Introduction: Benign prostate hyperplasia is one of the most common diseases and a common cause of lower urinary tract symptoms in aging men. Various disease management approaches to optimize the patient's long life and efficient status where patient adherence to the prescribed treatment plays a vital role. This study evaluated the medication adherence pattern of the patients to obtain successful treatment outcomes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in out-patient department of urology in a tertiary care hospital. Patients diagnosed with benign prostate hyperplasia were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Results: The high expenses of medicine, fear of medication, lack of symptomatic relief were factors that showed statistically significant (p < 0.05) difference between adherent and non-adherent group. Similarly, the duration of diagnosis of the adherent group was significantly less than the non-adherent group including the pattern of physical activities (p < 0.05). Adherent group also had more participants working in business and services occupation compared to the non-adherent group. Conclusion: The general attitude (such as fear of medication and lack of symptomatic relief) is seen as major factors that affect adherent pattern in benign prostate hyperplasia patients. These issues can be solved using proper guidance. However, the cost of medicines also posts an immense issue for the non-adherent group.


Significance As a component of the photosynthetic machinery, chlorophyll (Chl) absorbs light energy and is involved in energy transfer in the course of photosynthesis. Because of this molecule, however, photosynthetic organisms are also prone to photooxidative damage. Excited Chl molecules in the photosynthetic reaction centers interact with molecular oxygen and provoke the production of highly toxic singlet oxygen. In this article, we show how higher plants prevent self-poisoning with molecular oxygen during greening and identify a protein that controls Chl precursor homoeostasis. Tetrapyrroles such as chlorophyll, heme, and bacteriochlorophyll play fundamental roles in the energy absorption and transduction of all photosynthetic organisms. They are synthesized via a complex pathway taking place in chloroplasts. Chlorophyll biosynthesis in angiosperms involves 16 steps of which only one is light-requiring and driven by the NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR). Three POR isoforms have been identified in Arabidopsis thaliana—designated PORA, PORB, and PORC—that are differentially expressed in etiolated, light-exposed, and light-adapted plants. All three isoforms are encoded by nuclear genes, are synthesized as larger precursors in the cytosol (pPORs), and are imported posttranslationally into the plastid compartment. Import of the precursor to the dark-specific isoform PORA (pPORA) is protochlorophyllide (Pchlide)-dependent and due to the operation of a unique translocon complex dubbed PTC (Pchlide-dependent translocon complex) in the plastid envelope. Here, we identified a ∼30-kDa protein that participates in pPORA import. The ∼30-kDa protein is identical to the previously identified CELL GROWTH DEFECT FACTOR 1 (CDF1) in Arabidopsis that is conserved in higher plants and Synechocystis. CDF1 operates in pPORA import and stabilization and hereby acts as a chaperone for PORA protein translocation. CDF1 permits tight interactions between Pchlide synthesized in the plastid envelope and the importing PORA polypeptide chain such that no photoexcitative damage occurs through the generation of singlet oxygen operating as a cell death inducer. Together, our results identify an ancient mechanism dating back to the endosymbiotic origin of chloroplasts as a key element of Pchlide-dependent pPORA import.


Mood induction procedures and eye tracking technology were used to examine the role of positive and negative reinforcement in attentional bias towards alcohol stimuli and craving for alcohol in social drinkers. The findings demonstrate greater support for positive reinforcement models in understanding cognitive responses to alcohol cues in social drinkers.


The comparison of elemental concentrations of sagittal and lapillar otoliths from the same individuals of Stegastes partitus indicated significant differences for several elements. Sagittal otoliths were superior at differentiating individuals, yet the differentiation of individuals was further improved when the elemental concentrations of both otolith types were used in the same analysis.


The basic principle of a plankton collector in situ in watertight enclosed packets has been first described at OCEANS'81 by the authors. In den meantime field applications followed with this instrument and some improvements concerning the handling of the apparatus on board and the welding technique could be achieved. The results of these applications are described. They demonstrate the possibility of getting profiles in form of graphical presentations over a whole water column depth for every single kind of plankton. Besides this it is informed about an advanced welding technique in situ.


"Thinking in a Foreign Language"(TFL) has always been strongly recommended in foreign language teaching.A thorough discussion of the notion is not only of vital importance to clarifying misunderstandings of the term but will reveal the essence of foreign language learning from a new perspective.This paper first introduces the definition of TFL generally accepted and then criticizes it by way of documenting relevant literature,pointing out that to define TFL as "direct access of FL words via concept" is an oversimplified understanding of the notion.The authors of this paper argue that TFL means "conceptualizing the experience to be expressed in the way the foreign language concerned dictates".That is to say,it is not so much a voluntary rescue strategy as a spontaneous operation of the FL mode of conceptualization.


The present study aimed at identifying the constraints faced by both men and women farmers involved in livestock production in Karnataka. An exploratory research design was adopted for the study. Twenty men farmers and twenty women farmers were selected each from Bengaluru, Davangere and Belagavi district of Karnataka, thus a total of 120 farmers were selected and interviewed. The result from the study revealed that the constraints faced by majority of women farmers were transportation of fodder (75.00%) and dominance by men in taking decision (73.00%). In case of men farmers lack of time to participate in social activities (77.00%) and lack of training facilities on livestock management (50.00%) were major constraints. In India, livestock production is largely in the hands of women. Besides considerable involvement and contribution of women, considerable gender inequalities do exist in Indian villages. Therefore, efforts are needed to increase the capacity of women to meet their strategic needs.


In this paper, we introduce a multi-model ensemble framework for medical image segmentation. We first collect a set of state-of-the-art models in this field and further improve them through a series of architecture refinement moves and a set of specific training skills. We then integrate these fine-tuned models into a more powerful ensemble framework. Preliminary experiment results show that the proposed multi-model ensemble framework performs well under the given polyp and instrument datasets.


Objective To investigate the effects of quiet respiration on the velocity of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and estimation of pulmonary artery systolic pressure ( PASP ) in patients with right ventricular dysfunction by echocardiography . Methods Thirty-two patients with right ventricular dysfunction and twenty-eight controls with normal right ventricular function were enrolled. Continuous-wave Doppler spectra of TR were recorded, and electrocardiogram and respiratory tracing were recorded simultaneously. The velocity of TR and PASP were measured during different respiration phases for analyzing. Results For 32 patients with right ventricular dysfunction, both the velocity of TR and PASP in inspiration phase were smaller than those in expiration phase(P0.001). For 28 controls with normal right ventricular function, there was no significant difference in the volocity between inspiration phase and expiration phase. Conclusion Quiet respiration will affect the velocity of TR and PASP in patients with right ventricle dysfunction. The determination with Doppler echocardiography should be performed at the time that patients hold their breath at the end of expiration.


A generalized zonal method based on systems of linear algebraic equations is used to determine the temperature fields in an absorptive grey medium filling a closed radiation system that consists of three boundary zones, of which one is adiabatic and the other two are isothermal. The example calculation considers the case of a solenoidal radiation field of local radiative equilibrium.


The use of alternative materials in becoming increasingly important in various engineering fields. In this way, present study indicates the possibilities of reinforcing aluminium alloy (Al6061) with locally available inexpensive rice husk ash for developing a new material. 4, 8 & 12% of a rice husk ash particle were used by weight to develop metal matrix composite. This can be done by liquid metallurgy route. Where they are sustainable, high performance, or simply lower cost alternatives often have some different characteristics that can be appealing in some way. Metal matrix composites (MMCs) constitute in important category of design and weight efficient materials, this research project is ultimately sought to determine an alternative material for disk brake rotor. In this article we fabricate aluminium (Al6061) matrix composite reinforced with rice husk ash (RHA) with a large amount of silica contain. This can be done by stir casting. The report gives the results that it decreases the density and increases yield strength, ultimate strength and hardness of the composite. KeywordsBrake Disc Rotor, Rice Husk Ash, ANSYS, HEAT Flux, Temperature Distribution


Cristiano Zanetti, Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire: A Vitruvian Artisan at the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution. By Jim Bennett 525 Patrick Armstrong, Alfred Russel Wallace. By Michael A. Flannery 526 Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange and Neil Pemberton, The Invention of the Modern Dog: Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain. By Chris Pearson 528 Ruth Barton, The X Club: Power and Authority in Victorian Science. By Matthew Wale 529 Graeme Gooday and Karen Sayer, Managing the Experience of Hearing Loss in Britain, 1830–1930. By Kristen Starkowski 531 Rachel Plotnick, Power Button: A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing. By Jaume Sastre-Juan 532 Susan Lanzoni, Empathy: A History and Cathy Gere, Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good: From the Panopticon to the Skinner Box and Beyond. By Rob Boddice 534 Anthony Chaney, Runaway: Gregory Bateson, the Double Bind, and the Rise of Ecological Consciousness. By Rhodri Hayward 536 Lisa M. Osbeck, Values in Psychological Science: Re-imagining Epistemic Priorities at a New Frontier. By Sydney Lane 537


Abstract : So that more precise correlations between full scale observations and analytical and model results could be carried out, one of the objectives of the instrumentation program for the SL-7 class container ships was the provision of instrumental measures of the wave environment. To this end, two wave meter systems were installed on the S.S. SEA-LAND (1973-1974) and third (1974-1975) winter data collecting seasons. It was the purpose of the present work to reduce this raw data, to develop and implement such corrections as were found necessary and feasible, and to correlate and evaluate the final resutls from the two wave meters. In carrying out this work it was necessary to at least partly reduce several other channels of recorded data, so that, as a by-product, reduced results were also obtained for midship bending stresses, roll, pitch, and two components of acceleration on the ship's bridge. As the work progressed it became evident that the volume of documentation required would grow beyond the usual dimensions of a single technical report. For this reason the analyses, the medhots, the detailed results, discussions, and conclusions are contained in a series of ten related reports. The present report is the first in the series, and involves the initial stages of the work. Specifically, this report documents the raw data from its original analog form to digital form, the sampling and calibration of data from the second (1973-1974) season, and a summary of initial results. (Author)


In order to improve the accuracy of bearing fault diagnosis, a novel method based on multi-masking empirical mode decomposition (MMEMD) and extreme machine learning optimized by differential evolution algorithm (DE_ELM) is proposed. MMEMD is a new improved empirical mode decomposition (EMD), which can overcome the defect of mode mixing and improve the feature effectiveness. Differential evolution algorithm is used for determining the parameters of extreme machine learning (ELM) to improve the classification accuracy. In implementation of the proposed method, firstly, bearing signals are decomposed into different intrinsic mode functions (IMF) and sample entropy of each IMF is calculated as the fault feature. Then, the training set is input to the DE_ELM and the fault classification model is obtained. Finally, the testing set is input to the model for fault diagnosis. The proposed method examined by the bearing fault diagnosis experiment. The results show that the method can reliably identify the different faults and has a high fault diagnosis accuracy.


