Encrypted mode, to a system and method for accessing the content on the electronic device of the decryption mode or the default mode. The request to the requesting program so as to allow access to at least one file is sent to the application program interface. The request identifies a particular Do you want to access in any mode of the program requesting the encrypt the file mode, the decode mode or the default mode. Whether it has been accepted for the program and whether certain types of requests that happens whether are supported by an application program interface used by the system, at least one file to protect access to the at least one file is determined. That is a particular format supported by the application program interface, and at least one of the file is protected, asked if the program is allowed to access the at least one file, that at least one of the files used by the program to the request It is open in a particular format.


This chapter reconstructs the historical king Zedekiah, namely the Zedekiah of memory that existed within a particular community that consisted of early Second Temple literati who encountered, constructed, and remembered their own Zedekiah through social acts of imagination grounded on their readings and re-readings of texts that existed within their core, authoritative repertoire, and especially, Kings, Chronicles, Jeremianic, and Ezekielian texts. It focuses on the contribution of reading and rereading Chronicles to the shaping of this socially shared Zedekiah of memory. Rulers who are construed and remembered as 'last rulers', just as those remembered as 'first rulers', tend to carry substantial mnemonic mindshare in the relevant mnemonic communities. To understand the contribution of Chronicles it is imperative that, the contributions of other texts to that image be explored, both for what they say by themselves and what they say about the mnemonic system at work within the community. Keywords: chronicles; Ezekielian texts; Zedekiah


Abstract : The technique uses high-power electric lamps to inject radiant energy into the calorimeter. With this technique, an NRL ball calorimeter was calibrated using 6 lamps emitting approximately 40 kW of power. Calorimeter constants are derived from measurements of the power to the lamps and the time duration. Factors affecting accuracy are described and accuracy of the technique is evaluated. Equations of predicted response are derived, and predicted values of response are compared to measured values. Methods used to minimize ambient temperature drift and to check calibration accuracy are described.


In accurate and repeatable measurements dummy -heads are often used to model the average human head and body. They are suited for standardized measurements and for investigating the human spatial hearing and localization performance. The monaural Head-Related Transf er Functions (HRTFs) of the dummy-head can be used for various investigations. This paper uses the HRTF-set of a Bruel & Kjaer head and torso simulator focusing on the so called monaural head-shadow area, where one of the ears is shadowed by the head itself. Based on lon g-term measurements using the bare torso as well as other accessories (glasses, clothing etc.) on it, the extent of the head-shadow area will be presented in frequency and space. The head-shadow area is investigated in connection with the overall SNR of the measurement and sensitivity domains of the ears. Conclusions are drawn for binaural recognition in human spatial hearing using low-frequency 'bright spots' and high-frequency information during lateral-contralateral evaluation.


A newly synthesized bis-azo dye, 2,6-bis(l-hydroxy-2-naphthylazo)pyridine has been found to be a very sensitive and highly selective reagent for determining copper. Beer's law is followed upto 1.6 ppm with an optimum concentration range of 0.25-1.0 ppm of Cu II . Sandell's sensitivity was calculated to be 0.0012 μg cm -2 with molar absorptivity of 5.2 x 10 4 dm mol -1 cm -1 at 570 nm. Copper has been determined with the reagent in milk, food-grains, tealeaves, human blood sera and body tissues.


Hypertension is a common finding in dialysis patients. Over 50 to 60% of HD patients and nearly 30 % PD patients are hypertensive. Current blood pressure target ranges for dialysis patients have been extrapolated from those suggested for the non-dialysis population. Peritoneal dialysis is associated with lower systolic blood pressures than hemodialysis in most, but not all, studies. However, controversy exists over the blood pressure target. There is no data on target BP values in PD population The aim of the study was to assess the BP control in peritoneal dialysed patients. Methods: The retrospective analysis of 64 patients was made based on the medical documentation. The medical history, twice blood pressure measurements, laboratory tests, BMI were taken, the presence of the heart failure according to NYHA. The kind of using hypotensive drugs and the connection between the number of them and the blood pressure control was analyzed. The studied group was divided to two groups according to blood pressure control. Results: The group I – patients with a good control of BP (BP equal or low 130/80 mmHg) classified 28 patients (43,8%), to group II with a bed control of BP (BP above 130/80 mmHg) 36 persons (56,3%). The time of dialysis was shorter in the group I 23 (±15,9) months vs. 36,1 (±25,4) months p < 0,05. There were no differences in the presence and value of diuresis. The peripheral edema was more often in the group II - 26 patients (72,2%) vs. group I - 10 patients (35,7%) p < 0,05. There were no differences in the cardiac insufficiency and laboratory parameters. The number of hypotensive drugs was greater in the group II (3,1 ± 1,14) vs. (2,24 ± 1,13) p < 0,05. ACEI were used more often in the group II. Conclusions: There should be the more aggressive salt dietary restriction and the better volume control in our patients and also ACEI should be used more widely, especially in patients with the high risk of cardiovascular disease.


Aims. The incidence rate of breast cancer is higher in developed countries and it varies greatly with race and ethnicity. The p16 INK4A , a tumor suppressor gene, CA125, a gene involved in the arrest of the cell cycle and CEA, a cellular adhesion molecule are markers that have been expressed in breast cancer cases in previous studies, however this study was aimed at studying the various expression patterns of these markers at different stages of breast cancer starting from the normal breast, fibroadenoma down to the invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast. Sample and method. A total of 65 breast tissue blocks which included 15 normal breast tissue blocks, 25 fibroadenoma tissue blocks, and 25 breast tissue blocks with invasive adenocarcinoma diagnosis was provided by pathological archives of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex. These blocks were then used to make immunohistochemical stained sections which were analyzed using a digital camera and a LEICA research microscope after which photomicrographs were taken. Results. In p16, a positivity rate of 13% was shown in normal cases, 84% in fibroadenoma cases with moderate cytoplasm and nuclear staining and 92% in invasive adenocarcinoma cases with various degrees of positivity thereby indicating an overexpression in the invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast. In CA125, the normal cases showed a positivity rate of 60%, the fibroadenoma cases showed a positivity rate of 72% while the invasive adenocarcinoma cases had a positivity rate of 84% indicating a pattern of upregulation from the normal breast cases down to the invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast with cytoplasmic staining. CEA was also found to be overexpressed in the cases of invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast while showing a membranous staining with a positivity rate of 76% and a positivity rate of 60% in fibroadenoma cases while no positive reaction was observed in any of the normal breast cases thereby having a positivity rate of 0%. Although p16, CA125 and CEA appeared to be overexpressed in invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, p16 was found to be the most reliable of them all. Conclusion. After carrying out this investigation, it was concluded that using these markers (p16, CA125 CEA) to monitor the progression of breast cancer at the normal breast stage, fibroadenoma and invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast will not produce very reliable and specific results as compared to using all the markers at once. It thereby advisable to use these three markers at the same time in order to reduce the chances of false positive or false negative results. negativity positivity percentile CA125 fibroadenoma and adenocarcinoma. negativity rate to be gradually decreased from the normal breast there is an increase in the positivity rate when of This table shows the mean percentage reactivity of p16 INK4A , CA125 and CEA in normal, fibroadenoma and invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast. p16 INK4A is shown to be the one with the highest mean percentage reactivity in normal, fibroadenoma and even invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast thereby making it the most reliable.


A common approach in calculating ac resistance is to add together losses due to a magnetically isolated conductor and the losses due to eddy currents induced in the same conductor by an externally excited magnetic field in the absence of primary conductor current. This method is employed in the design of large current carrying devices such as multiphase cables and reactive elements. The present analysis shows that this "superposition" method for calculating ac resistance is an approximation which is valid only under restrictive conditions. This is illustrated by calculating the total joulean losses in a single layer coil in Cartesian coordinates and identifying the contributions due to the primary coil current and eddy currents induced by the external field.


Aim. To assess expedience of metformin combination with long-acting insulin, determine optimal doses of metformin for patients with type 2 diabetesmellitus (DM2), and accomplish pharmacoeconomic analysis of clinical efficiency of various therapeutic modalities. Materials and methods. Patients with decompensated DM2 (n=126) were under observation for 1 year during which they received rational hypoglycemictherapy with metformin and long-acting insulin (LAI) at bedtime, with the dose being titrated until the desired level of glycemic control wasachieved. The patients were randomly allocated to the following 3 groups: group 1 (sulponylurea derivatives (SUD), LAI, and metformin at a doseof 1000 mg b.i.d.), group 2 (SUD, LAI, and metformin at 500 mg b.i.d.), group 3 (SUD and LAI). In case of postprandial glycemia >9 mmol/l at amaximum dose of SUD, it was replaced by short-acting insulin. Cost-effectiveness analysis of different therapeutic regimes was performed. Results. The cost of examination and treatment of patients given SUD and LAI in combination with metformin at a daily dose of 2000 mg to achievethe desired quality of glycemic control was lower compared with two other groups. Moreover, this therapy was most efficacious and ensured the desiredlevel of glycemic control in a greater number of patients. Cost-effectiveness analysis confirmed advantages of this treatment. Conclusion. Combined hypoglycemic therapy with SUD, LAI, and metformin (200 mg daily) has the advantage of lowest cost and maximum efficiencycompared with other modalities.


salbutamol and isoprenaline increased cardiac output. With isoprenaline this was achieved by an increase in heart rate. The increased cardiac output after salbutamol resulted from increased stroke volume without marked chronotropy. It was almost certainly P2 in origin because it depended on increased venous return caused by dilatation of peripheral blood vessels. Similar cardiovascular effects in man would make salbutamol a possibly useful drug for the treatment of cardiogenic shock.


