This is a progress report on our effort to design and development of a semantic backbone using an integrated ontological framework to support calculation, interpretation and querying population health indicators within the scope of the PopHR project. 1 OBJECTIVES AND SYSTEM DESCRIPTION The PopHR project (Buckeridge et al., 2012) aims to deliver an informatics platform that integrates multiple clinical and administrative data sources to provide a coherent view of the health of populations in the province of Quebec, Canada (Figure 1). Users of the PopHR can develop detailed portraits of the health status and healthcare utilization patterns for a population, monitor various health indicators to detect temporal and spatial variations in disease activity, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions or other events on population health. The platform provides representative information in near-real time with high geographical resolution, thereby assisting public health professionals, clinicians and the public in diagnostic and therapeutic decisionmaking. The design of the PopHR system is centered around a population health indicator ontology (PHIO) (ShabanNejad et al., 2013). Also we have developed the GeoPopHR ontology, to assist establishing the relationships between administrative data to geospatial data, with emphasize on mapping variations in disease rates. Two different approaches are used to calculate health indicators in the PopHR. Indicators related to disease status and health care utilization are generally calculated using administrative and clinical data from a representative cohort. Indicators related to determinants of health are generally calculated using area level data from the census, surveys, and other sources. In order to facilitate semantic question answering about health indicators, determinants, disease outcomes and interventions we are developing a natural language (query) interface (NLI). To derive a semantic tree for each of the queries, interface, at the current stage of our experiment, we are using a formal syntax and grammar through the following steps: (i) Production of a Lex file to generate a custom lexer; * To whom correspondence should be addressed: email@example.com (ii) Implementation of a non-deterministic finite automaton for grammar parsing. Fig. 1. Schematic architecture for the Population Health Record (PopHR), illustrating how knowledge, methods, data, and information are maintained separately, but related within the system. Knowledge is encoded using an ontology and the methods interact with the ontology to obtain the knowledge needed to process data and facilitate the interpretation of information. In the public health domain, where the PopHR is currently implemented, relevant knowledge relates to the determinants and outcomes of diseases.


Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal autosomal recessive disorder due to mutations in the CF
transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, a cAMP-dependent chloride channel expressed on the apical side of epithelial cells. Although CF involves many
organs with secretory/absorptive properties, including the liver, the main cause of morbidity and mortality is a chronic inflammatory lung disease. Because of its monogenic nature, and since the lung is easily accessible, CF has been a target disease for gene-based therapeutic intervention; however, this approach has given unsatisfied
results in terms of efficiency of gene delivery to the lung and of efficacy outcomes. This partial success was due to the inefficiency of passing the mucus barrier overlying the
epithelial cells and to the immune response against the gene therapy vectors. Cell therapy could be a more effective treatment because allogenic normal cells and
autologous engineered cells express CFTR gene. Bone marrow-derived stem cells have been the first source evaluated for homing to the lung and curative potential, but the in
vivo efficiency of bone marrow stem cells to differentiate in airways epithelium is very low (0.01–0.025%), as also demonstrated by different studies in CF mice. Recently, new cell sources for CF treatment have been characterized; MSCs from cord blood and amniotic fluid stem cells can differentiate in vitro and in vivo in airway epithelium. Stemming from these results on MSCs, and based on the demonstrated high plasticity of amniotic derived stem cells, after an extensive characterization of the
expression of phenotypic and pluripotency markers by hAMSCs and their differentiative potential, we preliminarily evaluated their usefulness in CF by in vitro experiments
using cocultures of hAMSCs and CF-respiratory epithelial cells.


The Monte do Galo religious group, located in city of Carnauba dos Dantas in Rio Grande do Norte state, micro region of the Serido, has been stage of the most diversified demonstration of faith and devotion by the people who retrace to him since the begging of the twentieth century. Notably, the meeting of a significant portion of pilgrims and devotees indicates the research or the thanks of realized blessings, with emphasis on the healing of ills, in the majority, set by physical and mental illness. By joining lenses of the Oral History and Ethnic History, we undertook a historical analysis of the narratives of cure presents in the written springs, oral and iconographic, which occur in this sanctuary. From the methodological point of view, the research is present as exploratory, documentary, bibliographic and ethnographic. Our bases were the contributions of Paul Thompson, Jacques Le Goff, Gwyn Prins and Antonio Montenegro, with regard to oral sources, Clifford Geertz, Carlos Alberto Steil and Sylvana Brandao, on which refers to the ethno historical records. Were also primordial the concepts of Pierre Bordieu for understanding what is field, subfield and the relationships established by the agents of the administration of religious and symbolic capital, both lay and religious. The work is linked to research groups "Historia e Religioes", from Graduate Program in History of UFPE, and "Gestao Publica e Espacos Publicos: conflitos e intolerância religiosa", from the Professional Master's Degree in Public Management for the Development of the Northeast, from UFPE.


Gravity and ground magnetic surveys were conducted over an area of 76 Km 2 in order to investigate thermal structures responsible for geothermal manifestations such as hot springs in the Homa Hills geothermal prospect. The two surveys show that the southern part of the prospect has a potential for geothermal resource and should be investigated further to establish presence of an exploitable hydrothermal system. The magnetic survey indicates higher demagnetization in this part of the field compared to other parts of the field. The gravity survey is relatively sharp with a classic dome shaped profile associated with a large shallow dike.


Providing reliable storage for sensor monitoring in IoT systems is key to manage nodes unavailability and lack of connectivity between the sensor devices and outside networks. Although reliable distributed storage systems typically assume that new devices are available to cope with disk, node or rack losses, this is not generally the case in monitoring systems. This paper proposes a data protection scheme based on network coding for monitoring networks that considers the cost of repair and the cost of setting up the initial protection for the data. We provide a theoretical characterization of the data protection problem with different operating regimes. We also analyze the mechanisms to trade-off network costs of the initial protection phase and the repair phases. Our numerical results show that a judicious choice between the preparation and repair phase costs can result in a reduction of protection cost as high as four times with respect to a naive selection, e.g., only focused on the repair costs.


Electromotive force and isothermal titration microcalorimetry measurements have been carried out to study the interactions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with polyethyleneimines (PEI's) and some ethoxylated PEI's at different pH's. In all cases the polymers show a remarkable affinity toward SDS. The SDS concentration at the onset of binding decreases with decreasing pH. At low pH's phase separation similar to that observed for strong polyelectrolyte/oppositely charged surfactant systems occurs presumably as a consequence of the protonation of the N atoms in the polymer to form a polycation. The SDS range over which phase separation occurs decreases as the size of the ethoxylated chains increases, and for the polymer with the longest ethoxylated chain no precipitation occurs. In many cases where phase separation occurs, as more SDS is added the polymer/surfactant complex often resolubilizes and binding proceeds until the polymer becomes saturated with bound SDS. For any given polymer at this limiting stag...


Objective: Evaluate the cost of CRD (Chronic Renal Disease) management at the dialysis stage, in a public hospital in Congo Brazzaville. Patient and method: It was a longitudinal and descriptive study of 7 months, which took place over the period from February 1 to August 31, 2022, in the Nephrology-Hemodialysis department of HGELBO It focused on 35 patients identified in a way exhaustive. Socio-demographic and clinical information and expenses incurred over 3 months were collected from medical records and during individual interviews using pre-established survey sheets. SPSS 22 software was used for data analysis and processing. Results: Of the 35 patients, 26 were men, i.e., a sex ratio of 2.9. The mean age was 51.2 ± 12.3 years. Only 3 patients (9%) had health insurance and 52.2% of working patients had lost their job after starting dialysis. The median monthly cost of a chronic HD patient was 630,800 CFA Francs. Direct expenses amounted to 589,367 CFA Francs, they represented 93.4% of the total cost and are dominated by the cost of dialysis consumables (56.9%). The monthly median indirect cost was evaluated at 60,000 CFA Francs and represents 9.2% of the overall cost. The average cost of an HD session was evaluated at 31,219.4 CFA Francs. The total annual cost of the patient in HD maintenance was estimated at 7,569,600 CFA Francs. Conclusion: The cost of caring for HD patients is high. The cost of managing CR at the dialysis stage is beyond the reach of most patients, so there is a need to implement strategies to prevent and manage ESRD in our setting.


The static properties and large-signal modulation capabilities of directly modulated p-doped quantum-dot distributed-feedback lasers are presented. Based on pure index gratings the devices exhibit a side-mode-suppression ratio of 58 dB and optical output powers up to 34 mW. Assisted by a broad gain spectrum, which is typical for quantum-dot material, emission wavelengths from 1290 nm to 1310 nm are covered by the transversal and longitudinal single-mode lasers fabricated from the same single wafer. Thus, these lasers are ideal devices for on-chip wavelength division multiplexing within the original-band according to the IEEE802.3ba standard. 10 Gb/s data transmission across 30 km of single mode fiber is demonstrated. The maximum error-free data rate is found to be 15 Gb/s.


When, in the last years of the nineteenth century, the United States shared the general expansive urge, the major Power with which she came most vigorously and immediately into conflict was Great Britain, which alone had a substantial footing in the western hemisphere. On at least three important occasions the two countries clashed–over Venezuela, over the building of an isthmian canal, and over the Alaskan boundary–and on each the United States won a complete diplomatic victory, as a natural result of power and strategic advantage. These victories roused little resentment in Britain and their significance was minimized. One important reason for the readiness with which Britain gave way to the United States was that the two countries were supposed to have some mystic community of interest which over-rode any conflicts and made them of no importance. Often the argument, if so it may be called, rested there, and it was merely asserted that 'in the last resort' the Anglo-Saxon nations would be found on the same side–not a prospect of much concern to the practising diplomatist. Sometimes, however, it was implied that the United States was on the brink of a great burst of international energy, which would, as a result of the similarity of race, ideology and tradition, be exerted in directions which the British would find good. The same American aggressiveness whose first victim was Britain would later check the rivals of Britain.


