In this paper, we propose a new qualitative image randomness measure using Pearson's chi-squared test over the correlation distribution of adjacent pixels. The proposed measure overcomes the major weakness of the conventional quantitative adjacent pixels correlation coefficient, i.e., the possibility of inaccurate scores. Examples provided show that the proposed method is more accurate than the conventional adjacent pixel correlation coefficient measure, respectively, its subsequent testing by Student's t-distribution, thus being suitable for an effective use as complementary image randomness test.


The present invention, blood is disposed in the extraction device (15) removable removal station from the stock container (40) by (I), measured component retrieved blood through the head portion (46) (9) in guide possible through an aperture of the aperture holder (30) (26), in which case the measuring station measuring part (9) is coupled to the head portion (46) (II), measuring components formed as a disposable part ( 9) a possible preparation, and the head portion (46) capable of binding receiving station (III), extraction device (15) and taken out of the head portion (46) station (I), measuring station (II), accommodated apparatus for moving between the stations (III) having the (3), to an apparatus for automatically investigate blood samples. .FIELD 1


The purpose of this study is to analyse medical record confidentiality protection in compliance with the clinical accreditation standard 3.4 at Klinik Prima Husada. A quantitative research method with a descriptive approach was used. Data was collected through observations, questionnaires, and literature reviews. Based on the findings with the number of samples of n = 11 respondents other indicators performed significantly above chance, but not other indicators.  After the analysis, we conclude that the confidentiality of medical records at Klinik Prima Husada has not fully complied with the confidentiality aspects of medical records in some terms


This article relates the cognitive development of 405 children aged 3, 4 and 5, living in urban poor in Cali and Santa Marta (Colombia), with dimensions that describe their contexts of family interaction. As an indicator of development were used strategies classification used in solving a problem, and as descriptors of contexts of interaction, the level of poverty, practices and parental expectations. The results show that cognitive development is not related to high poverty levels, as isolated dimension, but with high levels of practices training, entertainment, protection and regulation of behavior


The laser light scattering technique has been used to study the aggregation process in blood platelets (P.R.P. and washed platelets used). Insulin has been used as the agonist and the fractal dimension determined. Aggregation is studied in the light of recent theories on aggregation mechanism. The structure factor for platelets has been determined.


s 9 Recent abstracts from the research literature. Network Information 24 How to join and communicate through the network. Inside this Issue Mini-Review 4 Effectivenes of Tai Chi in preventing falls and improving balance Murrumbidgee LHD Rural Falls Forum, October 17 th 2014: Mr Gerard Meredith shared his experience following a fall and attending the Stepping On Program. He improved his balance and regained confidence to re-engage with others. Presentations from this forum are available on the Falls Network website at: http://fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au/events/2014-events/ 1


Waste production increased in last years so dramatically so their treatment has become a serious problem. Solid waste management tries to solve this problem using different kinds of models and optimization techniques. Nevertheless the main problem lays in the field of inaccurate source data that leads to wrong conclusions. This paper will show that orthophoto maps and geographic information systems (GIS) can be used in certain situations for pre-processing of spatial data which can be then used for optimization tasks.


In the last decade, there have been quite a lot of scientific advances reported regarding the immunology and pathophysiology of human vaginal microbiota. As a result, physicians have a more comprehensive understanding of the role that lactobacilli exert in the vaginal milieu and their interactions with vaginal mucosa, pathogenic bacteria and fungi. This commentary addresses those advances in vaginal microflora, vaginal epithelial cells, immunity, bacterial vaginosis (BV) and candidiasis. Additionally, recent reports regarding lactobacilli biofilm formation will be discussed. Last, an assessment of future implications is presented.


Cookies are one type of biscuit made from dough is soft, high-fat, relatively crisp when on break and a cross-cut tertekstur solid, but cookies are rich in nutrients needed to do additional nutrition by utilizing the antioxidant content of mulberry leaves, and take advantage of snacks such as local sweet potato as a substitute for wheat flour. The purpose of this study was to obtain sweet potato cookies baking temperature and determine the concentration of mulberry leaf extract on the characteristics of sweet potato cookies The method performed include preliminary research and primary research. The preliminary study is to determine the formulation ratio of sweet potato flour with flour mocaf using organoleptic response to the attributes, color, aroma, and taste. The main study was done using the experimental design randomized block design (RBD) and using the treatment design consisting of two factors, namely A (temperature baking) and Factor B (concentration of leaf extract muolberry) Selected samples are sample test results rank a2b1 (1600 baking temperature with mulberry leaf extract concentration of 0.5%) which has a value of water content of 4.26%, 4.83% protein, fat content of 18.31%, 30.73% starch content The results of analysis of antioxidants in selected sample that is on the cookies before baking products have IC50 values 3537.5 ppm, the treatment cookies after dipanggan have IC50 values 5913.386 ppm


Vitrectomising surgery is the conventional treatment modality for idiopathic stage 3 and 4 macular holes; the exact surgical method and postoperative care, however, are not entirely agreed upon, with treatment ultimately depending on the preferences of the individual surgeon. We aimed to collect information on macular hole surgery and outcomes by conducting on online survey of all members of the Britain and Eire Vitreo-Retinal Society regarding their preferred surgical approach to evaluate current clinical practice in the UK regarding management.

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Table 1 Summary of the responses to the online questionnaire by 192 Britain and Eire Vitreo-Retinal Society members who were invited to participate

The validity of this study is dependent on the accuracy of the responses we received. Our response rate of 36% compares favourably with 34% for similar surveys in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2006.1 This survey may not …


This Study is to verify that Consulting firm's brand plays a mediating role in consulting expertise, experience utilizing, and word of mouth intention. The results of study show that firstly, Consulting expertise and experience utilizing have a positive effect on word of mouth intention, and secondly Consulting firm's brand have also a positive effect on the mediating role in the relationship between consulting expertise & experience utilizing, and of mouth intention. This study have a significant meaning to ascertain that word of mouth intention should enhance the value of consulting firm's brand with first priority, and importance of consulting expertise and experience utilizing should be recognized, and the values of consulting expertise and experience utilizing be enhanced by consulting firm's brand.


The comparison of many 3D volumes to find subtle differences is tedious, time-consuming and error-prone. Previously we presented Dynamic Volume Lines [1], a novel tool for the interactive visual analysis and comparison of ensembles of 3D volumes, which are linearized using Hilbert spacing-filling curve and represented as 1D line plots. In this paper we further demonstrate the usefulness and capabilities of our method by conducting a detailed visual analysis and evaluation of an artificial specimen from simulated 3D X-Ray Computed Tomography (XCT) and a real-world XCT titanium alloy specimen.


The utility model relates to a remote wake-up smart lock system with low power consumption. According to the smart lock system, a remote wireless wake-up triggering module and a remote wireless signal receiving module are designed on the basis of a traditional keyless entry smart door lock; a master module is in a low power consumption state under non-working conditions; the smart lock at least comprises a smart lock master module (11), a high-frequency receiving module (12), a low-frequency wake-up and transmitting module (13), an induction triggering module (14), a motor driving and feedback module (16), a remote wireless signal receiving module (18) and a remote wireless wake-up and receiving module (15), wherein a signal end of the smart lock master module (11) is connected with the signal end of the motor driving and feedback module (16) so as to perform bidirectional data exchange. A relay module is always in work mode for monitoring a high-frequency channel; after a high-frequency wake-up command sent by a key is received, the smart lock system is waked up through the wireless wake-up signal, and the smart lock starts to receive an encrypted ID signal. With adoption of this working manner, the service life of a battery can be effectively prolonged by the smart lock with a remote unlocking function.


Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of structural autograft for acetabular defect in total hip arthoplasty. Methods 29 hips of 26 patients were included. Autogenous femoral head was used in 23 hips, and autogenous iliac bone graft was used in six hips. The acetabular defect area was calculated with the reference of the bony mattress area for acetabular component, which was 874 mm2 in average(390 mm2~1 602 mm2). Non-cemented acetabular component with two to three screws fixation were used in all the cases. Harris hip scores, bone grafts healing, bone ingrowth, and stability of the component under radiography were evaluated. Results The follow-up period was six months to eight years and six months, (4.2±1.7) years in average. Harris hip scores improved from (52.2±16.7) to (86.7±6.2) (P0.05). All cases showed stable acetabular component, ingrowth of the bone to acetabular component, healing of the grafts and no radiolucency around components. Healing of the grafts needed three to six months, 5.1 months in average. No revision surgery was needed postoperatively. Conclusions Using structural autografts or combined with little allografts to reconstruct the top, anterior and posterior defect of the acetabular (AAOS Classification of type Ⅱ、Ⅲ Acetabular Deficiencies), short and mid-term follow-up showed healing grafts of all cases and satisfactory clinical results.


The study results of Aberdeen-Angus breed bull meat production, depending on the body type, are presented. The first group consisted of bulls descended from stud bulls of large tall type, the second group consisted of bulls descended from stud bulls of the small compact type. It was determined that at the age of 18 months, bulls from large-type parents reached a weight of 442 kg, and from small-type parents - 413 kg. The first group bulls had a higher pre-slaughter weight by 31.4 kg and heavy carcasses compared to the second group bulls by 28.3 kg or 13.5% (P > 0.99). The first group bulls, being higher-legged, produced carcasses with a higher bone content (by 4.08 kg) during slaughter compared to the second group. In their carcasses, there was 4.52 kg of boneless meat per 1 kg of bones, while in the second group carcasses - 5.03 kg. However, in general, when boning semi-carcasses of the first group, more boneless meat was obtained, by 9.9 kg. or by 11.72% (P > 0.99) compared with the second group.


