We propose a new accessory for a cantilever of atomic force microscope (AFM) to improve a performance of optical lever method. As is well known, a small deflection of a cantilever in scanning of sample surface is optically amplified by optical lever method in which an incidence angle of laser beam on the back surface of a cantilever ideally doubles in reflecting angle. Our idea is based on a realization of a sequential optical lever in twice, leading to ideally four times an incidence angle. The merit is to scan sample surface with a half contact force between a sample and a cantilever, which is quite beneficial for a measurement of a soft biological sample. To this end, a microfabrication with MEMS is addressed, and a prototype to confirm the feasibility of microfabrication of the target structure is reasonably constructed.


Civil-military integration is the in-depth interaction between national defense and military construction and the national economic and social development. Strengthening the construction of civil-military integrated management information system under the background of big data is an important starting point for promoting the construction of national defense and military informatization. This paper introduces related concepts of military big data and management information system, analyzes the challenges that big data faces in the military field, and puts forward countermeasures and suggestions to improve the construction quality of civil-military integrated management information system from three aspects: standardizing top-level design, strengthening framework structure, and expanding application fields.


The present invention is resinous component having one or more vinyl ether group, and to a one or more radically curable resin composition comprising at least a reactive monomer, wherein said resinous component, a) at least one of the first compound comprises a hydroxyl group and at least one vinyl ether group; b) 1 or more to react, with formation of urethane groups, a diisocyanate (or higher order isocyanate) compound, and c) glycols C ) Is calculated as a percentage by weight of HVE- compounds against a 0.5 to 50 wt%, The total acid value of the free-radically curable resin composition is less than 10 mgKOH / g, and curing here provided with the aid of a radical-forming system is unstable in the temperature range of -20 ℃ ~ + 110 ℃. The invention also relates to the production and use of such a resin composition.


The paper introduces a personally designed keyboard application for the iOS system. Its main premise is to combine the functionality of a regular iOS keyboard with the complete IPA alphabet, which is a novelty on this particular mobile platform. A brief list of the Keyboard's functionalities is introduced, alongside several further comments on the subject, general possibilities for the users, and the author's plans for further development of the project.


Fines migration is defined
as separation of a Nano-sized particle by fluid flow in porous media and its
migration along some distances and its entrapment in a narrow pore throat or
its settlement on pore wall. Although this phenomenon happens in scales of Nano-meters,
it can lead to sever irretrievable damages. This damage includes permeability
reduction that causes drastic oil recovery reduction. There are several forces
impacting a fine that is placed on a pore wall. Some of most important forces
affecting settlement of a fine in porous media in presence of a fluid are electrical
forces. Electrical forces consist of several long and short range forces.
This study focuses on a long range force called Double Layer Force (DLF) that beside Van der
Waals is one of most powerful electrical forces. DLF is a repulsive force that
can repel a particle from pore wall and result separation of a Nano-sized solid
which subsequently moves along with flowing fluid and clogs a throat. The DLF
depends on the solid material (reservoir rock and fine) and fluid properties (i.e. ionic strength, pH). This study
investigates how each of these parameters affects DLF and introduces proper
conditions for reservoir water flooding for controlling fines migration.


A hierarchical model of collusion in local public works is presented. A local authority plans to undertake a project, delegating its construction to a construction firm. Both of them know the project's cost. However, the federal government decides whether to subsidize the project without knowing its cost. Therefore, the local authority and the constructor may agree to misreport their private information, in order to benefit from the allocation of federal grants. We show that different collusive behaviors may emerge. Then, we characterize the optimal federal grant policy. Finally, we investigate when constructing (shutting down) useless (valuable) projects is optimal.


Quantitative relationships are demonstrated between dike density and hydrothermal alteration, magnetization, location of volcanic massive sulfide (VMS) ore bodies and a number of other properties in a 40 by 15 km segment of the Extrusive Series of the Troodos Ophiolite. Low-temperature alteration extends from the sediment-extrusive interface to close to the 25% dike density surface, while the onset of greenstone type alteration is closely associated with the 50% dike density surface. These associations are explained in terms of the regional scale variations in the dike density contour surfaces following the form of the top of the gabbroic layer of the ophiolite. An upper magnetic zone, characterized by stable high remanence, terminates just below the 25% dike density surface. A deeper magnetic zone, characterized by high induced magnetization, straddles the top of the Sheeted Complex. Volcanic massive sulfide bodies are concentrated in a narrow depth range centered about 0.1 km above the 25% dike density surface. A model for the postridge crest evolution of ore bodies accounts for this optimum depth range for preservation. Physical property changes with dike density, and the depth distribution of VMS ore bodies and prospects for the ophiolite as a whole support this model. Similar relationships appear to be present in the Samail, Macquarie Island, Newfoundland and Chilean ophiolites and Icelandic crust. As a result of relationships found in the Troodos ophiolite, an alternative is proposed to the current lithologic profile for Ocean Drilling Program Hole 504B.


All living organisms are, in general, a result of the food they consume. In the case of insects, many aspects of their biology, including behavior, physiology, and ecology are, in one way or another, inserted within the context of food. The quantity, quality, and proportion of nutrients present in the food, and of secondary or nonnutritional compounds (allelochemicals), cause a variable impact on the insect biology, shaping its potential reproductive contribution to the next generation (fitness). Studies on bioecology and insect nutrition greatly evolved during the last 50 years, from the definition of the basic nutritional requirements for survivorship and reproduction (see Chapter 2) to the evaluation of their influence in insect behavior and physiology, with ecological and evolutionary consequences (see Chapter 5 on insect/plant interactions). This is called insect nutritional ecology and its concept and development occurred during the last 20-plus years (e.g., Scriber and Slansky 1981; Slansky 1982a, b; Slansky and Scriber 1985; Slansky and Rodriguez 1987). In this introductory chapter, we will touch in summary on the natural food and artificial diets, food consumption, digestion and utilization, multitrophic interactions including symbionts, and the interface between food and chemical ecology. Variable feeding guilds and the implications of bioecology and insect nutrition of pest species within the context of integrated pest management (IPM) will be covered as well.


1. G(n) is a graph of n vertices and G(n ; e) is a graph of n vertices and e edges. Is it true that if every induced subgraph of a G(10n) of 5n vertices has more than 2n 2 edges then our G(10n) contains a triangle? It is easy to show that if true this result is best possible . To see this let A i , i =1, 2, . . . , 5, be sets of 2n vertices, put A, = A 6 and join every vertex of A, to every vertex of A; + , . This G(10n ; 20n 2) has of course no triangle and every induced subgraph of 5n vertices contains at least 2n2 edges . Equality is of course possible : choose A,, A, and half the vertices of A, Simonovits pointed out to me that a graph of completely different structure also shows that the conjecture, if true, is best possible . Consider the Petersen graph, which is a G(10 ; 15) . Replace each vertex by a set of n vertices and replace every edge of the Petersen graph by the n 2 edges of a K(n, n) . This gives a G(10n ; 15n 2) and it is easy to see that every induced subgraph of 5n vertices has at least 2n2 edges . The fact that two graphs of different structure are extremal perhaps indicates that the conjecture is either false or difficult to prove . I certainly hope that the latter is the case . It is perhaps tempting to conjecture that my graph has the following extremal property . If a G(10n) has no triangle and every induced subgraph of 5n vertices has at least 2n2 edges, then our graph can have at most 20n2 edges. Perhaps the graph of Simonovits has the smallest number of edges among all extremal graphs; perhaps in fact these two graphs are the only extremal graphs . Many generalizations are possible ; the triangle could be replaced by other graphs . Is it true that every G((4h+2)n), every induced subgraph


This paper presents a method of the reformulation of equations in the inertial frame formulation to the floating frame formulation. Results of a simulation example, performed using the modal transformation, show the good agreement with the standard inertial frame methods.


The biologically active amines of grapes, aszu-grapes, aszu-wines of Tokaj region were analysed to study the effect of Botrytis cinerea on the grapes. It was established that grapes contained mainly spermidine, putrescine and spermine, however, in the aszu-grapes new amine compounds such as agmatine, phenethylamine, butylamine and pentylamine isomers appeared. The spermine content showed an increase in all aszu-grape varieties compared to the grapes. During winemaking processes, spermine disappeared and the concentration of tyramine increased in the aszu-wines. The concentration of spermidine decreased during the ageing of the product. The ratio of tyramine and amine content of the samples were found to be within a limited interval.


Cognitive linguistics school believes language category and syntactic structure are based on certain cognition mechanism.As a common pattern,the prototype category and cognitive model of Pivotal Pattern match its syntactic surface features,which confirms the influence of human cognitive ability on language forms.


This paper took a 3-UPS Parallel Machine Tool (PMT) as the object of research; it mainly introduced the process of establishing the compensation strategy for this PMT. Firstly the kinematics equations on driving chain and constraint chain was established on the basis of kinematics analysis. Then according to the structural characteristics and the results of kinematics analysis, the error compensation strategy of feedback correction type with the semi-closed loop control mode was used in the error compensation for this PMT by the method of installing respectively the encoders on the each joint of parallelogram mechanism, namely the compensation way of "parallel driving and series feedback" was adopted. Finally this paper has also deduced the theoretical model of error compensation. The research results in this paper provided a theoretical basis for realizing error compensation of this PMT, and had important practical significance for improving machining precision of PMT


Clarissa Leite started by mapping inequality between women and men. She defined equality as 'women's and men's rights, responsibilities and opportunities not depending on whether they are born male or female', and she noted that despite progress, inequalities between men and women exist in every country, and across many areas of life.