The mechanical properties of Satsuma oranges were studied under static, quasi-static and impact loading in order to determine conditions leading to minimum fruit injury in containerized shipping. The results indicated that the use of containers is safe for a 70h transport provided the stacking height does not exceed 70 cm. The static load at the bottom of the container should not exceed 2 kg per fruit if permanent deformation is to be avoided; the fruit ruptures when the load exceeds 4.2 kg per fruit. The time-deformation curve under static load was explained with a Burgers model modified with a sliding element. Bruising energy by impact was 3 times and that by quasi-static loading 1.4 times as great as that by static loading. The relationship between impact acceleration and dropping height of single fruits agreed well with the Hertz' theory of colliding spheres for dropping heights up to 15 cm.


Eleven fungicides were tested for their toxicity to Macrophomina phaseoli Maubl.) Ashby. Benlate was most toxic for mycelial growth. The next best fungicides in soil were wet ceresan and captan. Some of the fungicides which were effective in agar media were not affective in soil. The amount of fungicides ro- quired for the inhibition of the fungus in the soil was higher than that required in agar medium.


The trend of big data in Fig.1 creates the big progress of sensors towards to like bio sensors. Like bio sensors must have high performance in super high resolution, micro size, low power consumption, real-time, low cost and mass production. The like bio sensors must be archived by combination of sensor innovation and the sensor fusion smart system. In the field of magnetic sensors the developments of high resolution micro size magnetic sensors and their new applications such as wearable computer in Fig.2, medical applications in Fig.3, automotive driving systems, smart grid has been dramatically progressed. MI sensor which consists of amorphous wire and MEMS coil must be most promising super high resolution micro size magnetic sensors. Recently the remarkable progress on MI sensor improved by pulse stimulation from MHz to GHz and fine pithed MEMS coil from 30 μm to 5μm in Fig.4 which gives the 100 times increase in sensitivity compared to that of MHz type MI sensor is reported. I propose GHz type MI sensor as GHz-spin rotation sensor (GSR sensor1)). This GSR sensor must measure the earth magnetism easily and apply to gyro compass which is used as motion sensor for wearable computer. Moreover it can detect bio magnetism of Pico tesla level and apply to heart magnetic cardiogram and magnetoencephalography. The keynote speech will introduce the recent developments in super high resolution micro size magnetic sensors and their high light applications challenged in Silicon Valley.


Autonomous agents perform on behalf of the user to achieve defined goals or objectives. Testing of autonomous agents ensures their reliability which is very important to ensure user confidence. Testing of autonomous agents is a challenging task due to their autonomous and proactive behavior. Testing to build confidence in their operations is crucial. In this paper, the existing techniques for testing of autonomous software agents are surveyed and evaluated. Our main focus is on specification and model based testing of autonomous agents. Our analysis concludes that the existing techniques do not cover all aspects of autonomous agents, which may not guarantee the user trust as agents may exhibit unexpected behavior even after being tested.


Abstract:This paper presents a critical evaluation of a recent update to Sagart's "numeral-based phylogeny" of Austronesian languages. The update takes the form of new evidence, including new etymologies and reconstructions of words meaning 'six' and 'ten' which differ from conventional reconstructions, and updated and expanded evidence for "Southern Austronesian," a subgroup that contains Kra-Dai and Malayo-Polynesian. This paper argues that Sagart's new evidence is unconvincing and does not provide additional support for the numeral-based phylogeny. Rather, this paper details shortcomings in new etymologies for 'six' and 'ten', as well as issues in the comparisons made between Kra-Dai and Malayo-Polynesian. It is concluded that conventional subgrouping proposals remain superior to the numeral-based phylogeny despite recent updates.


We report the experimental demonstration of an Ytterbium doped fiber laser (YDFL) composed by two stages in cascade. Two sorts of Ytterbium doped fiber (YDF) with different concentration have been used. A proper characterization of the YDFs has been performed in order to find the optimum YDF length. To this end, the output power and the slope-efficiency have been calculated and the signal amplification and the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectra have been analyzed, which are strictly related to the absorption and emission cross-section of the YDF. The first stage has been studied for both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed regime. The results show that by using an YDF with a high slope-efficiency, up to 66%, it is possible to reach an emitted peak power of 30 W in a pulsed regime.


Perhaps the most memorable statement from die turbulent century of civil wars in Norway is about forgetting. In his Latin chronicle on Norwegian kings written 1177-1188, Theodoricus Monachus stated that it was better to forget the chaos in Norway following the death of Sigurdr jorsalafari in 1130: Nos quoque hujus schedulae hie finem facimus, indignum valde judicantes memoriae: posterorum tradere scelera, homicidia, perjuria, parricidia, sanctorum locorum contaminationes, Dei contemptum, non minus religiosorum depraedationes quam totius plebis, mulierum captivationes et ceteras abominationes, quas longum est enumerare. (Storm 1880, 67) [And here I too shall end this little document of mine, since I deem it utterly unfitting to record for posterity the crimes, killings, perjuries, parricides, desecrations of holy places, the contempt for God, the plundering no less of the clergy than of the whole people, the abductions of women, and other abominations which it would take long to enumerate.] (Theodoricus Monachus 1998, 53) In his prologue to the chronicle, Theodoricus seems to be motivated to rescue the history of the Norwegian kings from oblivion by recording the few relics he has found on them (Hermann 2009, 289-90). The statement at the end of his chronicle seems, on the other hand, to be what has been termed "active forgetting" and seen as "a necessary and constructive part of internal social transformations" (1) (Assmann 2008, 97-8). Still, Theodoricus's call to forget the recent history of Norway functions most of all as a reminder of the bitter struggles between King Magnus Erlingsson (1161-84) and the new contender for the throne, Sverrir Sigurdsson (1177-1202). Sverrir eventually became sole ruler after his victory over Magnus at the Battle at Fimreiti in 1184. At the time Theodoricus was writing his chronicle, the situation was far from stable, with several new claimants to a royal title. Even if the chronicle was written after 1184, those who fought against Sverrir had at times control over large parts of the country. (2) At the same time, according to the prologue to Sverris saga, Sverrir started to form his version of his story for his present as well as posterity in cooperation with the Icelandic monk Karl Jonsson. Theodoricus's project of writing only of the ancient kings has a certain ring of nostalgia to it, holding up the past as something superior to his present time. Gabrielle Spiegel's observation on French chronicle writing is adequate also for Theodoricus: "the past becomes the repository of ... dreams and desires, both because it can offer up a consoling image of what once was and is no longer, and because it contains the elements by which to reopen the contest, to offer an alternative vision to a now unpalatable present" (Spiegel 1997, 211-2). Memory (and forgetting) has, since the classical studies of Maurice Halbwachs, been seen as a social phenomenon, formed in the relationships between people rather than just a phenomenon in an individual's brain. Social memory is both an expression of and active binding force for group identity. At the same time, control of memory is linked to power, as Paul Connerton has phrased it: "[C]ontrol of a society's memory largely conditions the hierarchy of power" (Connerton 1989, I). This might be most evident in the cases of social struggles, for example, in situations of revolt and civil war: "Since memory is actually a very important factor in struggle ... if one controls people's memory, one controls their dynamism. And one also controls their experience, their knowledge of previous struggles" (Foucault 1996, 124). This does not necessarily imply that there was only a single hegemonic memory culture at a given time. Different groups, such as (in the case of the late twelfth century) the Church, monasteries, traders, courtiers, and different networks fighting for the throne, could all use the same past in various ways and for different purposes. …


This paper presents the design and implementation of an automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) using mobile communication. Mobile communications of GSM and GPRS are considered. The GSM/GPRS in time division multi-access (TDMA) is adopted as data communication infrastructure to transmit surveillance and control data. A communication protocol is established to enhance surveillance data link at low altitude. An avionics system is designed, implemented and tested using available components. In surveillance, the geodetic information system (GIS) is elected to map positioning data onto a visual friendly display. Under complete system architecture design and verification, the proposed GSM/GPRS-ADS is capable of carrying reliable and efficient data link communication at lower altitude. This paper demonstrates the idea, design, test, implementation of this auxiliary communication loop, and assesses its capability and application.


Most permanent magnet (PM) machines are driven by inverters with pulse-width modulation (PWM) voltages. The currents contain high-frequency (HF) components which are inversely proportional to machine inductance. The HF PWM ripple currents can be used to detect a turn fault that gives rise to changes in inductance. The features of these HF components under turn fault conditions are analyzed. A bandpass filter is designed to extract the selected sideband components, and their root-mean-square (rms) values are measured. The rms values in all phases are compared. It is shown that the rms ripple current ratios between two adjacent phases provide a very good means of detecting turn fault with high signal-to-noise ratio. The detection method can identify the faulted phase and tolerate inherent imbalance of the machine, and is hardly affected by transient states. The method is assessed by simulations and experiments on a five-phase PM machine.