It is often suggested that there is not least an economic interest in climate change mitigation because the negative implications from and the adaptation to longer-term climate change will easily exceed the costs of preventive measures in terms of carbon emissions reduction. This paper revises whether this hypothesis also holds over shorter time horizons, in particular the current decade, and for individual states. For most considered states it is found that the minimum of the national cost functions is associated with a slight reduction of carbon emissions. However, this reduction amounts to less than 1% of the total emissions expected until 2020 under a business-as-usual scenario. Unilateral advances in emissions reductions at the national scale hardly affect the optimal strategies and costs of other states. Some states are still profiting from a moderate extent of shorter-term climate changes and will not be motivated towards carbon emissions reductions, while other states already experience climate-related economic damage. Overall, the shorter-term economic motivation alone cannot be expected adequate to initiate the necessary and urgent measures in carbon emissions reduction required to achieve the +2°C goal in climate change mitigation.


Tracking the physical status of our beloved children is one of a parents' key priorities. However, when parents try to use market products to ease their exhausted baby-care task, they can hardly find a userfriendly tool that takes care of both temperature monitoring and activity tracking, as well as distance alert. BabyGuard is designed as a wearable & rich featured baby monitoring and safety system, which is able to provide real-time feedback that will allow parents to remotely monitor several key physical status indicators of a baby, including temperature, motion and distance status. It is also able to provide instant distance alarm, preventing severe circumstances such as kidnapping, getting burned when playing with fire, or heatstroke when left alone in a car. The BabyGuard alarm system contains three major components: a wearable device, a home server, and an Android app that installed on a mobile phone. The wearable device is designed to be worn by a baby, and to send detected data to a pre-paired parent's mobile phone or home server through Bluetooth. On connection of the wearable device, the home server will receive the data in a user-defined time period and stream the data to the local drive. The home server has the capability to perform post-data analysis and data sharing. The Android app is able to receive the data transmitted from the wearable device and synchronize the data in the user interface of the app. The app has the capability to provide a real-time alarm if the detected temperature exceeds a pre-defined threshold and if the Bluetooth is disconnected.


Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) is a chronic inflammatory sclerotic disease that primarily involves the genital mucosa. Isolated extra-genital involvement is extremely rare, accounting only for 2.5% of cases. Here we present the first report of a case of LSA developing on the back dimples with no other accompanying lesions.


The high class is the main direction of reform in the classroom.This paper discussed the factors that will affect all have high class harmonious development and countermeasures.


The application of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) at ultra-high field is hampered by severe B1 inhomogeneities leading to signal dropouts in certain parts of the brain. Utilising TR-FOCI pulses in a twice-refocussed spin echo DWI sequence can effectively recover signal in these areas, albeit at the cost of increased SAR. Maintaining this enhanced B1 homogeneity, this work demonstrates a ~30% reduction in SAR based on a slice-by-slice RF amplitude optimization.


The SVD method is one of the most important features of image decomposition. The proposed method is based on two-part: one is for decomposing an input image and another is detecting the color histogram of that input image based on symmetry reflection. The second part of this work is performed by using the Log-Gabor filter. SVD decomposition is an effective way of decomposing an input image correctly. Many image decomposition techniques have been performed based on the SVD method. In this paper, we have proposed a combined way to detect the color histogram and decomposition result of an input image. This proposed method is very efficient for detecting the decompose output of the input image. MATLAB tool is effective to implement the proposed method. The proposed system helps to decompose any input image and also detect its color histogram.


The optical apparatus of the eye presents a low-pass spatial filter to the front end of the visual system which is a potential limiting factor for any visual task. In the well-focused eye, chromatic aberration and diffraction are thought to be the major optical factors limiting vision.1-3 Recent evidence indicates that ocular chromatic aberration can significantly reduce image contrast, resulting in loss of contrast sensitivity and visual acuity, and may also inject large artifacts into the retinal image of colored visual targets.4,5 Such problems are likely to be exacerbated by the use of achromatizing lenses6 or other optical apparatus such as clinical test instrumentation7 which may shift the eye's achromatic axis away from the fovea, thus exposing central vision to transverse aberration from which it is normally protected.8 Consequently, it is important to have available an accurate, mathematically tractable model of ocular chromatic aberration to help gauge the potential magnitude and significance of these optical effects for visual performance.


This paper mostly discusses the design control of multi-charges MS-delay initiation timing for the top blasting project B-level maximum explosive in the coyote blasting of the south of JDC opening mine,and expatiates the charge of design and construction management of the most difficult of the 2-zone design ideas,calculation methods,complex blasting network millisecond distribution,detonating equipment such as content,successful blasting ensures works safety and construction schedule for completion of the project.


It is found that 0–30 cm arable layer density was in the range from 1.09 to 1.32 g/cm3 regardless of the tillage system at the beginning of spring field work. The compaction of 0–30 cm soil layer (by 0.02–0.14 g/cm3) was at the shallow mulching due to the loosening depth reduction to 12–14, 14–16 cm. There is an inversely proportion between soil porosity and density, i.e. the higher density, the lower pore volume in the soil. We can increase the porosity (up to 54.3 %) and improve the soil aeration (30.3–32.4 %) due to the primary tillage (especially plowing and chisel loosening) and crop residues, which leads to soil decompaction and the significant pore formation. At the end of field crop vegetation, there was a natural compaction of the soil due to natural and technogenic factors. As a result, the pore volume decreased by an average of 2.7–5.7 % under moldboard plowing and differentiated tillage system and by 1.5–3, 5 % – shallow nonmoldboard loosening. In the spring and during the growing season, the compaction of porous soil under the moldboard plowing and differentiated tillage system has always been more intensive compared to shallow nonmoldboard tillage. It is established that on the recultivated lands the total porosity and aeration porosity indicators in the model with zonal soil at long-term use of fertile layer gradually increased (52.5 → 59.2 → 60.3 %), however with the completion of intensive use of perennial agrocenosises they decreased to 56.4 %. For the model with loess-like loams, the patterns were similar. The increase of total porosity and aeration porosity in model with clays compared with the initially formed technosoils was observed. Key words: field crops, tillage system, density, porosity, chisel tillage, disking, bulk fertile layer.


This paper presents a new least-mean-square (LMS) based algorithm to suppress dead-time distortion in permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) V/f control schemes. The PMSM V/f control schemes are merited for their simple structure compared with sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) schemes. However, among the proposed ones, there isn't any method developed specifically for dead-time compensation in V/f control schemes. In the proposed method, the LMS dead-time compensator can directly reduce the current harmonics induced by the dead time without depending on precise current sampling especially in the zero-crossing region. Unlike disturbance observer methods which are designed for FOC schemes, it can be applied to both FOC and V/f control schemes. It is also robust to parameter variations because of LMS algorithm's online adaptation capability. This method is tested on a 2.5 kW PMSM drive controlled by a V/f scheme and requires negligible extra CPU bandwidth. The fidelity is validated by experimental results and spectrum analysis.


The discrete element model and the model of single diamond grain grinding process of granite were constructed through numerical simulation and calibration of mechanical properties. Based on the models, the grinding processes of granite was dynamically simulated, and the effects of different rank angles, grinding speeds and cutting depths on the distribution of residual stresses as the depth of workpiece were also analyzed. The results show that the residual stress in the workpiece is relatively small after grinding when the tool rank angle lays in a small negative (-200 to 00). Otherwise, when the tool rank angle is too large or too small, there is a significant residual stress. The residual stresses in the workpiece increase with the increase of grinding speed and cutting depth. The residual stress nephogram was accomplished and the generated mechanism of residual stress was also analyzed. The results proved that the discrete element method (DEM) is an effective way to analyze the residual stress


Parasitization rates of eggs of oriental fruit fly, Dacus dorsalis Hendel, by Biosteres arisanus (Sonan), and larvae of melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett. by Psytallia fletcheri (Silvestri) in mature green to fully ripe papaya fruits on trees and in fully ripe fruits on the ground was studied. Parasitization of oriental fruit fly eggs by B. arisanus was greater in fully ripe fruits than in one-quarter to half-ripe fruits on trees; B. arisanus never parasitized oriental fruit fly eggs in mature green to color-break fruits. No difference was observed in the density of emergent B. arisanus adults from oriental fruit fly pupae recovered from fully ripe fruits on trees and on the ground. Parasitization of melon fly larvae by P. fletcheri was observed in only one fully ripe, fallen fruit. Results in relation to the effect of host plants on the foraging behavior of adult parasitoids and to the biological control of oriental fruit fly and melon fly in an agricultural ecosystem were discussed.


Virtual Reality (VR) is a new technology consisting on a graphic environment in which the users, not only have the feeling of being physically present in a virtual world, but they can interact with it in real time. At this moment a great expansion of this technology is taking place in several fields, including the area of health. Especially interesting for us is the use of VR as a therapeutic tool in the treatment of psychological disorders. The first case study that used virtual reality techniques was published in 1995. Since then, an increasing number of studies in the Clinical Psychology field centred on the therapeutic application of VR have been made, mainly on the treatment of anxiety disorders. There are already data on the effectiveness of these VR procedures for the treatment of different psychological disorders. In the present work a review of the different studies made in this field is presented. Besides, the advantages and disadvantages of VR, and the future lines of work concerning this new technology are also analysed.


With the popularity of online shopping, a large body of studies have paid much attention to the factors influencing consumer information seeking and assessing. However, theoretical development and empirical testing are still not enough to explain this phenomenon; that is, during the information seeking and assessing process, what factors play a decisive role is a question needed to be deeply explored? This study, thus, aim to understand the impact of the attributes of online reviews on consumer. In addition, the authors find that review volume (RV: a heuristic factor) has a direct impact on perceived usefulness (PU) and attitudes (ATT), while source credibility (SC: another heuristic factor) only influences the perceived usefulness (PU) but has no effect on attitudes (ATT). As for the moderating effects, perceived social-psychological risk (PSR) moderates the effects of both review volume (RV) and source credibility (SC) on perceived usefulness and attitudes. The authors explore the reasons underlying those findings and also discuss implications for both researchers and practitioners.


