Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are well known to be accurate providers of position, navigation, and time (PNT) information across the globe. With capable receivers and well-populated satellite constellations, GNSS users typically believe that the position and time information provided by their GNSS receiver is perfectly accurate. More sophisticated users look beyond accuracy and are also concerned with the integrity of the GNSS information. Advances in electronics technology have enabled the creation of malicious RF interference of GNSS signals. Inex-pensive jamming devices overpower or distort the GNSS receivers input so as to completely deny the GNSS user of PNT information. A second threat to GNSS integrity is spoofing, the creation of counterfeit GNSS signals. This type of attack is considered more dangerous than a jamming attack since an erroneous PNT solution is often worse than no solution at all. The detection of spoofing is the subject of this paper. A variety of approaches have been proposed in the literature to recognize spoofing; many of these are based on the RF signal alone, including multi-antenna and multi-receiver methods. Another class of spoof detection algorithm is to compare the GNSS result to data from another, non-GNSS (hence, non-spoofed) sensor. In this paper we This paper develops the hypothesis test and analyzes the performance of such an spoofing detector assuming the use of a stand alone APNT receiver. Specifically, we assume that the APNT and GNSS receivers are not coupled, do not share pseudoranges, and base the integrity test on the position and time outputs of the two receivers. The next section characterizes the binary hypothesis test of spoofing/no spoofing for the combination of GNSS and APNT receiver outputs and develops the generalized likelihood test statistic. This is followed by examples, both position and time spoofing, with a Monte Carlo simulation of detector performance. The detector results are then extended to the case in which the APNT receiver provides a reduced set of information; examples of a APNT without time or vertical position is considered.


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The failure possibility of pipeline is an important aspect affecting the size of the pipeline risk, so the failure possibility analysis of buried pipeline is necessary. Firstly, the status of buried pipeline failure analysis is analyzed. Then the risk-based inspection and its qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative analysis method are introduced. The semi-quantitative RBI method, which is applied to analyze the failure possibility of the buried gas pipeline, is introduced in detail with an example of urban buried gas pipeline.


"All the men admired her, and many of the women envied her" : The Role of Dress in Portraits of Eighteenth-Century British Courtesans, 1751-1790


The growth traits of the 2.5 years old Eucalyptus urophylla stand,which were planted by the 194 families from 26 provenances,were investigated.The results showed that the largest growth of all provenances was No.20687,with the average value of the tree height,DBH(diameter at breast height),and volume were 10.41 m,10.43 cm,0.040 64 m3,respectively,and which were 111.10%,114.36%,136.60% of the population mean,respectively.The largest growth of the families was NO.89,belong to No.14532 provenance,with the average value of DBH,tree height,height-diameter ratio and volume of individual were 10.61 cm,10.30 m,0.99 and 0.042 08 m3,respectively,and which were 118.28%,110.28%,95.19%,143.47% of population mean,respectively.Through the method of synthetic weighted mark,36 Eucalyptus urophylla families come from 12 provenances were selected as superior families.


Knowledge management is the source for software enterprises to gain the sustainable competitive advantage. And knowledge system is a required work with strategic significance. So the purpose of this study is to investigate a knowledge system for software development. In this paper, a knowledge system is constructed for software development, which considers the demand of knowledge during the course of software development. Firstly, the concept and construction course of knowledge system are described. Then, a matrix model based on software development stages/roles is proposed, which is used to construct the knowledge system. Based on the matrix model, a two-dimensional knowledge system is constructed for different stages/roles. A description model of knowledge considering subject and object is also developed.


A novel generalized predictive controller based on CARIMA model is presented in this paper. The controller is directly given based on the identification results, without on-line solving the Diophantine equation, so the computation of the algorithm can be greatly reduced and the control system may effectively be used on-line.


Traditional methods of analyzing the sound quality of audo equipment are based on simple test signals as well as on simple measurement procedures. Sine wave or sweep is applied when measuring nonlinear (harmonic) distortion or frequency response. Combinations of sine waves and/or some kind of noise signals are the most complex test signals used in practice. Analysis methods as well are based on oversimplified models of auditory perception. It is easy to demonstrate how measures like harmonic distortion may be misleading when used to describe the perceived quality of sound, A new methodology is introduced here, which is based on a computational model of auditory perception as the analyzer of sound quality. The model makes it possible to use any real signal as a test signal. Some measurements carried out in practice are described.


The aim of the work is to determine the peculiarities of the clinical course of Wellens syndrome due to the presence of critical occlusion of the medial segment of the anterior interventricular coronary artery bifurcation.Material and Methods. Clinical manifestations of the disease, including dynamics of ECG changes; coronary angiography data; results of echocardiographic and laboratory tests.Results. This article presents the peculiarities of the clinical course of Wellens syndrome in patient L., 70, who met the currently recognized diagnostic criteria of the syndrome, but the critical occlusion of the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery was localized in its medial segment. Along with this, there was hemodynamically irrelevant stenosis of the proximal coronary artery section (60%). Electrocardiographic changes were consistent with pattern B (deeply inverted T waves in V2-V6). Сonditional normalization of the T waves, indicating the absence of repeated coronary artery occlusion after spontaneous reperfusion. Stenting of the anterior interventricular coronary artery vein of the left coronary artery prevented the possible occurrence of "stuttering" pattern and the occurrence of myocardial infarction.Conclusions. Acute coronary syndrome with complete coronary artery occlusion is often accompanied by spontaneous reperfusion, which contributes to the relief of chest pain and the appearance of characteristic T waves on ECG and is the basis of the so-called Wellens syndrome. The most frequent localization of coronary artery occlusion is the proximal segment of the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery, but we witnessed the occlusion in the medial segment of these coronary arteries. Immediate coronary angiography with stenting of the occluded artery will prevent the occurrence of myocardial infarction in the patient.


Background: Edutainment using songs, poem with gesture, finger puppet shows, video shows, games and demonstration method with audiovisual aids are mostly applied in health education activities for preschoolers. In the study, effectiveness of different edutainment interventions to acquire proper hand washing (PHW) knowledge and practices among Myanmar preschoolers was compared to assist in setting further health education plan for PHW which is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infections transmitted by contaminated hands.
Methods: A Quasi-experimental study was conducted at No-1, pre-primary school in Mandalay, Myanmar in 2006 to compare the effectiveness of three different edutainment interventions (poem & gesture, video show and peer demonstration) in which knowledge (why to wash, when to wash) and practices (how to wash) for PHW were included based on WHO guide lines. Sixty preschoolers aged within 3-5 years and similar socio-demographic status was selected to form 3 groups (A, B and C) with 20 in each. Participatory style teaching–learning using poem & gesture in Group-A and 10 minutes video show in Group-B were intervened. Five peers were selected from Group-C and trained them for peer demonstration for PHW in their group. The knowledge of PHW was assessed using pre-structured questionnaires in face to face interview with the preschoolers and their practice was assessed by the checklist before and one month after the intervention. Results: The total knowledge and practices scores of the preschoolers on PHW were significantly (p 0.05) between Group-A and Group-C with 0.7%.
Conclusion: The comparison results highlighted that peer demonstration (Group-C) and poem & gesture (Group-A) may be the most effective edutainment interventions for the Myanmar preschoolers to acquire proper hand washing knowledge and practices.


This paper considers on the Argentine documentary produced during the eighties, a period between the return of democracy and the paradigm shift that meant the nineties in connection with the last military dictatorship. By analyzing some documentaries of the period (mainly La Republica perdida, by Miguel Perez, and Evita (quien quiera oir que oiga) , by Eduardo Mignogna), the paper wonders on what could be represented at that time, how cinema articulated itself with the construction of memory and justice and, finally, what was the role that played documentary films in the years of democratic re-foundation.


Galaxy mergers are key events in galaxy evolution, often causing massive starbursts and fueling active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In these highly dynamic systems, it is not yet precisely known how much starbursts and AGNs, respectively, contribute to the total luminosity, at what interaction stages they occur, and how long they persist. Here we estimate the fraction of the bolometric infrared (IR) luminosity that can be attributed to AGNs by measuring and modeling the full ultraviolet to far-IR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in up to 33 broad bands for 24 merging galaxies with the Code for Investigating Galaxy Emission. In addition to a sample of 12 confirmed AGNs in late-stage mergers, found in the Infrared Astronomical Satellite Revised Faint Source Catalog, our sample includes a comparison sample of 12 galaxy mergers from the Spitzer Interacting Galaxies Survey, mostly early stage. We also perform SED modeling of merger simulations to validate our methods, and we supplement the SEDs with mid-IR spectra of diagnostic lines obtained with Spitzer's InfraRed Spectrograph. The estimated AGN contributions to the IR luminosities vary from system to system from 0 per cent up to ∼91 per cent but are significantly greater in the later-stage, more luminous mergers, consistent with what is known about galaxy evolution and AGN triggering.


This paper presents a novel current-mode readout circuits based on logarithmic analog-to-digital converter (LADC) for high speed and high background current infrared focal-plane-array (IR FPA) imaging. With the implementation of LADC, the photocurrent can be directly converted to digital value in pixel level. Zero reset noise is achieved with continuous operation of photodetectors to further reduce the fixed-pattern-noise (FPN) across the FPA. An experimental 64times64 pixel array, each consisting of an n-well/p-substrate photodiode and LADC, has been designed and simulated in standard 0.18 mum CMOS technology. The pixel unit occupies an area of 55 mumtimes55 mum with a fill factor of 25%. The LADC has a logarithmic linearity of 98% over 80 dB input dynamic range. The proposed IR FPA readout circuits can operate at a frame rate of 5000 fps with a power consumption of 9.7 muW per pixel.


