It goes without saying that the last decade in Chicano literature has been dominated by the literary production of Chicana writers, whose numerous and diverse works, written primarily in English, are increasingly being published not only by Arte Publico and Bilingual Press but by mainstream and non-Chicano/a alternative presses. Interest in this literature has undoubt edly been fueled by the vogue of multiculturalism and the growing market for ethnic and women's literature both in the academy and more generally throughout the nation and even abroad. Within the United States, the belated and?in some quarters?reluctant recognition of a multiethnic society that is multilingual and increasingly more Latino has, of course, not changed the fact that ethnic minorities are still primarily disempowered, working-class com munities, nor has this strategic recognition been tied to any meaningful transformation of the centers of economic and political power. On the contrary, and especially now in view of conservative politics bent on undoing even the very limited gains brought about by Affirmative Action policies, ethnic minorities continue to be marginalized and among the growing impoverished sectors, which, ironically, are primarily white and in good measure female. Clearly, however, the powers that be have chosen to incorporate at least certain segments of ethnic-minority cultural production into the mainstream; the choice of segments, of course, is a larger and highly complex and controversial issue that should concern us all as we approach the twenty-first century and consider the factors that will have a hand in fashioning a century in which, if only by our sheer numbers, Latinos will be an economic, political, and cultural force to contend with in this country. Any analysis of the mainstreaming phenomenon would first, however, require situating current work by both Chicano and Chicana writers within a larger historical framework, a context that would account for factors social, political, and literary. In these waning days of the twentieth century we are clearly now within a new period of cultural production, linked of course to a global socioeconomic restructuring that has opened up a few hegemonic spaces for some members of ethnic minorities while restricting the many to the margins. In the process of this reconfiguration, we see in all areas some social boundaries break down, even as new ones are erected and old ones reinforced or resurrected. As in the case of Mexico, it sometimes takes an uprising like that of the Zapatistas in Chiapas to call attention to a festering, unre solved set of conditions that bear clear witness to acute social and economic oppression and exploitation. The Los Angeles uprisings in 1992 likewise revealed to the whole world that U.S. urban ethnic communities, including those of Latinos, are rife with social problems: high unemployment rates, low wages, police brutality, interand intragroup violence, drug addic tion, high dropout rates for our students, and endemic hopelessness among all too many. Whatever illusions we may have nurtured, then, about progress for ethnic minorities, we are daily confronted with the symptoms of a violent, unequal, and at every level problematic reality. Current efforts to eliminate Affirmative Action along with the recent passage of Proposition 187 in California denying undocumented workers needed social, medical, and educational services, as well as efforts to curtail or eliminate welfare benefits, attest loud and


The Green Bay Quadrangle, Wisconsin, was evaluated to a depth of 1500 m (5000 ft) to identify and delineate areas favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits. Seven uranium occurrences reported in previously published literature and two new occurrences identified during this study were located, described, and sampled. General geologic surface reconnaissance, ground radiometric measurements, and geochemical sampling were completed in all geologic environments within the quadrangle. Aerial radiometric data and hydrogeochemical and stream-sediment reconnaissance data were analyzed, and followup studies of anomalies were conducted. Potential environments were evaluated in the subsurface using descriptive logs of well cuttings. The results of this investigation suggest that several plutons within the Precambrian Y Wolf River Batholith are favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits. Ten geologic environments appear unfavorable. Detailed evaluation of four environments was precluded because of glacial cover and lack of subsurface data defining the character of these environments at depth. These environments exhibit numerous characteristics favorabe for the occurrence of uranium but require further subsurface evaluation to adequately determine their favorability.


A process that involves the non-covalent binding of leukotrienes to one of three leukotriene receptors. These interactions are involved in neutrophil chemotaxis, endothelial cell adherence and cytokine production.


According to Haitian Creole lore, a zombie is a dead person brought back to life using magic. By analogy, zombie-science is research that should be dead, but magically lives on. So what is the origin of zombie-science in groundwater, why does the magic still work to keep research alive, and finally, do we really still have the capacity for innovation? Not every paper written can—nor should be—an innovative blockbuster. Thomas Kuhn's view on progress in science was that more than just revolutions were needed and "something different must necessarily go on in between" (Kuhn, 2000). That something is what Kuhn called normal science—the incremental work of embellishing ideas and filling in details. Zombie-science is essentially normal science run amok, the land where embellishments and detail-filling never die. In some areas of groundwater, normal science, apparently uninterrupted by revolutionary spurts, has been in progress for more than 50 years. The cost is represented by an inefficient use of human capital in research, stagnation of the field, and journals full of information that only few care about. The cost of research-not-done on key problems is unknowable. I attributed stagnation in the past to comfort with research paradigms; unwillingness to part with methods, facilities, and field sites; or the maturing of the field. Undoubtedly, these factors contribute, but my view has shifted to simply linking zombie-science to a lack of funding. Some fields, most notably, medical science, (e.g., neurobiology, molecular genetics) are awash in full-time researchers taking their studies in unique directions. It is possible to do good science without money. But broadly speaking, even zombie magic cannot put life back into research founded on collections of ordinary data, routine project work, and too little time. Given the present economic conditions and the depressed government support for water sciences, perhaps the best we can hope for future funding is something like the status quo.


Territoriality has variously been seen in the contexts of space and law (Lefebvre, 1991; Taylor, 1993), behaviourism (Urry, 1985) and power (Sack, 1986; Taylor, 1993) and the like. These conceptions have often dominated the national scale, not least because sovereignty over territory has always been at the forefront of nationalist and separatist movements. As Taylor (1993) has shown, the establishment and disestablishment of states represent victories for some social groups and defeats for others. Beyond this, we need to understand territoriality at scales of analyses including sub-national and personal levels. As Urry (1985) has commented, one's conception of oneself and one's place in society is subtly merged with one's conception of the spacially limited territory of social interaction. In practice, territorial organisation can be used as an instrument for socialising people into space, as with apartheid social engineering in South Africa and districting in the United States, or in the general organisation of the state. All these become highly questionable when political changes occur as experiences in countries undergoing dramatic socio-political changes, show.


Objective: To analyze the relationships between sociodemographic variables, intolerance to uncertainty (INT), social support, and psychological distress (i.e., indicators of Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) and perceived stress (PS)) in Brazilian men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study with national coverage, of the web survey type, and conducted with 1006 Brazilian men during the period of social circulation restriction imposed by the health authorities in Brazil for suppression of the coronavirus and control of the pandemic. Structural equation modeling analysis was performed. Results: Statistically significant direct effects of race/skin color (λ = 0.268; p-value < 0.001), socioeconomic status (SES) (λ = 0.306; p-value < 0.001), household composition (λ = 0.281; p-value < 0.001), PS (λ = 0.513; p-value < 0.001), and INT (λ = 0.421; p-value < 0.001) were evidenced in the occurrence of CMDs. Black-skinned men with higher SES, living alone, and with higher PS and INT levels presented higher prevalence values of CMDs. Conclusions: High levels of PS and INT were the factors that presented the strongest associations with the occurrence of CMDs among the men. It is necessary to implement actions to reduce the stress-generating sources as well as to promote an increase in resilience and the development of intrinsic reinforcements to deal with uncertain threats.


This sense of partnering with God, though, invites women to believe that "they have not tried hard enough and thus have disappointed God" or, more commonly, blame other welfare recipients for using welfare services (77). Such shaming reveals their acceptance of the (non-Biblical) claim that "God helps those who help themselves." Indeed, nearly all accept the dominant narrative that those in poverty are at fault for their poverty, for poor people "particularly embrace the notion that hard work by self-reliant individuals yields economic success" (72). As Sullivan suggests, "[P]oor mothers' cultural religious repertoire most often reflects the adoption of an American ideal of self-sufficiency" (53). At the same time that they are surrounded by messages that invalidate their worth as citizens, mothers, and believers, the respondents recognized the need for the government, not churches, to alleviate poverty. In this way, though these women argued that poverty is often the result of personal moral failings, they also understood poverty as a social problem to be addressed at a larger level. Sullivan's work reminds scholars of the work needed on the lived religions of the poor, women, and people of color. Sullivan's work will surely be frequently invoked by scholars working at these intersections. Rebecca Barrett-Fox Arkansas State University


1 Hayes, W. D. and Probstein, R. F.} Hypersonic Flow Theory (Academic Press Inc., New York, 1959), pp. 333-389. 2 Nagamatsu, H. T. and Li, T. Y., "Hypersonic viscous flow near the leading edge of a flat plate," Phys. Fluids 3, 140-141 (1960). 3 Oguchi, H., "The sharp leading edge problem in hypersonic flow/' Rarefied Gas Dynamics (Academic Press Inc., New York, 1961), suppl. 1, pp. 501-524. 4 Probstein, R. F. and Pan, Y. S., "Shock structure and the leading edge problem," Rarefied Gas Dynamics (Academic Press Inc., New York, 1963), suppl. 2, Vol. II, pp. 192-211. 5 Garvine, R. W., "On hypersonic viscous flow near a sharp lead-edge," Princeton Univ., Dept. Aerospace and Mech. Sci. Rept. 755(1965). 6 Nagamatsu, H. T. and Sheer, R. E., Jr., "Hypersonic shock wave-boundary layer interaction and leading edge slip," ARS J. 30,454-462(1960). 7 Nagamatsu, H. T., Sheer, R. T., Jr., and Weil, J. A., "Rarefied high temperature, ultrahigh Mach number slip flow over a sharp flat plate," Dynamics of Manned Lifting Planetary Entry (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1963), p. 896. 8 Wallace, J. E. and Burke, A. F., "An experimental study of surface and flow field effects in hypersonic, low density over a flat plate," Fourth International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (to be published). 9 Chuan, R. L. and Waiter, S. A., "Experimental study of hypersonic rarefied flow near the leading edge of a thin flat plate," Rarefied Gas Dynamics (Academic Press Inc., New York, 1963), suppl. 2, Vol. II, pp. 328-342. 10 Vas, I. E. and Koppenwallner, G., "The Princeton University high pressure hypersonic nitrogen tunnel Af-3," Princeton Univ., Dept. Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences Rept. 690 (1964). 11 Cheng, H. K., Hall, J. G., Golian, T. C., and Hertzberg, A., "Boundary layer displacement and leading edge bluntness effects in high temperature hypersonic flow," J. Aerospace Sci. 28, 353381 (1961). 12 Stewartson, K., "On the motion of a flat plate at high speed in a viscous compressible fluid—II. Steady motion," J. Aeronaut. Sci. 22, 303-309 (1955). Axisymmetric Buckling of a Compressed Cylindrical Shell and an Integral Relation