Traumatic dislocation of the occipital-cervical (AOD) in children and adolescents is a quite rare and serious injury, which usually ends with death. For those who survive, there is usually severe and permanent neurological deficit. The purpose of this study is to present the 13-year-old boy with AOD, the treatment and the early results with a review of literature. A 13-year-old boy was injured in a car accident. He admitted to emergency department with AOD and multiple trauma. After of vital signs were stabilized occipital-cervical spinal fusion was performed. Four months after the injury he was discharged to his home in good general condition with neurological injuries as a result of the head and spinal cord damage. AOD in children and adolescents is quite rare and usually fatal. Even after the relevant supplying of the patient (occipito-cervical junction), the prognosis may be uncertain or even wrong due to irreversible neurological damage. Only the correct and prompt diagnosis, along with the proper immediately initiated treatment give a chance to survive.


To determine the underlying etiology in a patient with progressive dementia with extrapyramidal signs and chronic inflammation referred to the National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program.


Career in European public office involves both elements of an organizational nature, reflected by the nature of the public organization (mission, objectives, regulatory framework, activities) and individual elements pertaining to human resources engaged in the organization and emphasized the skills, competencies, knowledge, behaviors. The capabilities mean professional development and the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge. Our paper aims to explain the key elements of European civil servants to develop their professional career to serve the public interest of European citizens. We analyze the principles, the determinants and the processes involved to develop the European career as a civil servant.


FRANCES MILTON TROLLOPE WAS ONE OF THE HOST OF ENGLISH TRAVELERS who came to see the brave new world of America in Victorian times. Like so many others, she produced a book of travels describing her experiences during more than two years in the country. This book, Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), was an instant best seller which is still deservedly famous. Behind its composition and publication lay a whole set of most remarkable circumstances. Although the story of her travels has been told before, a new discussion of this American experience is necessary because several important aspects of it have been generally misinterpreted by scholars. A collection of Mrs. Trollope's letters from America, only recently discovered, now reveal the motives (previously misunderstood), behind her decision to come to America, and throw light on the reasons for the length of her stay and the ultimate writing of her book. 1


In this paper, we present a simple and general bitwise decomposition expression using log likelihood ratio (LLR) of an arbitrary gray coded rectangular M-QAM signal. Based on the max-log MAP algorithm, we replace the mathematical max or min functions of the conventional LLR expression with simple arithmetic functions associated with given parameters such as a received symbol value and distance between symbols on a signal space. Since the derived LLR expression can be used as a soft bit metric for input to a conventional binary turbo decoder, it is suitable for practical applications with a turbo decoder or other related applications as an alternative to conventional methods


Information on the performance of ixekizumab (IXE) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in clinical practice is scarce.We aimed to analyze the retention rate and safety of IXE in patients with PsA in routine clinical practice. The present study has analyzed drug survival and safety of IXE in patients with PsA under real clinical practice conditions. This information may complement that obtained from the RCTs done to date with this drug.Retrospective longitudinal observational single-center study of all patients with PsA who had received at least one dose of IXE. Adverse events (AEs) and drug retention rate were considered the main variables. Survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier curves and predictive factors using multivariate Cox regression analysis. The Hazard Ratio (HR) was used as a measure of the association.Seventy-two patients were included (52 women and 20 men). Median disease duration was 5 years (IQR 3-9). More than 90% have received ≥ 2 biologic and/or targeted synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) prior to IXE. Ixekizumab showed a 1-year retention rate of 65% and a 2-year retention rate of 57% (Figure 1). Regarding discontinuation due to AEs, 0.18 AEs per person-year were identified. The number of previous biologics did not influence drug survival but prior use of methotrexate [HR 2.31 (95%CI 1.05-5.10), p < 0.05] and depression [HR 2.40 (95%CI 1.07-5.41), p < 0.05] increased the risk of IXE discontinuation (Table 1).Ixekizumab demonstrated high drug persistence in a population of PsA mostly refractory to various lines of systemic therapy. In addition, the aspects that usually penalize the survival of most biologics in PsA (age, duration of disease, female gender, smoking, obesity, prior exposure to other biologics) did not affect drug persistence in this study.[1]FitzGerald O, Ogdie A, Chandran V, Coates LC, Kavanaugh A, Tillett W, et al. Psoriatic arthritis. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2021; 7(1):59.[2]Coates LC, Gossec L, Ramiro S, Mease P, van der Heijde D, Smolen JS, et al. New GRAPPA and EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017; 56(8):1251-1253.[3]Gossec L, Baraliakos X, Kerschbaumer A, de Wit M, McInnes I, Dougados M, et al. EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2019 update. Ann Rheum Dis 2020; 79(6):700-712.Table 1.Disease characteristics of the study population.CharacteristicPsoriatic arthritis n = 72Age (yrs), mean (SD)50 (12)Female, n (%)52 (72.2)Disease duration (yrs), median (IQR)5 (3-9)Anti-TNFα prior to IXE, n (%)60 (83.3)csDMARDs prior to IXE, n (%)42 (58.3)tsDMARDs prior to IXE, n (%)24 (33.3)Other biologics prior to IXE, n (%)8 (11.1)Weight, median (IQR)77 (65-85)Obesity (BMI>30), n (%)20 (27.8)Smoker, n (%)31 (43.1)Hypertension, n (%)21 (29.2)Dyslipidemia, n (%)25 (34.7)Diabetes, n (%)10 (13.9)COPD, n (%)2 (2.7)Cardiovascular disease*2 (2.7)Ischemic heart disease4 (5.5)Depression39 (54.2)Chronic kidney disease2 (2.7)Chronic liver disease1 (1.4)DAPSA, mean (SD)9.8 (6.8)PsAID, mean (SD)2.7 (2.2)SD: standard deviation, yrs: years, IQR: intercuartile range, TNF: tumor necrosis factor, IXE: ixekizumab, BMI: body mass index, csDMARDS: conventional-synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (methotrexate, leflunomide, sulphasalazine), tsDMARDS: targeted-synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (apremilast, tofacinitib), COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, DAPSA: disease activity index for psoriatic arthritis, PsAID: psoriatic arthritis impact of disease.* Myocardial infarction and/or cerebrovascular event.Figure 1.Median survival of IxekizumabNIL.None Declared.


Half-supersymmetric geometries of N  =  2 five-dimensional gauged supergravity have recently been fully classified using spinorial geometry techniques. We use this classification to determine all possible regular half-supersymmetric near-horizon geometries, assuming that all of the gauge-invariant spinor bilinears are regular at the horizon. Four geometries are found, two of which have been found previously in Kunduri and Lucietti (2007 J. High Energy Phys. JHEP02(2007)026), and Kunduri and Lucietti (2007 J. High Energy Phys. JHEP12(2007)015).


chemical localization of motilin in endocrine non-enter-ochromaffin cells of the small intestine of humans and 10.monkeys. Gastroenterology 76:897-902, 1979Pearse AGE, Polak JM, Bloom SR, Adams C, DryburghG, Brown JC: Enterochromaffin cells of the mammaliansmall intestine as a source of motilin. Virchows Arch B 11.Cell Pathol 16:111-20, 1974Vantrappen G, Jannssens J, Peeters TL, Bloom SR, Chris-tofides ND, Hellemans J: Motilin and the interdigestive 12.migrating motor complex in man. Dig Dis Sci 24:497-500, 1979Christofides ND, Modlin IM, Fitzpatrick ML, Bloom SR:Effect of motilin on the rate of gastric emptying and gut 13.hormone release during breakfast. Gastroenterology 7b:903-907, 1979Christofides ND, Long RG, Fitzpatrick ML, McGrego GPr 14, .Bloom SR: Effect of motilin on the gastric emptying ofglucose and fat in humans. Gastroenterology 80:456-60,1981Ruppin R, Sturm G, Westhoff D, Domschke S, Domschke 15.W, Wunsch E, Demling L: Effect of 13-Nle-motilin onsmall intestinal transit time in healthy subjects. Scand JGastroenterol 11 (Suppl. 39):85-88, 1976Texter EC Jr, Danovitch SH, Kuhl WJ: Physiologic studies 16.of autonomic-nervous-system dysfunction accompanyingdiabetes mellitus. Am / Dig Dis 7:530-44, 1962Dotevall G, Fagerberg SE, Langer L: Vagal function inpatients with diabetic neuropathy. Acta Med Scand 17.191:21-24, 1972Achem-Karam SR, Funakoshi A, Vinik Al, Owyang C:Plasma motilin concentration and interdigestive migratingmotor complex in diabetic gastroparesis: effect of meto-clopramide. Gastroenterology 88:492-99, 1985Funakoshi A, Glownia Jk, Owyan g C, Vinik Al: Evidencefor cholinergic and vagal noncholinergic mechanismsmodulating plasma motilin-like immunoreactivity. / ClinEndochnol 54:1129-34, 1982Campbell IW, Heading RC, Tothill P, Buist TAS, EwingDJ, Clarke BF: Gastric emptying in diabetic autonomicneuropathy. Gut 18:462-67, 1977Malagelada JR, Rees WDW, Mazzotta LJ, Go VLW: Gas-tric motor abnormalities in diabetic and postvagotomygastroparesis: effect of metoclopramide and bethanechol.Gastroenterology 78:286-93, 1980Feldman M, Smith HJ: Effect of cisapride on gastric emp-tying of indigestible solids in patients with gastroparesisdiabeticorum. Gastroenterology 92:171-74, 1987Itoh Z, Nakaya M, Suzuki T, Arai H, Wakabayashi K:Erythromycin mimics exogenous motilin in gastrointes-tinal contractile activity in the dog. Am ) Physiol 247:G688-94, 1984Peeters TL, Matthijs G, Depoortere I, Cachet T, Hoog-martens J, Vantrappen G: Erythromycin and its deriv-atives are motilin receptor agonists (Abstract). Biomed Res9 (Suppl.):95, 1988Kondo Y, Torii K, Omura S, Itoh Z: Erythromycin and itsderivatives with motilin-like biological activities inhibitthe specific bindin