Broadband, coherent radiation in the optical-frequency range is generated using microplasma channels in atmospheric gases in a pump-probe experiment. A microplasma medium is created in a gas by a focused intense femtosecond pump pulse. A picosecond probe pulse then interacts with this microplasma channel, producing broad, coherent sidebands that are associated with luminescence lines and are redshifted and blueshifted with respect to the laser carrier frequency. These sidebands originate from the induced Rabi oscillations between pairs of excited states that are coupled by the probe pulse. Thus the sideband radiation intensity tracks the microplasma evolution. The sidebands arise from broad and tunable Rabi shifts corresponding to varying values of the electric-field magnitude in the probe pulse. The {approx}10{sup 10} W cm{sup -2} probe beam creates a maximum sideband shift of >90 meV from the carrier frequency, resulting in an effective bandwidth of 200 meV. The sidebands can be tuned and controlled by the intensity and temporal profile of the probe pulse. The fact that the coherence is observed in a microplasma demonstrates that Rabi cycling is possible at high temperature with moderately high laser intensities as long as transitions close to the driving frequency ({Delta}{approx}2%{omega}{sub c}) are available. Plasma excitation more » combined with Rabi-shifting measurements also serves as a means to simultaneously extract quantitative ratios for the transition-dipole moments between multiple sets of highly excited states with transitions in the optical regime. « less


As part of our study on the ecology of Culicinae in the Serra dos Orgaos National Park, state of Rio de Janeiro, we report here the preferential feeding hours of females for hematophagy. We have conducted, from March 1981 to February 1982, weekly captures on the human baits at soil level and at the tree canopy using different time schedules and during 24 consecutive hours. Abiotic variables, such as illumination, temperature and humidity were taken in consideration. Some species show clear diurnal preference for feeding on blood during the brightest hours of the day. Among these are Haemagogus leucocelaenus and Ha. capricornii, which are important vectors of Sylvan Yellow Fever in the North and Central-West Regions of Brazil, as well as the majority of the Sabethinae. Other species were captured in large quantities during sunset and first hours of the evening: Anopheles cruzii, the main carrier of Human and Simian Malarias in South Brazil, Culex nigripalpus and Trichoprosopon digitatum. Many species can be present at different times without preference for any specific period, but we did not find any truly ecletic species.


Seven patients with clinical and electroneurographic evidence of tarsal tunnel syndrome were managed surgically, after failed attempts for non-surgical treatment. Post-operative results were more satisfactory than the previous responses to non-surgical therapies. Tarsal tunnel syndrome appears to respond better to surgical intervention than to conservative management.


We report an inverted structure of quantum-dot light emitting diodes (QLEDs) with a metal oxide as a cathode buffer. The Al doped zinc oxide (AZO) with Al concentration from 0 to 30% was used as a charge transport layer in QLEDs which were processed at the temperature of 225 °C. It is found that the conductivity of AZO decreases with increasing Al concentration, but the luminance intensity increases from 6380 to 26 700 cd m−2. The current and power efficiencies at 1000 cd m−2 increase from 3.03 to 4.63 cd A−1 and 2.75 to 3.64 lm W−1, respectively, as the Al concentration increases from 0 to 30%. The luminance intensity for the QLED with 30% AZO increases further to 31 030 cd m−2 and the current efficiency to 5.21 cd A−1 by increasing the thickness of the electron transport layer from 33 to 50 nm. It is concluded therefore that a solution processed AZO can be an effective cathode buffer for an inverted structure of QLEDs.


findings of impaired activity of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase in the liver and small bowel of patients with psoriasis.' The salivary clearances indicate that the inducing effect of smoking on antipyrine metabolism is similar in patients and normal subjects. This contrasts with our observations in skin: so far we have been unable to show any difference in skin activity of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase between smokers and non-smokers, and in-vitro induction with benzanthracene of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in lesion-free skin of patients with psoriasis is only about 50% of normal.' Clearly, in-vivo induction by smoking as measured by antipyrine clearance is not analogous to in-vitro induction by benzanthracene as measured by activity of aryl hydrocarbon


Reducing the chalking degree of protective and decorative silicate coatings of metal surfaces is achieved by increasing the free surface energy of the fillers by grinding them. The effect of surfactants on increasing the adhesive mechanical strength was confirmed.The increase in the dispersion of fillers (iron (III) oxide and chalk from 8–10 µm to 1–3 µm leads to a significant increase (  by 2 orders of magnitude) of chalking index of protective-decorative silicate coatings for metal surfaces. It is shown that the introduction of a high content of latex and liquid glass into the formulation reduces the chalking index only  2 times. The effect of anionic surfactants of polyethylene glycol sulfoethoxylates on the increase in wetting and adhesion effects, which is the result of the increased mechanical strength of fireproof and environmentally friendly coatings, was confirmed.


THE 'GREEN PIGMENT' IN THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN EGYPTIAN MEDICAL PAPYRUS AND HIPPOCRATIC TREATISES ON THE USE OF VERDIGRIS The comparative study of Edwin Smith, Hearst and Ebers papyrus with the Hippocratic treatises, especially De ulceribus, shows the common use of verdigris in the treatment of wounds difficult to heal, in probable necrosis. The same datum emerges in the Hellenic tradition of the myths of Phormion, Telephus and Iphiclus, linked to the medicine of the temples. The modern biology has observed the antiseptic properties of copper oxide.


We investigate the influence of electron-phonon interactions on the DC-conductance $\Gamma $ of a quantum wire in the limit of one occupied subband. At zero temperature, a Tomonaga-Luttinger-like renormalization of $\Gamma $ to a value slightly larger than $2e^{2}/h$ is calculated for a realistic quantum wire model.


Sensitive spectropolarimetric observations from the Haleakala SOLARC coronagraph and infrared imaging spectropolarimeter have detected an extended diffuse surface brightness flux at the 1083 nm wavelength of neutral helium (He I). This has the polarization signature of light scattered by an extended He I cloud in the vicinity of the Sun. The He I scattered surface brightness appears to be consistent with a previous eclipse measurement and satellite observations of the local interstellar medium (LISM) helium wind (LISW), obtained using observations of the He I UV resonance line at 58.4 nm. The sensitivity of the infrared coronagraphic method suggests that the LISW interaction with the local solar wind can have observable consequences that may yield a useful ground-based technique for studying the coronal and interplanetary plasma.


Studies using quantitative neuroimaging have shown subtle abnormalities in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). These findings have several locations, but the midline parasagittal structures are most commonly implicated. The cingulate cortex is related and may be involved. The objective of the current investigation was to perform a comprehensive analysis of the cingulate cortex using multiple quantitative structural neuroimaging techniques.


A deep analysis of the Lyapunov exponents for stationary sequence of matrices going back to Furstenberg, for more general linear cocycles by Ledrappier, and generalized to the context of non-linear cocycles by Avila and Viana, gives an invariance principle for invariant measures with vanishing central exponents. In this paper, we give a new criterium formulated in terms of entropy for the invariance principle and, in particular, obtain a simpler proof for some of the known invariance principle results.

As a byproduct, we study ergodic measures of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms whose center foliation is one-dimensional and forms a circle bundle. We show that for any such

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An important characteristic of many logics for Artificial Intelligence is their nonmonotonicity. This means that adding a formula to the premises can invalidate some of the consequences. There may,...


Abstract This paper describes a subject with a selective verb disorder. Verb retrieval was impaired both in spontaneous speech and naming. When verbs were accessed a striking dissociation emerged. Subcategorization was surprisingly intact, while the assignment of verbs' thematic roles was poor. Verb comprehension was also impaired, particularly when tasks demanded an appreciation of thematic information. A remediation programme was administered which aimed to improve insight into the role structures and mapping requirements of three argument verbs. Evaluation showed gains in the production of this type of verb, which generalized to untreated items. However, there was no generalization to verbs of a different type. Progress was also suggested by a second evaluative procedure, in which observers were asked to judge the intelligibility of the subject's output, before and after therapy. The theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.


The analysis of very large data sources requires scalable systems to reduce execution time and make the Big Data paradigm viable. Cloud infrastructures can be effectively used as scalable computing and storage platforms for implementing high-performance data analysis services. Nubytics is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) system that exploits Cloud facilities to provide efficient services for analyzing large datasets. The system allows users to import their data to the Cloud, extract knowledge models using high performance data mining services, and exploit the inferred knowledge to predict new data and behaviours. In particular, Nubytics provides data classification and regression services that can be used in a variety of scientific and business applications. Scalability is ensured by a parallel computing approach that fully exploits the resources available on a Cloud. The paper describes the main services provided by Nubytics and presents an experimental performance analysis to show its scalability.


Provide a pattern inspection method that can detect defects properly and accurately. The inspected image I1 having the inspected pattern and the normalized image I1 are overlapped, an exclusive logical sum is obtained for each pixel, and an upper image Ie1 having this exclusive logical sum as a pixel value is obtained. The window W1 is set on the upper image Ie1, and the upper image Ie1 is scanned on the window W1 in units of pixels. The sum (window feature amount) of the pixel values of the pixels in the window W1 at each position of the window W1 is obtained, and this value is compared with a predetermined determination reference value. When the window feature amount at any one position of the window W1 exceeds the determination reference value, it is determined that a defect exists in the inspected image 1.


In order to clarify exotic multipole properties of filled skutterudites, we evaluate multipole susceptibility for n =1–5, where n is the local f -electron number, on the basis of a multiorbital Anderson model constructed using the j – j coupling scheme. For n =1, magnetic fluctuations dominate over low-temperature electronic properties, while for n =2 and 4, electronic states are dominated by both magnetic and quadrupole fluctuations. For n =3 and 5, octupole fluctuations are found to be significant, depending on the crystalline electric field potential. We discuss the possible relevance of the results to actual materials.