The article reveals the data of original research of infrared spectrometry (FT-IR) informativity of blood serum in the differential diagnostics of nonmalignant and cancerous diseases of endometrium. The most informative method of early diagnostics of nonmalignant and cancerous diseases of endometrium is mentioned to be FT-IR of blood serum. This fact helps to use this method in screening examinations of patients. Less informative methods of early diagnostics of nonmalignant hyperplasia of endometrium and cancer of endometrium are hysteroscopy and ultrasound investigation of pelvic organs.


In New England an informal communications network exists between coastal research vessel operating institutions. Vessel scheduling and operational support has been identified as adequate for the current amount of research being conducted within the region. However, societal shift towards coastal regions is prompting an increase in attention to research within the coastal zone. Current and pending federal initiatives are responding to this increased research need. This, in turn, is beginning to impose greater demands on coastal vessel sea-time. Therefore, a strengthening of the region's interinstitutional communications network may be warranted for the future in order to better coordinate coastal research vessel funding and use.


. We prove that if X , Y are Banach spaces such that Y has non-trivial cotype and X has trivial cotype, then smooth functions from X into Y have a kind of \harmonic" behaviour. More precisely, we show that if (cid:10) is a bounded open subset of X and f : (cid:10) ! Y is C 1 -smooth with uniformly continuous Fr(cid:19)echet derivative, then f ( @ (cid:10)) is dense in f ((cid:10)). We also give a short proof of a recent result of P. H(cid:19)ajek.


Chinese medicine is one of the important clinical types of drugs, traditional Chinese medicine as its foundation, through modern and advanced medical technology, formulated into a corresponding medicament, so that more patients can find the right drug, to promote the body's recovery.With the extensive application of Chinese medicine, its quality issues are becoming increasingly attention.Chinese medicine quality level is directly related to the clinical treatment of patients, related to the health and safety of patients, and therefore must be given high priority.In order to better control the quality of hospital medicine preparations, the need to strengthen the quality of its clinical trial management, the implementation of clinical trials of traditional Chinese medicines quality management.In this paper, in-depth analysis of clinical trial quality Chinese medicine hospital management model, providing an important reference for clinical trial quality control work.


This essay uses an unexploited liturgical source, a twelfth-century order book by the Milanese cleric Beroldo, to illuminate how processions shaped the practice of the largest and most radical popular movement of the central Middle Ages, the Pataria of Milan, during a pivotal moment of urban change. Religious processions had the power to project episcopal authority across a rapidly expanding urban population. They also sanctioned the redistribution of wealth and resources to city churches. At the same time, they provided a possible grammar of resistance to those who rose up against urban elites. The Pataria struggled at the pulpit and on the streets for the sexual and economic purity of the clergy. It first erupted in the city on 10 May 1057—during a liturgical parade. The conflict between supporters of religious reform on the one hand, and the archbishop's aristocratic court and clergy on the other, persisted until the movement's defeat in 1075. Until then, Patarine violence continually disrupted liturgical time, tearing priests from their altars and overturning solemn processions.
 The article introduces Beroldo and other Milanese liturgical sources in context, and their value as witnesses to later eleventh-century history. It surveys how episcopal processions responded to urban expansion and developed a growing but unstable social and political importance. With a picture of the urban and liturgical landscape in place, it then investigates how Patarine violence contested the ways that processions, on days such as Easter baptism or the Three Day Litanies, created civic community and communicated relations of power.


Tongling city is an important production base of non-ferrous metals.Dramatic ecological pressures from long-term mining,smelting and processing have made eco-security a very serious problem.This study develops the evaluation index system and the urban eco-security pressure and response index model.Set Pair Analysis(SPA)-variable fuzzy set(VFS) comprehensive analysis method are adopted for timing evaluation on eco-security in Tongling city.Evaluation result shows that:①Since 2000,the ecosystem of Tongling city has been in less safety or critical safety level,the security level are generally low.As a turning point,eco-security improved from critical safety to less safety in 2003.②The change trend of pressure and response index reflected the eco-security mechanism between subsystems.Since 2000,ecological control measures in Tongling city reduced the system pressure,while because of the insufficient environmental resources,eco-security kept at the lower level.③Main factor affecting the security of the system is comprehensive factor of eco-environmental stress,comprehensive factor of resource constraints,and comprehensive factor of environmental input response.


In the course of some investigations on the subject of blood-coagulation, I was led to enumerate the white blood corpuscles in the different varieties of extravascular blood. I propose to report the results of these enumerations here, and to direct attention to the bearing of the results obtained in the case of peptone blood.


The utility model belongs to the field of clay pipe curtain wall sectional materials and clay pipe curtain wall structures, particularly relates to an improvement of an external curtain wall sectional material structure and a curtain wall structure using the sectional material, and provides a clay pipe curtain wall sectional material with simple structure, low cost and pottery clay appearance, as well as the clay pipe curtain wall structure using the clay pipe curtain wall sectional material. The clay pipe sectional material comprises an inner core sectional material, wherein the structural key point is that a pottery clay sleeve is arranged outside the inner core sectional material, and mounting holes are arranged in two ends of the inner core sectional material. The pottery clay curtain wall structure comprises a curtain wall mullion, wherein the structural key point is that a switching sectional material is arranged on the curtain wall mullion, connected with the clay pipe sectional material, and connected with the mounting holes in two ends of the inner core sectional material through a self-tapping screw.


Coal is an important raw materials for activated carbon preparation. The effects of different activation condition and composition of raw materials on the pore structure and surface properties of activated carbon were summarized. Prospects of the research and development direction and application field are also discussed.


In this article we discuss a physics-based statistical model for certain degradation mechanisms in deep-submicron CMOS technology. This provides a physical basis for the observed experimental time-dependence of certain device-degradation mechanisms. The model shows that as feature sizes of sub-0.1 µm are approached, the statistical fluctuations in device degradation require new standards for the determination design parameters such as maximum operating voltage.


Along with the quick development of electronic information network technology,the computer assisted instruction is applied in the chemical education more and more widely.This paper makes a primary study on the computer assisted instruction in the chemistry teaching by uniting practice of chemistry teaching in our vocational college.


To inherit customers'affective responses of current product and to build differential product form,a theoretical model of pan-ethnic-group product was built based on anthropology and psychology.Target product was generalized as domestic ethnic group product and foreign ethnic group product.Form elements of pan-ethnic-group product that could reflect customers'affective needs were extracted and integrated with target product form to generate new schemes with shape grammar.The theoretical model and inference rules were discussed.In product form inference process,the inference algorithm was constructed by introducing constraints of target product dimensions and inference times.Moreover,the process of pan-ethnic-group product form design was researched.The electric scooter was taken as an example to decompose its form,and the form elements of both domestic ethnic group and foreign ethnic group were analyzed and extracted.Based on these,an inference engine of shape grammar was constructed to generate new product form automatically.By experimental comparison,the effectiveness of method was proved.


After Ti temples ware separated with Ti rims from Ti frames, they were used as sample for TiN, TiC coating. TiN, TiC were deposited on a Ti temple by ion plating method. XPS was used to analyze the composition of Ti temple, TiN film, and TiC film. The salt spray test and coating thickness measurement and adhesion test were conducted for TiN, TiC coating films on the Ti temples to evaluate the quality of the TiN, TiC films. The results obtained were revealed that Ti temple contained small amounts of Al and Ti mainly called Q - Ti. From XPS data, the TiN coating film was TiN which did not combine with 0 and C. TiN coating film was not changed in a 10 days for the spray salt test and the thickness of the film was about 1.9 Jlm. When the temple was bended at the 180", anything peeling from TiN coating could not be seen with the aided eyes in adhesion test, the color of TiN coating was similar to gold color. TiC film was consisted of mainly TiC an때 small amounts of N and O. The thickness of TiC film was about 1.6 Jlm and was less than the thickness of TiC coating. As a TiN coating, anything peeling from TiN coating could not be seen with the aided eyes when the temple was bended at the 180 and the color of TiN coating was black color


The COVID-19 pandemic is having a severe impact on Solomon Islands' economy. The global economic slowdown has reduced demand for its commodity exports, including logging exports, and tourism. The authorities have enacted strong and timely containment measures to limit the risk of a local outbreak while orienting additional spending towards health care and support for the economy. The necessary containment measures have hampered domestic activities. The disruption of activity, together with loss in revenue from exports, are resulting in a sharp decline in foreign exchange reserves and an immediate external financing gap. The need for sufficient external buffers is urgent, particularly in the context of the basket exchange rate peg regime, a weak fiscal position, ongoing uncertainty and still large downside risks.