Objective To observe the efficacy of a percutaneous implantation portcatheter permanent indwelling pulmonary artery for regional chemotherapy of the metastatic lung cancer from HCC. Methods Between 1995 and 1999, 62 patients (42 males, 20 females; mean age 46 years) suffering from the metastatic lung cancer from HCC underwent percutaneous implantation of portcatheter permanent indwelling pulmonary artery using the right subclavian vein. In 19 patients with metastatic tumor located on one side of the lung, an indwelling catheter was placed into the ipsilateral side pulmonary artery. With metastasis of both sides, the catheter was inserted into the main trunk of pulmonary artery. The regimens of the chemotherapy were 5-FU+CDDP+MMC(FDM) or 5-FU+CDDP+MMC(FDA). Results The interventional procedure was successfully completed in all 62 cases (100%). The complications occurred in 8% cases, including infections(3.2%), unhealed wound (1.6%) and pneumothorax (3.2%). The treatment effects of 3months after the procedure were as follows: the obvious decrease of lung tumor size was 35.5%; stable disease (SD) 32.3% and progressive disease (PD) 32.3%. 6 months followup: 12 patients were dead (12/62) and the others are still doing well. The response rates were 22.6%, partial response (PR) 32.3%; stable disease (SD) 25.8% and progressive disease (PD) 32.3%.Conclusions The percutaneous implantation techniques of pulmonary arterial portcatheter could be a good method in the treatment of metastatic lung cancer from HCC because of it's simple, with few complications and positive effects.


Objective To investigate the effect of electroacupuncture in a rat model of perimenopausal depression.Methods A composite model of perimenopausal depression was made by two steps:bilateral ovariectomy,and individual feeding and chronic unpredictable mild stress.After model building,electroacupuncture was performed at two groups of points(Neiguan(PC 6) and Housanli(ST 36),and Guanyuan(CV 4) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6)).Normal,perimenopausal depression model and depression model groups were established as controls.The Open-field behavior score was counted,and sugar water consumption,body weight and serum estradiol(E2),luteinizing hormone(LH),adrenocorticotrophic hormone(ACTH) and corticosterone(CORT) contents were measured in the rats.Results The Open-field behavior score,sugar water consumption and serum E2 and ACTH contents decreased and body weight increased significantly in the perimenopausal depression model group of rats compared with the normal group(P 0.05).The Open-field behavior score and sugar water consumption increased significantly(P0.05 and P0.01 respectively),and serum E2,ACTH and CORT contents increased and body weight decreased,which had no statistically significant difference(both P 0.05),in the electroacupuncture group of rats compared with the composite model group.Conclusion Electroacupuncture can strengthen movements,increase searching activities and improve anhedonia due to chronic stress in a rat model of perimenopausal depression.It also has a favourable tendency to regulate decreased serum E2,ACTH and CORT contents and increased body weight in the rat composite model.


A new system of equations governing the nonlinear thin laminated plates with large deflections using von Karman equations is derived. The effects of transverse shear in the thin interlayer are included as part of the analysis. The finite difference method is used to perform the geometrically nonlinear behavior of the plate. The resultant equations permit the analysis of the effect of transverse shear stress deformation on the overall behavior of the interlayer using the load incremental method. For the purpose of feasibility and validity of this present method, the numerical results are compared with other available solutions for accuracy as well as efficiency. The solution techniques have been implemented and the numerical results of example problem are discussed and evaluated.


Ultra HermeticTM storage and solar drying of commodities is providing safe, pesticide-free storage and drying in over one hundred countries. This paper provides an overview of recent major innovations in the use of pesticide-free Ultra Hermetic storage and of drying technologies for a wide array of crops, including rice, maize, pulses, coffee, cocoa, peanuts, and many types of seeds, and the positive implications of these innovations for loss prevention and public health and safety. Innovations have been driven by rapidly growing use of hermetic storage and drying solutions all over the world, for both indoor storage and rugged outdoor typhoonand floodresistant storage. A case study of the hermetic storage of seeds, as well as the results of scientific studies of coffee and cocoa stored hermetically without refrigeration or pesticide use, are described. The paper also presents important recent data on the prevention of aflatoxin growth in stored crops, demonstrating that widespread use of Ultra Hermetic storage technology can play an important role in both preventing growth of aflatoxins in storage and in producing safer, healthier food supplies while promoting public health, especially in tropical locations. In specialized applications such as peanut and other oily nut storage, adjunctive use of injected CO2 or of oxygen absorber packets can accelerate reaching a low oxygen atmosphere. Recent developments in solar drying technology can now provide continuous 24-hour drying. These innovations have been spurred by the widespread growth of Ultra Hermetic storage, now used in 103 countries, and of advanced solar drying technology. Important scientific and product improvements made in both these technologies include large floodand typhoon-resistant storage units, as well as man-portable, insect-resistant Ultra Hermetic liners for transport and 24hour/day solar dryers. Ultra Hermetic storage technology is used frequently for high-value crops such as coffee, cocoa, and seeds, but also is widely employed for major staple crops such as rice, maize, wheat and pulses. Other expanding areas of application include spices, sorghum, cassava, peanuts and silage crops.


Recently\ the synthesis of [18] annulene trroxide has been reported, the atomic skeletal structure of which is shown in Fig. 1. [18] annulene trioxide is one member of a series of related compounds which has recently been synthesized1·2·3. The most closely related compouinds are [18] anrnulene tvisulphide and [18] annulene oxide diisulphide. It has 1been found that the chemical properties of [18] annulene trioxide are very similar to those of [18] annulene tJrisulphide1• On the other hand, experimentala and theoretical4 results indicate that [18] annulene trisulphide has considerably less airomatic character than [18] annulene, and that it can be considered as being composed of three thiophene rings linked together by three double bonds. It i1s therefore of interest to examine whether theoretical calculations for [18] annulene trioxide favour a fully conjugated


Regional input-output tables form a consistent and well-founded method for regional analysis. However, there is an increasing interest to construct regional I/O tables using supply and use (S/U) framework. This paper discusses the compilation of regional I/O tables for Finland using S/U approach. In the paper the methods applied in the regionalisation of the Finnish national S/U tables are discussed. It is argued that the best method typically depends on the available data and the paper gives possible solutions for the regionalisation of different items of S/U tables. One of the most important of them is regional trade-flows. In one-region I/O tables regional trade-flows are usually determined by mathematical solutions. In estimating interregional trade flows into the Finnish multiregional system, however, a separate survey-based tradeflow data was utilized. This, we believe, is likely to give a more accurate and open picture of the inter-regional trade.


According to Goodwin (2011) crime writers are the new travel writers with bookshops organising their detective novels by country, a plethora of websites devoted to listing the crime novels associated with different locations, and numerous tours, trails and destination marketing campaigns based on famous detectives. While there is a significant research tradition focussed on tourism, film, television and literature analysing this intersection between popular culture and tourist behaviour (d., Beeton, 2010), it has mostly focussed on the roles that film, television and literature play in encouraging and influencing tourist behaviour (cf., Earl, 2008; Beeton, 2005; Reijnders, 2009}. There has been considerably less attention paid to how popular culture and the arts portray tourists and tourism. According to Beeton (2010, p. 3) "popular mass media of the day constructs a social reality of our times". This argument, further explored by Wheeller (2009) in his discussion of tourism and the arts, suggests that popular culture and the arts may provide an alternative set of perspectives on tourists and tourism. The research study reported in this paper sought to explore this alternative view and examined a sample of 200 crime novels to describe the nature of representations of tourists and tourism.


Investigations were made to determine the change in the y parameter with room temperature since an increase in y makes the orthorhombic uranium lattice more hexagonal. Intensity data were obtained for the (040), (060), (080), and (0,10,0) for approximately 100 deg C intervals using a neutron wavelength of 0.98 A. Both y and B were found to rise gradually with some flattening near 625 deg C. Calculations made on the 625 deg C data holding B constant at 1.1 and 0.8, gave y values 0.1057 and 0.1058 indicating little dependence. The room temperature y values determined by x-ray and neutron diffraction are in good agreement with previously reported values. However, the values obtained at elevated temperatures are considerably lower. (P.C.H.)


The stationary Erlang loss model is a classic example of an insensitive queueing system: the steady-state distribution of the number of busy servers depends on the service-time distribution only through its mean. However, when the arrival process is a nonstationary Poisson process, the insensitivity property is lost. We develop a simple, effective numerical algorithm for the Mt/PH/s/0 model with two service phases and a nonhomogeneous Poisson arrival process, and apply it to show that the time-dependent blocking probability with nonstationary input can be strongly influenced by the service-time distribution beyond the mean. With sinusoidal arrival rates, the peak blocking probability typically increases as the service-time distribution gets less variable. The influence of the service-time distribution, including this seemingly anomalous behavior, can be understood and predicted from the modified-offered-load and stationary-peakedness approximations, which exploit exact results for related infinite-server models.