According to the Swedish preschool policy documents all children should have the same opportunities to develop their early language skills regardless of their social background. The purpose of this ...


Brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola is one of most serious postharvest diseases infecting red-flesh dragon fruits. Once infected, the quality of fruits is drastically reduced and the fruits are unlikely to be acceptable within a few days after infection. With the possible mechanism of Ca in controlling the growth of the fungus by reducing the activity of pectolytic enzymes of the causing organism and strengthening the host cell wall, the fruits were treated with four concentration of CaCl2 (0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 g L-1) at postharvest stage for 30 min, then inoculated with spore suspensions of M. fructicola (10(6) spores ml-1). Results showed that the severity of brown rot was reduced with increasing CaCl2 concentration and this was supported by a strong negative correlation between fruit peel, Ca and disease severity (r=-95). Overall, the beneficial effects of elevated CaCl2 on quality parameters i.e., soluble solids, acidity and firmness were more apparent on severely infected fruits.


A stability result for a stochastic optimal control problem is presented, where the distribution of the random input in the differential equation is perturbed in the sense of weak convergence of distributions.


It has been known for some time that HIV‐1 virions contain cellular proteins in addition to proteins encoded by the viral genome. Recent studies have vastly increased the number of host proteins detected in HIV‐1. This review summarises the current findings on several cellular proteins present in these virions, including some functional studies on their potential roles in the viral replication cycle and pathogenesis. Because retroviruses require extensive assistance from host proteins and pathways, the data from biochemical characterisations of HIV‐1 serve as an important starting point for understanding the role of cellular proteins that act in or influence the biology of HIV‐1. Additionally, a better understanding of the interactions between cellular proteins and viral components might provide more targets for anti‐HIV therapeutic intervention and provide for a better understanding of how HIV‐1 alters the immune system. The extensive study of HIV‐1 has already brought new insights to the fields of immunology and vaccine science. In the same way, knowledge of viral‐‐cellular protein interactions might assist our understanding of important cellular pathways. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Global remote sensing image data retrieval is enabled through metadata search. Traditional spatiotemporal indexing mechanism involves time-consuming spatial operations. In this study, a novel coupled spatio-temporal data retrieval method is proposed. It focuses on the repeat sun-synchronous orbiting satellites (RSSOs) that are widely used in Earth observation. The spatio-temporal indexing mechanism is the key to ensure the efficiency when retrieving image of interest. Landsat 8 historical scenes are used as experimental data. By exploring the correlation between temporal and spatial information, a spatio-temporal LookUp Table is built. This allows to reduce the search space from the whole data set to only one orbit cycle and keep on a constant level. This method greatly reduces the complexity of the image retrieval algorithm for RSSOs image data. They can notably improve the efficiency of remote sensing image retrieval.


I have been interacting with a number of agencies in charge of implementing very large systems for the past couple of months. A legal case came to us for our assessment of security vulnerabilities of a computerized competitive examination service. I even interacted with a few companies in the cyber-physical critical infrastructure space. I realized that most people I met are not only nonexperts in cyber security, they actually lack an understanding of the essence of cyber security of such critical systems. In my native language Bengali, there is a proverb "sorsher modhye bhoot" whose English language equivalent is "Fence itself grazing the field." For those unaware of this proverb—it means that while the purpose of fencing your garden is to protect your plants from grazing stray animals—what if the fence itself is grazing your garden. The Bengali proverb captures it slightly better—although in a bit of a culturally contextsensitive way. In a recent survey published by PwC [PwC: Global State of Information Security Survey], the employers surveyed reported astonishing figures: 33.56% of security incident sources were current employees, 28.6% were former employees, 21.93% are current contractors and service providers, etc. Many of these are not due to malicious intent but rather due to lack of expertise and other mistakes. Nevertheless, these kinds of figures show that in order to build a secure system, one has to not only make the system robust against outside cyber attacks, but also need protect it from insiders. If the system administrators and other privileged users are the insiders compromising security, unless the security system is built to resist such incursions, disasters can happen. However, my experience in talking to the previously mentioned entities tells us that there is a widespread misunderstanding about how to protect data and systems. The notion of security seems to be a disproportionate and dangerous reliance on the goodwill of key cyber security personnel and system administrators. There are many issues with such a perspective. First of all, these personnel might go rogue, but more importantly, they might unknowingly compromise the system. Can we build systems where even they cannot compromise it even if they wanted to? In today's service-oriented approach to system architecture, often different components of a system are under the control of distinct business, legal, and even political entities, but they have to interact and share information to get a distributed service-oriented application working. Unless carefully designed for information confidentiality, system administrators from one domain might obtain extra information from another domain, and thereby compromise the other domains for business advantages. A very interesting article by Günes and Evrenosoglu [2010] on this topic in the context of interconnected power grids in North America addressed this issue to some extent, and suggested a trusted computing-based approach. However, they only scratched the tip of the iceberg, and there is no formal proof or formalized argument claiming the security of the solution itself. With the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) this issue will gain further importance. Not only the IoT devices will collect much data on an individual's health, habits, transportation, etc., many IoT devices would also collect crucial information on infrastructure topology, connectivity, structural health, etc. A major attraction of the IoT is that such continuous flow of information can be used to build applications that ease our lives. However, a lot of such information should not be accessible even to the system administrators at the various


Unimolecular metastable decompositions of 1,1-dimethoxypropane (CH3CH2CH(OCH3)2, 1) and 2,2-dimethoxypropane ((CH3)2C(OCH3)2, 2) upon electron impact have been investigated by means of mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) spectrometry and D-labeling technique. The molecular ions of 1 and 2, even at 20eV electron energy, are formed with extremely low abundance. Sequential transfers of a methyl group and a hydrogen atom to an ether oxygen are observed during the decomposition of [1-H]+ (CH3CH2C(OCH3)=O+CH3, m/z 103), [2-CH3]+ (CH3C(OCH3)=O+CH3, m/z 89), and [1-C2H5]+ (CH(OCH3)=O+CH3, m/z 75) to protonated dimethyl ether (m/z 47). The relative importance of this process increases with decreasing the length of the alkyl chain, R, in RC(OCH3)=O+CH3 (R=C2H5, CH3, and H). On the other hand, the abundance of the ion (RCO+) generated by the loss of CH3OCH3 from these ions with transfer of only a methyl group increases with increasing R. The relative abundance of the ions in the MIKE spectra is rationalized with energetic consideration, i.e, the total heat of formation (ΣΔHf) of the ion plus the neutral fragment, or proton affinity (PA) of two components in an intermediate proton-bridged complex.


Compared to traditional approaches to curve estimation, such as those based on kernels, wavelet methods are relatively unaffected by discontinuities and similar aberrations. In particular, the mean square convergence rate of wavelet estimator of a fixed, piecewise-smooth curve is not influenced by discontinuities. Nevertheless, it is clear that as the estimation problem becomes more complex the limitations of wavelet methods must eventually be apparent. By allowing the number of discontinuities to increase and their size to decrease as the sample grows, we study the limits to which wavelet methods can be pushed and still exhibit good performance. We determine the effect of these changes on rates of convergence. For example, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for wavelet methods applied to increasingly complex, discontinuous functions to achieve convergence rates normally associated only with fixed, smooth functions, and we determine necessary conditions for mean square consistency.


(57) Abstract: a memory module connector fits into the memory module and the memory module with offset notches for improved insertability. Connector housing has a receiving space for receiving a portion of the memory module printed circuit board (PCB). Between the first end and the center of the housing of the housing, the first key is disposed in the housing space of the housing. Further, the second key is disposed in the housing space between the second end and the center of the housing. Distance between the first key and the second key is wider than the 40% of the length of the housing. Either the first key or the second key, or both, from the receiving space, extends beyond the top plane defined by the top surface of the receiving space of the housing. Memory modules are include PCB, said PCB includes a first notch located between the center of the first end portion and the PCB of the PCB. The second notch is disposed between the center of the second end portion and the PCB of the PCB. Distance between the first notch and the second notch is wider than 40% of the length of the PCB. Of the first notch, the distance from the first end of the PCB, and wider than the distance from the center of the first notch of the PCB, also, of the second notch, the second end of the PCB distance from is narrower than the distance from the center of the PCB in the second notch.


The paper discusses the concepts of wrongly written characters, enumerates wrongly written characters appeared in papers of agricultural science and technology and gives differentiating and particular analyzing on them.


More and more research is showing how spending time in nature is good for our health and development. Yet, children living in urban areas (towns and cities) may find it difficult to spend time in nature. Their neighborhoods may have little nearby nature to interact with, or they may not be allowed travel on their own to reach natural spaces. Missing out on spending time in nature means children are becoming more disconnected from the natural world. We wanted to understand if children living in urban areas have access to nature in their neighborhoods. Then, if they do have access to nature, do they prefer to spend time in nature, or in other kinds of spaces? What reasons either prevent or encourage use of natural spaces? Our work revealed some new findings on how children interact with nature and how we can improve our urban areas to support nature connection.