An outline is presented of an omnitron source scheme in which the sheath voltage is not carried over into the reactor region. The lines of force defining the region of greatest potential drop are bent so that they return to the center electrode, rather than extending to the reactor chamber. The sheath electrons follow the bent lines of force, and the ions follow the main magnetic field pattern outside the sheath. With such a design it is possible in principle to transfer ions from the omnitron to the reactor region without also transferring the problems associated with the sheath and electrode stability. In addition, a method for increasing the size of the circulating ion beam is described. This is achieved by increasing the number of concentric sheaths, using ring electrodes at the ends. Also a method of plasma beating for the Homopolar by means of an alternating radial electric field is described. The method consists of the applicatioh of a d-c component of radial electric field in creating centrifugally enhanced confinement in addition to the axial confinement associated with the normal mirror machine operation. (J.R.D.)


Abstract Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the standard-of-care treatment for left main stenosis as an alternative to bypass surgery. In addition, severe coronary lesion calcification can be modified by intravascular lithotripsy (IVL). However, with PCI and debulking treatment options, there are inherent limitations. PCI poses an increased health burden for the treating physician that is associated with wearing a heavy, lead-lined apron and being exposed to radiation. To overcome these issues, a robotically assisted angioplasty system (rPCI) was established that enables the operator to perform PCI remotely in routine clinical procedures. Furthermore, IVL have not been used remotely. Case summary Here, we report the use of this technique for treating a heavily calcified left main stenosis in an 82-year-old male with previously diagnosed two-vessel coronary artery disease, progressive symptoms of dyspnoea at high cardio-vascular risk profile. The decision of the local heart team declined surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of successful rPCI combined with IVL. Discussion In the case presented, rPCI was feasible and safe even in a complex lesion of the left main coronary artery requiring IVL. rPCI is a revolutionary new technique that may be applied to various types of coronary artery lesions.


PURPOSE: A process of preparing a liquid crystalline polyester by acylation, esterification, or acylation and esterification of a material in the presence of a heterocyclic organic base compound containing two or more nitrogen atoms is provided. Whereby, the product exhibits excellent impact strength without the deterioration of heat resistance and tensile strength. CONSTITUTION: The method for producing a liquid crystalline polyester comprises the steps of: acylating phenolic hydroxyl groups of an aromatic diol, an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, or an aromatic diol and an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid with a fatty anhydride to obtain an acylated substance; and trans-esterifying the acylated substance with an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, wherein the acylation, trans-esterification, or acylation and trans-esterification are conducted in the presence of a heterocyclic organic base compound containing two or more nitrogen atoms.


This article focuses on designing a conceptual model for Kazakhstan's car-sharing system by investigating socio-economic, user behavioural patterns and other factors. It provides an overview of recent research on socio-economic factors, implementation, and challenges of car sharing as a type of shared mobility. To provide an insight into the proposed car-sharing system, the article also designs a descriptive model, which is a second contribution and acts as an addition to support a proposed conceptual model. Different factors affecting the use of car sharing in recent literature are identified, and further research direction is suggested.


The structure determinations of new halogenated monoterpenes, isolated from collections of Plocamium hamatum J. Agardh , are reported. One collection of P. hamatum afforded (1R*,2R*,4S*,5R*,1′E)-1,2,4- trichloro-5-(2′-chloroethenyl)-1,5-dimethylcyclohexane (1) whose relative stereochemistry was determined by X-ray crystallography. Extensive use of two-dimensional carbon-hydrogen correlation experiments enabled unambiguous assignments of proton and carbon resonances to be made for this new compound. Complete carbon assignments for the related metabolite mertensene (2) are reported. A second collection of P. hamatum afforded three new halogenated monoterpenes. The relative and absolute stereochemistry of (2S,3E,5S,6S,7S)-1,5,7-tribromo-2,6,8-trichloro-2,6-dimethyloct-3-ene (3) was determined by n.m.r . and X-ray crystallography, while for (3R*,4S*,5E)-4,8-dibromo-3,7-dichloro-3,7-dimethylocta-1,5-diene (4) and (2R*,4S*,5R*,1*E)-4-bromo-2-chloro-5-(2′-chloroethenyl)-5-methyl-1-methylenecyclohexane (5), the structures and relative configurations were determined by n.m.r . spectroscopy.


A comparative research on the mechanical properties and microstructural studies of locally produced and imported low-carbonsteels have been conducted. These low-carbon steels have played major roles in the building and fabrication industries in Ghana.Twodifferentbatches of samples (rebars) from local and foreign producers were used. The rods were obtained from the dealers on the open market. The chemical analyses werecarried out at Tema Steel Works Company Ltd.The tensile tests, hardness measurements and microstructural studies were carried on both the local and the imported steels. The results showed that, the imported rods were more ductile, with higher toughness values and percentage elongation than the locally produced samples. The locally produced rods, however, had higher ultimate tensile strength, higher hardness and were more brittle than the imported samples. The differences in the mechanical properties of the samples were attributed to the different elemental compositions and the production methods used.


Patty formulations were made from dark, ground turkey meat, skin and selected sodium and potassium salts. Slurries made from unfrozen and frozen/thawed formulations were analyzed for pH and sediment. Supernatant from slurries was analyzed for protein and electrophoretic components. Sediment from extracts generally increased as pH increased for both storage conditions. No association between pH and protein in the supernatant of slurries was observed. Neutral and alkaline polyphosphates combined with NaCl extracted (P < 0.05) more protein than other combinations of salts. Patterns on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels showed that sodium pyrophosphate-glassy sodium polyphosphate (0.5%) extracted 9 protein bands while NaCl (2.0%) extracted 13 protein bands.


Flowering plants can be used as refugia area for pests' natural enemies. The aim of this research was to study the effect of planting flowering plants in rice field border on the population dynamics of rice stem borers and their natural enemies. The experiment was arranged in a split plot design, with three replicates, the main plots were types of flowering plants i.e., Tagetes (Tageteserecta L.), sunflower (Heliantusannus L.) and without flowering plants (control); the sub plot were rice varieties i.e., Ciherang and Pandan Putri. Rice were planted in a plot sized 8 x 4 m and the flowering plants were planted along side of the rice plots. The results showed that the population of rice stem borer was significantly higher on control plots than those on plots bordered with flowering plants. Population of natural enemies was significantly lower on rice plots without flowering plants than that on plots bordered with flowering plants. There were significantly more natural enemies in the plots bordered with sunflower than Tagetes. The results indicated that planting sunflowers along the rice field could suppress rice stem borers population and reduced the damage intensity.


The simulation shareholding system in the project is the innovation of project management mechanism. Combined with theory of shareholding system,expounds the application thinking of simulation shareholding system,including the following aspects,implementing the project economic responsibility system assessment and full performance assessment,strengthening equity allocation and equity management,fulfilling the assessment and equity dividends,then analyzes the application effect of simulation schareholding system in construction projects.


This report describes a project which focused on determining and comparing the accuracy and reliability of induction loop, radar sensor and infra-red sensor systems for vehicle and speed recording under real traffic conditions . Attention was on the accuracy of the number, length, and speed of vehicles. A reference system was also incorporated into the comparison procedure.


Lithuanian Coreference Corpus
The corpus is made out of 100 articles from news portals focusing on political news, as such texts are rich in quotations and named entity mentions.
The corpus has been annotated with ASAS annotating tool: http://asas.gw.isk.ktu.lt/publish.htm
In total 1,723 coreferences are marked. Specification of coreference types is provided in readMe.txt file.


In this paper, we prove that every Douglas–Randers metric with vanishing stretch curvature is a Berwald metric. It results that, a Douglas–Randers metric is R-quadratic if and only if it is a Berwald metric.


Career choice in medical profession for the female medical students has always been a difficult task. The single most important determinant in this context is the flexibility of training and flexible working hours 10


ABSTRACT This is the first case report of Candida glabrata-disseminated candidiasis describing the acquisition of echinocandin resistance following anidulafungin treatment. The initial isolates recovered were susceptible to echinocandins. However, during 27 days of anidulafungin treatment, two resistant strains were isolated (from the blood and peritoneal fluid). The resistant peritoneal fluid isolate exhibited a Ser663Pro mutation in position 1987 of FKS2 HS1 (hot spot 1), whereas the resistant blood isolate displayed a phenylalanine deletion (Phe659).


Overview: Moore's Law has driven innovation in computing for decades by providing a future target and set of expectations that drives innovation. In this paper, we study whether a similar law might be developed and prove useful in different fields—for example, in armaments. We find that it can be, if we develop a composite measure that incorporates several dimensions of merit. We call this a figure of regularity (FoR). We use this case study of armaments to develop a generalizable model and find that it fits well with historical data. We then apply the model to estimate expected capabilities that will be required in 2050. A similar approach can be used in other industries to create a quantitative view of future capabilities, which companies can use to make long-term R&D investment decisions.


In this paper we have investigated a stability of the equilibrium states between CN (Cyclical Neutropenia) and G-CSF (granulocyte-colony stimulating factor) with infective growth rate progression. Mathematical models and FFT (fast fourier transform) simulations can be used as experimental tools for testing the control- measures and determining sensitivities of changes in parameter values. The paper deals with an investigation on a four parameters estimates consisting of cure rate (c), infective rate (I), absolute neutrophil count (A N) and total carrying capacity (K) only. All six equilibrium points for this model are identified and their stability criteria are analyzed. Mathematical modelling of epidemics can lead to and motivate new results in mathematics.


The title compound, C15H8O5, also known as nordamnacanthal, was isolated from the Malaysian Morinda citrifolia L. The 20 non-H atoms are coplanar. The structure is stabilized by intramolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and intermolecular O—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming bilayers of molecular tapes with alternating stacking directions along the a axis.