A novel hybrid approach to the global development treatment technology was introduced in this research, by using two sustainable green technologies treatment methods as (MBBR) combined with the Electro-flotation process. To improve the removal efficiencies of persistent and non-biodegradable dissolved organic dyes (Methylene blue dye) by using Iron and Aluminum electrodes. The treatment system achieved high performance than that any single treatment process and without the need to add chemical reagents. The characteristics of wastewater from textile dyeing used in this study were simulated to the General Establishment of Cotton Textile Industry/Baghdad. In addition, one of the most sustainable and useful by-products is found to be producing H2 gas at a rate of 1:13L. As a result, in the continuous system the optimum removal efficiencies of color, COD, and BOD are 90.08%, 100%, 100% respectively, were achieved at (200V, 2cm electrodes distance, 5 minutes, pH=7, 8 number of electrodes, 30gm weight of media).


Mechanism of injury of chilling to fruit and vegetable and the polyamine alleviation of the injury was analyzed to discuss the relatiship between polyamines and the chilling injury to fruit and vegetable under storage.


Distortion error models, which represent the influences of digital cameras' distortion, such as radial distortion, eccentric distortion and affine distortion in image planes, to image pixels, are thoroughly investigated in this paper. Digital camera's inner parameters were calibrated using test-range method, and some instructive conclusions were obtained through a series of experiments.


Lojack is a stolen vehicle tracking technology that achieves extremely high recovery rates. Ayres and Levitt (1998) show that introduction of the system produced large reductions in vehicle thefts in areas where it was implemented in the United States. The reduced theft risk was shared by all vehicle owners, not only those who bought Lojack. This paper, in contrast, uses the introduction of Lojack to a publicly known set of Ford car models in some Mexican states to show that Lojack generates negative externalities if thieves can distinguish between Lojack and non-Lojack-equipped cars. The empirical analysis suggests that, although Lojack-equipped vehicles experienced a reduction in theft risk of 55%, most of the averted thefts were replaced by thefts of non-Lojack-equipped automobiles in neighboring states. The increase in thefts in non Lojack-serviced states was especially strong for the same car models that in Lojack-serviced states were sold equipped with Lojack.


Introduction: Delayed childbearing is increasing. Increased maternal age has been associated with increased risk of pregnancy complications. On the other hand, the adolescent pregnancy has traditionally been considered high-risk, especially in developing countries. Objective: This study aimed to compare the adverse pregnancy outcomes in different age groups of pregnant women. Materials and Methods: The analytical study with cross-sectional design was conducted on 345 pregnant women referred to one of the maternity hospitals in Rasht, Iran in 2018 who were selected by sequential sampling method. They were followed from gestational age >37 weeks until delivery in 3 groups: <19 years, 19-35 years and >35 years. The data collection tool was a two-part researcher-made questionnaire which surveys demographic, fertility, and socioeconomic information and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, Kruskal-Wallis test, ANOVA, Bonfrroni test, Spearman correlation test, and multiple linear regression analysis). Results: The highest prevalence of maternal diabetes mellitus (29.7%) and cesarean section (72.46%) were reported in the age group >35 years. The highest frequency of premature rupture of membranes (18.8%) and abnormal fetal presentation (13.8 %) were reported in age groups <19 years and 19-35 years, respectively. Among maternal outcomes, maternal diabetes, abnormal fetal presentation, premature rupture of membranes and delivery by cesarean section were significantly different between three groups (P<0.05). There was a significant difference between maternal age and neonatal outcomes in ages groups <19 years and 19-35 years (P<0.05). Multiple linear regression model showed that the maternal age <19 years was a predictor of adverse neonatal outcomes. The group <19 years reported more adverse outcomes than the age group 19-35 years (β=0.282, 95% CL: 0.002-0.561, P=0.049). Conclusion: All age groups of pregnant women faced some pregnancy outcomes. Due to Iran's new plan to encourage childbearing, prenatal screening, and receiving more prenatal care, we recommend pregnant women to participate in childbirth preparation training courses.


? Objective To study the correlation of the expression of CD44V6,nm23 protein,p53 oncoprotein with biologic behaviors and lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer.Methods 82 cases of gastric cancer were examined by the SP immunohistochemical assay to detect CD44V6,nm23 protein and p53 oncoprotein.Results The positive expression of CD44V6,nm23 protein and p53 was 61.0%,56.1%,and 68.3% respectively in gastric cancer.The over expression of CD44V6 and p53 was associated with tumor lymph node metastasis (P0.05).The expression of CD44V6 showed negative relationship with that of nm23 protein (P0.05).There was a significant correlation between the expression of p53 and CD44V6(P0.05).Conclusions The expression of CD44V6,nm23 protein,p53 oncoprotein correlates with the lymph node metastasis of gastrie cancer.CD44V6 and nm23 protein,p53 oncoprotein may cooperatively play a role in the lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer,which may serve as an important indicator of metastasis and prognosis of gastric cancer.


Objective:  To document current practices using continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) by downloading electronically the 90‐d pump data held within the pump memory and relating that to clinical data from children and adolescents in different pediatric diabetes centers from Europe and Israel.


This paper reviews the application of microbial technology in prospection for oil and gas,in profile permeability modification,in enhanced oil recovery,in paraffin removal and inhibition,in demulsification of crude oil,and in treatment of oil slick in the sea.The open problems are discussed when microbial technology is applied in oil-gas field exploitation.The further development of application of microbial technology in oil-gas field exploitation is put forward.


Brain-teasing torque demos are a part of every physics teacher's repertoire. I can thank Ted Foster of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, for my personal favorite, the "torque rack."


The paper presents the modelling of the primary reserve allocation that is needed to model accurately post-contingency states in Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow (SCOPF) due to an incident involving a modification of the active power balance. The dynamic behaviour of the network between the pre- and post-contingency steady-states is not taken into account


The integration of the transmembrane (TM) proteins in the lipid bilayer depend on lipid-protein interactions. The few crystal structures known for multiple membrane spanning proteins suggest a basic form composed of bundles of a-helices that pack together. In the membrane helix-helix and helix-lipid interaction define the helix arrangement in the folded receptor. Thus, the lipid-protein interaction may be used to gain information on the structure of membrane proteins integrated in the lipid bilayer. Also, i t has been shown that only correctly determined lipid-exposed faces of TM helices of Bacteriorhodopsin led to the successful prediction of helix packing in Bacteriorhodopsin [ I ] . The conformations of the domains and subunits of high affinity IgE receptor were studied by CD, NMR and molecular modelling and the structure of the subunit was proposed [2]. Here we report molecular mechanics and dynamics studies lipid-TM helix hydrophobic interaction sites of two TM proteins: the high affinity IgE receptor and Bacteriorhodopsin, as a test case. The interaction energies between each TM helix and the dodecane molecule were calculated by X-PLOR using the CHARMM 22x parameter set, and dielectric constant (E) of 1.0 (dodecane was used instead of lipid to avoid electrostatic and polar interactions). Helical backbone geometry was explicitly maintained during simulations through imposition of a one-sided distance restraint with an upper boundary of 3.2A between I oxygens and 1+4 nitrogens along the length of the helix. The TM helix and dodecane were always oriented with a long axis parallel to each other. The eight positions were considered, with separation of a 5A between the helix and dodecane (Figure 1 .). The modified simulated annealing protocol was used [3], namely, 1) a 2ps molecular dynamics heating stage at 600K with a timestep of Ifs, 2) a 2ps constant temperature molecular dynamics simulation at 300k with timestep of 2fs. and 3) 1000 steps of conjugate gradient minimisation. The a-helical hydrogen bond restraints were active during simulation stages, but no other restraints were applied during constant temperature simulation and energy minimisation stages. The interaction energies between dodecane and TM helices were calculated relative to those when the two molecules were far apart: GE=E,,,,,,,-E,,,. Thus, negative values of interaction energies corresponded to stabilization. All energies in Table 1. (for Bacteriorhodopsin) and 2. (for the high affinity IgE receptor) were negative. The lowest energy positions indicated favourable lipid-hydrocarbon binding sites. The energy differences between lowest and highest energy positions were in the range from 0 to 18 kcal/mol. The essential focus of the interaction between the dodecane and helix included packing interactions involving the hydrophobic side-chains in the protein. Usually, two or three hydrocarbon interaction sites with lower energies were detected on the transmembrane helices as a function of rotation through 360" of dodecane around the helical axis. In most of cases, dodecane was moving towards the binding sites 3f the TM helices


Water plays an important role in evolution of the Earth, Mars, Moon and other planets, with H isotopes used as a crucial tracer for fractionation processes and water reservoirs. In order to accurately and precisely measure water contents and D/H ratios of apatite and silicate glass with high lateral resolution, we carried out a long term measurement with a NanoSIMS 50L, with special consideration for the H background, calibration of water content and instrumental mass fractionation. A detection limit of <10 ppm of water content has been achieved mainly by reducing the level of the H background, via improving vacuum and using a high primary beam current of up to 1 nA and a blanking technique. The measurements were carried out in three modes of detector configuration. In multicollection isotope mode, all 1H−, 2D−, 12C− and 18O− were measured simultaneously. Apatite and silicate glasses with water contents of <1.2 wt% were plotted on the same water content calibration curve with a slope of 0.704 ± 0.037 (2SD). In peak jump isotope mode, 1H−, 2D− and 12C− were first measured simultaneously at a magnetic field BF1, and then 18O− and other elements if needed at BF2 by switching the magnetic field. In this mode, apatite and MORB glass standards also share the same water content calibration curve with a slightly higher slope (0.786 ± 0.054, 2SD) relative to that of the multicollection isotope mode. In these two isotope modes, apatite and silicate glass standards have similar instrumental mass fractionation of H isotopes within the analytical uncertainty (45‰, 2SD) and similar precisions on water contents, however, the peak jump isotope mode can determine the volatile element contents and chlorine isotopes. In multicollection element mode, 16O1H− (for water content) and 18O− were measured simultaneously, accompanied usually by other volatile elements. The slope of the water content calibration curve of apatite (3.727 ± 0.112, 2SD) significantly differs from that of silicate glass (0.873 ± 0.049, 2SD). Multicollection element mode can only determine the water and volatile element contents with two times higher sensitivity than that of two isotope modes.


