The footwear industry in Banten Province is facing the issues of low business performance in the last five years caused by an inappropriate competitive strategy and business partnership that is not close yet. This research aims to study about business partnerships and competitive strategy on business performance of footwear industry in the Province of Banten. The study is conducted by descriptive and explanator y survey methods. The unit of analysis are companies of footwear industry in Banten Province. Time horizon is cross-sectional, which the study was conducted at a time simultaneously. The hypotheses is tested by using PLS. The finding of the study reveals that the company's management of footwear industry in the Province of Banten does not have a close partnership yet, and have not been implement appropriate competitive strategy yet to improve their business partnership. There is simultaneous influence of business partnership and competitive strategy on business performance. The influence of competitive strategy is greater than business partnership's influence in improving business performance. Keyword: Business Partnership, Competitive Strategy, Business Performance,PLS,Footwear industry ————————————————————


Thousands attended a special U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 3-day technology fair held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on October 7-9, 1994. Showcasing the most innovative transportation technology, TransFuture '94 included more than 100 exhibits presented by each DOT agency and its industry partners. Exhibits included dashboard controls in the intelligent transportation system (ITS), ITS TravTech cars, and a bridge structure inspection motorboat by the Federal Highway Administration; explosives/weapons detection devices, satellite technology for pilots in congested airports, and superjumbo aircraft runway design by the Federal Aviation Administration; self-righting motor lifeboats and differential global positioning technology by the U.S. Coast Guard; train/auto collision and crossing safety simulators, high-speed rail technology, and a diesel locomotive by the Federal Railroad Administration; interactive traveler information kiosks, an electric transit bus with zero emissions, and a satellite-based vehicle tracking system by the Federal Transit Administration; commercial space transportation vehicles, global positioning satellites, and launch facilities by the Office of Commercial Space Transportation; internal inspection device for pipeline safety by the Research and Special Programs Administration; alcohol detection ignition locks, onboard police vehicle computer systems, and school bus object detection systems by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and collision avoidance thermal imaging, 3D simulation for ship design, and satellite communications for vessel tracking by the Maritime Administration.


Blind Babies See With Their Ears, by Tom Bower. New Scientist (King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London SEI 9LS, England), February 3, 1977, pp. 255-257. The author, a researcher in the Psychology Department, Edinburgh University, traces the development of an ultrasonic aid for congenitally blind babies. Based on the theory that the perceptual system responds to changes and patterns of changes that can be presented through any modality, the device presents information about the spatial position of objects as sound messages. In 1974, a head-worn echolocation device was tested on a 16week-old baby. With the aid, the child demonstrated convergence movements of the eyes, tracked, with eyes and head, the movements of objects moving to left and right, exhibited reaching behavior, and "placed" (reached simultaneously) on a pair of horizontal batons lowered toward him. Successful use of the device by other babies is reported.


In the research, a menu for four people that is sold at a golf course was analyzed by applying menu engineering method. First, in basic data analysis, there was difference between items with high individual CM and ones with high WCM. In other words, while Kasavana & Smith method evaluates based on CM and MM, Pavesicmethod assesses the menu based on WCM which reflects sales on individual CM and the prime cost. Therefore, restaurant owners will need to establish an efficient menu strategy by looking at the difference in evaluation methods. Menu engineering analysis was performed based on the basic analysis data, and Kasavana& Smith andPavesic methods provided different menus as an excellent one. Such difference comes from different approach to menus, and the results of at least two methods will need to be applied to the menu management. Performing menu engineering on a regular basis to eliminate or supplementundesirable menu or create a new menu will help to improve profitability of a restaurant.


Ethical indecency and fineness have paramount importance in ethics. If it is denied, ethics will be considered relative. In this article, its definitions and aspects will be discussed using the Islamic sources.  The data have been collected from reliable Islamic sources and search engines such as Yahoo, Google, and Iran Medex using key words such as "innate goodness and badness", "ethical indecency and fineness" and "rational deductions".  The five found definitions are " compatibility and incompatibility with habitude"," aims agreement"," perfection and imperfection", "admiration and criticism" and "innate tendencies". Human humors can be defined as brutal humor and spiritual humor. The first definition doesn't give us a scale to differentiate ethical from unethical issues and the second one can't prove spiritual deeds comprehensively; unless its correctness has been accepted. The aims have three  types:  individual aims, common aims and favorable aims. Individual aims lead to ethical chaos but common aims can support ethics. Common aims neither clarify the essence of an action nor concern innate "goodness and badness". They are really the explanations for reasonable indecency or fineness". Favorable aims seek God's satisfaction  and need good intends. Perfection and imperfection is actually another expression for "compatibility with humor". "Admiration and criticism" is the only definition of optional conducts. It is defined as "appropriateness of admiration and criticism", " order of admiration and criticism"," having capability to be admired or criticized" , "admiration and criticism by themselves "and " the wise opinions for admiration or criticism". "Innate tendencies" are another explanation for "compatibility with humor".  In defining "ethical indecency and fineness", we should consider standards with ethical applications like compatibility with celestial humor, perfection and imperfection, innate tendencies and common aims.


Historical and technical information about a carved and polychromed Saint Cornelius, probably made for the still existing chapel of St. Cornelius, which was restored in 1394. The statue could have been made by a Bruges workshop. The original polychromy and gilding was partially preserved, some parts seem to be restorations from the 15th century. The polychromy is an oil-paint (with some protein), except the azurite parts which are tempera.


In line with the Malaysian government intention to encourage producers to transform into organic farming, Zenxin Agri Organic Food Sdn Bhd had ventured into organic farming. This case study highlights the issues and challenges encountered by Zenxin and demonstrates how Zenxin response to its external environment. The critical success factors in the organic market serviced by Zenxin are from their well innovative marketing strategies and welltargeted market. Zenxin build its synonymous image as organic fresh produce company throughout the years. Today, Zenxin is a leading organic fresh producer in Southeast Asia specifically in Malaysia and Singapore. Zenxin brand is built based on the passion for health excellence and it remains true to its mission. In the steadily growth of organic food market trend and intense competition, what will be Zenxin next strategic directions in creating their sustainability and competitive advantages in next decade?


The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem spans 22 million acres of national park, national forest, national wildlife refuge, and BLM land in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho ("What is the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?," n.d.). The GYE is home to the largest concentration of wildlife in the 48 contiguous states (Chan et al., 2016). With the protected Yellowstone National Park at its heart, it is a key location for ecosystem research. Trophic cascade theory is an ecologic model explored here. It predicts that altering one ecosystem element can result in system-wide change; even seemingly unrelated ecosystem factors are closely connected through a chain of cause and effect relationships (Herendeen, 1995).


In this communication are defined policies of information like: the mechanisms used by the society and the results of its application for the control of cycles of life of the information and the document, and the cycle of data/document/information transfer.


The influence of resistance in chickpea [Cicer arietinum] to attack by Heliothis armigera (Hb.) on the level of parasitism of the pest was studied in Andhra Pradesh, India. The most abundant parasites reared from H. armigera larvae were the hymenopteran Campoletis chlorideae Uch. and the dipteran Carcelia illota (Curr.). Levels of parasitism were too low to have any regulatory effect on the pest, but there was a greater incidence of parasitism on susceptible than on resistant cultivars, as in earlier observations; this could be important in situations where the level of larval parasitism is high or can be artificially augmented. It is not known whether the observed influence is due to a direct effect of the cultivar on the preference of the parasite or to an indirect effect of resistance on the population density and quality of H. armigera larvae


Let D be a digraph. The competition graph of D is the graph having the same vertex set with D and having an edge joining two different vertices if and only if they have at least one common out-neig...


The role of parental involvement in the development and outcome of students with special needs is instrumental, especially during the remote learning period. However, parents are not always involved in children's learning activities at home on a regular basis, especially if they feel the students have been helped at school. This study aims to look at the involvement of parents of students with special needs at inclusive elementary school level during the remote learning period due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This quantitative study utilized a questionnaire based on the Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler parental involvement model on parents of students with special needs in Greater Jakarta. The data were interpreted using the hypothetical categorization method. The results showed that parental involvement was high, especially at home. In addition, parental role construction and perception of involvement invitation from school were high. These results show that despite the alarming pandemic condition, parental involvement remains high. This is presumably because parents still have to support their children even if they have to sacrifice their time. Suggestions are discussed to maintain the level of parental involvement and to address less ideal motivating factors.


It is generally recognized that national economic growth is positively related to interregional accessibility. Surprisingly enough, however, the literature shows that the presence of transportation has been largely disregarded in regional analysis, in part because the recognition of space significantly complicates analysis. Transportation primarily results in price differentials across regions which stem from the cost differential attributable to transport. This price differentials lead consumers to buying products of their region more than products of other regions. This study analyzes the impact of Kyongbu High-Speed Rail on regional economies of Korea. Two fundamental assumptions are made regarding space and distance; no space within a region and distance between regions. A price endogenous multi-regional input-output model is employed. Since regional technical coefficients and trade coefficients are endogenous variables in the model, the impact of Kyongbu High Speed Rail on regional economies is specifically traced through changes of industrial output and employment.