The utility model relates to a special cutting device for long stems of tobacco. The utility model which comprises a casing, cutters and a power device is characterized in that a tobacco stem chopping cavity (12) is a horizontal cylinder in which a striking roller (1) is arranged; the striking roller (1) is provided with a movable cutter (3); an inner wall of the cavity (12) is provided with a fixed cutter; the bottom part of a wall of the inner cavity (12) is provided with a sieve plate (8). The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, convenient and safe operation and use, high efficiency, small power consumption and no environmental pollution. The chopped stems can meet the quality requirement; the tobacco stem can meet the size requirement of stem cutting when the tobacco stem has higher water content.


Abstract The internal stratigraphy of the Marillana Creek palaeochannel Tertiary channel iron deposits (CIDs) in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia was initially defined in the 1980s and redefined as the Marillana Formation in the early 2000s. Recent drilling, open pit mining and field observations in the Western deposits at the Marillana Creek tenements have revealed some additional details on the extent and detail of some units of the Marillana Formation stratigraphy in this area. The drill hole data at Western 1 South has identified a number of features either not previously documented in this area or whose significance has not been adequately recognised, including a denatured zone at the base of the Upper CID of the Barimunya Member, and variations in the lithology within the Munjina Member at the base of the channel. Additionally, the Western 4 pit walls show evidence of a significant near-surface clay horizon and overlying CID which are suggested to be the equivalent of the Iowa Eastern Member in the Eastern deposits. The deposition of this unit was most likely driven by a regional climatic disruption rather than a change in sediment source area alone. The nature of the Weeli Wolli Formation-derived goethitic peloids in the Western deposits may explain the more extensive denaturing in the Western Lower CID of the Barimunya Member. In contrast, the more robust nature of the hematitic-cored pelletoids in the Central and Eastern deposits has resulted in a less denatured Lower CID in these areas. Such work reveals the value of and need for ongoing face mapping by geologists and detailed drill hole logging, and demonstrates the benefits of querying previously accepted interpretations.


In the prediction of fault-proneness in object-oriented (OO) systems, it is essential to have a good prediction method and a set of informative predictive factors. Although logistic regression (LR) and naïve Bayes (NB) have been used successfully for prediction of fault-proneness, they have some shortcomings. In this paper, we proposed the Bayesian network (BN) with data mining techniques as a predictive model. Based on the Chidamber and Kemerer's (C-K) metric suite and the cyclomatic complexity metrics, we examine the difference in the performance of LR, NB and BN models for the fault-proneness prediction at the class level in continual releases (five versions) of Rhino, an open-source implementation of JavaScript written in Java. From the viewpoint of modern software development, Rhino uses a highly iterative or agile development methodology. Our study demonstrates that the proposed BN can achieve a better prediction than LR and NB for the agile software.


Accurate weather information is essential for developing an efficient solar power generation system. In this study one year hourly meteorological data for Kaitaia, New Zealand has been obtained from The National Climate Database of New Zealand to predict solar radiation. Twelve models with different combinations of input variables were formed. Three artificial neural networks (ANN), Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Nonlinear Autoregressive Network with Exogenous Inputs (NARX), and Radial Basis Function (RBF) using Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) back propagation learning algorithm were trained and tested for the twelve models. The performance of each approach was assessed by calculating mean square error (MSE) and regression values. The results shows that models with a higher number of input variables irrespective of the number of neurons and delays provide better accuracy and improved results for regression values. In addition, the RBF network outperforms the NARX and MLP approaches. Furthermore, the 24-hour and 4-day ahead predicted solar radiation values of the RBF, NARX and MLP approaches are presented and, the results shows that the RBF network performs better than NARX and MLP approaches.


Bioreactor (100) for the cultivation of microorganisms, comprising a floor (60) and a lid portion (50) having at least one Zuleitungs- (2) and at least one discharge chamber (3) for a cultivation liquid and at least one gas, wherein said at least a delivery chamber (2) with the at least one discharge chamber (3) via at least respectively one, each formed by longitudinal and Quersepten growth (5) and adjacent to the growth chamber located distribution chamber (4) are connected, wherein the height of at least one of is a distribution chamber (4) delimiting and to the growth chamber (5) oriented toward Langssepten (8) at least in places less than the clear height of the respective growth chamber (5) and wherein the the distribution chamber delimiting Langssepten (8) on the cover part (50) is mounted.


A S AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT physicianatMasschusetts'second largest "safety-net" hospital in Cambridge, Danny McCormick, MD, MPH,seespatientshavingahardtimeaccessing health care despite the adoption of state health reform in 2006. Although many assumed that improved access to health coverage would also improve access to health care, McCormick said, patients who have obtained insurance through the state often find that cost remains a barrier to care. McCormick, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues surveyed 431 patients presenting to the emergency department at Cambridge Hospital in July 2009 and March 2010 (McCormick D et al. J Gen Intern Med. doi:10.1007/s11606-012 -2173-7[published online July 24, 2012]). The good news was that patients insured by Medicaid or statesubsidized Commonwealth Care reported having a primary care clinician or other nonemergency source of regular care at about the same rate as those who were privately insured. Uninsured individuals were far less likely to report having a regular care provider. Both groups reported access to preventive care, which does not require any cost sharing. Those with public insurance, however, reported more difficulty finding a physician who would accept their insurance. "At least in this setting, [health reform] allowed patients to get in the door," said McCormick. Still, cost remained a barrier to getting needed care for many individuals covered by public insurance. For example, 42.2% of those covered by Medicaid or Commonwealth Care type 1, which has the lowest co-payments of the state-subsidized options, reported delaying or forgoing dental care because of cost, compared with only 27.1% of privately insured individuals, while 30% reported forgoing medication, compared with only 7% of privately insured individuals. Those with the higher cost-sharing options (such as Commonwealth Care 2 or 3, which are available to individuals making 150%-300% of the national poverty level) reported even greater difficulty with medical costs, with 45% reporting cost as a barrier to obtaining health care in general (compared with 16% of those privately insured), 25% reporting cost as a barrier to accessing primary care (vs 6% of those privately insured), and 58.3% reporting difficulty accessing a dentist because of cost (vs 27% of those privately insured). Thesedifficultiesoccurreddespitevery modestcost sharing for thosewithCommonwealth Care, which has no deductible,co-payments forofficevisits ranging from $0 to $22 (depending on income levels), and medication co-payments rangingfrom$1to$50,accordingtoMass Resources, a nonprofit providing information about the program (http://www .massresources.org/commonwealth -care.html#whatis). Maximum out-ofpocket costs are $1500 or less, depending on income. McCormick explained, however, that even small co-payments can be problematic. For example, an individual who is making 150% of the poverty level makes just under $1400 per month, according to MassResources. But McCormick noted that a 1-bedroom apartment in Boston would cost $1500 a month. Harold Pollack, PhD, the Helen Ross Professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Services and faculty chair of the Center for Health Administration Studies, said the findings add to a large body of literature suggesting that low-income individuals are surprisingly sensitive to price and that they may not always respond in ways that administrators expect.


Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental/psychiatric condition in childhood (CDC; Gruber, 2009). Disturbances in sleep can create a variety of impairments, both cognitive and behavioral, and may negatively affect attention, memory, visuo-spatial abilities, sustained attention and divergent intelligence (creativity) (Stores, 1999). The aim of the present study was to examine the role that sleep disturbances had on the cognitive performance of children with ADHD. Specifically, the possible relationship between poor sleep and children's performance on working memory, attention and reaction time tasks and poor sleep wereexamined. Overall, in the current sample of 54 children who underwent a neuropsychological evaluation at an outpatient clinic, the presence of sleep disturbances was not predictive of performance on tasks of attention and reaction time and memory. Although these findings seem counter to the existing literature, possible explanations forthese discrepancies are provided.


N-[imino(ethyl ethylidine hydrazine)methyl]-N-aryl-2- amino-carbothioamidine hydrochlorides with ethylmethylketothiosemicarbazone in acetone medium at 0-5 degrees C. The carbothioamides were oxidized by H2O2 to 1,2,4-thiodiazolidine derivatives. The 4-Cl derivative in both the series was the most active hypoglycaemic agent. The compounds lowered mean blood sugar levels (MBSL) by 38.81% (compound 2, Table II) and 15.19% (compound 2, Table III) respectively after 24 hours of drug treatment. The compounds also showed antidiabetic activity in alloxan diabetic rats.


With new technology′s turning up and test technology′s rapid development,C4ISR system becomes much more powerful and its implementation is highlighted.However,C4ISR system′s complexity makes its performance test face with a number of challenges.The performance test system′s core technology of C4ISR system on the basis of C4ISR system′s performance test method is discussed and analyzed.The MS technology,database technology and data generation technology are discussed,and the guidelines and references are provided.


[311]-oriented GaAs/AlAs superlattices have a monoclinic unit cell and are thus anisotropic in the plane of the superlattice layers. The superlattice interfaces have a periodic corrugation along the [233] in-layer direction in form of macrosteps with a height of 10.2 A. The effects of the interface corrugation on the optical anisotropy are investigated in the energy range of the bulk GaAs E 1 and E 1 + Δ 1 using ellipsometry and reflection difference spectroscopy. The experimental results are compared to an effective medium calculation of the optical anisotropy. It is found that the measured anisotropy is considerably smaller than that expected from the interface corrugations. Reasons for these discrepancies are discussed in the text.