Electromagnetic ultrasonic thickness measurement has the advantages of no couplant and no contact. But the signals are so weak that they are easily submerged in the noise. So, the pulse compression technology is applied to raise the signal to noise ratio and lift-off distance effectively. The barker sequences are set as transmitting pulse in the measurement system, the received signals are processed with pulse compression in the experiments. By comparing the performances of barker code with single pulse requiring high levels average filtering, the signal to noise ratio is highly improved. The 5 × 13 combined barker sequence performs best among the different combined barker sequences. Its signal to noise ratio reaches 20.11 dB and the maximum lift-off is up to 3.0 mm due to the increasement of the total transmission power.


Instability of intraventricular conduction raises some very interesting questions. When the form of the QRS complex changes during supraventricular rhythm (sinus, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardias) a number of explanations exist. When one rules out intermittent pre-excitation of the WPW type (Figure 1) as the cause of a changing QRS, the possibilities remaining are various forms of bundle branch block.~


Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) have recently been introduced to protect MANETs from malicious attacks that can reduce their performance. The performance of the IDSs proposed in the literature have been evaluated under certain network conditions such as the change of mobility speed, simulation time, mobility models, etc. However, none of these IDSs have been evaluated across the variation of mobile nodes (MNs). The increase of mobility nodes may directly impact the performance of the network and, consequently, the accuracy of the IDS. When the number of mobiles nodes goes up, intruders have better opportunity to spread over the existing paths and can trick the IDS. In this paper, we evaluate the effect of the increase/decrease of mobile nodes on the performance of IDSs. The IDS chosen in this paper is the Adaptive Acknowledgment (AACK). Our experiments are accomplished in NS2 and configured in a way all parameters set to be fixed during the entire simulation, except the number of mobile nodes (cooperative and malicious), which repeatedly kept increasing. Experimental results demonstrate the cases in which the performance of AACK is either improved or degraded when the number of MNs changes.


The urgency of the problem under study is due to issues arising from the lack of proper legal regulation at the legislative level of the process of creating a digital economy as a whole and the digitalization of agriculture, food and processing industries in the Russian Federation, as well as difficulties in the process of theoretical substantiation of these definitions. In this regard, this article is aimed at a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of digitalization as a process to create a new product in digital form with new functionality and customer properties, allowing for an economic breakthrough, gaining new competitive advantages in business, going to the construction of Industry 4.0. The leading approach to the study of this problem is to determine the specifics of legal regulation and the presence of a significant number of administrative barriers that impede the initiative in introducing elements of digitalization into individual farms. The article summarizes the problematic issues related to the need to adopt new legislation and make changes to the system and structure of public authorities, as well as the doctrinal approach to the subject matter.


The effects of tangential jet blowing on the vortical structures developing about the fuselage of a missile or aircraft at high angle of attack are investigated numerically and experimentally. Computations are carried out for fully laminar and fully turbulent flows, and the results are compared with flow visualization data. It is shown that turbulent computations are more accurate in describing the flow behavior. The actuator plane method is shown to be sufficiently accurate in modeling the essential flow physics of a tangential jet.


Advances in achieving high external quantum efficiency (EQE) of near‐infrared (NIR) organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) are lagging behind that of the visible‐light OLEDs, according to the energy gap law. Herein, two structurally simple NIR‐phosphorescent Ir(III) complexes, DTCNIr and PTCNIr, with the cyclometalated ligands functionalized by the 1‐phenylisoquinoline‐4‐carbonitrile moiety and thieno/benzo[b]thiophene moiety are handily accessed within three synthetic steps. The introduction of the cyano unit can significantly lower the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals whereas incorporating the conjugated group can elevate the highest occupied molecular orbitals of the newly designed Ir(III) complexes. The intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) transitions are enhanced due to the increased donor–acceptor interaction inside the metallophosphor. As a result, the emissions are red‐shifted to the NIR region with fast radiative decay. A maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 8.11% with the emission peak at 726 nm for DTCNIr and a maximum EQE of 6.39% with the emission peak at 763 nm for PTCNIr are achieved in the NIR OLEDs by using these Ir(III) materials as the dopant emitters, a champion efficiency in the Ir(III)‐based OLEDs with the emission peak exceeding 760 nm.


Color transparencies (5 cm x 5 cm) based on the 18 maps in the original paper (Jour. Geology, v. 82, p. 555-574) are available from The Secretary, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. The maps show continent-ocean distribution, inferred from paleomagnetic, sea-floor spreading, geometrical, and tectonic data at nine different times from early Paleozoic to the present day. The price of the set of 18, including mounts, package, and surface mail, is £5. Orders should be accompanied by payment in sterling (to the University of Leeds).


We prove that at a finite singular time for the Harmonic Ricci Flow on a surface of positive genus both the energy density of the map component and the curvature of the domain manifold have to blow up simultaneously. As an immediate consequence, we obtain smooth long‐time existence for the Harmonic Ricci Flow with large coupling constant.


Maize is the third most important grain crop in India after rice and wheat with respect to area and productivity. It has wide ecological adaptability and is grown in almost all parts of the country extending from extreme semi-arid to subhumid and humid regions. The crop is also popular in low and mid-hill areas of Western and North Eastern regions. It has the highest yield potential, which is influenced by multi various factors viz., weeds, nutrients, pests and diseases. Amongst all, weeds account for 28 to 100 % yield loss [1]. Weeds compete with crop plants for light, space, water and nutrients, especially during the early stages of growth as they are more adapted to agro-ecosystems than crop plants. Wide spacing in maize allows luxuriant growth of varied weed species, which reduces the photosynthetic efficiency, dry matter production and partitioning to economic parts and there by reduces sink capacity of crop resulting in poor grain yield [2]. Weeds also exudates substances from roots and leaves which are toxic to crop plants. This causes severe interference with normal crop growth, leading to reduction in yield and quality. The competitive effect of a given density of weeds with the crop depends on the length of the period they remain in the field. The relationship between the duration of competition and crop yield reduction is approximately sigmoidal. The critical stage of crop weed competition in maize crop is from 30 to 45 days from sowing [3]. Controlling of weeds in maize during the critical period assumes great importance for realizing higher yield. Though hand weeding is effective, it is highly expensive. Moreover, heavy demand of labour during peak period and its scarcity necessitates the use of herbicides as a method of control for suppressing the weeds. Chemical weed control being cost effective and less labour dependent is recommended to overcome this constraint [4]. Each herbicide has its own spectrum of weed control which leads to its efficacy and use in the field. Nevertheless, farmers are applying only atrazine as pre emergence herbicide and to certain extent 2, 4 D Na salt for controlling weeds at present. These herbicides control only broad leaved weeds. New herbicides with broad spectrum of weed control are highly essential for effective control of grasses, sedges and broad leaved weeds. Hence, the present study was carried out to find out the effect of new herbicides on weed density, growth and yield of maize.


Improvement of Al-polar AlN layer quality was accomplished by three-stage flow-modulation metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (FM-MOCVD). In this method, the unit of the FM-MOCVD sequence was composed of three stages; Stage I for simultaneous source supply, Stage II for trimethylaluminum supply, and Stage III for ammonia supply, which were cyclically repeated. The AlN quality revealed by X-ray diffraction strongly depended on the time of Stage I. A growth model was proposed considering the surface coverage of the islands nucleated during Stage I. Exciton fine structures were eventually observed by low-temperature cathodoluminescence reflecting the tremendously improved crystalline quality.


The present study aims to investigate the effects of one year of volleyball game on the amount of blood factors in non-athlete males and females. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 44 male and female university students. The subjects were chosen randomly and were then matched and coupled and were finally divided into two treatment and control groups. The treatment group received a one-year volleyball practice program Blood samples were taken from both control and treatment groups 24 hours before the first practice and 24 hours after the final session. Amounts of red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin and white corpuscles were measured and recorded in pre and posttest. The data collected were analyzed with the dependent and independent T test and variance analysis. The results revealed that, in response to regular long-term sport practices, amounts of blood factors do not differ significantly in healthy non-athlete individuals compared to the control group members receiving no practices. The comparison between pre and posttest results of all four (male and female control and treatment) groups failed to show a significant difference. Moreover, variance analysis on RBC, hemoglobin and white corpuscles did not show a significant difference. It could be concluded that the oneyear selected volleyball exercise program does not affect the amount of blood factors (RBC, hemoglobin, and white corpuscles) significantly.


