Assessment of heavy metals in soils is important in context of human health as these may either pollute the agricultural crops or may move deeper into the groundwater. There has been no such work been carried out in the soils of Mewat district. In the present study, to investigate the soil heavy metal pollution characteristics 15 samples and 3 typical soil profiles were collected from 2 blocks of Mewat district, Haryana and were analyzed for contents of Arsenic (As), copper(Cu), cadmium (Cd), zinc(Zn), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and nickel(Ni). Concentrations of As, Cd and Ni in soils are less than their toxicity levels while concentrations of Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu are found exceeding the toxicity levels. Based on the results, soil in the study area are polluted by heavy metals viz. Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu. According to principal component analysis, distinct groups of heavy metals were discriminated between natural or anthropogenic sources.


Wound dehiscence after spinal instrumentation presents a challenging problem to the surgeon.[1][1]–[8][2] Soft-tissue complications after operation are most commonly seen in patients with poor nutritional status, in the presence of injury to the spinal cord, following multiple operations and in


Abstract This study utilized the setting of a technology incubator to analyze how nascent entrepreneurs develop and leverage networks to secure resources as part of the venture creation process. Through rigorous qualitative methods, we examined how six medical device entrepreneurs used networks to obtain needed resources, the types of resources pursued and differences among entrepreneurs based on their level of network skill. Our findings illustrate the importance of the incubator in providing both tangible resources (funding, space, equipment) and less tangible but equally important resources (credibility, relationships, access to networks). Initial findings suggest that differences in the level of an entrepreneurs' network skill relate to the development, but not necessarily the success, of the venture.


The traditional culture industry, which commercializes the traditional cultural values of Korea, not only presents various industrial utilities, but it is also playing a major role for strategic management of national identity in the global market. The intangible traditional culture technologies of Korean traditional culture is being applied in a wide array of methods throughout all industries in Korea and its influence is gradually expanding. In particular, traditional setting-up technologies that can be seen in furniture and traditional Korean housing structures boast high scientific perfection, but there has been no research on it for utilizing it in modern industries. Therefore, this study constructs a basic database by systematically researching the various traditional setting-up technologies. The objective of using this data is to simulate production of furniture designed by the user, experience it to popularize traditional technologies based on the understanding and experience of setting-up techniques, or to develop a user-customized 3D model design program that could be used for education. In addition, by constructing and servicing an internet website, information and use of setting-up will be enhanced and various uses will be promoted to display its efficacy. Development of such traditional setting-up programs can be developed into specialized furniture production programs in the future, and it will also help develop products fitting to the modern era, and also be extended to the concept of space in order to suggest a new lifestyle that reinterprets tradition.


We present Very Large Array (VLA) and Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio observations of GW170817, the first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo gravitational wave (GW) event from a binary neutron star merger and the first GW event with an electromagnetic (EM) counterpart. Our data include the first observations following the discovery of the optical transient at both the centimeter (13.7 hr post-merger) and millimeter (2.41 days post-merger) bands. We detect faint emission at 6 GHz at 19.47 and 39.23 days after the merger, but not in an earlier observation at 2.46 days. We do not detect cm/mm emission at the position of the optical counterpart at frequencies of 10–97.5 GHz at times ranging from 0.6 to 30 days post-merger, ruling out an on-axis short gamma-ray burst (SGRB) for energies ≳ 10 48 erg. For fiducial SGRB parameters, our limits require an observer viewer angle of ≳20°. The radio and X-ray data can be jointly explained as the afterglow emission from an SGRB with a jet energy of ∼ 10 49 – 10 50 erg that exploded in a uniform density environment with n ∼ 10 − 4 – 10 − 2 cm−3, viewed at an angle of ∼20°–40° from the jet axis. Using the results of our light curve and spectral modeling, in conjunction with the inference of the circumbinary density, we predict the emergence of late-time radio emission from the deceleration of the kilonova (KN) ejecta on a timescale of ∼5–10 years that will remain detectable for decades with next-generation radio facilities, making GW170817 a compelling target for long-term radio monitoring.


In this study, a thorough investigation of a pressure-free vertical cloth ironing process on cotton fabric was conducted for the first time, using the data from a sensory evaluation and the test results on a custom-built platform. The importance of such process factors as temperature, steam amount, cooling wind and ironing time are examined, so as to fit them into an empirical equation. Verification of the fitted equation is then conducted by comparing the sensory and predicted data. Finally, explanations and analysis are provided focusing on the physical mechanisms involved to probe the wrinkle recovery phenomenon during the fabric ironing process.


We study the diffractive electroproduction of quarkonia from quark-antiquark-gluon states in the photon wave function. We show that these states contribute to the leading-power and leading-logarithm level. We suggest the measurement of J/ψ production via inelastic diffraction to study color-transparency and color-opacity effects in the diffractive gluon distribution.


Reports of infrastructure failures and local studies of infrastructure asset replacement have indicated the need for modifications to accounting practices to show to the community the true cost of infrastructure assets and their consumption. Australian Accounting Standard No. 27 requires local governments to show as an expense the consumption of infrastructure assets in financial statements. In the past, engineers have not had an effective method of conveying the true cost of infrastructure assets to the community. AAS27 offers that opportunity. The paper outlines the engineering and accounting reasons behind AAS27 and argues that engineers must take a leading role in the introduction and implementation of AAS27 in their organisations.


This national threat abatement plan (TAP) has been developed to address the key threatening process (KTP) 'Ecosystem degradation, habitat loss and species decline due to invasion of northern Australia by introduced gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus), para grass (Urochloa mutica), olive hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis), mission grass (Cenchrus polystachios syn. Pennisetum polystachion) and annual mission grass (Cenchrus pedicellatus syn. Pennisetum pedicellatum)'.


The article analyses the causes that sparked Mikhail Bakhtin's interest in Vasily Rozanov, a fact we know thanks to the memories of Pyotr Palievsky. Bakhtin did not have the time to write about Rozanov, even if he suggested his visitors to read him. The reasons of Bakhtin's interest in Rozanov can be found in the tight spiritual link between Rozanov and Dostoevsky, and the book Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics can help to understand it better. Contemporaries tried to reproach Rozanov by comparing him to Smerdyakov, but Rozanov was not embarrassed by such parallels and has himself repeatedly pointed to his kinship with Dostoevsky's heroes. The articles follows how the features of Dostoevsky's poetics highlighted by Bakhtin are the bases of Rozanov's art as well: the relationship between the author and the hero, ideologemes in the roles of the actors, the equality of the words of the others, reflected in Rozanov's constant use of letters by others as a way to characterize the addressee, the decision of publishing in his books articles polemizing with his ideas, and the discussion of them; polyphony and dialogue were peculiarities of his work. The book Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics becomes the key to the innovative nature and structural peculiarities of the world of Rozanov, who looked at himself as the last writer of a literature based on fiction.


A precise location in aerial surveying can only be achieved using Ground Control Points GCPs. At least three point should be used and as the number increases the model will be more precise in X, Y and Z positions for a certain extent. The distribution of the GCPs also affect the precision of the 3D model resulted from the aerial imaging. This study aims to find the optimum number and distribution of the GCPs to achieve the minimal error in points location. 1.5 km2 of longitudinal area was imaged with a commercial UAV named DJI Mavic 2 pro with at nadir camera orientation at height of 100 m above the ground. A total of 1515 images were taken with average ground sampling distance (GSD) of 2.3 cm. Deferential Global Positioning System DGPS Leica GS 15 receiver were used to observe the 62 ground control points with PPK fashion. The project area was divided into two regions the first region has a parallel distribution of GCPs and the second region has a zigzag distribution. The images were processed using Pix4Dmapper and Agisoft Metashape software by applying a bundle adjustment process with an incremental number of GCPs starting with 3 and finishes with 26 for each distribution pattern, the remaining points were used as a check points to determine the precision of the model at each trial. The resulted coordinates of check points were compared with the coordinates observed with the DGPS. The comparison depicts the optimum number of GCPs required for the best location precision and the best distribution pattern.


This article examines the phenomenon of fake news through a survey of university students in the United Kingdom. The survey, composed through a selection of factual and non-factual content/news and complemented through a validation tool, sought to assess the attitudes of these respondents to items of factual misinformation before and after these were verified with the tool. The findings from the survey present online misinformation as a very complex and unfolding phenomenon in terms of user behaviour, particularly when presented with an authentication tool. The majority of respondents failed in identifying factual from fake news posts. While respondents indicated mistrust in using third-party validation tools, the majority indicated a critical need for a verification tool that would support their quest and increase their trust in what they read online.


Abstract This study investigated the relationship between economic locus of control beliefs and lay attributions of poverty among a sample of 285 adult Australians. A principal components analysis revealed both measures to be multidimensional, which supports earlier work (Feather, 1974; Furnham, 1986; Weiner, 1974). As predicted, results revealed negative individualistic or behavioural explanations of poverty to be associated with internal locus of control beliefs and denial of poverty, while societal or structural explanations of poverty were significantly associated with chance locus of control, and significantly negatively associated with denial of poverty. Some demographic correlates of these explanations were noted and the results are discussed with reference to previous attribution research.


Abstract In Australia, systematic and widespread provision of family-support services is just 30 years old. The present paper traces some of the developments, recurrent tensions, and themes in family-support services, principally in Victoria, over those decades, drawing attention to challenges for social workers' continuing participation in the development of family services.