This paper considers the problem of controlling signaling overhead in client-IP/MPLS layer due to a link failure in MPLS layer protection approach, while giving 100% guaranteed recovery assurance for admitted dynamic requests in integrated IP-over-WDIM networks. In providing survivability, MPLS layer protection approach is more attractive from the perspective of resource usage. In this approach, an LSP is protected by providing a link-disjoint backup LSP between its end nodes. On the other hand, in optical layer protection, an LSP is protected by backup lightpath of each lightpath traversed by the LSP. The optical layer protection is attractive from the perspective of fast recovery and reduced signaling overhead. When MPLS layer protection is used, a single component failure (link or node failure) may require a large number of LSPs to be recovered. This causes a sudden increase in signaling messages in client-IP/MPLS layer, and raises the issue of signaling scalability in IP-over-WDM networks. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-layer protection scheme: dynamic heavily loaded lightpath protection scheme (DHLP), to control the signaling overhead in the client-IP/MPLS layer due to a link failure and at the same time to ensure guaranteed failure recovery for admitted requests using MPLS layer protection approach. To control the signaling overhead, we propose two methods of implementation in our scheme: DHLP based on path traversal (DHLP-pt) and DHLP based on network traversal (DHLP-nt). An attractive feature of our scheme is that it is flexible to achieve a desired tradeoff between the signaling overhead and blocking performance. Through simulation experiments, we demonstrate that our scheme is very effective to be practically used in networks.


1-chloro 2,4-dinitrobenzene is frequently used t o study contac t a l le rgy (Mi l l e r and Levis, 1973) and appl ica t ion t o the skin can produce a hypersens i t iv i ty which becomes evident a t subsequent exposures. Immunotherapy w i t h t op ica l ly applied DNCB i s used t o t r e a t warts, alopecia and verrucae. For such e f f e c t s t o occur DNCB must be absorbed through the stratum corneum. DNCB has, indeed, been shown t o pene t ra te human epidermis rap id ly and a s soc ia t e w i t h epidermal c e l l s w i t h i n one hour following app l i ca t ion (Carr e t a l , 1984). The percutaneous absorption of a chemical i s influenced by the vehic le (formulation) a n d skin type (e.g. spec ie s ) . We have measured the in -v i t ro absorption of DNCB from two vehicles, dimethylformamide (OMF), a c e t o n e : m l (Ao) through human epidermis and from OMF through hooded r a t and mouse epidermis. Epidermal membranes were mounted i n g l a s s d i f fus ion c e l l s ( cons i s t ing of donor and receptor chambers). The receptor f l u i d was 50% aqueous e thanol . DNCB i n a vehic le was applied t o t h e sk in i n the donor chamber. Cel l s were maintained a t 30°C ( + l a c ) , w i t h r eceptor so lu t ions continuously s t i r r e d . Samples were taken from t h e receptor so lu t ion a t frequent i n t e rva l s and analysed by GC f o r DNCB. The percutaneous absorption r a t e was influenced by the vehic le and skin type (Table). The r a t e of absorption through human sk in was much higher from OMF than from Ao: t h i s probably r e f l e c t s a d i f fe rence i n the p a r t i t i o n i n g behaviour of DNCB between the skin and vehicle. When t he concentration of DNCB was increased tenfold i n t he vehic le , i n agreement w i t h theory, t h e absorption r a t e increased; e ight fo ld from OMF, b u t only fourfold from t h e Ao. The absorption r a t e s through the rodent sk ins were higher than through human r e f l e c t i n g a d e f i n i t e spec ies d i f fe rence i n t h e absorption of DNCB. influence the systemic reac t ion following exposure of t h i s chemical t o human sk in compared t o rodent skin.


The effects of three maize varieties and two storage seasons on the population dynamics of Prostephanus truncates (Horn) and Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky were observed in the traditional `Ewe' barn in the field. Two local varieties, Dzolokpuita and Abutia and an improved variety, Abeleehi, were stored with the husk on, during the long season, and Abutia only during the short season of the 1994/1995 storage period. Destructive sampling techniques were applied to obtain data at monthly intervals for eight months. Maize variety significantly influenced P. truncatus density (p
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The resource‐based view of the firm has recently emerged as a new paradigm in strategic analysis. According to this view, firms are heterogeneous collections of resources that lead them to distinct market performance. This paper uses this approach not to analyse an individual firm but a cluster of firms, whose competitiveness depends not only on their individual resources and capabilities but also on those shared by the cluster as a whole. The analysis was developed for a wine cluster located in southern Brazil. The main objective was the identification of the resources and capabilities shared by the cluster in its effort to formulate sustainable competitive strategies. The research method employed combined the techniques of cognitive mapping analysis with the theoretical basis of the resource‐based view approach. The results of the study produced a significant improvement in managers' and strategists' perceptions about the competitive potential of the cluster.


Abstract In this paper, I conduct a paired comparative analysis of the Moroccan migrant communities in two Spanish cities, Ceuta and Melilla, to examine how migrants' sub-national ethnic heritage influences their relationships with their host country and country of origin. Conducting an ecological inferential analysis of citizenship rates, I find evidence that ethnic heritage, Arab in Ceuta and Amazigh in Melilla, affects whether Moroccan migrants become Spanish citizens. As a result, I posit that ethnic heritage has the potential to affect migrants' relationships with their host and origin countries, as well as their transnational behaviour and participation in the migration–development nexus.


over more than two centuries, a workable theOl'y for fluid flow is still very lUuch in the making, and many problems of fluid mechanics must he investigated in a pm'ely experimental manner. The fundamcntal equations of this science were cstablished during a period of great confidence in the powers of analytical methods; we can surmise that Euler and Saint-Venant, for example, had great hopes that their equations for fluid flow \vould be successfully employed in the solution of important prohlems of hydraulics that preoccupied their generations of scientists and engineers. The helping hand extended by Saint-Venant to Boussinesq [1] was probably not only a gesture of human kindness but a recognition of his accomplishments in the fields of laminaI' and turbulent motion; SaintVenant, although aware of the difficulties of the subject, must have believed that Boussinesq's initial progress showed the ,',ray to be open. But one Can already find in the works of Reynolds, a contemporary of Boussinesq, clear indication of a change in attitude stemming from realization of the tremendous obstacles actually in the way of theoretical progress. Reynolds considered necessary a synthesis of the turbulence characteristics by means of statistical properties upon which a theory could be developed; unfortunately, what was a rather easy task for the molecular "turbulence" proved to be extremely difficult for the macroscopic turbulence of fluid flow, and we still do not have a purely theoretical method for even the simplest turbulence phenomena. This may be due, in part


Background: Acellular pseudomyxoma peritonei (aPMP) is a rare peritoneal malignancy characterized by the accumulation of large amounts of mucin (lacking tumor cells) in the peritoneum. Many cases account for several kilograms of mucin to be screened by the pathologist. This is a comprehensive study of three patients with aPMP, whose tumors showed KRAS mutation, allowing for the tracking of this marker by liquid biopsy. Methods: Pre and post-surgery plasma, and mucin removed during cytoreductive surgery were collected from the patients. KRAS mutations were analyzed using droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR). Mucin was injected in mice. KRAS and cytokine levels were measured in plasma of the mice using ddPCR and a magnetic bead-based assay. Mucin microbiome was analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing. Results: KRAS mutations were detected in mucin cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from the three patients but not in the pre or post-surgery plasma. Electron microscopy detected microparticles (diameter <0.4 µm) in mucin. Mucin from one patient grew up inside the peritoneal cavity of mice and human KRAS was identified in mucin cfDNA, but not in plasma. All mucins showed the same bacterial profile. Cytokine levels were slightly altered in mice. Conclusions: The three aPMP patients included in this study shared some common aspects: the absence of tumor cells in mucin, the presence of KRAS mutated cfDNA in mucin, and the absence of this tumor-derived mutation in the bloodstream, providing additional information to the routine pathological examinations and suggesting that mucin cfDNA could potentially play a role in aPMP recurrence and prognosis.


The gas detectors can be used for the detection of combustible, flammable and poisonous gases and for loss of oxygen, and also to detected a gas leak or other pollutants. It makes the area where the leak occurs an warning sound and instructs operators to leave the area. The system proposed is planned, built and sent an SMS warning system for detection of gas leakages. Infrared imaging sensors have recently been used for a number of applications in industrial plants and refineries.


The article is devoted to the analysis of representations about values in the founder of the theory of existential analysis and logotherapy by V. Frankl. Identify the features of axiological views thinker, allows the analysis of its position on the following questions: what is the value, the ontological status of values, a way of knowing their man, the classification values. Proves the value and the heuristic potential of this approach for the present, when traditional values are gone, and the main feature of the global world instability. Apart from that, the applicability of Frankl''s approach to the nature values.


SIR, This is to enquire about one portion of the paper by Kenyon et al. (1994). Having been interested for nearly 50 years in finding a noninvasive method of measuring volume of amoebae, I am chagrined that I missed this paper at the time of publication. It is hoped that this enquiry is not too late to be of interest. The paper contains a table of calculations of volumes and surface areas of specimens of Amoeba proteus. It seems to me that some of these results are not consistent with the elementary geometry of amoeboid shape. It is axiomatic that a sphere has the smallest surface area per unit volume of any geometric shape. For an amoeba changing from spherical shape to monopodal to dipodal and so on, there will be no change in volume but there will be an increase in surface area. That is, there will be an increase in surface area per unit volume (S.A./V). This brings us to the question about the paper. Using Table 1 from the paper for the values of volume and surface area to calculate the S.A./V ratio for each of the various shapes gave the following tabulation: It can be shown algebraically that the surface area of a cylinder with hemispherical ends would be 1.4 times the surface area of a sphere of the same volume given a reasonable relation of their radii. The monopodal specimen of the table has roughly that relation to the bumpy spheres. However, the other three shapes have less surface area per unit volume than do the spheres. This does seem contradictory to the basic geometry of the shapes involved. There may be something I am missing here. I wrote to Dr Kenyon at McGill some months ago but he is no longer there. I hope this will elicit some solution to the apparent contradiction.