This study showed that a solid amine, composed of poly(ethylenimine) immobilized into a CARiACT G10 silica substrate, is a feasible sorbent for applications in a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process for postcombustion CO2 capture. This deduction materialized from an extensive study of the behavior of this material over a wide range of industrially relevant conditions using thermogravimetric analysis. The temperature ranged from 40 to 100 °C, the CO2 partial pressure ranged from 1.2 to 100 vol % with the total pressure fixed at 1 atm, the relative humidity ranged from dry conditions to 2 vol %, and the number of consecutive adsorption and desorption cycles ranged from 4 to 76. The results revealed that this solid amine sorbent was very stable under the conditions investigated. Water vapor at a low relative humidity exhibited only a minor and reversible effect on both the thermodynamics and kinetics of the CO2 uptake and release. The isothermal CO2 working capacity ranged between 0.25 and 2.8 mol/kg, inc...


Tests involving word span, memory for verbal details, memory for visual details, and the Minnesota Tests of Creative Thinking (MTCT) were administered to 63 Ss in grades 4, 5, and 6. IQs were obtained from school records. Only 1 of 8 correlations between IQ and divergent thinking (DT) scores was significant, but 11 of 48 correlations between memory and DT were significant. In stepwise multiple correlation of the memory scores on each DT score, 17 of 19 predictor variables in reduced sets were memory scores. Canonical correlation of the memory and the DT scores yielded an R of .61. Results were interpreted to support the hypothesis that certain memory abilities may play important roles in DT.


We present a prototype of a novel technology for second language instruction. Our learn-by-reading approach lets a human learner acquire new words and constructions by encountering them in context. To facilitate reading comprehension, our technology presents mixed native language (L1) and second language (L2) sentences to a learner and allows them to interact with the sentences to make the sentences easier (more L1-like) or harder (more L2-like) to read. Eventually, our system should continuously track a learner's knowledge and learning style by modeling their interactions, including performance on a pop quiz feature. This will allow our system to generate personalized mixed-language texts for learners.


This work presents a compact modeling approach and Verilog-A implementation method for flicker noise in MOSFETs, accounting for current degradation effects such as field-dependent mobility attenuation and access resistance. After arguing on the importance of such effects for noise level assessment, a Lambert-W based drain current model is utilized as an example to showcase the degradation-aware compact noise modeling. For the access resistance effects, measurements from nano-scale MOSFETs are utilized for experimental demonstration. Moreover, adapted methods for proper calculation of transconductance (intrinsic and extrinsic) as well as noise source positioning are also presented, revealing their significance for the correct model implementation.


A novel hybrid method based on plane wave spectra interactions has been presented for field calculation of GPR antenna patterns. The method has been employed for two validation cases involving a dipole and a TEM horn antenna. This method offers the possibility to investigate the performance of a wide range of complex antennas operating in the presence of the ground at standoff distances. The advantage of the method is that, it substantially reduces the computational resources needed and additionally, it offers the possibility of selecting the best method for the analysis of the antenna and the ground sub-domains. The analysis of the ground sub-domain leads to a database for the response of the soil plus the target. Using these data, the performance of a complex antenna positioned at any desired distance or orientation relative to the ground, can be modelled and optimised with minimal computational impact.


The spectrum of Jupiter has been recorded be- tween 2.75 and 14.5 m with the grating mode of the Short- Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) of ISO. The resolving power is 1500. The main preliminary results of this observation are (1) at 3 m, the first spectroscopic signature, probably associated with NH3 ice, of the Jovian cloud at 0.5 bar and (2) the first de- tection of a thermal emission at the center of the CH4- 3 band at 3.3 m, showing evidence for a high temperature in the upper jovian stratosphere (T=800 K at P=0.16 microbar). In addition, the R(2) HD line has been detected for the first time in Jupiter, using the Fabry-P´ erot (FP) mode of the SWS, with a resolving power of 31000. A preliminary analysis of the HD line indicates a D/H ratio of about 2.2 10 5 .


An ion exchange polymer comprises a sulphonated linear or cross-linked polymer of a , b , b -trifluorostyrene the linear polymer having a molecular weight of 13,500-400,000. The sulphonic acid radicals may be meta to the trifluoro-ethyl group and the polymer may be prepared by dissolving the polya , b , b -trifluorostyrene in chloroform in a concentration of 0.1-0.3 moles/1., adding a sulphonating agent, e.g. chlorosulphonic acid or oleum, in chloroform or perchloroethylene, in a concentration of 0.14 molecules/polymer phenyl group -3 moles/1. of solution at a temperature of 15-60 DEG C. for at least 10 minutes; cross-linking of the polymer occurs when the sulphonating agents concentration is at least 2 molecules/polymer phenyl groups. The sulphonated polymer may be compounded with polyvinylidene fluoride or chloride, a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride or tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoro-propylene or chlorotrifluoroethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polyvinyl acetate, neoprene rubber, polyacrylonitrile, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, chlorosulphonated polyethylene or polychlorotrifluorethylene, together with water or acetone, tetrahydrofuran, dimethyl formamide or dioxan and triethylphosphate. The compositions may be used to form ion exchange membranes.


The paper introduced technical characteristics and basic principles of Advance Geological Prediction. Integrating the TSP system with practice of Yuanliangshan Tunnel in ChongqingHuaihua Railway, the authors compared the data of TSP system and Advance Geological boreholes, the results showed good practicability and guiding role of TSP Advance Geological Prediction in tunneling practice.


All now agree that massively parallel computing environments are here to stay, and that the benefits of scalable power which they provide over-ride the additional effort needed to program them. However, all also agree that this additional effort is still far from negligible. Worse, the additional effort must be repeated for each new system to which a parallel code is ported: parallel codes today are less portable, even when written wholly in high level languages, than codes written in the early 1960s. With the great leap forward into parallelism has come a great leap back in programming environments. The author looks at the tools available for writing code which will run effectively on as wide a range of current and proposed future parallel architectures, as possible. >


In this paper, we are dealing with the mathematical modeling and homogenization of nonlinear reaction-diffusion processes in a porous medium that consists of two components separated by an interface. One of the components is connected, and the other one is disconnected and consists of periodically distributed inclusions. At the interface, the fluxes are given by nonlinear functions of the concentrations on both sides of the interface. Thus, the concentrations may be discontinuous across the interface. For the derivation of the effective (homogenized) model, we use the method of two-scale convergence. To prove the convergence of the nonlinear terms, especially those defined on the microscopic interface, we give a new approach which involves the boundary unfolding operator and a compactness result for Banach-space-valued functions. The model is motivated by metabolic and regulatory processes in cells, where biochemical species are exchanged between organelles and cytoplasm through the organellar membranes. In this context the nonlinearities are given by kinetics corresponding to multispecies enzyme catalyzed reactions, which are generalizations of the classical Michaelis--Menten kinetics to multispecies reactions.


New Mexico, qualifies as a city in which technology in the form of research and development conducted in federally funded laboratories has played a major role in the development of its economy. This paper profiles Albuquerque through the historical factors that contributed to the city's development as a technological centre despite its isolation from other metropolitan areas, low population density, few manufacturing facilities or transportation resources and challenging cross-cultural issues. Many of these factors have contributed to making Albuquerque a city of contrasting features in educational level, income disparity and commercial ventures. Despite the presence of research laboratories whose cumulative financial investment from the federal government over a period of 60 years is quite substantial, Albuquerque has not realized the full potential of their scientific discoveries for creating high paying private sector jobs nor for creating spin-off businesses. According to metrics such as per capita income, poverty rate, school performance and city crime rate Albuquerque, along with the state of New Mexico, is challenged in creating economic wealth from its prodigious intellectual capital. Some factors inhibiting this transformation are suggested that are drawn from studies of "technopoles" and science cities in the US and other countries. L'economie d'Albuquerque, Nouveau-Mexique, a grandement tire profit des laboratoires federaux de recherche et de developpement. Cet article brosse un tableau historique des facteurs ayant contribues a la reputation de la ville cormne centre de haute technologie et ce, malgre sont isolation geographique, sa faible densite de population, son secteur manufacturier restreint et les defis culturels auxquels elle doit faire face. Plusieurs de ces facteurs ont contribue a faire d'Albuquerque une ville de contrastes, notamment aux chapitres de la scolarite, du revenu per capita et des investissements commerciaux. Malgre la presence depuis 60 ans de laboratoires federaux de recherches, et de leurs investissements dans l'economie locale, Albuquerque n'a jamais pleinement realise les effets positifs de ces laboratoires, dont les decouvertes scientifiques, la creation d'entreprises prives offrant des salaires eleves et d'autres entreprises en general. D'apres des donnees statistiques telles que le revenu par habitant, le taux de pauvrete, la performance scolaire et le taux de criminalite, Albuquerque, de meme que le Nouveau-Mexique, doit constamment relever le defi d'assurer son bien-etre economique a partir de son capital intellectuel prodigieux. Des etudes d'autres > aux etats-Unis et ailleurs illustrent nos propos. Introduction Technology has been a significant driver in the US economy since World War II and it is generally claimed that it remains as the only sustainable business advantage (Thurow 1999). Hence, in the face of global competition and a recent substantial loss of manufacturing jobs, recent attention has been drawn to those metropolitan areas in the US in which technology or knowledge creation is a dominant industry. Knowledge workers give rise to discoveries in science and high technology which may result in intellectual property ("IP") such as a patent. Drucker (1999) defined such effort as "... work requiring highly advanced and thoroughly theoretical knowledge--that includes manual operations." In normalized measures associated with high technology or knowledge work, Albuquerque ranks among the top US cities--5th in high tech growth for small cybercities (AEA 2000), 9th among cities with population greater than 250K in the high tech index, a measure of a region's high tech industrial output (Florida 2002, Table 2), and 17th among 70 cities surveyed for percent of population with advanced degrees according to the US Census Bureau American Community Survey in 2004. As a state, New Mexico has the No. 1 ranking in federally funded Research and Development (R&D) on a per capita basis (Devol 2000). …


The dual-step imaging technique that we propose couples a non-contact modality of Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy to estimate local scattering properties, with staring Multi-Spectral Imaging to rapidly quantify 2D wide field absorption properties.


