resources. The study consists of four parts and a statistical appendix. Part one deals with the changes in commodity prices between 1948 and 1951. Part two estimates the gains in available resources which primary producing countries have derived from changes in prices and changes in the quantities traded. Part three deals with the use which primary producing countries have made of the gains in available resources. Part four analyzes how the gains of primary producing countries are paid for by industrialized countries. The statistical appendix gives the definition of the concepts, the source of the statistical data, and the method followed to arrive at quantitative estimates of the gains and their uses.


Background: Racism and discrimination are realities faced by Indigenous peoples navigating the healthcare system in Canada. Countless experiences of injustice, prejudice, and maltreatment calls for systemic action to redress professional practices of health care professionals and staff alike. Research points to Indigenous cultural safety training in healthcare systems to educate, train, and provide non-Indigenous trainees the necessary skills and knowledge to work with and alongside Indigenous peoples using cultural safe practices grounded in respect and empathy. Objective: We aim to inform the development and delivery of Indigenous cultural safety training within and across healthcare settings in the Canadian context, through repository of Indigenous cultural safety training examples, toolkits, and evaluations. Methods: An environmental scan of both gray (government and organization-issued) and academic literature is employed, following protocols developed by Shahid and Turin (2018). Synthesis: Indigenous cultural safety training and toolkits are collected and described according to similar and distinct characteristics and highlighting promising Indigenous cultural safety training practices for adoption by healthcare institutions and personnel. Gaps of the analysis are described, providing direction for future research. Final recommendations based on overall findings including key areas for consideration in Indigenous cultural safety training development and delivery. Conclusion: The findings uncover the potential of Indigenous cultural safety training to improve healthcare experiences of all Indigenous Peoples. With the information, healthcare institutions, professionals, researchers, and volunteers will be well equipped to support and promote their Indigenous cultural safety training development and delivery.


(Z)-4-oxo-4-(phenylamino)but-2-enoic acid and its solid lanthanide complexes LnL 3 · nH 2 O(Ln = La,Eu,Tb,Yb) were synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis, FTIR, 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR spectra. The results show that the carboxylic groups in the complexes coordinated to the lanthanide ions in the form of a bidentate ligand, but the amide carbonyl group and amino N have not taken part in the coordination. The fluorescence spectra exhibits that the Eu 3 + complex display characteristic metal-centered fluorescence in solid state while Tb 3 + fluorescence is completely quenched, which is attributed to being especially effectively in transferring energy from the lowest triplet energy level of the ligands onto the excited state ( 5 D 0 ) of Eu 3 + than that ( 5 D 4 ) of Tb 3 + .


Tuberculosis is a significant healthcare burden, especially in the developing world. Current first-line therapies for tuberculosis treatment (isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, and ethambutol) have significant efficacy but they all have the potential to cause hepatotoxicity. Effects produced by these drugs may be asymptomatic with increased levels of aminotransferases in some patients or the development of severe hepatotoxicity in others. On the other hand, it can also lead to hepatic failure in some patients. In this review, we evaluated the studies on genetic variants showing associations with drug-induced hepatic injury in tuberculosis patients.  Several studies on important genes such as NAT2, AADAC, CYP2E1, HLA, CYP7A1, ALDH1A1, NFkB, PXR, HMOX1, SLCO1B1, UGT1A1, NRF2, and MAFF were reviewed and discussed for utilizing them as predictors of hepatic injury in tuberculosis patients. Recommendations are made on the potential of some of these genetic variants as a screening tool for determining patients most likely to experience hepatic adverse effects after receiving standard first-line anti-mycobacterial tuberculosis treatment.


Individual or social group exists and develop in interaction with the external environment.The mind emancipation of the individual or the group are restrained by a certain objective conditions,traditional forces,main quality as well as a certain social development.The in-depth analysis of these constraints is a prerequisite for the further emancipation of their minds.


A new dual-wavelength spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of lanthanum with XO and CPB in NH 3.H 2O-NH 4Cl buffer medium at PH=8.6.The measuring and reference wavelengths are 610nm and 475 nm respectively. The apparent absorptivity is 1.5×10 5L·mol -1 ·cm -1 ,which is 1.5 times than by single wavelength spectrophotometric method. Beer's Law is obeyed in the range 0-25ug/50ml for La. It has been applied to the direct determination of La in active carbon based catalysts with satisfactory results.