The analysis of the development of a culture of emotional expression in adolescents creative team. The features of teenage creative teams, their goals and objectives, as well as their role in the cultural development of emotional expression adolescents. Effi ciency of this process is largely driven by the inclusion of adolescents in the work of artists communities in which they learn to empathize, to experience emotions and express them, as their culture tells them people, norms, values , customs and rules of society. This is due to the fact that it is a collective creative activity eventually actively promotes a culture of emotional expression. In the new socio-economic conditions of the main objective of the creative team of teenage – conditions for self-organization, the socially responsible development of culture and freedom of emotional expression.


The feature of this BCD180 process is flexible to plug-in varied high voltage devices based on fundamental 1.8V/5V BCD process, and we present the plug-in LDMOS reach to 150V operation voltage in this paper.


We reconstruct environmental conditions at various stages of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of East Kazakhstan. The reconstructions are based on materials from the stratified Ushbulak site in the Shilikta Valley, spanning a period from the Early Upper Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. Climatic changes were evaluated using natural science methods-mineralogical, ZooArchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS), OSL- and AMS-dating, etc. Sevaral stages, relating to environmental changes, are evaluated. The fi rst period (~52–37 ka BP) was period of moderately warm and relatively humid climate, with predominantly forest-steppe, meadow-steppe, and semidesert landscapes. The second period (~25–21 ka BP) coincided with a transition from a moderately warm to a very cold and more arid climate dominated by steppes. The third period (~18–16 ka BP) was transitional from the glacial maximum to the postglacial interstadial, with a relatively cool and arid climate and mostly steppe and forest-steppe landscapes. The fourth period (~15–14 ka BP) was characterized by the warmest climate in the Late Pleistocene; steppe and forest-steppe vegetation dominated. During the latest, Early Holocene period, the climate was warm and humid, with savanna-like landscapes. The analysis of natural-climatic conditions allows us to conclude that the early stage of the site's functioning, characterized by the highest intensity of settlement, was optimal for ancient man.


A quantity of interest, β (degree of intermittency between scale hierarchy), which appears in a recent intermittency model by She and Leveque [Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 336 (1994)] is computed from turbulent simulations with Taylor-Reynolds number in the order of 100. It is found that the lateral and longitudinal β values are unequal. For most of the moment hierarchy order p, lateral β deviates more from K-41 (i.e., smaller) than the longitudinal. β is also found to be p dependent.


Cyclic Wiener filtering method (CWFM) has been widely used in engine noise sources separation but it is extremely time-consuming. In order to improve the efficiency, this paper proposes a fast separation method of engine noise sources based on the short-time segmentation method. In this method, signals from the acceleration condition are discretized into a large number of short-time signal segments to replace the steady-state conditions to separate engine noise sources at all speeds. The prerequisites for the short-time stationary assumption of the signal under acceleration condition are studied through experiments. The cylinder pressure-dependent noise (CPDN) separated by the fast separation method has been proven to have high precision through an experiment of accelerated condition under a load near zero. This method is used for noise sources separation of a diesel engine. It only needs to repeat the uniform acceleration several times for each load and the engine noise in all operating conditions can be separated into CPDN, load-dependent noise (LDN) and mechanical noise (MN). The result initially indicates the optimization direction of the engine noise. In addition, CWFM can be used to further separate the combustion noise in the operating conditions where the CPDN is prominent. The engine noise sources can be separated efficiently and accurately by maximizing the advantages of these two methods.


Provided is a high capacitance switch electrical outlet which increases service rating and safety in use and allows uses of both a stranded wire and a solid copper wire. The high capacitance switch electrical outlet according to a preferable embodiment of the present invention comprises: a switch main body; an input terminal and an output terminal which are paired and arranged at the switch main body with a predetermined interval therebetween; a reciprocating slide assembly which is disposed between the input and output terminals; one pair of moving elements which is installed at the reciprocating slide assembly; an operation knob which is connected to the switch main body by a hinge and makes or breaks an electrical contact by connecting or disconnecting the moving elements to or from the input and output terminals; a see-saw operation guide which is disposed between the reciprocating slide assembly and the operation knob and see-saws to move the reciprocating slide assembly forward and backward; and an outlet housing which is combined to the front face of the switch main body.


This paper reviews cold moderators in pulsed neutron sources and provides details of the performance of different cold moderator materials and configurations. Analytical forms are presented which describe wavelength spectra and emission time distributions. Several types of cooling arrangements used in pulsed source moderators are described. Choices of materials are surveyed. The author examines some of the radiation damage effects in cold moderators, including the phenomenon of burping'' in irradiated cold solid methane. 9 refs., 15 figs., 4 tabs.


Colon diverticular disease is a very common pathology in an elderly patient and represents a risk Factor for septic-type complications, especially peritonitis due to perforation. We report an eighty three year hypertensive male, who had fungal peritonitis, later catheter was removed and reinserted after two months. Peritoneal biopsy was done during reinsertion of PD catheter under laproscopy, report showed mild chronic inflammation, and negative for granulomas/any other lesions. Four months later patient presented with left iliac fassa abdominal pain with fresh blood in the stool. Colonoscopy showed left sided extensive colonic diverticulosis with left sided dysplastic polyps, polypectomy was done and he continues on NIPD.


Objective To survey of intake status of complementary food in Li ethnic infants at the age of 4~12 months old.Methods Infants aged 4-1months in 4 Li ethnic counties were selected,Infants during the age of 4~12 months old and their mothers were surveyed with self designed questionnaire.Results Averagely 0.74% kind of complementary food were introduced to infants aged 4~6 month old.The intake rates of cereal,diary,animal proteins(eggs,meat,fish etc),plant proteins(legume),fruits and vegetables were 34.0%,12.8%,8.5%,2.1% and 17.0% respectively.After 4~6 months old the 19.5%,7.2%,5.9%,1.8% and 18.6% of the infants aged 4~6 moths began to take cereal,diary,animal protein,animal protein,plant protein and fruit/vegetables.Conclusion The timing of addition to complementary food to Li infants is not appropriate.Cereal is introduced too early to some infants and too late to introduce to other ones.Thus propaganda of feeding knowledge to Li ethnic group be strengthened to enhance the nutritional level of Li ethnic group.


We consider the scattering of a free quantum particle on a singular potential with rather arbitrary support boundary geometry. In the classical limit h(cross)=0, this problem reduces to the well known problem of chaotic scattering. The universal estimates for the stability of the scattering amplitudes are derived. The application of the obtained results to the mesoscopic systems and quantum chaos are discussed. We also discuss a possibility of experimental verification of the obtained results.


For the assembly of a multi-stage rotor, such as an aero-engine or gas turbine, the parts need to be assembled optimally to avoid excessive unbalance. We propose a method to optimize the unbalance of a multi-stage rotor during assembly. First, we developed an assembly error propagation model for a multi-stage rotor. The alignment process and distribution of the screw holes of the adjacent rotors was considered for the first time. Secondly, we propose a new assembly datum for unbalance optimization to ensure consistency with the actual conditions of a dynamic balance test. Finally, the unbalance optimization of a multi-stage rotor was achieved using a genetic algorithm, and the corresponding optimal assembly orientations of rotors at different stages were also identified. The results of the simulations showed that the assembly error propagation model had high accuracy and that the genetic optimization process had good convergence. The effect of unbalance optimization was also proven with experiments.


Ben Bernanke and Rick Mishkin have put together a useful data base on money growth, targets for money growth, and monetary policy decisions in six different countries during the 1970s and 1980s. The tables, charts, and narrative-based on central bank reports and contemporary commentaries-have great potential to help students of monetary economics and monetary policy sort out macroeconomic events during this period. An example of this potential is Bernanke and Mishkin's demonstration that money growth accelerated in Japan and Germany in the late 1980s, and that in both countries, attempts to stabilize exchange rates led to this acceleration. This finding deserves careful analysis by those interested in the conduct of monetary policy. According to many macroeconomic theories, these increases in money growth should have brought about an acceleration of inflation and perhaps another boombust cycle. In fact, inflation did accelerate in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hence, exchange rate stabilization in the 1980s could be a cause for the deterioration i macroeconomic performance in Japan and Germany in the early 1990s. A careful analysis of the data could determine whether the timing, magnitudes, and absence of other factors affecting inflation could establish such a causal connection. There are many other examples offering a wealth of interesting research projects.


Word-of-mouth (WOM) has become one of the most important ways consumers obtain and deliver self-image. However, little research has investigated how product type influences consumers' WOM intention through self-presentation motivation. Across six studies, this research explores how, why, when, and for whom the product type matters in self-presentation and WOM. Specifically, Study 1A and Study 1B demonstrate that consumers are more likely to engage in WOM for experiential (vs material products) regardless of the type of WOM. Study 2 investigates whether this effect is mediated by promotion-oriented rather than prevention-oriented self-presentation. Finally, three moderator studies, including self-affirmation (Study 3), materialism (Study 4), and need for uniqueness (Study 5), illustrate when and whose WOM intention is more likely to be influenced. This research contributes to theory and practice in impression management and the growing literature on WOM intention. M310 Marketing and M370 Advertising


In this study, we use a combiend method of a classical molecular dynamics with the Tersoff potential and an ab-initio calculation based on density functional theory. This combination method can provide quantitative evaluation of the surface energy and surface stress of well-relaxed amorphous silicon in addition to its structure. Using this method, a surface energy of 1.05 ± 0.14 J/m2 and a surface stress of 1.5 ± 1.2N/m was obtained. This calculation also led to a new discovery of the microscopic characteristic of a-Si surfaces, which was not revealed through the use of an empirical potential. It was shown that there are two types of threefold coordinated atoms at the surface region; one with p3-like bonding and the other with sp2-like bonding. In addition, the investigation indicated that the microstructures of these coordination defects were different from those of threefold coordinated atoms observed in the bulk region.