According to the distribution characteristics of workflow time node, this paper studies the time node representation of a structured workflow and describes in detail the definition of workflow time node in Product Data Management, then puts forward a tree design model. From the time property of different control structures, we can find the key activities of the workflow model and dynamic forecast the period of project, which lays a foundation for the adjustment and optimization of workflow process.


Objective  To analyze the molecular genetics changes of multiple malformations using array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), and evaluate the value of this technique in routine chromosomal karyotype analysis. Methods  Thirty one cases were studied of fetal multiple malformations collected by ultrasound examination from Feb. 2012 to May 2015 in General Hospital of Chinese PLA. The age of gravida ranged from 20 to 37, the gestational time ranged from 21 to 27 weeks. Samples of amniotic fluid and umbilical cord blood were collected, and chromosomal karyotype analysis and aCGH were carried out. Results  All of 31 samples were successfully detected by G-band chromosomal karyotype analysis and aCGH. Among karyotype analysis, 4 samples failed of cultivation, and 1 showed no karyokinesis. Among 26 cases of successful cultivation, 3 were with abnormal karyotype leading to a abnormality rate of 11.54% (3/26). In the aCGH analysis, the chromosomal polymorphism with no pathogenicity of microdeletion and microduplication were detected in 21 cases; 6 cases showed abnormal and the abnormality rate was 19.35% (6/31). Conclusions  Array-based comparative genomic hybridization technique has the advantages of high resolution and wide coverage, may not only make up for the defect of unable to do karyotyping since failed cultivation or lacking cell vigor, but also reveal the microdeletion and microduplication at submicrostructure level, which is favorable for understanding the reason and providing the evidence of fetal malformation.

 DOI: 10.11855/j.issn.0577-7402.2016.09.10


EPR spectra of 10—3M MnCl2 were studied in various solutions at —180°C, and in 12M HCl or methanol the hyperfine structure was very similar. This hyperfine structure was then studied with respect to a changing Cl—/Mn++ ratio by addition of LiCl or HCl to the MnCl2 solution. These spectra may be explained in terms of a spin Hamiltonian by considering only the M = ½↔M = —½ transitions, and the occurrence of forbidden Δm = ±1 transitions.


In the basic medical and health system,the scope of the basic medical and health services is determined according to basic medical insurance,medical insurance payment is determined according to the amount of basic medical and health service demand of residents,The high income earners than the low income earners enjoy higher medical insurance,basic medical service to the greater demand,but also more medical insurance subsidies.With the increase of government expenditure on health and healthcare expenditure proportion,fairness of medical service is decreased.


An accurate numerical procedure for analyses of transient scattering by two-dimensional dielectric objects by using the Time Domain Integral Equation (TDIE) method based on PMCHWT equations and Muller equations is developed. The Marching On-in Time (MOT) scheme is employed to solve the integral equations. Quadratic B-spline function is used as the temporal basis functions, and closed-form integrals with respect to time are derived to calculate the matrix elements precisely. Numerical results demonstrate that both the PMCHWT and Muller approaches are accurate and stable for a range of relative permittivity in comparisons with the frequency domain results via discrete Fourier transforms. The Muller approach may be preferred to the PMCHWT scheme for small relative permittivity; however, the PMCHWT approach seems more dependable in general cases.


be fully licensed at the start of residency). Application requirements include: Application, writing sample, 3 professional letters of recommendation and onsite interview with short formal presentation Fringe Benefits: Ten days paid vacation, holidays, health insurance offered, free parking, free wellness center access and paid travel and registration to AMCP meeting(s) Special Features: The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska residency will offer exposure to various aspects of managed care pharmacy through health plan and PBM exposure as well as direct patient care through clinical rotations. The residency will offer participation and exposure to the following areas: pharmacy benefit design, utilization management, formulary management, pharmacy trend management, drug information, health economic/outcomes research, pharmacy benefit management, disease state management quality assurance initiatives. This unique program also allows the resident the option to participate in teaching or didactic coursework through the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Contact Information: Clint Williams, Director of Pharmacy Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska 7261 Mercy Road Omaha, NE 68180 402.390.1853 402.548.4683 email@example.com


The rechargeable all‐solid‐state Na–O2 battery is one of the most promising candidates for next‐generation energy storage devices owing to its high theoretical specific energy, safety, electrochemical stability, and abundant Na resources. However, the practical implementation of current all‐solid‐state Na–O2 batteries is still limited by low‐resistance interfaces, low energy efficiency, and poor cycle life. Herein, an all‐solid‐state Na–O2/H2O battery that can sustain highly reversible cycling with a low overpotential is reported. Using a customized silver–polymer composite cathode, this battery can be operated under ≈7% relative humidity (RH) at 80 °C and cycled for more than 100 times with a low overpotential (≈75 mV at 100th cycle) and high round trip efficiency >97% at 100th cycle) at an energy density of 20 mA g−1. Furthermore, mechanistic insight that the RH intimately controls the type and hydration state of the discharge product is also provided, and thereby the charge kinetics and battery performance are modulated. It is also revealed that silver catalyst can efficiently reduce the reaction barrier of NaOH decomposition. With the further optimization, this battery potentially can be implemented in real‐world applications and confer practical applicability that can extend to other energy‐storage systems, such as other metal–air batteries.


Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have attracted increasing research interest because of the natural abundance and low cost of potassium. Nevertheless, lacking of suitable anode materials that can deliver high reversible capacity and long cycle life highly hinder the further development of PIBs. Here, we report a flour chemistry strategy to establish a porous phosphorus-doped carbon (PPDC) as anode for high-performance PIBs. The as-prepared PPDC with high hierarchically porous structure and rich P-doping not only offers fast transport of K+ and electrons during continuous cycling, but also affords sufficient inner space to relieve volume expansion of active electrode. Therefore, the PPDC displayed high reversible capacity, excellent cyclic stability, outstanding rate performance. These results imply a great potential for applications in the field of high-energy storage devices.


Helical covalent polymers (HCPs) have long been fascinating to scientists in a broad range of disciplines from biology to materials science. However, due to their grand synthetic challenge, single crystal structures of HCPs with high molecular weight and precise atomic positions, bond lengths and angles have never been obtained. Herein, we report a chiral single crystal structure of a HCP taking double helix conformation. The structure analysis shows that each duplex is mechanically entwined and stabilized by the hydrogen-bonding interactions with neighboring duplexes, forming an extended three-dimensional network. Such unprecedented chemical-mechanical hybrid bonding approach would open many new possibilities for the design and synthesis of higher order functional polymeric architectures, including double helix polymers and their assemblies. helix four no


This paper presents an overview of the implementation of a Digital Oilfield (DOF) system for the real-time management of the Oredo field in OML 111.
 The Oredo field is predominantly a retrograde condensate field with a few relatively small oil reservoirs. The field operating philosophy involves the dual objective of maximizing condensate production and meeting the daily contractual gas quantities which requires wells to be controlled and routed such that the dual objectives are met.
 An Integrated Asset Model (IAM) (or an Integrated Production System Model) was built with the objective of providing a mathematical basis for meeting the field's objective. The IAM, combined with a Model Management and version control tool, a workflow orchestration and automation engine, A robust data-management module, an advanced visualization and collaboration environment and an analytics library and engine created the Oredo Digital Oil Field (DOF).
 The Digital Oilfield is a real-time digital representation of a field on a computer which replicates the behavior of the field. This virtual field gives the engineer all the information required to make quick, sound and rational field management decisions with models, workflows, and intelligently filtered data within a multi-disciplinary organization of diverse capabilities and engineering skill sets.
 The creation of the DOF involved 4 major steps;
 DATA GATHERING considered as the most critical in such engineering projects as it helps to set the limits of what the model can achieve and cut expectations. ENGINEERING MODEL REVIEW, UPDATE AND BENCHMARKING; Majorly involved engineering models review and update, real-time data historian deployment etc. SYSTEM PRECONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT; Developed the DOF system architecture and the engineering workflow setup. POST DEPLOYMENT REVIEW AND UPDATE; Currently ongoing till date, this involves after action reviews, updates and resolution of challenges of the DOF, capability development by the operator and optimizing the system for improved performance.
 The DOF system in the Oredo field has made it possible to integrate, automate and streamline the execution of field management tasks and has significantly reduced the decision-making turnaround time. Operational and field management decisions can now be made within minutes rather than weeks or months. The gains and benefits cuts across the entire production value chain from improved operational safety to operational efficiency and cost savings, real-time production surveillance, optimized production, early problem detection, improved Safety, Organizational/Cross-discipline collaboration, data Centralization and Efficiency.
 The DOF system did not come without its peculiar challenges observed both at the planning, execution and post evaluation stages which includes selection of an appropriate Data Gathering & acquisition system,
 Parts interchangeability and device integration with existing field devices, high data latency due to bandwidth, signal strength etc., damage of sensors and transmitters on wellheads during operations such as slickline & WHM activities, short battery life, maintenance, and replacement frequency etc. The challenges impacted on the project schedule and cost but created great lessons learnt and improved the DOF learning curve for the company.
 The Oredo Digital Oil Field represents a future of the oil and gas industry in tandem with the industry 4.0 attributes of using digital technology to drive efficiency, reduce operating expenses and apply surveillance best practices which is required for the survival of the Oil and Gas industry.
 The advent of the 5G technology with its attendant influence on data transmission, latency and bandwidth has the potential to drive down the cost of automated data transmission and improve the performance of data gathering further increasing the efficiency of the DOF system. Improvements in digital integration technologies, computing power, cloud computing and sensing technologies will further strengthen the future of the DOF.
 There is need for synergy between the engineering team, IT, and instrumentation engineers to fully manage the system to avoid failures that may arise from interface management issues. Battery life status should always be monitored to ensure continuous streaming of real field data. New set of competencies which revolves around a marriage of traditional Petro-technical skills with data analytic skills is required to further maximize benefit from the DOF system. NPDC needs to groom and encourage staff to venture into these data analytic skill pools to develop knowledge-intelligence required to maximize benefit for the Oredo Digital Oil Field and transfer this knowledge to other NPDC Asset.