Abstract The effect of intravenous administration of glucocerebrosidase isolated from human placenta was investigated in two patients with Gaucher's disease who are deficient in this enzyme. The first received one injection of 1.5 x 106 units of glucocerebrosidase, and the second an injection of 1.65 x 106 units on two successive days. Liver biopsies were obtained before and 24 hours after injection of enzyme. Glucocerebroside in the liver of the first patient decreased from 702 to 519 μg per gram wet weight and from 1634 to 1214 μg per gram in the second after infusion of glucocerebrosidase. The quantity of glucocerebroside in erythrocytes of the two patients before infusion was 7.4 and 6.2 μg per milliliter of cells respectively and 2.9 and 2.6 μg per milliliter of cells 72 hours afterward. These findings indicate that exogenous glucocerebrosidase causes definite decreases in the quantity of accumulated lipid in patients with Gaucher's disease. (N Engl J Med 291:989–993, 1974)


The concept of functioning of the student business incubator of ASBI TSUAB. It is shown that the main function of a business incubator is not providing startups offices and office real estate complex, and the creation of a convenient place for communication and solving three key challenges – learning business skills, fundraising and the creation of horizontal links. The stages of self-knowledge of young people in the role of an entrepreneur: learning business skills at specialized Courses → security project at the Competition → the promotion of the project the Resident with financial and consulting support. The content of specialized Innovative course of education» aimed at the development of entrepreneurial skills of young people in architecture and construction business environment. A distinctive feature of this Course is not filling educational disciplines, and education areas (architecture and construction of entrepreneurial activity). Set out the procedure for settling in the business incubator as a Resident through the passage of the Competition. Presents the results of ASBI on building students its trajectory of success.


Materials cost control method for construction project is introduced from many aspects such as material and labour analysis, market dynamic state, warehousing management, materials requisition on quota, cost analysis and so on. Serial items work that should be do better in the course of mastering market dynamic state and buying materials is clarified to reach the aim of abating materials cost.


Let G = (V,E) be a graph and r : V → Z+. An r-detachment of G is a graph H obtained by 'splitting' each vertex v ∈ V into r(v) vertices, called the pieces of v in H. Every edge uv ∈ E corresponds to an edge of H connecting some piece of u to some piece of v. An r-degree specification for G is a function f on V , such that, for each vertex v ∈ V , f(v) is a partition of d(v) into r(v) positive integers. An f -detachment of G is an r-detachment H in which the degrees in H of the pieces of each v ∈ V are given by f(v). Crispin Nash-Williams [3] obtained necessary and sufficient conditions for a graph to have a k-edge-connected rdetachment or f -detachment. We solve a problem posed by Nash-Williams in [2] by obtaining analogous results for non-separable detachments of graphs.


Background: Loss of balance is a considerable risk factor for workers while using ladders, because they are required to maintain static postural balance on platforms of a restricted size. This study observed center of mass (CoM) and center of pressure (CoP) behaviors and evaluated the effects of the platform depth (anterior–posterior length) and working postures. Methods: Eleven male participants stood on four platforms with depths ranging from 6 to 15 cm and maintained their positions for 60 s while performing or not performing other tasks (object holding, upward viewing, or both simultaneously). The kinematics were analyzed on the sagittal plane based on the inverse pendulum model. Results: The absolute moving range for the CoP–CoM linearly increased with the decreasing platform depth, and the working postures affected the slopes of the linear fits. The relative range of CoP–CoM displacement on narrow platforms was highly correlated with the subjective sense of instability. Conclusions: Monitoring the CoP is effective for a better understanding and evaluation of static postural balance. This study's findings contribute to improving the design of work equipment through the use of wider platforms that are robust against the effects of working postures.


The monitoring of bearing health is difficult due to the presence of background noise in the acquired vibration signal along with non-linear and non-stationary characteristics. Targeting these factors a new bearing fault diagnosis technique is proposed based on integration of variational mode decomposition (VMD) and multi entropy fusion approach (MEFA). This methodology is proposed to increase the efficiency of the fault classification of rolling bearings. In this approach, the acquired vibration signal is initially denoised using VMD approach. The entropy values are then calculated using MEFA comprising of approximate entropy (ApEn), sample entropy (SampEn), fuzzy entropy (FuzzyEn), permutation entropy (PE) and dispersion entropy (DisEn). These values are used as feature vectors for the present study. K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and Random Forest (RF) are used as classifiers for classifying different types of faults. The proposed methodology is tested on the bearing dataset of an electro-mechanical system, and its accuracy results are compared with the integrated local mean decomposition (LMD) with MEFA. The results from the experimental investigation prove the efficacy of the proposed method.


The following remarks constitute an effort to interpret the Bush administration's alteration of the regulatory fictions through which government policymakers exercise normative control over the population. They are grounded in the assumption that the state's master fictions are freighted with metaphorical significance and possessed of performative force that characteristically separates ''what happened'' from the capacity to supply the representations through which what happened becomes meaningful. The mythological themes—''Virgin Land,'' ''Redeemer Nation,'' ''American Adam,'' ''Nature's Nation,'' ''Errand into the Wilderness''—sedimented within these master narratives supply the transformational grammar through which the state attempts to shape the public's understanding of contemporary political and historical events. The state's powers of governance depend in part on its recourse to this regulatory intertext that transmits a normative system of values and beliefs from generation to generation. After they subordinate historical events to these mythological themes, the government's policymakers are empowered to fashion imaginary resolutions of actual historical dilemmas.1


Objective:
 Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a hormone that regulates phosphorus and vitamin D metabolism. Elevated levels of FGF23 are strongly associated with heart disease and death, particularly in persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Whether FGF23 is also associated with stroke risk is unclear.

 Methods:
 Using a case cohort design we examined the association of plasma FGF23 with incident stroke in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, a cohort of black and white participants from across the United States. Baseline assessment occurred between 2003 and 2007. All physician-adjudicated stroke cases through July 1, 2011 were included in the analysis. Using stored samples, FGF23 was measured on 610 stroke cases and 939 cohort members, all of whom were stroke-free at baseline. The cohort random sample was selected to ensure approximately equal numbers of black and white participants and an equal distribution across ages. We used Cox proportional hazards models weighted back to the original 30,239 participants sampled by the REGARDS study to account for oversampling of stroke cases.

 Results:
 Participants were followed for a mean of 4.4 years. Higher FGF23 was associated with older age, female sex, lower socioeconomic status, diabetes, and CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min or urinary albumin to creatinine ratio ≥ 30 mg/g). After adjustment for age, race, sex, education, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, atrial fibrillation, heart disease, physical activity, calcium, phosphorus, and serum vitamin D, higher FGF23 levels were associated with greater risk of incident stroke (HR per doubling of FGF23=1.19; 95%CI=1.03, 1.37). After further adjustment for CKD, this association was attenuated and no longer statistically significant (HR per doubling of FGF23=1.06, 95%CI 0.90, 1.25).

 Discussion:
 Higher FGF23 is associated with greater risk of stroke, but this association is largely explained by CKD.


There are 16 inscriptions on the cliff of east part of Yungang Grottoes,7 of them are clear,most are left over in Ming and Qing Dynasty.These inscriptions have gone through generations and different in functions,which is especially precious because little materials about Yungang were left.Although they take up one corner of the whole the grottoes,they endow Yungang Grottoes with cultural connotations.These marks of times and blend of cultures may enlighten us in the construction of today's Yungang and Datong culture.


This paper uses the Tsuji's characteristic to investigate the uniqueness of transcendental meromorphic functions with shared values in an angular domain dealing with the multiple values which improve a result of J. Zheng.


Abstract Official rentals for housing (rent) price inflation statistics are of considerable public interest. Matched-sample estimators, such as that used for nearly two-decades in New Zealand (2000–2019), require an unrealistic assumption of a static universe of rental properties. This article investigates (1) a property fixed-effects estimator that better reflects the dynamic universe of rental properties by implicitly imputing for price change associated with new and disappearing rental properties; (2) length-alignment simulations and property life-cycle metrics to inform the choice of data window length (eight years) and preferred splice methodology (mean-splice); and (3) stock-imputation to convert administrative data from a 'flow' (new tenancy price) to 'stock' (currently paid rent) concept. The derived window-length sensitivity findings have important implications for inflation measurement. It was found that the longer the data window used to fit the model, the greater the estimated rate of inflation. Using administrative data, a range of estimates from 55% (window length: three-quarters) to 127% (window of 90-quarters) were found for total inflation, over the 25-years to 2017 Q4.


This chapter explores the forms of life made by technical legality, through the re-imagined series Battlestar Galactica. It is argued that Battlestar Galactica deals directly with the triumph of technology and in so doing charts a way for living within technical legality.This chapter opens with the sovereign and moves to the personal. Battlestar Galactica, however, does not invite a return to the public. Rather the personal is the technical and the distinction between essence and artefact becomes blurred. Here Battlestar Galactica seemingly performs Heidegger's foundational account of technology that sees technology as consuming humanity leaving a false, destructive and empty shell. Battlestar Galactica does not quite follow this script. It affirms that living remains after the end. Humanity as it has been known has been changed but agency and 'life' remains. This location, identified by Haraway, and developed by Braidotti, offers the possibility for living well in technical legality through knowing and feeling the 'networks of the present.'


Face recognition systems are present in many modern solutions and thousands of applications in our daily lives. However, current solutions are not easily scalable, especially when it comes to the addition of new targeted people. We propose a cluster-matching-based approach for face recognition in video. In our approach, we use unsupervised learning to cluster the faces present in both the dataset and targeted videos selected for face recognition. Moreover, we design a cluster matching heuristic to associate clusters in both sets that is also capable of identifying when a face belongs to a non-registered person. Our method has achieved a recall of 99.435% and a precision of 99.131% in the task of video face recognition. Besides performing face recognition, it can also be used to determine the video segments where each person is present.