The characteristics of plant communities in different abandoned years was surveyed and the species diversity of plant community was analysed in typical steppe zone in Xilinguole Grassland Research Station. The results showed that perrennical species increased, annual species decreased in plant community ,and diversity index of Shannon-Wiener and eveness index of Pielou increased gradually as the abandoned year increased,but the change was not so fast,and the restoration of vegetation was difficulty under serious disturbance. The successional process to potential vegetation trend can be accelerated through artificial reseeding.


The present paper is related to a factorial experiment 23 on corn fertilization carried out in the Municipality of Oliveira, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has been found that the grain yield of the different treatments was: Control - 3.053 Kg/ha N only - 5.126 Kg/ha N K - 5.244 Kg/ha N P K - 5.937 Kg/ha HP - 6.046 Kg/ha Ascording to the results, it can be inferred that the most economical yield was obtained with the application of nitrogen. There was a small increase in the yield with phosphorus and there was no response to potassium. The soil analysis shoved a high phosphorus content (0,618 e.mg/100 g of soil). The phosphorus extraction was nade with H2SO4 0,05 N. In respect to exchangeable potassium, its content was 0,150 e.mg/100 g of soil; the extractor for potassium was HNO3 0,05 N. Concerning the soil nitrogen, the Kjeldahl method showed a percentage of total nitrogen of 0.154. In spite of this nitrogen content, the corn responds to nitrogen fertilization.


Wide-band-gap semiconductor devices, higher switching frequencies enabled by zero-voltage switching techniques and higher integration, currently drive resource and cost savings in power electronics. The potential of integrated power stages, combining power transistor, gate driver, measurement and protection circuits, modulator and controller has been demonstrated for topologies with one switch. However, for topologies with more switches the integration of modulator and controller is problematic, as they are traditionally regarded as an atomic unit connected to all power transistors via potential barriers. This precludes the direct integration of modulator and controller. This paper presents a novel distributed triangular current mode modulator. It exploits the fact that all information, needed to generate the switching commands can be determined from state variables measured directly at the individual power transistors. Thus, modulator and controller can be integrated in universally applicable power stages, which allow high switching frequencies and soft switching.


Languages in earlier stages of development differ from their modern analogues, reflecting syntactic, semantic and morphological changes over time. The study of these and other phenomena is the major concern of historical linguistics. The development of literacy and advances in technology mean that human language has often been reserved in physical form. Whilst these artefacts will eventually include video and sound recordings, the current life blood of historical linguistics is text. The written word is the de facto source of evidence for earlier stages of languages and "the first-order witnesses to the more distance linguistic past are written texts." (Lass, 1997) This dissertation proposes and evaluates a method for identifying spelling variants in historical documents.


The transfer of heat is an important phenomenon in the several areas due to its numerous applications in industries. Several fluids like water, ethylene glycol and oil, and so on have very‐low thermal conductivities due to which the transfer of heat in these fluids become very low. To enhance heat transfer rate, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) including single‐walled CNTs and multi‐walled CNTs are suspended into base fluids, this mixture is known as nanofluid. The aim of this study is to examine the heat transfer rate of nanofluid in the presence of CNTs over a stretchable rotating disk. The mathematical model, developed by Tiwari and Das, is used and solved numerically by using the shooting method. The impacts of governing constraints on the dimensionless velocities, temperature, skin friction, and Nusselt number are investigated. It is noted that heat transfer rate increases by enhancing the concentration of CNTs into base fluids. The numerical results show that the solid volume fraction of the CNTs augment heat transfer rate more in ethylene glycol as compared with water.


Several of the βa integrin receptors [very late antigen (VLA) molecules] for extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are expressed by malignant T cells in cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL). We evaluated the function of VLA‐1. a β1 integral specifically expressed in epidermotropic mycosis fungoides (MF), in CD4+ leukemic T cells (Jurkat line). We found that Jurkat cells adhere significantly to collagens only after their activation with phorbol 12‐myristate 13‐acetate (PMA). However, the adhesion to collagen IV (but not to collagen I) of Jurkat cells selected for expressing increased levels of VLA‐1 (with unchanged levels of VLA‐2, the second collagen integrin receptor) was significantly enhanced relative to that of "VLA‐1 low" cells. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) 1B3.1, directed against the collagen binding domain of VLA‐1, inhibited adhesion to collagen IV and to collagen I by 36.67%±5.25% and 18%±4.32%, respectively (p<0.05), whereas the inhibition by anti‐VLA‐2 mAb PIE6 was comparable on both collagens (25%±7.48% and 36.3%±0.94%, respectively; p<0.09). Immunohistochemical studies of skin biopsies from 10 untreated MF patients showed that in all cases at least 10% of the lymphocytes residing in the epidermis are VLA‐1+VLA‐2‐. While not directly applicable to MF, the demonstrated functions of VLA‐1 in leukemic Jurkat cells, together with its expression in MF skin, suggest a role for VLA‐1 integrins in epidermotropism in a small proportion of leukemic MF cells.


The needs of electrical energy particularly in Indonesia is very great and continues to increase every year. The development of a micro scale horizontal axis wind turbine can be a solution to solve that. This research has a purpose to find out the influence of number of blades and wind speed variation on electrical energy produced by micro scale horizontal axis wind turbines. The method which was used in this research was experiment method and it was implemented at the Laboratory of Study Program of Mechanical Engineering Education of Sebelas Maret University. The variable that was used in this research was by using blades with airfoil SG6043 with variations of blades number and the giving load in the form of 12v and 24v LED lights. The horizontal axis wind turbine rotor has a diameter of 800 mm and a blade length of 400 mm which is printed with 3D Printing PLA material. The data collection was implemented on the wind speed of 1 m/s to 5 m/s. The results of this research is the wind turbine that used 5 blades produced the highest power of 9.22 Watt at 24v loading and had the highest power performance value of 0.241 at maximum wind speed of 5 m/s. The number of blades and wind speed and loading could affect the electrical power produced by the turbine, the more blades and the higher the wind speed, the greater the power generated by the turbine.


First speech: Apology Second speech: On the essence of religion Third speech: On self-formation for religion Fourth speech: On the social element in religion or, on church and priesthood Fifth speech: On the religions.


The paper offers evolving Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy models for a nonlinear benchmark represented by the pendulum-crane system and focused on the dynamics of pendulum angular position behavior. The rule bases and parameters of T-S fuzzy models are continuously evolved by an online identification algorithm in terms of computing the potentials of new data points. Accepting the pendulum angle as model output, two T-S fuzzy models are derived, viz. with a single input and with three inputs. The experimental results are obtained for a pendulum-crane laboratory equipment system and they show the performance of the proposed evolving T-S fuzzy models.


By using the Monte Carlo method to numerical simulate multiple scattering from inhomogeneous vegetation canopy embedded by an artificial target, spatial variation of scattering observed by the movng scatterometer is simulated.The results are compared with experimental measurements of a system of the scatterometer-radiometer.


4091Background: Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) capitalizes on somatostatin receptor (SSR) overexpression on NETs to deliver targeted isotope therapy. Objective prediction of efficacy ...


Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete elements is the focus of the present study. A concrete damage plasticity model available in Abaqus commercial software has been modified using user defined modules to include the concrete stiffness degradation and growth in the Poisson's ratio in plain concrete with increase in compressive strain. In reinforced concrete the degradation of cracked concrete in compression, tension stiffening effects and bond slip have been considered to enhance the prediction of responses observed in reinforced concrete elements under various loadings. The model predicts the salient features of multiaxial response observed in experiments on plain and reinforced concrete elements subjected to various loads.


This paper describes the analysis and experimental effort undertaken to determine damage detection in composite beams. Finite element analysis of delamination and its effect on the natural frequencies of the composite beam is determined using cohesive zone elements of a commercial finite element software material model ANSYS. Numerical simulations are carried out to analyze typical cases of a delaminated composite beam with different boundary conditions. It is found that an increase in the delaminated region ratio increases the percent deviation in the natural system frequencies. The amount of deviation was different for different types of delamination. The frequency charts of the present study may be useful for engineering design and non-destructive testing analysis. It can be used as a tool for diagnosis, detection, and identification of delaminations in engineering applications by monitoring the frequency change.


The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the social image of Zagreb during World War I by focusing on the influence of war circumstances on urban life, the living conditions and the position of children as the most vulnerable group of inhabitants, by using primarily newspapers as historical sources. In order to achieve as complete an image as possible, various publications were used ('Narodne novine', 'Jutarnji list', 'Obzor', 'Novine', 'Hrvatska', 'Ilustrovani list', 'Katolicki list' and 'Narodna zastita') which proved to be an inexhaustible source of information and contemporary observations on the above-mentioned issues. The paper tells about the general sense of insecurity in the city during wartime, the usual war motives (the wounded in the streets, life under war regulations, forced charity events) and the consequences of the war situation (shortage of living supplies and poverty, begging and vagrancy, neglected children and war orphans). The paper has proven that historic newspapers are a first-class historical source. The essential scientific contribution of the paper is the reconstruction of part of Zagreb social history during World War I, highlighting that this part of Croatian history has still been poorly and incompletely researched.