In Železiarne Podbrezová, cold drawing process is the final process in production of precision seamless steel tubes. This particular technology utilizes multiple drawing sequences and intermediate annealing. From the physical point of view, it is nothing just the optimal use of plastic deformation during cold forming that grants the final tube dimensions. The drawing process itself is significantly affected by physical and metallurgical properties of the tube, the tool geometry, the lubrication, and the sequence of operations. This paper deals with the relationship between the tool geometry and the drawing force. The FEM-based numerical model of the process was prepared in DEFORM 3D in order to optimize the geometry of the die; eight die geometries were investigated in total. The numerical simulation itself considered a hot rolled hollow at Ø32 mm × 4 mm, cold drawn into Ø25 mm × 4 mm using die drawing (sinking) sequences only. Calculated drawing force showed that the change of the run-in angle of the die led to a decrease of the drawing force.


A novel coumarin-based compound DPAC with two dipicolylamine (DPA) arms as the chelator sites was designed and synthesized. The compound DPAC exhibits a highly selective response to Cu2+ ions with a distinctly emission-quenching phenomenon. Moreover, the in situ formed complex DPAC-Cu2+ was used for the detection of pyrophosphate (PPi). The binding manner of probe DPAC-Cu2+ with PPi in 1 : 1 stoichiometry was supported by the Benesi-Hildebrand fitting, ESI-MS and HPLC analysis. The linear range of PPi concentration was 1-4 μM, and the detection limit was 0.53 μM. The competing experiments illustrated that the probe DPAC-Cu2+ had good sensitivity and selectivity for PPi than other anions, including ATP, ADP, AMP, and Pi in CH3CN : HEPES (3 : 2, v/v, pH=7.20) buffer. Further, cell fluorescence imaging experiments indicated that the probe DPAC-Cu2+ had a potential to be used to detect PPi in vivo.


Based on the systematic investigation of weed species in watermelon fields in arid area of central Ningxia,the importance value,niche breadth and overlap of 37 species of familiar weeds were measured and population dynamics of 10 dominant weeds were explored.The results showed that Calystegia hederacea Wall,Convolvulus ammannii Desr,Suaeda glauca(Bge),Salsola pestifer A.Nelson,Cynanchum thesioides(Ereyn)K.Schum,Lxeris chinensis(Thunb),Euphorbia humifusa Willd Enum,and Setaria viridis are the top ten weeds with niche breadth of 0.5 and over,and high niche overlap between them,which inferred their similarities on environmental conditions.


Jessica Blatt, Race and the Making of American Political Science Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Pp.205. ISBN 9870812250046. Marcus Walsh-Fuhring While the concept of race has been comprehensively analyzed in History, Sociology, Anthropology, and the Humanities, it has had a complicated history in American Political Science. The current political tensions on the issue of race attest to the relevance in highlighting the social and political realties in society. Current ev...


Part I. The Benefits of Studying the Processes People Want: 1. Policy space and American politics 2. Process space: an introduction 3. Using process space to explain features of American politics Part II. The Processes People Want: 4. Attitudes toward specific processes 5. Public assessments of people and politicians 6. Americans' desire for stealth democracy Part III. Should People Be Given the Processes They Want?: 7. Popular deliberation and group involvement in theory 8. The realities of popular deliberation and group involvement 9. Improving government and people's attitudes toward it.


The practice viewpoint is first and basic viewpoint of Marxism philosophy.It is of great important theoretical and realistic significance for correctly interpretating and applying Marxist practical viewpoint.Practical way of thinking of Marxism philosophy can provide the scientific guidelines to promote the process of Marxism sinicization and rich theoretical system with Chinese characteristics.


Suitable reinforcing catalyst layer assembly for the fuel cell, (i) along the z-direction and a porous planar reinforcing material having pores extending through the thickness of the material, (ii) a first catalytic material and a first ion-conducting and a first catalyst comprising a material, said first catalyst, and characterized by forming a first catalyst layer having at least partially embedded, the first and second surfaces to the planar reinforcement in to.


Clickbait has grown to become a nuisance to social media users and social media operators alike. Malicious content publishers misuse social media to manipulate as many users as possible to visit their websites using clickbait messages. Machine learning technology may help to handle this problem, giving rise to automatic clickbait detection. To accelerate progress in this direction, we organized the Clickbait Challenge 2017, a shared task inviting the submission of clickbait detectors for a comparative evaluation. A total of 13 detectors have been submitted, achieving significant improvements over the previous state of the art in terms of detection performance. Also, many of the submitted approaches have been published open source, rendering them reproducible, and a good starting point for newcomers. While the 2017 challenge has passed, we maintain the evaluation system and answer to new registrations in support of the ongoing research on better clickbait detectors.


The research relevance is determined by the need to reduce the energy intensity of intensive livestock production. The latter is possible on the basis of innovative methods and technical means of intelligent management of complex biotechnical systems with identification of animal behaviour and control using video surveillance systems. The paper presents the results of experimental researches of the energy efficiency of an automated infrared irradiation system for weaners with irradiation modes set according to analysis of video surveillance of animal behaviour. A sign for the location of animals along the floor area relative to a warm source – a dark infrared irradiator, was defined as an ethological sign for the analysis of animal behaviour. As a result of experimental studies, based on the video surveillance data, IR-irradiation modes were determined by statistical analysis of the ethological sign of the location of animals relative to the thermal source of IR-irradiation. These modes were recorded in the program of the microcontroller, within 20 days the experimental group of animals was exposed to IR-irradiation according to the established modes. It was determined that the developed irradiation modes ensure additional profit of 2.97 roubles per animal, including economic effect for heating of 0.89 roubles per animal. The developed IR irradiation modes for weaners exclude general heating requirement. The IKOV-1 automated plant allows to develop energy-efficient zoology hygienic modes for animals management based on data processing and video surveillance equipment using air temperature sensor in the IR irradiation area. Acknowledgement. This research was supported by the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research under the T18M-001 Contract "Integrated energy supply for controlled biotechnical systems in agricultural production using renewable energy sources".


(1) Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a significant public health concern among the pediatric population, and fatalities are dramatic for families. It typically involves organic foreign bodies (mainly food) aspirated by children under three years old, usually at home or school. This review aimed to focus on the preventive measures around four actual cases of fatal foreign body aspiration, emphasizing the correct execution of the Heimlich maneuver and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, supervised mealtimes, and high-risk foods. (2) Methods: Four fatal cases of foreign body aspiration in children are presented here. The children were in a free environment, such as school, home, and the countryside, and were in the presence of teachers, parents, and a grandmother who did not supervise the children adequately. A literature review was performed via the MEDLINE database using the key terms: "foreign body aspiration," "infant choking, 1.5 to 3 years," "food and foreign body aspiration," "common household," "prevention of foreign body aspiration," "guidelines," "recommendations," "training of caregivers (parents, educators)," "resuscitation," "Heimlich maneuver," and "disengagement of the upper airways." We focused on the prevention of foreign body aspiration. (3) Results: a complete postmortem examination was performed. In three cases, the foreign bodies were food (mozzarella cheese, pear, or raw bean), while in one case, the foreign body was a pebble. (4) Conclusions: This review aimed to discuss recent scientific literature and provide a perspective on the benefits of a dedicated approach to the management of fatal foreign body aspiration in children by caregivers who usually have no experience with the best ways of supervising children in a safe environment, especially regarding the correct execution of resuscitation maneuvers, such as the Heimlich maneuver. Recommendation updates could improve healthcare quality in a pediatric setting and reduce medico-legal implications.