The arc dispersion and contacts characteristics were analyzed according to switching off Residual Current Protective Device(RCD) switch. Arc dispersion process was taken by high speed imaging system at a rate of 10,000 frames per second. When RCD was switched from on to off, arc was observed and it took about 2.3[ms] from the generation of arc to the extinction of arc. When RCD was switched from off to on, arc was not observed. We repeated switching and off 1000, 3000 and 6000 times. After repetition, the surface characteristics of contacts were taken by stereo microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM). From the scattering patterns analysis of arc and the analysis of deteriorated contacts, it could be applicable to the research of electric fire and arc suppression.


Effect of Y substitution on the La-based iron oxypnictide superconductor ${\text{LaFeAsO}}_{0.6}$ is studied. Replacement of ${\text{La}}^{3+}$ $(1.16\text{ }\text{\AA{}})$ by smaller ${\text{Y}}^{3+}$ $(1.019\text{ }\text{\AA{}})$ in a form of ${\text{La}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{Y}}_{x}{\text{FeAsO}}_{0.6}$ results in the decrease in lattice parameters, which likely causes pressure effect into the system. Superconducting transition temperature $({T}_{c})$ increases monotonically with $x$, eventually up to 43.1 K for $x=0.5$. This ${T}_{c}$ is comparable to the highest ${T}_{c}$ reported for Y-free F-doped ${\text{LaFeAsO}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\text{F}}_{x}$ under high pressure. The present results provide an alternative and much simpler way to achieve higher ${T}_{c}$ in the La-based oxypnictide superconductors.


Summary Ground roll suppression is often a challenge in conventional 3- D P -wave acquisition, but becomes even more difficult in 3-D converted waves (C-waves) acquisition. In addition to using single sensors arrays, converted wave frequencies and moveout are much closer than P-waves to those of the low frequency low velocity ground roll. Modeling the ground roll and then subtracting it from the data leads to the best preservation of C-waves signal. While conventional ground roll removal techniques are unable to remove the coherent noise without altering the amplitude of the reflectors on the horizontal components of C -waves. Model driven filter enhances the imaging of the deep reflectors without altering their amplitudes, therefore facilitating velocity analysis and improving the stacked results. The impact of low velocities is two fold: less leverage moveout and shifting of reflectors into the noise


This article presents the Principle of Prohibition of Retrogression with emphasis on the loosening of legislation on the use of pesticides. The objective is to analyze the reflexes of the Principle of Prohibition of Socio-environmental Retrogression to fundamental rights. Special emphasis was placed on the intangibility of Human Rights, the concept of the principle of non-regression and the Socio-Environmental Rule of Law. The article also aims to understand the consequences of the use of pesticides in Brazil and their effects on fundamental rights (right to food, health, ecologically balanced environment, among others). This study identifies how the loosening of legislations on the use of pesticides violates the Principle of Prohibition of Retrogression. Thus, the hypothesis is that the State's involvement and its actions are fundamental to guarantee, protect and preserve fundamental and environmental rights. The method to be used is the hypothetical-deductive, with the realization of a bibliographical research. Finally, it is concluded that environmental protection cannot have setbacks, being a limiter of state power.


The status of the college libraries in the west region is analysed comprehensively and the utilization and development of flue lob, raries is discussed initially in the paper. The writer also set forth the service consciousness, the treatment, collection and arrangement of data, the building of data base and the network center, as well as the improvewent of the staff's quality.


Robots need to be able to navigate through environments, perform manipulation tasks, and avoid obstacles, all while having a strong spatial and semantic understanding of its immediate environment. This thesis focuses on endowing robots with richer perceptual models for improved navigation and scene understanding. I focus on three fundamental elements that are imperative to robust perception in autonomous systems1. Through the concept of SLAM-supported object recognition, we develop the ability for robots to be able to leverage their inherent localization and mapping capabilities (spatial understanding) to better inform object recognition within scenes (semantic understanding). Inherent to the spatial and semantic understanding is the choice of map representation. Motivated by the need for a unified resource-aware map representation in vision-based mapping and navigation we develop a High-performance and Tunable Stereo Reconstruction algorithm that enable robots to quickly reconstruct their immediate surroundings and thereby maneuver at high-speeds.


Radiation technology is an important method for wastewater treatment.In this paper,the influencing factors for wastewater treatment by radiation technology are summarized,not only including the radiation treatment mode,ionizing radiation category,irradiation dose,irradiation dose rate,and flowing way of wastewater.The development situation of radiation treatment devices at home and abroad are also narrated in brief.


A study was performed which investigated the wettability of 63Sn‐37Pb and 96.5Sn‐3.5Ag solders on copper and gold ‐nickel plated Kovar ™ using a rosin ‐based, mildly activated (RMA) flux, a water soluble organic acid flux (WS ),and a low residue (LR) flux. The quantitative metric was the contact angle, θc, measured by the meniscometer /wetting balance technique. The first part of the study (Part 1) examined wetting performance following continuous exposure to 25°C prior to testing. Then, a preheating step was introduced into the experimental procedure after flux application, but preceding the actual wettability test in order to simulate a factory reflow process; these results are presented in Part II of this study. Contact angles for the 63Sn‐37Pb solder (215°C) on copper were 22±2° with the RMA flux, 12±5° for the WS flux, and 31±6° for the LR flux. Increasing the 63Sn‐37Pb solder temperature to 245°C improved wettability with the RMA and LR fluxes, but no change was observed with the WS fulx. Theii 96.5...


Simple Summary Peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs) comprise 10–15% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and are more aggressive with worse prognosis. Due to their rarity and significant molecular abnormalities, the pathogenesis of PTCLs is not well understood. The expressions of NOTCH1, GATA3, and c-MYC have been linked to a poorer prognosis in PTCL, and are implicated in downstream processes. The aims of this review are to elucidate the role of NOTCH1, GATA3, and c-MYC in patients with PTCLs to provide additional information about the disease's pathogenesis and to investigate the master regulator between these genes that will provide a basis for new therapeutic strategies and improve PTCL patients' survival rates. NOTCH1 greatly influences the progression, pathogenicity, and development of PTCLs. Because NOTCH signalling does not rely on enzymatic signal amplification, and all Notch ligands and receptors include extracellular domains that are essential for receptor binding and activation, making them accessible to circulating therapies and targeting for different therapeutic strategies. Abstract Lymphomas are heterogeneous malignant tumours of white blood cells characterised by the aberrant proliferation of mature lymphoid cells or their precursors. Lymphomas are classified into main types depending on the histopathologic evidence of biopsy taken from an enlarged lymph node, progress stages, treatment strategies, and outcomes: Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Moreover, lymphomas can be further divided into subtypes depending on the cell origin, and immunophenotypic and genetic aberrations. Many factors play vital roles in the progression, pathogenicity, incidence, and mortality rate of lymphomas. Among NHLs, peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs) are rare lymphoid malignancies, that have various cellular morphology and genetic mutations. The clinical presentations are usually observed at the advanced stage of the disease. Many recent studies have reported that the expressions of NOTCH1, GATA3, and c-MYC are associated with poorer prognosis in PTCL and are involved in downstream activities. However, questions have been raised about the pathological relationship between these factors in PTCLs. Therefore, in this review, we investigate the role and relationship of the NOTCH1 pathway, transcriptional factor GATA3 and proto-oncogene c-MYC in normal T cell development and malignant PTCL subtypes.


The fine beautiful lattce-intergrowth of chalcopyrite in bornite from the Akayama Mine occurs in the epithermal quartz veins, filling up the fissures in the Tertiary liparite and its tuff. Under the microscope, chalcopyrite lamellae, oriented crystallographically, are always found in bornite. The texture is interpreted as due to exsolution of a solid solution. Bornite often associates also with brecciated pyrite, massive chalcopyrite and with secondary covelline and chalcocite penetrating bornite and chalcopyrite along irregular cracks. Writers have made thermal studies on these bornite under the guidance of Prof. M. Watanabe of the Tohoku University, and obtained the results as follows; 1) Chalcopyrite lamallae in bornite disappear at 350°C, 400°C, 430°C and 460°C during 60, 6, 3 and 1 hour respectively, but partly remain at 300°C for 157 hours. 2) Bornite-chalcopyrite solution obtained by heating at 470°C for 1 hour shows the unmixing phenomena by reheating at various constant temperatures from 150°C to 400°C for 6 hours or more. The chalcopyrite then appears in various forms in lattice, cell, emulsion, graphic, lens, drop-like, wedge-like, worm-like, dendritic or as skelton crystal types under the conditions given in Table II and III. 3) The lattice structures appear conspicuously at temperatures of about 200°C for 6 hours to 24 hours, often with lens and drop-like crystals. 4) Dendritic, graphic and cell structures are generally found in some higher temperatures or after longer heating. From the results, shown above, bornite-chalcopyrite inter growth from the Akayama Mine may be said to have been formed at temperatures of about 200°C by breaking down of a solid solution.


The drying feature of roller mill during raw material grinding is presented by the author. The computing method for drying ability is discussed from two aspects of heat transfer and heat input. From the balance of drying ability and grinding capability, the applied material water content and high moisture effect on mill capacity is analyzed in the paper.


In applying the Udwadia–Kalaba equation for constrained mechanical systems, a direct proof of the equivalence of first integrals and nonholonomic constraints is given, and it is demonstrated that the generalized force of the system is equivalent to the constraint force derived by all first integrals of the nonholonomic constraints. Furthermore, depending on whether complete information is included in the subsets of the first integrals or not, the concept of "multiple kernel" of the system is introduced, and then the core groups of the first integrals and the folding index, which reveals the "simplicity" of the system, are defined. Finally, the onefold system is discussed in detail, and the judgment method is given. To verify the feasibility of this method and illustrate the application of the multiple kernel theory, three examples are considered. The new concepts and results presented in this paper help reveal the inner structure of the general mechanical system, which forms the foundation of control theory of constraint motions, and the multiple kernel analysis of the complex systems can be a new research area of analytic mechanics in the future.