When the pipeline bursts and leaks, the make-up pumps will turn on to supple the network with water. Due to the outdoor heating network is a closed cycle, and equipped with the make-up water pumps, the hot water will leak continually under a constant pressure at the leak point, which causes thermal waste. Therefore, locating the leaky section in heating network is more and more important. In this paper, the mathematical model of a branching pipe system was established by using the graph theory and genetic algorithm. Programming calculated the flow and pressure of all pipe sections and heat exchange stations when the network is normal operation and leaky operation, respectively. And through analysis of the change law of pressure and flow, the rules of hydraulic regime changes can be obtained. Moreover, the leaky section will be found out efficiently.


This is a case report of a patient with diabetes type 2 treated with metformin who was admitted to the intensive care unit because of an ischemic stroke. Blood tests showed a hyperlactatemia of 4.8 mmol/l, with normal pH, bicarbonate, and base excess. However, Stewart approach allowed the detection of a mixed metabolic disorder: metabolic acidosis due to unmeasured anions plus hypochloremic alkalosis. Anion gap was elevated and its values decreased in parallel to lactate levels. We review metformin-induced lactic acidosis and the diagnostic approach to this metabolic acid-base disturbance. Metformin-induced hyperlactatemia: A case report and review of the literature


Summary: A broad review of the history, discovery, characteristics, distribution, habitats and relationships of the shrubby Euphorbia mlanjeana is provided. On Mt. Mulanje (Malawi) where it was hitherto listed as endemic to mountain and country, E. mlanjeana occurs in four populations occupying similar habitats and sharing similar habitat conditions on granitic rocks: two foothill populations (The Crater and Ruo Gorge), one along the upper Likhubula/Lichenya path, and the highest-lying one on the Lichenya plateau. The trunk height and the length of the branches decreases with increasing altitude, which is related to the increasingly unfavourable climatic conditions. Recent molecular data (Bruyns et al., 2011) show E. mlanjeana to be closest to two other shrubby species (E. knuthii and E. waterbergensis) which are all three placed amongst arborescent species, suggesting that the shrubby habit may have evolved from arborescent ancestors. In addition, three localities in northeastern Mozambique recently discovered by P. V. Bruyns are reported, so that E. mlanjeana is no longer an endemic of Mt. Mulanje and can be enlisted for the Flora of Mozambique.


Base on analysis of the main factors influencing hydrocarbon primary migration, the paper points out the flaws in using mudstone compaction static analysis to study hydrocarbon primary migration, and provides the new viewpoint of mudstone compaction dynamic analysis and quantitative evaluating hydrocarbon primary migrating, sets up its geological model, mathematics model and modeling flow process. At last, with Qingshankou main hydrocarbon resource rock in Qianchang sag of Songliao basin as a typical example. The author of this paper uses the new viewpoint and method to dynamically analyze the hydrocarbon resource rock and estimate its hydrocarbon primary migrating amount. This result is very close to the results obtained by other methods as well as that of predecessors.


Women must actively challenge cultural and social norms in order to empower themselves and effectively advance their well-being. This study examines women's empowerment through self-help groups in Krishna District. The participation of women in self-help groups (SHGs) has a substantial impact on their empowerment both in social and economic dimensions. One of the most significant aspects influencing the societal economic development is entrepreneurship. It has been believed that entrepreneurs play a key role in launching and sustaining socioeconomic progress. The idea of women entrepreneurs is relatively new in India. Women have entered a variety of commercial professions and are more aware of their rights and circumstances. They have built successful corporate empires of their own. As women's literacy rates rise in India, the proportion of women in the workforce is rising as well. In various Indian regions, the idea of self-help groups (SHGs) has shown to be beneficial for rural women. Their social standing has increased along with their income. The primary focus of this essay is on the contribution that SHGs provide to rural women's economic empowerment. The study's conclusion demonstrates that the SHG members' economic situation is positively impacted by the SHG activities.


Organic Light Emitting Diodes, OLEDs, are now a common feature in mobile phones and ultrathin televisions. Light generation by electroluminescence in the best OLEDs can have 100% internal charge to photon conversion efficiency. This requires very efficient triplet to singlet excited state harvesting, and has been the strict preserve of electrophosphorescence heavy metal complex emitters until now. However, recently it has been discovered that all organic, donor-acceptor (DA) charge transfer molecules can also yield such efficient triplet harvesting and OLEDS with 100% internal efficiency can be fabricated. Here the process of triplet harvesting is by thermally activated delayed fluorescence, 'TADF', i.e. E-type delayed fluorescence, and in this talk I shall elucidate how this triplet harvesting mechanism works, including the mechanism that allows very efficient reverse intersystem crossing in a non heavy metal containing molecule, second order vibronic coupling spin orbit coupling. 1, 2

Detailed photophysical measurements of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) states in the solid state will be used to guide our interpretation. Temperature dependent time resolved emission, delayed emission and photoinduced absorption are used to map the energy levels involved in molecule decay, and through detailed quantum chemical modelling, electron exchange energies and other energy barriers of the systems are determined with the various excited states involved in the reversed intersystem crossing mechanism elucidated. From these measurements rates of rISC can be obtained. This will be explained.

One concern over TADF has been the potential trade off between rISC rate and PLAY because of the orthogonality of the mechanisms controlling these two key photophysical processes. From a new design of TADF molecule, we will demonstrate that it is indeed possible to achieve both high PLQY (100%) and a rISC rate > 107 s-1, seemingly impossible from the original description of rISC and TADF. This gives a new design criterion for TADF emitters.

Our vibronic coupling second order spin orbit mechanism has been used to explain the observed photophysical phenomena and from further quantum chemical helps to explain how this paradox can be overcome. With very fast risk and high PLQY comes low efficiency roll-off at high brightness.

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The focus of this research is in the area of the United States death penalty. More specifically, it examines the use of the felony murder rule and the law of parties at both federal and state level. These areas are considered in light of the 8th Amendment as according to the interpretations of the United States Supreme Court. The approach taken in this article is two dimensional: firstly it considers the theoretical approach to the felony murder rule and the law of parties by way of assessing the legislation and precedents at federal level, secondly it examines the law in practice at state level and compares and contrasts them. This article seeks to establish that the law of parties imposing the death penalty on non-triggerman accomplices is arbitrary, inadequate, unjustified and unconstitutional through its violation of the 8th Amendment.


The mean power of the reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals acquired by a GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) receiver can be modeled through the integral bistatic radar equation by weighting the contributions of all scatterers on the surface by the system impulse response. The geophysical properties of the scattering surface affect the magnitude of the reflected navigation signals through the bistatic scattering coefficient which, in case the observed surface is land, is a function of the soil dielectric properties, surface roughness, and vegetation cover. In this paper, the GNSS-R signal simulator developed in the framework of the Land MOnitoring with Navigation signal (LEiMON) Project, supported by European Space Agency, is presented. The simulator is able to predict the power reflected by land, taking as input the system and observation parameters, as well as the land surface parameters. The latter are used to simulate both the coherent and the incoherent scattering, taking advantage of widely used theoretical models of bistatic scattering from bare soils and vegetated surfaces. First, the geometrical formulation is discussed, and then, the problem of polarization mismatch due to real antennas at circular polarization is faced following the polarization synthesis approach. Finally, a comparison with some experimental data collected during the LEiMON campaign is presented. The simulations display the same trend of the experimental data, thus showing that the simulator can be used as an efficient tool for the interpretation of GNSS-R measurements.


The maximum finite rate of increase for apterous populations of the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) was 1.14 times per day at 20°C; for the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), 1.32 times at 25°C; and for the turnip aphid, Hyadaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis), 1.45 times per day at 25°C. The cabbage aphid had the smallest rate of increase at all temperatures, the green peach aphid the greatest rate between 5° and 15 °C, and the turnip aphid the greatest rate between 20° and 30°C. No aphids reproduced at 35°C, only the population of turnip aphids increased at 30°C, and only the population of the green peach aphids increased at 5°C. Other populations decreased at 5° and 30°C. The components of the rate of increase (nymphal development, age-specific survival and fecundity, length of generation, and net reproductive rate) were determined for each aphid at each temperature. Their effect on the rate of increase was examined, as was the age at which 95% of the contribution to the next generation was made. The proportion of each stage in a population with a stable age distribution was also examined. Equations for predicting the rate of increase, and models comparing the relative growth of populations of the three species with time are presented.