Ni-Mg-Co substituted BaFe12O19 nano-powder was prepared by the sol-gel self-propagating combustion method,and the influence of different doping quantity and holding time on microstructure and magnetic properties was studied. The phase structure,microstructure and static magnetic properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction,transmission electron microscopy and vibrating sample magnetometer. It is found that holding time of heat treatment determines the magnetic properties of M-type barium ferrite before and after ion doping under 1 100 ℃ calcination temperature. The saturation magnetization of BaFe12O19 is only 137.9 A/m and coercivity is 41.8 kA/m after holding for 3 h,and saturation magnetization of BaNiMg0.9Co0.1Fe10O19is 143.3 A/m, the coercivity is 7.9 kA/m after holding for 3 h. This means that the magnetic properties of M type barium ferrite can be controlled in a wide range from the traditional permanent magnet to soft magnetic,so it can be widely used in the material space field.


the same is based on the geographical naming of the school,the Taizhou School and Yongjia School from within the developed commodity economy,and thus the two factions in the economic ideology Zhangjing Shi Zhiyong,utilitarian world governance by the people's livelihood.As the two factions of the geographical conditions and different conditions of the times,the school development and ideological influence showing different results.This comparison gives us inspiration:The requirement to comply with the needs of the times and development,mining and nurture the region's unique cultural temperament and the human spirit,will have a regional economic and social development since the major role in promoting.


The easterly zonal wind profile over northeast Brazil during the rainy season of a heavy rainfall year satisfies the necessary condition for the existence of barotropic instability. The wave with a wavelength of 1250 km has the highest growth rate, 1.6 times 10 -6 s -1 (e—folding time of about 6 days). The zonal wind profile is found to be stable during a dry year. This suggests that it is likely that barotropic instability might contribute to the interannual variations of rainfall over northeast Brazil. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.1984.tb00240.x


What we demonstrated to the audience, and what we thought was cool, was that we could show 3D product models/objects being generated using camera-based technology, and demonstrate these objects having interactivity added using the Interactive 3D Interface (i.e., to manipulate the 3D products and to be able to configure them on the fly). The target audiences for our solution/technology are e-business solution providers and integrators, e-tailors/dot.corns and larger enterprises. All of these can use the Interactive 3D Interface to add value to their solutions. The Web3D RoundUP gave us a good oppor tuni ty ¢o show the 3D audience our technology and skills, and especially to deliver the message that 3D is moving to mainstream in e-commerce! Let's not forget the great adrenaline rush the presenters get out of the Web3D RoundUP event itself. Our goal is to help everyday users of ecommerce on the web to have a be t t e r understanding of the products they are planning to purchase, and develop easy-to-use ecommerce applications,This enhanced on-line shopping experience uses 3D graphics instead of 2D and text .Also the CYBELIUS Interactive 3D Interface will, we hope, replace the dull and hard-to-use 2D text-based interface for configuring the products.The same interface s t ruc tu re can also be u t i l i zed in retrieving information on the products and availability directly from the 3D model itself. It is truly an interactive process, with access to databases and outside systems and information, i.e. utilizing all the true capabilities of the web_We believe this will take the web to the next dimension! To con tac t us, v is i t o u r web page at www.cybe l ius .corn .


The 'Kubler index' (Δ°2θ) has been extensively used to document degree of metamorphism in very low grade pelitic rocks and to mark the diagenetic-anchizonal and anchizonal-epizonal boundaries. However, variations in sample preparation procedures significantly affect the Δ°2θ measurements. The effect of variation in thickness (mg/cm 2 ) of the clay layer on Δ°2θ measurements has been studied here. The Δ°2θ values drops rapidly for slides with clay loading less than ∼2-3 mg/cm 2 and achieve more or less a plateau beyond this thickness. Owing to the rapid change in slope, even minor variation in thickness (which is difficult to constrain) can significantly affect the Δ°2θ measurements. Low X-ray intensities recorded for thin slides also add uncertainty to the Δ°2θ measurements.


Part I Genetic structure in specialist insect populations: case studies within and between plant differentiation of scale insects and the conundrum of local adaptation, D. Alstad agents of selection and local adaptation in a leafmining insect, S. Mopper local adaptation in a dispersive gall-forming midge, P. Stiling testing fine-scale genetic variation - an examination of experimental design and analysis, W. Boecklen and S. Mopper. Part II Mechanisms: host plant and population genetic structure - the strength of selection - intraspecific variation in host plant quality and the fitness of herbivores, S. Strauss and R. Karban within-plant resource fluctuation as a deterrent to deme formation, N. Cobb and T. Whitham host plant isolation and local adaptation of sedentary insects, L. Hanks and R. Denno within-plant variation in chemical allocation patterns - does defense cost an arm and a leg or just a few fingers?. Part III Mechanisms - insect life history and population genetic structure: the link between life history and genetic structure in phytophagous insect populations, M. Peterson and R. Denno social behavior, gene flow and genetic structure, J. Costa and K. Ross maternal and paternal effects on genetic variation in herbivores, M. Rossiter intrademic genetic structure in herbivorous insects - empirical observations and theoretical context, D. McCauley and P. Goff. Part IV Microgeographic genetic structure - implications for speciation: evolution of host plant specilization in a checkerspot butterfly - individuals, populations, metapopulations and host plant races, C. Thomas and M. Singer host race formation and sympatric speciation in a specialist insect, L. Schmoetxer and S. Faeth host race formation and sympatric speciation in the Apple Maggot fly - fact or fiction?, J. Feder.


In 2014, the Commission published a proposal for a Directive that introduces a single- member private limited liability company, under a common label: Societas Unius Personae (SUP), into the national legislation of the EU-Member States. In this publication it is examined what kind of legal forms of capital companies already exist in the EU-Member States and whether the SUP is a welcome addition. The proposed legal form of the SUP is analysed in order to answer the question whether the SUP is an appropriate legal form for SMEs and subsidiaries. Furthermore attention is paid to issues which generally arise when the European legislator attempts to introduce a new legal enterprise-form, such as the SUP. The authors conclude that there are no irreconcilable differences between the laws of the EU-Member States that might hinder the introduction of the SUP. Also the European principles of subsidiarity and proportionality will not constitute an obstacle.


The author relates facts of the life of the Methodist Church at the beginning of its autonomy, and emphasizes the importance of Cesar Darcoso Filho during the period in which he was Bishop, from 1934 to 1955, concluding that he was the


The catalytic wet air oxidation(CWAO) of phenol was investigated in the presence of Fe/AC(active carbon) catalysts,which were obtained by conventional impregnation method.The experiment results showed that the phenol removal was about 70% with addition of the Fe(5%)/AC catalyst at pH = 3.0,90 ℃ and normal atmospheric pressure.In this catalyst,characterization data showed a very good relation between the catalytic activity and the surface properties of the catalysts.


In these days the importance of alternate energy resources is growing. There are more and more technologies available of size and at price suitable for households. In our paper the possibilities of solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy and biogas energy use are shown. In the study the instruments are chosen from the market and the installation costs and the produced power are calculated. On the basis of these, various economic calculations are made regarding the returns of the investment, for example: net present value, rate of return, payback period. The result shows that biogas is the one economic investment of them in this economic environment.
Keywords: Alternate Energy Resources, Households, Economical Calculation


The objective of this research was to determine the effect of the drying temperature and drying time on characteristics of kelor leaf (Moringa oleifera L.) powder processed by foam mat drying method. The experiment was conducted at the Chemical Laboratory of Agricultural Product Processing Technology Departement of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University, from December 2018 to July 2019. The experiment used Factorial Completely Randomized Design with two factors and each treatment was repeated three times. The first factor was the drying temperature (50°C, 60°C, 70°C, 80°C) and the second factor was the drying time (4, 5, 6 and 7 hours). The parameters were yield, color, browning index, water absorption index, specific grafity, angle of repose, moisture contents, ash content, Fe content dan K content.
The results showed that the treatment of drying temperature had significant effect on yield, lightness (L*), chroma (C*), hue (h*), browning index, water absorption index, angle of repose, moisture contents, and ash content. The drying time had significant effect on yield, lightness (L*), chroma (C*), hue (h*), browning index, water absorption index, specific grafity, angle of repose, moisture contents, and ash content. The interaction of the drying temperature and drying time factors had significant effect on browning index, water absorption index, angle of repose, moisture contents, and ash content. The best treatment based on yield analysis, lightness (L*), chroma (C*), hue (h*), browning index, water absorption index, specific grafity, angle of repose, moisture contents, and ash content was A1B1 (50°C, 4 hours) with the yield 30.00%, lightness 48.09, chroma 23.48, hue 108.24°, browning index 0.42 A420nm, water absorption index 426.24%, Spesific grafity 0.30 g/mL, angle of repose 38.30°, water content 10.30%, ash content 4.05%, Fe content 102.8 mg/100 g, and K content 2100 mg/100 g.


The present invention provides a method for molding the rear end 4 of the tubular body (2) made of a plastic material on the end 5 of the cable adapter (6). The tubular body 2 is formed with a window 10 in its front end (3). By coil spring 21 and a ferrule holder 13 having a blade portion 19 is inserted through the front end 3 of the tubular body (2) forcibly passing the wing portions 19, the front part (3 ) and the end wall 11 of the window 10 extends in the radial direction. Wing portion 19 is to be trapped in the end wall 11 by the biasing force of when it reaches the window 10, the end wall 11 and the front end (3) blade portion 19 of the coil spring 21 to be retracted again in the radial direction.