In his final chapter Sleight explores young people's participation in public processions and parades. As he notes, the chapter departs from a focus on children's agency to assess public appearances that were usually adult directed, and perhaps for this reason it is the least satisfying of the five. Examining young people's participation in street festivities marking Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897) and Australian Federation (1901), among others, Sleight asserts that "at one level [parading young people's] sequential movements proved the benefits of early training; at the same time their public appearances kept the link between 'the young country' and its young citizens towards the forefront of popular attention" (197). Sleight is to be commended for producing a book that is at once a rich local history and a work of international relevance. If there is room for criticism it is that he only fully articulates his thesis in the book's conclusion. Placing his research findings in a longer historical frame, he argues that Melbourne has evolved "from playground city in the colonial era . . . to a modern city of playgrounds"—in other words, that children's "customary access to the outdoor urban realm" has constricted and that this has been a function of both the physical development of the city and greater policy interventions directed at children (222, 216). This reader also wondered if Sleight could have said more about the sensual side of young people's urban experience—what his subjects made of Melbourne's sights, sounds, and smells. Nevertheless, this book is meticulously researched and eloquently written and should be read by anyone interested in urban history or the history of childhood. It also offers an insightful depiction of Australia in the making and of the rapid changes underway in a modernizing urban environment around the turn of the twentieth century, through the lens of youth.


SummaryIn 85 old age patients with subacute, classical and definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complying with the American Rheumatism Association's positive diagnostic criteria the following was observed concerning the exclusions:No data supported the diagnosis rheumatic fever or acute infectious arthritis. 2 patients (2 %) possibly had Reiter's syndrome. In 2 patients with paraproteinemia multiple myeloma was probable in 1 (1 %). 1 patient (1 %) died from lymphoma. 11 patients (13 %) probably had gout, possibly iatrogenic in 4. Another 7 patients (8 %) showed hyperuricemia, perhaps iatrogenic in 2. Finally, 2 patients (2 %) had psoriasis.The 15 patients (18 %) with diseases listed under the exclusions were classified separately. The other 9 patients (10 %) were listed separately. A total of 24 patients (28 %) were placed in separate groups for pertinent information. In the total group of 24 patients and among the 15 patients with diseases in the exclusions the incidence of classical RA and positive rheuma...


Based on the core processor of DSP and FPGA, the GPS receiver system is implemented. About the aspect of hardware, the system's main frame is built according to the GPS receiver system's function. The key modules' design is expounded, and the circuit of DSP hardware part is designed mainly. For further study, the method of software development for DSP system is discussed. Based on DSP/BIOS, multitask design and the interrupt service routine (ISR) are implemented. Finally, based on this receiver , the results of acquisition and tracking is presented. This design is also suitable for other GNS systems.


Algorithms for primes This talk will consist of a series of light mini-talks inspired by Atkin's papers on recognizing primes (1982, "On a primality test of Solovay and Strassen"; 1995, "Intelligent primality test offer"), proving primes to be prime (1993, "Elliptic curves and primality proving"), factoring integers into primes (1993, "Finding suitable curves for the elliptic curve method of factorization"), and enumerating primes (2004, "Prime sieves using binary quadratic forms"). A Tribute to Oliver Atkin As a tribute to Oliver Atkin, I will be surveying his work; I will also be including some biographical details. As that would be far too much to talk about, I will be forced to be selective, and will mainly concentrate on work he did in his earlier years, including a bit about what may have influenced him to do that work, and what his work led to. The probability of primality of the order of a genus 2 curve Jacobian In 2000, Galbraith and McKee conjectured a formula estimating the probability of primality of the number of rational points on an elliptic curve over a finite field. Their heuristic derivation was based on an analytic class number formula counting bivariate quadratic forms up to equivalence. We will give alternative heuristics in favor of the conjecture, based on a random matrix model. This approach seems better-suited for generalizing the conjecture to curves of higher genus. We will then elaborate this in genus 2. Pairing-based proof systems and applications to anonymous credentials Pairing based cryptography has resulted in a number of breakthrough results, including some major developments in the area of zero knowledge proof systems. A zero knowledge proof system allows a party to prove that a statement is true without revealing any other information. Zero knowledge proofs are used in everything from identification protocols (allowing a party to prove that he is who he claims to be) and encryption schemes with stronger security properties, to securing protocols against malicious adversaries, and constructing privacy preserving systems. It has been shown that zero knowledge proofs can be constructed from a variety of number theoretic assumptions (or, more generally from any trapdoor permutation); however most of these constructions are complex and inefficient. In '06 Groth, Ostrovsky, an Sahai showed how to construct proof systems based on pairings which have much more structure than traditional constructions; this structure in turn has since been shown to result in proof systems …


Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1979, Vol 24(4), 338–339. Reviews the book, Corrections and Punishment edited by David F. Greenbcrg (see record 1979-06776-000). The book is a collection of essays and summaries of recently completed research projects. Besides providing insights into how sociologists view change, prison organization, and evaluation outcome studies, the reader also provides ideas on how specific legal and social responses to crime are influenced by events and variables external to the correctional organizations. The author discusses the political sociology of prisons and the citizenship rights of prisoners in Western societies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)


The first grade Korean TMDL (K-TMDL) Master Plan for 2005–2010 has been established by the Ministry of Environment with statistical data from local governments to get the land-coverage information and calculate the discharged non-point source (NPS) loads from land coverage. The statistical information is easy to obtain but is not consistent with real land-coverage and can cause a considerable number of errors when calculating the watershed based pollution loads. As requests for GIS-based data processing are getting increasing, various approaches for calculating each land use have been considered. In this study three kinds of data resources such as SPOT5 remote sensing image, registration map and cadastral surveying result were used. This study mostly focuses on the comparison of area calculation results between existing cadastral surveying and registration map referencing of SPOT5 satellite and GIS digital map. Mostly, differences of NPS loads are caused by procedural changes of basin area calculation. It...


In Nigeria, little is known about employers of labour's perceptions and practices relating to HIV and AIDS. The study was cross-sectional in design. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 400 study participants in the public (38) and private (362) sectors for interview. The instrument for data collection was a pre-tested semi–structured questionnaire. T-test/Analysis of variance was used for the quantitative data and for the categorical variables, cross tabulation with Chi Square test was used. Slightly less than half (48.0%) would keep their staff's HIV status secret while more than half, (57.0%), would not recruit a PLWHA. More than half of the participants, (56.5%), expressed a positive attitude to staff who is a PLWHA. More respondents in the private sector, (47.8%), claimed to have ever organised HIV and AIDS-related educational programmes for their staff than those in the public sector (42.1%). Almost equal number of participants in the public (36.8%) and private (36.2%) sectors would require mandatory test for HIV before employment. Only 1.8% of participants in the Public Sector (PuS) and 6% in the Private Sector (PrS) reported that their organisations had a workplace HIV and AIDS policy. Although the participants would tolerate staff with HIV and AIDS, their intentions show limited knowledge about the mode of transmission and prevention of HIV. Health education strategies such as training and workplace HIV and AIDS education are needed to address these shortcomings.


NURSING STANDARD THE ROLE of the mentor in practice placements is important in supporting student learning and the assessment process. The relationship which develops between the student and mentor is complicated. It is essential to establish an effective relationship where the mentor offers support but can also be objective and analytical. In the author's experience, friendship can develop between the mentor and the student, and while this enhances the placement experience it raises concerns that the student's achievement may not be a true reflection of his or her competency because the mentor's assessment may be subjective. Conversely, a negative experience could have detrimental effects on the mentor so that he or she declines to accept future students. Student learning can also suffer and the term 'toxic mentoring' has been used to identify a dysfunctional relationship in which the mentor suppresses student learning, creating dependency on the mentor and resulting in an attenuated version of themselves (Morton-Cooper and Palmer 2000). The student-mentor relationship is crucial to the student's learning experience, particularly because the mentor role includes assessment of practice. The nursing curriculum places total responsibility on the mentor to assess a student's fitness for practice in the clinical setting and therefore the conflicts which can arise in the practice placement should be explored (United Kingdom Central Council (UKCC) 1999, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2005). The aim of this literature review was to examine the student-mentor relationship to develop an understanding of its responsibilities and tensions. This is not a comprehensive review of all available literature but a synthesis of the evidence. Literature has been purposefully selected that addresses qualitative and emotional aspects of the student-mentor relationship. Working from a phenomenological perspective the author was interested in discovering the structure and fundamental nature of the mentors' experience (Norwood 2000). With insight into the emotional experience of the mentoring process, educators, mentors and managers can identify indicators that will enable mentors to manage an effective working relationship enhancing the student experience and preventing loss of mentors and skills.


Stereoscopic display technologies have seen wide spread application in entertainment and gaming contexts through their ability to intensify the perception of depth. However, their potential for enhancing the development and application of spatial knowledge within a 3D space is not as certain. Existing research suggests that stereoscopic displays can contribute both positively and negatively to the process of spatial cognition within 3D virtual environments. In order to explore this issue, a study comparing experience with binocular parallax stereoscopic displays to standard monoscopic displays was undertaken using a 3D virtual environment that required users to complete tasks using spatial cues. Findings suggested that spatial experience with binocular parallax stereoscopic displays and standard monoscopic displays was comparable in terms of effectiveness, though the experience was subjective and many participants found that binocular parallax stereoscopy created a strong emotional response.