THE INSTRUMENTS AND DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURES USED BY THE BUREAU OF MINES IN A CONTINUING STUDY OF PREDICTING THE STEEPNESS OF THE ANGLE AND HEIGHT AT WHICH A ROCK SLOPE WILL SAFELY STAND ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED. THE INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES REPRESENT THE BEGINNING OF A SCIENTIFIC EFFORT TO QUANTIFY EXPERIMENTALLY THE ENGINEERING AND GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ATTITUDE OF ROCK JOINTS, BEDDING PLANES, AND FAULTS, THE CHARACTER OF GRAVITY AND TECTONIC INDUCED STRESSES IN ROCK SLOPES WITH AND WITHOUT BERMS, SLOPE GEOMETRY, GROUND WATER, AND OVERBLASTING AS THEY AFFECT THE STABILITY OF A ROCK SLOPE. ALSO DISCUSSED IS THE USE OF THE PRE-SPLITTING TECHNIQUE OF BLASTING TO FORM A SMOOTH AND TIGHT SLOPE FACE RELATIVELY FREE OF ROCK FALLS. THE REPORTING OF THESE MINING RESEARCH STUDIES MAY PROVIDE HIGHWAY ENGINEERS WITH INFORMATION REGARDING SOME NEW ROCK SLOPE DESIGN TOOLS WHICH THEY MAY BE ABLE TO USE. HOWEVER, THIS SEGMENT OF ROCK EXCAVATION SCIENCE IS IN ITS INFANCY, AND MUCH COSTLY AND TIME-CONSUMING WORK MUST BE DONE BEFORE THE VARIOUS ROCK SLOPE STABILITY FACTORS CAN BE ASSIGNED NUMBERS. ULTIMATELY, TECHNICALLY SOUND AND RATIONAL ROCK SLOPE DESIGN CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES WILL BE DEVELOPED.


The Copper Concentrator Plant of Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi (CMDIC) is composed of three grinding lines, the third one being the largest. Due to the capacity feature of the third line, specially its SAG mill, it is a priority that the advanced process control team of the Company deploys a supervisory control strategy that allows this unit to operate in an optimal way, in order to achieve the maximum productivity at minimum cost. It is in this kind of tasks where advanced control applications play a key role in obtaining the best economic profit of the process. The advanced process control team, formed by people from Informatics, Automation and Operations of CMDIC have assumed the challenge of generating the transition from a manual SAG Mill 1011 operation (40 x 22 feet, the largest copper SAG mill of the world), to a fully automatic SAG Mill using a multivariable control strategy instead of a rule based on expert control system (widely used in industrial mining process control applications). Therefore, CMDIC decided to work together with Honeywell APC Team implementing an advanced automatic control strategy for the SAG Mill 1011, using for this purpose a technology called Model Based Predictive Control (MPC), based on a variety of control methods that uses dynamical models of the process, obtained from input/output data, in order to print the process knowledge into a group of mathematical relationships that links the constraints (controlled variables) with available commands (manipulated variables) and measured disturbances. The main objective of the advanced control strategy is to ensure process government, tending to throughput stability and optimization, by the execution of coordinated control actions, proactively avoiding measured disturbances effects and the SAG mill overloading. The most important benefits of using a multivariable control strategy are: the automated operation of SAG mill 1011 (that was manually operated before the implementation of this application), a safer, more coordinated and more stable process operation, achieving through this an increase of throughput and a decrease of specific energy consumption, controlling the amount of oversize material production, power consumption, mill loading, noise and torque. In addition to the operational results, this challenge has consolidated a control team, with the participation of engineers and operators, diminishing the typical implementation time and achieving a greater use of the application in a short time.


The reliability of the MOSFET is a concern as it has been extensively used for the critical power supply applications in hybrid electric vehicles, high-speed electric trains, and electric aircraft. The MOSFET is subject to the multiple electro-mechanical stresses simultaneously during its operation. The degradation in MOSFET is random in nature due to these stresses along with manufacturing imperfection. The noise in the fault precursor measurement system results in large variation in the remaining useful life (RUL). In this paper, a continuous time (CT) framework based RUL estimation technique is proposed using the drain to source on-time resistance (Rds, on) as the fault precursor. The CT framework is utilized to capture the dynamics of the system. The CT Markov Process (CTMP) in conjunction with Continuous time (CT) Sequential Importance Resampling (SIR) Particle Filter (PF) is used to simulate the trajectory of the Rds, on considering noise in measurement system. This simulated trajectory is then used to estimate the RUL of the MOSFET. The RUL estimation of the proposed method is compared with the RUL estimation of Kalman filter (KF) and Discrete Time Sequential Importance Sampling (SIS) PF using the experimental data of the RDS, ON of the MOSFET.


E. Nesbit's classic story of how Gerald, Cathy and Jimmy find an enchanted garden and awake a princess from a hundred-year sleep, only to have her immediately made invisible by a magic ring. Her rescue is difficult, funny and sometimes frightening.


The purpose of the work is to study the process of conducting an experiment to improve the quality and connectivity of data contained in state information resources within the framework of creating a digital profile of a citizen of the Russian Federation, identifying problems of legal regulation and risks accompanying its creation.To conduct the study, a methodology was used, including an analytical review of the regulatory legal and regulatory-technical base and scientific literature on the subject of the study, a sociological survey of citizens, generalization and systematization of data, the formation of proposals to resolve the identified problems. The novelty of this scientific work is due to the application of an integrated approach to the study of the features and possibilities of developing and using a digital profile of a citizen of the Russian Federation, taking into account current global trends and best practices in this field.   The results of this work can be used in the implementation of initiatives to create and develop a "Digital profile of a citizen of the Russian Federation". In addition, this material may be in demand by the scientific and expert communities for a deeper analysis and research of the prospects for the development and application of the digital profile of a citizen in Russia. The analysis showed that, in general, the legal support of the process of introducing a digital profile of a citizen contributes to the achievement of the national goal "Digital Transformation", in terms of creating an identification platform that includes digital profiles of a citizen and a legal entity. However, the complexity and novelty of the tasks set causes some shortcomings of the legal regulation of private digital issues. Effective and timely activity of the state in the identified areas in the field of administration of the processes of creating and implementing a digital profile of a citizen will ensure significant minimization of most of the existing risks, as well as their consequences.


The various issues confronting infants, families and homelessness are discussed. The need for volunteers to realize that each relational encounter that they have in life bears the birth of new relational opportunities, or the repetition of old ones is highlighted.


Introduction Knowledge, society and education today: a new paradigm The first information revolution Gutenberg Higher education and information technology Challenges and risks of the information and communication technologies in higher learning Conclusion Abstract The paper presents a comparative analysis of two major information revolutions: the Gutenberg revolution and the revolution brought about by today's fundamental changes of information and communication technologies. It discusses the challenges, opportunities and risks of the new technologies for universities and higher learning. Our universities need today a paradigmatic shift in order to fulfill their tasks of diversified, permanent education. However, this calls for a wide range of interdependent changes, and the risks should not be underestimated.


This project investigates the heat treatment and mechanical property of Ti6Al4V
titanium alloys. The heat treatment process for Ti6Al4V is follow by ASTM standard
procedure. The purpose of this project to carry out heat treatment process for Ti6Al4V,
than follow by microstructure observation and oxidation element at Ti6Al4V titanium
alloy before and after heat treatment process. Optical microscopy will be use to
investigate the microstructure orientation and x-ray diffraction (XRD) will be use to
spot oxidation elements from Ti6Al4V titanium alloy. To investigate mechanical
property of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy Rockwell Hardness Tester will be by using to test
the hardness of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy before and after heat treatment process. It is
predicted that the Ti6Al4V titanium alloy heat treatment will be conduct greatly and
give good effect for microstructure orientation, oxidation layer and hardness test result at
the end of project.


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A comprehensive evaluated neutronic data file for elemental indium is documented. This file, extending from 10{sup {minus}5} eV to 20 MeV, is presented in the ENDF/B-VI format, and contains all neutron-induced processes necessary for the vast majority of neutronic applications. In addition, an evaluation of the {sup 115}In(n,n{prime}){sup 116m}In dosimetry reaction is presented as a separate file. Attention is given in quantitative values, with corresponding uncertainty information. These files have been submitted for consideration as a part of the ENDF/B-VI national evaluated-file system. 144 refs., 10 figs., 4 tabs.


The goal of this study is to deal with some ethical causes in the public administration, that aim the avoidance of negative phenomenon's as theft, corruption, etc. In this direction, the debates about ethics are becoming more and more a global tendency, as an implement through which would be found the way to get out of the crisis. The success in the reforms of the public administrations in major part depends, on the public functionaries and their willingness to make fundamental changes in the way they work. In this direction, the State should strengthen and modernize the public service, should realize an employment system, which should reflect more the merits on its service. For this reason, the government's attempts should be concentrated on the construction of a positive image for the state and its administration as professional objective, which is oriented to the services. Being aware for the practical restrictions of this study, we firstly chose to concentrate on the local public administrations ethics. The study will be focused on the practical comparative analysis of the city of Shkodra and Durres by the realization of a questionnaire by each of these municipalities and the Agency of Legalization and Urbanization of Informal Zones (ALUIZNI) in Shkodra.