An alternative method to the empirical approach such as Langmuir and Freundlich model, surface complexation model using thermodynamic database is used to simulate adsorption behavior of cadmium for oxide minerals. Sorption of cadmium onto amorphous silica () and synthetic goethite (-FeOOH) at various conditions of pH, initial cadmium loading, oxide concentration, and ionic strength, were investigated. For both oxide minerals, increasing cadmium concentration resulted in right shifting of the sorption curve of cadmium as the function of pH. The , where 50% of cadmium sorbed, of goethite (pH 5.25) was much smaller than that of the silica (pH 7.83). The sorption of cadmium onto both minerals were not affected by the background ion strength from to M of . It indicated that the binding affinity of goethite surface for cadmium is much stronger than that of silica. The strong affinity of oxide mineral for cadmium can be explained by the existence of coordination or covalent bond between cadmium and surface of it.


An exhibition focusing on the humble towel with a range of flat woven cloths exploring pattern, colour and materials. The show included a 'pop-up studio' with new work produced during the exhibition.


The production and test methods of radio interference on disc suspension porcelain insulator were described.The impact of the cementing interface and gasket on radio interference characteristics is analyzed.It is proposed that: the radio interface can be obviously reduced by using gasket on the cap.The radio interface can also be reduced when adhesive near the porcelain terminal as best as it can.


The national standard time, UTC(NTSC) kept by NTSC takes part in the international time comparison for a long time, which has high stability and accuracy. It can test and evaluate the atomic clock in different location through the technology of remote time comparison. In the BPL system, time-frequency standard is generated by the cesium atomic clock whose performance has a direct impact on time service precision. In addition, according to the international telecommunications union (ITU) requirement, broadcasting clock is needed to keep to the UTC within 100ns. In this paper, the testing criteria, data collection, processing method, performance evaluation parameter and calculation model are studied. Relying on the high-performance time standard of NTSC and the GPS CV link, the BPL broadcasting clock testing and evaluation system is set up, the time difference of broadcasting clock and UTC (NTSC) is got, and the time difference of broadcasting clock and UTC is got through the international time comparison link of NTSC. According to the all kinds of data, the performance of broadcasting clock is evaluated, the results shows that the broadcasting clock stability reach to the 3.3e-14 a day, 1.7e-14 in 5 days, the time deviation to UTC is within 20ns. KeywordsTest; performance evaluation; GPS CV


Medical humanatarian education is still in the boundary zone and is dispropprtional to its importance.The basic reason for it is that instrumental reason is made widely known with value reason on the decline.Facing the dilemma in the medical humanatarian education,we think that clearing up the instrumental reason' negative effect by value reason is the reasonable way of medical humanatarian education.


Multiclass classification problem is often solved by combing binary classifiers into ensembles. While this is required for inherently binary classifiers, such as SVM, it also provides performance advantages for other classifiers. In this paper, we address the problem of combining binary classifiers into ensembles in the differentially private data publishing framework, where the data privacy is achieved by anonymization. The main idea of this paper is to counter the inevitable loss of data quality due to anonymization of the data by building an ensemble of binary classifiers, and then to use an error-correcting approach to obtain a class decision from this ensemble. We describe the proposed algorithm and present the results of extensive experimentation on synthetic and UC Irvine data. We find that while building ensembles after anonymization leads to no change in classifier accuracy, preparing the data for ensembles prior to anonymization improves accuracy in most of the cases.


The right verify of relay protection phasor is the precondition of action right after the relay protection operation.The different characteristic of the phasor display on different line protector is introduced and the unusualness of the line protection phasor of the super compensator and under compensator is analysed.


The modified Rouse equation of motion recently introduced for the study of multiple elastic interactions of polymer chains in concentrated liquids is applied to investigate the onset of entanglement coupling. For undiluted systems of ring polymers we conjecture a possible dynamic transition at M=3.938 Me, preceded and induced by strong alterations of the mechanical spectrum. Extrapolation to linear polymers localizes the onset of entanglement coupling at M≂1.97 Me.


Learning Management Systems (LMS) play a crucial role in organizing the course contents. However, some instructors use LMS in their classes while some do not. This study aimed to discover the factors in relation to the instructors' attitude toward LMS and adoption of LMS in their course. A survey was administered to 62 instructors to follow up the use of LMS after they attended the training. The respondents were assessed for their attitude towards LMS, perceived ease of LMS use, perceived usefulness and their actual use of LMS in their course. The results reveal that the respondents of the study had a high overall attitude towards LMS. Perceived ease of LMS use and perceived usefulness were found to have a significant positive correlation with their attitude. In addition, the more the instructors perceived ease of LMS use, the more intensively their beliefs about the usefulness of it increased. However, it was found that attitude toward LMS, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness were not correlated to actual use of LMS. Furthermore, there was not any significant difference in the respondents' attitude toward LMS in terms of gender and subject domain. The responses to open-ended questions were revealed in terms of difficulties they had when using LMS.


Ultrasonic visualization of normal and pathological Wirsung's ducts has become quite common, especially with the newest gray scale units. Ductal images were studied in 17 cases of quiescent chronic pancreatitis. Duct dilatation could be identified in the majority.


Objectives: To determine whether certain characteristics of general practices are associated with good glycaemic control in patients with diabetes and with completing an annual cycle of care (ACC).


We are concerned with viscous profiles (travelling waves and steady solutions) for mixed hyperbolic-parabolic systems in one space variable. For a class of systems including the compressible Navier Stokes equation, these profiles satisfy a singular ordinary differential equation in the form \label{e:ab} dU / dt = F(U)/ z (U) . Here U takes values in $R^d$ and $F: R^d \to R^d$ is a regular function. The real valued function $z (U)$ is as well regular, but the equation is singular because $z (U)$ can attain the value 0. We focus on a small enough neighbourhood of a point $\bar U$ satisfying $F(\bar U) = \vec 0$, $z (\bar U) =0$. From the point of view of the applications to the study of hyperbolic-parabolic systems this means restricting to systems with small total variation. We discuss how to extend the notions of center manifold and of uniformly stable manifold. Also, we give conditions ensuring that if $z (U) \neq 0$ at $t=0$ then $z (U) \neq 0$ at every $t$. We provide an example showing that if $z(U)$ becomes zero in finite time then in general the solution $U$ of equation \eqref{e:ab} is not continuously differentiable.


The most common forensic entomological application is the estimation of some portion of the time since death, or postmortem interval (PMI). To our knowledge, a PMI estimate is almost never accompanied by an associated probability. Statistical methods are now available for calculating confidence limits for an insect-based prediction of PMI for both succession and development data. In addition to it now being possible to employ these approaches in validation experiments and casework, it is also now possible to use the criterion of prediction performance to guide training experiments, i.e., to modify carrion insect development or succession experiment design in ways likely to improve the performance of PMI predictions using the resulting data. In this paper, we provide examples, derived from our research program on calculating PMI estimate probabilities, of how training data experiment design can influence the performance of a statistical model for PMI prediction.


Moluccas is known as its " Pela-Gandong " culture, an old tradition where the local community live together hand in hand compassionate and respecting each other, maintaining kinship relation. Cases of Human Rights violation in 1999 and 2011 in Ambon have brought serious damage to the kinship relation of local community in Ambon. This study aims to examine and discuss legal responsibility for violence against humanity as a form of Human rights violation. This study used some approaches as legislations, case based approaches, and conceptual approaches. This study shows that criminal system in Indonesia is based on individual responsibility, however, the action done by a group or an organization is a crime against humanity. Legal responsibility for crimes against humanity as a form of Human Rights violations like what happened in Moluccas can be charged to the leader or the officials in the form of imprisonment. Meanwhile, punishment or sanction to the organization must be in the form of organization dissolution.


DaviD Neely, director of orchestral activities, recently conducted four performances of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors for Des Moines Metro Opera at Des Moines' historic Hoyt-Sherman Theater. Cast members included Julie Makerov and Todd Thomas. Stage director was Robert Larsen. Neely's performances of Richard Strauss' Electra and Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes were recently broadcast on Iowa public radio.


We present a method of reconstructing the area of origin for blood droplets given the position and directions of impact stains. This method works for nonlinear trajectories, such as parabolic motion or motion with drag. A model for fitting ellipses to the stains, obtaining impact velocities, blood drop mass and drag coefficient from blood splatter image densities, impact angle and pattern is also provided. We also show how to use this extra data to aid with our estimation. We validate our method in several experiments involving blood splatters at varying velocities and angles.


Rising obesity rates globally present a significant health, economic, and societal burden. Examining the adverse effects of the obesogenic environment on dietary decision-making, and the personal motivators for behaviour change, may present as unique points of intervention for obesity management. The influence of the social and physical environment on eating behaviours also requires consideration in the context of both physical and mental health. An understanding of the extrinsic and intrinsic psychological factors motivating successful weight management is critical for practical translation into the healthcare context.


We present the generation of a second harmonic wave and a clustered comb at 1µm from a telecom wavelength pump in a dispersion engineered Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> microresonator. © 2019 The Author(s)


This study strove to investigate the effect of metacognitive instruction through dialogic interactions on the metacognitive awareness of EFL learners. It also sought to explore how various aspects of learners' metacognitive awareness, as measured by each of the five MALQ factors, were affected by metacognitive instruction within the pedagogical sequence. The data were collected through MALQ to track changes in the metacognitive awareness before and after the intervention. The participants were 90 intermediate EFL listeners in three groups. The experimental group one (n = 30), trained through Metacognitive Pedagogical Sequence for ten weeks, went through an intervention program in metacognition that engaged learners in a sequence of tasks to help them raise metacognitive awareness in listening through dialogic interactions and peer collaborations. The participants in the experimental group two (n = 30) were trained in metacognition through the same procedure and model, but their intervention was devoid of dialogic interactions. The participants in the control group (n=30), trained through a conventional listening instruction program, listened to the same materials without receiving metacognitive instruction. The results revealed that metacognitive instruction through dialogic interactions helped listeners raise their metacognitive awareness in listening.