The present invention is a continuous casting relates to a hoisting assembly for a segment of the plant, is provided with a sliding bar (5a) that is movable right and left on both ends of lifting the box (5), the hook arm (4) mounted on the sliding bar (5a) and, fixed to the hook arm (4) of the wheel (4a) the guide rail (3) it is engaged with, the inner shaft (2a) splined to the end of the upper end of the guide rail 3 in the shaft frame (2) do. Thus, the distance can be adjusted between both the hook arm (4) so that the size can be used both to the other segment (8). Segment cranes, hoists segment, segment hoist


In this article, pathogenesis, clinical features, as well as methods of diagnosis and treatment of ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid are described.


This paper is the fourth in a series of papers [1, 2] on the diffraction and imaging properties of generalized curvilinear diffraction gratings. Here we discuss the Fraunhofer diffraction properties of plane crossed-line gratings which consist of a product of two uncrossed-line gratings. In particular, we establish a set of conditions which the grating functions must satsify for the diffraction pattern to consist of a purely singular line pattern. For these singular gratings, we show that the diffraction pattern consists of a product of the orders of each uncrossed-line grating plus additional orders due to couplings between the separate gratings.


Critical-thinking skills (CTS) are among the essential skills required in the contemporary world of work. However, building CTS among technical college students in Nigeria is making little impact on students as current teaching uses is "traditional" rote learning methods which do not foster the building of skills. Therefore, a new teaching method is required that emphasizes learning, understanding, and measuring skills rather than rote learning. Educators unanimously agree that, CTS can be taught using different teaching methods including concept mapping, critical questioning workshops, and systematic literature reviews and to problem based learning (PBL). PBL is a student-centered, task-based instructional method in which the teacher serves as a facilitator. The paper adapted a library based work; the data were collected using textbooks, journals articles and internet search. The literatures reveal that; PBL is the best approach to build CTS, integrating it into all areas of learnings and to the student's entire life. In PBL, students demonstrate an enhanced ability to use CTS in their activities. Against this backdrop, the paper aim to outline the impact of PBL in building CTS among the technical colleges students. The paper recommends that, for the purpose of filling the CTS gap, technical colleges should equip their students with the required skills through the application of a superior teaching method such as PBL. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3p356


The current work aims at investigating the detailed spatial structure of the thin plasma column of a gliding arc (GA) discharge extended in N2-CH4 gas mixtures, using visualization techniques. The GA discharge was operated at up to 5 atm in a high-pressure vessel with extensive optical access. The results show that the emission intensity from the plasma column increased tenfold with the addition of 0.1% CH4 in nitrogen, compared to that in pure N2. Furthermore, an additional layer located around the GA discharge column is detected. Imaging through spectral filters and spectral analysis of the emitted signal indicate that the emissions of this outer layer are mostly from the CN A-X and CH A-X transitions. This outer layer can propagate and extinguish dynamically, similar to the flame front in combustion. Besides, the separation of this outer layer to the plasma core decreases with pressure. The layered structure and its dynamical behaviors can be explained by a plasma-sustained radical propagation mechanism. The high-power plasma column can produce a high-temperature zone with rich atomic species, surrounded by the relatively cold N2-CH4 mixture. At the mixing layer between the high-temperature zone and the N2-CH4 mixture, some highly exothermic reactions occur to produce excited CN and CH species, which emit their specific spectra. As the high-temperature zone expands with time, the outer layer propagates outward. However, with the propagation continuing, the radical species involved in the outer layer formation are rapidly consumed, and thus, this layer disappears when it propagates too far away from the plasma column.The current work aims at investigating the detailed spatial structure of the thin plasma column of a gliding arc (GA) discharge extended in N2-CH4 gas mixtures, using visualization techniques. The GA discharge was operated at up to 5 atm in a high-pressure vessel with extensive optical access. The results show that the emission intensity from the plasma column increased tenfold with the addition of 0.1% CH4 in nitrogen, compared to that in pure N2. Furthermore, an additional layer located around the GA discharge column is detected. Imaging through spectral filters and spectral analysis of the emitted signal indicate that the emissions of this outer layer are mostly from the CN A-X and CH A-X transitions. This outer layer can propagate and extinguish dynamically, similar to the flame front in combustion. Besides, the separation of this outer layer to the plasma core decreases with pressure. The layered structure and its dynamical behaviors can be explained by a plasma-sustained radical propagation mechanis...


This article presents the findings of a study on age discrimination against older workers in Hong Kong. The study collected survey data from 787 older workers aged 45 or above and 283 employers who were managers responsible for personnel or human resources management, or for hiring people for organizations. The focus is on revealing the influences of the organizational goals of profit-making and social responsibility on age discrimination, along with influences from negative stereotyping and other factors. Results indicate that the social responsibility goal tends to be more influential than negative stereotyping on age discrimination. In contrast, the profit-making goal did not display a significant effect on age discrimination. They offer implications for policies and practices for managing the ageing workforce in the labour market.


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    In the name of God the most gracious the most merciful And prayers and peace be upon Muhammad and his good and pure family. The fear of God is a characteristic of the messengers, and reached by the close angels and righteous Worshipers, so my research was to study (Fear in the Holy Quran) because of the importance of this subject in the life of man from several aspects of educational social socialism, and characterized by fear overwhelm his actions and statements and that got the happiness of the realm and the hereafter   It is a light cast by God in the heart of His worshipers , and worship without fear has no effect, only if the worshiper  subjected his body and heart to God Almighty, it sends life to work, but make worship loving the soul. My research has been divided into an introduction, three researches, and a conclusion. As for the introduction, it dealt with the importance of the topic and the extent to which societies need it. As for the first topic: the definition of fear of language  and terminology, and its virtues and fruits. As for the second topic: I dealt with the reasons for the fear and opposition to it. The third topic: I have showed the types of fear. As for the fourth topic: I have addressed the fear of prayer as a model. At the end of my research I came out with the result that fear is a blessing from the grace of God on man, which he enjoys by whom he wishes of his worshipers to be pleased with the first life and the last life .


This article presents the empirical results of a study aimed at describing the use of the SharePoint environment as a digital device to support collaboration between different trainers (with different statuses) of a teacher education program. Since 2017, the University of Sherbrooke's Bachelor of Education in Preschool and Elementary Education (BEPP) is undergoing a major overhaul of its program. This overhaul is based on the creation of a program based on a professionalization pathway. This Sherbrooke expertise in program development is supported by the Training Support Service and requires the collaboration of all program stakeholders (professors, lecturers and pedagogical advisor) involved in the courses as well as in on-the-job training. The SharePoint environment has been identified as a device to support this collaboration. Based on the data provided by the traces left by the users of this device and by identifying indicators of collaboration, we wish to take an evaluative look at the capacity of this device to support collaboration. This exploratory and descriptive study documents the implementation of SharePoint to support collaboration between January 2018 and June 2019. From the frequencies observed, a positive evaluation of the device to support collaborative work emerges. We will make pragmatic recommendations on how to guide the collaborative work that could inspire other teams wishing to take advantage of this environment.


This article discusses the key elements of an effective worldwide response to HIV/AIDS epidemic. The key lesson that AIDS cannot be contained through secrecy denial and discrimination is illustrated with examples from Central America.


The energy spread of electron beam was artificially increased with the help of the detuning system in the electron cooler. The Influence of electron energy detuning on maximum accumulated intensity, the lifetime and stability of ion beam were experimentally investigated with the beam of 3.7MeV/u Sn in CSRm. The lifetime was derived from the signals of ion beam intensity from DCCT varying with time, and the instability was observed by mean of the longitudinal frequency signals from Schottky probe. The experiments results show that no significant influence of electron energy detuning on the maximum accumulated intensity and lifetime. Due to the limitation of beam intensity from injector, the space charge limitation and saturation condition was not approached, and the obvious evidence for instability suppression by the detuning has not observed in such detuning frequency range.


We are moving from a model of industrial society to an information society model, which is characterized by globalization of economy, culture, the emergence of new sectors of work, interaction and interdependence of technologies, one of the most significant elements society revolve around


This paper introduces the Canberra Vietnamese-English Code-switching corpus (CanVEC), an original corpus of natural mixed speech that we semi-automatically annotated with language information, part of speech (POS) tags and Vietnamese translations. The corpus, which was built to inform a sociolinguistic study on language variation and code-switching, consists of 10 hours of recorded speech (87k tokens) between 45 Vietnamese-English bilinguals living in Canberra, Australia. We describe how we collected and annotated the corpus by pipelining several monolingual toolkits to considerably speed up the annotation process. We also describe how we evaluated the automatic annotations to ensure corpus reliability. We make the corpus available for research purposes.


We assume that, in equilibrium, nuclear matter at reduced density and moderate finite temperature breaks up into many fragments. Strong support for this assumption is provided by data accumulated from intermediate-energy heavy ion collisions. The breakup of hot and expanded nuclear matter according to the rules of equilibrium statistical mechanics is the multifragmentation model, which gives a first-order phase transition. This is studied in detail here. Phase-equilibrium lines for different degrees of asymmetry are computed.


textabstractThe aim of this thesis was to gain a detailed understanding of transcriptional regulation in the context of the living cell. The s-globin locus was used as a model system to study the question: how distal cisregulatory DNA elements communicate to activate tissue- and developmental stage-specific gene expression. This question was addressed through two different approaches. The first approach was based on the observation that globin gene transcription alternates between embryonic, fetal and adult genes in a flip-flop mechanism and the assumption that direct contacts between the Locus Control Region (LCR) and gene promoters is required for transcription (looping model). To monitor these putative interactions in the living cell we distinctly tagged the human s-globin locus on both the LCR and the s-globin gene. In a second approach, we adopted Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) technology to measure the spatial conformation of the s-globin loci in man and mouse in vivo. This demonstrated that spatial interactions between the LCR, actively transcribed genes and distal DNase I hypersensitive regions occur in vivo. Furthermore, the data support the existence of an erythroid cellspecific nuclear compartment dedicated to the transcription of the globin genes by RNA polymerase (RNAP) II, called the active chromatin hub (ACH). The ACH model provides a mechanistic framework that may improve knowledge of transcription in the 3-dimensional space of the nucleus.