I would like first of all on behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare to thank the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland for arranging this symposium on the Green Paper entitled "A National Income-Related Pension Scheme". As stated in the foreword, the Parliamentary Secretary hopes that there will be detailed and widespread study and discussion of the ideas contained in the Paper. This is the first discussion of the Green Paper to be arranged since the Paper was published and I welcome the opportunity to outline the main shortcomings we see in the present pension system in Ireland and possible ways in which these might be overcome. In doing so I will try to draw together various questions raised throughout the Green Paper so as to focus the discussion on the issues of major importance. I might mention also that I have tried to avoid trespassing on areas which will be dealt with more appropriately by the second speaker, Mr. Honohan, who provided the necessary actuarial expertise in the preparation of the Green Paper, and to whom we in the Department feel very much indebted.


tations and clichés. A sample of the more egregious includes the observations that the Tudors were guided by a 'financial motive so dear to all governments' (75); the planting of trees on estate boundaries in the sixteenth century was not 'a proto-environmental movement'; Henry VIII was 'always a king to favor results' (98); 'demanding allegiance was not at all the same as receiving it' (290). A convoluted parallel is drawn between Tudor Ireland and colonial Africa, in which Ireland is likened to 'the heart of darkness' (287); meanwhile, after the Kildare rebellion we are informed that Ireland had 'changed, changed utterly' (305). This spilling of ink is all the more disappointing given that the book fails to address adequately its second stated intention: the development of a 'new instrument' to understand 'the strategies of early English colonialism' in its broader sense. With the focus confined to the British Isles, the reader is left to ponder what precisely the experience of Ireland taught the English about empire. Montaño makes a limited contribution to this question, but the field is still open for a scholar willing to develop the pioneering work of Nicholas Canny on the links between English colonization in Ireland and in the New World. Ultimately, while this book casts a welcome spotlight on an important theme underlying the Tudor conquest of Ireland and the formative stages of what became the British Empire, its flawed central interpretation and parochial focus renders it something of a missed opportunity.


In order to achieve the best characteristics of the setting value tracking and the disturbance rejection,a PID controller optimization design method is put forward.The settling value compensation PID controller is designed,whose simple structure makes it easy to master and achieve optimization control.This is especially applicable to the system of more series.By further research a feed-forward compensator has been added to feedback multi-variance PID controller in order to restrain the disturbance effectively.To improve the characteristic of the setting value tracking,a differential negative feed-forward link is added to the position of feed-forward.Simulation results show that this controller can improve the control function of the system,and has the properties of strong anti-disturbance,good real time,short regulating time,small exceeded adjusting amount etc.


Automated Shuttle buses (ASB) are considered an essential and sustainable direction for the future application of autonomous driving technology in public transportation. As the driver's role gradually decreases and disappears, the Human–Machine Interface (HMI) for information exchange and communication between users and ASB takes a more prominent role and progressively becomes a hotspot in research. However, the unpredictability and complexity of autonomous driving, an exceptionally fast-growing technology, have hindered its future study. This work first reviewed related literature in three categories: internal, external, and station of the ASB. Secondly, the importance of systemic and speculative design is affirmed by exploring existing HMI designs for ASB. Thirdly, the concepts for ASB resulting from three parallel workshops were analyzed. Finally, online questionnaires and interviews completed the critical reflection and discussion. The results show that the introduction of tools and methods related to systemic and speculative design into the design process of the HMI for ASB may help designers to think critically about the future uncertainty of ASB and to deal with the complexity of the system.


The paper describes and grounds the method of post-surgical rehabilitation of children with pes plano-valgus deformities with the application of insoles, created using an original technology with the formation of individual and anatomically valid sole-relief of the patient's foot.


Synthetic methods have been developed which yield large single crystals and highly crystalline phase-pure microporous layered SnS-n materials. This allows study of the structure–property–function relations of these materials. The tin sulfide layer of the SnS-1 structure type contains hexagonally shaped 24-atom rings which are constituted by six Sn3S4 broken-cube cluster building units, linked together by double bridge Sn(µ-S)2Sn sulfur bonds. The SnS-3 structure type contains elliptically shaped 32-atom rings which are also constructed from six Sn3S4 broken-cube clusters. However, they are linked by double bridge Sn(µ-S)2Sn sulfur bonds as well as tetrahedral edge-bridging Sn(µ-S2SnS2)Sn spacer units. The SnS-1 structure type [A2Sn3S7 ] was obtained in the presence of A+=Et4N+ , DABCOH+ (protonated 1,8-diazabicyclooctane), and a mixed template system of NH4+ /Et4N+ , while the SnS-3 structure type [A2Sn4S9 ] emerged in the presence of A+=Prn4N+ and Bun4N+ . Various SnS-1 and SnS-3 structures are examined and compared in relation to the size/shape of constituent template cations. A particular kind of structure-directing function was observed, that is, larger template molecules create larger void spaces within and between the tin sulfide sheets. Unique framework flexibility was discovered for both structure types. In order to accommodate the size/shape changes of templates, the flexible porous tin(iv) sulfide layers are able to undergo a certain degree of elastic deformation to alter the architecture of void spaces within and between the layers, rather than forming a completely new porous structure type. This is believed to be responsible for the relatively small number of structure types so far discovered for tin(iv) sulfide-based microporous layered materials compared to the myriad of three-dimensional open-framework structure types found for the zeolites and aluminophosphates. The observed differences among the various SnS-1 or SnS-3 structures is significant and has resulted in distinct adsorption behavior towards guest molecules. The TPA-SnS-3 framework is also found to be pressure sensitive. This all bodes well for envisaged chemical sensor applications for this class of porous materials.


The invention relates to a flight time mass spectrometer, in particular to a sampling device for on-line detection of the flight time mass spectrometer by organic matters, comprising a quartz capillary, a ferrule-type tee pipe coupling and the like; two interfaces of the ferrule-type tee pipe coupling are arranged on the same straight line, wherein the inner wall of one of the interface is provided with a PTFE sleeving in an inserting manner; the inner wall of the other interface is provided with a metallic heat conducting tube in an inserting manner; the quartz capillary is sheathed in the metallic heat conducting tube in a penetrating manner; the two ends of the quartz capillary both stretch out of the metallic heat conducting tube and one end thereof probes into a TFE sleeving; a gap is reserved between the PTFE sleeving and the metallic heat conducting tube on the third interface of the ferrule-type tee pipe coupling; and the electric heating casing is coated on the outer wall of the ferrule-type tee pipe coupling. The invention is combined with the mass spectrometer to detect polyaromatic hydrocarbon gas samples, the response time is within 50s, the samples are quantified accurately and no memory effect exists in the analysis process.


Tracer experiment was conducted by conductimetrict measurements using NaCl solution flowing through a filter layer of uniform media. As a result, the volume-specific deposit in the filter layer was evaluated. Under various operation conditions, it was found that the variation of head loss gradient was only influenced by the volume-specific deposit of the filter layer, but the effects of filtration velocity, aluminum dose and filter depth were not evident. A mathematical model was thus obtained to describe the head loss in the filter layer based on the experimental data. The applicability of several mathematical models on head loss was also discussed.


The utility model provides a cervical vertebrae tractor used in a medical pressure chamber, which is composed of a metal hook, a fixed pulley, a cervical vertebrae traction bow, a pillow hanging strip for the cervical vertebrae and the jaw, a traction rope and a traction poise. Two metal hooks are fixed on the top wall of the pressure chamber, and two fixed pulleys respectively hang at the two metal hooks. The traction rope passes through the two fixed pulleys and go downwards, and one end connects with the traction poise while the other end connects with the cervical vertebrae traction bow. Both ends of the pillow hanging strip for the cervical vertebrae and the jaw have a loop formation and respectively hang at both ends of the cervical vertebrae traction bow which arefalcate. The utility model has the characteristics of improving the cure rate, reducing relapse and simultaneously saving time and expenses for the patients, so it has a wide market generalization prospect.


Objective To improve the effect of health education in children's hospital and meet the need of health education for sick children's family.Methods Investigate 181 children's family by self-designed questionnaire in the ward.Then analyze the need of health education and the effect of education.Result The need of health education of family ranking in the first is the illness of their child and the treatment method when the patient is admitted.The one parents need most during in the hospital is the progress of illness and the effect of treatment.There are still 21% family think that they do not understand much about their children's illness and the treatment method and 22.1% feel that they do not know much about the result of the examinations and laboratory test.Oral guidance and demonstration one by one when nurses are delivering nursing care is the best way and time to give health education which parents choose most.Nurse being too busy is the main reason which affects health education.Conclusion Health education should focus on the children's illness which parents care most when children are in hospital.Enhancing the training for nurses about related knowledge,setting up a two-way health education mode,arranging nursing personal resources properly can improve the effect of health education.


MapReduce is a programming model developed by Google for processing and generating large data sets in distributed environments. In this paper, we develop a graphic platform to help ordinary users in creating MapReduce application by dragging encapsulated components. We are particularly concerned with simplifying development and increasing efficiency.