Active learning is an important element of course design. It has, however, not been integrated in the conduct of class lectures as they have evolved from early, chalkboard-based discussions to newer, multimedia presentation styles. The sophisticated, multimedia presentation styles have forced some rigidity, and have often unintentionally relegated the student to a more passive role in the classroom. This paper proposes an alternate mode of lecture delivery--Hyper-Link Teaching. It involves conducting the classes as anchored and guided discussion sessions. Executing this mode of teaching requires preparing class handouts as anchors for discussions and sharing control over class conduct with the students. The approach was first implemented during Fall 1995 for an undergraduate course in Systems Analysis at an accredited, large university. Student feedback indicates that the approach encourages students to engage in a more active role in the classroom, promotes higher levels of learning, and augments instructor responsiveness to student concerns. A copy of the student questionnaire is appended. (Contains 10 references.) (Author/AEF) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** HYPER-LINK TEACHING TO FOSTER ACTIVE LEARNING U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) o This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Sandeep Purao Georgia State University "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


In a recent paper published in Acta Dermato-venereologica (6), the authors briefly mentioned a case of hypersensitivity to a brand of vitamin B12 for injection. The circumstances in the case indicated that the allergic reaction was due to the preservative—phenylcarbinol—added to the drug by the manufacturer. As hypersensitivity to systemically administered phenylcarbinol does not seem to have been observed hitherto, a more detailed account was consideretl justified. When pure crystalline vitamin B12 has been given, no allergic or toxic reactions have heen seen, not even after extremely large doses, given over protracted periods. Young (12) and Bedford (2) described local reactions in the form of erythema and pruritus, but both authors subsequently discovered that their vitamin Bi.̂ preparations had been contaminated. In the large majority of cases vitamin Bĵ is given in the form of injections drawn up from multiple-dose vials, closed with rubber membranes; and when so supplied a preservative is added to the drug solution. In selecting such a preservative, its bacteriostatic activity is generally given first consideration. Available information suggests that two preservatives are used oftener than any others. These are chlorcresol—which is a contraction of parachlorometacresol—and a more recent compound known as


Accurate monitoring and controlling of the temperature in the combustion chamber can raise the burner efficiency, combustion intensity, fuel consumption and reduce pollutant emission. However, except combustion is accurately monitored and controlled, high concentration of pollutant gases and products like carbon monoxide (CO) and soot can form in the combustion chamber. This paper compares the combustion thermal profiles in a liquid fuel swirl burner using developed straight edge and curve edge blade swirlers at (20, 30, 40, 50 and 60)° for 6, 8, 10 and 12 number of blades in order to optimize the temperature of the burner. Measurements were made in straight and curve blades liquid fuel swirl burner in order to study and compare the thermal characteristics of the straight and curve edge blades in optimizing the combustion dynamics. Similarly, measurements were made for burner without swirl generator and the combustion temperature assessed. Thermal profile was measured in the direction of flow via the six axial ports at distance ((d) =150, 350, 550, 750, 950 and 1150 mm) from the burner exit using Chromium-Zinc thermocouple. Results showed that the wavelength and oscillation of temperature decay in the same type of blade followed the same trend and the peak of combustion intensity is nearer the nozzle for curve edge blades than the straight edge blade. Six (6) blades performed best with the highest temperature in all the ports, while 12 blades gave the least performance. Findings further show that curve edge blade swirlers gave better performance than straight edge blade swirlers with highest temperature of (1065 and 1015) °C, respectively. Hence, it is recommended especially where high temperature and stability application is desirable


The contemporary engineering requirements cannot be met by conventional monolithic materials. The opportunity to make composite materials comes from combining two or more different, chemically non-reactive, and easily producible ingredients to satisfy the demand of the always changing requirements. Fatigue behavior of metal matrix composites is vital in many applications as the material fails well within the safe working limits. The loading conditions and material characteristics plays significant role in the failure of the component and hence the analysis becomes even more important to predict the early failure. Hence among many modes of failure, fatigue and fracture related behavior is considered as most important. This work is focused on the fatigue behaviour of the aluminium matrix reinforced with varying sizes of Al2O3particles with concentrations of varies weight percentages. R R Moore fatigue analysis is carried out for the ASTM standard specimens for varying loads, it is observed that the fatigue life is optimum for the maximum particle size with lower concentration. Fatigue life decreases with increasing loads irrespective of particle size and concentrations


In our cultural and scientific context, prison exists and persist as a necessary evil. In Spain, just start the democratic path, was approved the regulatory framework –Act 1/1979 of 26 September, General Penitentiary– which put the turning point in the rehabilitation and social reintegration of prisoners. In this long history, many things have changed in our prison system. One of the most significant and/or striking is undoubtedly special attention to the needs of women who are serving in a prison or are subject to alternative measures. In this article, by way of the touches of reality, will be presented figures and significant socio practices developed in recent years to improve the quality of life of women prisoners


In the process of sketching using CAD software,the function of intelligent guidance can enhance the interaction between user and interface,accelerate the sketching process and make it convenient.This paper studies the function and proposes constraint solving-oriented design of sketch intelligent guidance.It implements identification,classification,summary and solving based on object-oriented method,adopts classified graphic elements to achieve quick comprehensive guidance.A general data model is designed to cater to the record and addition of constraints of non-sketch geometry.Through practical application on the platform of FeatureMaker based on ACIS and HOOPS,the sketch intelligent guidance module designed by this method,is able to assist effectively and significantly reducing the time of sketching with constraints.


This paper presents the efforts of how to use the solid form of Sidoarjo mud as a base material of lightweight-geopolymer paste. The mud, which is called Lusi was mixed with a class F fly ash. Some experimental results have shown that mixing mud with fly ash and alkali was potential to become a binder in concrete, instead of Portland cement. Alkaline solutions used in the mixture were NaOH of 12 M and 14 M and Na2SiO3 combined in the ratio of 1:2.5 by weight. Aluminum powder was applied as a foaming agent. It showed that the strength of paste made with mixing Sidoarjo mud and fly ash was influenced by mud content. The effect of chemical admixture and curing temperature was observed as well. A steam curing method at 60°C was applied to the paste for three and six hours. Test results showed that the compressive strength of the paste varied with the concentration of alkaline solution, mud content, admixture and curing temperature. The maximum strength of the lightweight paste at 21 days was 2.8 MPa with the density of 722 kg/m3.


Greek General Trikopis who was the First Greek Corps Commander that had to withdraw from Afyonkarahisar wanted to unite with the General Franco's forces, which he thought were in Dumlupınar, and to establish a new line of defence in this place. However, Trikopis tried to escape together with a part of accompanying forces by entering into a mountainous and forested area through Kızıltaş valley when the Turkish army surrounded the Greek forces in the Aslihanlar region in Dumlupınar. His aim this time was to meet with Franco in Uşak.
When Uşak was captured by the Turkish forces on September 1, this hope of Trikopis also disappeared. The accompanying soldiers could not adequately nourish and rest. Undisciplined behaviours also began among his soldiers. He settled on the hill with an altitude of 1155 ….. on the south of Aşağı Karacahisar village and started to take defence measures. However, the soldiers did not want to fight against the Turks. Thereupon, Trikopis got a text explaining this case prepared and received the signatures of military officers. He decided to surrender under these circumstances. He specially wanted that the person to whom he would surrender was at the rank of division commander. He surrendered to the Turkish army on 2 September 1922 at around 18.15.
The purpose of this study is to discuss the imprisonment and captivity process of Trikopis, the Greek Chief Commander, in the light of, primarily, archival resources, press of the period, memories, and other resources. The study will reveal who captured Trikopis, his dialogues and relations especially with Mustafa Kemal Pasha and other Turkish military officials during his captivity, and his life in captivity.
There is no scientific study regarding the captivity of Trikopis. This research aspires to fill the mentioned gap.The research will use the techniques of history methodology including the classification, analysis, composition, criticism, interpretation, and comparison methods.


Health reform is a specific research object that is characterized by internal dynamics, depending on a number of external factors and effects on the health of the population. It is a versatile process and develops in a complex environment. Here we start from the understanding that improving the healthcare system needs different changes. The healthcare system's reform must not ignore the national specificities of the country concerned but should be done through the necessary variety of measures: purposefulness, lasting and long-term structural changes that cover the national, regional and local levels of the change. It must be acceptable both to the needs of citizens and professionals. Each organization has a definite and regular cycle of development. There are certain defects in it. These defects are always the expression of a particular process, which in most cases lead to crises in the organization. It may be due to factors in the external environment, but necessarily develops within the organization's internal environment. This brief commentary shows that the reform is organically inherent in any organization. It aims to protect the organization and to guarantee the fulfillment of its mission and its own development for a certain period. It is precisely the inevitability and necessity of reforms that I consider to be a mandatory addition to the definition of healthcare reform. We can summarize that healthcare reform is a process in which changes in health policy and normative basis are made simultaneously or consistently. They affect the economic relations, the institutions and the organizational and structural structure of the health system, in which it goes into a qualitatively new state. This process is inherent in each healthcare system during its development, as the aim is to increase its efficiency for citizens and society as a whole. In the various publications, as the beginning of the healthcare reform different years in the last decade of the last century have been indicated. The new healthcare legislation started in 1998-1999, but there are also opinions that the beginning of the reform dates back to 1989. Implementation of the reform is inconceivable without the adequate use of modern management approaches and methods without a new management style at all levels of the healthcare system. Here, a serious analysis of the health status of the population and the risk factors are made as well as the activity of the healthcare system. Implementation of the reform is inconceivable without the adequate use of modern management.


Objective To investigate prevalence of primary community health service basic situation and existing problems and improve chronic disease prevention treatment.Methods Investigation was carried out in 513 community health service manpower by questionnaire which was aimed at primary community health service.Results The age of community health service manpower was 20-69 years old,the average was 39.Most of them were recorded by junior college with the percentage of 43%,and 26% were professional general practitioner.67% staff had passed the national medical licensure examination.Hypertension was one of the common diseases in community with the percentage of 79%,and considered as a disease which had got an effective treatment.Poor living condition was the main problem.Conclusion The community health service manpower mainly consists of junior manpower and general practitioner,and most of them have the national medical licensure.Hypertension is one of the common diseases in community,it is important to improve the medical level in chronic diseases management for medical staff in country by continuing medical education.