Ingrid Mody is a PA in neonatology at Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Melissa Shaw is a PA in neonatology also at Bridgeport Hospital. The authors have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article. ›CASE A full-term baby boy was born to a 19-year-old gravida 1, para 1 mother via vaginal delivery at 38 weeks' gestation. Decelerations in the baby's heart rate prompted some concern, but the infant's Apgar scores were 9 at 1 minute and 9 at 5 minutes. The infant was in no acute distress; vital signs were within normal limits. Anterior and posterior fontanelles were open and flat with sutures approximated and moist mucous membranes. Thoracic and abdominal examinations were unremarkable. Newborn reflexes were normal. The baby moved all extremities equally and vigorously. There was no evidence of seizure activity or increased intracranial pressure. A large pigmented plaque with dark hair extended from the nape of the neck to the upper arms and down to the lower torso in a bathing suit distribution (see Figure 1). Also of note were multiple satellite pigmented papules and nodules ranging in diameter from 0.3 cm to 1 cm on the buttocks and extremities. The lesions were rough to palpation, and most were of uniform color; hair was present in some lesions on the extremities.


During the past several years, apoptosis research has witnessed spectacular growth. A general lesson to be drawn from our knowledge thus far is that the parallels between apoptosis in Drosophila and mammals are striking. In both systems, the death of cells is regulated by hormones, occurs in reproducible patterns in development, and is associated with a characteristic cytomorphology. Similarly, in both systems, ectopic apoptosis can be observed in association with defective development and induced by ionizing radiation. These parallels persist at the molecular level as well. In both systems, cell death is associated with caspase activity, DNA degradation, and modulation by IAPs. Persuasive evidence for evolutionary conservation of these components argues that understanding apoptosis in Drosophila will have profound relevance to human pathologies in both gene discovery and disease treatment. For instance, Drosophila death activators, reaper, grim, and hid, might furnish excellent tools for the discovery of therapeutic drugs intended to induce apoptosis in diseased human tissues. In addition, the fly model will continue to afford us with a valuable system in which to identify precise determinants that initiate and amplify cascades of caspase activity. Whereas studies in mammalian cells have uncovered a complex meshwork of distinct proteolytic cascades involving >10 caspases, a reduced complexity of caspase networks in Drosophila may facilitate the complex task of understanding caspase circuits at both genetic and biochemical levels. It is similarly likely that valuable information will also be obtained from studies of IAP gene function. For instance, taking observations from insect and mammalian models together, an attractive model might propose that IAPs normally hold caspase activation under represssion and that apoptosis activators provoke cell death by inactivating this inhibition. The sophisticated level of genetic tools available in Drosophila will permit direct tests of this and other possible models.


The management of academic teaching plan,academic operating system,examination system and the management of the school register system are discussed.The operation situation of the academic teaching mode of the present score system is analyzed.As a result,it is suggested that a scientific academic teaching operation and organization management system should be established.Course system should be reformed,course scheme should be optimized and academic faculty and management member team should be enhanced to optimize the academic teaching resources and the academic teaching management system step by step.


Use pea protein to replace milk proteins in sweet traditional milk, selected from the group consisting of soft or hard candies, caramels, candies sugar, milk chocolates, the "crumbs" stuffed cooked with milk confectionery fat fillings milk, sweetened sauces cooked with milk juices or toppings, milk sweets, pasta milk spread, white or milk chocolates and products derived from white chocolate or milk, selected from the ganache, pralines, coating chocolates, tablets, chocolates, cakes, truffles, lentils, noodles and white chocolate fillings or milk.


Using a large-scale system for the separation and concentration of aquatic humic substances, a fulvic acid (FA) sample was isolated from the surface water in Lake Biwa (156 m), in which this had been known as a clear water system in Japan, and was sampled during the autumn of 2001. We obtained a powdered sample (18 g) of the Lake Biwa fulvic acid (LBFA) and compared its chemical properties with those of aquatic and soil FAs in previous reports. Liquid-state H and C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy revealed that the LBFA was higher aliphatic and lower aromatic properties than FAs from colored waters and soils. These results in the elemental analysis also supported such characteristics, determined from the NMR spectra. The high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) revealed that the LBFA had at least several major components with different molecular weight distributions. The weight-average molecular weight of the LBFA was estimated to be 884 Da (relative to the standard samples of polystyrene sulfonate sodium). The three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum indicated a maximum peak corresponding to the humic-like fluorophores, but no other distinct peak. These results led to a conclusion that LBFA is mainly derived from degraded and modified materials of microbial residues and microbial metabolites in the Lake Biwa.


Wild animal welfare is a global subject and yet international regulation and policy dealing with welfare is sparse and in places idiosyncratic. Nevertheless, there is potential to develop a comprehensive and coherent international wild animal welfare regime in law and policy derived from the propositions in the World Charter for Nature that life has intrinsic value and deserves 'respect'. Beyond that, the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species establishes a principle – in the context of international trade but with potential for wider application – that welfare protection should be extended to wild animals under human control. However, further development is more problematic. Although the International Whaling Commission to a minor extent regulates the welfare of hunted whales, there is no
universal approach to extending welfare to freely living animals in international law and policy. This article analyses this background and goes on to recommend a way in which international policy may overcome the challenges of polarised debate and the gulf between moral relativism and moral universalism to develop the foundations of a comprehensive welfare regime at the international level.


As experience with corticotropin (ACTH) accumulates, it is becoming increasingly apparent that its greatest usefulness is less as a cure in disease states than as an antitoxic agent, bolstering the defense mechanism and promoting remission. This quality may assert itself by the liberation of substances that absorb toxins by strengthening the cell membrane to prevent entry of damaging agents or by preventing disorganization of enzymatic processes within the cell itself. Bacterial growth is not inhibited, and specific antibody formation is neither accelerated nor arrested. The action may be presumed to be mainly one of blocking the action of toxins and allowing an adequate build-up of the defensive processes. Viewed in this light, the potentialities of the short-term use of corticotropin for conditions in which there is poor response to other therapy becomes readily evident. Systemic infections, shock states, and acute toxemias, when the patient is overwhelmed or floundering, may be


On the basis of target transfer function with the early time and late time response together, a method for solving the feature coefficients of target is investigated by utilizing approximation theory and method. Then, the feature coefficients are classified by the minimum distance criterion to identify targets automatically.


Nowadays, with more and more attention being paid to the characteristics and experience of drivers, a large number of driver classification algorithms have emerged. However, these methods basically cannot be adjusted independently to each driver. Therefore, this paper proposes a self-learning lane change motion planning system considering the driver's personality. Firstly, the method of driver data acquisition and processing is determined to obtain and extract the lane change data. Then, the planning system built in this paper is explained from two aspects: lane change trigger and lane change trajectory. According to the artificial potential field theory, an obstacle driving risk field is established to evaluate the acceptance of environmental risks of different drivers, and to achieve personalized lane change triggers through online statistics. At the same time, the safety of lane change is ensured by establishing the safety distance model of the target lane. On the other hand, the driver characteristic coefficient Jc and the driver reaction and operation time td are introduced into the traditional Gaussian-distributed model to establish a personalized lane change trajectory planning model, in which the parameters are obtained from offline and online learning. Offline learning is based on DTW for trajectory matching, and uses AP clustering to obtain the generalized parameters; Online learning uses LSTM to achieve personalized updates. Finally, this paper selected 15 drivers for verification, and the results show that the motion planning system can well reproduce the lane change behavior of the driver.


Purpose: To investigate the correlation between pulmonary vascular dilatation on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) after common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in the rabbit as a model of hepatopulmonary syndrome.Materials and Methods: CBDL was done in 11 rabbits (2 weeks after CBDL, n = 5; 3 weeks after CBDL, n = 6). Four rabbits were done by abdominal incision with peritoneal suture only as a control group. HRCT scans were performed in the both groups. We evaluated peripheral pulmonary vascular dilatation in the upper and lower lobe. Tissue samples were immediately obtained from both upper and lower lobes of the lung and the liver after sacrifice. Dilatation of peripheral pulmonary vessel was correlated with the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) determined by Western blot. We also compared the degree of pulmonary vascular dilatation between the groups with administration of L-arginine (n = 5) and without administration of L-arginine (n = 6) after CBDL.Results: Two weeks after CBDL, pulmonary vascular dilatation on HRCT was seen in three rabbits (60%) and the increase of eNOS expression was shown in two rabbits (40%) in the lower lobe. Three weeks after CBDL, pulmonary vascular dilatation on HRCT was seen in four rabbits (66.7%) and five rabbits (83.3%) each upper and lower lobe, respectively. Expression of eNOS was coincidently increased. The pulmonary vascular dilatation was noted more frequently in the lower lobe than in the upper lobe. Pulmonary vascular dilatation on HRCT was highly correlated with increase of expression of eNOS in the upper (r = 1.00, p = .0001) and lower lobe (r = .83, p = .0015). In contrast, control group of four rabbits developed neither pulmonary vascular dilatation on HRCT nor increase of eNOS expression. The grade of pulmonary vascular dilatation in the group with L-arginine administration was higher than that without administration of L-arginine (p


Abstract This paper presents a numerical analysis of the relationship between in-plane constraints and the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) for single-edge notched bend (SEN(B)) specimens under predominantly plane strain conditions. It provides details of the numerical model and discusses the influence of external load and in-plane constraints on the CTOD. The work also reviews methods for determining the CTOD. The new formula proposed in this paper can be used to estimate the value of the coefficient dn as a function of the relative crack length, the strain hardening exponent and the yield strength - dn(n, σ0/E, a/W), with these parameters affecting the level of in-plane constraints. Some of the numerical results were approximated using simple mathematical formulae.