The product quality is improved,production efficiency is increased and production cost is decreased on the basis of overall assessment of enterprises'equipment,through technical innovation,increasing technology input,eliminating behind wiredrawing and rope-making machine,importing advanced wiredrawing machine and rope-making equipment in domestic and abroad.The further development of enterprise is promoted through increasing research and development investment,cultivating new products and new process with independent intellectual property rights,encouraging staff innovation research and development.The company has applied 113 patents,right now the company has 36 patents,in which has 2 inventive patents,34 utility model.The company products are evaluated Jiangsu province famous products,Dali brand is evaluated Jiangsu province famous trademark,the company is evaluated high and new technology enterprise.


BACKGROUND
Osteosarcomas, despite their aggressive nature and propensity to metastasize, only rarely give rise to skin deposits.

CASE
We report a case of a femoral osteosarcoma in which cutaneous scalp and neck metastases developed 3 years after treatment of the primary disease. Fine needle aspiration was pivotal in diagnosing the secondary disease.

CONCLUSION
Only 8 instances of cutaneous metastases from an osteosarcoma have been previously reported. We recommend early investigation of such nodules with fine needle aspiration cytology and inclusion of multiagent chemotherapy as part of the treatment protocol in all patients with osteosarcoma.


The utility model discloses a rapid lifting device for an on-load tap changer. The rapid lifting device for the on-load tap changer comprises a support frame. The support frame comprises a column and a cross beam. A lifting device which is used for lifting a workpiece is arranged on the cross beam. According to the rapid lifting device for the on-load tap changer provided by the utility model, the on-load tap changer workpiece is lifted with the adoption of the support frame and the lifting device, so that the conventional lifting form by a crane is abandoned, and the rapid lifting device is more flexible and universal to use. Lifting is operated just by fixing the supporting frame and connecting the lifting device with the on-load tap changer when the lifting device is used. Therefore, the rapid lifting device for the on-load tap changer provided by the utility model has the advantages of simple structure, low production cost and rapid lifting of the on-load tap changer during a maintenance process. The work efficiency can be effectively improved.


Goldmar sweet potato sprouts were planted in single row plots (36-inch row spacing), 45 ft long, on 2 Jun. Each treatment row was buffered on either side by an untreated guard row. The spacing between plants within the row was 12 inches. The treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with 4 replications. Granular band treatments were applied in a 12-inch band using a shaker can and then incorporated 2-4 inches into the soil on 2 Jun. Furrow treatments were chiseled into the soil to a depth of 4 inches using an electric drive Gandy on 2 Jun. Side-dress treatments were applied on 17 Jun behind the cultivator shoe with an electric drive Gandy. Soil temperature at the 4-inch depth at the time of preplant application was 28°C. Yield data were taken from the entire 45-ft row. All roots were examined for flea beetle larvae injury (shallow writing on the roots). None of the products were phytotoxic.


Performance based incentives are incentives that are disbursed based on the authentic performance of an employee for a stipulated resulted period. Using a PBI policy is enormously successful in inspiring professors and other stakeholder to focus on core areas of an educational institute. In this article, the author proposed a geometric hybrid model for computing performance based an incentive which helps to tie compensation directly to specific institutional goals and management objectives of an institute. In PBI policy, performance of the faculty is always evaluated based on his or her academic output in terms of result or percentage of marks. However sometimes faculty argues that academic output always depends on the subject toughness rather than the faculty's performance in terms of results. On the contrary, someone may be argued that the criteria of student feedback system are the best decisive factor to evaluate faculty's performance. Hence, a traditional PBI policy always consider both the results and student feedback criterion as decisive factor for appraising faculty's performance but it was failed in considering subject toughness and quality of students input. To overcome this gap, the author proposed a geometric hybrid model of performance based incentive policy which considers a set of notional variable like, subject toughness, subject's results and average result of all subjects. This geometric hybrid model delivers competitive pay for cutthroat levels of performance and also encourages employees to constantly develop new skills. This model suggests a mathematical proposition for evaluation of professor's performance through justification proportionate variables in technical educational institutes.


Rice starch was cyanoethylated by reacting it with acrylonitrile in presence of sodium hydroxide at different concentrations of acrylonitrile and various reaction temperatures. The effect of cyanoethylation on the rheological and solubility properties of starch was examined. It was found that the extent of the cyanoethylation reaction [expressed as %N and degree of substitution (DS)] increased by increasing acrylonitrile concentration provided that the latter was not less than 8 ml acrylonitrile per 10 g starch. A temperature of 50°C constituted the optimal temperature for the cyanoethylation of starch under the conditions studied. Examination of the rheological properties of the modified starch revealed that regardless of the DS, cyanoethylated starches are characterized by pseudoplastic behavior of particular interest were the results of the viscosity. Cyanoethylated starch having smaller amounts of cyanoethyl groups had higher viscosity than those of relatively larger amounts. On the other hand, the cyanoethylated starches were soluble in water regardless of the extent of cyanoethylation.


GROUP-TOGETHERNESS in working out plans and attaining and evaluating goals is perhaps the most striking mark of modern teaching practices. Through a consolidation of effort, ingenuity, and energy, teacher and pupils co-operate in each endeavor. Hence, the more or less accepted line of demarcation between the teacher's role and the pupils' part in classroom teaching and learning gives way to a common ground of understanding on objectives, procedures, plans, and evaluations, which is a genuine basis for worth-while learning and sound achievement.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of credit access on income and multidimensional poverty by providing an econometric framework.

Design/methodology/approach
The study is conducted in Assam, India and uses a quasi-experiment design to gather primary data. Econometric tools like Heckit procedure, Tobit selection equation and probit model are used for empirical purpose.

Findings
The paper finds that the level of individual welfare is influenced by equivalent factors. In addition, the study observes a larger incidence of poverty among treatment households of semiformal and informal borrowers. The study argues that formal sources are more effective in reducing the number of poor households by lifting those who are closest to the poverty line.

Research limitations/implications
The study indicates a vicious circle of income and multidimensional poverty among semiformal and informal borrowers. By tradition, as rural Assam gets a dominant role of traditional community-based financial institutions, we should develop the banking structure by involving these institutions. The study excludes other probable explanatory variables while evaluating the impact of credit access on income and multidimensional poverty, and this limitation is left to future research.

Originality/value
This is probably the first empirical paper in Assam showing the impact of credit access on multidimensional poverty by adjusting for endogeneity and selection bias.


An organic–inorganic hybrid polymeric nanocomposite has been synthesized for making UV-curable hard coats. This nanocomposite consists of nano-sized colloidal silica functionalized with vinyltriethoxysilane (VTES) and dendritic acrylic oligomers (DAO) which have been formed earlier via a reaction of ethylenediamine (EDA) with trimethylopropane triacrylate (TMPTA). Applied as a hard coat on top of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, this nanocomposite has a short UV-cure time and the cured coat has an enhanced thermal decomposition temperature (Td), 89–90% transparency, increased hardness up to 3H, better adhesion up to 4B, and a flat surface with a root mean square roughness of 2–4 nm. The preparation as well as the characterization of the constituting species and the final hybrid are described in detail. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 3985–3993, 2007


The ecology in the Gulf of California has undergone dramatic changes over the past century as Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) have become a dominant predator in the region. The vertical overlap between acoustic scattering layers, which consist of small pelagic organisms that make up the bulk of D. gigas prey, and regions of severe hypoxia have led to a hypothesis linking the shoaling of oxygen minimum zones over the past few decades to compression of acoustic scattering layers, which in turn would promote the success of D. gigas. We tested this hypothesis by looking for links between specific oxygen values and acoustic scattering layer boundaries. We applied an automatic layer detection algorithm to shipboard echosounder data from four cruises in the Gulf of California. We then used CTD data and a combination of logistic modeling, contingency tables, and linear correlations with parameter isolines to determine which parameters had the largest effects on scattering layer boundaries. Although results were ...


We discuss recent progress in the calculation of integrated antenna functions for final-state radiation at N$^3$LO in QCD. Antenna functions are directly extracted from physical matrix elements for the decay of a colour-singlet state into partons. In order to compute their integrated counterparts, which are necessary ingredients for fixed-order calculations in QCD, each allowed final state has to be individually integrated over the inclusive phase space of the unresolved radiation. We analytically integrated two-, three-, four- and five-particle final-state matrix elements for the decay of a virtual photon and a Higgs boson into partons, considering up to third-order corrections in the strong coupling constant $\alpha_s$. The integration over the inclusive phase space is performed relying on well-established reverse unitarity and IBP reduction techniques. We conclude with preliminary comments about the structure of N$^3$LO subtraction terms in the context of the antenna subtraction method.


An electron beam probing technique has been utilized to measure the sheath electric field distribution near a planar floating plate immersed in a low‐pressure argon arc discharge plasma. The static sheath field determined by this nonperturbing measurement is compared with the predictions of the collisionless or free‐fall model of the sheath. The agreement is found to be so satisfactory that such static sheath field measurements, supplemented by a floating potential measurement, are sufficient to yield accurate values of the plasma electron density and temperature.


It is found that in the presence of sulfuric add carbohydrates condense with urea to afford the condensation products, which emit fluorescence. Under optimum conditions, the fluorescence intensities of system are proportional to the concentrations of carbohydrates. Based on this linear relationship, quantitative determination of kinds of carbohydrates has been made. Among all the carbohydrates tested, the sensitivity of α-rhamnose is the highest and its limits of detection reaches 3.5 × 10−8 mol/L. So α-rhamnose can be selectively determined in the presence of other carbohydrates. A interaction mechanism is also discussed.