The utility model discloses a positioning device for an interval gluing roll of an assembler, which belongs to the field of cigarette making mechanical equipment and comprises a gear of an upper gluing roll shaft and a gear of a lower gluing roll. Four pins are evenly disposed on one side of the upper gluing roll, and a positioning flange is fixed to one side of the gear of the lower gluing roll through screws. Five grooves corresponding to gear pins of the upper gluing roll shaft are arranged on the outer periphery of the positioning flange. After the positioning device is assembled, the lower gluing roll is convenient and quick in positioning and mounting, quality accidents are not easy to occur, and the lower gluing roll is highly operable. Therefore, intended purposes of modification are achieved.


The paper deals with the quantitative assessment of the parameters influence of differently operating fault detection mechanisms on the hardware safety integrity of the safety function. It is considered that the safety function is implemented by an electronic safety-related system operating in low demand mode of operation. The quantitative assessment of the hardware safety integrity of the safety function is based on the use of homogeneous Markov chains. Proving the safety properties of the safety-related control system (proving, that the residual risk is acceptable) is a necessary condition for its implementation into an operation.


States increasingly find themselves in competition and conflict with non-State actors, including terrorist networks, insurgencies, separatist regimes, criminal cartels, and other groups. The effects of the law and practice of recognition—including the recognition of States, of governments, and of belligerencies—on conflicts with such illicit non-State actors has been underappreciated. The rules of recognition are not external to these conflicts; they interact with the strategy and the tactics of the parties to the conflict and of third-party States. While States have access to global markets, judicial protections, and the privileges and immunities of sovereignty, unrecognized entities use illegal strategies to find necessary resources to continue their fight. This chapter describes the range of actors that are both involved in violent conflict and also operate on the fringes of recognition. It will review the various aspects of law of recognition and consider practices old and new in order to understand the effects of recognition decisions, including how recognition interacts with the laws of armed conflict. It will also discuss how nonrecognition affects access to resources, such as financing and skilled labor, and the variety of responses by unrecognized entities. To understand the strategy of the illicit non-State actors in conflict with States, one must not only appreciate their motivations and goals, but perceive their constraints. The political economy of conflict is not separate and apart from the public international law of recognition; they are intertwined.


This article analyses the short story cycle Uhuru Street, which describes the life of the members of the minority Ismaili community, whom Vassanji fictionalises as Shamsis, in the context of crucial changes in the history of Tanzania. Diaspora, fragmentation and ethnic multiplicity in a really hierarchical tripartite society will be studied within the framework of cross-cultural networking in the Western Indian Ocean, where complex identity relations are established. Our discussion stems from a brief historical genealogy of the Indian community in Tanzania, it analyses the complex identity relations and affiliations among Tanzanian citizens of Indian descent, and moves on to the analysis of Vassanji's short stories in order to explore those fluid and enabling spaces where identity and belonging are to be negotiated.


Objective To study the effect of naloxone(NLX) used in early stage on acute severe intracerebral hemorrhage.Methods A retrospective review of 90 patients with acute severe intracerebral hemorrhage(45 cases were treated with NLX and 45 cases were control) was done on clinical data and neurological outcomes.Results The fluctuation of vital signs was smoother in NLX group than in control,including arrhythmia(14 versus 28,P0.01) and abnormal respiration(11 versus 30,P0.01).Lumbar puncture showed that the severity of brain edema and increase of intracranial pressure was less remarkable(10 versus 24,P0.01) after treatemnt of NLX for one week.More patients revived in NLX group than in control(34 versus 13,P0.01) and lower disability one after three months.Conclusion A successive large dosage of NLX can relieve acute severe intracerebral hemorrhage and improve the recovery of coma and reduce the disability in severe intracerebral hemorrhage.


The invention is applicable to the field of shooting, and provides a shooting method and a shooting system for mobile terminals and a mobile terminal. The shooting method comprises the following steps that a camera of the mobile terminal captures a shot picture; the shot picture is compared with preset relevant standard values of built-in properties of the camera of the mobile terminal; if a deviation exists between the captured shot picture with the preset relevant standard values of built-in properties of the camera of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal executes a prompt function; and otherwise, the mobile terminal executes a shooting function. By using the technical scheme provided by the invention, the problems that most of photographers do not understand the professional knowledge of shooting, the photographers do not know how to remind shot objects, and the shot objects also do not know how to stand up and put various poses are solved, and the preset standard value of the camera of the mobile terminal is compared with the captured value of the shot picture so as to automatically remind the user to move and reach related accordant values, thereby facilitating the shooting of perfect pictures.


The influence of curriculum reform is weaker than that of examination on class life.The present class teaching is inclined to be pragmatic.Based on aesthetic ideas,viewing aesthetics as methodology,the class life is believed to be able to return to the way it should be.This paper re-interprets the meaning of aesthetics in class,proposes some ideas and strategies for the operation of aesthetics in class so as to melt class experience into the growth of life.


2057 Background: PS-341 inhibits the proteasome and the degradation of a number of proteins involved in cell cycle regulation, apoptosis and cell adhesion. PS-341 was combined with 5-FU/LV, to find the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and investigate pharmacodynamics. Previously we reported interim results of this trial (Iqbal et al; Proc ASCO 2002). We are now reporting the final results.

METHODS
PS-341 was administered IV bolus in escalating doses (0.5 mg/m2, 0.7 mg/m2, 1.0 mg/m2, 1.3 mg/m2) twice weekly, with weekly 5-FU 500 mg/m2/LV 20 mg/m2 for 4 weeks, with 2 weeks rest. Two patients (pts) were entered at each dose level (DL) until moderate toxicity was observed in 2 pts or dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) was observed in 1; thereafter the standard 3+3 design was used.

RESULTS
Twenty-one pts were entered: 12 males, 9 females; median age: 58 (range 43-84) years; 15 colorectal primary; 2 unknown; and 1 esophageal, breast, pancreatic and anal. Pts received a median of 3 (range 0 -4) prior chemotherapeutic regimens for advanced disease. Two, 7, 9, and 3 pts entered dose levels 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. One pt at DL 2 and 3 pts at DL 3 did not complete Cycle 1 and were inevaluable for toxicity. All DLT's were Grade 3. Two pts at DL 4 experienced DLTs (Pt1: abdominal pain or cramping; Pt2: anorexia, dehydration, diarrhea). DL 3 was then expanded, at which 2 pts experienced DLTs (Pt1: abdominal pain or cramping; Pt2: dehydration, depressed level of consciousness, fatigue, hypoxia, anorexia, dyspnea, nausea). DL 2 was then also expanded, at which only 1 pt experienced DLTs (vomiting, nausea, fatigue, headache, anorexia). The MTD was determined to be DL 2. Interestingly, peripheral neuropathy was not a DLT in this trial. Pts received a median of 2 (range 1-4) cycles of chemotherapy. Nineteen pts were evaluable for response: 1 partial response (esophageal) at DL 4; 8 stable disease (7 colorectal, 1 anal) at DLs 1-4; 10 progressive disease.

CONCLUSIONS
PS-341 0.7 mg/m2, when given twice weekly with once weekly 5-FU 500 mg/m2/LV 20 mg/m2 for 4 weeks, followed by 2 weeks rest is a safe regimen for Phase II testing. Grant#: U01CA62505 [Table: see text].


Background and purpose: The efficacy and safety of cervical cage in patients with cervical discectomy and fusion was controversial in recent years. This meta-analysis was in order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cervical cage alone. Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE and the Clinical Trials.gov databases were searched and randomized controlled trials were included. The primary endpoint was fusion rate and the incidence of adverse events. Good to excellent rate, operation time, hospital time and blood loss were regard as secondary endpoints. Results: Totally, 530 patients were included from 9 RCTs. There was no difference between cervical cage and autologous bone grafts in fusion rate (RR = 0.98; 95% CI = 0.90-1.06; P = 0.60; I2 = 0), good to excellent rate (RR = 1.04; 95% CI = 0.94-1.45; P = 0.47; I2 = 8%) and operation time (SMD = -0.38; 95% CI = 1.70-0.94; P = 0.04; I2 = 70%). There were significantly difference in the rate of adverse events (RR = 0.43; 95% CI = 0.21-0.90; P = 0.03; I2 = 0), blood loss (SMD = -0.39; 95% CI = -0.74-0.05; P = 0.03; I2 = 0) and hospital time (SMD = -0.32; 95% CI = -0.58-0.05; P = 0.02; I2 = 0) when cervical cage compare with autologous bone grafts. Conclusion: No differences were demonstrated between cervical cage and autologous bone gifts respect to the fusion rate, good to excellent rate and operation time. But the cervical cage associated with lower rate of adverse events, blood loss and shorter hospital time compare with autologous bone grafts.


The technology for synthesis of 5,5-dimethylhydantoin by continuous method was studied.Effects of the filling and material of reaction tower on reaction efficiency were investigated.It can be concluded that porcelain rings as the tower filling and titanium alloy slices as the tower material are the best choice.The temperature-controlling programme,reaction material ratio and reaction time on the quality and yield of the product were also investigated systematically.The result showed that,when the temperature of major reaction area was 65-68 ℃,n(acetone cyanhydrin) ∶n(ammonia)∶n(carbon dioxide)=1∶(1.1-1.2)∶(1.1-1.2),and the gas-liquid contact reaction time was about 1 h,the yield ranged from 90% to 92%,which was higher than that of intermittent method(85%).The product purity w(DMH)≥99%.This study provides the industrilizing production with reliable data.