We give the ``quenched'' scaling limit of Bouchaud's trap model in ${d\ge 2}$. This scaling limit is the fractional-kinetics process, that is the time change of a $d$-dimensional Brownian motion by the inverse of an independent $\alpha$-stable subordinator.


2078 Background: The mitotic kinesin KSP plays an exclusive and essential role in assembly and function of the mitotic spindle. KSP represents a novel target for development of therapeutics against cancer. SB-715992 is a unique and selective inhibitor of KSP, that is preferentially overexpressed in malignant cells, functions exclusively in mitosis, and is not expressed in terminally differentiated neurons. In pre-clinical studies in a broad range of human tumor xenografts, doses of SB-715992 below the MTD produced tumor regression and cures.

METHODS
A phase I study was conducted to determine the MTD, safety, and PK profile of SB-715992 Q 21 d IV.

RESULTS
42 patients (pts) (M/F 31/11) with solid tumors were treated at doses of 1 to 21 mg/m2. Median age 61 years (range 37-85). Common tumor types included CRC (15), RCC (5) sarcoma (4), and lung (4). 2 pts developed DLT at 21 mg/m2 consisting of Grade (Gr) 4 neutropenia ≥ 5 days (1 pt) and Gr 4 neutropenic fever (1 pt). The 18 mg/m2dose level was expanded as a recommended phase II dose; 12 pts (18 cycles of safety data) have been treated. 2 DLTs have been observed at this dose level consisting of Gr 4 neutropenia ≥ 5 d; non-dose limiting Gr 3 or 4 neutropenia and Gr 4 leukopenia occurred in 7 (58%) and 1 (8%) pts. Neutropenic nadir occurred on day 8 and lasted 2-4 d. Common ≥ Gr 2 drug related toxicities at ≥ 6 mg/m2 included fatigue, leukopenia, and anemia. SD was observed for 5-11 cycles in 4 pts with CRC, HCC, SCCHN, & RCC. Increases in AUC0-∞and Cmax were dose-related. For the 18 mg/m2 dose level in Cycle 1, median PK values (n=6) were Cmax = 473 ng/mL; AUC0-∞= 5074 ng.h/mL; t1/2 = 33 hrs; CL = 6656 mL/hr; and Vss = 236 L. Monopolar mitotic spindles were observed in a tumor biopsy from a pt w/ SCCHN at 16 mg/m2.

CONCLUSION
Based on the toxicities noted, 18 mg/m2 Q 21 d IV, which has been demonstrated to induce relevant biological effects in vivo, is recommended for phase II investigations. [Table: see text].


Temperature is the most important factor affecting embryonic development, hatchability and post hatch performance. Optimum incubation temperature is normally defined as that required to achieve maximum hatchability. This work was carried out to verify the effects of different incubation temperatures on hatchability, hatch weight, hatch time and embryonic mortality of Japanese quail eggs. A total of 800 eggs were divided in eight experimental groups that were incubated at different temperatures (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41oC). The other incubation conditions were identical for all groups, 60±5% of relative humidity and egg turning every two hours until transference to the hatchers at 15 days of incubation. The results showed that fertile hatchability was higher for eggs incubated at 37 and 38oC, 76.6 and 80.7%, respectively. Eggs incubated at 34oC did not hatch and the ones incubated at 35 and 41oC showed very poor hatchability. The other temperatures had hatch rates from 50.3 to 57.7%. There were higher hatch weights in eggs incubated at high temperatures (38-41°C) compared t o the ones incubated at the lower ones (35-37°C). T here was an enormous difference in the hatching time according to the incubation temperature. The difference of time between the groups of eggs that hatched earlier (40°C) compared to the ones the hatcher later (35°C) was 156.3 hou rs or 6.5 days. Embryos seemed to be resistant to at high temperatures until 40°C at the early period of incubation, ho wever the same was not observed at the later stages of incubation when high temperatures (39-41°C) increased embryoni c mortality.


This article discusses police English teaching reform on the basis of multimedia and network from three aspects,such as the necessity of reforming traditional police college English teaching,the advantages of teaching police English by means of multimedia and network and the problems we should pay attention to in teaching,which hopes to be helpful to police English teach- ing.


ABSTRACT This article analyses the state of democracy in 2020. The world is still more democratic than it was in the 1970s and 1980s, but a trend of autocratization is ongoing and affecting 25 countries in 2020, home to 34% of the world's population. At the same time, the number of democratizing countries has dwindled by nearly half, reducing to 16 countries, home to a mere 4% of the global population. Freedom of expression, deliberation, rule of law and elections show the most substantial net declines in the last decade. A major change is that India, formerly the world's largest democracy, turned into an electoral autocracy. The V-Dem data suggests that direct effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on levels of liberal democracy were limited in 2020. Still, the longer-term consequences may be worse and must be monitored closely. Due to the pandemic and state restrictions on the freedom of assembly, mass mobilization declined to its lowest level in over a decade, yet the decline in pro-democracy protests in 2020 may well prove to be short-lived once the pandemic subdues.


Abstract : The authors are focusing on in-flight problem diagnosis. Suppose, for example, a pilot simultaneously experiences over-heating in one engine and aileron reverse. He might attribute the problem to the hydraulic system, but unless he possessed detailed technical knowledge of the particular aircraft, he might not be able to decide which sub-assembly component became disfunctional. However, exactly how and where the problem occurred may have implications for how to deal with it. Indeed, a naively plausible, but wrong, assessment of the problem may lead the pilot to exacerbate rather than improve his situation. On-board intelligent computer system to aid in diagnosis and to suggest corrective measures would be of great help. There are a number of essential attributes of such a system. Such a system raises a number of theoretically important issues of interest to the investigators. Very broadly, the issues are: (1) developing computer representations for physical mechanisms, (2) intelligent modeling of those mechanisms, (3) high level natural language communication between humans and computers, and (4) learning from experience and instruction. The remainder of this report is divided into three sections. Each describes the progress reported by one investigator. Several sections contribute to more than one of the four facets of the in-flight diagnosis problem (representation, mechanism modeling, natural language, and learning).


Machine-building enterprises implement the methods of operative transition from one nomenclature of production to another for preservation of competitiveness. The strategy of scientific and technological development of Russian Federation reflects this aspect in the form of one of the priorities: digitalization. One of the most time-consuming processes is the reconfiguration of automatic mass production lines. These lines consist of a number of working positions. The relation between units in mass production is rigid and inter-operational reserves are absent. Stopping one unit is equivalent to stopping the whole line. Therefore, the task of the time estimation of line's operability of this type is relevant. The task is complex and requires consideration of many factors. This article presents a constructive scheme for reliability. The calculation of work and reliability indicators are carried out. The calculation of the reliability of positions with rigid inter-aggregate relation made it possible to obtain reliability indicators for the second line of development of recomposed work positions with automatic change of nodes. In this case, the rigid relation is not violated. In this calculation the probability of failure due to the simplicity the proposed nodes design was not taken into account.


We compare the statistical properties of structures normal and transverse to the line of sight which appear in observational data from redshift surveys. We present a statistic which can quantify this effect in a conceptually different way from standard analyses of distortions of the power-spectrum or correlation function. From tests with N-body experiments, we argue that this statistic represents a new, more direct and potentially powerful diagnostic of the cosmological density parameter Omega.


twenty-one and the year before this given to this social service. This should be divided into three courses: first, a course in national and domestic economics; second, a theoretic ourse in hygiene; and third, a theoretic ourse in the physical and psychical duties of a mother before and after the birth of the child. These courses should be supplemented by practical training in the care of children. This thorough education, if it be added to a real awakening to the beauty of motherhood, will bring about the renaissance and secure for woman her highest development. RAYMoND BELLAMY EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE


When the health systems of the European Union member states are examined, it is seen that while economic policies are mostly carried to the Union level, health policies generally remain at the national level. Therefore, insufficient solidarity between member states during the covid-19 pandemic process caused the Union to experience deficiencies in terms of coordination and to be late in managing the process. With the current pandemic process affecting the whole world, it is sure that member states have gained significant experiences about what pandemic governance should be like. But it is also possible to say that the European Union and member states were caught unprepared for the outbreak and were even indifferent at first. In this study, it is aimed to see how the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in China in the last months of 2019 and affects the whole world today, is managed by the European Union and member states, how the process affects the field of health policy and to what level the capacity of relevant institutions to respond to the crisis. For this purpose, the past pandemic experiences of the European Union and the current process were tried to be examined and projected into the future fiction. The study, which was limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, concluded that the European Union quickly moved away from its indifference in the early days of the pandemic and reached a level that felt the seriousness of the issue with all its elements and tried to conduct the process more collectively with member states. In addition, it is thought that the authority granted to the European Union in the field of health will increase in the future and will be subject to legislative activity.