This paper reflects upon Bourdieu's concept of cultural fields, Becker's concept of 'art worlds' and the concept of networks as developed in social network analysis. We challenge the distinction that Bourdieu makes between the objective 'relations' and 'positions' constitutive of 'social space' and visible social relationships. In contrast, we maintain that interaction is generative of social spaces and positions and should be integral to any account of them. Becker's position is better from this perspective, but while Becker refers repeatedly to social networks, he fails to develop the concept or exploit its potential as a means of exploring social structures. Both Becker and Bourdieu have an underdeveloped conception of social connection which weakens their respective conceptions of the space of cultural production. Our proposed remedy is to use social network analysis to derive 'positions' and 'relations' between 'positions', as prioritized by Bourdieu, from data on concrete interactions and relations. This allows 'world' analysis to speak to the issues of field analysis without sacrificing its strengths. We illustrate our case by way of an analysis of two UK music scenes from the late 1970s.


Polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) are promising for large–area, low–cost printable displays. However, the limited stability of PLEDs under current stress impedes their commercialization. In spite of large efforts over the last two decades, a fundamental understanding of the degradation mechanisms has not been accomplished. Here, we demonstrated that the voltage drift of a PLED driven at constant current is caused by the formation of hole traps, which initially increases linearly with time (burn-in) and subsequently grows with the square-root of time. This transition is governed by the statistics between free and trapped holes. The mechanism for the efficiency decrease under stress, is the additional non-radiative recombination between free electrons and trapped holes. The observed trap formation rate is consistent with exciton-free hole interactions as the main mechanism behind PLED degradation [1]. Revelation of hole trap formation being the cause of PLED degradation opens the possibility to suppress their negative effect on voltage and efficiency by blending the light-emitting polymer with a large band gap semiconductor [2]. Owing to trap-dilution these blend PLEDs show unprecedented stability. Another poorly understood phenomenon in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is negative differential capacitance (NC) occurring at low frequencies. We study the origin of the NC effect by systematically varying the amount of electron traps in OLEDs based on the polymeric semiconductor Increasing the electron density enhances the NC effect. The magnitude and observed decrease of the relaxation time is consistent with the (inverse) rate of trap-assisted recombination. The absence of NC in a nearly trap-free light-emitting diode unambiguously shows that trap-assisted recombination is the responsible mechanism for the negative contribution to the capacitance in bipolar organic diodes. Our results reveal that the NC effect can be exploited to quantitatively determine the amount of traps in organic semiconductors in a non-destructive fashion.


When iodine is added to animal sera without the presence of acid or alkali, substances are formed which precipitate with antisera prepared from iodinated sera. This change takes place in the presence of aqueous solutions as dilute as n/32. Wormall's observation that diiodotyrosine, but not potassium iodide, inhibits precipitation specifically in systems of iodinated proteins and their antisera, was confirmed. The specificity of substances formed in sera iodinated in neutral solutions was tested in several ways. Their specificity is similar to that of other iodinated proteins.


Wavelet transform has recently become a popular technique for multiresolution signal analysis [l] because of its good localization properties both in time and frequency [a]. Recently, the study of wavelet transform has been extended to include random processes [3]-[5]. In this summary, we extend a result in [5] to give a Karhunen-Lo&e type stochastic decomposition of two-dimensional random fields using the wavelet transform. Consider a wide-sense stationary random field f(z, y) with an absolutely integrable covariance function R ~ ( L , y) . Let Sj(u, w) be the power spectral density where U and v are the frequency variables in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively. Assume that Sf(u,w) satisfies the Paley-Wiener criterion [6, Chapter 13. Then it can be factorized as Sj(u, v) = IH(u, . ) I 2 where both H ( u , v) and l / H ( u , v) are stable and causal transfer functions. Passing f(z, y ) through this "whitening" filter l / H ( u , v), we obtain a two-dimensional white noise process g(z, y) , which is then decomposed using the discrete wavelet transform. We remark that white noise processes, strictly speaking, do not exist because a process with a flat power spectral density would have infinite power. Mathematically, white noise processes can be handled using a white noise integral [7, pages 109-1151, with the understanding that we always view white noise through an integral, or equivalently through a filter. In this spirit, the wavelet transform of white noise processes is defined in [5]. For our case, g(z, y) can be decomposed as g(x, Y) = G m S , m y , n , , n y ~ m z , n , ( z ) +my,ny(y) , (1) mxrmytnx,ny where Gm, ,my ,nr ,ny 's are uncorrelated random variables with zero mean and unity variance, and +m,n(t) = 2"'2+(2"t n) is a translated and dilated version of a wavelet function. Note that one can view (1) as a linear combination of deterministic functions with random coefficients. Now, if we filter the right hand side of (1) using N ( u , U), and then normalize the output so that the deterministic part has unity norm [5], we obtain a stochastic decomposition of the original process f(z, y) as f (z , Y) = Vmz,my,n=,nyam,,m,,n,,ny ( ~ 7 Y>, mz,my,n,,ny 3.11 Seventh MDSP Workshop where Vm,,my,nz,ny's are orthogonal random variables with zero mean and variances amzrmy, x , orthogonality conditions (x, y)'s are deterministic functions computable from H(u, U ) , and satisfying the This decomposition is similar to the Karhunen-L&ve decompalsition in that Vmz,my,nrmy'~ are orthogonal random variables and amx,my,nZ ,ny (x, y)'s are detlerministic functions satisfying certain orthogonal conditions. It is different from the Karlhunen-Lo&e decomposition because the collection of functions amz,my,ns,ny(x, y ) is not a completely orthogonal family, viz., two functions in the family are not orthogonal if rn, = rn; and my = mi. This decomposition, however, can be computed more easily than the Karlhunen-Lo&e decomposition because there is no need to solve an integral equation.


For the continuous and smooth control of the reentry vehicle's attitude, this paper proposes a backstepping control method based on bioinspired neuro-dynamic model, in order to avoid the "parameter explosion" caused by the complicated derivative operation in the design of traditional backstepping control methods. Firstly, according to the tracking error of the system, the backstepping controller is designed based on the Lyapunov stability principle. Then inspired by biological characteristics, a neural dynamic model is introduced into the controller design process and its output virtual signal is used as a component of the controller, using the smooth response signal of the above model to realize the continuity and smoothness of the differential signal. Finally, the designed controller is simulated based on the affine nonlinear mathematical model of the reentry vehicle, by which verified that the algorithm has good closed-loop control stability and rapidity, and the control command output is continuous.


purpose of this study is to test whether the use of graphic information interfaces such as maps and simulations can enhance the general public's understanding of scientific data and risk analysis, improve communication and virtual collaboration, and lead to environmental decision making that is less positional and more consensual. The research will be located in upstate New York in the Adirondack Park region, and will focus on land use proposals such as cellular telephone tower installations within and near the Park's Blue Line that have been issues of contention. This design-based research study proposes to investigate the use of geospatial and telecommunications technologies (web- deployed maps and simulations) for presenting scientific data and analyses in a way that balances stakeholders' interests and promotes understanding. The research addresses the need for empirically-based guidelines for presenting the results of scientific inquiry to the public to support rational decision-making. The investigation will result in more effective virtual collaboration between civic leaders, planners and communities, leading to better ways to engage stakeholders on a broad range of environmental and urban planning, resource management, and education issues through leveraging geospatial and telecommunications technologies.


Flag manifolds are in general not symmetric spaces. But they are provided with a structure of $\mathbb{Z}_2^k$-symmetric space. We describe the Riemannian metrics adapted to this structure and some properties of reducibility. We detail for the flag manifold $SO(5)/SO(2)\times SO(2) \times SO(1)$ what are the conditions for a metric adapted to the $\mathbb{Z}_2^2$-symmetric structure to be naturally reductive.


Objectives: Studies in rats have shown that the blood pressure dependent characteristics of arterial stiffness, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV), are useful in elucidating arterial properties contributing to hypertension in different disease models. Transgenic mouse models are increasingly being used to investigate underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of arterial stiffness. We have developed techniques in the rat that have been successful in characterising pressure-dependent PWV in the murine aorta in vivo. Methods: Beat-to-beat aortic PWV was measured in isoflurane anesthetized adult mice (n = 5) using two high fidelity pressure sensors; one placed in the aortic arch via the left carotid artery, and the second underneath the abdominal aorta, to record extravascular tonometric pressure [1]. PWV was characterised across a range of physiological blood pressures by intravenous bolus injections of phenylephrine (3.0 &mgr;g) and sodium nitroprusside (3.0 &mgr;g), to increase and decrease blood pressure respectively. Results: PWV (m/s) increased with MAP (mmHg) across the MAP range of 40–125 mmHg according to a relationship described by a second order polynomial: PWV = 0.0006.MAP2–0.0564.MAP+3.9711 (R2 = 0.98). This indicates that the sensitivity of PWV to changes in MAP increases linearly with pressure. Conclusion: This study provides the pressure-dependent relationship of PWV in the murine aorta using high fidelity pressure recordings. It also lays the groundwork for future experiments in knockout mice which will enable investigations of both altered vascular responses in hypertension and pressure dependent and independent mechanisms of arterial stiffness. References:Wang YX, Halks-Miller M, Vergona R, Sullivan ME, Fitch R, Mallari C, et al. Increased aortic stiffness assessed by pulse wave velocity in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2000;278(2 47–2):H428-H34.


The first objective of the course was formulated by Montaigne : a head well done is better than a head full well. What does " a head full well " is clear: it is a head in which knowledge is accumulated, crowded and does not have a principle of selection and organization that gives meaning . A head well done means that instead of accumulating knowledge is much more important to have at the same time a general ability to ask and deal with any problems , organizers of principles that allow you to connect the knowledge and give them meaning . Knowledge is the ability to see something new every day. This is possible in a school that allows you to live experiences , the school as a place of life and suffering in which we learn from the occasions and meetings , in which you can explore and where life filters on all sides.