A real-time algorithm for affine-structure-based video compression for facial images is presented. The face undergoing motion is segmented and triangulated to yield a set of control points. The set of control points generated by triangulation are tracked across a few frames using an intensity-based correlation technique. For accurate motion and structure estimation a Kalman- filter-based algorithm is used to track features on the facial image. The structure information of the controlpoints is transmitted only during the bootstrapping stage. After that only the motion information is transmitted to the decoder. This reduces the number of motion parameters associated with control points in each frame. The local motion of the eyes and lips is captured using local 2-D affine transformations. For real time implementation a quad-tree based search technique is adopted to solve local correlation. Any remaining reconstruction error is accounted for using predictive encoding. Results on real image sequences demonstrate the applicability of the method. In this paper, we present a real-time implementation of a low bit-rate coding of a sequence of images of facial motion, where the images are obtained at near video rates. Such compression of motion sequences are required primarily for video telephony applications (1, 2). We present a novel compression method based on the estima- tion of the 3-D affine structure of the moving face (3-5). We show that an analysis of the multiple view geometry, resulting out of a suitable choice of the camera model, can yield significantly high compression rates for such motion sequences.


The present invention, among the gains in each direction of the antenna directivity pattern of the antenna of the transmitter, by using at least the gain of the transmission direction representing the direction of the receiver viewed from a transmitter side, a signal is transmitted from the transmitter estimates the received field strength at the time of being received at the receiver, is applied to the received electric field intensity estimating device for outputting an estimated received electric field intensity estimated. The received electric field intensity estimating device for each direction of the gain of the antenna directivity pattern, with a focus on this direction, within the angle range of incoming wave angle indicating the direction of the signal arriving from the transmitter to the receiver, averaging averaging unit for processing performed with (17), of the gain in each direction of the antenna directivity pattern averaging process is performed by using at least the gain of the transmission direction, and calculates the reception field intensity, the calculation result the includes a received electric field intensity calculation unit for outputting the estimated received electric field intensity (16), the.


Thermoplastic composite materials for structural aircraft components offer advantages in terms of performance and efficient production. In this context, ultrasonic welding is a promising joining technique that could replace the classical mechanical fastening by riveting and bolting which requires extensive drilling and sealing. At the Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP) in Augsburg a robot-based continuous ultrasonic welding system has been developed. It consists of an end-effector mounted on a standard industrial robot, which allows the flexible joining of large flat and double-curved structures. The functional efficiency has already been proven on various components such as a stiffened fuselage panel or a rear pressure bulkhead. In order to benefit from the high welding speed this fusion bonding process is currently being matured to further improve robustness. A parameter study was carried out to identify optimized processing parameters.


Background: A history of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an independent predictor of cardiac mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease. However, it still remains unclear whether PAD predicts worsening heart failure (HF), cardiac and all-cause mortality in HF patients. Methods and Results: Consecutive 388 HF patients admitted to our hospital for the treatment of decompensated HF were divided into 2 groups based on the presence of PAD: HF with PAD (PAD group, n = 103) and HF without PAD (non-PAD group, n = 285). We compared echocardiographic and laboratory findings, and followed the event of worsening HF, cardiac death, non-cardiac death, and all-cause mortality between the two groups. The PAD group, as compared to non-PAD group, had 1) higher age (69.2 vs. 64.5 years old, P=0.001), 2) higher incidence of New York Heart Association functional class III or IV (56.3% vs. 37.2%, P = 0.001), 3) lower levels of hemoglobin (12.3 vs. 12.9 g/dl, P = 0.020), 4) higher levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (591.0 vs. 256.9 pg/ml, P = 0.017), 5) lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (46.2 vs. 58.9 ml/min/1.73m 2 , P Conclusions: PAD is an independent predictor of cardiac mortality and all-cause mortality in HF patients.


Alkyl isothiocyanates were obtained in favorable yield by the reaction of diarsenic trioxide with monoalkylamine and carbon disulfide in molar ratio 1 : 3 : 3. When lead ( II) oxide instead of diarsenic trioxide was used in this reaction, lead (II) dithiocarbonimidates were formed in high yield, which on standing or on heating gave pure isothiocyanates. Further, it was found that alkyl isothiocyanates were formed in good yield by the reaction of triethylammonium dithiocarbonimidate with arsenic trichloride. From these results, a new mechanism for the formation of alkyl isothiocyanates in the present process was proposed.


The rate constants of excited iodine I(5/sup 2/P/sub 2/) spin-orbit relaxation induced by a new class of compounds, deuterated oxygen-containing derivatives, were studied by means of kinetic absorption spectroscopy. The role of hydroxyl group in the deactivation processes of iodine by alcohols and lower carboxylic acids is discussed.


Objective To investigate epidemiological characteristics and associated factors among residents with hypertension in Yuhuatai District of Nanjing,and provide evidence for prevention of hypertension. Methods With multi-stage randomized cluster sampling,residents aged 15 years and over were selected from Yuhuatai district in 2010.A cross-sectional study was conducted.The sampling was inquired by questionnaire survey by means of face-to-face interview.Physical examinations and blood pressures were taken by trained interviewers.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were adopted for analyses of risk factors. Results A totltal of 11 724 residents(average age of 47.31 years,5 434 males,and 6 290 females) were selected in the survey.The prevalence rate of hypertension was 18.35%,and the adjusted rate was 16.56% according to the composition of Nanjing population.Rseults of multivariate logistic regression showed that age of 75 years and over,education level above college,hyperlipidemia,alcohol consumption,overweight and obesity may be the influencing factors for hypertension(ORs=46.631,0.698,7.683,1.705 and 1.834). Conclusion The prevalence rate of hypertension among residents in Yuhuatai was high.The factors including advanced age,overweight,obesity and dyslipidemia were closely related with hypertension.More attention should be paid to the prevention and control of hypertension.


We present a technique based on permutations, the well known arcade game Pacman, and limited-precision integers to encode data into balanced codewords. The redundancy that is introduced by the encoding is particularly low. The results are noticeably better than those of previous work. Still, the resources required by our technique remain modest: there is no need for costly calculations using large integers and the time and space complexity for encoding or decoding a block is linear.


Valkering [1] created a FEM model, which was able to predict the failure load of the joint for a given preload. The results have been validated with some experiments performed at DAF. However, all simulations and experiments have been carried out on one material and one part thickness. Therefore it is interesting to repeat these simulations for all common combinations currently used at DAF.


A terrestrial laser scanner provides detailed and highly accurate 3D data rapidly and is widely applied in various situations. In this study, we surveyed the Seifuso Garden designated as a place of scenic beauty by the national government. We acquired point-data having information of 3D coordinates and colors by a terrestrial laser scanner and simulated the scenic views from the garden for restoring the borrowed scenery. As a result, we confirmed the positional relationship of the garden, the buildings around the garden and the Higashiyama Mountains at the selected view points. The simulated results were useful for the garden management, especially for trimming the trees within the garden in consideration of hiding the near-by tall buildings. We also found the influence on the scenic views from the garden if the buildings in this area were built at the maximum height allowed by the zoning regulation of the Kyoto City. A terrestrial laser scanner was considered to be a novel and effective tool for landscape simulation.


Scientific methods are the base of scientific research, innovation is original motivation in science development, scientific methodology education ,Also the soul of education. The science of chemistry is rich in various scientific methodology content, Like emphasizing chemistry theoretic teaching, Practicing teaching and students, researching, It enable students realize what scientists discover and design problems, analyze experimental date, then draw a conclusion in the activities of practice. production and etc. The whole procedure is cyclical, which lead the scientific knowledge to a helical regular development, and cultivate the students, innovational ability.


Dens invaginatus is a developmental malformation of teeth. A successful treatment of a maxillary lateral with dens invaginatus extending to mid root area, incomplete apical closure and large apical radiolucency will be presented. Sixteen months apexification with calcium hydroxide dressing was effective in resolving the problem after ultrasonic debridement, sodium hypochlorite irrigation. A 6-month recall radiograph is presented showing successful healing of the periapical lesion. Conventional endodontic treatment with calcium hydroxide apexification showed a favourable healing and will enhance the prognosis of the tooth.


Accurate arrhythmia classification of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals in the initial stages is essential for effective diagnosis. It helps in the prevention of severe cardiac conditions. This has led to extensive research in the development of algorithms for heartbeat detection and real-time cardiac monitoring in recent years. This paper proposes an algorithm for the software analysis and arrhythmia classification of ECG signals. Each signal was decomposed using an Undecimated Discrete Wavelet Transform (UDWT). Further, an approximate version of the ECG waveform was reconstructed using the desired frequency bands, and followed by R-peak detection. Heart rate was estimated for the classification of types of arrhythmias. The UDWT-based technique is advantageous due to its ability to decompose signals at several levels, which can be utilized for various processing purposes. Additionally, it facilitates the simultaneous location of both time and frequency domains. The project work was implemented using MATLAB and SIMULINK. The data records from MIT-BIH and ECG-ID databases were used to test the algorithm.