Lymphatic vessels are distributed directly under the epithelium of the oral mucosal. In the present study, we investigated whether lymphoangiogenseis in tumors occurs in human oral squamous cell carcinoma and whether the density of tumor lympahngiogensis may be related to the risk of lymph node metastasis. Moreover, these analyses identified peritumoral lymphatic vascular density as a novel prognostic indicator for the risk of lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma. LYVE-1, which was an endothelial cell hyaluronic acid receptor, has been identified as a peculiar protein of endothelial cells of lymphatic vessels. LYVE-1 expression in the carcinoma tissue was divided into two types. In one it appears in contact with the cancer nest. This shows contact with basal-like cells which are located on the outer side of the cancer nest, and observation via light microscope is unable to show intervention of the fibrous connective tissues. The other case is that in which there is intervention of the clear fibrous connective tissues between the cancer nest and LYVE-1-positive cells. The cancer cells showed a high degree of differentiation, increased by the formation of the cancer nest, and in what is called highly-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma whose invasion pattern showed INF alpha, the cells staining positive to the LYVE-1 antibody could be recognized only negligibly in the connective tissue. Positive staining of the LYVE-1 antibody was seen in the endothelial cells presenting in the lumen formed between each small cancer nest in the case of undifferentiated squamous cell carcinoma in which the cancer nest was very small and composed of undifferentiated cancer cells. In this case the cancer invasion pattern shows INFy. In addition, the expression of LYVE-1 was recognized in cells which had not formed into the lumen between the cancer nests. In the meantime, VEGF-C was expressed in endothelial cells which formed the lumen and cancer cells. In the cancer cells which formed the large cancer nest, the expression of VEGF-C was recognized in basal-like cells which located at the periphery of the nest. VEGF-C was expressed in the cancer cells which formed the small nest. The results of this study show that the incidence of VEGF-C expression in the cancer cell is low. However, lymphatic vessels form in carcinoma tissue at a high rate when VEGF-C is expressed. It was shown that in this study, the close proximity of the lymphatic vessel to the cancer nest shows correlation to lymph node metastasis. This should affect the determination of the operation range, and have a direct influence on prognosis. It is also indicated that LYVE-1 can act as a useful marker in oral cancer.


Background: Some patients with severe sepsis may have relative adrenocortical insufficiency, although not all studies confirm this finding. Corticosteroids play an important role in controlling excessive immune response, and they may reduce the severity of organ dysfunction in critical illness. In this prospective study, we investigated the incidence of adrenal insufficiency in severe sepsis and its relation to the development of multiple organ failure.


The turning load resistance torque of large wheeled vehicles is very big and these vehicles are all the multi-axle vehicles. It is important to select the suitable steering system. In the multi-axle vehicle steering system, EHPS is the most appreciate driving mode in all of them including MS, HPS, EHPS, EPS, etc. In order to improve the performance of the present EHPS with proportional valve, the new EHPS with servo solenoid valve was designed. The static and dynamic characteristics of servo solenoid valve are much better than proportional valve, such as dead band, hysteresis and frequency response. Firstly, the single-axle electro-hydraulic servo steering system was introduced including hydraulic system and electronic control system. Then multi-axle electro-hydraulic servo steering system with coordination control strategy was introduced. The designed multi-axle steering system with servo solenoid valve makes it possible to improve the steering performance significantly.


Dr. Russell was the keynote speaker at the Third Symposium on Integrated Environmental Controls for Fossil-Fuel Power Plants, held In Pittsburgh on February 3-6, 1986. His address follows.


We show that fluctuating tethered membranes with {\it any} intrinsic anisotropy unavoidably exhibit a new phase between the previously predicted ``flat'' and ``crumpled'' phases, in high spatial dimensions $d$ where the crumpled phase exists. In this new "tubule" phase, the membrane is crumpled in one direction but extended nearly straight in the other. Its average thickness is $R_G\sim L^{\nu_t}$ with $L$ the intrinsic size of the membrane. This phase is more likely to persist down to $d=3$ than the crumpled phase. In Flory theory, the universal exponent $\nu_t=3/4$, which we conjecture is an exact result. We study the elasticity and fluctuations of the tubule state, and the transitions into it.


This trial was conducted to study the effect of glutamine(Gln)dipeptide on growth,immunity,antioxidance and small intestinal mucosa morphology of weanling piglets to investigate mechanism of alleviating weanling stress.Ninety six crossbred Duroc×(Landrace×Largewhite)weanling piglets of weighing(6.23±0.13)kg were allocated to 4 treatments with 4 replicates of 6 piglets each(half male,half female).Piglets per treatment were respectively fed one of the experimental diets supplemented with 0%,0.125% and 0.25% Gln dipeptide and 2% spray dried plasma protein(SDPP).The results indicated that the supplementation of 0.125% and 0.25% Gln dipeptide improved growth performance,and the effect of 0.125% Gln dipeptide in improving growth performance reached or exceeded those of 2% SDPP(P0.05),however,feed cost per kg gain of 0.125% Gln dipeptide was lower than that of 2%SDPP(P0.05).With the increasing Gln dipeptide supplementation levels,CD4+ in blood was increased(quadratic,P=0.08)on 10 day,serum GSH-Px activity was respectively increased(linear,P=0.02 and quadratic,P=0.10)on 10 and 21 day,serum SOD activity was increased(linear,P=0.10 and 0.08)on 10 and 21 day.Crypt depth of 0.125%Gln dipeptide was significant lower than that of control on 21 day post-weanling.Gln dipeptide might alleviate stress of weanling piglets through strengthening cell immunity,improving antioxidance and protecting from atrophy of small intestinal mucosa villus.Supplementation of 0.125% Gln dipeptide not only had the best effect,but also had the lowest feed cost per kg gain.


Likert, whose New Patterns of Management appeared in 1.961, saw participation as· a remedy for those twin ailments suffered by employees in hierarchical organizations: poor performance and tensions. Less optimistic have been recent writers on management. The conditions that facilitate better performance and fewer tensions are not fully understood. Often, there is no positive relationship between job satisfaction and improved performance. And for those who are invited to participate but do not wish to, participation can be a source of tension.


The promotion of the development in the non-profit scientific research institutions is considered as one of the most important strategies to the establishment of regional innovation systems in Anhui Province,and the characteristics of the non-profitability and public benefit to those institutions can be taken into account in the acquisition of the governmental support needed in the development,taxation policy support included.But there are issues of the legally less perfect policy,the limited coverage,and the inadequate support to social donation in the aspect of preferential taxation policy given to those institutions by governments in China,all of which can be resolved in the establishment of legal system for taxation,the more support in taxation policy to private institutions,and the more preferential policy to donators.


Introduction Metformin (1,1-dimethylbiguanide) (Fig. 1) is an oral anti-hyperglycemic agent used in the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type Ⅱ). Owing to its weight-decreasing and serum lipid-normalizing effects, it is especially recommended for obese patients[1,2] Various analytical methods have been described for the measurement of metformin in biological fluids, including gas chromatography(GC)[3-5], capillary electrophoresis (CE)[6] and HPLC[7~16]with UV detection[7-12,17] HPLC-Mass spectrometry (LC/APCIMS/MS ) offers an attractive alternative to HPLC[18].


1 Abstract— Clustering is the most acceptable technique to analyze the raw data. Clustering can help detect intrusions when our training data is unlabeled, as well as for detecting new and unknown types of intrusions. In this paper we are trying to analyze the NSL-KDD dataset using Simple K-Means clustering algorithm. We tried to cluster the dataset into normal and four of the major attack categories i.e. DoS, Probe, R2L, U2R. Experiments are performed in WEKA environment. Results are verified and validated using test dataset. Our main objective is to provide the complete analysis of NSL-KDD intrusion detection dataset.


hytohormones act to controlmany aspects of plant growth,development, and responses tothe environment. Genetic andbiochemical studies have identified manyof the factors that mediate hormonalcontrol of cell division, expansion, dif-ferentiation, and, ultimately, death.However, despite major advances in ourunderstanding of how individual hor-mones act, we know relatively littleabout how hormonal signals are inte-grated into overall responses. For exam-ple, the hormones indole-3-acetic acid(IAA), gibberellin (GA), brassinolide,and, in some circumstances, ethylene allpromote stem elongation. But what isthe role of each hormone, and how dothey interact to mediate growth? Anabundance of hormone-related mutants,particularly in


The toxic effects of monofluorophosphate (MFP) are attributable to the fluoride ion released by the in vivo hydrolysis of the parent compound. The MFP ion appears to play no role. The acute toxicity of MFP is somewhat less than that of NaF, due to the lesser availability of fluoride in the short term from MFP. In the long term, MFP produces virtually the same picture of renal effects and skeletal storage of fluoride as does NaF.


Objective To observe the clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with medications on arteriosclerosis obliterans.Methods 40 cases clearly diagnosed as arteriosclerosis obliterans were selected randomly(simple random method) divided into two groups,treatment group and control group,20 cases each.In the treatment group,there were 5,11 and 4 cases respectively in Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ phase,and in the control group there were 5,12 and 3 cases in Ⅰ,Ⅱand Ⅲ phase.On the basis of routine treatment,the treatment group was also treated with hyperbaric oxygen,once a day for 20 days.The therapeutic effect was evaluated after the course.Results The effective rate of the treatment group was 95%,of the control group was 70%,the difference between the two groups had statistical significance(P0.05).Lab indexes such as blood viscosity,fibrinogen and transcutaneous oxygen pressure of the treatment group before and after treatment had statistically significant differences(P0.05).Conclusion The hyperbaric oxygen treatment with medications for arteriosclerosis obliterans can more effectively improve the therapeutic effect of the patients than only medications.The combined therapy can also improve the laboratory examination results sucha as blood viscosity,fibrinogen,and transcutaneous oxygen pressure.


Robert Frost once described home as "the place where, when you have to go there, /They have to take you in."1 This is precisely what the homeless lack: not only a home of their own but also a claim...