In this study we argue that the export performance of affiliates of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries is determined differently from that of licensees of foreign firms or of domestic firms. Our empirical results for the information technology sector in India show that exports of MNE affiliates are greater when they have larger foreign equity stakes that bring more tacit knowledge transfer and complementary FDI advantages and when they import more explicit technology from the purchase of licences. Standard export determinants such as firm size and capital intensity do not matter for MNE affiliates, but they do for licensees and domestic firms.


—Four new genera of Porcellanidae are proposed for 9 species previously included in genus Porcellana: Capilliporcellana (type-species P. murakamii Miyake), Ancylocheles (type-species P. gravelei Sankolli), Lissoporcellana (type-species P. quadrilobata Miers), and Heteroporcellana (type-species P. corbicola Haig). Genus Aliaporcellana Nakasone & Miyake is restricted through transfer of several species to one of the new genera; Enosteoicles Johnson, originally described as a subgenus of Porcellana, is raised to generic rank and three species are assigned to it. The anomuran crab family Porcellanidae contains about 225 described species (not including several of uncertain status). Nearly 80 of these were originally included in genus Porcellana, but by now most of them have been distributed among other genera. However, Porcellana still consists of a heterogeneous grouping of species which have little in common aside from the structure of the basal segment of the antennal peduncles: in all these forms it is produced and broadly in contact with the anterior margin of the carapace, thereby excluding the movable segments from the orbit. Several species have been placed or retained in Porcellana only because they do not fit into any of several other genera which share this character. I have already drawn attention to the need for a revision of the genus (Haig, 1960:197; 1965:107). Basing his study on the porcellanid fauna of the Singapore area, Johnson (1970:8, 21) included in Porcellana all species having a produced basal antennal segment, the frontal area not (or not greatly) deflexed, and the carapace never much broader than long. He erected a new subgenus, Enosteoides, and reduced Pisiclia, and even the distinctive genus Porcellanella, to subgenera. In my opinion this arrangement is not satisfactory— not only because it further obscures natural relationships, but because it was based on only a few species from a limited geographical area. In the revision which follows I re-establish the generic status of Pisidia (and of Porcellanella), erect four new genera to accommodate some of the aberrant species of Porcellana, elevate Johnson's subgenus Enosteoides to generic rank, and make various changes in the generic placement of species. I have been fortunate enough to examine material of almost all the species involved; for others, I suggest possible relationships on the basis of information in the literature. This proposed arrangement should CRUSTACEA LIBRARY SMITHSONIAN INST. RETURN 10 W-119


ABSTRACT. This is an interim report on screening for learning problems in the first year at school. It forms part of a prospective study of convulsions, epilepsy and learning disorders which commenced in 1970.


The system (10) for a wing mounted engine washing and water reclamation is provided. System 10 includes a cleaning liquid from the outlet end or bottom side of the at least one spray device (26) and the engine (32) for introducing a cleaning liquid containing at least water into the engine 32 while the engine 32 is operating It has a groove for collecting the effluent. In a preferred embodiment, the cleaning liquid supply 14 and effluent groove is located on a mobile unit (12). Further, the recovered sejeongaekreul processing system 20 for processing is also located on a mobile unit.


Shorea robusta Gaertn.  (Sal) has been commonly used in Indian traditional medicine for treatment of various ailments such as circulatory, digestive, endocrine, respiratory and skeletal systems as well as in infectious diseases. This information was collected from available literatures through books, journals and internet. The phytochemical studies have shown the presence of many secondary metabolites belonging to terpenoids, flavonoids, carbohydrate, lignans, phenols and sterols. Crude extracts and isolated compounds from Shorea robusta show a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, antibacterial, wound healing, anti-pyretic & analgesic activities. Many studies have provided evidence for various traditional uses. The present review on its botany, traditional uses, pharmacological activities and phytochemistry which provides preliminary information for further studies for this potential medicinal plant.


This research is using quantitative study aimed to see whether there are influence of liquidity and asset quality on growth profit of commercial banks listed on the BEI period 2013-2015. The population in this research using banging company which consist of 41 companies. The total samples used in this research as 36 companies accordance with established criteria, that are Indonesia banking company,to publish financial statement last 3 years, listed on the stock exchange indonesia, and conventional banking. Data used in this research is secondary data obtained from the financial statements. The analytical method used is to combine the data time series and cross section to calculate or estimate the quantitative variables used for stock return. The analysis of panel data regression model with program Eviews 9.0 and level of significance 5% (0,05). The result showed that (1) Liquidty has no significant effect on growth profit, (2) Asset quality has significant on growth profit.


Abstract Two new C29 steroids, xidaosterols A (1) and B (2), characterised by a common unusual α-keto-enol functionality bearing A-ring, together with three related known ones (3–5), were isolated from the South China Sea sponge Neopetrosia chaliniformis. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses and comparison with the spectral data reported in the literature, Xidaosterol B is an A-nor derivative of 1. Graphical Abstract


This paper is the fourth and final volume in the halate solubility series. The solubility data for halates of transition metals, lanthanides, actinides, ammonium, and metallic elements of the main groups 12–14 are reviewed. Where appropriate, binary, ternary, and multicomponent systems are critically evaluated. Most of the solubility results were obtained in water or aqueous solutions of electrolytes. The solubility in organic solvents and aqueous-organic solvent mixtures is also collected in this volume. All these data were critically examined for their reliability. The best values were selected on the basis of critical evaluations and presented in tabular form. Fitting equations and graphical plots are also provided. When numerical data were not reported in an original publication, they were read out from figures and digitized by the compilers. The quantities, units, and symbols used in this volume are in accord with IUPAC recommendations. We always reported the original data and, if necessary, transferred them into the IUPAC recommended units and symbols. The literature on the solubility data was researched through 2002. The halates of these metals play a role in industrial processes. For example, some halates are essential as catalysts, heat stabilizers, and blanching reagents for manufacturing polymer products such as textiles and resins. Some iodates are used in pyrotechnic compounds for weather modification and colored smoke generation. The nonlinear halate crystals are important in construction of optical devices.This paper is the fourth and final volume in the halate solubility series. The solubility data for halates of transition metals, lanthanides, actinides, ammonium, and metallic elements of the main groups 12–14 are reviewed. Where appropriate, binary, ternary, and multicomponent systems are critically evaluated. Most of the solubility results were obtained in water or aqueous solutions of electrolytes. The solubility in organic solvents and aqueous-organic solvent mixtures is also collected in this volume. All these data were critically examined for their reliability. The best values were selected on the basis of critical evaluations and presented in tabular form. Fitting equations and graphical plots are also provided. When numerical data were not reported in an original publication, they were read out from figures and digitized by the compilers. The quantities, units, and symbols used in this volume are in accord with IUPAC recommendations. We always reported the original data and, if necessary, transfer...


Abstract Disclosure: N. Francis: None. S. Cardillo: None. D.R. Nandiwada: None. Background: The training residents gain in Family Medicine (FM) and Internal Medicine (IM) residency programs provide a critical foundation for their knowledge in diabetes (DM) management. It is one of the most common diagnoses physicians-in-training will encounter in their residency training programs and in clinical settings. However, a 2012 study compared diabetes care in resident clinics versus private physicians and found significant decrease in patient satisfaction (56.5% vs. 71.3%) in resident clinics. A 2020 study surveying primary care (PC) residency program directors showed that most FM and IM residency training programs focus on the core diabetes care and management topics with much less focus on emerging topics, such as 2nd generation insulin analogs and digital health technologies. The purpose of our survey was to better assess current resident perceptions and attitudes towards their DM education and their perceived comfort level in comprehensive DM counseling, evaluation, and management. Methods: A 12 item survey was designed using the Qualtrics program. The survey link was sent via email to IM- PC and FM residents at a major academic medical center. Data was collected from September 13th, 2022 to present. The survey included a combination of multiple choice, Likert scale and ranking questions. Results: 14 residents responded to the survey to date with the majority (71%) belonging to the IM-PC group and the remainder (29%) family medicine. Residents felt most comfortable managing diabetes related complications and counseling on foot and eye care and hypoglycemia. Respondents reported being most uncomfortable in prescribing non-insulin medication (50%) and initiating an insulin regimen (43%) and less comfortable counseling patients on continuous glucose monitoring systems (83%) and insulin administration (66%). While majority of residents (72%) found their DM curriculum clinically relevant, 85% of residents reported there was not enough time allotted. Respondents felt a more longitudinal lecture series, with increased access to treatment frameworks and on-site feedback on their DM counseling and care would best supplement their DM curriculum. Conclusion: This survey data explores specific areas that residents have identified as being least comfortable and also expresses what they identified as the most preferable ways to modify and design an educational intervention. This information allows for tailored curricular intervention highlighting diabetes technologies, insulin and non-insulin prescribing practice in a longitudinal lecture style format that provides access to DM treatment frameworks and incorporates direct on-site feedback to the residents. This provides evidence for the development of a novel clinically integrated DM curriculum. Presentation: Thursday, June 15, 2023


[Objective] To understand the blood lead level and lead poisoning incidence of children in Meizhou aera,then further provide a basis for the prevention of lead poisoning.[Methods] ICP2MS was used to measure the blood lead level.2560 children aged 0-6 years with physical examination during January 2009-December 2009 in Meizhou were selected to test children blood lead level.[Results] The subject range of 2 560 cases of children blood lead ranged from 12.56 μg /L to 198.56 μg/L.The average of whole children blood lead was 66.58±24.31 μg/L.The male and female average blood lead was 71.23± 25.23 μg /L and 60.67±22.23 μg /L respectively.The children lead poisoning incidence was 15.63%,and the male and female lead poisoning incidence was 20.59% and 10%,respectively.The male blood lead levels and lead poisoning incidence were significantly higher than the female's.The blood lead levels and the lead poisoning rate increased with age(P﹤0.05).[Conclusion] The blood lead levels of children in this region was relatively lower than the national average.The trend of increasing incidence of lead poisoning required attention and effective measures should be taken to actively prevent children lead poisoning.