This work summarizes the prospect of EOR and sequestration using CO2 flooding from an Indian mature oil field in Assam through laboratory study, reservoir static modeling, dynamic simulation, pilot design, and techno-economic sensitivity studies. The geomodel was established by incorporating of contour maps, well positions and coordinates, well data and well logs, perforation depths and distribution of petrophysical properties as well as fluid properties.
 It was confirmed through PVT laboratory studies that CO2 injection can achieve the miscibility under reservoir conditions. The coreflooding test showed the significant incremental oil recovery by continuous CO2 injection and the residual oil saturation after miscible CO2 injection reached ~0.13PV.
 A fine scale geological model was built for entire reservoir and dynamic simulation work was performed on the geological model without upscaling. The history match of 51-year field production and pressure data in the whole reservoir was completed in a commercial simulator, and various development scenarios were investigated. Based on the results from CO2 EOR simulation study, we identified a pilot pattern area of ~ 60 acres with one injector and four producers. The CO2 was injected into reservoir at 150 metric ton per day for 5 years and cumulative injection volume is 15.4 BCF. Then the well is switched back to water injection afterward. Around 1 million STB incremental oil recovery was obtained in about 10 years, which corresponds to 11% of original oil in place in the flooded area.
 The CO2 utilization ratio is approximately 6 MCF/BBL. It is expected that CO2 flooding yields a pre-tax net cash flow of US dollars of 9.4 MM. CO2-EOR and storage in this mature field has a great techno-economic prospect.
 The investigation of CCUS opportunity and the substantial advancement in CO2 flood pilot design project have created an excitement in Indian Oil& Gas industry since the CCUS can significantly improve the domestic oil production from mature oilfields, and also reduce the carbon footprint in India. The volume of anthropogenic CO2 injection and storage in the reservoirs presents the great social and economic benefits for CCUS in India.


The development of tourism in the Bandungan region, Semarang Regency is also influenced by the rise of karaoke businesses and prostitution activities by Karaoke Guide services. The high number of consumers has led to the growing development of the karaoke business in the Bandungan region. In this study, the author tried to uncover the reason the entrepreneur opened a karaoke business as well as the existing criminal liability. This study aims to (a) Know the reason for the entrepreneur opening a karaoke business in the Bandungan tourist area of Semarang Regency, (b) Explain the form of criminal liability for prostitution services provided. The approach of this research is through an empirical juridical approach with the addition of normative elements and combining the results of primary data. Data in the study were obtained through interviews, direct observation, documentation and literature study. Basically karaoke is a form of entertainment where someone sings accompanied by music along with the lyrics of the text shown on a television screen. But there are some who provide prostitution to satisfy the lust of men, and there are also buying and selling narcotics which are illegal drugs. Karaoke entrepreneurs give security money to individual police officers so that their business is safe from lawsuits and raids.


The Practice of Defensive Medicine by doctors in primary health care in the Kingdom of Bahrain Dr.Batool Hasan, M.D, BSc, ABFM, Dr.Hanan Abdulrahim, M.D, BSc, ABFM, Dr. Muna AlMukhtar, M.D, BSc,, ABFM, Dr. Rahma AlAsfoor, M.D, BSc, ABFM, Dr. Mohamed Mandeel, MBBS, AUB, M.MED.SCI CONS. FAMILY PHYSICIAN, RESEARCH SUPERVISOR Family medicine residency program, Primary CareMinistry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain


Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) emerged in 2002 as a highly transmissible pathogenic human betacoronavirus. The viral spike glycoprotein (S) utilizes angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a host protein receptor and mediates fusion of the viral and host membranes, making S essential to viral entry into host cells and host species tropism. As SARS-CoV enters host cells, the viral S undergoes two proteolytic cleavages at S1/S2 and S2' sites necessary for efficient membrane fusion. Here, we present a cryo-EM analysis of the trimeric SARS-CoV S interactions with ACE2 and of the trypsin-cleaved S. Surprisingly, neither binding to ACE2 nor cleavage by trypsin at the S1/S2 cleavage site impart large conformational changes within S or expose the secondary cleavage site, S2'. These observations suggest that S2' cleavage does not occur in the S prefusion conformation and that additional triggers may be required.


We explained the precision of MMS,and used reference points to improve the precision of MMS in the basis of Tongji University's MMS.


This article presents a study of ICT use and attitudes related to the computer use of girls and boys from Catalonia in order to detect which gender differences may explain the low presence of women in the ICT field and to design a pro-posal of actions in schools to help reduce these differences.


Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials have proven to be a viable alternative to traditional materials in strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) structures. In this context, the current paper presents an experimental investigation regarding the flexural behavior of five RC beams from which one was used as a control specimen and the other four were preloaded until flexural cracks appeared, unloaded and then strengthened with either a single CFRP laminate or a pair of them. Bending was induced by two different loading schemes until failure of the composite system occurred. The following aspects of the flexural responses of the tested beams are analyzed: failure types and crack patterns, strain distributions in the composite material and displacement profiles. Final observations have confirmed the efficiency of the composite strengthening system and revealed possible ways in which the system's performance can be improved.


Based on the integration of technology acceptance model(TAM)and task-technology fit mode(lTTF),this paper establishes an integrated theoretic model used for analyzing and forecasting users'behaviors of accepting and utilizing subject service through defining a series of factors influencing the behaviors of utilizing the subject service such as the task characteristics,resource content characteristics,resource construction characteristics,user characteristics,and library cognition,etc.and their interrelations;and adopting questionnaire survey based on this model,makes the verification of it from the different dimensions of teachers and students respectively,and probes into the functional mechanism of different factors on teachers'and students'behaviors of adopting and utilizing the subject service and the influence weight of each factor,and finally draws the conclusion and sums up some problems existing in this research.


Reflection seismic datasets are obtained in both the exploration of oil and mineral resources and the probing of the deep crust and the upper mantle. To interpret the datasets, considerable effort has been spent on the understanding of seismic wave propagation phenomena by simulating seismic wave propagations in some a priori physical models. A rather simple and efficient modelling technique has been developed to study elastic wave reflections with full inclusion of diffractions.This modelling technique employs an integral representation of reflections from a surface or a scatterer. High frequency asymptotic approximations are used for the propagation between the seismic source or receiver and a surface or a scatterer. At a scatterer, first order scattering is assumed. At a surface, reflection and transmission effects are estimated using the assumption of a locally plane interface and plane incident wave. With these approximations, the reflected seismograms are calculated by convolving the time derivative of a source function with a model weight function for a particular source-receiver pair. The weight function at a particular time is evaluated by a line integral along a contour of equal total travel time from source to receiver via the scattering surface (an isochron). The kernel of this integral at a reflecting point is the local reflection coefficient which which represents the effects of the amplitude of material parameter contrasts at the reflecting point, the angles between the incoming and outgoing waves and the local surface normal and the local speed of advance of the isochron on the surface, and the geometrical spreading factors from the source and receiver to the reflecting point.This modelling technique is used to investigate the validity of some of the interpretations of a deep crustal reflection profile collected in central Australia. The modelling results confirm that even with a relatively short (4 km) field spread it would be possible to pick up the reflected energy from faults with dips of about 40°. The largest fault, the Redbank Zone, has significant displacement of the crust-mantle boundary and within the fault zone, it is conceivable to have considerable variability in physical properties.The deep seismic section shows this boundary as a thick (0.5s) band of complex reflections and diffractions at the reflection time appropriate to the crust-mantle transition. Two possible structures for the crust-mantle boundary were investigated, one where the crustal faults have displaced this interface and created a 'block-faulted' geometry and the other where the crustal faults are listric near the boundary and appear to sole out on the crust-mantle interface, giving rise to an undulation of the Moho. The modelling results (Figure 1) for an undulating boundary show a band of reflections which strongly resemble the observed seismic reflection data.


The editorial process is one of the most important stages of scholarly communication. We would like to share detailed information about our editorial processes in the first issue of the current year.


A nanosheet-like BiPO4/Bi2O2CO3 heterostructured photocatalyst with different amounts of BiPO4 contents was successfully synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic activities of the BiPO4/Bi2O2CO3 composite, pure Bi2O2CO3 and BiPO4 were evaluated by the photodegradation of rhodamine B (RhB) solution under UV light irradiation. The results demonstrated that all of the as-prepared BiPO4/Bi2O2CO3 composites exhibited much higher photocatalytic activity than individual Bi2O2CO3 and BiPO4. Among the composites, the 3% BiPO4/Bi2O2CO3 showed the highest photocatalytic activity and the photodegradation efficiency of RhB could reach 92.6% within 40 min, which was about 1.7 and 2.3 times higher than that of pure Bi2O2CO3 and BiPO4, respectively. Simultaneously, the photostability and recyclability of 3% BiPO4/Bi2O2CO3 were also investigated by four cycling runs for the photodegradation of RhB and the composite exhibited no significant loss of photocatalytic performance, confirming its long-time reusability. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the BiPO4/Bi2O2CO3 composite could be attributed to the formation of a suitable heterojunction structure, which facilitated interfacial charge transfer and improved the separation efficiency of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. Moreover, active species trapping experiments demonstrated that the holes (h+) played key roles in RhB degradation. On the basis of experimental and theoretical calculation results, a possible reaction mechanism of the enhanced photocatalytic activity was proposed.