"Currently, 58% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say colleges and universities have a negative effect on the way things are going in the country, while just 36% say their effect is positive." Fact Tank, http://www.pewresearch. org/fact-tank/2017/07/20/republicansskeptical-of-colleges-impact-on-u-sbut-most-see-benefits-for-workforcepreparation/ Moynihan's widely and favorably quoted maxim has been sorely tested recently. It seems the we are closer and closer to a society where one can dismiss facts by simply slapping a label on them—"fake news," "political correctness"—and asserting, often with little evidence and argument, one's own "alternative facts." One's entitlement to an opinion can increasingly be converted to one's own facts. This degrades our civic discourse. A tax bill that pushes money to the top of the economic ladder is called "middle class," there is an FBI conspiracy to get Trump, the women who accused Trump and Moore are all liars. It goes on and on. The growing entitlement to assert one's opinion as fact involves a lot of both fierce assertion of inaccuracies and just plain lying. We sorely need entitlement reform and to insist on the difference between opinion and fact— and to insist on truth telling. It might be tempting to say "twas ever thus." Politicians shading the truth and lying is nothing new. It might be thought that this too shall pass, strong countervailing institutions and a free society will find its way, you can't fool all the people etc. One certainly hopes so, but things seem worse now. There is the sheer volume and relentlessness of brazen assertions of falsehoods and implicit and even explicit threats. Starting on day one with the size of the inaugural crowd, the press has tallied a stream of lies. And when the facts are pointed out the response is to double down. Critics are painted as liars and conspirators who might need to be forcibly brought to heel or even locked up ("enemy of the people"). Any potentially independent institution or group—the press, the courts, even the FBI—is fair game to be attacked as biased/wrong at best, and lying and conspiring at worst. It is possible that colleges and universities may be next in the line of fire. The recent Pew poll quoted above brought dismay to many in higher education. It seems to be an outgrowth of the ongoing critique of "political correctness" and the exaggerated tales of campus persecution. This could be a prelude to dismissing or even regulating anything that comes out of higher "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."


Background. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck have a 10–30% risk of developing a second primary tumor. The concept of "field cancerization" assumes that the whole upper aerodigestive tract is affected and prone to malignant transformation. This study was undertaken to investigate the value of a panel of monoclonal antibodies to identify biomarkers in oral mucosa associated with cancer risk. Such biomarkers may be suitable candidates to serve as intermediate endpoints in cancer chemoprevention trials.


Aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of variability of attentional focus distance by self-talk on the learning of table tennis backhand. Methods: Therefore, 80 high school girls by mean age 16(+-0/62) yr. were randomly selected from sport school of Sanandaj and assigned to 5 groups. After pretest, the participants performed 180 forehand strokes during 6 sessions with repeating the words *slightly rotation* in the internal focus group *slightly open* in the near external focus group, *over the net* in the far external focus group, and each of the words *slightly rotation, slightly open, and over the net* respectively in each 2 sessions in the increasing distance of attentional focus group. Control group performed without self-talk during acquisition phase. Retention test was performed 48 hours after acquisition test in the same situation without self-talk, and after half an hour break, transfer test was done by changing the direction of target (parallel forehand) without self-talk. The accuracy and the pattern of forehand strokes were measured by a 5 point-scale (Liao and Masters, 2001) and researcher-made scale, respectively. At the end of acquisition phase, participants filled out the frequency and self-talk beliefs questionnaire. Results: According to the results of 2-factor mixed ANOVA, acquisition, retention, and transfer of backhand accuracy in internal focus of attention group were significantly lower than other groups (p<0.05). Furthermore, the effect of increasing attentional focus distance on acquisition of backhand pattern was significant. The effect of near external attentional focus on retention of pattern was significant. But transfer of stroke pattern in control group was significantly more than far external focus group (p<0.05). Conclusions: Thus, it is recommended to use self-talk by increasing attentional focus and near external attentional focus and not to use internal focus of attention to instruct backhand to novice adolescents.


Thalidomide as part of initial treatment of multiple myeloma improves pre- and post-transplant response by increasing the proportion of patients achieving a very good partial response. In the prospective phase 3 HOVON-50/GMMG-HD3 trial, patients randomized to TAD (thalidomide, doxorubicin, dexamethasone) had a significantly higher response rate (at least PR) after induction compared with patients randomized to VAD (vincristine, adriamycin, dexamethasone, 72% vs. 54%, p<0.001). Complete remission (CR) and very good partial remission (VGPR) were also higher after TAD. After High Dose melphalan 200mg/m2 response was comparable in both arms, 76% and 79% respectively. However, CR plus VGPR were significantly higher in the patients randomized to TAD (49% vs. 32%, p<0.001). CTC grade 3–4 adverse events were similar in both arms.


Knowledge about the annual and seasonal patterns of organic and inorganic carbon (C) exports from the major rivers of the world to the coastal ocean is essential for our understanding and potential management of the global C budget so as to limit anthropogenic modification of global climate. Unfortunately our predictive understanding of what controls the timing, magnitude, and quality of C export is still rudimentary. Here we use a process‐based coupled hydrologic/ecosystem biogeochemistry model (the Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model) to examine how climate variability and extreme events, changing land use, and atmospheric chemistry have affected the annual and seasonal patterns of C exports from the Mississippi River basin to the Gulf of Mexico. Our process‐based simulations estimate that the average annual exports of dissolved organic C (DOC), particulate organic C (POC), and dissolved inorganic C (DIC) in the 2000s were 2.6 ± 0.4 Tg C yr−1, 3.4 ± 0.3 Tg C yr−1, and 18.8 ± 3.4 Tg C yr−1, respectively. Although land use change was the most important agent of change in C export over the past century, climate variability and extreme events (such as flooding and drought) were primarily responsible for seasonal and interannual variations in C export from the basin. The maximum seasonal export of DIC occurred in summer while for DOC and POC the maximum occurred in winter. Relative to the 10 year average (2001–2010), our modeling analysis indicates that the years of maximal and minimal C export cooccurred with wet and dry years (2008: 32% above average and 2006: 32% below average). Given Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change‐predicted changes in climate variability and the severity of rain events and droughts of wet and dry years for the remainder of the 21st century, our modeling results suggest major changes in the riverine link between the terrestrial and oceanic realms, which are likely to have a major impact on C delivery to the coastal ocean.


This Library Note presents statistics on the relative size of the political parties and other groups in the House of Lords in recent years, as well as selected figures on voting behaviour in the House. It provides context, therefore, to ongoing debates about the balance of power in the second chamber, the ability of governments to enact their legislative programmes and of opposition parties to delay or defeat them.


The photophysics of a fluorescent probe bis[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]squaraine (HSq) was studied in AOT water-in-oil microemulsions, using steady-state and transient (picosecond resolution) techniques. The interaction of HSq with water occurs only in the excited state and is reaction controlled with a bimolecular rate constant of kq=3.87×108M-1 s-1 accounting for the nonradiative processes. The kinetic data obtained in AOT reversed micelles were treated assuming two distinct spectroscopic species located in the interfacial region that were equally quenched by the water present in their vicinity with the same rate constant. The parameters obtained enable the distinction of processes occurring in the hydrophobic and hydrophilic interfacial domains and the estimation of the number of water molecules per AOT molecule in each domain, respectively three and nine.


At the different concentration rate the change of quasi-steady filtrate flux,viscosity and wet solid content for 1,3-propanediol fermentation broth are investigated by metal membranes.On the basis of this,the mechanism of membrane fouling is pre-investigated and the method of membrane cleaning is obtained.It shows that 50 nm membrane is suited for membrane filtration of 1,3-propanediol fermentation broth.The recovery rate could improve to 95% by adding 35% of the deionized water,the concentration ratio of about 9.


The chance observation in 1982 that very few patients with ulcerative colitis are current cigarette smokers' has encouraged much research into this association and the publication of a number of anecdotal reports. The new evidence has substantiated and expanded the original findings and has provided a new approach for investigating what is a serious and poorly understood condition. This review outlines the evidence


Objective:To explore the effect of stereopsis deficit on visual acuity,vernier acuity,and contrast sensitivity of amblyopic eye in children with amblyopia.Methods:The data of stereoscopic vision,visual acuity,vernier acuity,and edge contrast sensitivity of amblyopic eye,and grating vision of 257 patients with amblyopia were collected,SPSS and MatLab software were used for statistical analysis.Results:Under the circumstance of the same grating vision,there was statistically significant difference in the visual acuity,vernier acuity,and edge contrast sensitivity of amblyopic eye between the adults in stereoscopic vision group(stereoscopic vision≤800 arc sec) and the adults in non-stereoscopic vision group(stereoscopic vision800 arc sec)(P=0.000 4,P=0.006 2,P=0.031 8,respectively).Under the circumstance of the same grating vision,there was statistically significant difference in the visual acuity of amblyopic eye between the amblyopic children in stereoscopic vision group and the amblyopic children in non-stereoscopic vision group(P=0.0002);but there was no statistically significant difference in the vernier acuity and edge contrast sensitivity of amblyopic eye between the amblyopic children in stereoscopic vision group and the amblyopic children in non-stereoscopic vision group(P=0.115 8,P=0.260 2,respectively).Conclusion:Visual deficit of amblyopic eye in children with amblyopia under the circumstance of lacking stereoscopic vision was more severer,but vernier acuity and edge contrast sensitivity of amblyopic eye didn't change obviously.After sensitive period of visual development,the vernier acuity of amblyopic eye in the amblyopic patients without stereoscopic vision was statistically significantly poorer than that in the amblyopic patients with stereoscopic vision.Thus,for the children without stereoscopic vision,after visual acuity of amblyopic eye return to a certain level,stereoscopic vision training should be conducted actively during the course of amblyopic treatment to recover amblyopic eye.