The information about people's mobility patterns, during large social events, in a city, could play an important role in understanding the behavior of urban environments. This study is based on the characterization of records of mobile devices performed around the time and place of a large social event, in Hungary. Human mobility has been analyzed in terms of the number of mobile phone activities including calls, texting and data transfer. We use heat maps to visualize the temporo-spatial dynamics of the movement patterns within the crowd. The results obtained can be helpful in improving the understanding of human mobility related to large-scale events.


Hydraulic fracturing was first carried out in the 1940s and has gained popularity in current development of unconventional resources. Flowing back the fracturing fluids is critical to a frac job, and determining well cleanup characteristics using the flowback data can help improve frac design. It has become increasingly important as a result of the unique flowback profiles observed in some shale gas plays due to the unconventional formation characteristics. Computer simulation is an efficient and effective way to tackle the problem. History matching can help reveal some mechanisms existent in the cleanup process. The Fracturing, Acidizing, Stimulation Technology (FAST) Consortium at Colorado School of Mines previously developed a numerical model for investigating the hydraulic fracturing process, cleanup, and relevant physics. It is a three-dimensional, gas-water, coupled fracture propagation-fluid flow simulator, which has the capability to handle commonly present damage mechanisms. The overall goal of this research effort is to validate the model on real data and to investigate the dominant physics in well cleanup for the Cana Field, which produces from the Woodford Shale in Oklahoma. To achieve this goal, first the early time delayed gas production was explained and modeled, and a simulation framework was established that included all three relevant damage mechanisms for a slickwater fractured well. Next, a series of sensitivity analysis of well cleanup to major reservoir, fracture, and operational variables was conducted; five of the Cana wells' initial flowback data were history matched, specifically the first thirty days' gas and water producing rates. Reservoir matrix permeability, net pressure, Young's modulus, and formation pressure gradient were found to have an impact on the gas producing curve's shape, in different ways. Some moderately good matches were achieved, with the outcome of some unknown reservoir information being proposed using the corresponding inputs from the history matching study. It was


This essay analyzes blogs written by volunteer tourists through a qualitative content analysis. The aim of this essay has been to investigate volunteer tourists descriptions of their experiences from a postcolonial perspective. The study has found that volunteer tourists in their blogs reproduces colonial stereotypes about the Other. The Other is being described in both positive and negative stereotypes but in either way they are often based on a stereotypical notion of the Other as primitive, impulsive, lazy, brutal or crazy. Descriptions of stereotypes that are positive towards the Other also describe them whith primitive features which can be mirrored against the West-self-image as modern and developed. :


Abstract The coordination geometry of the central atom in diorganotellurium(IV) halides, almost invariably described as ψ- trigonal bipyramidal, is in fact much more diversified. If intra and intermolecular secondary bonds and electron lone pairs are considered ψ-trigonal bipyramidal, ψ-octahedral, ψ-pentagonal bipyramidal and some others coordination geometries can be identified. A careful reexamination of a number of published structures is presented, with the analysis of the coordination polyhedra.


The Italian composer of operas, Giuseppe Verdi, relied heavily on plays of the Romantic Era as sources for opera librettos. Three such plays were from the Spanish Romantic School: El trovador and Simon Bocanegra by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez, and Don Alvaro o la fuerza del sino by Angel de Saavedra, el Duque de Rivas. The operas which Verdi composed using these plays as sources – Il trovatore, Simon Boccanegra, and La forza del destino – range in popularity from near zenith (Il trovatore) to near nadir (Simon Boccanegra). The study attempts to assess the suitability of the three Spanish dramas as source material for operas, and to determine if this suitability is correlated to each opera's popularity.


This study aims to evaluate the degree of member satisfaction Unicred Crickhowell, SC. Aims to assess whether the work performed in Crickhowell Agency comply with the requirements of the cooperative. The research was carried out between October 2010 and applied in the Cooperative Agency Unicred Crickhowell, SC. The survey was conducted in a questionnaire, we interviewed 324 members, with is how this facilitated the attendance of the agency in Crickhowell. Through this survey, we found that the attendance by the Cooperative Unicred Crickhowell / SC is great, but the cooperative evaluate the Unicred Crickhowell, SC, just need to improve on some requirements, though they are related to parking and the credit card, considered And bad. Given this, it suggests the question of improvement on the items mentioned above. With the research carried out revealed the results related to satisfaction indicating the high level of service, but made the need for studies found. The questions as follows: Location of the classification of Unicred. For the cooperative itself suggests cooperative actions to improve in some aspects such as: parking, credit and training for employees. Word-key: Attendance. Members. Cooperatives.


The transfer of liquid helium (LHe) at decant stations with flexible transfer lines is characterized by high evaporation losses. These losses are mainly caused by the static heat leak and the specific pressure drop of the transfer line. An extensive series of tests allows the characterization of a flexible LHe transfer line regarding its specific transfer performance, outlet quality, static heat leak, and overall pressure drop at Reynolds numbers from 340,000 to 740,000. Implemented pressure and temperature sensors allow studies of the fluid behavior during the transfer line operation. The achieved measurement results provide the basis for a new low loss flexible transfer line.


This paper presents the development of models and the analytical study of the structural response of deteriorating unbonded posttensioned beams, with the aim of providing suitable tools for the evaluation of existing deteriorated structures. The corrosion phenomena of the tendons are reviewed in the introduction. Two modeling approaches are proposed: (1) beam macro finite-elements (MFE) using cross-section analysis and (2) two-dimensional (2D) nonlinear finite-element (FE) analysis. The corrosion attack modeling considers tendon-breaking and ductility-reduction of the prestressing and mild steel. Bond deterioration is also considered for the ordinary reinforcement. The models are validated by simulating three tests on corroded beams with unbonded prestressing wires, part of the Rance benchmark exposed to 40 years of attack in a natural marine environment, and then tested for imposed loading in the laboratory. The results obtained for the global response show a good agreement with the tests at all stages o...


In this two-part case, Richard Davis and Stephen Hodgetts, co-owners of DH (2) walk away from all of the properties, assume a loss (walk away with nothing), and avoid the negative cash flow; (3) delay paying the mortgage on some of the homes, allow these properties, if necessary, to go into foreclosure, and in the interim use the positive cash flow to shore up some of the more positive cash flow homes; (4) contact all of the lenders and try to renegotiate the mortgages so as to have lower monthly rates.

In Part B Davis proposes that he and Hodgetts go their separate ways. Davis walks away with the two properties that have mortgages in his name, while Hodgetts obtains the four properties that have mortgages in his. From Hodgetts' perspective this is a losing proposition since (1) he would have to take over the management of four "loser" properties rather than Davis's two, an 'unfair' split of the liabilities; (2) he had no interest in managing properties; and (3) he and Davis would be splitting up a long-standing team.


The invention discloses an office program running method and device and a computer system. The method is executed based on a pre-established configuration file, and the configuration file includes path information of a selected office program starting a protective function. The method comprises the steps of comparing path information of the started office program with the path information included in the configuration file after the office program is started; embedding the started office program into a sand box to run under the situation that comparison results are consistent. By adopting the scheme, a starting program is recognized as the selected office program starting the protective function, the selected office program is embedded into the sand box to run, all of operations of the office program are virtual and redirected to prevent the influence of malicious operation on a real system, and the problem of computer poisoning caused by the running office program can be effectively avoided.


This research describes the relationship between supervision leadershipand job satisfaction in the Office Of Population and Civil Registration Padang City. The population in this study were all employees in the Office of  Population and Civil Registration Padang City , at 55employees. The number of samples51 peopletakenby krejcie tablepopulationby usingproportionalstratified random sampling technique. The instrument used in this research is a questionnaireinLikertscale modelwhichhas provenvalidity and reliability.Based on the researchthat has been donecan be concludedthat thejob satisfactionof employeeswho inboth categoriesby 82, 72% andsupervisionleadership the high categoryin the amount of 75,79 %..There is a significant effect of variable x to variable y ie 32.4%.


All-metal detectors and separators are an important component of the peripheral equipment in the production, processing and recycling of polymers. They make a significant contribution to continuity of the production process and to increasing product quality.


Erosion is often a problem when there is not enough protective cover on steep slopes and drainage channels that have been subject to land disturbing activities. The maximum use of vegetation in erosion and sediment control is often referred to as "green engineering" and produces many long-term benefits, including improved visual aesthetics, enhanced infiltration and groundwater recharge, capture of sediments, hydrostatic pressure relief, and reduced flow velocities. Even if properly designed, if not properly installed, rolled erosion control products (RECPs) will probably not function as desired. Conversely, if properly installed, even if not properly designed, RECPs may function very well. Proper installation is imperative. Thus, vegetation and RECPs can provide optimal green erosion control solutions, so long as the RECPs are properly designed and installed and the vegetation is properly selected.


We have developed Stokes polarimeter which can be available over wide terahertz frequency range by using a newly developed silicon quarter-wave plate based on form birefringence. In the system, proper polarization measurements were demonstrated successfully.


Rising commodity prices, consolidating supply markets and ongoing economic pressures are making it difficult for consumer goods companies to maintain margins. Many input costs have more than doubled over the last year, driven by rapid growth in emerging markets, which is fueling an ever-increasing need for raw materials and creating a growing mismatch between demand and supply. In addition, consolidating supplier markets have tipped the competitive balance in favor of suppliers and limited CPG companies' ability to fight price increases. Consumers, under tremendous pressure from the economic downturn, are significantly reducing their purchases or trading down to lower cost products. As a result, companies are having a hard time passing on rising costs to consumers through price increases. Combined, these three forces are creating a perfect storm that threatens the profitability of CPG companies.