Diabetes mellitus is associated with frequent hospitalization and high morbidity, mortality and health care expenditure . However, there is scarcity of data on hospitalization pattern and treatment outcome among diabetic patients in Ethiopia.  Objective : to assess reasons for hospitalization, treatment outcome and its predictors among diabetic patients admitted at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia Method : A hospital based prospective observational study was conducted at medical and surgical wards of Jimma University Specialized Hospital from March to June, 2015. All adult patients with the diagnosis of diabetes who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Data was collected using pretested abstracting format. Logistic regression was employed for statistical analysis and statistical significance was considered at p value<0.05. Result : A total of 89 patients were included in the analysis; 59.6% were male, with the mean age 46.9±15.5 years. Type 2 diabetic patients accounted for 74.2%. One third (33.7%) of patients were hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis. Other common reasons for hospitalization were infections (19.1%) and cardiovascular diseases (18.0%). Median duration of hospital stay was 9 days ranged from 1 to 88 days. Seventy  six  percent  of  patients  were  discharged  with  improvement  and hospital  mortality  rate was 11.2%.  Patients admitted due to diabetic complications had favorable treatment outcome (AOR=5.7, 95%CI: 1.4-22.9). Conclusion : This study identified that the most common reasons for hospitalization of diabetic patients were diabetic complications, infections and cardiovascular diseases. Despite majority of patients discharged with improvement, mortality rate is still high which urges attention to the care of hospitalized diabetic patients and the need to enhance outpatient care of diabetic patients to minimize hospitalization due to preventable causes. Keywords : reasons for hospitalization, diabetic patients, treatment outcome, Jimma University


The use of contraceptives varies widely among Asian countries. Based on the most recent survey data available, the rate varies from nearly 8/10 married women aged 15-44 in Taiwan to fewer than 1/10 in Pakistan and Nepal. Women in East Asian countries are most likely to practice contraception, followed by those in Southeast Asia, with lower contraceptive prevalence rates found in South Asia. The rates of some East Asian nations now match those of the US and other developed nations, while in most South Asian nations contraception is spreading slowly. Contraceptive methods in use vary widely by country. The leading method in the greatest number of countries is sterilization, but in most countries several methods are nearly equal in popularity. Only in India is sterilization used by a majority of those people who practice contraception. Japan is the only country in which a majority of contraceptors use condoms, and only in China do 1/2 use IUDs. The choice of a particular contraceptive method is strongly influenced by 1) methods available through family planning programs, or promoted through the use of target systems; 2) religous and cultural factors; 3) concerns about side effects and safety; 4) ease of access to particular methods; 5) the medical profession; and 6) legality--in Japan the pill is illegal. In most countries the type of contraceptive that people prefer has changed since the introduction and promotion of modern methods of contraception. In general, there has been a shift to more effective methods. An increase in female sterilization at the expense of other methods such as the IUD or pill is the most common pattern. In countries where female sterilization is unpopular, use of such modern methods as the pill, IUD, or condom has increased at the expense of traditional methods.


Introduction: Scientific Production is one of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country, a region or a university. In the present study, the number of approved research projects, congress proceedings, journal articles and books published by the researchers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2006 were identified and then compared with those
of 2005.
Methods: We performed the present cross-sectional study by searching medical databases and assessing the related documents produced in the year 2006. Then the results were compared with the same scientific production in 2005.
Results: The findings showed 100% increase in published indexed and non-indexed journal articles, a growth of 99% in approved research projects and 94% in congress proceedings in 2006 compared with those in 2005.
Conclusion: The study indicated a significant growth in research performance of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences through 2006.


Manipulators are used for various applications to make tasks easier or decrease the risk of tasks deemed impossible, dangerous or difficult for humans. A robotic manipulator can be equipped with different types of end effectors to perform diverse tasks. Grippers are one of the most commonly-used robot end of arm tools. Depending on the application in hand for the robotic system, various types of grippers are needed. Therefore, selecting the proper one is a significantly important aspect in the design process. To the best knowledge of the authors, there are not enough scholarly research papers focusing on classification for robot grippers. In this paper, a brief review on different categories of grippers are presented. The goal of this paper is to provide a brief informational summary on different classifications, since proper selection of gripper plays a vital role in robot manipulator's efficiency and performance.


Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures are common among active individuals. The avascular structure of ligaments prevents natural healing; therefore, reconstructive surgery is often performed. Current surgical options include use of either an autograft composed of the patient's hamstring tendons or bonepatellar tendon-bone complex (BPTB), or an allograft composed of a cadaver BPTB. Despite improvements in surgical techniques, many patients experience debilitating side effects, prompting the search for a superior graft. This paper evaluates the autograft and allograft methods, discussing the main drawbacks of each, and then presents two models of engineered ligaments that show potential as ACL replacements. Recent studies suggest that engineered ligaments have the capacity to overcome many of the major pitfalls of the autograft and allograft, encouraging further exploration of tissue engineering as an alternate therapy.


The aim of this thesis is to investigate the factors and the financial impact of comorbidity in Europe. The study uses data from the seventh wave of the SHARE project. The survey was conducted in 2017.
 The first chapter analyzes the definition of morbidity. It also analyzes the factors that differentiate morbidity and presents relevant statistics by gender and age in Europe. Finally, the impact of morbidity on the elderly, the economy and the insurance systems are presented.
The second chapter includes the statistical analysis and the descriptive statistics of each variable of the dataset. The results of correlation and independence of variables tests, regarding the main variables of the analysis, are included in this chapter. sThe third chapter presents the method of Logistic Regression and tests of assessing the validity of a Logistic Regression Model. Furthermore, Logistic Regression models are developed to study the impact of financial and other factors on morbidity. The final chapter presents the conclusions drawn from the data analysis as well as recommendations for future research. The results revealed that sex, age,life satisfaction, years of education, financial distress and quality of life(casp) are statistically significant for our model.


The ICRISAT Village Level Studies (VLS) offer a unique
opportunity to look at changes in villages over time. This activity
offers a valuable and unique opportunity to examine the gender
implications of changes in production systems. The existing
panel data for 6 villages in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) of India
from 1975-84 and 2001 onwards captures and documents the
changes in the farming systems and rural households


The impressionable years thesis asserts that early adulthood is accompanied by increased attitudinal vulnerability. Although there is tentative empirical evidence to support this idea, it remains unclear whether this sensitivity is due to exposure to change-inducing circumstances, typically encountered in early adulthood, or due to the weight attached by young people to new information. I address this question, focusing on a political event—the Watergate—that offers a test of youth's heightened susceptibility, holding exposure constant. The results confirm the impressionable years thesis and shed light on how it is most likely to be manifested empirically.


Section 1. Molecularizing Maps: 1. Angela Creager - Mapping Genes in Microorganisms 2. Frederic L. Holmes - Seymour Benzer and the Convergence of Molecular Biology with Classical Genetics 3. Marcel Weber - Walking on the Chromosome: Drosophila and the Molecularization of Development 4. Scott Gilbert -. Gene Expression Maps: The Cartography of Transcription 5. Soraya de Chadarevian - Mapping the Worm's Genome: Tools, Networks, Patronage Section 2. The Moral and the Political Economy of Human Genome Sequencing: 6. Stephen Hilgartner - Making Maps and Making Social Order: Governing American Genome Centers, 1988-93 7. Alain Kaufmann - Mapping the Human Genome at Genethon Laboratory: The French Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Politics of the Gene 8. Adam Bostanci - Sequencing Human Genomes 9. Gisli Palsson -. Decoding Relations and Disease: The Icelandic Biogenetic Project


The paper analyzes the importance of the bidding works for the construction enterprises,explores how to do well in bidding works of the construction projects under the bidding competitiveness mechanism,illustrates from these aspects,including the establishment organization,the bidding strategy,the compilation bidding materials,so as to help the construction enterprises do better in bidding works,and to improve the bidding rate.


In direct sequence (DS) code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, multiuser detection offers important performance gains compared to conventional detection. The optimum multiuser detection is computationally very complex and requires knowledge, e.g. of the signal energies and cross-correlations. In this paper two adaptive suboptimal multiuser detection algorithms are investigated in the symbol-synchronous case and tested by simulations. The algorithms are based on the classical projection theorem of Hilbert spaces and the idea is to minimize the error vector between the matched filter output and the detected information bit. Both the algorithms have computational complexity linearly dependent on the number of users. The simulations show that it is possible to achieve the multistage detector performance based only on knowledge of the matched filter output.


The total synthesis of natural Paratocarpin B was first achieved through C-prenylation,protection of phenolic hydroxyl group,aldol condensation,cyclization and deprotection from 4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde and 2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone in total yield of 18.4%.Intermediate 10 was new compound.The structures of new compounds were characterized by 1H NMR,IR and MS.


The discrete wavelet transform decomposes a discrete time signal into an approximation sequence and a detailed sequence at each level of resolution. The approximation at any resolution is the projection of the signal onto the orthogonal space spanned by the translates of an analyzing scaling function. The choice of scaling function can have a large impact on the error in the approximation at a given resolution. A systematic method for generating scaling functions is developed. This method ensures that a scaling function will be found that is close to the optimum. The resulting scaling functions can be used by themselves or serve as starting point for further optimization.<<ETX>>


High-pressure angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction measurements have been performed on bulk and nanocrystalline cubic CeO2 with mean sizes of 4.7 and 5.6 nm. It is found that the compressibility of the nanocrystals is lower than the bulk when a threshold pressure is reached. This critical pressure is found to be 10 GPa for 4.7 nm and 16 GPa for 5.6 nm CeO2 nanocubes. The particle size dependence of the threshold pressure for the hardening of CeO2 nanoparticles is quite unusual. First-principles electronic calculations show that the increased bulk modulus of the nanocrystal is due to the strengthening of the surface Ce–O bonds resulting in a much larger shear modulus than in the bulk and consequently hardening the shell surface.