The recent work involves the preparation and characterization of 3-(4-hydroxy-4H-benzo [4, 5] thiazolo [3, 2-a] pyrimidin-4-yl)-2H-chromen-2-one derivative in dioxin-ethanol medium. The enamine (E)-1, 1-dimethyl-3-((2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl) methylene) urea was treated in dioxin solvent with ethanolic solution of 2-aminobenzothiazole to produce named 3-(4-hydroxy-4H-benzo[4, 5]thiazolo[3, 2-a]pyrimidin-4-yl)-2H-chromen-2-one compound [L]. The prepared derivatives, enamine [A] and [L] were characterized through (C.H.N.S) analyses, FT-IR, 1HNMR as well Mass spectral. The scavenging ability from different ethanolic solution ranging from (100–1000 ug/ml) of the new compound against stable DPPH radical (DPPH•) was done and the results show that the coumarin derivative of this compound exhibited high antioxidant activates with scavenging activity reaching 80% at concentration 1000 μg/mL, compared to vitamin c as standard antioxidant reaching 92% DPPH radical scavenging activity at the same concentration.


So much has been written in recent years about reproduction and sexuality in interwar Britain that it is increasingly difficult to find original angles to explore. We have learned much about the influence of the eugenics movement and the pervasiveness of anxieties about the "deterioration of the race"; about the campaigns for better access to birth control, led by Marie Stopes, and, even more controversially, for women's right to an abortion; about the new sexual assertiveness of modern youngwomen and the opportunities and risks associated with London's thriving queer culture; and about the various erotic entertainments provided by magazines, newspapers, books, and films. It takes a scholar of Angus McLaren's erudition and range – he has written widely on many aspects of sexuality in Britain and elsewhere – to arrange these themes, and many more, in a fresh and distinctive way to provide a new perspective on this field. Other scholars have certainly situated interwar debates on sex, gender, and birth control in broader discussions about modernity, technology, and medical science – invariably citing Aldous Huxley's Brave NewWorld along the way – but none has pursued these connections with the depth and creativity achieved in Reproduction by Design. McLaren demonstrates how a diverse and eclectic range of novelists, doctors, demographers, feminists, and conservationists, inspired by scientific and technological developments from the spread of the motor car to the discovery of hormones, produced a range of "science fictions" considering the future of reproduction and focusing, in particular, on the collapse of boundaries between the natural and the artificial in the sphere of sexuality. It becomes clear from the evidence presented here that Huxley's dystopian visions of "mass production : : : applied to biology" were not especially innovative. The book is divided into three parts. The first, "Speculative Literature and Mechanistic Progress," examines the output of writers who projected forward the developments of interwar modernity and imagined the sexual world of the future. These authors repeatedly returned to a few central questions. What role would the state play in planning reproduction? How would gender relations be affected? How would cars – frequently sexualized – and, more remotely, robots alter the dynamics of reproduction and erotic culture? The second part concentrates on two specific developments in medical science: the emergence of hormone therapy, which promised to rejuvenate men who had lost their sexual vitality, and various forms of artificial insemination and ectogenesis, which promised the opportunity to radically alter the nature of reproduction and motherhood. Even if these techniques were rarely successful in this period, they were widely debated and offer revealing insights into contemporary attitudes toward sex and 486 LETTERS IN CANADA 2012


Abstract : The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of developing a microcomputer based system for use by unit level standardization/ evaluation officers. Unit chiefs of standardization/evaluation were interviewed, and a list of requirements identified. The program was modified then tested and validated at a Tactical Fighter unit. The program developed meets or exceeds the needs identified during the research process. The resulting software program is an easy to install, easy to use, data base management information system. The program requires virtually no computer expertise by the user, and entails almost no training. The system operates on a PC-compatible microcomputer which runs dBase III Plus, has one hard disk drive, one floppy disk drive, a monitor, and a printer. Although designed specifically for Tactical Air Command, other MAJCOMs could adopt the program with only minor or no modifications. Improvements in both man-hour requirements and accuracy could be expected through implementation of this program. Theses.


In his recent article on population growth, Barnett set out "to identify several major ideas concerning population problems and to analyze them."' He admits that his emphasis is on the more developed, industrialized societies and that the interest in the less developed nations is, relatively speaking, minor. This emphasis is substantiated by the space devoted by him to a discussion of their population problems, vis-.-vis those of the developed nations. Whatever the relative importance given to the two areas, the point of view is clear: increasing population in more developed societies might create congestion and, therefore, social diseconomies; but such increases present no serious economic problems, that is, the real per capita income does not appear to be jeopardized.2 On the other hand, Barnett suggests that population increases in the less developed nations might cause greater concern, given the following general attributes of such societies: intense capital shortage, high birth rates, and larger populations because of longevity gains.3 However, even though these attributes represent serious limits to a society's ability to sustain, if not increase, per capita income, nevertheless the future, in Barnett's world, is optimistic: "The individual family would come to see [the] advantage in limiting children's births to the number they could economically and psychologically properly care for. This is what has been happening in the presently advanced nations to all races, religions, and colors as contraceptive technology and availability have improved. Why should it not occur in the newer nations as they develop? It may be that population will not stabilize, but if it advances the increase will not be heedless on the part of couples."4 For some purposes, one's optimism or pessimism is terribly important. For example, being pessimistic with respect to heads of families limiting family size is one way of overcoming Marx's prediction of increasing the reserve army of the unemployed,5 an important element in the pre-


The improvement of China's economy as a whole will make our economy flow into the world's economy,after we become a member of the WTO.This requires improving the adaptability of the economy and tax policy of China with the world's.There are three aspects on this problem,that is,a reasonable tax rate level of our enterprise income tax,the treatment of the foreign enterprises and a perfect income tax policy to the foreign investment.


Abstract The selective deprotection of several N‐Bzl amino derivatives to the corresponding amines and the removal of S‐Bzl and O‐Bzl groups from the protected amino acids with ammonium formate and commercial zinc dust are reported. Many other reducible or hydrogenolysable substituents such as halogens, methoxy, phenol, ester, acid, ethene, and Boc groups are unaffected.


p ULMONARY compliance has been shown to be decreased for a period of several weeks following anesthesia and open-heart operations." pulmonary


Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) is a rare autosomal dominant developmental disorder characterized by a distinctive facial dysmorphism and variable developmental anomalies including prenatal and postnatal growth delay, microcephaly, intellectual disability, upper limb anomalies and hirsutism. CdLS


Based on the consideration of protecting the interests of transactions, article 404 of the civil code extends the normal business buyer rule to the chattel mortgage and stipulates the constituent elements of the rule. The business activities cannot exceed the scope of the business license, and the goods are for continuous sale; Actual payment is required, but not limited to monetary form; Ownership is required, but actual possession is not required. As for the excluded application, the continuous sale of production equipment is not included in the excluded application; The existence of control relationship does not necessarily exclude the application; Bona fide elements can be added to the identification of the cover clause. The application of this rule can block the recovery of chattel mortgage, but it is still bound by paragraph 2 of article 406.


This paper use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 data mining tools and three methods of neural networks, decision trees and logistic regression to establish the financial crisis early-warning model of listed companies. The conclusion is that the three kinds of methods have good results and the prediction accuracy rate are 80% or more. The accuracy of the decision tree algorithm model is higher than others.


BACKGROUND: The geometric discrepancies between the natural acetabulum and implant can result in painful iliopsoas impingement attributable to prosthetic overlap at the anterior acetabular ridge 1 . Largest hip failure occurs from prosthetic loosening may be because of weak interface originally 2 . Precise knowledge of acetabulum is required to understand mechanics of joint and planning for suitable prosthesis. The present study was taken to find the morphological variations of acetabulum. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All available 152 dry hip bone (74 belonged to right side and 78 to left side) of unknown age and sex were examined from the collection of the Anatomy department. Morphological variation of the shapes of anterior acetabular ridge was noted and transverse diameter and depth of acetabulum of hip bones were measured with the help of vernier callipers. RESULTS: Curved shaped anterior rim of acetabulum was found in 57 (37.5%) followed by straight shaped in 48(31.6%), irregular shaped in 28(18.4%) and angular shaped in 19(12.5%) specimens. Average maximum transverse diameter of acetabulum was measured 4.79 cm on right side and 4.83 cm on left side. Average depth of acetabulum was measured 2.71 cm on right side and 2.65 cm on left side. CONCLUSION: The present study will be helpful to orthopaedicians, radiologists and prosthetists for better understanding of pathophysiology of hip region and to design suitable size of prosthetics which are more functional to prevent common complications like dislocations and iliopsoas impingement.


Different structures of gallium have been studied by means of density-functional theory. The density of states of orthorhombic $\ensuremath{\alpha}\text{-Ga}$, the only elemental solid exhibiting both metallic and molecular characters at zero pressure, shows a pseudogap at the Fermi energy. Complex analysis of the relation between lattice structure and the corresponding electronic properties allows us to throw light upon an origin of the pseudogap. We have found that the free-electron-like behavior which is a property of the high-pressure bct and fcc phases of gallium depends strongly on the arrangement of atoms in the buckled planes, one of the building blocks of the orthorhombic gallium.