Since the 1970s, advances in technology have affected everything, including education, training and the business environment, and jobs have always been challenged between education, economic, social, and environmental disruptions in the best way possible to ensure educational business continuity. Meanwhile, educational technologies have been able to improve educational businesses. In fact, the creation of new concept of SMEs as the driving force of educational development, and 7PS pillars play a key role in the process of community development and educational sustainability. Due to the advancement of technologies, these companies have had one of the fastest growths in the I4.0 and in future of I4.0 (I 5.0) will have the most competition in technology and innovation with each other in the world. According to the 5th wave theory, to enter the edge of tomorrow, they need to be prepared to face tomorrow's crises by identifying and preventing today's challenges and future shocks. In this regard, the role of education in human resource competencies is very essential. Technical and occupational skills training, social and communication training, personal and personality competencies, conversational intelligence, and methodological and creative traits in human resources can promote sustainability in SME businesses. In fact, with constantly evolving engineering education, today a new form of SMEs (Hybrid SMEs) has emerged that considers competitive advantage not only based on the quality of knowledge-based products and services, but also their competitive advantage is the ability to change 7PS pillars changes. Hybrid SMEs/SME 5.0 seek to create acceptable organizations and markets to address specific socio-edu-cultural and environmental issues. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize and manage today's challenges and, according to the 3D model of Socio Eco Environment SMEs, for 1-) forecasting, 2-) preventing, and 3-) facing tomorrow's crises. The ideological principles of Tomorrow's SMEs/SME 5.0 are based on creating value for healthy living, educational, environmental, and social justice, environmental sustainability, and superior quality products and services.


Bioactive compounds such as anthocyanin are a natural ingredient that produces color with typical specificity. Anthocyanin from Ayamurasaki purple sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was extracted in ethanol and used as crude anthocyanin extracts. The color of bioactive anthocyanin can be used as a biosensor to detect chemical of food products because it provides a unique color change. However, the each bioactive has a particular sensitivity and selectivity to a specific chemical, so it is necessary to select and test the selectivity. Six chemicals, which were sodium nitrite, sodium benzoate, sodium cyclamate (food additives), formalin, borax (illegal food preservatives), and residue fertilizer (urea) were tested and observed for its color change. The results showed that the bioactive anthocyanin of purple sweet potato with the concentration of ± 42.65 ppm had better selectivity and sensitivity to sodium nitrite with a detection limit of 100 ppm, where the color change response time ranged from 15-20 minutes. The selectivity and sensitivity of this bioactive can be used as the basic information for the development of biosensor.


With the transformation of the urban-rural market system in the late Qing (1644–1911) and Republican periods (1912–1949), farmers in the rural hinterland of Beijing began using the agricultural slack season for handicraft production or coal mining. These activities diversified the economy from farming to include the production of special commodities. This article advances the concept of village production to examine both the modern transformations of village economic activities in this area and the villagers' experiences of integration into a larger market during the process. By highlighting these shared embodied experiences, this perspective will contribute to the study of China's rural society through understanding how the changes in village production played a role in constructing the villagers' self-identification with the village community.


The paper discusses problems concerning the formation and control of dioxin during pretreatment and burning of urban living rubbish, met with when designing their combustion systems.


This volume offers a collection of 20th-century literary criticism, devoted to Washington Irving, the first American professional writer of distinction. Essays cover his travel writing, short stories, biographies, serious and burlesque histories, and accounts of American frontier life.


PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of flat tubular electrode supporter is provided to secure air path without separate connecting units, by forming an uneven pattern in an electrode assembly, thereby simplifying processes. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of flat tubular electrode supporter comprises: a step of extrusion-molding an flat-pipe type electrode support in which a fuel flow part penetrating along longitudinal direction is formed; a step of cutting the electrode support to the size of a unit cell by pressuring both ends of the electrode support; a step of forming uneven patterns on the surface of the electrode support; and a step of drying the support. The step of forming uneven patterns is conducted by pressurizing a molding flame in which a stamp pattern corresponding to the uneven patterns in the side contacting the electrode support.


I commend Swartout and colleagues on their study (1) in this issue of JAMA Pediatrics for their secondary data analysis of the 2 largest longitudinal data sets of men in college that operationalize sexual assault with a well-validated measure. The results shed additional needed light on the nature of campus sexual assault. By combining 2 data sets, albeit 15 years apart, they maximize our ability to detect the nature of sexual assault on campus. This information will inform better strategies for best identifying, adjudicating, and treating sexually assaultive men. As they point out, one of the major findings is that most men in college do not rape women. In the combined data set, 5.6% of 1645 men committed a sexual assault that met the FBI definition of rape during college. In current conversations about campus sexual assault, many college-aged men believe they are being demonized—if they are not rapists, then they are likely to rape as soon as exposed to a university atmosphere that condones rape. Clearly this is not true, and although all universities need to improve the response to those who are raped and improve accountability for those who do rape, we should avoid any rhetoric that suggests that men at universities are likely to rape and that young women in college should be frightened of the men on their campus in general.... Although the study by Swartout et al in this issue is informative, it also highlights the dearth of high-quality research in the field. Although we have an excellent national survey of sexual assault as part of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey that includes women of college age, there is not sufficient representation of college students in that sample to identify the complex patterns needed to inform campus policy and prevention strategies. The results of the last well-measured population-based multi-university study of perpetration of sexual assault were published in 1987. Another important limitation of this study is that the samples are from only 2 universities in the southeastern United States and are limited in terms of diversity. One was 25.7% black and 5.8% other; the second was only 7.3% black and 3.3% other. Thus, the findings of this important study inform current policy discussions of college sexual assault by highlighting the need for a multifaceted approach to high school and college rape response and prevention. However, the most important finding is that there is insufficient current national research in this field to support the kind of evidence-based policy and programming in campus sexual assault prevention called for by the White House Council on Women and Girls. Although the Campus Climate Surveys will be informative for surveillance, without validated measures, sufficient response rates, and the ability to answer complex research questions about perpetrators, trajectories, and the interplay of risk and protective factors, they will not provide the kind of findings needed. 1 Swartout KM, Koss MP, White JW, Thompson MP, Abbey A, Bellis AL. Trajectory analysis of the campus serial rapist assumption [published online July 13, 2014]. JAMA Pediatr. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0707. Language: en


space POPI+ x x x Facility POPI+ x x x Intermediate activity POPI+ x x x Task-type POPI+ x x x Zone RFID x 1 1 Employee RFID x Table 11.2: Validation matrix. 1 Not possible due to problems with the RFID setup (see section 10.3.1.2). This chapter starts with discussing the results of the validation of USSU in relation to activity behaviour observed in the POPI+ experiment. Then, the validation of USSU with regard to data collected in the RFID experiment is discussed. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the validation results. 11.2 Validation: USSU vs. POPI+ This section discusses the results of the validation of USSU in relation to activity behaviour observed using the activity diaries (i.e. the POPI+ experiment). 11.2.1 Abstract-spaces Both the output of USSU and the output of POPI+ detail the activities on the level of abstract-spaces. The validation of USSU on the usage of abstract-spaces was divided in two parts, namely the usage of workplaces and the usage of meeting spaces. For both types of abstract-spaces the goodness-of-fit between USSU and POPI+ was determined using the following criterion variables: time percentage, mean duration and mean frequency.


1. Physiological and molecular evidence for the presence and functional role of M1 muscarinic cholinergic receptors (mAChRs) in adult guinea‐pig ventricular cells is presented. 2. Whole‐cell clamp measurements of the L‐type calcium current (ICa) in isolated myocytes were performed. Caesium was used to suppress potassium currents. ICa was increased by the muscarinic agonist carbachol in cells pretreated with pertussis toxin which blocked the M2 mAChR‐triggered cascade of intracellular signalling, while it was not changed in untreated cells. 3. If the M2‐mediated regulation of ICa was blocked by directly saturating the cell with cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) through the patch pipette, application of carbachol induced a further small increase of the current above the level reached after cAMP perfusion. This increase was more pronounced in cells pretreated with pertussis toxin. 4. The carbachol‐induced increase of ICa was blocked by the selective M1 mAChR antagonist pirenzepine. 5. The application of high concentrations of carbachol increased the accumulation of [3H]inositol monophosphate up to 240% above control levels. This increase was reduced by application of pirenzepine. 6. The expression of M1 receptor mRNA in ventricular cardiocytes was shown by reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction. 7. These results suggest that M1 mAChR regulation of ICa can be a component of the paradoxical positive inotropism induced by high concentrations of muscarinic agonists.


For an aviation brushless synchronous starter/ generator system, rotors of the main exciter (ME) and main machine (MM) rotate synchronously. Meanwhile, abundant current harmonic in ME's rotor, which is caused by a rotating rectifier, contains rotor position information. Then, the rotor position of MM can be obtained indirectly by signals of ME. In this article, based on rotor current characteristics of the excitation system, the estimated rotor current of ME and MM is employed innovatively for rotor position estimation at low speed. First, the harmonic current characteristics in ME's rotor winding are analyzed, and the low-order harmonic can be used for rotor position increment estimation. However, the rotor current of ME cannot be measured directly. Fortunately, in dq coordinate, it can be estimated by the measurable signal in stator winding. Furthermore, by operations of rotation transformation and low-pass filtering, rotor position increment can be obtained. Meanwhile, by injecting low-frequency rotating signals into MM's stator, the initial rotor position of MM can be obtained by sampling the estimated main field current at a fixed point. Finally, by combining rotor position increment and initial rotor position, sensorless starting control can be realized. The proposed method can avoid the influence of MM's operating state and experiments verify the effectiveness.