Five amur maples 8 to 12 ft high, growing along a campus walk were selected for this test. They were heavily infested on the lower branches by the Calico scale. At six points around each tree, one leaf, 3 feet from the ground, was randomly selected. The settled nymphs were counted on each leaf and each leaf was marked for post count recognition. Applications were made on 4 Sep. between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. The ambient temperature was 85°F with clear sky. Foliar spray was applied to runoff with a compression sprayer. The number of living scales was recounted on each leaf 21 days after treatment (DAT). Pre- and postspray counts were transformed (log transformation) and an ANOVA was used to compare the difference between the pre- and postspray counts among treatments.


Bacopa monnieri L. commonly known as "Brahmi" is a renowned medicinal plant which belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae. It possesses anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activity. Effective in vitro regeneration of brahmi has been achieved via young leaf derived somatic embryo cultures. The leaf explants were inoculated on MS medium with 2, 4- D (2, 4-D 0.5 mg/l) for callus induction. These calli buds were sub cultured on MS medium supplemented with various concentrations of 2, 4-D (0.75-1.75mg/l) along with BA (0.5-2.0mg/l) for somatic embryogenesis. Somatic embryogenesis was effective on MS medium with 2, 4-D 0.75mg/lt within three weeks of time. The initiated shoot buds were transferred onto (MS) medium with varied concentrations of BA (0.5-1.5mg/lt) for induction of multiple shoots. High percentage 99%of shoot induction were observed on media containing BA 0.5mg/lt++ IBA 0.3mg/lt. Efficient rooting 95% was noted on MS media with IBA 1.0mg/lt. In vitro regenerated plantlets were further acclimatized in the field.


A method of chemically treating bodies of water such as lakes by accurately dispensing a treatment agent into the water in an amount based upon the volume of water being passed over continuously determined by detection means for the speed of the boat carrying the dispensing means for the speed of the boat carrying the dispensing means and the depth of the water being passed over. When the water is being neutralized by the chemical addition, the pH of the water may also be continuously monitored. A boat particularly designed and adapted for practicing the method is also disclosed. The boat includes a main tank partially supported or floated by the water at least when the tank is loaded and also stabilized and partially or additionally supported by lateral pontoons when loaded. The boat includes sparging, or mixing, and spraying means to dispense the treatment agent.


OBJECTIVES: To asses changes in sexual behaviour and use of contraceptive methods in Danish adolescents from the period before the advent of AIDS up to the present. DESIGN: Comparative study comparing data obtained from two identical cross sectional surveys SETTING: Grenaa Gymnasium, Denmark. SUBJECTS: 626 high school students in 1982 and 499 high school students in 1996. METHODS: An anonymous standardised self administered questionnaire handed out to high school students at Grenaa Gymnasium in spring 1982. In spring 1996 an identical questionnaire was handed out to every high school student at the same gymnasium. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Age at first sexual intercourse, contraceptive use, and reasons for choice of contraceptive strategy. RESULTS: Today more males had experienced the first sexual intercourse before their 16th birthday (p = 0.047) compared with 1982, the reverse held for females (p = 0.003). From 1982 to 1996 condom use increased in males with no regular partner (p = 0.009). In females with no regular partner, there was during the same period an increase in considering the condom a personal contraceptive method (p = 0.017). In 1982 and 1996 protection from sexually transmitted diseases was given as reason for the choice of contraceptive strategy by 21% and 72% of males with no regular partner (p


Semiconductor device fundamentals - energy band theory, statistics of free carriers in semiconductors, generation and recombination processes, Boltzmann transport equation, drift and diffusion mechanisms, carrier scattering mechanisms, basic semiconductor device equations, Monte Carlo simulation physics and models related to p/n junctions - description of p/n junctions, ambipolar transport equation, Linvill lumped circuit model, Sah transmission line circuit model, current and avalanche breakdown in reverse-biased junctions, tunnelling currents in p/n junctions, charge storage in p/n junctions, abrupt heterojunction diodes, abrupt heterojunctions with a setback layer, graded heterojunctions, references, problems bipolar junction transistors - steady-state characteristics under forward-active operation, current-voltage characteristics including saturation and current-induced base pushout, effect of quasineutral base width modulation, effect of nonuniform doping concentration, avalanche multiplication in bipolar transistor, multidimensional effects, poly-emitter bipolar transistors, switching speed of BJTs, large- and small-signal models, references, problems junction field-effect transistors - general theory, current-voltage characteristics of three-terminal JFETs, current-voltage characteristics of four-terminal JFETs, short-channel JFETs, large-and small-signal models, references, problems metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect devices - metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) diodes, metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), numerical and experimental results, hot-carrier effects, capacitance of intrinsic MOSFET, MOSFET equivalent circuit, references, problems metal-semiconductor junction devices - Schottky diodes, ohmic contacts, metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFET), references, problems heterojunction bipolar and field-effect transistors - single heterojunction bipolar transistors, abrupt HBTs with a setback layer, HBTs with a graded uunction, double heterojunction bipolar transistors, heterojunction field-effect transistors, references, problems solar cells - basic concept, homojunction solar cells, heterojunction in solar cells, effect of V-groove surface on solar cell performance, references, problems photoconductive diodes - device structure and concept, general theories, conductivity and current, effect of contact regions, two-dimensional analysis, transient behaviour of photoconductive diodes, references, problems.


The task of suppression of all stray passbands of bandpass filters used in multiplying tubes of frequency is decided. The effect of suppression is carried out at the expense of compensation of resonance frequencies. The analytical expressions for synthesis of such filters are obtained.


Objective To observation of the efficiency of Terbinafine and Itraconazole to treat the vulvovaginal candidiasis.Methods 120 cases were divided into two groups:the treatment group(n=60) was infuse with Terbinafine 250mg qd for 2 weeks,while the control group(n=60) was infuse with Itraconazole 200mg qd for 2 weeks.Results The total effective rates of treatment group and control group were 81.7% and 83.3%,showing no difference between two groups(P0.05).No marked side effects were found between two groups.Conclusion Terbinafine showed satisfactory efficacy and no marked side effects in treatment the vulvovaginal candidiasis


The main function and the duty of the teacher is to educate the next generation and prepare them for the challenges of the future. The task of teaching does not end by delivering the lectures, descriptions, demonstrations, or additional material that are designed to help the student follow the course. An integral part of teaching is assessment where the teacher is given the responsibility of assuring that the students have achieved the intended knowledge and skill targets prescribed in the course or the training program. Most teachers also find this as the most difficult component in their teaching career. This software utility was developed to offer a convenient platform for the teacher to assign grades once the final marks have been computed for a certain course. It was developed using MS Excel 2007 environment which has improved flexibility in its functionality compared to its earlier versions. The teacher is given the space to transfer the final marks to the program and manipulate the grades division points in following any grade assignment protocol adopted or recommended by the educational institution. During the grade assignment procedures the program itself will provide graphical outputs of marks distribution plots in real time, to assist the teacher in his / her task. The final marks sheets can also be produced and printed with ease once the assignment is completed. The program was given to the academic staff of the Faculty of Agriculture for their use, and a fully on-line survey was conducted where they were asked to provide their feedback on a 5 point Likert's scale. The summary of the responses were very positive in accepting the program as an efficient means of performing the grades assignment task. The design and implementation of different functions of the program were highly appreciated and accepted by the users.


The complexation behavior of two bile saltssodium cholate (NaC) and sodium deoxycholate (NaDC)with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), 6-deoxy-6-amino-β-cyclodextrin (β-CDNH2), and dimer I (N,N'-bis(6-deoxy-β-cyclodextrin)pyromellic acid diamide) was studied by NMR techniques. Complexes formed between β-CD and β-CDNH2 with NaC and NaDC have 1:1 and 2:1 (host:guest) stoichiometries, respectively. Complexes with β-CDNH2 show higher equilibrium constants than those with β-CD because of the electrostatic effect of the protonated amine group. Dimer I showed 1:2 and n:n stoichiometries with NaC and NaDC, respectively. ROESY spectra stated that bile salts enter first with their 5-C ring forward the inner cavity by the side of the secondary hydroxyl groups of cyclodextrins. In the complexes formed with β-CDNH2, the steroid body of the bile salt enters deeper in the cavity, while the carboxylated side chain is extended toward the protonated amine group at C-6, allowing an electrostatic interaction between both groups. In the c...


In order to avoid safety accidents caused by poor protection of hydraulic support in coal mine operation, in this research, a supercharging device based on PASCAL principle is designed. First of all, the cause of insufficient setting load of hydraulic support is analysed. Then, the hydraulic system circuit and the supercharging device structure are designed. Finally, the effect of the supercharging device based on PASCAL principle designed in this research on the setting load of the hydraulic support is simulated and verified by field tests. The results show that the supercharging device based on PASCAL principle proposed in this research has a very obvious enhancement effect on the setting load of the hydraulic support. The results of field experiments further verify that the supercharging device designed in this research can increase the setting load of the hydraulic support. This research provides a good idea for improving the protection performance of hydraulic support.


Abstract : Software testing must be definable, measurable, consistent, and objective to be a repeatable process. This paper examines the components of the testing process, including software, hardware, the human element, and the data-collection process. It also includes a case study in test automation derived from the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE). A reduction in the number of human-controlled steps in the software process significantly improved test results during this case study. Automation was successful because the many different components of software were tested for compliance to a well-defined standard. Automation was straight-forward because the test methodology did not require any specific assumptions about the software tested.


Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is a malignancy commonly found in the oral cavity with incidence rate of 90%. We reported a 63-year-old male patient, non-smoker and non-drinker farmer, complaining of pain, itching, and stickiness in his tongue for the past 5 weeks. The lesion was treated with a topical anti-inflammatory medication and mouthwash, but did not heal. This case is an OSCC management and need to be alerted to the agricultural sector.


The characteristics of material scientific approach to learning materials based on facts or phenomena that can be explained by a certain logic or reasoning; teacher's explanation, the response of learners and educational interaction teacher-learners free of prejudice necessarily, subjective thinking or reasoning which deviated from the groove to think logically; encourage and inspire students to think critically, analytically and precisely identify, understand, solve problems, and apply the learning materials; encourage and inspire students to think hypothetically in seeing the differences, similarities, and link to each other of learning materials; encourage and inspire students to understand, implement, and develop ways of thinking rationally and objectively in response to learning materials; based on concepts, theories and empirical facts that can be accounted for; learning objectives formulated in a simple, clear, and attractive presentation systems.


Material autograph means the character of space which is endued with materials. It is embodied in architecture by sort of structure and the quality achieved. The nature of material essentially prescribes its method of joint, and the structure and construction are the results of this prescription. We can easily find out the material autograph of wood in Chinese traditional architecture. It has been well known the strong tradition of Chinese wooden structure for the architecture academia, while the most existing interpretations has been based upon the architecture theory of stylistic, so that the scientific and tectonic issue of the tradition has not be expressed well. This situation very much influenced Chinese architects to learn the wooden structure as the cultural tradition and transformed into the application of modern architecture in China. In order to change this situation, we shall turn the academic orientation to the tectonic approach.Based upon the scientific analysis, the author has been able to explore the construction process of the particular connections and joints, such as Dougong, mortise and tenon joinery.With those studies,the author tried to re-evaluate the meaning of tectonic culture and mountainous human habitat culture on the wooden construction. Nowadays, more and more architects noticed that if a defined architectural culture developed not along the stylistic evolution, it should be still based upon the tectonic evolution. Chinese wooden architecture can be better interpreted with tectonic view, and it demonstrated a relatively fair way. The material used at Qiqiaoweng Wooden Pavilions was strictly limited with wood. Acting as a tectonic experiment, wooden structure itself performs as the enclosure and integrated way of austerity and authenticity. Based upon new technologies of wood and wooden structure, the three pavilions demonstrate the expressive potentials, which the material of wood provides to both construction and space perception.


The focus of this study was to improve the Reverse Osmosis Cooling (ROC) process by using CaCO3 for neutralization and selective recovery of Fe(OH)3 at pH 3.5. By using a specific inhibitor, ferric hydroxide was recovered separately from gypsum and other metals present in mine water. Ferric hydroxide was processed to pigment, a product that is imported and used as colorant in paints and tiles. In addition to pigment recovery, aluminum hydroxide and calcium carbonate can also be recovered from mine water. The following conclusions were made: (i) the rate of gypsum crystallization, in the absence of Fe3+, is influenced by the over saturation concentration in solution, the seed crystal concentration and temperature; (ii) gypsum crystallization from an over-saturated solution, in the presence of Fe(OH)3 sludge, required an inhibitor dosage of 100 mg/L to keep gypsum in solution for a period of 30 min; (iii) gypsum crystallization from an over-saturated solution, in the presence of both Fe(OH)3 sludge and CaCO3 reactant, required a higher inhibitor dosage than 100 mg/L to keep gypsum in solution for a period of 30 min. A dosage of 200 mg/L kept gypsum in solution for the total reaction period; (iv) when only Fe(OH)3 is present in the slurry, gypsum inhibition is more effective when Fe(OH)3 sludge is allowed to settle after the initial mixing; (v) when both Fe(OH)3 and CaCO3 are present in the slurry, gypsum inhibition is more effective when the inhibitor is added over a period of time (10 min) rather than applying the total dosage at time zero; (vi) Fe(OH)3 can be changed to yellow pigment (Goethite) by heating to 150⁰C and to red pigment (Hematite) by heating to 800⁰C. Pigment of nano particle size was produced; (vii) in the case of Na2CO3, the TDS increased from 12,660 mg/L in the feed to 13,684 mg/L due to the replacement of metal ions (Fe3+, Al3+, Fe2+, Mn2+ and Ca2+) with Na+ in solution. In the case where CaCO3 was used for the removal of Fe3+ and Al3+, Ca(OH)2 for the removal of Fe2+, Mn2+, and Na2CO3 for the removal of Ca2+, the TDS dropped from 12,661 mg/L to 2288 mg/L, due to gypsum precipitation. The alkali cost in the case of calcium alkalis amounted to ZAR29.43/m3 versus ZAR48.46/m3 in the case of Na2CO3.


Spray sowing technology is very successful in the Tangkou governance of Huangjingshan.Through soil mixing binder and anchor reinforcement wire technology.Mixed dry ingredients including matrix and plant seeds add water injection to the rock surface anchor with galvanized wire,forming a continuous gap of hardened specimen.Seed can take root on the slope and achieve good green and protective effects.


Zinc sulphide (ZnS) is one of the primary semiconductors to be found and it has generally shown noteworthy crucial properties -adaptability and a guarantee for novel assorted applications, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), electroluminescence, infrared windows, sensors, lasers, and bio-device applications, and so on. Small particles have higher surface to volume proportion and subsequently have more available transporters for photoluminescence. In this paper , the work studied and discussed centers around the amalgamation of Zinc sulphide nanoparticles in natural stage. Doped ZnS nanoparticles are the most famous materials for research in semiconductor nanoparticles. Doped nanoparticles of semiconductor can yield high radiance. These outcomes proposed that doped semiconductor nanoparticles structure another class of glowing materials, with a wide scope of uses in for example presentations, sensors and lasers. The more modest will be the size of quantum dots the higher the light discharge proficiency they could give. Accordingly it is sensible to expect that the orchestrated items in this paper, might actually be utilized in electroluminescent applications after doping. In this way, it very well may be seen that the substance properties of manganese particles are fundamentally the same as those of zinc particles. Accordingly doping manganese into ZnS semiconductor is truly great and improves the band edge discharge. X-Ray Diffraction was done to contemplate the construction of ZnS nanoparticles and the Photoluminescence estimations was done to examine the optical properties of prepared samples of ZnS , Zn1-xMnxS and Zn0.94Y0.06S. In the later part of the study, particle size dispersion is performed to assess the size of the combined nanoparticles. Thus, stage moved ZnS nanoparticles were doped with different degrees of manganese and yttrium and impact of doping on the different qualities were examined. The photoluminescence component of ZnS nanoparticles doped with other metal particles is intricate. ZnS, which is a significant wide band hole semiconductor, has stood out attributable to its wide application including UV light radiating diodes, natural LEDs, proficient phosphors in level board show, photovoltaic gadgets and so on. The investigation of molecule size examination shows the impact of doping on the normal size of the nanoparticles integrated. Doping with manganese and yttrium causes quantum confinement of the particles. The molecule size dissemination can be controlled by doping and the degree of doping is critical. Doping past a specific level expands the size of the particles. The ideal doping level of manganese acquired was 6% in extent © 2021 JETIR March 2021, Volume 8, Issue 3 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) JETIR2103219 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 1789 with 94% of Zinc. The Mn particle, utilized as dopant in numerous glowing materials show a wide outflow top whose position relies emphatically upon the host cross section. Since an enormous bit of the particles in nanoparticles is situated on or close to the surface, the surface properties ought to have huge impact on their structural and optical properties.


This study aims to define the reaction modulus bearing capacity of the dredging sediment of Bili-Bili dam as a pavement sub grade, which is stabilized by cement. This research was conducted under laboratory and field-based using dredging sediment samples around the intake of the dam that located in the regency of gowa, South Sulawesi Province. Several steps of testing procedure were done that started with defining the soil characteristics of the sample, obtaining the CBR values of the samples that have been stabilized with cement, and then defining the reaction modulus capacity of the sediment using loading test. The result of characteristic analysis and the CBR values of the research show that the bearing capacity of the dredging sediment that has been stabilized with cement met the requirement as a pavement sub grade. The reaction modulus capacity of the soil was then tested using loading test and, it was shown that the reaction modulus of the sub-grade (k) increased along with the percentage addition of cement. This can be seen through the graph of relationship of sub grade modulus reaction and CBR variation. This graph was then compared with the standard graph of PU Bina Marga for any kind of soil types.


By approaching on characteristic,element,procedures etc technology of systematic layout planning as the base,this article introduce how to utilize SSLP method to redesign one aircraft structure part factory' layout,which obtaining the facility relationship、material flow or non-material flow between task unit base on the classical theory of simplified systematic layout planning(SSLP).Finally the layout optimization method is received.Then evaluate the optimized layout planning.The result proved the optimization effect is remarkable though apply in practice.