Abstract The "Grande Caraja's Project" is not only the most important industrial project in the history of Brazil, it is also a project with far reaching international consequences. The mining of a number of raw materials will directly affect world mineral markets and the industrialization of the Eastern Amazon region may have ecological effects far beyond the borders of Brazil. A debate on the Program is not only crucial for the economic, political and social future of Brazil, it's an important element in the general discussion on "third world" industrialization and development.


This paper proposes the process of simulating the mathematical model of the EXP-BET scheduling algorithm using MATLAB Simulink configured with Xilinx System Generator (XSG). The system generator provides Simulink blockset for several hardware operations that could be implemented on various Xilinx FPGAs. The method describes in this paper involves the calculation of metrics equation for EXPBET scheduling algorithm and the model is developed using constant values for all the parameters in the equations. Many applications that are DSP based require mathematical modeling for easy understanding and analysis. Furthermore, the need of instant prototyping tools such as MATLAB Simulink and Xilinx System Generator has become increasingly important because of the limitation for time-to-market. This can greatly reduce the process cycle from the algorithm to the hardware implementation. The output of the simulation demonstrated that the EXP-BET metrics computation was successfully accomplished.


In this paper we explain some of the difficulties encountered in implementing this approach and how they have been successfully addressed. We show examples of reconstructions using real data taken from the US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Ipswich data set and also show examples of synthesizing structures similar to these which have prescribed scattering patterns in certain directions


In one example of a digital media privacy, a computer readable medium stores a computer-executable instructions, the instructions, when executed, further comprising: one or more processors, capturing at least one image file, a captured image file, at least obfuscate any face image Tuesday included (obfuscating) step, the step of comparing all the facial images included in the image file captured for locally stored personal information policy, a comparison of the locally stored Privacy Policy positive match result the importing, execute a portion of the face image included in the captured image file obfuscation Station (unobfuscating) stage, and capture the step of rendering an image file.


Traces of parallel programs are a valuable resource for users of HPC systems because they provide insight about the efficiency of the execution of their applications, allowing to improve the code. Additionally, for computer scientists they are useful as an input to simulation tools to guide the development of high performance computing (HPC) systems. Unfortunately, the limited access to these systems, the knowledge required to use the trace extraction tools, and the huge volume that traces can reach, makes the collection and sharing of traces hard. Trace Rep is a computer science gateway designed in the University of Cantabria designed to solve this problems. Its web interface and automated cluster access hides the complexity of collecting traces, and its public repository section simplifies sharing traces, including mechanisms to licence the data and guarantee authorship. TraceRep is available at: http://tracerep.unican.es.


The most important organic compounds which absorb visible light can be classified into three groups typified: (a) by symmetrical polymethines, (b) by porphyrines, (c) by polyenes.Recently it was shown that the position of the absorption maxima of symmetrical polymethines and related compounds (symmetrical cyanine and oxanole dyes; Michler's hydrol blue and derivatives; malachite green and other triphenyl methane dyes; etc.) can be calculated by adopting a model of the dye molecule which is analogous to the free‐electron gas model used in particular by Sommerfeld to describe the condition of metals. The π‐electrons of the polymethine chain are considered as a one‐dimensional free‐electron gas which extends itself along the length of the chain.In the normal state the stablest energy states of the electron gas each contain two electrons in accordance with Pauli's exclusion principle. The remaining states are empty. The existence of the first absorption band is a consequence of the jump of a π‐electron from t...


Straw powder was pretreated by diluted acid,diluted alkali,high temperature with diluted alkali,sulfite pretreatment( SPORL),sulfite pretreatment with diluted acid( SPORL with diluted acid).The effects of pretreatment on the cellulases production by solid state fermentation and the yield of fermentable sugars hydrolyzed were studied. Results showed when the straw substrate pretreated by diluted acid with SPORL for cellulase fermentation,carboxymethyl cellulase( CMCase) and β-glucosidase( β-G) activities reached 21 511. 22 U/g and 51 508. 41 U/g,respectively. The hydrolyze rate of cellulases reached 84. 99%. The cellulase activities decreased in different degrees excluding SPORL.The diluted acid method was better to remove hemicelluloses,and the content of hemicelluloses decreased from 20. 77% to 7. 34% in pretreated straw substrate. The high temperature with dilute alkali had a significant effect on klason lignin removal. The content of klason lignin decreased from 12. 47% to7. 58% in straw substrate. Further cellulose enzymolysis experiment showed that the enzymatic hydrolysis conversion rate of untreated straw powder was only 17. 82%,while the high temperature with dilute alkali pretreatment was the best method,the hydrolyze rate of pretreated straw powder could reach 91. 66%. Inthe enzymolysis liquid of straw substrate pretreated by dilute acid or SPORL with dilute acid,the content of pentosan was relative low,only 7. 38% and 6. 92%,respectively.


Polylactic acid as a kind of green biodegradable material,has been applied extensively in the tissue en-gineering scaffolds and drug controlled release devices.There are many characters of PLA membrane prepared by electrospinning,such as the high porosities and large specif ic surface area.In this paper,the electrospinning param-eters,melt electropinning,biological application and future development of PLA has been reviewed.


Following 21 September 2013, news media in the UK offered extensive and elaborate coverage of the Westgate Mall Massacre in Nairobi, Kenya. This act of terrorism, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, left over 60 people dead. What news media considered particularly captivating was not the devastation of the attack, but the suspected involvement of Samantha Lewthwaite. She remained at the center of news media in Britain for several months after the attack, dubbed the 'White Widow'. In this article, the authors employ an intersectional approach to explore the ways that race, religion, nationality, age, class, and gender converge in mediated representations of Lewthwaite. They argue that the application of intersectionality results in a more holistic understanding of the content and discursive impact of news narratives about female terrorists and find that news media both vilify and normalize Lewthwaite, representing her participation in terrorism through complex constellations of identity.


Some physical and chemical phenomena in the process are discussed of superplastic deformation and influential factors of the process are discussed. Metal matrix composites that possess high-strain-rate superplasticity are described, shortcomings in the research of high-strain-rate superplastic in MMCs are pointed out, and research hotspots of MMCs are discussed.


The D-shaped composite tube which is mechanically connected by steel bolts is applied to the lattice composite tower. However,there is still lack of enough studies on the impacts of machining hole and bolt pre-tightening force on the rod bearing capacity and the bearing properties are still unclear in the current field. In order to understand the connection performance of D-shaped composite tube, the node test on the inter-node model of the tower with D-shaped composite tube is carried out, which concludes that the damage type on top of the connection hole of the composite rod is mainly slipping off and shearing. Then, the analysis on the impact of bolt pre-tightening force on the connection performance of D-shaped composite tube is conducted with the finite element model. The analysis result indicates that the value of pre-tightening torque of the shear bolts for D-shaped composite tower should be 220 N·m.


The effects of job role characteristics and job environmental characteristics on travel agency employee's stress and job satisfaction empirically are explored. Also causal relationship of job stress, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover are examined. Findings are: the more role conflict grew, the more job stress increased. And the higher role ambiguity or the less autonomy became, the more role conflict increased. The role ambiguity having positive effect on role conflict increased when feedback was not running smoothly among organizational members. The affective and continuance commitment as well as the job satisfaction of the employee was negatively influenced by job stress. Job satisfaction, however, had a positive effect on affective, continuance, and normative commitment of employees.


We consider the problem of simultaneous estimation of a sequence of dependent parameters that are generated from a hidden Markov model. Based on observing a noise contaminated vector of observations from such a sequence model, we consider simultaneous estimation of all the parameters irrespective of their hidden states under square error loss. We study the roles of statistical shrinkage for improved estimation of these dependent parameters. Being completely agnostic on the distributional properties of the unknown underlying Hidden Markov model, we develop a novel non-parametric shrinkage algorithm. Our proposed method elegantly combines \textit{Tweedie}-based non-parametric shrinkage ideas with efficient estimation of the hidden states under Markovian dependence. Based on extensive numerical experiments, we establish superior performance our our proposed algorithm compared to non-shrinkage based state-of-the-art parametric as well as non-parametric algorithms used in hidden Markov models. We provide decision theoretic properties of our methodology and exhibit its enhanced efficacy over popular shrinkage methods built under independence. We demonstrate the application of our methodology on real-world datasets for analyzing of temporally dependent social and economic indicators such as search trends and unemployment rates as well as estimating spatially dependent Copy Number Variations.


The control for a low-cost converter which consists of a half-bridge controlled rectifier and a four-switch three-phase inverter with two small film capacitors is presented, where a predictive controller is proposed to handle the large DC link voltage fluctuation, and a leading-angle flux-weakening method is used to control the converter to accomplish high speed operation of the IPMSM. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods.


In this paper, an RC oscillator which is stable against not only supply voltage variations but also temperature and process fluctuations is proposed. The proposed oscillator was verified by 0.35㎛ CMOS process parameters and maintains stability within 1% against supply voltage at a range of 2~3.6V. The proposed oscillator consumes 2㎽ at a supply voltage of 3V.