Although the diversity of robot kinematic structures that a re used in industry has increased in the recent years, robot manufacturers still offer only a limite d number of architectures. As most of the robots, especially in industrial applications, are chosen from a few different kinematic structures, they are oversized as well as overactuated and thus not optim al with respect to their task. To develop new robot manipulators, two processes have to be c onsidered, namely the structural and the dimensional synthesis. The former allows for determ ining the kinematic structures that fulfill a given number of degrees of freedom at the end effecto r. In the second, the dimensions of the robot links are optimized with respect to a desired per formance index. However, these processes are actually performed separately. In the dimens onal synthesis, only one structure is usually optimized without consideration of possible furth e mechanisms that are able to perform the desired task. Consequently, the obtained manipulator is not necessarily optimal with respect to its application. This thesis presents a new approach for the synthesis of task specific serial manipulators considering all suitable structures. Initially, the task suitable s tructures as well as their optimization parameters are automatically determined from all D ENAVIT HARTENBERG parameters combinations by inspecting the rank of the J ACOBIAN matrix and the end effector velocity in symbolic form. Afterwards, isomorphisms are detected through the depende ncy of the desired degrees of freedom with respect to the geometric parameters. As a result, the nu mber of structures and optimization parameters is significantly reduced allowing for the optimi zation of all task suitable structures. In order to be able to calculate kinematic and dynamic performa nce indices, the generated robotic structures are modeled and executable code is automaticall y generated. This code is individual for each architecture and offers a reduced computational ef fort compared with numeric methods. The performances indices are used to constitute the objecti ve function and the constraints of the optimization problem. The task specific manipulator result s from the geometric optimization of all suitable structures. The approach can synthesize optim al manipulators up to six degrees of freedom. As most of the method is automatically performed, i t is a powerful tool for reducing the effort during the conceptual design phase of a robot. Additi onally, it allows for the comparison of the performance between the structures as well as for their s ensitivity with respect to changes in the optimal geometric parameters.


Tumor heterogeneity is believed to be important in tumor progression and its response to therapies. However, despite numerous mutations being reported in human tumors, genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity remains poorly defined. We have developed a novel strategy to provide a chronological annotation of mutational events in a tumor. We used an endometrial tumor from a patient and transplanted it into athymic mice to create many tumor xenografts. While the patient tumor xenografts were initially responsive to raloxifene treatment, xenografts created with cancer cell clones isolated from the same patient tumor showed dramatic differences in response to raloxifene, indicating existence of intratumor heterogeneity with some subpopulations inherently resistant to the drug. A 250K


HOW TO DESIGN A PROPER "EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEM' Robert Gullen Eindhoven University o{Technology Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Science P.O. Box 513, 5600MB EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands E-Mail: ROBERTC@TENABDK. TUE.NL "Executive Information Support" (EIS) systems are used more and more. But only analytic oriented executives find their EIS system indispensable fortheir daily work. So there is a gap between what non-analytic oriented executives need and what current EIS systems (can) give. This gap can only be bridged if we rethink the way an executive works instead of trying to prototype analytic oriented EIS systems to people who have a fully different working style. So, in designing an EIS, we have to go back to the basics of how different executives work. This paper describes a method for tracing the full range of task and environmental aspects of the work of an executive as well as his or her working style. Using this method, it is possible to produce a structured description of the executive's tasks and procedures. Through this description, we haveasolid basis for the development of a first prototype of a personalized EIS system. A case study design is proposed to learn more about the implications of working style, and task & environment on EIS system design.


Given the importance of RNA secondary structures in defining their biological role, it would be convenient for researchers seeking RNA data if both sequence and structural information pertaining to RNA molecules are made available together. Current nucleotide data repositories archive only RNA sequence data. Furthermore, storage formats which can frugally represent RNA sequence as well as structure data in a single file, are currently unavailable. This article proposes a novel storage format, 'FASTR', for concomitant representation of RNA sequence and structure. The storage efficiency of the proposed FASTR format has been evaluated using RNA data from various microorganisms. Results indicate that the size of FASTR formatted files (containing both RNA sequence as well as structure information) are equivalent to that of FASTA-format files, which contain only RNA sequence information. RNA secondary structure is typically represented using a combination of a string of nucleotide characters along with the corresponding dot-bracket notation indicating structural attributes. 'FASTR' – the novel storage format proposed in the present study enables a frugal representation of both RNA sequence and structural information in the form of a single string. In spite of having a relatively smaller storage footprint, the resultant 'fastr' string(s) retain all sequence as well as secondary structural information that could be stored using a dot-bracket notation. An implementation of the 'FASTR' methodology is available for download at http://metagenomics.atc.tcs.com/compression/fastr.


With the example of the controlled detailed planning of CAS Dalian Lvshun technology and innovation park,the article elaborates that during the process of making the controlled detailed planning of industrial parks,the perspectives of control and compatibility should both be considered.So that the planning method can be controlled flexible depending on different situations instead ofachievingthe final invariable goal.


China's equipment manufacturing industry has developed rapidly, but the environmental pollution which is brought about by equipment manufacturing industry is very serious. The equipment manufacturing industry is one of the mainstays for implementation of circular economy. This paper mainly studies the development modes of equipment manufacturing industry under concept of circular economy. There are three kinds of modes, including green manufacturing mode, recycle and remanufacture development mode, and building eco-industry chain mode.


The Electric Resistance Welding (ERW) process is a highly efficient means of producing linepipe. Historically, this process has been applied to grades X70 (Grade 483) and less. However, recent upgrades to IPSCO's 24 Inch ERW pipe mill have facilitated the production of X80 (Grade 550) material. This paper briefly describes the development trials and mill upgrades and highlights the properties achieved during the commercial production of 10 km of 24″ outside diameter × 0.250″ wall thickness X80 material with particular emphasis on the weld properties.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


The cheetah is currently recognized by IUCN as a threatened species. Kenya is one of country with significant cheetah population in the world though it fundamental niche is not well known. Wildlife can live in an area only if basic resources such as food, water, and cover are present and if the species is adapted in ways that allow them to cope with the climatic extremes, selection involves several levels of discrimination and spatial scales and a number of potentially interacting factors. This study was to model cheetah fundamental niche using suitable environmental predictors and evaluates suitability of current protected area coverage in its conservation. Two types of model input data used were cheetah occurrence locations and a suite of environmental variables thought to have a direct physiological role in limiting the ability of the species to survive. The species occurrence records and environmental variables were entered into a MaxEnt model which uses maximum entropy algorithm to identify environmental conditions that are associated with species occurrence. Ideal fundamental niche for cheetah were found to be localities within an elevation range of 1600-2100 meters above sea level, receiving mean annual precipitation of 800 mm, with the warmest quarter of the year receiving 250 mm, the wettest month receiving 120 mm, precipitation of coldest quarter 10 mm and temperature seasonality ranges of 150°. Cheetah fundamental niche run across protected areas and for effective conservation, Results could be used to direct conservation effort go beyond parks and reserves by encouraging community conservancies and development of ecological corridors. Protected area planning could benefit too from these results.


This study examines the notion of the Nigerian dream and the Chinese dream as strategies for national rejuvenation and economic development in Nigeria. Data was obtained through a homogenous purpose sampling process and analyzed using the method of content analysis. National development, rejuvenation, political leadership, ideology and policies, were all factors that were selected for the study. The theory of change serves as the framework for this study. This research work identified ideologies, policy framework, policy implementation, policy execution and political leadership as core factors that can facilitate the success of either the Nigerian dream or the Chinese dream. Both concepts are embedded in employment generation, wealth creation, poverty reduction, sustainable growth and development. It suggests that a vital factor towards the attainment of government policies and ideologies is the leadership of the country. The country's leadership should consider the economic, institutional, environmental and social framework in developing an action plan that would pivot its nation towards prosperity. It concludes that the path to economic modernization might be tough and harsh however with systematic planning and a strong vision which is engineered with the proper governance most nations can achieve national rejuvenation and economic development.
Keywords: Nigerian Dream, Chinese Dream, National Rejuvenation, Economic Development and Political Leadership


For 2018, one of the big challenges is the construction of security systems based on AI. However, it should take time and considerable resources to verify the effect of technologies involving machine learning and driving patterns. We can say that these structures are, conceptually, a computerized replica of their developers. While the trend is interesting, it does not provide any real guarantee as long as the same steps can be performed by criminals. The two armies faced in the virtual environment are in a continuous arms race, as faithful copies of their creators. Even if efforts seem to be hampered by the dynamics of the criminal spectrum, they are necessary precisely because of their mobility. Malware and ransomware attacks have targeted disparate and seemingly unrelated targets, globally. Condensing huge amounts of data at certain points or in mega-cloud spaces offers management advantages, but it can also be the premise of future offensive, not at all desirable. The confrontation engages the brightest minds on the planet, from both camps.


Propagation characteristics of shear-horizontal (SH) plate modes along a water-loaded surface of a rotated Y-cut X-propagation LiNbO3 thin plate are numerically analyzed from the viewpoint of the operation performances of an interdigital transducer. The phase velocity, electromechanical coupling constant, mode conversion efficiency and transducer efficiency are given as a function of the product of frequency and substrate thickness. The velocities obtained from the measured center frequencies of the SH wave devices are in good agreement with the numerically analyzed results. The zeroth-order symmetrical mode has a very high coupling constant of 20% for rotation angles of around 30° under a very low mode conversion value of below 1%.


The invention discloses a method for producing pumpkin pulp and belongs to the field of food processing. The method is characterized by adopting the processing process flows of selecting and cleaning materials, cutting and crushing, precooking and pulping, preparing and concentrating, canning and sterilizing, cooling and inspecting and finishing the product. The method has the beneficial effects that the product produced by the method is fresh and cool in taste and has a unique pumpkin flavor; the product is beneficial to gastric mucosa protection and helps digestion, has special treatment effects on the prevention and treatment of diabetes and the lowering of blood sugar and is convenient to eat and simple in operation.