An industrial hygiene survey was conducted at the Agricultural Operations Division, IMC, Bartow, Florida, on July 19-22, 1976, as part of the industry-wide study of the phosphate fertilizer industry. The phosphate ore mining operations, the plant, and the medical, safety, and industrial hygiene programs are described. The beneficiation plant was surveyed to determine the 8-hour time weighted averages of cadmium, chromium, vanadium, fluoride, arsenic, and silica. General area samples were taken for uranium and alpha-radiation. With the exception of uranium in the grinding area, all other elements analyzed came within the OSHA standards. However, several results exceed the NIOSH recommended standard.


1 The change in spatial pattern due to mortality over a period of 10 years was examined in a c. 60-year-old second-growth aspen-white-pine forest in northern Michigan, USA. 2 It is predicted that unitary plants undergoing competitive thinning will shift toward a more regular distribution of stems. Such a pattern has been reported for temperate jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and four tropical tree species, but was not seen in our population of canopy aspen. The distribution of aspen living in 1989 tended toward greater clumping than that expected from random mortality of aspen living in 1979. It is suggested that this contrast to theoretical predictions was due to the clonal nature of aspen. 3 White pine invading under aspen was clumped at all scales, both in 1979 and 1989, and its distribution showed significant repulsion from aspen at scales of 11 m and 14m in 1989. This suggests that the net effect of the initially dominant aspen on invading white pine was one of inhibition of establishment, and that the spatial location and therefore the abundance of white pine was constrained by the locations of aspen ramets.


Although access to quality teachers is one of the most important aspects of a quality education, explicit concern with teacher quality too often has been conspicuously absent from past litigation over the right to education. Instead, past litigation has focused more on the broader question of funding. Though that litigation has narrowed gross funding gaps between schools in many states, it has not been enough to change what matters most: access to quality teachers.This Article proposes that courts ensure access to quality teaching rather than the more amorphous right to adequate educational opportunities. The recent constitutional challenge to tenure suggests a theoretical step in this direction, but the focus on teacher tenure alone is misplaced. Eliminating tenure, without addressing more important fundamental challenges for the teaching profession, may just make matters worse. Thus, this Article argues for a broader intervention strategy that focuses on whether states equally distribute existing quality teachers and whether states take the various steps necessary to ensure the supply of quality teachers.


ABSTRACT Three metrics have been been developed to assess the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) Surveillance Program against its objectives of detecting defects, determining margins and validating predictions. The surveillance metrics use statistical methods and are probabilities or confidences that produce quantitive assessments on a 0 to 1 scale—from no confidence that a given data stream achieves its surveillance program objectives to complete confidence that the data stream fulfills the objectives. These metrics may be compared and rolled up to support NNSA Surveillance Program management decisions.


The Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC) is a large protein structure found in eukaryotic cells, perforating the nuclear envelope. It mediates bidirectional selective transport between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The NPC contains a permeability barrier consisting of unstructured nuclear pore proteins. The structure of the permeability barrier is not well defined. As a consequence, various models have been proposed for its structure and functionality. Typically, these models consider the unstructured nuclear pore proteins as weakly or strongly interacting polymers: In the first case nuclear pore proteins protrude from the pore creating an entropic barrier; in the second case they may form a meshwork occupying the central channel, resembling a hydrogel. In this thesis, I measure the nanomechanical properties of this barrier in intact NPCs, and compare them to the properties expected for entropic brushes and gel-like materials. To this end, I carried out nanometre-scale force spectroscopy measurements using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Prior to the measurements the pores were treated with reagents that activated the transport process, thus flushing out the pores to ensure that I was probing the barrier itself instead of cargo stuck in transit. I carried out Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy experiments to verify this procedure, as well as to measure transport properties of the pores in isolated nuclei. For comparison, I also measure nanomechanical properties of artificial polymer brushes, and set the first steps towards creating protein-coated solid-state nanopores as a reductionist model system for the NPC. My results indicate that the proteins in the NPC form a condensed network, more closely resembling a hydrogel than a brush dominated by entropic interactions.


Well-aligned ZnO micro-rods have been prepared on Al_2O_3(0001) substrate by metalorganic chemical va-
por deposition (MOCVD) with Zn(C_5H_7O_2)_2 as the reactant source. The crystal quality and optical character of the
ZnO were studied. X-ray diffration spectra show that ZnO is strongly c-oriented. The morphology of the sample was
obtained by SEM. The images indicated the ZnO micro-rods have hexahedral structure with radius of 0.5 ~ 1. 5μm.
A strong ultraviolet (UV) emission is observed at 81 ~ 360 K when sample is excited by 325 nm line of a He-Cd
laser. In the photoluminescence (PL) spectra, deep level emission can't be seen, indicating that the micro-rods
have higher crystalline guality.