AbstractThe degree to which students think, feel, and act engaged in school plays a vital role in their chances for academic and life success, yet levels of student engagement remain low. In this article, we focus specifically on how engagement works in the classroom, namely as a function of the interactions between students, teachers, and the class content. We propose a model in which student engagement in the classroom can be understood as emanating from the relationships between students and teachers; teacher levels of content and pedagogical expertise; and the degree to which students see the class content as relevant to their current interests, future goals, and identities.A wealth of research supports the notion that student engagement leads to a variety of desirable academic and life outcomes (National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2004). The more students are engaged in their schoolwork, the more likely they are to perform well academically, obtaining higher grades in their classes and higher scores on standardized tests. Student engagement has been directly linked to reduced high school dropout rates. Students who are more engaged in school are more likely to attend, and eventually graduate from, college. Some scholars have further suggested that promoting engagement can help shrink achievement gaps (Lee & Shute, 2009).Unfortunately, research into student engagement and motivation reveals that up to 60% of high school students are "chronically disengaged" (Klem & Connell, 2004). In a large-scale national survey of American middle and high school students, the Quaglia Institute for Aspirations (2013) found that more than half of high school students are bored at school, and less than half enjoy being there. According to the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine (2004), "Dropping out of high school is for many students the last step in a long process through which students become disengaged from school" (p. 24). Dropping out is highly likely to have serious negative long-term consequences, such as difficulty finding employment and reduced quality of life. According to the U.S. Department of Education, in October 2009 approximately three million 16- to 24-year-olds were not enrolled in high school, nor had they earned a high school diploma or alternative credential (Chapman, Laird, Ifill, & KewalRamani, 2011). Moreover, levels of disengagement typically increase as students progress through school; the longer students are in school, the less engaged they are (Eccles, Wigfield, & Schiefele, 1998).Greater engagement in school has also been linked to various indicators of individual well-being. Students who are engaged behaviorally, cognitively, and/or emotionally in school are more likely to feel better about themselves, be satisfied with their lives, and enjoy higher work quality later in life (Gallup, 2013). Moreover, they are less likely to engage in delinquency, substance abuse, and risky sexual behavior (Antaramian, Huebner, Hills, & Valois, 2010; O'Farrell & Morrison, 2003).Taken together, there is much evidence for the individual benefits of student engagement, and these benefits extend to teachers as well. When a classroom is filled with students who are paying attention, focused, participating, mentally stimulated, and having fun, the teacher is much more likely to enjoy being there and to feel more invested, and is less likely to experience burnout (Covell, McNeil, & Howe, 2009). Additionally, when engagement is high and disciplinary issues are minimal, more of the teacher's time and effort can be spent on promoting learning, and less on managing distractions. Student engagement has benefits not only for the individual students and teachers, but the entire learning environment.What We Mean by Student EngagementThe term engagement in reference to schooling has been defined in many different, and sometimes inconsistent, ways. …


This paper investigates control algorithms for a doubly fed induction generator with a back-to-back three-level neutral-point clamped voltage source converter in medium voltage wind power systems under unbalanced grid conditions. Three different control algorithms to compensate for unbalanced conditions have been investigated with respect to four performance factors; fault ride-through capability, instantaneous active power pulsation, harmonic distortions and torque pulsation. The control algorithm having a zero amplitude of torque ripple shows the most cost-effective performance concerning torque pulsation. The least active power pulsation is produced by the control algorithm that nullifies the oscillating component of the instantaneous stator active and reactive powers. A combination of these two control algorithms depending on the operating requirements and the depth of the grid unbalance presents the most optimized performance factors under generalized unbalanced operating conditions leading to high performance DFIG wind turbine systems.


ABSTRACT In That Smell and Notes from Prison, Sonallah Ibrahim engages literary and feminist discourses in his political narrative against the Nasserist regime and the culture of commitment (iltizam) of the 1960s. Ibrahim's antihero is a newly released writer who is faced with the challenges of overcoming his failure to connect with women and society, and find a motivation to write. He realizes that most readers, writers and critics are not in favour of his literature of exposé, which refuses to depict or treat the ugly reality as a beautiful one. In foreshadowing the 1967 defeat and the impotence of Arabs, That Smell and Notes from Prison warns of a prolonged cultural and literary decay should political corruption override basic human and women's rights in the Arab world.


Chaetopterus eggs undergo characteristic ooplasmic rearrangements during development. Ooplasmic rearrangement in the absence of cell division is called differentiation without cleavage. Treatment of fertilized eggs with cytochalasin B allowed the continuation of nuclear divisions in the absence of cytoplasmic division. The ooplasmic rearrangements in uncleaved cytochalasin B-treated fertilized eggs closely paralleled those of normal development. Colchicine treatment, which blocks mitosis, arrested ooplasmic movements at a stage comparable to that of normal embryos at first cleavage. Neither drug eliminated the segregation between hyaloplasm and endoplasm, even though colchicine prevented the later rearrangements. Localizing movements are therefore dependent upon normal microtubule function, but not on microfilament function. The maintenance of localized materials does not seem to depend exclusively on either of these organelles.


Oil palm has become an important commodity for Indonesia reaching an area of 2.6 million ha at the end of 1998. It is mostly cultivated in highly weathered acid soil usually Ultisols and Oxisols which are known for their low fertility, concerning the major nutrients like N and P. This study most conducted to search for the most active root-zone of oil palm and applied urea fertilizer at such soils to obtain high N-efficiency. Carrier free KH 2 32 PO 4 solution was used to determine the active root-zone of oil palm by applying 32 P around the plant in twenty holes. After the most active root-zone have been determined, urea in one, two and three splits were respectively applied at this zone. To estimate N-fertilizer efficiency of urea labelled 15 N Ammonium Sulphate was used by adding them at the same amount of 16 g 15 N plant -1 . This study showed that the most active root-zone was found at a 1.5 m distance from the plant-stem and at 5 cm soil depth. For urea the highest N-efficiency was obtained from applying it  at  two splits. The use of 32 P was able to distinguish several root zones: 1.5 m – 2.5 m from the plant-stem at a 5 cm and 15 cm soil depth. Urea placed at the most active root-zone, which was at a 1.5 m distance from the plant-stem and at a 5 cm depth in one, two, and three splits respectively showed difference N-efficiency. The highest N-efficiency of urea was obtained when applying it in two splits at the most active root-zone.


INTRODUCTION REVIEW OF LITERATURE Bacterial Inoculation .. Dehydration ....... . Conventional hot-air drying Freeze -drying . . Microwave drying Current Tactical Emphasis of the Military Services . MATERIAL AND METHODS ...................... . Experiment I: Preliminary Study on the Production of Sauerkraut ....................... . Experiment II: Evaluation of Physical and Chemical Properties of Fresh Sauerkraut Produced by Natural Fermentation and by Inoculation With L. mesenteroides and L. plantarum (Laboratory Scale) ............................ . pH Page


. This paper presents our contribution to the SMART challenge 2021 (SeMantic AnsweR Type Prediction Task), specifically the relation prediction task for both the DBpedia and Wikidata datasets. We introduce our approach to predict the ontology properties (relations) mentioned in a natural language question in order to be able to answer the question correctly. Our solution is based on a pre-trained BERT model using fastai and in combination with data augmentation (for DB-pedia). The techniques separately are proven to be very effective for text classification problems and outperform other approaches. In this paper, we used a multi-label classification method built-in fastai library for the SMART task, which gives very good results. Achieving high per-formances for relation prediction is assured by using DBpedia ( ∼ 760 classes) and Wikidata class hierarchy ( ∼ 50K classes) for results of an experimental evaluation.


Upper Miocene Pannonian sediments from Belgrade (Serbia): new evidence and paleoenvironmental considerations The Late Miocene sublittoral marls of the Pannonian Stage (the long-lived Lake Pannon) were studied. From neotectonic point of view, the investigated area represents a natural border between two different morphostructural domains: the Pannonian Basin to the north and the Peri-Pannonian Realm to the south. More than 20 mollusc and 34 ostracod species were identified which indicate the upper part of the Lower Pannonian and the lower part of the Middle Pannonian ("Serbian") predominantly. The identified dinoflagellate cyst assemblage (21 taxa) hinders assignment of the studied samples to a Pannonian substage but supports the high endemism of the Pannonian flora. The lithostratigraphical, paleontological, and paleoecological analyses indicate a mesohaline (8-16 ‰), sublittoral (<90 m deep) environment of the early Lake Pannon. The estimated stratigraphic range for the investigated deposits is 9.8-11.4 Ma.