This diploma thesis deals with the fare collection technologies and ticketing in the public mass transportation. There is an analysis of the present way of dispatch of passengers in the integrated public transport system of the South Moravian region including the modern trends in possibilities of dispatch of passengers. There are concepts of specific ways of dispatch of passengers in conditions of integrated public transport system of the South Moravian region with the utilization of current and progressive technologies in the fare collection system and ticketing. The individual suggested options of dispatch of passengers are evaluated with the emphasis on the specific aspects of its implementation in the integrated public transport system of the South Moravian region


In the 1970s, rejection of offender treatment as misguided and ineffective was common among criminologists. Recently, however, there are reasons to believe that faith in correctional intervention may have returned as a core feature of criminologists' professional ideology. To date, no one has undertaken a systematic investigation of criminologists' opinions on rehabilitation. Drawing on a random sample of criminologists, the current study examines the extent to which the discipline stands ready to support a central role for offender treatment. Finding broad-based support for rehabilitation, we discuss the implications of these results for correctional policy.


˚ ABSTRACT: Ballistic projectile maxillofacial trauma corresponds to a challenging scenario for highly complex services due to high mortality and morbidity, associating high cost in supplies, hospitalization and resources, in contrast to the functionality towards efficient labor insertion. In this sense, reconstruction surgery is related to the damage presented in the soft and hard tissues, being classified in the immediate stage (open reduction and fixation with osteosynthesis) and / or mediate where the use of external tutors continues to be a valid proposal. Report of a 38-year-old male patient admitted for maxillofacial ballistic trauma with extensive soft tissue damage and comminution in the mandible body, being treated mediate by stabilization of external tutors and subsequent reconstruction with a non-autologous graft. vascularized; presenting intraoperative complication of communication between extraoral and intraoral access; closed with a locoregional flap of the adipose body of the cheek. The patient presents a favorable evolution. A literature review was carried out in relation to the use of the adipose body of the cheek in reconstructive maxillofacial surgery. The use of external tutors is presented as a valid and favorable alternative for trauma with extensive damage to soft and hard tissue. The use of the adipose body of the cheek is reported in various uses in oral and maxillofacial surgery, however, its use as a locoregional graft for closing processes that require grafting is scarce; it is presented as a proposal in this report.


As one of the most critical components of a nuclear power plant, the reactor coolant system could lead to a significant disaster if a breakdown occurs. This paper introduces a fault diagnosis approach for reactor coolant systems based on symmetrized dot pattern (SDP) images and a depthwise separable convolutional neural network (DSCNN). By converting the fault signal into an SDP image, the distinct features of the signal are extracted and then input into a depth separable convolutional neural network model to identify specific fault types. Using the Adam Optimizer enhances the accuracy and reliability of the model. Experimental results demonstrate that this method achieves a diagnostic accuracy of 98.9% using the training samples. Compared with other conventional depth learning methods, the proposed approach exhibits superior accuracy and stability.


Relationship between climate and vegetation in different developmental stage of Mu Us sandy land was examined from surveying ancient literature,geoscience,paleontology,archaeological excavations and tree chronology.The results showed that the climate in Mu Us sandy land had experienced several significant dry-wet alternate since Holocene.The wet periods were around 10 kaBP,8.5-5.0 kaBP,before and after 3.5 kaBP,around 2.5 kaBP and during the period of 1.5-1.0 kaBP.With the climate changes,the landscape in Mu Us Sandy land changed between: desert steppe-steppe-forest steppe.The current vegetation patterns in Mu Us sandy land was formed during the climate evolution,so the vegetation restoration and making of programs about land use in the area should take full account of local climatic factors.


Abstract: The crackle of rice emerges frequently during drying from heatingpower. Various factors affecting rice crackle were analysed and discussed. Itshowed that the effective way to reduce the rice drying crackle should beproper drying temperature and speed as well as rational drying technology.


A study has been made of the recovery of benzene hydrocarbons in scrubbers with wooden chord packing 4 m in diameter and a coke-oven-gas throughput of up to 78,000 m/sup 3//h. The average benzene--hydrocarbon losses with the return gas were 1.6 g/m/sup 3/, the coefficient of pure benzene absorption was 0.136 kg/(m/sup 2/ h mm Hg), and the average scrubber resistance was 440 mm H/sub 2/O. It was shown that scrubbers with chord packing can be used for recovery of benzene with coke-oven-gas throughputs of up to 200,000 m/sup 3//h.


Female of 59 years old, exposed to biomass smoke (index=100 hrs/year), followed as Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease during 9 years; her main symptom has been dyspnea, vital signs HR 86 per min, RR 20 per min, 110/78 mmHg, body temperature 36.6°C, very severe obstruction in spirometry, low Diffusion Capacity, increased Residual Volume, Pulmonary Arterial hypertension by echocardiography (47 mmHg) and arterial gases pH 7.38, PaCO2= 47 mmHg, PaO2 66 mmHg, HCO3 =21.6 and O2 saturation 92.5% with oxygen supply. Radiographic studies Figure 1 showed, bullous emphysema at left lung in conventional chest radiography; and, neurofibromatosis lesions in both hands (Figure 2) and feet (Figure 3) and Computed tomography revealing bilateral


Based partly on proving that algebraic relativistic quantum field theory (ARQFT) is a stochastic Einstein local (SEL) theory in the sense of SEL which was introduced by Hellman (1982b) and which is adapted in this paper to ARQFT, the recently proved maximal and typical violation of Bell's inequalities in ARQFT (Summers and Werner 1987a-c) is interpreted in this paper as showing that Bell's inequalities are, in a sense, irrelevant for the problem of Einstein local stochastic hidden variables, especially if this problem is raised in connection with ARQFT. This leads to the question of how to formulate the problem of local hidden variables in ARQFT. By giving a precise definition of hidden-variable theory within the operator algebraic framework of quantum mechanics, it will be argued that the aim of hidden-variable investigations is to determine those classes of quantum theories whose elements represent a statistical content that cannot be reduced in a given way. In some particular way to be stated, a proposition will be stated which distinguishes quantum field theories whose statistical content cannot be reduced without violating some relativistic locality principle.


The robust stabilization of the vertical position, pitch and roll dynamics of the center of gravity for a vehicle with active suspension is addressed in this work. Three different higher order sliding mode (HOSM) control algorithms and an adaptive backstepping controller (ABC) are designed to fulfill the control objective. First, two second order sliding mode controllers, the quasi-continuous and the nested, are designed to stabilize the 2-relative degree vertical position. Then, a super-twisting (ST) algorithm is designed, by means of a 1-relative degree sliding function, obtaining asymptotic stability. For the ABC, adaptive parameters dynamics are proposed, as well as the control law that adds desired linear dynamics. Finally, a performance comparison between the proposed controllers is presented based on simulations results.


In this article I attempt to analyse a simile that occurs in a poetic fragment by Imru' al-Qays. My purpose is to provide a series of considerations starting from the concepts used in the second part of the comparison (Maṣāḥif, Ḫaṭṭ and Zabūr), leading us to put forward some hypo-theses on the basis of the linguistic, cultural, religious and chronolo-gical pre-Islamic context.


Sir, Back and Taubert's case history of akathisia1 is a timely reminder that extrapyramidal adverse effects of antiemetic medications are not uncommon in palliative care settings. Akathisia is a most distressing symptom and deserves prompt recognition and management. However I suggest the cause of akathisia for their patient was levomepromazine and not haloperidol. Medication-induced extrapyramidal symptoms, including acute akathisia but particularly dystonic reactions, are theoretically more likely with butyrophenones, such as haloperidol, than with phenothiazines, such as chlorpromazine and levomepromazine.2 However, the most relevant overall predictive factor is the current dose of the major tranquillizer.3 The patient, if the levomepromazine and haloperidol doses are converted to 'chlorpromazine equivalents', was initiated on about equivalent doses of these drugs. However, the haloperidol was then introduced parenterally while the levomepromazine was continued orally. There is a literature supportive of the well-recognized clinical experience that parenteral haloperidol (in contrast to oral haloperidol) very rarely induces extrapyramidal adverse effects.4,5 But generally, the most convincing proof that a particular medication causes a specific side effect is to re-expose the patient to the drug. Re-challenging the patient with levomepromazine (in the absence of haloperidol) resulted in recurring akathisia. Comment should also be made about the 'unusual symptomatic treatment'. Akathisia (from Greek, literally 'not to sit') is considered by most to be predominately a subjective sense of inner restlessness.3 It is primarily a mental and not a motor symptom. Movement eases the inner tension; it is a form of self-management. Distracting manoeuvres resulted in a reduction of movements in 65% of akathisic patients.3 Riding a bicycle or running a marathon while awaiting resolution of akathisia following dose reduction could be useful strategies but as these authors wisely point out finding a suitable distracting motor sequence for a cachexic, terminally ill patient may be problematic. Finally, although I agree that akathisia is underrecognized in palliative medicine, and many of our patients are elderly, it is important to appreciate that their basal ganglia has not been previously damaged by schizophrenia and many years of exposure to major tranquillizers, and it may behave rather differently.6 Most of the literature on akathisia concerns patients with chronic psychotic mental disorders.


Animal welfare is a growing issue in modern farming systems due to a perceived mismatch between animals' actual environments and their natural habitats, acknowledgement that animals are sentient beings, and societal awareness not only that animal production matters but also that the production methods matter.[br/] Welfare implies that the biological needs of animals are fulfilled and, more importantly, that the animals feel "well." What emotions animals can feel is now documented, and methods have been developed to assess how well an animal feels. The welfare of an individual depends on its living environment, genetics, and past experiences, with the result that each individual may perceive a triggering situation differently. Farming system design needs to evolve to encompass the welfare provided to animals based on actual living conditions and the animals' background. Improvements have been proposed so that it is now possible to integrate animal welfare into farming conditions that meet both animal requirements and societal concerns.