The purpose of the study was to clarify the relationship among the sports leisure activity participant's leisure function, leisure flow, life satisfaction and quality of life by employing a statistical data analysis method. The participants of this study were 276 male adults who took part in the sports leisure activity. Dada was collected using a survey questionnaire, with a convenience sampling method. To analyze data, exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis were executed by using SPSS 17.0. Also, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using Amos 7.0. To test a mediating effect, Baron & Kenny's(1986) procedure was used. The result of this study is as follows First, leisure function had a statistically significant influence on leisure flow. Second, leisure function had a statistically significant influence on life satisfaction. Third, leisure function had a statistically significant influence on quality of life. Forth, leisure flow had a statistically significant influence on life satisfaction. Fifth, leisure flow had not a statistically significant influence on quality of life. Sixth, leisure flow was mediated the relationship between leisure function and life satisfaction. Seventh, leisure flow was not mediated the relationship between leisure function and quality of life.


The increasingly fierce business competition, especially at the global level, not only requires business actors to always be vigilant and creative, but also has an unfavorable impact on the environment and human benefit. This phenomenon implicates the many actions of business people tend to ignore the principles of business ethics. This study aims to discover how YouTube creative content is used as a source of income by Youtubers Community from South Kalimantan (Kal-Sel) and to find out its accordance with Islamic business ethics. The subjects in this research are South Kalimantan YouTubers whose Youtube channels have been monetized and have more than 100,000 subscribers. Data was collected through observation and documentation. Data was analysed using qualitative analysis by describing events and relating them to Islamic business ethics. The results of the study found that there are some YouTubers who ignore some principles of business ethics in Islam by posting negative content (obscenities, vulgar videos, and pranks), namely: Kahfi Official, Subur Gaming, Ones, Idang Nia and Ipul Hary. However, there are also some YouTubers who fulfill the principles of business ethics in Islam and are aware of the moral values of Islam in the content they produce, namely: Nomad Pro Story, Eybel Channel, Said Jola, AS Game, Sceror and Tommy Kaganangan.


Four theories about cultural suppression of female sexuality are evaluated. Data are reviewed on cross-cultural differences in power and sex ratios, reactions to the sexual revolution, direct restraining influences on adolescent and adult female sexuality, double standard patterns of sexual morality, female genital surgery, legal and religious restrictions on sex, prostitution and pornography, and sexual deception. The view that men suppress female sexuality received hardly any support and is flatly contradicted by some findings. Instead, the evidence favors the view that women have worked to stifle each other's sexuality because sex is a limited resource that women use to negotiate with men, and scarcity gives women an advantage.


In the wireless sensor networks S-MAC(Sensor MAC) protocol,there exists imbalance between the energy consumption of virtual cluster boundary and that of other non-boundary nodes.Firstly,an improved energy-efficient agreement called the EES-MAC(energy-efficient sensor MAC) is proposed,which uses the newly two added coordination variables to unify the work cycle of all nodes,and boundary nodes only can work in a synchronized cycle,thus the influence of the boundary nodes have on the network is eliminated.Secondly,analysis this new protocol theoretically and simulate.The simulation results proves that the improved protocol basically eliminate the impact of the virtual cluster boundary node compared with the traditional protocol,and achieve a efficient network result,so the network lifetime is improved.


This paper has analyzed purchase of forest food by investigating 808 respondents who live in Harbin.After building regression model of the residents' willingness to buy forest food,purchase number and amount,this paper has found main effective factors of urban residents' demand for forest food.Regression results show that family income and understanding level of forest food impact urban residents' demand for forest food greatly,and gender,marital status,broadcast television,expert consultation also affect residents' demand for forest food.


Techniques of fixed pattern noise reduction for CMOS image sensor are presented. Double sampling reusing the existing switch-capacitor amplifier of column ADC, double resets for 5-T active pixel, and negative offset storage of the cyclic ADC, are proposed to reduce the fixed pattern noise caused by the threshold voltage's mismatch of the amplifying and transmitting transistor of the pixel, and the offset of the amplifier in ADC, respectively. Experimental results show that the typical offset voltages observed are 0.97mV, which is about 1LSB, that indicate that these techniques are efficient without additional processes and devices.


A process for preparing the selective catalyst used to disproportionate toluene includes such steps as crystallizing reaction of water glass, inorganic acid, Al salt or aluminate and ammonia as additive at 150-250 deg.C for 10-200 hr to synthesize ZSM-5 molecular sieve, adding Al2O3 or SiO2, extruding out bar, and immesing in phenylmethyl siloxane. Its advantages include no environmental pollution, low poison and high activity.


Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a liver phantom for dosimetry. To benchmark the results obtained by the developed liver phantom, another method was applied for the dosimetry of a real liver tissue using imaging. Materials and Methods: For the purpose of the study, a real liver tissue was converted into a phantom based on thegram-molecular weight of the components of human liver tissue, mass percentage, and density, and then simulated by MCNPX code for dosimetry. The real liver tissue was contoured using the computed tomography DICOM images of the abdomen region. Subsequently, the accurate geometry of the segmented liver tissue was generated and simulated by MATLAB software and MCNPX code for dosimetric purposes. Then, the obtained data were transferred into the MCNPX code. Results: Equivalent dose was measured in total and for each component of the liver phantom and separated liver tissue. The results obtained from these two simulations were compared with each other to validate the efficiency of the phantom and evaluated the differences. Conclusion: The comparison of the equivalent doses obtained from the prepared equivalent liver phantom and the real liver tissue revealed the applicability of the liver phantom as a virtual liver for dosimetry.


Abstract Religious conversion affects converts' beliefs, values, practices, and social worlds. It is a process that entails profound changes in the content and structure of a self and is far from being confined to a single sphere of individual's functioning. For Polish women who embrace Islam it also involves specific challenges related to becoming a member of a marginalized religious group often perceived by the Polish majority as alien, backward and threatening. Using the Personal Position Repertoire – Focus Group data collection tool and data from in-depth interviews and participant observation we explored the dialogical in-group activity of Polish female converts to Islam. The results of our analysis identified salient features of the converts' self and situated them in a specific socio-cultural context of the conversion. We argue that the collective voices present in the internal and external dialogues conducted by converts are actively engaged with and appropriated. In this process, converts are able to move between different positions and negotiate their views and practices with the voices representing critical or hostile attitudes with a variety of outcomes, including silencing, rejection, acceptance, and making compromises. We discuss the applicability of the Dialogical Self Theory framework to the research on the dynamic, complex and embodied character of conversion and challenges related to the applied theory and methods.


Presented by Professor Lyndall Ryan (Centre for the 21st Century Humanities, University of Newcastle) this lecture took place on Monday the 27th of May 2019 as part of a programme of activities which occurred during National Reconciliation week organised by James Cook University in collaboration with Townsville City Council.

In this lecture Professor Ryan discusses the digital map which aims to make Australian history accessible to everyone. Drawing on frontier massacre sites in North Queensland, she discusses how the map works, the definition of frontier massacre and the criteria and protocols required for a site to be included on the map.


As for the interpretation of Lin Huiyins Novel,the academic circles limit their research to the discussion of her novel's innovation and change,and pay little attention to her novel's whole research,which has leaded to the lack of the knowledge of her creative achievement.However,under the development framework of literary history,her novel should be re-examined along with the dual path of literary stylistic evolution and thought development and investigated into the histocial contribution and existing significance,then perfectly and clearly highlights her novel's value in literary history.


This paper presents a quasi-analytic solution for the transient analysis of scattering from a general, finite hyperbolic surface when it is illuminated by a plane wave. This solution significantly extends the applicable scope of the solution in [1], to simulate realistic scatters with both convex and concave surface curvatures. Since TD-PO is used, the solution can be used to predict the early time, first order reflected and diffracted fields and is accurate for the fields near the specular direction.


Abstract—As a result of the potential of power electronic shift devices management and high speed, additional benefits have in FACTS devices areas and presence of those devices in transient stability throughout transient faults leading to improvement in grid stability. During this paper, review of technique a Static Synchronous Series compensator (SSSC) is employed to review the impact of this device in dominant active and reactive powers still as damping of power oscillations in transient mode. Simulation result shows the accuracy of planned compensator and achieving the required price for active and reactive powers, and damping of oscillations.


In light of the risk faced by the construction enterprise,this paper discusses the contents of risk prevention and the measures for risk response in the construction enterprise,and proposes views and proposals for it,which has referential values for construction enterprises' risk prevention and improving their existing and developing abilities.


In bone cells, intracellular Ca (iCa) functions as a second messenger in the mechanotransduction pathway. Its responses to mechanical stimulation can be observed microscopically on a rigid flat surface with a Ca fluorescent indicator, generally, under fluid flow. However, bone cells are physiologically exposed to dynamic loading accompanied by bone matrix deformation. In this situation, microscopic methods of observing iCa responses cannot be used because of the loss of focus or movement of cells out of the observation area. The purpose of this study was to develop a compact optical device for the observation of iCa responses of osteoblasts to dynamic loadings accompanied by substrate deformation. This system comprised four light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a photodetector (PD) placed underneath a culture chamber, specifically designed for tissue-level iCa observations. This device was used to study the frequency dependence of iCa responses of osteoblasts to dynamic loading. MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts were cultured three-dimensionally in a collagen sponge scaffold with the fluorescent Ca indicator Fluo-4 AM and mechanically stimulated by a 0.2% deformation of the sponge at 0.2, 2, or 20 Hz for 150 s. Our device succeeded in detecting temporal changes in the intensity of emitted fluorescent light, showing a frequency-dependent increase in fluorescence intensity. This device may contribute to further understanding of the mechanosensing and mechanotransduction mechanisms in bone under near-physiological conditions.