Summary. An assemblage of 20 bronze artefacts discovered together is described, which includes 17 Late Bronze Age objects belonging to the Wilburton tradition (including one decorated sword hilt). The assemblage also includes three other objects, of later dates, and the separate discovery of a Wilburton sword, found nearby, is also described. The origin of the Wilburton items as part of a hoard is discussed and the likely history of the assemblage is considered. A metallurgical report on all the objects, by J.P. Northover is included.


The vision system of the mobile robot is a low-level function that provides the required target information of the current environment for the upper vision tasks. The real-time performance and robustness of object segmentation in cluttered environments is still a serious problem in robot visions. In this paper, a new real-time indoor scene segmentation method based on RGB-D image, is presented and the extracted primary object regions are then used for object recognition. Firstly, this paper accomplishes the depth filtering by the improved traditional filtering method. Then by using improved depth information, the algorithm extracts the foreground and implements the object segmentation of color image at the resolution of 640×480 from Kinect camera. Finally, the segmentation results are applied into the object recognition in indoor scene to validate the effectiveness of scene segmentation. The results of indoor segmentation demonstrate the real-time performance and robustness of the proposed method. In addition, the results of segmentation improve the accuracy of object recognition and reduce time of object recognition in indoor cluttered scene.


This paper aims to observe the relationship between land price and distance to CBD in Bekasi. The assumption is that the relationship between land price and distance to CBD is negative and significant. In the analysis, we use data from city and regional planning in 2011 that consist of 12 sub district in Bekasi. From the statistical analysis result, the relationship between land price and dis-tance to CBD is negative and significant. Furthermore, there are other factors that can influence the land price in Bekasi besides the location. We use infra-structure condition surrounding area of observation. For road infrastructure, the result is significant and negative and for water pipe infrastructure, the result is positive and insignificant.
In addition, this paper is also comparing the result from the Jakarta. The result is almost similar and the different is only on the coefficient. We also try to relate the result of this paper to the master plan 2010 – 2030 of Bekasi. In master plan Bekasi 2010 – 2030, urban planning in Bekasi is developed into 3 hierarchy systems which are 1 CBD, 4 sub CBD and 7 sub CBD with neighbourhood services level. Based on the analysis of the relationship be-tween land price and distance to CBD, the implementation of the 3 hierarchy system are not yet effect the land price pattern in Bekasi and CBD is still as the core and centre of activity in Bekasi.

Relevance to Development Studies
Bekasi is metropolitan city which is located near the Jakarta because of that the development of Bekasi is very influenced by the development in Jakarta. This condition can be seen by the changing in urban structure in Bekasi. The land uses in bekasi are dominated by the settlement. This new settlement is built to fulfil the need of housing for people for Jakarta and Bekasi because the land price in Bekasi is still cheap and affordable for people compare to Jakarta. For taking advantages on this situation, the Bekasi government divide the urban structure development into 3 hierarchy system which is integrated each other. The goal is to create equal development and equal distribution of services and infrasture.
Furthermore, this paper is trying to measure the relationship of land price and distance because the land price is one of the reason changing in land use and development of a new settlement in Bekasi. By knowing the land price model in Bekasi, the government can making development planning more pre-cisely and bring more advantages on this situation by implemented 3 hierarchy system.


In this paper, we propose a novel quantum-secured single-pixel imaging method that utilizes non-classical correlations of a photon pair. Our method can detect any attempts to deceive it by exploiting a non-classical correlation of photon pairs while rejecting strong chaotic light illumination through photon heralding. A security analysis based on polarization-correlation has been conducted, demonstrating that our method has improved security compared to existing quantum-secured imaging. More specifically, a partial deceiving attack, which sends a mixture of a true and a false signal, can be detected with our proposed analysis, while currently employed methods cannot. We also provide proof-of-principle demonstrations of our method and trustworthy images reconstructed using our security analysis. Our method can be developed using matured techniques used in quantum secure communication, thus offering a promising direction for practical applications in secure imaging.


Practical teaching is not only an important link in the process of cultivating applied talents, but also an important means to improve students' engineering application ability and innovation ability. In order to cultivate high-level application-oriented talents, aiming at the current lack of digital and intelligent knowledge among college students and the lack of "personalized" specialty, this research group adheres to engineering practice education as the main line, aims at cultivating application-oriented talents in engineering, and features in improving students' innovation ability. With the construction of new curriculum system, new innovation and entrepreneurship system and new practical teaching system as the core, it has built a diversified high-level engineering education practice platform integrating digital analysis and simulation, intelligent manufacturing and testing, and virtual simulation of production process. Explore its own distinctive characteristics of high-level application-oriented talent training new mode and new ways, cultivate students' innovative thinking and the ability to solve practical problems, in mechanical design ability has been rapidly improved, become an expert in design. At the same time, the level of intelligent manufacturing and intelligent detection has been improved, and personalized high-end talents with both professional knowledge and digital and intelligent knowledge have been refined to meet the social demand for such technical compound talents.


China's socialist democratic politics through a mass political movement,not to engage in political campaigns and Citizen Participation in three historical stages,and gradually from a "great democracy" to the "small democracy",to the rule of law and order changes in political participation.The overall trend of democratic politics,the mobilization from the top down "mass" to the bottom of the "citizens" of autonomy,from the exercise of "great democracy" to the orderly and constructive participation from the assault-style democracy " Great Leap Forward "to the steady progress of democracy,from the administrative body of the" power control "to the interaction between officials and the public," Democratic Forum." External pressure and the endogenous dynamic,technology thrust and spirit of the organic integration of power,effectively promoted the development of China's socialist democratic politics.


We analyze the transport properties of a set of extensions of the Chirikov' Taylor Map which break both temporal and spatial reflection symmetries. We show that the simultaneous breaking of both symmetries result in the loss of periodicity in p'direction in the phase space dynamics, enabling· the asymmetric diffusion which is the origin of the unidirectional ratchet motion. Replacement of the continuous dynamics by the discrete map enables us to look at the entire phase space structure with computational resources currently available, and even allows the calculation of the dynamical properties for the wide region in the controlling parameter space. We present the numerical results showing the intricate dependence of the asymmetric diffusion to the controlling parameters.


The design of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment requires quantitative data on the solubility of U in molten Bi and in Bi plus other additives. In the prosecution of this investigation, the independent experimental techniques employed were chemical analysis of samples obtained by filtration from saturated melts and determination of the variation of electrical resistance with temperature. As an adjunct to this investigation an improved spectrochemical analytical technique was developed. U solubility in molten Bi was determined at 350 to 600 deg C, varying from 0.09 wt.% (900 ppm) to near 2 wt.%, respectively. The effect of Zr, Mg, simulated fission products, and Na on U solubility in Bi were also determined at 370 to 420 deg C. Zr severely decreased U solubility; Mg added to the ternary system Bi-U-Zr has little effect below 375 to 390 deg C (dependent upon Mg concentration) but causes the U solubility to rapidly increase above that temperature, equalling that in the binary system Bi-U near 405 deg C. The other additives have only slight effects on U solubility when added to the system Bi-U-Zr-Mg. Information is included on metal fiber filters, design of electrode for spectrochemical analyses, and chemical analytical procedures. (auth)


This paper discuses soft-switching range in an isolated single-phase matrix converter with a center-tapped transformer for HVDC (high voltage direct current) power feeding systems. The proposed converter consist of a full bridge inverter, a high frequency transformer and a matrix converter which it does not require a bulky electrolytic capacitor. The power decoupling operation is accomplished by the center-tapped transformer and a small LC buffer. In comparison with a conventional DC to single-phase AC converter without power decoupling operation, the proposed circuit partly achieve the Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) operation of the full bridge inverter on the primary side of the transformer. In this paper, a principle of ZVS using the LC buffer circuit is described. From a simulation result, the soft-switching operation is confirmed at low load current region by using the LC buffer. Meanwhile it is experimentally confirmed that the proposed power decoupling method reduces the DC bus current ripple by 85.1%. In addition, the ZVS operation on the primary side of the proposed DC to single-phase AC converter is confirmed in experiment.


Agricultural credit is one of the most essential inputs in all agricultural development programmes. The
source of agriculture nance can be divided into two categories such as: Institutional nance and noninstitutional nance. Particularly the primary Agricultural cooperative credit societies plays very important role in agricultural
development it is considered to be the pillars of the entire cooperative edice. The Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit
societies continue to be the main source of agricultural credit to the farmers in rural areas. This paper is carried out with a broad
objective to examine the performance of primary agricultural credit co-operative societies in Karnataka for the year from 2005-06
to 2016-17 and the data analysis is carried out by the exponential growth model which has used to test the average annual
growth of PACS.