This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) (LEO) and geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) (GEO) essential oils on growth, immunity, antioxidant responses and disease resistance of Oreochromis niloticus. Fish (3.04 ± 0.003 g) were fed the basal diet (G1), or the basal diet supplemented with LEO at 200 and 400 mg kg−1 of the diet (G2 and G3), or GEO at 200 and 400 mg kg−1 of the diet (G4 and G5), respectively for 12 weeks. Growth indices and feed utilization were significantly improved with G2, G3 and G5 groups. Also, a significant increase in protein content of the whole body was recorded in all groups. G2 and G5 showed a significant rise of both catalase activity and reduced glutathione content with a significant incline in the MDA level. Lysozyme activity and total IgM levels were significantly increased in G2 and G5 groups. G3 and G5 groups had a significantly lower intestinal total bacteria, Coliforms, Escherichia coli and Aeromonas spp counts. Following challenge with A. hydrophila, all groups had a high survival rate. In conclusion, LEO and GEO could be a candidate dietary supplementation in fish improving growth performance, feed utilization, oxidative status, immune responses and disease resistance.


Stein's method proves weak-convergence results through approximations to expectations without direct use of characteristic functions, allowing it to be used in complex problems with dependence. In this work we show how consistency can be proved and even some error terms provided for any bootstrap with exchangeable weights using Stein's method. We say that the bootstrap works if the distance between the bootstrap empirical measure and a Gaussian measure centred around the true empirical measure, or the true mean measure, tends to zero as sample size tends to infinity. Our results also provide an explicit error bound for the difference to Gaussianity of the bootstrap for any finite sample size. Many of the results themselves are known, see for instance Bickel and Freedman(1981), Singh(1981) for the consistency results in the multinomial case or Praestgaard and Wellner(1993) for the case of exchangeable weights. However this paper proposes a new way of bounding error terms for the bootstrap that does not rely on Edgeworth expansions as does the other theoretical work on convergence rates to date. In the independent case see (Hall, 1986, 1988b,a; Hall and Martin, 1991; Hall, 1992). Examples of proofs for dependent variables using Edgeworth expansions can be found in Lahiri (1995) and the book by Politis et al. (1999). Instead of comparing two distributions directly, in this approach we compare their Stein operators on certain test functions and the expectation of their difference is used to bound the actual distance between distributions. After defining the operators and notations, we start by the simple case of the consistency of the bootstrap distribution for the mean following Stein's proof of the central limit theorem closely. We


Based on the daily observations of surface temperature and 24 h accumulated precipitation for the period 1952 through 2008,the features of an extreme weather events with low temperature and icing conditions which occurred in the southern part of China during early 2008 have been investigated in this study.In addition,the multimodel ensemble forecasting experiments have been conducted by using the ensemble forecasts of ECMWF,JMA,NCEP and CMA taken from the TIGGE(Interactive Grand Global Ensemble) archives.The results show that more than a third of the stations in the southern part of China were covered by extremely abundant precipitation with a 50-year return period,and extremely low temperature with a 50-year return period occurred in Guizhou and western Hunan province as well.For the 24~216 h surface temperature forecasts,the bias-removed multimodel ensemble mean(EMN) with running training period(R-BREM) has the highest forecast skill among all individual models and multimodel ensemble techniques.Taking the RMSEs of the ECMWF 96 h forecasts as the criterion,the valid time of the surface temperature forecast may be prolonged to 192 h over the southeastern coast of China by using the R-BREM technique.For the sprinkle forecasts over central and southern China,the R-BREM technique has the best performance in terms of TS scores for the 24~192 h forecasts(except for the 72 h forecasts) among all individual models and multimodel ensemble techniques.For the moderate rain,the forecast skill of the R-BREM technique is superior over those of individual models and multimodel ensemble mean.


"Postmodernism" is one of often used terms in a periodical of humanities trend. The replacement of a dominating intellectual paradigm meant the transition from one cultural context to another which is always characterized by transformation of cultural codes and systems of values. This transformation is expressed in changes of cultural, religious norms, outlooks on macro- and microlevels, that is, social, personal, etc. Today's socio-cultural situation can be characterized as abolition of "classical" model of culture and a cult of high samples. In the context of value transformations the efforts are directed at designing of the new culture based on multicultural understanding of a society, causing value pluralism. The component of the postmodern program is seen in the multiculturalism project, assuming the creation of a global community with a set of cultures which have the right to existence and should cause respect. The ideological and political contexts of multiculturalism include both positive and the negative relation to multiculturalism as a phenomenon. The today's multiculturalist condition means dialogue, and multiculturalism is regarded as a new philosophy of interaction. Achievement of communicative culture of a pluralistic society is seen in overcoming of bounds own normative nature by means of dialogue, forming of the value consensuses. © 2013European Journal of Research on Education by IASSR.


Developing renewable energy sources with low environmental impacts is becoming increasingly important as concerns about consuming fossil fuel sources grow. Cultivating, harvesting, drying, and densifying raw biomass feedstocks into pellets for easy handling and transport is one step forward in this endeavor. However, the corresponding environmental performances must be quantified. This study presents cradle-to-gate life cycle inventory and impact assessment data for switchgrass fuel pellets potentially manufactured in the US Southeast. Because there are no current manufacturers of switchgrass pellets, inventory data were based on field trials of cultivation and harvest of switchgrass combined with a separate study of wood pelletization. Energy inputs for cultivation and harvest of switchgrass were collected by survey from farmers in Tennessee and represent the years 2008, 2009, and 2010. Data for pelletization were taken from a report on wood pellet manufacturing in the US Southeast. To produce 1.0 Mg of pellets that contain 18.0 GJ of potential bioenergy, 4.1 GJ of fossil energy inputs were required. Switchgrass crops require relatively little energy and inputs for the cultivation and harvest processes. The majority of the environmental burdens are associated with drying and pelletizing the raw material.


Objective:To explore the clinical efficacy of levonorgestrel-intrauterine releasing system(LNG-IUS) for contraception,adenomyosis,hysteromyoma and dysfunctional uterine bleeding.Methods:LNG-IUS was placed in 94 patients with induced abortion,adenomyosis,hysteromyoma and dysfunctional uterine bleeding in the hospital from December 2003 to March 2007.The factors such as contraceptive effectiveness,menstruation,hemoglobin and blood CA125 levels were observed at 1,3,6 and 12 months after placement of LNG-IUS.Results:Among 30 cases with induced abortion,LNG-IUS of one case dropped after 20 days and she got pregnancy at five months;among the other 29 cases,20.00% of the cases had abdominal pain,then the pain was relieved after 3 months;70.00% of the cases were found with irregular vaginal bleeding,then they recovered after 6 months.Among 64 cases with adenomyosis,hysteromyoma and dysfunctional uterine bleeding,LNG-IUS of one case moved down after 1 month.Dysmenorrhea of all the cases relieved after 3 months.At 12 months,the amount of menstruation reduced by 89.26%,the menstruation shortened by 3.58 days,the menstrual cycle prolonged by 6.51 days,the incidence of amenorrhea was 57.81%,the level of hemoglobin increased by 2.91 g/L,and the level of CA125 decreased by 40.10%,the volumes of uteri and fibroids decreased significantly.No uterine cavity infection and pregnancy with IUD occurred.Conclusion:LNG-IUS has good contraceptive effect,and it is also effective for adenomyosis,hysteromyoma and dysfunctional uterine bleeding.


Centrally situated on the island of Mahe,on the white, sandy strip of Beau Vallon Beach,this resort is 30 minutes away from Seychelles International Airport and 15 minutes away from the capital city of Victoria. A hand-crafted interpretation of elegance..


A 65-year-old woman underwent core biopsy of a palpable left breast mass. This was a Nottingham grade II invasive ductal carcinoma with lymphovascular invasion. The tumor was ER/PR positive and Her-2/neu negative. The patient agreed to participate in the American College of Surgeon's Oncology Group Z00100 trial. Two weeks later, the patient underwent a left breast lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, and bone marrow biopsy. Lymphatic mapping and SLN biopsy were performed utilizing a combination mapping agent technique. Manual intermittent breast massage was performed for 5 minutes after injection of the mapping agents. A single SLN was identified that was both blue and "hot."


In 2011, one of the coast guard offers of Korea Coast Guard(KCG) died while regulating illegal operations of Chinese fishing vessels. Furthermore, these illegal operations have more frequently occurred taking advantage of recent Se-Wol-Ho tragedy.The Korean Government has discussed this issue with diversity of solutions, for instance, the announcement of 'Countermeasure of strengthening maritime public powers' in 2008 and 'Multi-Solution for eradication of Illegal fishing' in 2011. The KCG established 'Maritime Guard Act' in 2012 to establish the need to pursuit, arrest, use of weapon toward enforcing illegal fishing. But according to the recent statistic reports, the Chinese illegal fishing operation rate has steadily increased or kept its level fixed. It is urgent to establish adequate counter plans in order to prevent these illegal operations since they has occurred not only within Korea's Exclusive Economic Zone but also in Korean territorial waters.The illegal operation by Chinese fishing vessels which could not only damage human life, but also build up tension between two nations, should ungently be eradicated.In orderto solve this purpose, the improvement of related legislations, reinforcement of KCG's safety equipment and enforcement gears, and diplomatic support in government-level should be guaranteed.This paper analyzes the current status of Chinese vessels' illegal fisheries as well as its increasing factors. It is also suggested that concrete plans need to be established in order to eliminate the illegal operation and specific plans need to be established for improving the enforcement environment of KCG.