Random Projection (RP) is a popular technique for dimensionality reduction because of its high computational efficiency. However, RP may not yield highly discriminative low-dimensional space to produce best pattern classification performance since the random transformation matrix of RP is independent of data. In this paper, we propose a Semi-Random Projection (SRP) framework, which takes the merit of random feature sampling of RP, but employs learning mechanism in the determination of the transformation matrix. One advantage of SRP is that it achieves a good balance between computational complexity and classification accuracy. Another advantage of SRP is that multiple SRP modules can be stacked to form a deep learning architecture for compact and robust feature learning. In addition, based on the insight on the relationship between RP and Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), the SRP is applied to ELM to derive Partially Connected ELM (PC-ELM). The hidden nodes of PC-ELM are more discriminative and hence a smaller number of nodes are needed. Experiments on two real-world text corpus, i.e., 20 Newsgroups and Farms Ads., verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed SRP. Experimental results also show that PC-ELM outperforms ELM for high-dimensional data.


The random binary Ising system with a term corresponding to a transverse field has been investigated. Two kinds of spins (A and B spins) are assumed to be randomly distributed. The Curie and Neel temperatures are obtained in various cases. The susceptibility is also calculated in the paramagnetic phase.


ObjectiveTo explore an optimal extraction technology for Qianliekang Granule.MethodsAn orthogonal test method based on the content of total saponius was based to determine an optimal technology.ResultsThe optimal extraction technology is to extract for two hours the first time and for one hour the second and third time with eight times as much as water.ConclusionThe quality produced by the process condition is stable and the technology is reasonable.


AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO COMPREHEND MOST OF THE VARIABLES NECESSARY TO FORMULATE AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE CAUSED BY THE SHRINKING AND SWELLING PROPERTIES OF SOILS. CALCULATION OF SUCH MOVEMENTS BY THE PROPOSED METHODS ESTABLISHES DATA WHICH ARE VALUABLE IN ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE OR BEHAVIOR OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURES. PAVEMENT BEHAVIOR, WHOSE FAILURES ARE NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE USE OF INFERIOR QUALITY MATERIAL OR TO THE DEPTHS OF MATERIAL, CAN BE EXPLAINED ON THE BASIS OF VOLUME CHANGE. THE FOLLOWING ARE SET FORTH: (1) RELATION OF VOLUMETRIC SWELL TO LINEAR SWELL, (2) RELATION OF MOISTURE CHANGE TO VOLUME CHANGE FOR SOILS HAVING VARIOUS SHRINKAGE CHARACTERISTICS, (3) RELATION OF MOISTURE CONTENTS TO THE LL OF CLAYS TAKEN FROM SUBGRADES UNDERNEATH OLD PAVEMENTS, (4) RELATION OF LOAD TO THE VOLUME CHANGE (SWELL) OF SOILS INVOLVING BEHAVIOR OF BOTH SUBLAYERS AND OVERBURDEN STRATA, (5) CALCULATION OF POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE FOR LAYERED SYSTEMS, (6) RELATION OF P. I. AND THICKNESS OF SOIL LAYER TO POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE, AND (7) RELATION OF POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE TO BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE PAVEMENTS AND STRUCTURES. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE USE OF POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE CALCULATIONS (ALSO REFERRED TO AS P.V.R.) WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING: (1) WHETHER PAVEMENTS WILL DEVELOP IRREGULAR RIDING DUE TO MOVEMENTS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE THICKNESS OF MATERIALS OR THE USE OF MATERIALS OF INADEQUATE QUALITY, (2) WHETHER OR NOT CULVERTS, BUILDINGS, AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES WILL RISE EXCESSIVELY, AND (3) WHEN IT IS DESIRABLE AND FEASIBLE TO SUSPEND FLOOR SLABS FROM FOUNDATIONS SHAFTS OR TO UTILIZE UTILIZE SUBGRADE SOILS AS THE SUPPORTING MEDIUM. /AUTHOR/


Reactions of 3-methyl-1-phenyl-4,6-dihydroimidazo[4,5-c]pyrazole-5(1H)-thione with carbonyl compounds gave the arylidene derivatives 2 and 3, with recinoleic acid, phosphorus oxychloride/phosphorus pentachloride mixture and copper bronze gave the adduct 4, the chloro derivative 5 and the dimer with desulfurization 7. The behaviour of the chloroderivative towards hydrazine and primary amines have also been studied. On the other, reaction of 5-methyl-2-phenyl-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one with aromatic aldehydes gave the arylidene derivatives 8a-d, which on reaction with thiourea gave the pyrazolopyrimidinethione derivatives 9. The behaviour of compounds 9 towards copper bronze, sodium nitrite/acetic acid mixture, acrylonitrile and formaldehyde/ morpholine and its reaction with compound 1 in presence of copper bronze have also been taken into consideration.


$\boldsymbol{\beta-\text{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}}$ is an emerging next-generation ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor that shows great application potentials in high-power, high-frequency, and high-temperature electronic devices. However, its atomic-scale smoothing is a troublesome issue due to the natural difficult-to-machine feature. Herein, we proposed a damage-free technique to achieve the atomic-scale smoothing of $\boldsymbol{\beta-\text{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}}$ using atmospheric pressure inductively coupled plasma (ICP). It is found that the high-temperature pure Ar ICP can impel surface atoms to migrate on $\boldsymbol{\beta-\text{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}}$, thus leading to the formation of atomically smooth surface following the decrease of surface energy, which is called plasma-induced atom migration manufacturing (PAMM). After the treatment at 900 W for 40 min, the Sa surface roughness dramatically decreases from 15.3 nm to 0.43 nm, and atomic-scale step-terrace structures can be observed on the atomically smooth substrate. Additionally, the crystal quality of $\boldsymbol{\beta-\text{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}}$ after PAMM is found to be greatly improved. We believe this novel PAMM technique can provide new sights into the nanomanufacturing research towards next-generation semiconductors and further promote the development of $\boldsymbol{\beta-\text{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}}$ -based electronic devices.


Abstract Humic substances are ubiquitous in the environment. The development of models for their chemical structure can be expected to improve our understanding of their environmental behavior. In this study, we used X-ray diffraction (XRD) to develop models for the stacking nanostructure of 12 humic acids (HAs) extracted from Japanese Andisols, Inceptisols and Entisols. In the XRD profiles of the HAs, the γ band, which was attributed to aliphatic side chains, and the 002 band were separated by means of curve fitting with the Voigt function. The interlayer spacing of the carbon (C) planes (d002) and the mean thickness of the stacking nanostructure along the c axis (Lc) were calculated from the position of the peak for the 002 band and the full width at half maximum by means of Bragg's and Scherrer's equations, respectively. The average number of C planes in the stacking nanostructure (Nc) was estimated from d002 and Lc. The Lc and Nc values ranged from 1.04 to 1.84 nm and from 3.01 to 5.40, respectively. The mean Lc and Nc values of the Andisol HAs were larger than those of the Inceptisol and Entisol HAs (P < 0.01). The d002 value of the HAs was approximately 0.34 nm, which was slightly larger than that of graphite (0.335 nm). The Lc value positively correlated with aromatic C content (r = 0.938, P < 0.01) and negatively correlated with the sum of alkyl C and O-alkyl C contents (r = − 0.958, P < 0.01), which were estimated from the liquid-state carbon-13 (13C) nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Furthermore, the degree of darkness of the HAs positively correlated with Lc (r = 0.961, P < 0.01). Analysis of the 002 band of the XRD profile clarified the number of C planes in the stacking nanostructure and the thickness of the stacking layer unit of the HAs. Our results indicate that the accumulation of polynuclear aromatic C with stacking nanostructures contributed to the darkening of HAs in soil.


The term " parole " is used by the prison system to describe the release of an offender on licence before the normal end of his sentence, subject to the condition that misbehaviour during the period of the licence may lead to recall to the institution. In addition, some form of supervision is usually included in the licence in this country. Such a course of action is intended to be useful in several ways, not all of which are usually stressed; first, it is hoped that parole may be viewed as a part of the correctional process, reducing the likelihood of recidivism ; secondly, it provides an opportunity to assess a person's likelihood of recidivism on the basis of his current behaviour, rather than on the behaviour shown prior to incarceration ; thirdly, it is hoped that the chance of getting parole may cause prisoners to modify their be haviour in prison for the better; fourthly, it allows closer supervision of newly released offenders in society than is usually possible ; finally, it offers a considerable saving in cost, as care in the community at large is generally cheaper than institutional care. Parole, as it is currently used, did not (as Newman, 1964, stresses) " develop from any specific source or experiment, but is an outgrowth of a number of independent measures, including the conditional pardon, apprenticeship by indenture, the transportation of criminals to America and Australia, the English and Irish experiences with the system of ticket of leave, and the work of American prison reformers during the nineteenth century " (p. 4). The present system really dates from the experiments tried from 1876 in the Elmira reformatory in the United States, where indeterminate sentences were given, release being dependent on obtaining parole. Parole is exten sively used now in the United States, but its use has only really developed since the 1930s, so that it has now become an integral part of the total correctional process. The parole system in Britain is a recent innovation; prior to 1968, its forerunner, the system of release on licence, was by and large used only with prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, corrective training, or borstal training, or with young prisoners. The use of parole itself can be dated from the Criminal Justice Act of 1967, under section 60 of which " every person serving (in effect) a fixed sentence of imprisonment of over 18 months is eligible for consideration for parole when he has served one third of his sentence, or 12 months, whichever is the longer. Unless he specifically declines the opportunity, each prisoner who is eligible for parole has his case


The paper offers some practical examples of laying out tunnels in the mining area handicapped by complicated geological structure, thinner coal seam cluster well as the negative geographical features and stresses properly increasing size of mining area, optimizing the arrangement of tunnels in the mining area, reducing digging rate, raising the mining area's production capacity, increasing the mining area's service time limit and guaranteeing the continued normal operation of producing area.