In wavelength-routed networks based on a GMPLS control plane, the resource reservation protocol with traffic engineering extensions (RSVP-TE) allows to establish end-to-end lightpaths. The resource reservation can be blocked due to lack of available resources (forward blocking) or due to resource contentions (backward blocking). In wavelength-routed networks, the backward blocking is the predominant blocking contribution, when traffic load is low or highly-dynamic and when lightpath restoration takes place. To reduce the backward blocking, the paper proposes two label preference (LP) schemes compliant with RSVP-TE message exchanges. LP schemes provide the destination node with a label identifying the preferred wavelength to reserve. The preferred label is computed in a distributed way during the forward signaling phase, with the objective of assigning disjoint wavelengths to reservation attempts that may contend the resources. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared to other schemes, LP schemes are effective in reducing the backward blocking during both lightpath provisioning and restoration, without negatively impacting the forward blocking.


At present, resource development and scientific research activities require the support of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and underwater sensors in the marine field. However, the power supply of underwater sensors and the return of data have become problems to be solved. This paper proposes an underwater wireless charging and communication integrated system, which can simultaneously realize the charging of underwater sensors by AUV and the communication of underwater sensors to AUV. Specifically, different coil configurations are employed on the AUV and the underwater sensor, respectively, which ensures that the charging and communication processes do not interfere with each other. In addition, the new communication methods involved in the system are mainly analyzed, and the data transmission process is studied when the communication transmitting loops are using the different feeding phases. The simulation results show that the system can not only achieve efficient energy transmission, but also ensure the reliability of data transmission.


Based on the current situations of higher educaton in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,the paper presents that the focus of higher education should be shifted to its connotation development while higher education scale is being enlarged.The paper also discusses the measures adopted in Guangxi to improve higher education quality in recent years and the author's views on improving higher education qulity.


3State Research Institute of Highly Pure Biopreparations, FMBA, St. Petersburg Cytokine-producing ability of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNCs) was studied in 44 patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) (23 men and 21 women aged from 48 to 64 years, body mass index from 35.6 to 42.4). Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IFNγ, IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-4, IL-8, IL-10 and IL-17) production by MNCs was estimated by ELISA in cell culture supernatants. The results indicate increased MNCs ability to spontaneous production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IL-1, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-17) with relatively low levels of their mitogen-induced secretion. This fact may be due to lower MNCs reserve capacity to produce inflammatory mediators in consequence of chronic disease. Functional MNCs defi ciency in patients with MS was also confirmed by the reduced ability to secrete (spontaneously and after induction with PHA) IL-2, principal T lymphocyte growth and differentiation factor. The results suggest a significant change in functional activity in chronic inflammation in patients with MS. (Cytokines and Inflammation. 2013. Vol. 12. № 3. P. 62–66.)


Objective To explore the relation between monoamines and epilepsy.Methods The rat model of seizure was made by intraperitoneal injection.The palium(Pal),hippocampus(Hip)and corpus striatum(Str) were taken immediately and the brain synaptosomes were prepared after the rats were sacrificed.The levels of serotonin(5-HT),dopamine(DA) and norepinephrine(NA)in synaptosomes were determined by fluorescence spectrophotometer.Results The levels of 5-HT decreased significantly in Pal and Hipin from experimental groups(P0.01),but decreased in Str from lethal group(P0.01).The levels of DA decreased significantly only in Str from convulsive groups(P0.01).The levels of NA markedly decreased only in Hip from convulsive groups(P0.01),While in Pal,it increased with the consequence of incipience,relapse and death.In Str,DA levels decreased markedly only in lethal grop(P0.05).Conclusion The onset and development of epilepsy are related to the levels of certain monoamine in synaptosomes of cerain brain regions.The transmitters in different regions may affect the sensitivity and be related to the severity of epilepsy.


This paper has analyzed and replenished the concept of the pragmatic failure and retold the features and types of the pragmatic failure .Meanwhile ,we can gain some implication in our foreign language leaning and teaching, through comparing the phenomena of verbal and non verbal language communication.


A key step in the catalytic cycle of coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes is the homolysis of the cofactor's organometallic bond, leading to the formation of a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical. For the adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzyme methylmalonyl CoA mutase (MCM), it has been suggested that this step is mediated by a protein-induced lengthening of the cofactor's axial cobalt−nitrogen bond, in trans position to the scissile organometallic bond. In fact, such a lengthening was first observed in the crystal structure of MCM (Mancia et al. Structure 1996, 4, 339−350) and was later confirmed by an analysis of EXAFS data on the same protein in frozen solution (Scheuring et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 12192−12200). Here, we report the results of an EXAFS study on the related coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes glutamate mutase from Clostridium cochlearium and 2-methyleneglutarate mutase from Clostridium barkeri. Both apoenzymes were overproduced from E. coli and reconstituted with methylcobalamin (MeCbl) to yield inactive...


Man has always had to fight for his survival. From a certain perspective, human history is a long series of human attempts to progress in the search for better and more stable life conditions. However, since many obstacles and many dangers threaten his life, man is confronted daily with very many threats against his existence and with the ultimate threat of death. If one is flesh, then one is definitely and continually under the threat of death and decay. Our own body can become a source of threats against ourselves when the pathologic processes change its structure and integrity. All human beings are under a threat that is rather within the being than outside it. By experiencing the decay of his own body, man knows that his existence in this world is problematic even beyond any external threats. Within his being, man bears the necessity of his end and thus fear shoots ever deeper roots into this profound experience of corruptibility that makes man feel the sting of death even when he creates life. In the words of the Bible, the Son of God "became flesh" (John 1.14) to redeem man from this condition to the immortality for which he was created. Confronting man with his death is the key of the process that imposes a new way in which he relates to his own truth and life, which can only be lived to its fullest as a gift from Above.


The permanent ionizing and neutron radiation-induced degradation in silicon charge-coupled devices, (CCD's), along with transient upset effects, are reviewed. The operation of a threshold voltage insensitive CCD input technique in a total dose radiation environment is evaluated. CCD structural design rules for decreasing ionizing radiation sensitivity are presented. The increased total ionizing dose tolerance of CCD's fabricated with a radiation hard oxide is described. Liquid nitrogen temperature irradiation effects in CCD's are discussed.


This paper analyzes national news coverage of the issue of child sexual abuse from the time period 2004-2009, asking why certain contexts of abuse garner coverage while others do not. Current literature suggests that major contributors to media attention to specific instances of abuse derive from celebrity status of abusers, sensational contexts, and litigation-driven cases (Cheit, Kitzinger, Lytton). I will analyze the coverage itself considering whether it is mostly episodic or in some way related to social movement activities surrounding the issue of CSA. To what extent do national newspapers report abuse as crime or as part of larger social problems? To what extent are power relationships based on age, gender, and institutions considered as contributing factors in abuse? Current literature suggests that most contemporary coverage of abuse tends to follow the crime reporting model, to the detriment of institutional analyses of the problem such as those offered by feminist anti rape advocates. Finally, I will ask how coverage of CSA in national news media relates to and suggests possible solutions to the problem itself. Again, current literature suggests that solutions to the problem covered my news media lie primarily in the criminal justice domain, although in certain cases litigation is discussed as a response to abuse. Such coverage may obscure discussion of solutions that seek to combat the age, gender, and institutional inequalities that contextualize abuse.


User-storey building in the activity from one floor to another floor of a multistory building need of vertical transportation (elevators). Elevator or lift is a vertical transportation used to transport people or goods. Elevators are generally used in the high rise buildings, typically more than three or four floors. Elevator specifications determined by the capacity, speed and carrying capacity. Selection is based on the use of elevators in the building people traffic, travel time back (round trip times), the peak time of use (peak-up times) and the waiting time in terms of capacity (handling capacity), the speed of the elevator. Adequate quantity for vertical transportation is an important factor, as it will affect the quality of service in a building, so we need a maintenance management that can manage performance elevators. Good elevator maintenance management includes periodic maintenance, checking the components, replacement of components that need to be replaced and the estimated cost of maintenance that is necessary to issue any annually building management. In Semarang city there are plenty of high rise office buildings, one of which is Perum Perhutani Unit I Central Java. The building has seven floors are used for the activities of the members. The method used in this research namely direct observation, primary and secondary data collection and data processing. From the results of data processing it can be concluded that the number of elevators in the building needs Perum Perhutani Unit I Central Java should totaling 3 units, while currently only available 2 units. In addition, the elevator maintenance management obtained regularly presented in the form of a checklist and budget maintenance costs as well as the replacement of some damaged components. Kata Kunci : elevator, kebutuhan, pemeliharaan


In this paper, we describe the evaluation results for TRECVID 2012 Multimedia Event Detection (MED) and Multimedia Event Recounting (MER) tasks as a part of SRI-Sarnoff AURORA system that is developed under the IARPA ALDDIN program. In AURORA system, we incorporated various low-level features that capture color, appearance, motion, and audio information in videos. Based on these low-level features, we developed Fixed-Pattern and Object-Orientated spatial feature pooling, which result in significant performance improvement to our system. In addition, we collected more than 1800 concepts and designed a set of concept pooling approaches to build the Concept Based Event Representation (CBER, i.e., high-level features). We submitted six runs exploring various fusions of low-level features, high-level features, and ASR/OCR features for MED task. All runs achieve satisfactory results. In particular, two EK10Ex runs for both pre-specified events (PS-Events) and ad-hoc events (AH-Events) obtain relatively better results. In MER task, we developed an approach to provide a breakdown of the evidences of why the MED decision has been made by exploring the SVM-based event detector. Furthermore, we designed evidence specific verification and detection to reduce uncertainty and improve key evidence discovery. Our MER evaluation results for MER-to-Event are very good.