Pendra provenance is considered to be the origin place of Pongamia pinnata in Chhattisgarh. This forest tree species is an important part of the forest ecosystem of this region. To analyse germination behaviour of Pongamia pinnata, fresh seed from fully grown mature trees were collected. The healthy seeds were soaked in distilled water for 24 hours at room temperature (280C±20C). After presoaking seeds were laid for germination in petriplates having Whatmann filter paper at the laboratory condition. Four replicates of fifty seeds were kept for detailed observation. The time, rate, homogeneity, and synchrony of the germination of seeds were the important aspects for correlating the germination dynamics of Pongamia pinnata. The germination of the seeds started after second day. The emergence of the radicle has been considered as germination for seeds. The 64% germination has been observed for this experiment. The germination speed advanced and reached to its maximum value on 10th day of germination and the peak value was also maximum on the same day. The daily germination percent was found highest on 8th and 10th day during germination. The average germination value, germination energy index and germination speed were 87.5±5.12, 33.99±1.24 and 18.84 respectively. It was observed that these parameters were linearly correlated and influenced by each other. To find out their rate of dependency correlation matrix was done and it was found that a significant positive correlation (0.84 to 0.99) exist between different germination parameters of Pongamia pinnata at 0.05 level of probability.


Greek text. He faithfully follows Holl's edition, and he indicates and incorporates into the translation the different emendations to the text suggested by Holl and subsequent scholars. Perhaps the most notable improvement in this second edition is the substantial expansion of footnoted cross-references to other ancient sources, biblical references, explanations of historical context, and clarifications of confusing or obscure theological terms. The main drawback to this volume, though no fault of the translator, is the prohibitively high cost. This would make it nearly impossible for any classroom use, and it would even make personal purchase fiscally challenging. It will, nevertheless, be a great resource for scholars and students and it should certainly be available on the shelf of any research library. Unfortunately there is currently no plan for a revised edition of the longer second volume. Nevertheless, Frank Williams has performed a great service through his translation to those with broad interests in the history of early Christianity, the construction of orthodoxy and heresy, the heresiological tradition, and of course Epiphanius himself. Young Richard Kim, Calvin College


Making use of relevant Geographic Information System (GIS) data, an attempt was made to analyze the changes in the magnitude and spatial distribution of the land-based sources of nonpoint pollution loads for the entire Lake Biwa– Yodo River Basin over the 18-year period between 1991 and 2009. Specifically, the magnitudes per unit area of the runoff coefficient and of the COD, T-N and T-P pollutant loads, respectively, were computed and displayed as GIS visual images. The resulting GIS outputs indicate that the runoff coefficient increased along the riparian zones of rivers and around the lakeshore in the middle and lower basin regions, except for the mountainous regions. This implies that the pollutants flow directly into the immediately adjacent receiving waterbodies. Also, the trends of water pollutants were found to be affected by the unit load. The runoff coefficient and the COD loads were related with the progress of urbanization, indicating that the increase and decrease in T-N and T-P pollutant loads were caused by the conversion of land mainly from paddy agriculture to other agricultural purposes. In conclusion, it was confirmed that the results displayed in the form of GIS outputs are useful not only for numerical assessment but also for the assessment of spatial distributions.


The subjekt of this thesis is to forecast and plan sales categories of products in a chemical industry. The theoretical part is treated as a literature review, which describes the importace of forecasting and planning sales business using the tactical and operational planning. Further research deals with the structure predictions with regard to short-term goal of predicting and forecasting process, including methods of forecasting and control accuracy. In the practical part of the analysis and the evaluation process of forecasting and planning sales of selected company for a selected group of products. There search used information on that was obtained through in depth interviews with selected responsible employees of the company and analyzing the data provided in MS Excel.


BACKGROUND Pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has become the gold standard for patients with end-stage liver disease. With improvements in organ preservation, immunosuppression, surgical and anesthesia techniques, the survival rates and long-term outcomes of patients after LDLT have significantly improved worldwide. However, data on anesthetic management and postoperative survival rate of pediatric LDLT in China are rare. AIM To review the status of pediatric LDLT in Shanghai and investigate the factors related to anesthetic management and survival rate in pediatric LDLT. METHODS We conducted a retrospective observational study to investigate the status of pediatric LDLT in Shanghai by reviewing 544 records of patients who underwent pediatric LDLT since the first operation on October 21, 2006 until August 10, 2016 at Renji Hospital and Huashan Hospital. RESULTS The 30-d, 90-d, 1-year, and 2-year survival rates were 95.22%, 93.38%, 91.36%, and 89.34%, respectively. The 2-year patient survival rate after January 1, 2011 significantly improved compared with the previous period (74.47% vs 90.74%; hazard ratio: 2.92; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.16–14.14; P = 0.0004). Median duration of mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) was 18 h [interquartile range (IQR), 15.25–20.25], median ICU length of stay was 6 d (IQR: 4.80–9.00), and median postoperative length of stay was 24 d (IQR: 18.00–34.00). Forty-seven (8.60%) of 544 patients did not receive red blood cell transfusion during the operation. CONCLUSION Pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) score, anesthesia duration, operation duration, intraoperative blood loss, and ICU length of stay were independent predictive factors of in-hospital patient survival. Pediatric end-stage liver disease score, operation duration, and ICU length of stay were independent predictive factors of 1-year and 3-year patient survival.


The main objective of the present pilot study was to construct and standardize a Scientific Aptitude Test (SAT) for the secondary school science students (Grade 9 and 10). The test items (30 questions) were prepared by the researchers based on the five important aspects in scientific thinking such as Analogy, Scientific reasoning, Numerical ability, Logical reasoning and Comprehension based questions.  A test of multiple choice items were used as a data collection instrument in the six different schools in the selected districts in Tamilnadu, India. The computer based Microsoft excel spreadsheet (2007) was prepared to document the obtained score and the same used for statistical analysis. Through recent method of item analysis, Cronbach's Alpha values were computed using IBM SPSS software. The reliability coefficients were found 0.874(Spearman-Brown) and 0.672(Guttmann Split-Half). Hence, the present pilot study revealed that the scientific aptitude test for secondary students to ignite their scientific temper and also useful in preparing future competitive examinations. Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-3, issue-1: 17-21


The exact solution of shallow spherical shells subjected to apex loads contains arbitrary constants that appear in the stress and normal displacement functions. In general, these constants are obtained from the conditions of regularity, transition and boundary. For large "characteristic" length, the relations between the arbitrary constants become clumsy and complicated. Considering hinged boundary conditions uncovers inherent difficulties to the formulation of these relations. This paper is concerned with the experimental determination of the arbitrary constants. A thin‐walled model of a shallow spherical shell subjected to uniform distributed load over a small area at the apex, having hinged supports, is prepared and tested thoroughly. The surface stresses are formulated in terms of the arbitrary constants. Based on the experimentally recorded strains (stresses), in on‐line interaction, model, and personal computer, the significant constants are determined. The results might be normalized and made appli...


Is there too much art around? Too many artists?
M.X. Oberg spent three years questioning people
about contemporary art and music. Capturing moments and conversations with students, curators,
exhibition visitors and art collectors he takes us to
studios in Paris, Berlin and Barcelona. The result is a
field study about how art is created, our perception
of art, the feeling of over saturation and what the
meaning of art is. An amusing study on art – and
how one lives with it.
With Harald Falckenberg, Walter Dahn, Jonathan
Meese, and others.


Abstract A key trait distinguishing the writing of Irish American women from that of their male counterparts is a strong feminist bent often expressed in stories featuring sex and sexuality. In ignoring these characteristics, Irish studies scholars have disregarded a trait established by Irish women writers in oral traditions as early as 600 and in written English since 1685. Much of this material was categorized as the 'Wrongs of Woman', a phrase used to describe stories about physical and sexual abuse. These same themes can be traced in the writing of Irish American women since the late nineteenth century. By focusing on these 'wrongs', Irish American women have not only carried on the tradition begun by their foremothers; they have also battled patriarchal bonds on three fronts: religion, which created such bonds; society, which reinforced them; and politics, which tries to recreate and re-impose them. A complete understanding of Irish American writing therefore depends on recognizing and adding the contributions of these women to the definition of the literature. This essay defines that cohort, then provides a historically contextualized examination of their literary attempts to address the 'wrongs' of women inflicted by religion, society and politics from 1899 to the present. In so doing, this discussion demonstrates the role played by Irish American women writers in promoting, protecting and perpetuating the rights of women in the United States and around the world.


Acute respiratory distress syndrome is one of the common respiratory diseases in neonates. It is more common in neonates by elective cesarean section. The pathogenesis is complicated, while delayed lung fluid clearance is considered playing a role in it. Meconium aspiration, delayed establishment of respiratory reflex, gestational age, contractions before onset, male baby, perinatal asphyxia, maternal diabetes or asthma are thought to be risk factors.

Key words:
Caesarean, section;  Neonate;  Acute respiratory distress syndrome


Background: The COVID-19 social distancing measures might have a significant impact on ocular trauma risk which is a major cause of monocular blindness. The pattern of ocular injuries in a region depends upon the activities of the people residing in that area. Despite the major socioeconomic impact, less data is available on the magnitude & risk factors of ocular trauma. Objectives: To study the changing trend of ocular injuries in and around the Vijayapura District before and during the COVID -19 pandemic. Methods: The study was conducted in BLDE Hospital from November 2019-July 2020. Data were analyzed from 24th March 2020 (i.e. the beginning of quarantine measures in Vijayapura District) to July 2020 and confronted with those before the quarantine period (November 2019-24 March 2020). All cases underwent a detailed ocular examination of the anterior and posterior segment with required investigations. Results: In the PRE-COVID study period, there were 47 eye injuries (73.4%); during COVID eye injuries decreased to 17 (26.6%). In both, the study period males were affected more than females. PRE-COVID the proportion of eye injuries was more in adults (34-50 years) however during COVID we see a sharp decline in the age affecting teenage adults (15-34 years). Closed globe injuries were the most common mechanism of injury in the PRE-COVID period (46.8%) trend changed towards injuries involving only ocular adnexa (40%) during the COVID period. Conclusion: There is a drop-in patients seeking emergency eye care COVID-19 pandemic which affected all injuries. Behavioural change during quarantine could be associated with a lower rate of ocular trauma.