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The opera of the Arts, which took a large area of Interests (Bertolt Brecht) and contributed to crystallize his thoughts and deepened during his attempts to experimental theater, which achieved from which great successes was able to highlight the importance of the opera as a form of musical theater influential, and announced through which all theatrical style and theories that have become established for the school to play against the Stanislavski School.
The semantic value an important element of theater Barsta, where taken (Brecht) sets of values, a way to reach the objectives of the intellectual in the theater, supporting those values and the implications of all the elements of theater, including music as a mediator aesthetically; can contribute actively to raise awareness of the viewer through get him to listen to the voice of reason, which has had a profound impact on the march of modern theater (1).
From this standpoint, the study seeks to identify the groups at the value (Brecht) and its implications, through analytical study of the text of the play (three sharks Opera) as one of its important play. The researcher adopted in his analysis of the play set of actions: identify the research community, and the curriculum, tools, and the unit of analysis, and the unity of the census, supported by his analysis in terms of the text of the play as a unit of iterations, and taxonomic scales of values that suggest connotations verbal taken from the play.
And concludes the study to show and discuss the results based on the references and sources that promote the views of the researcher and the analytical results obtained through the frequencies, percentages, and came out the conclusions and recommendations reached through research.


Impersonal controls in formal organizations, such as assembly-line production or evaluation on the basis of performance records, tend to affect the structure of work groups and reverse the flow of interaction between superior and subordinates. Three methodological problems are discussed: The effects of group structure can be isolated by determining the relationship between X and Y for groups while holding constant the independent variable X for individuals. The quantitative study of complex configurations of interdependent elements involves the internal and external elaboration of a relationship between two major elements. Dialectical processes characterize organizational change, and these processes may be empirically investigated by adapting the panel method to organizational research.


Detailed research has been carried out on the occurrences of main metal minerals and the characteristics of gold and silver distribution in it. Au and Ag contents in various minerals and their recovery value are proposed in the article.


The objective of this study was to manufacture new thermal insulation fiberboards by thermo-pressing. The starting material was a slightly deoiled cake (17.6% oil content), generated during the biorefinery of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L) whole plant in a co-rotating (Clextral BC 45, France) twin-screw extruder. Ali fiberboards produced were cohesive mixtures of proteins and lignocellulosic fibers, act ing respectively as binder and reinforcing fillers in what could be considered as a natural composite. The molding experiments were conducted using a 400 ton capacity heated hydraulic press (Pinette Emidecau Industries, France). The influence of mol ding conditions on board density, mechanical properties and heat insulation properties was examined. Mol ding conditions included mold temperature ( 140-200 oc), pres sure a pp lied ( 150-250 kgffcm 2) and molding time ( 40-76 s ), and these great! y affected board density and thus the mechanical and heat insulation properties. Board density increased with increasingly extreme molding conditions, rising from 500 to 858 kgfm 3• The mechanical properties increased at the same time (from 52 to 660 kPa for flexural strength at break, from 5.9 to 49.4 MPa for elastic modulus, from 0.5 to 7.7k]/m 2 for Charpy impact strength, and from 19.2 to 47.1" for Shore D surface hardness). Conversely


The purpose of the study was to examine factors affecting the implementation of formative assessment from teachers' perspectives, in some selected primary schools of Nekemte town. So, to examine this impact, two sets of target population, teachers and principals were taken in the study. A questionnaire was administered to all teachers of the selected schools. Moreover, interview was conducted to school principals. The information obtained through questionnaire was analyzed using the procedure of descriptive and inferential statistics. The existence of statistically significant difference between the two compared groups in their mean score were computed using t-test (sex and experience) and statistically not significance between the two compared groups in their mean scores.


Rape has an arrangement in Indonesia in Article 285 of the Criminal Code and regulation of rape in Malaysia is regulated by Sekyen 375, 376 Laws of Malaysia Act 574. On June 25, 2019, a man with the initials RP Indonesian citizen committed the crime of rape against 3 women with the initials AP, TY, DP , the perpetrator raped the victims in a conscious state, the defendant was proven to have violated Article 285 of the Indonesian Criminal Code, the judge sentenced him to 12 years in prison. On September 13, 2019, a man with PP, an Indian citizen who was in Malaysia, committed the crime of rape against a woman with the initials PA, a Malaysian citizen, the defendant was found guilty of violating Sekyen 375 Laws of Malaysia Act 574, the judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison and seven lashes. Formulation of the problem: What are the similarities and differences between the elements, the criminal sanctions in Article 285 of the Indonesian Criminal Code and the Laws of Malaysia Act 574 Section 375 and Section 376 concerning rape? My thesis uses a normative legal research method. The data were analyzed qualitatively. The conclusions of the research results: Malaysian criminal sanctions are more complete than Indonesia related to the criminal act of rape, Indonesia is a single crime and Malaysia is a cumulative criminal.


In order to solve the current fluctuation problem in microgrids, a suppression method called the Direct-driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (DPMSG)-based Wind Power System (WPS) based on an adaptive enhanced moving average filter algorithm is proposed. Firstly, the mathematical model of the WPS is established. On this basis, the suppression method under unbalanced conditions is derived by the instantaneous power equation to ensure the stable operation of the microgrid. In order to improve the dynamic compensation capability of the DPMSG-based WPS, an enhanced moving average filtering algorithm with frequency adaptability is proposed. The positive and negative sequence components are obtained in the dq frame by this filtering algorithm. Subsequently, the angular frequency of the microgrid is obtained according to the changing phase, which realizes the high-performance control of the WPS and avoids the complicated parameter adjustment of traditional methods. The correctness of this method is verified by the simulation results. The DPMSG-based WPS with the proposed method can improve the stability of the microgrid.


Based on two assumptions, inference model and end-to-end delay data acquisition, an approach to end-to-end network internal link delay inference based on link reconstruction-deconstruction(LRD) was proposed. Pseudo likelihood estimation(PLE) was adopted and the inference problem was divided into independent sub-problems. Inference units with definite solution are determined by LRD. By means of controlling average sampling precision and decreasing inference unit links, the computation complexity of link delay inference was significantly lowered. Experimental study was performed based on model computation and NS2 simulation platform. Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the approach is accurate and effective.


An unsupervised learning algorithm to cluster hyperspectral image (HSI) data that leverages spatially regularized random walks is proposed. Markov diffusions are defined on the space of HSI spectra with transitions constrained to near spatial neighbors. The explicit incorporation of spatial regularity into the diffusion construction leads to smoother random processes that are more adapted for unsupervised machine learning than those based on spectra alone. The regularized diffusion process is subsequently used to embed the high-dimensional HSI into a lower-dimensional space through diffusion distances. Cluster modes are computed using kernel density estimation and diffusion distances, and all other points are labeled according to these modes. The proposed method has low computational complexity and performs competitively against state-of-the-art HSI clustering algorithms on real data. In particular, the proposed spatial regularization confers both theoretical and empirical advantages over nonregularized methods.


The task of linking databases is an important step in an increasing number of data mining projects, because linked data can contain information that is not available otherwise, or that would require time-consuming and expensive collection of specific data. The aim of linking is to match and aggregate all records that refer to the same entity. One of the major challenges when linking large databases is the efficient and accurate classification of record pairs into matches and non-matches. While traditionally classification was based on manually-set thresholds or on statistical procedures, many of the more recently developed classification methods are based on supervised learning techniques. They therefore require training data, which is often not available in real world situations or has to be prepared manually, an expensive, cumbersome and time-consuming process.
 The author has previously presented a novel two-step approach to automatic record pair classification [6, 7]. In the first step of this approach, training examples of high quality are automatically selected from the compared record pairs, and used in the second step to train a support vector machine (SVM) classifier. Initial experiments showed the feasibility of the approach, achieving results that outperformed k-means clustering. In this paper, two variations of this approach are presented. The first is based on a nearest-neighbour classifier, while the second improves a SVM classifier by iteratively adding more examples into the training sets. Experimental results show that this two-step approach can achieve better classification results than other unsupervised approaches.


Participants 351 people, aged 51 years or more, with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (mini-mental state examination score 13 to 26). Concomitant use of cholinesterase inhibitors, oestrogen, aspirin and vitamin E were permitted. Those allergic to rofecoxib or naproxen, or with peptic ulcer, liver or kidney disease, poorly controlled hypertension, heart failure or bleeding disorder, or who were being treated with other antiinflammatory drugs or treatments for Alzheimer's disease (other than those listed above), were excluded.


Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have recently attracted increasing interest for environmental applications, hence the evaluation of their potential toxicity is of importance prior to deploying these materials in the environment.


We study the multiplicity occurring when irreducible smooth representations of $G(F)$ are restricted to $G(F)$ in a general setting, where $\tilde{G}$ is a connected reductive algebraic group over a $p$-adic field $F$ of characteristic 0 and $G$ is its closed $F$-subgroup sharing the same derived group. We illuminate various quantitative aspects of the multiplicity for discrete series representations in the case of $GL_m(D)$ and $SL_m(D),$ where $D$ is a central division algebra of dimension $d^2$ over $F.$ We investigate parallel phenomena occurring in restrictions of representations of the connected reductive $F$-groups in the general setting and their component groups, so-called $\mathcal{S}$-groups, under the assumptions of the local Langlands conjecture and internal structure of $L$-packets. We establish equality of multiplicities in the two sides and provide a general formula of the multiplicity in the restriction of irreducible smooth representations of $\tilde{G}(F)$ to $G(F).$ This formula is given in terms of dimensions of irreducible representations of their $\mathcal{S}$-groups and generalizes Hiraga and Saito's related work in 2012 for the case of $GL_m(D)$ and $SL_m(D).$