Equilibrium and dynamic versions of Deaton and Muellbauer's AIDS model are used to estimate demand systems for Irish consumption of beer, spirits and wine using quarterly data for the period 1969-1980. The dynamic model is preferred on the grounds that it allows both homogeneity and symmetry whereas the equilibrium model does not. Estimated elasticities are used to derive tax elasticities for the change in revenue resulting from changes in excise duties. These elasticities are unambiguously positive. his paper uses a dynamic version of Deaton and Muellbauer's (1980a) A Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) to estimate price and expen diture elasticities for alcohol consumption in Ireland. The study differs from previous work on this topic in at least three important respects. First, the data set are based on quarterly observations over 1969(1) to 1980(4) dis aggregated into expenditures on beer, spirits and wine. Walsh and Walsh (1970) report price and income elasticities for beer and spirits but not for wine, while O'Riordan (1975) and McCarthy (1977) each report budget and price elasticities for the composite commodity alcohol using annual data. Second, the use of a flexible functional form permits systematic testing of homogeneity and symmetry restrictions implied by utility maximisation. Previous studies use either ad hoc functional forms (Walsh and Walsh) or restrictive models such as the Linear Expenditure System (McCarthy) which typically impose restrictions on the preference ordering. Third, rather than


For finitely generated modules $M$ and $N $ over a commutative Noetherian local ring $R$, we give various sufficient criteria for detecting freeness of $M$ or $N$ via vanishing of some Ext modules $\textrm{Ext}^i_R(M,N)$ and finiteness of certain homological dimension of $\textrm{Hom}_R(M,N)$. Some of our results provide partial progress towards answering a question of Ghosh-Takahashi and also generalize their main results in many ways, for instance, by reducing the number of vanishing. As some applications, we provide affirmative answers to two questions raised by Tony Se on $n$-semidualizing modules. In particular, we establish that for normal domains which satisfy Serre's condition $(S_3)$ and are locally Gorenstein in co-dimension two, the class of $1$-semidualizing modules form a subgroup of the divisor class group. These two groups coincide when, in addition, the ring is locally regular in co-dimension two.


In order to reflect the characteristics of practice and vocation of higher vocational English teaching contents,the reform of English teaching contents should abide to the stage-focused,practical and sufficient principles,based on ability training oriented,students' vocational needs,social demand,constructing an English teaching content system.Some approaches to the system construction listed as following: to relate the students practical work closely and optimize of the subject teaching content system;to realize the teaching content network basing on JingPinKe construction;to further the strength of the school-enterprise cooperation and reconstruction practice teaching content system;to realize the organic combination of the teaching content by training the ability as the guidance,.


In this decade, the impact of changes caused by the industrial revolution 4.0 increasingly has been felt. These changes are due to the development of advanced technology that will replace the human workforce with automation and robotics. Existing skills no longer are able to prepare graduates for this. In this regard, engineering graduates should be given early exposure to, and be prepared for, the skills of 4IR. When there is a need to upgrade skills, the development of them becomes the key priority. The purpose of this study was to review the theories and models of skills development, especially for engineering graduates in Malaysia. A systematic review method was adopted in this study, in which previous studies on the skills development for engineering graduates were considered. The results of this systematic review lead to a conceptual framework for the development of 4IR skills in the engineering field. The proposed conceptual framework can act as a foundation and guideline for the future studies conducted by researchers.


Significance
 The inefficiency and poor quality of the public transit network has allowed start-ups in this area to grow. Millions of dollars' worth of investments have recently been secured by companies operating in the rapidly expanding sector, which target middle-income segments of society looking for better quality affordable transportation.

 Impacts
 Less traffic congestion will increase productivity and reduce pollution.
 Ride-sharing will reduce government spending on energy subsidies.
 Convenient ride options will increase the demand for real estate in satellite cities currently underserved by the public transit system.


Seismica is a community-led, volunteer-run, diamond open-access journal for seismology and earthquake science, and Seismica's mission and core values align with the principles of Open Science. This article describes the editorial workflow that Seismica uses to go from a submitted manuscript to a published article. In keeping with Open Science principles, the main goals of sharing this workflow description are to increase transparency around academic publishing, and to enable others to use elements of Seismica's workflow for journals of a similar size and ethos. We highlight aspects of Seismica's workflow that differ from practices at journals with paid staff members, and also discuss some of the challenges encountered, solutions developed, and lessons learned while this workflow was developed and deployed over Seismica's first year of operations.


Suprascapular nerve (SSN) entrapment is an uncommon cause of posterior shoulder pain. Entrapment can be relieved arthroscopically in some cases.


Laboratory experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy some plant products against third instar larvae of Galleria mellonella L. at the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai. Among plant products tested citronella oil 3% led to maximum mortality (76.67%), followed by neem oil 3% (73.33%) while garlic extract 3% gave the least mortality (53.33%) at 14 DAT. The weight reduction of comb ranged from 3.21 to 5.36 g and cell damage ranged from 27.88 to 57.45%, respectively in different treatments.


Manipulating micro-scale object plays paramount roles in a wide range of fundamental researches and applications. At micro-scale, various methods have been developed in the past decades, including optical, electric, magnetic, aerodynamic and acoustic methods. However, these non-contact forces are susceptible to external disturbance, and so finding a way to make micro-scale object manipulation immune to external perturbations is challenging and remains elusive. Here we demonstrate a method based on new trapping mechanism to manipulate micro-scale object in a gas flow at ambient conditions. We first show that the micro-droplet is entrapped into a trapping ring constructed by a particular toroidal vortex. The vortex works as tweezers to control the position of the micro-droplet. We then show that the micro-droplet can be transported along the trapping ring. By virtue of the topological character of the gas flow, the transport path is able to bypass external strong perturbations automatically. We further demonstrate a topological transfer process of the micro-droplet between two hydrodynamic tweezers. Our method provides an integrated toolbox to manipulate a micro-scale object, with an intrinsic mechanism that protects the target object from external disturbances.


Exact sequences which can be used for calculating the group (X) of homotopy classes of homotopy self-equivalences of a space X are known in the case of cellular decompositions (some references are given in § 1 of [8]), and in the case of Postnikov decompositions (for example 3·1 of [5]). Here we obtain exact sequences which can be used to calculate (X) using a simply-connected homology decomposition.


Why have many transition economies succeeded by pursuing policies which are so different from the radical economic liberalization (shock therapy) that is normally credited for the economic success of countries of Central Europe? First, optimal policies are context dependent, they are specific for each stage of development and what worked in Slovenia cannot be expected to work in Mongolia. Second, even for the countries with the same level of development reforms that are necessary to stimulate growth are different; they depend on the previous history and on the path chosen. The reduction of government expenditure as a share of GDP did not undermine significantly the institutional capacity of the state in China, but in Russia and other CIS countries it turned out to be ruinous. The art of the policymaker is to create markets without causing government failure, as happened in many CIS countries.


. Supersymmetry (SUSY) predicts a new symmetry between fermions and bosons and it is one of the most favoured theories to describe physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). If SUSY particles are not too heavy, but accessible at TeV scale energies, LHC provides an excellent opportunity to test the validity of SUSY models. Searches for SUSY signals in proton-proton collisions at √ s =7 TeV with the ATLAS detector [1] are presented.


poplar, Populus nigra L. (family Salicaceae), is a typical tree species of the alluvial forests of many European and Siberian rivers. Being heliophilous, black poplar usually forms local populations by colonizing open areas on alluvial soils through seeds, cuttings or root fragments. Black poplar is characterized by a great diversity of population types—from isolated trees to huge pure or mixed stands. Individual trees may live over 400 years. As a dioecious species, black poplar trees are either male or female. They reach the reproductive stage when they are 10–15 years old. Approximately 1–3 weeks prior to leaf initiation in the early spring (March–April), during the flood peak period along rivers in temperate Europe, male and female trees produce flowers clustered in pendulous catkins. In common Populus nigra


Digital music is present in the life of millions of music consumers worldwide. Although several studies have focused on digital music adoption, very little is known about the post-adoption behavior of digital music consumers. This study seeks to fill this gap by comparing the involvement of digital consumers with those of physical consumers. We assume that digital users' involvement is lower due to the loss of haptic motives: digital music disappears somewhere in the mobile device and cannot be seen or felt. By using Amazon.com album reviews as an indicator for involvement, we show that reviews of digital music were shorter, more extreme in their star rating, and less helpful than reviews of physical music. Physical music listeners were generally more willing to write reviews than digital music listeners. Taken together, our results indicate that involvement differs significantly between digital and physical music consumers. In a post hoc analysis, we split the results into different genres and show that the most impressive differences occur in the genres pop, classical, and rock. We derive practical implications from our findings and discuss limitations for future research.


The Swiss Institute for Children's and Youth Media, Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder- und Jugendmedien (SIKJM), an associated institute of the University of Zurich and the Swiss section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), accommodates the only documentation centre of Switzerland, which collects children's literature and secondary literature of a wide range, with historical and contemporary interest. The main activities of the institute are research and documentation in the field of children's and youth media and reading promotion. It cooperates with similar institutions in other European countries.


Some findings have been already yielded by multi-disciplinary research up to now.This paper is intended to review the comprehensive research by drawing upon related literature about left-in-hometown children in recent years.The research of left-in-hometown children should be developed from the perspective of the construction of new socialist corntryside.The survey of left-in-hometown children should be continued and an academic exchange platform of the national should be created to promote the study of left-in-hometown children.