A New Zealand study has reported that Lego has become more violent since the late 1970s. Debates about levels of violence within children's media are not new, so is this significant? When we consider that Lego is famous for its principles of pacifism we might be tempted to think so. We need to be cautious, however, about such headlines contributing to ill-informed moral panics about the loss of childhood innocence and a toy "arms race" causing children to become more aggressive.


Abstract Protoplasts isolated enzymatically from suspension-cultured cells of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr., cv. Harosoy 63) were used to study the production of the isoflavonoid-derived phytoalexin, glyceollin. A large enhancement in the in vivo rates of synthesis and catalytic activities of two of the enzymes associated with glyceollin biosynthesis, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and chalcone synthase, preceded phytoalexin accumulation during early stages of culture of isolated protoplasts while cell wall regeneration occurred. A glucan elicitor from cell walls of the fungus Phytophthora megasperm a f. sp. glycinea, an effective inducer of the phytoalexin response in cultured cells, was not capable of enhancing phytoalexin formation in protoplasts. Lack of responsiveness of the protoplasts to the glucan elicitor could either be associated with their stressed metabolic state in which the response system is already saturated or with the removal from cultured cells of an essential factor of the glucan elicitor-mediated phytoalexin induction during protoplast isolation. At least two components of the protoplast isolation medium, the osmoticum and the fungal endopolygalacturonase, have the potential to initiate the observed phytoalexin synthesis during protoplast isolation. Our results indicate that under the methods employed isolated soybean protoplasts display a stress response which other types of soybean cells show following microbial attack or treatment with elicitor.


The Planck's constant constitutes one of the most important constant into quantum world being fundamental to understand several concepts and interpretations physical and chemical. In specialized literature, many methods used to the determination of planck's constant are cited and one of them use light emitting diodes (LEDs) which was utilized in this work. The experimental arrangement used in this work allowed an study of photoelectric effect and enabled the determining of the planck's constant with its uncertainty associated.


Hold-up is an important design parameter for pipelines transporting solid liquid mixture as it correctly determines the ill situ volume fraction of different phases. Extensive experiments have been reported to establish the effect of solid concentration, flow velocity and particle size on hold-up. Based on the data base, a simple correlation has been proposed for determination of hold-up for multi-sized solid-liquid flow through pipes. The proposed correlation [HR = 1+ 0.64(Wo / U.{50) incorporates the effect of all the factors affecting hold-up such as solid concentration, flow velocity, particle size, pipe diameter, etc. The predictions based on the proposed correlation match reasonably well with the experimental data.


In Scotland, post‐registration hospital pharmacists typically undertake a vocational foundation training programme. Beyond this, there are no mandatory structures for ongoing professional training. To support progression to a more advanced level, competency frameworks are increasingly being used. This study aimed to measure the self‐reported competence of pharmacists against a relevant framework and to determine what support was required to enable further professional development.


A new control method using Genetic Algorithms (GAs) to reduce the structural response under seismic excitation is proposed. The proposed control method uses state space reconstruction technique to obtain the full state performance from the available reduced order feedback. The controller is optimized using GAs without making simplifying assumptions. The method has been used on a benchmark problem – an active mass driver system. The results and advantages of the proposed method are discussed in this paper. The robustness of the controller developed by this method has also been examined.


This research attempts to find the factors of customer loyalty and their relationships in Bank Islam Ipoh. In order to do this, a questionnaire is designed and validated, then based on the data which is gained from the sample of 80 respondents' that volunteered to complete multiple self-administered questionnaire for the data collection process, the analysis is done and the results and the relations among the factors are explained. Data was then aggregated and analyzed using descriptive analysis, and correlation. Trust, customers' satisfaction and image are the factors that influence customers' loyalty of the customers in Bank Islam in this study. These factors also influence each other as well. The relationships of different factors with each other are also studied and the SPSS software is used to analyze the data gathered from the respondents. From the study, it was found that most of the customers in Bank Islam had experienced high level in customers' loyalty whereas others considered as moderate. Besides that, trust and customers' satisfaction was positively significant towards customers' loyalty in Bank Islam Ipoh. The results demonstrate that most of the customers are trusted and satisfied, however the possibility of customers dissatisfied of the banks always exists.