Despite intensive research and increased knowledge over the past decades, the handling of severe burn injuries remains complex and is mainly based on clinical experience. High demands in terms of the diagnosis and choice of therapy often confront clinicians with challenging circumstances. Thus, the treatment of burn injuries has predominantly remained under the responsibility of specialised centres. As a new approach in addition to conventional surgery, enzymatically controlled debridement has come into focus for the treatment of burn injuries over the past years. The efficacy and safety of enzymatic debridement has already been implemented by numerous reputable studies. Promising results from the literature are enhanced by feedback from various conference contributions, intradisciplinary exchanges, and international collaborations. The implementation of enzymatic debridement in initial care management was found to be capable of reforming Standards of Care in numerous burn centres by facilitating treatment determinations and reducing the number of classical surgical interventions. Nevertheless, its use is also subject to certain restrictions as usage has shown limitations concerning efficacy when applied to scalds or pre-treated wounds. Enzymatic debridement shows high efficacy in terms of tissue debridement by combining this feature with the minimisation of collateral damage and a broad field of application in burn injuries. Due to their impressive performance in the treatment of burn injuries, enzyme-based techniques have also attracted attention for the treatment of other pathologies such as chronic wounds and are objects of ongoing research in this field. In this article, we illustrate the significance of enzyme-based treatment in initial burn care and shed some light on the potential value of enzymatic approaches in future burn surgery.


This article discusses the problems of restoring the solvency of Russian companies in the context of bankruptcy proceedings, proposes specific organizational and economic measures aimed at restoring the solvency of a corporation in the process of bankruptcy, based on the implementation of general and special corporate ac-tions, as well as the conditions and options for applying the proposed measures. As a result of the study, it was concluded that corporate governance mechanisms based on special and general organizational and economic measures, and corporate actions necessary for their implementation, can be used at various stages of bank-ruptcy of Russian companies and pursue different goals at each of them. The procedures used in insolvency (bankruptcy) cases are very complex both from a legal and economic point of view. A key problem on the way to restoring the solvency of any corporation and preventing its bankruptcy is coordinating the interests of all participants of corporate relations, as well as other persons involved in this process. Solely on the basis of a mutually acceptable agreement between the members of the corporation and its controlling persons (bankrupt-cy creditors, authorized bodies, external senators), the measures required to restore solvency can be imple-mented.


In this paper we present a theoretical model which permits the conservation equations of fluid dynamics to be conditioned in a fashion analogous to the experimentalist's technique of 'conditioned sampling'. The detailed analysis refers to the best-known sampling condition, outer-edge intermittency; but the model equation may be applicable to other flow situations, wherein condition- ing exposes details of the physical phenomena. The analysis results in predic- tions of the flow variables within the turbulent flow and of the intermittency. Comparison is made with two sets of experimental results for the two-dimensional mixing layer and with a boundary layer.


Objective To investigate the use of in vitro locator,pinpoint the location of limb fracture implant,the joint organization of guide sleeve separator Minimally invasive internal fixation plates and screws removed. Methods 2005 and 2007,the 46 limb fractures plate and screw in a routine implant removal surgery patients,application of in vitro Locator location,application-oriented organization of separator sleeve Minimally invasive internal fixation removed. Results All patients were followed up 3 months to 12 months,an average of 6 months. 46 cases of patients with a healed incision,no 1 case of bone infection,peripheral nerves and large blood vessel injury,re-fracture,Adjacent joint with good function. Conclusion Locator in vitro co-organized guide sleeve type separator in the extremities internal fixation surgery can remove the application,can be digitized to determine location within the implant and minimally invasive surgery,the method is simple,accurate positioning,fast,health care officer is not radiological radiation,surgical trauma,quick recovery,is an ideal approach.


This study aims to analyze the effect of Work Professionalism and Work Climate on Work Effectiveness at PT. BIG Tours & Travels. The population in this study were 57 employees where all employees were used as research samples. The method used is the quantitative method. Primary data collection was obtained from distributing questionnaires and secondary data obtained directly from the Company through the process of observation and interviews. The analytical technique used is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 24 software. The results showed that the regression coefficient of Work Professionalism (X1) was 0.567, which was positive. This is indicated by the t-count value of 3.992 which is greater than the t-table of 2.005, and a significance value of 0.000 below 0.05. Where Professionalism Work (X1) partially positive and significant effect on Work Effectiveness (Y). While the regression value of Work Climate (X2) is 0.245, positive value, this is indicated by the t-count value of Work Climate of 1.846 which is smaller than t table of 2.005, and a significance value of 0.070 is greater than 0.05. Where the work climate (X2) has a positive and insignificant effect on work effectiveness (Y). So it can be said that Work Professionalism (X1), and Work Climate (X2) simultaneously have a positive effect on Work Effectiveness (Y) With the value of the multiple regression equation Y = 6.371 + 0.567X1 + 0.245X2 with a coefficient of determination of 41.10%, the rest is influenced by other factors not studied.


In intensive livestock production systems, soybean meal (SBM) is the most common protein source. However, the use of SBM has been limited recently due to its high price connected with organic livestock production and chemical treatment during the processing in the oil industry (Musco et al., 2017). It is also an effect of controversies related to the use of genetically modified organisms (Calabró et al., 2015). Therefore, a suitable alternative to SBM can be lupine seeds which are considered as valuable European-grown protein source for animal nutrition (Chiofalo et al., 2012; Lucas et al., 2015). Whole white lupine seeds (WLS; Lupinus albus L.) are characterized by relatively high levels of crude protein (CP), oil, non-starch polysaccharides and oligosaccharides (Martínez-Villaluenga et al., 2006; Volek and Marounek, 2009). Common drawback of WLS is the low content of sulphur amino acids (SAA) and also the presence of some antinutritional factors (however present in small ABSTRACT. The effect of dehulled white lupine seeds (DWLS, cv. Zulika) on milk production and composition in rabbit does and growth performance of their litters before weaning was evaluated. In total, 24 Hyplus rabbit does were allocated into 2 experimental treatments (12 does/treatment; third parturition) and were fed one of the two lactation diets. The litters were standardized to 8 kits after the birth and were offered one of the two weaning diets from days 17 to 32 of age (weaning). Two lactation diets and two weaning diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous and isoenergetic. The control lactation diet (L-SBM) contained 13% soybean meal (SBM) and 5% sunflower meal (SFM) as the main crude protein (CP) sources, whereas the experimental lactation diet (L-DWLS) was based on 18% DWLS. The control weaning diet (W-SBM) contained 7% SBM as the main CP source, whereas the experimental weaning diet (W-DWLS) was based on 7% DWLS. No significant differences were detected between treatments regarding performance and milk production in rabbit does during the entire lactation period. Feeding L-DWLS diet increased n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids content (PUFA n-3; P < 0.001) and PUFA n-3:C20:4n-6 ratio (P < 0.001) in milk. In litters of rabbit does fed the L-DWLS diet higher milk intake:solid feed intake ratio (P = 0.024) was observed. So, DWLS can be considered as a novel feed component in rabbit diets, without adverse effects on performance of rabbit does and their litters. Received: 1 November 2018 Revised: 27 May 2019 Accepted: 5 July 2019


Increasing global concern due to air pollution and to the limited oil reserves has generated much interest in the environmental friendly fuels alternative to petroleum based fuels, in particular for the transport sector in which the energy consumption depends almost exclusively on fossil fuels. Thus this experiment will performed on blending of Butanol with gasoline for saving of fuel consumption. This work compares the performance and emission from a production of 4-stroke single cylinder variable compression S.I engine. The performance parameters will investigate were torque,brake mean effective pressure, brake power, specific fuel consumption and thermal efficiency determine and exhaust emission such as carbon monoxide(CO),carbon dioxide(CO2),hydrocarbon(HC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are also measured.


The goal of this study was to assess the potential for storing hydrogen underground in depleted gas fields in Northern California. We considered the potential amount of hydrogen generated from the electrolysis of California's curtailed solar and wind energy. We then determined the fields with the best geological and reservoir properties to support secure underground hydrogen storage. We developed a three-stage set of criteria for selecting potential hydrogen storage sites. In stage 1, our screening approach combines integrated geoscience and environmental factors to identify the fields to exclude from consideration for hydrogen storage. In stage 2, we applied a numerical simulation-based site selection criteria to the fields that passed the stage 1 screening criteria. We started the screening with 182 depleted and underground storage fields in Northern California, of which 147 fields were disqualified in the first stage. We scored and ranked the remaining 35 fields based on their potential to maximize storage and withdrawal of hydrogen using the numerical simulation-based site selection criteria. The top-ten high scoring sites for underground hydrogen storage and production were reservoirs with dips between 5° and 15°, reservoir porosity above 20%, reservoir flow capacity above 5000 mDm, and reservoirs at depths


11.1. A Classical Description of Spectroscopy The traditional quantum mechanical treatment of spectroscopy is a static representation of a very dynamic process. An oscillating light field acts to drive bound charges in matter, which under resonance conditions leads to efficient exchange of energy between the light and matter. This dynamical picture emerges from a time-domain description, which shares many similarities to a classical description. Since much of the physical intuition that is helpful in understanding spectroscopy naturally emerges from the classical view, we will describe it first. The classical view begins with the observation that atoms and molecules are composed of charged particles, and these charges are the handle by which an electromagnetic field exerts a force on the atom or molecule. The force exerted on the molecules depends on the form of the potential binding the charges together, the magnitude of the charges, and the strength of the external field. The simplest elements of a model that captures what happens in absorption spectroscopy require us to consider a charged particle in a bound potential interacting with an oscillating driving force. The matter can be expressed in terms of a particle with charge z in a harmonic potential (the leading term in any expansion of the potential in the coordinate Q):


The invention provides a safe torque off circuit. The safe torque off circuit comprises a first STO (safe torque off) branch, a second STO branch, a control power supply and an internal electronic switch, wherein each of the first STO branch and the second STO branch comprises an output electronic switch and an XNOR logic circuit; the input ends of the XNOR logic circuits are connected to the output electronic switch of the first STO branch and the output electronic switch of the second STO branch respectively; the output ends of the XNOR logic circuits of the first STO branch and the second STO branch are connected to the internal electronic switch through an AND gate; the control power supply is further connected to the output electronic switch of the first STO branch and the output electronic switch of the second STO branch through the internal electronic switch. The invention further provides an elevator safety control system using the safe torque off circuit.