Superheater is one of the most important parts in boiler and it is significant to monitor its tube wall temperature to avoid over-temperature and explosion. In this paper, the traditional calculation method of superheater tube wall temperature is firstly analysed, and then a new calculation method which is based on resilient back propagation (RPROP) network is proposed. From the result we can see that the error of the calculation which is based on RPROP is very small, so the problem that it is hard to monitor tube wall temperature of superheater is solved.


Background: Women appear to have a better prognosis of heart failure compared to men. Estrogen, a major sex hormone, can cross the blood-brain barrier, and the signaling through estrogen receptor in the brain may have a sympathoinhibitory effect. Sympathoexcitation is crucially involved in the progression of heart failure. Therefore, we investigated whether the brain estrogen receptors have a protective effect against heart failure in an ischemic heart failure model. Since estrogen has been reported to inhibit microglial activation, we also evaluated the changes in microglia and brain inflammation induced by the estrogen receptor-mediated signaling. Methods: Female C57BL/6J mice underwent coronary ligation to induce myocardial infarction (MI). One week after MI, the intracerebroventricular infusion of ICI 182,780, an estrogen receptor inhibitor (ERi), or vehicle was initiated for 3 weeks. Sham-operated mice with vehicle treatment were used as normal control. Four weeks after MI, echocardiography was performed and the tissues were collected. Results: After the randomization of intracerebroventricular treatment, 78% (n=14 in 18 [four survival mice]) of mice died in the MI mice treated with ERi (MI-ERi group), while there was no death in normal control group (n=7) and MI-vehicle group (n=7). In echocardiography, increased left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDd) and decreased fractional shortening (FS) were similarly observed in MI-vehicle and MI-ERi groups compared to control group (LVDd: control 3.4±0.05 mm, MI-vehicle 5.3±0.19 mm, MI-ERi 5.7[KS1] ±0.28 mm; FS: control 33.7±0.8[KS2] %, MI-vehicle 8.5±1.4 %, MI-ERi 5.7±1.0 %; p<0.05 vs control). Heart weight and lung weight were significantly increased in MI-vehicle and MI-ERi groups than control group, while there was no difference between the two MI groups. (heart weight: control 95.3±1.5[KS3] mg, MI-vehicle 165.9±7.6 mg, MI-ERi 164.7±6.3 mg; lung weight: control 115.6±1.1 mg, MI-vehicle 141.0±6.0 mg, MI-ERi 190.8±33.7 mg; p<0.05 vs control). In the hypothalamus, the mRNA expression of Iba-1 and CD68, a marker of microglia and activated microglia/macrophages, respectively, was increased in the two MI groups compared to control group. Furthermore, the Iba-1 expression was significantly increased (p<0.01) and the CD68 expression tended to be increased (p=0.051) in MI-ERi group compared to MI-vehicle group. The expression of interleukin-1β and interleukin-6 was also increased in the two MI groups compared to controls, without significant difference between the two MI groups. Conclusion: Inhibition of the brain estrogen receptor after MI significantly increased the mortality, while there was no significant difference in phenotypes of heart failure between the survived mice on ERi treatment and the vehicle-treated mice. These preliminary data suggest that brain estrogen receptor might play a role in protecting against heart failure. This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.


Chapter 9 discusses Headen's professional and personal life between his emigration to England in 1931 until his death there in 1957. It documents the companies he directed in Camberley, Surrey, principally Headen Hamilton Engineering Co., Ltd. (with investor George D. Hamilton) and Headen Keil Engineering Co., Ltd. (with local builder James Richard McLean Keil), and the companies that distributed the bi-fuel engine kits he patented and manufactured for automobiles, lorries, and Fordson tractors. Addressing his legacy as an inventor, the chapter also explores the contributions his products made to British agriculture in the 1930s and to the war effort in World War II, and the long-reaching impact of anti-icing methods he patented for aircraft. Finally, the chapter examines Headen's social position in England; his service in the Surrey Home Guard; his remarriage in 1945; his adoption of a son in 1948; and his death in Frimley Green in 1957.


This paper presents the full-custom design of a 45 nm microprocessor using the electronic design automation (EDA) software, Microwind. The design consists of fundamental modules: the arithmetic logic unit (ALU), memory, counter and an integrated Bluetooth (BT) port working at the 2.4 GHz. This design is validated by simulation under a process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) testing. The microprocessor can handle up to 4 bit since its purpose is focused on specific applications such as the internet of things (IoT). In order to communicate to the external world and with other devices, a strong input/output data interface and radio frequency (RF) transmission modules are implemented. Moreover, the RF module also contains a Bluetooth communication, which allows the wireless data transmission from/to the microprocessor.


Central Queensland University (CQU) has long been recognised as a provider of engineering teaching excellence to the Central Queensland region and beyond. As the requirements of the stakeholders in the engineering education process has changed, CQU has adapted its offerings and incorporated new, brave and innovative approaches to maintaining its market share in this industry. CQU currently offers electrical engineering undergraduate programs at Associate Degree (ADE), Bachelor of Engineering Technology (BET) and Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Levels. This paper will outline the history of innovation at CQU, the previous program structure and the items which this review has tried to improve. The paper will also explore the process of review, the factors influencing decision making and the proposed new structure for all levels of undergraduate electrical engineering programs. In addition to the increased integration of the programs, the electrical engineering program has a greater power engineering focus and a stronger emphasis on Project/Problem Based delivery across the suite of programs. The new programs and associated assessment/delivery processes will shape the future of engineering education into the new millennium.


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TO THE EDITOR: I read Kussmaul's editorial (1) with great interest. After more than 25 years of practice in hematologic oncology and bone marrow transplantation at an academic medical center, reading an editorial that clearly articulates the sanctity-of-life position that would make physician-assisted suicide unacceptable is gratifying. Physicians are given, by training and license, the tools to save or terminate a life. Given mankind's ability to rationalize self-interest and this society's worship at the altar of autonomy, a confluence of interests will militate for physician-assisted suicide. However, the autonomy of one should not denote the obligation of the other, especially when that obligation means the taking of life. Palliation, treatment of pain, support of disability, and withdrawal of medical intervention that can provide no likelihood of benefit are all within our scope of service, but taking a life is not. Physician assistance in terminating a life is too easy, a facile resolution that compromises a physician's commitment to provide care that is not equal to harm.


The oil price decline has been the subject of major captions in the last months and has been outlined virtually in terms of the economics of oil market with a number of media outlets accusing Saudi Arabia and its OPEC Trojan horse of deliberately bringing low the price of crude oil. The widely reported aim of this oil price slump brought about by Saudi Arabia and OPEC is to initiate severe harm to the world's major oil exporters – particularly Russia. Also, Saudi Arabia and its OPEC cartel have a vested desire in getting rid of higher-cost competitors, such as US shale oil producers, who will definitely be hurt by the slump in oil price. High prices spurred companies in North America to begin production of "difficult to produce crude" in the shale formation of North Dakota and oil sand of Alberta. Before the price slump, Saudi Arabia was selling its oil to China at a rebate. OPEC's rejection to reduce production looked like the plainest evidence yet that the oil price decline was indeed an oil price battle between Saudi Arabia and the US. This paper looked at the role of the various oil titans in the current oil price decline and investigates if the reasoning behind it goes beyond OPEC simply driving down the price of crude oil to gain back lost market share and get rid of US shale oil competition. Keywords: Crude Oil Price, OPEC, Shale Oil


Driving errors may result from high workload caused by traffic signs with too much information; it could result in traffic crash significantly. Therefore, the information volume of traffic signs must keep to a reasonable level to be recognized well. In order to make drivers recognize traffic signs, the information volume that the driver could endure in different workload levels should be known clearly. In this study, we designed and implemented experiments to analyze drivers' recognition time and workload on different traffic signs information volume. The probe Shannon Theory was adopted to measure the information volume of traffic signs; the participants are required to search the target road name from traffic signs with different information. The Reaction Time (RT) would be compared with the available visual recognition time under real driving scene conditions. If the RT was almost equal to the available visual recognition time, the information volume included in the sign was considered to be the maximum information of the sign under this situation. Subjective difficulty questionnaire was used in the experiment to value driving workload. Results indicate that the information of traffic signs will increase driving workload; the maximum information in different driving speeds is also gained through the experiment. The results contribute to a better understanding of the information volume of traffic signs in different driving speed, it also has positive effects on traffic sign design.


For an integer l≥2,l-edge-connectivity λl(G) of a connected graph G of order p≥l is the number of edges that need to be deleted from G to produce a disconnected graph with at least l components.In this note,the author investigates the l-edge-connectivity λl(G)of Complete Bipartite Graph and obtains some results.Suppose G=G[V1,V2] is a Complete Bipartite Graph,|V1|=r,|V2|=s,r+R=s,R≥0 and k is integer,then(k+2)-edge-connectivity of G graph is(k+1)r,that is λ(k+2)(G)=r(k+1).