The spinning conditions of wet spun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibres containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were investigated. On the basis of images from a transmission electron microscope, it was shown that the MWCNTs are well dispersed in the fibre matrix as well as straightened and oriented in the direction of the fibre axis. The presence of MWCNTs in the fibre matter caused an increase in the crystallinity of the precursor fibres and a decrease in their porosity. The tenacity of the composite fibres was lower than that of pure PAN fibres, which was caused by the fact that carbon nanotubes hindered de formation in the drawing stages, resulting in a lower draw ratio possible to be obtained of composite fibres compared to standard fibres. For the PAN precursor fibres obtained a two stage carbonisation process was conducted: The first stage was conducted in an oxidative atmosphere (at 140 °C for 5 hours and then at 200 °C for 6 hours in air). The second stage was conducted in an inert atmosphere (at 1000 °C for 5 minutes in argon atmosphere). The strength of carbon fibres containing MWCNTs obtained shows, in the majority, no signifi cant differences in comparision to reference fibres without MWCNTs. However, the tensile strength was lower.


Provided is a multilayer ceramic substrate which is not susceptible to the occurrence of cracks and has high flexural strength and high electrode bonding strength between the substrate and a surface electrode.
This multilayer ceramic substrate is provided with a laminate 1 wherein ceramic layers 2 are laminated. Each ceramic layer is formed from a ceramic material which contains: a main component containing 48-75% by weight of SiO 2 , 20-40% by weight of BaO and 5-20% by weight of Al 2 O 3 ; and at least an auxiliary component containing MnO in an amount of 2.5-20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the main component. The laminate 1 is configured such that glass ceramic layers 3a, 3b are laminated therein so that the entire thickness or a part of the thickness of each glass ceramic layer fits within the laminate 1 and within 100 μm from the both main surfaces of the laminate 1.


Since the very beginning,Chinese Telecommunication Qingji was under the control of foreign companies.After the foundation,Nanjing Government began to take actions to reclaim the operation right.With diplomatic activities,debts organizing and construction,the operation right was successfully reclaimed.However,there was compromise besides the reclamation,so nature of compromise is supposed to be revealed as well.


Serial roentgenogranis were made with an Elema biplane film changer for 30-cm wide roll films. Siemens Universal intensifying screens and crossed Lysholm grids (ratio 1:8) were used. The films were usually taken with a frequency of 6 exposures/second, as a rule for 6 seconds. Occasionally, a frequency of up to 12 exposures/second was used. The roentgen tubes to the film changer consisted of a Siemens Panthix 150 kV, 20—30 W tube for each film plane. These were fed from a 150 kV, 1000 mA, 6-valve apparatus (Elema Triplex Automatic 1000 C). Roentgen cinematography was performed with the same roentgen appa ratus as that just described, but with continuous exposure with the 1.2 mm focus of the roentgen tube, and with a Philips 5-inch image intensifier, provided with a 35-mm Arriflex camera. Exposures of the serial angiograms with the large film camera, as well as those with the Arriflex camera, were made with marking ( x ) of each in dividual exposure (Fig. 1). Injection of contrast medium. This was done in every case with the auto matic syringe designed by Gidlund (1956). When the contrast medium was


Synthetic fuels produced from CO2/H2O are an attractive alternative energy carrier. Here we demonstrate a novel strategy to electrochemically convert CO2/H2O into hydrocarbon in a single step in an oxygen-ion conducting solid oxide electrolyser. Methane was directly synthesized in an efficient electrolyser with configuration of (anode) (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95MnO3−δ/YSZ/La0.2Sr0.8TiO3+δ (cathode) by combining coelectrolysis of CO2/H2O and in situ Fischer–Tropsch-type synthesis. We demonstrate a high Faradaic yield of CO/H2 and lower methane yield, which shows that the limit on conversion efficiency comes from the heterogeneous catalysis process. Electrochemical results also show that the electrochemical reduction of La0.2Sr0.8TiO3+δ cathode is the main process at low electrical voltages while the coelectrolysis is the main process at high voltages.