The rheological and dewatering behavior of an aqueous pigmented coating system not only affects the machine runnability but also affects the product quality. The current study describes the use of natural hydrocolloids derived from citrus peel fibers as a rheology modifier in paper coating applications. The results were compared with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) in a typical paper coating system. Water retention of the coating formulation was increased by 56% with citrus peel fibers compared to a default coating, and it also was higher than a CMCcontaining coating. The Brookfield viscosity of paper coatings was found to increase with citrus peel fibers. Compared to CMC, different citrus peel fibers containing coating recipes were able to achieve similar or higher water retention values, with no change or a slight increase in viscosity. Coatings were applied on linerboard using the Mayer rod-coating method, and all basic properties of paper were measured to assess the impact of citrus peel fiber on the functional value of the coatings. Paper properties were improved with coated paper containing citrus peel fibers, including brightness, porosity, smoothness, surface bonding strength, and ink absorption.


The possibility of the coexistence of the diagonal long-range order (DLRO) and the off-diagonal long-range order ( ODLRO), which may be called 'supersolid' state, is discussed in a system of bosons at 0°K. Examples of wave functions are given de scribing the state with only DLRO and with both DLRO and ODLRO. After giving general relationships between the quantum lattice model for a system of bosons and the corresponding spin system, the criterion for the coexistence of DLRO and ODLRO is obtained by using the molecular field approximation for the spin system. The super solid state corresponds to an 'intermediate' state between the antiferromagnetic and spin-flop state in the spin system. The analysis on the basis of this criterion indicates that the bulk solid He 4 is unlikely to become a supersolid, whereas the adsorbed He 4


The topographic map ,which recorded in details the essential data of one region such as the geographical position,topography and hydrographic net ,quality and composition of the soil, vegetation ,residential areas, communication lines and electric line of force etc,is regarded as a kind of foundamental map and can be used as the basic data in national defence and economic construction. The topographic map has the quality of being commonly used and convenient, but people is regulated severely in getting, keeping and using it for its top secret character, which,to a certain degree,imposes restrictions on using topographic map to its full capabilities. Regarding the fact that the topographic map has been losing its top secret quality as new and high technology keeping on developing rapidly nowadays, the topographic map should be allowed to be used in public without any bound. so as to enhance its value in the cause of scientific researching and teaching.


A triple-band low radar cross-section (RCS) high isolation antenna is proposed for 24 GHz ISM band sensing and automotive radar applications. The proposed design consists of 2 x 2 patch array that acts as transmit and receive antennas. Low RCS and high isolation are achieved at 24 GHz by designing a metamaterial absorber (MA), which consists of a square ring with a resistor connected in its diagonal arm for the absorption of electromagnetic waves. The proposed MA shows near unity normalized impedance at 24.1 GHz with 90% absorptivity bandwidth of 1 GHz. An array of MA is placed in between and around the transmit/receive antennas to suppress surface current and reduce in-band RCS of the radar sensor. The −10 dB impedance bandwidths of the triple-band sensor antenna are 20.8 to 21.24 GHz, 23.94 to 24.55 GHz, and 27.18 to 27.5 GHz. The proposed sensor antenna achieves isolation of 34 dB between the transmit and receive ports, and peak RCS reduction of 11 dB, as compared to the reference antenna. The half-power beamwidth of the proposed sensor antenna is 38° for E-plane and 52° for H-plane at 24 GHz.


Based on theoretical calculation and actual measurement data,the attenuation tendency in horizontal and vertical direction of electromagnetic radiation from base station has been researched,and the influencing factors of the space-time distribution of electromagnetic radiation were analyzed.The conclusion showed that the practical influence of base station was much less than safe guarding distance.


In this paper, a fully Ad-Hoc Multi-hop Broadcast protocol (AMB) is proposed for inter-vehicular networks. The AMB is an ad-hoc extension of the UMB protocol which handles broadcast in intersections with the help of repeaters. The AMB protocol eliminates the most important drawback - infrastructure dependence - of the UMB protocol by employing an efficient intersection broadcast mechanism. When there is an intersection in the path of the message dissemination, new directional broadcasts to all road segments are initiated by the vehicle closest to the intersection with a fully ad-hoc algorithm without apriori topology information. The simulation results confirm that our protocol has a very high success rate and efficient channel utilization. Consequently, it is concluded that there is no need for infrastructure support unless the the line-of-sight among different road segments incident to an intersection is blocked with obstacles.


The Gaussian distribution is widely used in mechanism design for differential privacy (DP). Thanks to its sub-Gaussian tail, it significantly reduces the chance of outliers when responding to queries. However, it can only provide approximate <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(\varepsilon, \delta (\varepsilon))$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-DP. In practice, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\delta (\varepsilon)$ </tex-math></inline-formula> must be much smaller than the size of the dataset, which may limit the use of the Gaussian mechanism for large datasets with strong privacy requirements. In this paper, we introduce and analyze a new distribution for use in DP that is based on the Gaussian distribution, but has improved privacy performance. The so-called offset-symmetric Gaussian tail (OSGT) distribution is obtained through using the normalized tails of two symmetric Gaussians around zero. Consequently, it can still have sub-Gaussian tail and lend itself to analytical derivations. We analytically derive the variance of the OSGT random variable and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\delta (\varepsilon)$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of the single-dimensional OSGT mechanism. We extend the OSGT mechanism to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$k$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-dimensional queries, iteratively compute its <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\delta _{k}(\varepsilon)$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, derive its Rényi differential privacy, and study its composition. Numerical results show the OSGT mechanism can offer better privacy-utility performance compared to the Gaussian and Laplace mechanisms. We also derive a method for post processing the output of the OSGT mechanism to approximate the query based on the minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimation technique. The simulation results of such processing confirm the efficacy of the OSGT mechanism over the Gaussian mechanism.


Abstract Salafi extremism, embraced by organizations such as the Islamic State, is a global religion-invoking phenomenon whose primary cause is not clearly elucidated in the literature. Unlike most existing models or explanations of terrorism that attempt to explain stages or factors associated with the radicalization of individuals, this study aims to identify the dominant causal pathway behind the onset of Salafi extremism. The independent and dependent variables and the variable associated with the causal pathway invoked here are public support levels for religious leaders as religious judges, the radical agenda they espouse, and the idea of Sharia as the law of the land, respectively. A linear regression analysis of the observational data from 20 nations revealed that the Sharia platform acts as both a causal mediator and moderator vis-à-vis the independent and dependent variables. The use of Kosovo as the control in this study minimizes or eliminates confounding bias, and the high magnitude of the computed coefficients of determination minimizes the contribution of any omitted variable. Thus, the preliminary conclusion is that the belief in Sharia as the law of the land, as advocated by religious leaders, provides the basis for radicalization and the emergence of Salafi jihadist groups.


Morphologic study on cellular reaction of the host to local lodgement of tumor cells was performed by means of intralymphatic injection of walker 256 cells into lymphatics in testicu-lar tunica of SD-rats. Paravertebral and renal lymph nodes were examined with light and electron microscopy. Bases on the observation the authors are of the following opinions.
1. Lymph nodes play an important role in the defence mechanism in sense of mechanical barrier against, at least temporary, lymphtic spread of tumor cells. A series of biologic and morphologic reaction occur as a result of irritative action of tumor cell lodgement.
2. Cells provided with cytolytic activity against metastatic tumor cells are basically lymphocytes. Ma phology and immediate appearance of the reaction of the effector cells soon after tumor cell injection are consistent with NK nature of the reacting lymphocytes.
3. Direct contact of the effector cells, both lymphocytes and histiocytes, with tumor cells are necessary in the process of cytolysis of tumor cells.


To arrange the prestressed tendons and anchor devices on the web of box girder conveniently, a theoretical analysis, numerical calculation and model test on local stresses in concrete under anchor devices were performed separately using a typical segmental model, a subrange model and a similar model for the scheme design of Hutiaomen major bridge. The results show that higher concrete stresses occur only in a very small zone under anchor devices, and large prestressing force designed in light of the real bridge does not cause extremely high principal stress and concrete failure. In addition, the measured values of local stresses in concrete in an anchorage zone are comparatively close to their calculated values.


With the development and construction of country, the rapid growth of electricity consumption has caused the problem of undersupply of electricity. It has become a necessarily daily work to forecast the load of the electricity precisely. A new method, new clustering load forecasting method, is used to forecast residential electricity consumption. Distinguished from other methods with Euclidean distance as their evaluation index, however, the method in this paper is defined with the Pearson correlation coefficient. Furthermore, CNN is used in the experiment about residential load forecast. The result indicates that the new method offers more accurate forecasting data than the traditional methods.


Contents: Early Thinking About Social Persons. Influences from the Recent Past. The Formative Years of Scientific Social Psychology. Contemporary Social Psychology: The Early Decades. The Crisis in Social Psychology. Current Trends in Social Psychology. An Integrative Theoretical Orientation.


A method is presented for designing a discrete adaptive observer for a class of multivariable systems, the orders of which are an integer multiple of the number of the outputs. Using the block canonical expression of the multivariable systems proposed by Tsay and Shieh, this design method is shown to be as simple as those for single-input single-output systems.