The present investigation explores the gamification (ludification) focusing on the incorporation of gamification as an alternative in the training within the Child Daycare Centers, due to the relevance of this sector in the Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua region. For which the entire population was considered, starting from a mixed perspective, the staff working within the CBI´s were asked for their support in obtaining information that would allow identifying the needs of the CBI´s, the characteristics of its training process, and its knowledge in relation to gamification, in order to establish a comparison between the traditional and the gamified scheme. Based previously on the analysis of the existing literature and the application of a series of unstructured interviews to experts in these areas, from which the applied instrument is designed. Whose results allow to observe a positive disposition towards the incorporation of gamification in this process, showing the conformation of the training process that is currently handled within the CBI's, establishing at the same time, that they have elements in common with the gamified scheme, that indirectly includes the characteristics of motivation, time, meaningful learning, goals and objectives, information technologies and communications. From which a general tool for the detection of needs and a specific one is designed, conforming the design of a gamified prototype for the training of personnel in relation to the control and monitoring of infants.


SEM,microscope,image analysis were used to analyse the influence of different RE quantity on cleanliness,udercooling,microstructure and mechanical properties of 4137H.The results show that RE inclusion grows up on the Ca,Al high melting point oxide.The quantity of inclusion was reduced and supercooling was increased when appropriate amount of mixed RE was added.When the quantity of RE added was 1%,the udercooling was increased by 26 K,and the tensile strength and hardness were increased by 14% and 32% respectively.


Coupled localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in periodic arrays of metallic nanowires are attractive for use in sensing applications due to their light enhancement and their sensitivity to the surrounding environment. Due to the interwire coupling, they behave as plasmonic waveguides with high wavevector modes that require bulky methods for efficient excitation. In this contribution, we demonstrate the excitation of coupled LSPRs in gold nanowires with photonic modes supported by an optical waveguide made with ion exchange technology. Currently, although weakly-coupled LSPRs are experimentally demonstrated, strongly-coupled LSPRs are only demonstrated numerically due to the challenge represented by the fabrication of a high density nanowire array with current electron beam lithography. Due to their operation across the visible spectrum and its low-loss coupling to standard optical fibers, integrated nanowires on glass waveguides open new perspectives for the development of hybrid photonic-plasmonic integrated optical devices.


Hungary's basin location is from many aspects climate, agriculture, transport, etc. – a determining starting feature, but perhaps its basin location is of more decisive importance in the area of water management than in any other sector. Almost every study on water management in Hungary mentions among its first statements that 95% of Hungary's surface waters come from beyond the country's borders. This opening in every case is intended to lend solid support to the country's hydrographical dependence (which we have no reason to contest), on occasions casting a glance at the fact that this percentage is (very) different for the historic territory of Hungary, two thirds of which went to neighbouring countries following the Treaty of Versailles. We would not challenge this last ulterior statement either. Nevertheless, it seems that the constant repetition of this figure conceals and hinders the discussion of the actual interrelationships and problems of the water budget for the basin area in a comprehensible manner and within suitable limits for broad public opinion.


Sporological analysis of some coal and carbonaceous shales from Sibbabudih and Katri nalas in Jharia Coalfield has been done and the Sporae dispersae have been referred to 32 genera. A generic quantitative analysis has shown that the genus Striatopodocarpites is dominating while Lophotriletes, Densipollenites, Striatites, Faunipollenites and Sulcatisporites are fairly well represented. This miospore assemblage has been compared with those from the younger and the older beds in Damuda Series of Lower Gondwana of India.


Video frequency conference system through network communication realizes hypothesized conference,it enables the user to be possible through the graph,the sound and so on the many kinds of ways to exchange information,supports the people long-distance range to carry on the real-time information exchange and sharing,the development of joint operation application system.


Most current pacemaker and ICD systems involve placement of lead(s) transvenously into the heart, connected to a pulse generator. Vascular access may be difficult or limited in some patients, and intravascular leads can be associated with multiple complications such as infection, lead malfunction and vascular occlusion. Recent advances in pacing and ICDs include the development of subcutaneous ICDs and leadless pacing. Subcutaneous ICDs do not require a transvenous access or lead, and have become an important option for patients with indications for ICDs who have limited or difficult vascular access or have a significant risk with this approach. In addition, subcutaneous ICDs can be offered as an alternative to transvenous ICDs in certain patients. Leadless pacing is evolving as a new approach to pacing that can avoid or mitigate the issues associated with intravascular leads. Self-powered leadless cardiac pacemakers have been shown to be a safe and feasible option for patients requiring single chamber pacing. In addition, leadless ultrasound-based pacing has been shown to provide effective left ventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy in conjunction with a traditional transvenous device. Future advances in the technology of leadless pacing will hopefully allow multichamber pacing (and multisite pacing within a chamber) with all the sophistication of current transvenous systems. Perhaps, leadless pacing can even be combined with a subcutaneous ICD in the same patient.


In order to realise the prediction of the diffusion trend of chemical gases under toxic, flammable, and explosive conditions, this article used a multiple regression model and a back propagation (BP) neural network model, established two kinds of leakage gas diffusion models based on Fluent simulation data. First, the multivariate function relation between multiple influencing factors and diffusion concentration is established by using linear fitting method, i.e. multivariate regression model. Second, according to the large number and non-linearity of Fluent simulation data of leakage gas, a three-layer BP neural network prediction model for leakage gas, wind speed, X-axis diffusion distance, and Y-axis diffusion distance was established by using BP neural network algorithm. Under the same data conditions, the prediction error of BP neural network prediction model is smaller than that of multivariate reversion model, and the fitting degree is high, but the stability of multiple linear regression is better.


Freshwater ecosystems afford essential needs and services to humans and have not been spared the effects of anthropogenic pressures exacerbated by increasing urbanization and industrialization. The study was undertaken in two southern inland rivers in Edo State, Nigeria, following concerns that the increasing human population in the region, coupled with indiscriminate discharges into rivers could erode water quality and elevate metal concentrations above allowable limits. Water samples were collected and analyzed for heavy metal concentrations using standard procedures. The results showed that metal concentrations were generally within national and international limits for drinking water with exceptions in cadmium and lead. Water pollution indices showed metal pollution index for cadmium (1037, 757) and lead (503, 379) in Ovia and Ossiomo Rivers respectively. These values far exceeded the critical level of 100 with a high contamination index (>6) of cadmium in both rivers. Water quality index from physico-chemical analysis indicated poor conditions in Ossiomo River relative to very poor water conditions in Ovia River. The study demonstrated that cadmium and lead were the major contributors to the adverse environmental conditions in both rivers. Thus, incessant anthropogenic pressures adversely affected water quality of these rivers rendering them unsuitable for human use. This would potentially have serious ecological and human health implications as chronic effects may be unquantifiable.
Keywords: Ovia and Ossiomo Rivers, heavy metal, water quality index, contamination index


This paper is a continuation of the study of spectral flow inside essential spectrum initiated in [Az]. Given a point λ outside the essential spectrum of a self-adjoint operator H0, the resonance set, R(λ), is an analytic variety which consists of self-adjoint relatively compact perturbations H0 + V of H0, for which λ is an eigenvalue. One may ask for criteria for the vector V to be tangent to the resonance set. Such criteria were given in [Az2]. In this paper we study similar criteria for the case of λ inside the essential spectrum of H0. For the case λ ∈ σess(H0) the resonance set is defined in terms of the well-known limiting absorption principle. Among the results of this paper is that the resonance set contains plenty of straight lines, moreover, given any regular relatively compact perturbation V there exists a finite rank self-adjoint operator, Ṽ , such that the straight line H0 +R(V − Ṽ ) belongs to the resonance set. Another result of this paper is that inside the essential spectrum there exist plenty of transversal to the resonance set perturbations V which have order > 2, in contrast to what happens outside the essential spectrum, [Az2].


PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the current state of rapid weight loss and physical and mental complaints among elite combat athletes who were selected and trained as national representatives. METHODS: A total of 127 combat athletes who had trained at the national training center in 2019 were enrolled. The questionnaire used as the survey tool was interpreted as words that Korean athletes could easily understand based on the Portuguese version of the 'Rapid Weight Loss Questionnaire' (RWLQ). χ2tests was performed to determine the differences in physical and mental changes according to sports and weight loss method. RESULTS: Combat athletes in Korea regularly undergo rapidly weight loss within a short period of time prior to competition. There were statistically similar results in terms of weight loss method, physical and mental changes and


Engineering is a meticulous and methodical neat freak, frowning on anything short of success. To Engineering, failure is not an option. Engineering was not always like that, but the decade long relationship with Quality Improvement left him in knots. Entrepreneurship is a compulsive gambler who thrives on trying new and untested things. To Entrepreneurship, failure is mark of progress. Engineering lived happily in a crowded but fastidiously kept curriculum. That all changed when Entrepreneurship moved in and started unpacking. This is the story of how the two have gotten along and how they are able to share the same space. This paper gives a map of a prototypical mechanical engineering curriculum and overlays it with various entrepreneurship educational elements. This paper includes a basic review of some of the various tools and techniques used to weave in the entrepreneurial engineering elements including one such technique developed at the University of Detroit Mercy: The technical entrepreneurship multimedia case study. Index Terms Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Entrepreneurial mindset.


The Norwegian Radio Navigation Plan
(NRNP) 2003 outlines plans for the development and use of radio
navigation systems. It has been an objective to keep the overall
structure of the NRNP 2003 in line with the radio navigation plans
of other countri...


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