Jun Chen, Da-Xiang Song and Jiu-Chun Gao (2000) Two new species of the genus Alopecosa Simon (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. Zoological Studies 39(2): 133-137. Two new species of the genus Alopecosa Simon from Inner Mongolia, China, are described: A. huabanna sp. nov. and A. ovalis sp. nov. Both are similar to A. hokkaidensis Tanaka and A. moriutii Tanaka known from Japan as well as A. hingganica Tang, Urita and Song from Inner Mongolia and the northern Holarctic A. pictilis (Emerton) in general outlines of the median apophysis and the median septum. A. huabanna can be distinguished by the specific dorsal band on the abdomen and the dense long hairs on the male metatarsus+tarsi I and II, as well as by the structures of the epigyne and palpal organ; and A. ovalis by the dorsal pattern of the abdomen, the sparse lateral long erect hairs on the male metatarsus+tarsi I and II, the structures of the epigyne and palpal organ, and the erect long strong hairs on the cymbium.


Introduces two methods called orthogonal array method and adding points orthogonal array method, which are based on the orthogonal design to solve bound constrained optimization of nonlinear programming. Methods are independent of the initial points;the objective function need not be differentiable. Algorithms are simple and easy to be programed for running on a computer, and the running time is satisfactory. Some discussions are also given for a number of testing problems.


This paper describes the status quo of application of ISO 9000 in libraries at broad and home.Introduction of ISO 9000 into libraries of China has improved their quality management.The author points out some suggestions for resolving the problems in authentication of ISO 9000.


BackgroundIn April 2020 we undertook a survey of staff wellbeing to gain a better understanding of the effects of rapid and substantial change upon all staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to staff feedback to the survey report, we repeated the survey 12 months later to identify some of the longer-term issues related to working through the pandemic.AimThe aim of this evaluation was to identify opportunities to support staff in their work and their wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsDesign. The survey collected basic demographic information and asked six open-ended questions designed to elicit further detail about staff experience and understanding of rapid change that had been identified as part of the stakeholder engagement.Setting and recruitment. We invited non-clinical and clinical staff from all departments and teams within a West Midlands hospice.Analysis. We used a codebook thematic approach (Braun, Clarke, Hayfield, et al., 2019) to identify: (1) descriptive themes to provide a summary of how staff were managing with the rapid change and any shared issues addressing their wellbeing;and, (2) key points of action that could be taken to support staff further.FindingsStaff reported feelings of duty, pride and working together for a common cause and this sense of purpose was also evident in the second survey. Staff initially described feelings of anxiety and frustration, and a year into the pandemic staff are feeling exhausted, challenged, sad, stressed, tired, isolated, overwhelmed, and pressured. Staff reported making significant personal efforts to manage the uncertainties the semi-permanent exceptional working conditions bring to work and home life.Outcomes and impactThe researchers presented the findings to senior management, who have agreed to initiate a programme of support and open communication with staff.


The invention discloses an electric power equipment outdoor cabinet environment real-time monitoring system. A temperature and humidity sensor, a temperature and humidity controller, a heater and a power supply are mounted in an outdoor cabinet, the real-time monitoring system comprises a monitoring device and an alarm indicator lamp, the monitoring device is mounted in the outdoor cabinet and used for acquiring the heating frequency of the heater in real time, the alarm indicator lamp is mounted on the outer side of the outdoor cabinet and used for giving an alarm when the heating frequency is higher than a threshold upper limit value and lower than a threshold lower limit value, an input end of the monitoring device is connected on a connecting line between the temperature and humidity controller and the heater, an input end of the alarm indicator lamp is connected with an output end of the monitoring device, and the power supply supplies power for the monitoring device. The invention further discloses a method realizing monitoring by the aid of the electric power equipment outdoor cabinet environment real-time monitoring system. The heating frequency of the heater in the outdoor cabinet is monitored in real time through the additional monitoring device, and conditions of the temperature and humidity controller in the cabinet are monitored.


In this paper, we propose a signed distance field (SDF)-based deep Q-learning framework for multi-object re-arrangement. Our method learns to rearrange objects with non-prehensile manipulation, e.g., pushing, in unstructured environments. To reliably estimate Q-values in various scenes, we train the Q-network using an SDF-based scene graph as the state-goal representation. To this end, we introduce SDFGCN, a scalable Q-network structure which can estimate Q-values from a set of SDF images satisfying permutation invariance by using graph convolutional networks. In contrast to grasping-based rearrangement methods that rely on the performance of grasp predictive models for perception and movement, our approach enables rearrangements on unseen objects, including hard-to-grasp objects. Moreover, our method does not require any expert demonstrations. We observe that SDFGCN is capable of unseen objects in challenging configurations, both in the simulation and the real world.