An analytical and computational investigation of the effect of control surface freeplay on aeroelastic behavior, including random gust response and limit cycle oscillations (LCO), is presented. An ...


This thesis approaches the problem of characterizing graphs with equal chromatic symmetric functions. First, we explore the characteristics of the chromatic symmetric function of a general graph, and we show a novel way to decompose the chromatic symmetric function of a graph into a linear combination of chromatic symmetric functions of smaller graphs. Second, we narrow our focus to study the chromatic symmetric function of unicyclic graphs and give a method for constructing unicyclic graphs that share a chromatic symmetric function. Finally, we approach the problem of whether it is possible to determine a tree from its chromatic symmetric function. Working towards an answer to this question, we propose a method of classifying trees that illuminates the connection between the chromatic symmetric function and tree isomorphisms.


Students in science laboratories often get theory presented to them in the context of today's test equipment for obvious reasons — to make learning more accessible. But, using this form of presentation students are not exposed to the progress of scientific development in different eras of our collective history. Therefore at times students cannot fully appreciate the evolution in scientific thought. Without context, students see the theories as a list of facts devoid of the excitement these experiments and subsequent theories initially imbued. To help students get exposure to this progress I have added two lab sessions in my second semester university physics laboratory that address a physical concept through the lens of history. Students are exposed to sections of original papers from the scientists themselves. They are tasked with deciphering the text and creating equivalent experiments with their laboratory equipment. Realizing that each era has a different scientific understanding students can explore the concepts first through the eyes of the scientists, and then, bring this understanding to the modern day. Thus, students are not only exposed to the science being taught, but the context of scientific discovery to the progress of human understanding.


This paper describes the conceptualization, development and implementation of mathematical modelling techniques in the assessment of the environmental impact of nuclear and fossil-fueled power plants located along tidal estuaries and using once-through cooling techniques. Physical and biological sub-system models predict accurately the far-field temperature distribution and the long-term impact on biological communities of the Hudson Estuary due to plant waste-heat discharges and cooling water intake structures respectively.


On the basis of geological studies of hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in the middle and shallow formations in Dongying depression, this experiment models the influence of opening faults of different fault-plane shapes on petroleum migration and accumulation with a 2-D model. The results are as follows: (1) The fault-plane shape has a great influence on the moving path and pattern of petroleum in middle and shallow formations in impulsive (unsteady) injection conditions. S-shaped faults are most favorable for the petroleum infection of both upper and lower plate layers, and the oil-moving speed is fast. Concave faults are favorable for the infection of lower sand beds, and convex faults are favorable for the infection of upper sand beds, (2) The more abrupt and less bended the faults are, the easier the migration of oil is; that is to say, convex faults play the role of divergence, while concave faults play the role of convergence, which is well known, but has not been shown by a modeling experiment.


During recent years,it has been found that selenium(Se)has insulin-mimetic effects on the promotion of glucose uptake into cells,glucose metabolism and signal transduction based on the relationship of Se and diabetes,but the effect dose of Se can only be obtained with nearly toxic doses and are not suitable for humans.This paper gives a brief review of research progress on insulin-mimetic effects of Se,in favor of an extensive study on the regulation mechanism of Se in glucose metabolism,so as to provide a reference for applying Se for regulation of disorders of glucose metabolism in stressed animals.


Aykroyd and Krishnan remark that infantile beriberi has not previously been reported from India, but that, if the experience of other countries is to be taken as a guide, it must be common. They endeavour by statistics to prove that this is so. The infantile mortality rate is higher in the districts in which beriberi is prevalent than in other districts; but what is more significant is the fact that in the beriberi regions 41'8% of the deaths occur among infants aged one to six months, whereas elsewhere only 26'9% of deaths occur in this age group. Our object in this comment is not so much to discuss the work carried out by Aykroyd and Krishnan as to draw attention to the existence of infantile beriberi. It is well known that varying degrees of deficiency in vitamin B, are not uncommon in Australia if classical beriberi is. Furthermore, the artificial feeding of infants with substances deficient in vitamin B, is a widespread practice. It is hardly likely that infantile beriberi or something akin to it does not occur in this country. It is worthy of note that the term "convulsions" still appears in vital statistics as an important cause of death in infancy. May it not be that some of these convulsions are manifestations of acute beriberi?


The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 18 May 2009 190 10 -©The Medical Journal of Australia 2009www.mja.com.auCapacity to Care — Editorialhen Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and representatives ofAustralian health leadership signed a statement ofintent to close the Indigenous health gap by 2030, theycommitted to putting in place by 2018 the primary health servicesand other health infrastructure necessary to achieve this goal.


Water supply system in the enterprise,because of changes in water consumption,water pressure changes.Through the pressure signal detection,and the controller and operator of the design process,constitute a double-pump and automatic cycle and each other as a backup system.The adjustment variable speed pump or amount of pump operation,so that the water supply pressure to return to the settings to meet water requirements.


The two-step g -cascades, following thermal neutron capture in 175 Lu and terminating at 14 low-lying ( E ex < 600 keV) levels or level doublets of the 176 Lu nucleus, have been studied using the sum-coincidence technique using two Ge-detectors. The parameter majority of these cascades was unambiguously placed in the decay scheme. The regularity in the energies of the most intense cascades has been revealed. The results are compared with previous data for a group of deformed and spherical nuclei and with predictions of different models.


Based on VEGA and VEPSO,Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization(QPSO) is investigated to solve multi-objective optimization problem,a Vector Evaluated Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm is presented,namely VEQPSO.VEQPSO improves the particle's evolution formulations.The experiment results of VEQPSO on classic multi-objective test functions show the efficiency of the algorithm for solving multi-objective optimization problem.


To identify distinctive patterns of respiratory‐related health services use (HSU) between birth and 3 years of age, and to examine associated symptom and risk profiles.


Abstract The Ultrasonic non-destructive testing of aeronautic composite structures requires, in addition to the inspection itself, a very lengthy work of analysis of the results. Detection of defects in carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) by ultrasonic pulse echo inspection is usually based on the analysis of both attenuation and Time of Flight (ToF) C-scans. Differences in amplitude as well as differences in ToF can be the result of porosity, inclusions or delamination defects. This complex analysis becomes the critical path in the testing process and can be the major cost contributor. This paper presents a selection of user friendly software tools to simplify and speed-up this diagnosis. They are dedicated to composites. For the purpose of equipment harmonization and cost reduction, they can be applied on files acquired with most ultrasound instruments supplied by the major manufacturers. The aim of these tools is to concentrate on all the data which affects the acceptance criteria. In summary they help operators to focus their attention on any suspicious area, to know if a concession has to be requested, or if the component has to be repaired or rejected. They can even be applied on huge C-scans obtained when it is required to scan very large components, or after merging several smaller files acquired separately. All of these Tools are included in "NDT kit" & "Ultis" software. They are currently used on a daily basis to inspect many EADS Products and Platforms including the A350XWB aircraft...


Abstract : Criteria are suggested for selection from Navy officers in Vietnam those who might be assigned as advisors to the Vietnamese Navy. While satisfactory criteria of performance of earlier advisors have not been developed, research in the armed forces and in civilian agencies suggests a number of skills which are important. Where these skills are missing, some short-term training is suggested.


Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA sequences that can change their location within the genome. They contribute to genetic diversity within and across species and their transposing mechanisms may also affect the functionality of genes. Accurate annotation of TEs is an important step towards understanding their effects on genes and their role in genome evolution. We present a framework for annotating TEs which is based on relational random forests. It allows to naturally represent the structured data and biological processes involving TEs. Furthermore, it allows the integration of background knowledge.


The dynamical system corresponding to the Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) neuron contains the control parameter, for instance, the electrical current or another external signal, stimulating the action potential (outcome) in the axon. Choosing the appropriate shape of the control via speed gradient or alternative algorithms one can keep the system imitating a quantum behaviour. The controlled four-dimensional HH system, in this case, involves effects similar to the quantum phase contributions to the computational process. We provide a simple example of the HH-based computational algorithm following the quantum paradigm. The linear chain of two HH neurons emulates the results of the Deutsch – Jozsa algorithm for the searching problem. To reproduce the output effect similar to the contribution of quantum phases the neurons are controlled by one of two alternative feedback versions: target attractor or speed gradient. We invent the successful classical emulation of the Deutch-type quantum algorithm and discuss the pros alternative feedback methods. Our approach can open a novel method for the practical realization of quantum algorithms and develop new perspectives for the computational properties of artificial neural networks (ANNs). The possible applications of the proposed algorithms are the modelling of epilepsy in the ANNs and the big data analysis.


In this paper,a real-time moving object tracking system of high-speed image sampling and processing with Blackfin DSP as the core component is presented.An algorithm of object-tracking based on Meanshift is implemented.At 1ast,the experimental results under a complicate background are also shown.It is proved to be a reliable,effective and high rea1-time.


The possible existence of half orbital angular momentum is studied in the context of an anisotropic microlocal space--time. It is shown that through l = 1/2 poses serious problems in an isotropic space, that is acceptable in an anisotropic space and is of relevance in determining the internal symmetry of hadrons. A crucial feature of l = 1/2 in such a space is that l/sub z/ is a conserved quantity and though L/sup 2/ is not a good operator, J/sup 2/ = (L+1/2/sup a/)/sup 2/ is an 0(3) invariant where -1/2(a x r) = ..mu.. is the measure of anisotropy given by the commutation of linear momentum components. It is pointed out that when the angular momentum operator is modified so that we have a 'conserved angular momentum' in this space, the system resembles the motion of a charged particle in the field of a magnetic monopole or a top motion. An oscillator representation of this formalism has been develo