Cable diagnostic with very low frequency (VLF) measurements has gradually evolved from laboratory research to field testing. VLF dielectric test aims to replace DC dielectric test for extruded cables because of the potentially harmful effects and ineffectiveness of DC voltage in polymeric insulation. Furthermore, dielectric loss measurements are often used for insulation diagnostic. Its application at very low frequencies has led to the development of different cable diagnostic methods. However, despite recent technical guide for dielectric tests and existing criteria of dissipation factor measurements for cable diagnostic, field experience remains unconvinced and widely divided. This paper presents some field and laboratory results on VLF testing and measurements to gain a better understanding.


The problem of programming and neural-net stabilizing of manipulator time-optimal trajectories is taken into consideration within context of neural-nets threatening for inverse dynamic model approximation. Trajectories are put into phase plane and generalized coordinates direct dependences on time and constraints are obtained. The problem of links movements' synchronization is addressed in brief. A nonlinear control law with neural-net representation of inverse dynamic model is illustrated with simulations of 5 DOF manipulator control (without consideration of servo dynamics, i.e. Control signals are generalized forces). Method addresses time-optimal real-time control of multilinked nonlinear system.


In this chapter, the author explains why and how he wrote his Treatise of Biblical Rhetoric , just published in 2007. The entire Bible, the New Testament as well as the Old, belongs to a linguistic and cultural world very different from the Greco-Roman. The biblical texts obey the laws of composition (dispositio) peculiar to the Semitic area. These laws had become increasingly known over two and one-half centuries, and there was a need to set them forth in a systematic way. Keywords: Treatise of Biblical Rhetoric; Bible; New Testament; cultural world; Greco-Roman era


The invention discloses a novel high-precision data acquisition system for electrical impedance imaging. The system is constructed by a main control module, a programmable current source, an electrode interface module, a voltage measurement module, a current detection module, a digital demodulation module, a communication interface module and the like. Excitation currents in an imaging target region are accurately controlled through the current detection module and the programmable current source, distribution differences are effectively suppressed through an electrode selection switch system in the electrode interface module, external disturbance is effectively blocked through an electrode wire double-shielding system in the electrode interface module, and related demodulation of response signals and excitation signals is achieved through the digital demodulation module. By the adoption of the high-precision data acquisition system, the influence of distribution parameters and external disturbance in the data acquisition system for electrical impedance imaging can be effectively suppressed, nonlinear errors of a measurement result are reduced, the signal to noise ratio of measured data is increased, the key problem that in the electrical impedance imaging research, data acquisition accuracy is difficultly further improved is solved, and the high-precision data acquisition system has important application value.


Purpose: Recently, many whitening mouthrinses have appeared on the market with different ingredients due to their ease of use and low costs. Whether these mouthrinses change the color of composite resins has been a matter of curiosity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of whitening mouthrinses with different chemical structures on the color stability of a Bis-GMA free resin composite.
Materials&methods: Seventy disc-shaped specimens (8 mm x 2 mm) were prepared from a Bis-GMA free composite resin and randomly divided into seven groups, according to the mouthrinses (n=10): Listerine Advanced White, Colgate Optic White, Perfect White Black, Crest 3D White, Pasta Del Capitano, Oral B 3D White Luxe. The control group used in the study was distilled water. After the baseline color measurement values were recorded with a spectrophotometer (Vita Easy Shade V, Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Sackingen, Germany). At the end of the keeping period, color measurements were repeated and changes in color values were calculated (ΔEab) using the CIE L*a*b* color system. Statistical analysis of the values obtained was made according to Kruskal Wallis test (p


A model of the highly doped and compensated ferroelectric semiconductor as a one-dimensional periodic n—p—n—p—structure is proposed. Taking into account of the influence of the spontaneous polarization Ps and nonlinearity of the permittivity on the fluctuation potential leads to difference in the properties of regions with different field orientations, i.e. with field directions parallel and antiparallel relative to the direction of Ps. Then under a uniform illumination there appears a non-compensated photovoltage. The presence of a special direction (polar axis) ensures adding of individual elementary photovoltages along the C-axis, i.e. appearance of an anomalous photovoltage. Comparison with the experimental results is carried out.


Abstract A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method is described for the assay of some tranquillizers and antidepressants, namely, chlorpromazine, imipramine, amitriptyline and chlorprothexine. The method was based on the interaction of these drugs as n-electron donors with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) as λ -acceptor to give a highly coloured radical anion which exhibits maximum absorption at 460 nm. The radical anion was proved by electron spin resonance measurements. The proposed method has been successfully applied for the determination of the examined drugs in tablets. The assay results were in accord with the pharmacopoeial results.


Financial support: None. Conflicts of interest: No conflicts of interest declared concerning the publication of this article. Submitted: May 11, 2017. Accepted: December 16, 2017. The study was carried out at Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia, Hospital Felicio Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. Abstract Introduction: Unilateral vocal fold paralysis can have significant repercussion on quality of life. Several surgical procedures have been designed to improve dysphonia, dysphagia and gagging, with emphasis on type 1 (medialization) thyroplasty and vocal fold injection. Objective: To evaluate our experience with the technique, functional results, and potential complications. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted with a sample of 29 patients submitted to this surgical procedure between 2000 and 2015. All procedures were performed under local anesthesia with sedation, and without intercurrences. Hospitalization time was 24 h on average. Results: None of the patients presented respiratory distress that required tracheostomy. Regarding vocal quality, the results were considered satisfactory or optimal, with high degree of patient satisfaction. With respect to dysphagia, all patients who needed enteral nutrition resumed exclusive peroral diet. Conclusion: Arytenopexy with medialization thyroplasty and cricothyropexy are procedures with low degree of complication that can be performed under local anesthesia with excellent functional results, even in patients with marked posterior glottic gap.


This paper presents a 3D object classification system based on volumetric parts. As the constituents of 3D object, the parts are described by superquadric-based geons, which enables a more compact 3D object representation. In the developed classification system, the improved interpretation tree method is implemented for classification, where a set of novel integrated features and corresponding constraints are proposed, which not only reflect individual parts' shape, but model's topological structure among 3D parts. The constraints are used to define efficient interpretation tree search rules, and the feasible correspondences of unknown object data and the stored models are obtained. Then a similarity measure computation algorithm is proposed to evaluate the shape similarity of the correspondence. The classification system can achieve both whole match and partial match between unknown object data and 3D models with shape similarity ranks; particularly, focus match can be accomplished, in which different key parts may be labeled and all the matched models with corresponding key parts can be obtained. The performance of the presented 3D object classification system is evaluated with a series of experiments.


The key success factors of the rice supply chain are regarded as a potentially useful resource in structuring the performance of mud-to-mouth supply chain network. Improving the profitability of the farmer requires adoption of best operational practices for improving the performance of the sector throughout the supply chain. This study mainly focused on identifying the key success factors of the rice supply chain and the presence of those factors in the operational strategy. An exploratory survey was conducted in the Atharagallewa agriculture instructor division of the Polonnaruwa district in Sri Lanka. Randomly selected 50 farmers from a group of 380 and eight agriculture officers were used as the survey participants to identify the current performance and operational strategies in the rice production sector. Based on the statistical analysis of the rankings given by survey participants, key success factors related to mechanization, quality improvement and product development, knowledge and skill development, risk management and information availability of the rice supply chain were identified and were validated with experts' opinion. The analysis helped in developing a Rice Supply Chain Development Ladder (RSCDL). The RSCDL contained three states, namely Introduction, Improvement and Review/Standardization, and facilitated identification of AS-IS state (existing circumstances) of the rice supply chain for the selected study site. These states could differ from district to district, based on the constraints present. This development ladder can be used as an analytical framework to represent the current AS-IS states of the rice supply chain. The RSCDL model provided a structured framework to analyze the current level of operational practices in a high performance rice production area. This can be a useful benchmarking tool for the poorly performing rice growing area with similar environmental conditions.


Emission spectra and decay times of the benzoylacetonate, acetylacetonate, and dibenzoylmethide chelates of trivalent samarium, europium, terbium, and dysprosium are reported. The groups of spectral lines observed from these compounds in rigid organic glasses and excited by ultraviolet light are given probable J-J assignments. The luminescence decay curves are analyzed in terms of a two-step decay mechanism and a lower limit of 5 x 10/sup 6/ sec/sup -1/ was established for the intramolecular energy transfer rate constant. The nature of the donor level in the energy transfer process is discussed. Further evidence for quenching of the 4f electronic excited states of chelated rare-earth ions by a vibronic mechanism is presented. (auth)


Specimen with the conditions of conservation is the specification of the specimen must be retained,with a variety of uses.In this paper,the actual operation of the errors,with the conditions of conservation of the role of specimen types and retention requirements,strength assessment,treatment failure,discuss concrete foundation and infrastructure division is to be retained specimen with the conditions of conservation issues.


Traditional Sanskrit grammar is primarily a technical enterprise, which does not constitute, in and by itself, a system of philosophy. Grammatical discussions may, and do, from time to time touch upon philosophical questions, but the idea [719] of a grammarians' philosophy might not have arisen were it not for Bhart®hari. This thinker of the fifth century (as now as much as certain) worked out a philosophical system which he claimed to be 'grammatical', and which (or parts of which) came to be accepted by later grammarians as belonging to their own tradition. Moreover, this philosophy came to be included in such works as Såyaˆa-Mådhava's Sarvadarßanasa ∫ graha (14 th century).