Abstract:Scholarship on literary renderings of the urban has focussed primarily on poverty and thus contributed to a somewhat one-sided perception of social inequalities. For the sake of a more comprehensive perception of the social asymmetries shaping today's cities, this essay focuses on urban wealth and explores its centrality to three neoliberal city-novels written in the first decade of this century: Ian McEwan's Saturday (2005), Richard Flanagan's The Unknown Terrorist (2006), and Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger (2008). To explore how these three otherwise quite dissimilar texts represent the perceived "fantastic conspicuousness of consumption and affluence" (Baudrillard 25) in modern cities, the essay considers voices in urban studies critiquing the once optimistic understanding of cities as "wealth machines" (Molotch) and draws on Andrea Brighenti's theoretical deconstruction of the popular equation of visibility with power and invisibility with powerlessness. Conspicuousness, it submits, is only one side of urban wealth; another is, as the three novels under study show, the typical intangibility of capital power, enforced by an intricate interplay of exposure and concealment of urban wealth and itself enforcing social divides in cities.


The fundamental assumptions in regard to velocity distribution and the effect of these assumptions in the computation of reflection-seismograph data are discussed. Simple methods for adjusting reflection-seismograph information for lateral changes in vertical velocity are explained and illustrated.


We present, for the first time, a permanent structural asymmetry compensation method for fused quartz micro wineglass resonators. Using the technique, we demonstrated a near six times reduction of structural asymmetry (n  =  2 wineglass mode), culminating in reduction of the frequency split from 41 to 7 Hz. This is an iterative process. In each iteration, the structural asymmetry was first identified by measuring the mode shape of the resonators. Then, directional lapping was performed with specially designed lapping fixtures to accurately control the lapping angle down to 1°. Analytical predictions and numerical simulations were conducted to study the structural asymmetry phenomenon and the effects of compensation on the quality factor of the structure, showing the ability of this process to reduce the structural asymmetry, while not affecting the overall quality factor of the resonators.


The insecticide (Monocrotophos), hormones (Alpha Napthyl Acetic Acid) and Rallis tracel-2 (Micronutrient) were used in teak seed orchards at Behrai (Seoni, M.P.). The experiemental results showed that the growth promoting chemical and insecticides are not effective to increase the teak fruit production. Fruit dropping also does not appear to have been affected by these treatments. As the treatment applied within investigation failed to exhibit any positive correlation with the fruit production in teak and thus on older trees (about 10 years) these treatments should not be applied. The insect population can only be reduced to some extent by the treatment with insecticides only if it is beyond the tolerable level.


The adoption behaviour of upland rice growers and their different socio-economic characteristics related to their adoption level were analysed in two selected districts viz., Angul and Dhenkanal of Orissa. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the upland rice growers exhibited medium level of adoption trend and 25 per cent of the farmers adopted rice+pigeon pea mixed cropping, as it was an age old practice. It was done to utilize the available moisture in the field to get more yield with assured economic return in the event of loss of rice crop due to drought. The big farmers were found to adopt more technologies compared to the small farmers, owing to more urban contact, extension contact, mass media exposure, risk preference and total knowledge on upland rice cultivation technologies. Further, the study also revealed major constraints in upland rice cultivation. The important constraints as perceived by them were heavy rain at the time of harvesting, more damage of crop due to gundhi bug attack during dough stage, non-availability of improved agricultural implements etc.


©Copyright 2018 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Galenos Publishing House. Dear Editor, It is well known that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a boon to the field of neurological and orbital imaging but it is equally important to be aware of the various artefacts and practical issues associated with them. Here we report such an instance where we encountered an eyeball lesion in the region of the ciliary body which disappeared on more detailed evaluation. Awareness of the possibility of such pseudolesions and the reasons for their occurrence is essential to avoid misinterpretation as true pathological lesions. A 34-year-old female presenting with history of headache was found to have a small nodular T2 hypointense lesion with a thin hyperintense border in the medial aspect of the left eyeball in the retrolental region (Figure 1). There was blooming on the gradient images but the lesion was not seen clearly on other images. The postgraduate resident raised the possibility of a ciliary body tumor. However, as the lesion appearance was not characteristic of any condition, I wished to see the patient in person to see if she had applied any cosmetic products. She had applied kajal (an eye cosmetic) before the MRI scan and had not removed it. We thought the observed lesion could be due to susceptibility artefact arising from the applied kajal. We rescanned the patient after asking her to wash her face and making sure that there was no kajal around her eyes. Repeat MRI scan with routine T2 and thin heavily T2-weighted sections showed no lesion in the eyeball (Figure 2). A careful ophthalmological examination with dilated pupils also ruled out a solid ciliary body mass. Patients having MRI scans as outpatients may present for examination after applying cosmetics including eye makeup, face lotions, nail polish and hair loss concealers. Eye and face makeup products may cause artefactual distortion of the orbital contents due to the iron oxide in the pigments used to produce dark shades of makeup. Though these artefacts do not interfere with brain imaging, it precludes imaging of orbital contents if they are of clinical concern. This susceptibility artefact is usually propagated along the frequency-encoding axis of the images.1 Susceptibility artefacts caused by eye makeup may mimic ocular disease such as ciliary body melanoma or cyst.2 The susceptibility artefacts are expectedly more prominent in association with 3-Tesla MR systems than lower field strengths. Escher and Shellock3 in their study involving 38 different types of cosmetics on 3-Tesla MRI found that all 5 of the eyeliners, all 3 of the mascaras, 3 of the 10


Tyrosinases are widely distributed in nature; These enzymes are known as type 3 copper proteins having a diamagnetic spin-coupled copper pair in the active centre. In this study, the objective was to produce tyrosinase enzyme efficiently from an alternative fungal soruce. Some cultural parameters of medium were optimized in order to maximaze tyrosinase production. When the effect of the carbon and additional nitrogen sources in the cultural medium on tyrosinase production was investigated, it was observed that glucose and NaNO3 was suitable. Some physiological conditions were optimized for enzyme production and it was concluded that, incubation for 7 days at 30oC, 200 rpm of tyrosinase production medium containing % 2 and % 0,2 ratio of Glucose and NaNO3 with pH 5, was suitable.


The testing based on the genetic algorithm is a white-box testing method under the guidance of the demand analysis in software system. Traditional unit testing is mainly analyze the internal logical structure of products, but the Genetic algorithm structure testing is not only considering the internal logical structure, but also mainly analyze the association and the adaptive. The paper combined with the genetic algorithm of artificial intelligence to testing software, so as to explore the new methods and techniques to improve testing efficiency.


Precision positioning of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) in a nautical environment is a difficult task. With a dual azimuthing thruster scheme, the optimization of thruster outputs uses an online method to minimize the amount of error. It simplifies necessary calculations by the assumption that the rotating thrusters are always parallel thus making the system holonomic. The scheme accommodates for limitations in actuator outputs, including rotation limits and timelagged thrusts and was implemented in a MATLAB simulation that tested its response to step errors and disturbance forces, similar to what it would encounter in actual implementation. It successfully achieved commanded outputs in all three degrees of freedom, typically within 25 seconds. It also rejects constant and sinusoidal disturbance forces. However, specific configurations arise where the USV, at times, is uncontrollable and the system only recovers after being further perturbed into a controllable configuration. Thesis Supervisor: Franz Hover Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering Table of


Although the concept of 'lucid dreaming' was first coined by Frederik Willems van Eeden, a Dutch psychiatrist, and introduced at the meeting of The Society for Psychical Research held on 22 April 1913, the phenomenon of lucid dreaming was already known in earlier historical periods and its descriptions can be found in writings of Aristotle. However, modern lucid dreaming research was established only after LaBerge introduced his method for physiological investigation of lucid dreaming through eye signals in 1980. Current attempts in the field are directed at defining the neuro-physiological correlates of lucid dreaming, an aim that still has yet to be achieved. One of the possible applications of lucid dreaming is in the field of psychotherapy where it is usually used in treating nightmares. However, other possible therapeutic potentials of lucid dreaming are still in the process of being discovered and therefore constitute a fertile area for future researchers. Copyright © 2009 British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This paper reviews and analyzes the existing theoretical and practical research results on the moral education and the construction of first-class classroom. This paper sorts out and defines the historical background, research trend, concept and meaning of "moral education" and "building a first-class classroom" in order to obtain the organic combination method.


This poem focuses on the hospitalization, death, and burial of a patient. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).


The correct choice, implementation and evolution of an operations strategy can provide considerable competitive advantage. However, how many organizations in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industries really understand the components of such strategies and their power when properly deployed? Supply chain management, lean thinking, agile operations, quick response, virtual organization, time‐based competition to name but a few, currently receive extensive coverage in management literature. But, what core competencies, management activities, resources and technologies comprise an effective operational strategy in a retail logistics context? From empirical research, we demonstrate that the various elements forming an operational strategy are often part of a distinct implementation pattern that can be customized at the level of individual product and/or customer behavior and replicates the complexity of the setting. The research aims to help management better understand demand and tailor a number of operational strategies to the behavior of that demand.


In the Fermilab antiproton Accumulator Ring, injected antiprotons are to be adiabatically captured and rf stacked at the edge of the stochastic cooling stack tail. Also large antiproton bunches which have been removed from the cooled core by low-frequency rf unstacking are to be pre-bunched at 52.813 MHz prior to bunch-to-bucket transfer to the main Ring at 8 GeV. A 100 kV 53 MHz rf system for accomplishing these two tasks is described. Because of the low momentum spread beam to be stored in the ring, a shunt impedance limitation must be imposed on all devices in the ring to prevent microwave instability. Also vacuum pressure in the range 10-10 T must be maintained. This report will describe how a normally high Q rf structure has been modified to meet these requirements.