To report the 1‐year results of an investigation into whether there is an additive effect between 0.01% atropine and orthokeratology (ortho‐k), in a single‐masked, two‐arm, randomised controlled trial: Combined Atropine with Orthokeratology (AOK) for myopia control study (ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT02955927).


The world eagers to discover clean fuels for future use to power our vehicles and different devices. Further emissions of harmful gases will not lead to survival in this environment. Some noticeable changes should be made instantly in our power producing units whether they are stationary or portable to preserve our environment. This paper explores the recent advancements in electric vehicles, conventional engines. The study also compares the technology used previously and being used in future to make the power-producing units more efficiently and less emissive.


My goal is to provide a general introduction to Foucault's orientation to discourse. The essay focuses first on a review of Foucault's sense of truth, in relation to the construction of regimes and then games of truth, as well as his later focus on parrhesia or truth-telling. The second focus is on the relationship between discourse and power/knowledge. The essay concludes with a brief examination of Foucault's consideration of heterotopian space. This review is intended to serve as a preliminary primer for those encountering Foucault for the first time.


China's tourism and hotel education at tertiary level started in the late 1970s. A lack of qualified tourism educators and employees is a common concern for all levels of Chinese tourism education. Further education and training for the faculty in institutions has become an urgent need for the Chinese government and the institutions themselves. The purposes of this study are to examine the education needs of tourism academics in terms of their perception of the value of upgrading their qualifications, the likelihood of further studies, levels of attainment, preference of study places and possible barriers; to understand the degree of importance of upgrading their qualifications; and to identify the main tourism training and education issues facing China in the twenty‐first century. The results suggest that the Chinese academics perceive upgrading their qualifications and getting more exposure to the outside world as important to them. The training and education issues facing China in the twenty‐first century are improvement of the tourism education system and its structure, improvement in the design of the syllabuses with more language training and the balance of theory and practice, change from a traditional teaching mode to a more modernized innovative and interactive teaching mode, and greater responsiveness of education to the needs of the industry.


Presently, medical practice - increasingly scrutinized by society - is marked by several constraints and limitations of financial, regulatory, bureaucratic and administrative nature. This restrictive, highly regulated environment, that does subvert classical medical practice, vividly contrasts with the laxity by which diverse nonqualified paramedic professionals of the aesthetic area and of the so called complementary and alternative forms of medicine are allowed to practice. The growing area of Cosmetic Dermatology is diversely and not without controversy judged by dermatologists, as a result of the multiple raised unanswered questions that pertain to patient-doctor relationship, litigancy, ethics and deontology. In an open, reflexive fashion, the main challenges ahead that mainly concern regulatory, judicial and ethical issues are presented. Lastly, some practical recommendations are suggested.


This paper proposes a MAC protocol for smart antenna used networks. The basic idea is that the Pulse/Tone exchange, instead of the RTS/CTS handshake, is applied prior to the data transmission. By only changing the transmission initiation method, we can obtain four advantages. First, collisions due to general hidden-node problem can be reduced. Second, the collision between the control frame and the DATA frame due to the directional hidden-node problem can be mitigated. Third, the transmission delay can be reduced by using the fixed contention window value. Finally, the overhead can be reduced because the duration of the Pulse/Tone exchange is much shorter than that of the RTS/CTS handshake. As a result, the higher network throughput can be achieved compared with previous protocols. Simulation results demonstrate the validity and effectiveness of the proposed protocol. Keywords-Smart antennas; ad hoc networks; Pulse/Tone.


Abstract Designing an algorithm with a singly exponential complexity for computing semialgebraic triangulations of a given semialgebraic set has been a holy grail in algorithmic semialgebraic geometry. More precisely, given a description of a semialgebraic set
$S \subset \mathbb {R}^k$
 by a first-order quantifier-free formula in the language of the reals, the goal is to output a simplicial complex
$\Delta $
 , whose geometric realization,
$|\Delta |$
 , is semialgebraically homeomorphic to S. In this paper, we consider a weaker version of this question. We prove that for any
$\ell \geq 0$
 , there exists an algorithm which takes as input a description of a semialgebraic subset
$S \subset \mathbb {R}^k$
 given by a quantifier-free first-order formula
$\phi $
 in the language of the reals and produces as output a simplicial complex
$\Delta $
 , whose geometric realization,
$|\Delta |$
 is
$\ell $
 -equivalent to S. The complexity of our algorithm is bounded by
$(sd)^{k^{O(\ell )}}$
 , where s is the number of polynomials appearing in the formula
$\phi $
 , and d a bound on their degrees. For fixed
$\ell $
 , this bound is singly exponential in k. In particular, since
$\ell $
 -equivalence implies that the homotopy groups up to dimension
$\ell $
 of
$|\Delta |$
 are isomorphic to those of S, we obtain a reduction (having singly exponential complexity) of the problem of computing the first
$\ell $
 homotopy groups of S to the combinatorial problem of computing the first
$\ell $
 homotopy groups of a finite simplicial complex of size bounded by
$(sd)^{k^{O(\ell )}}$
 .


One of the pleasant problems with studying history is that few things are black and white. Many historians have examined, and disagreed on, the South's attempt to preserve its "peculiar institution" and to achieve independence.1 One of history's never-ending, never-to-be-solved controversies concerns Confederate strategy during the American Civil War, about which accusations and counteraccusations began flying soon after the war ended. Three recent investigations by Robert G. Tanner; Pia S. Seagrave and Edward H. Bonekemper III; and Michael A. Palmer take radically different views on Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Southern strategy. Tanner's Retreat to Victory: Confederate Strategy Reconsidered sets out not to reconsider Confederate strategy but to defend it to the hilt.2 Although in places Tanner presents a detailed, cogently argued case, sloppy scholarship, bias, and exaggeration detract from his work. In the 12-page introduction Tanner constructs a straw man, outlining critics' three points. First, the Confederacy should have employed guerrilla tactics. Second, the South should have adopted a Fabian strategy. Finally, Southern military leaders should have adopted a strategy of deep retreat, fighting only when necessary. While historians have agreed on each point to greater or lesser extent, Tanner quotes out of context and overstates his case. Three examples should suffice. To illustrate the guerrilla warfare camp, Tanner quotes Professor Reid Mitchell, "I doubt that the Union could have won the war if the Confederacy had decided to wage it as a guerrilla war."3 Here is Mitchell in context: "It is idle to speculate, but I doubt that the Union could have won the war if the Confederacy had decided to wage it as a guerrilla war. The Union certainly did not succeed in putting down what might be called the postwar guerrilla activity that took place during Reconstruction. But in 1861 the Confederacy did not choose to fight a guerrilla war-because, in large part, it did not seem possible to fight a guerrilla war and keep slavery intact."4 Mitchell was not advocating guerrilla war but explaining why the South could not adopt guerrilla warfare. On defensive war, Tanner quotes Alan T. Nolan, "[T]he South's true grand strategy of the defensive could have kept its armies in the field long enough to wear down the North's willingness to carry on the war."5 Tanner ignores Nolan's concession that limited offensives for political or morale purposes were necessary. Tanner asserts that revisionist British general and historian J.F.C. Fuller argued for a Fabian strategy. Fuller actually argued that the South should have located the capital in Atlanta, fallen back to its natural frontiers, and conducted an offensive-defensive war.6 All the aforementioned are unfortunate because Tanner makes some salient points. Specifically, by 1863, the Confederates had retreated as far as they could. Behind them lay the heartland, agriculture, industry, and slaves. Tanner argues that the Confederacy had to hold Richmond-its industrial and symbolic heart. Further, the Confederacy had to defend the remaining agricultural lands so it could feed itself. And finally, Federal advances accelerated slave desertions, The South simply could not afford to lose both its industrial and its human property. Tanner uses Carl von Clausewitz's On War as a yardstick with which to measure Confederate strategic effectiveness.7 The South fought to achieve independence and to protect slavery. All moral considerations aside, Clausewitz would have approved. Measured against this standard, Tanner argues, the South employed the correct strategy. Few, if any, Civil War-era leaders had heard of Clausewitz, let alone read On War. Instead, nearly all West Point graduates were well versed in Antoine Jomini's The Art of War.8 Perhaps this would have been a better yardstick against which to measure effectiveness. …


Fixed drug eruption is a cutaneous drug reaction which recurs at the same site when the individual is exposed to the causative drug, characterized by single or multiple round sharply demarcated erythematous‐to‐violaceous patches. Here, we report a patient with generalized non‐bullous fixed drug eruption following mRNA‐based Pfizer‐BioNTech COVID‐19 vaccine.


In this paper we give a much more e(cid:14)cient proof that the real Euclidean (cid:30) 4 model on the four-dimensional Moyal plane is renormalisable to all orders. We prove rigorous bounds on the propagator which complete the previous renormalisation proof based on renormalisation group equations for non-local matrix models. On the other hand, our bounds permit a powerful multi-scale analysis of the resulting ribbon graphs. Here, the dual graphs play a particular r^ole because the angular momentum conservation is conveniently represented in the dual picture. Choosing a spanning tree in the dual graph according to the scale attribution, we prove that the summation over the loop angular momenta can be performed at no cost so that the power-counting is reduced to the balance of the number of propagators versus the number of completely inner vertices in subgraphs of the dual graph.


In this study,726 subjects are surveyed by Interpersonal Competence Questionnaires and Friendship Quality Questionnaires.The results show that:(1) Interpersonal competence of adolescents can be divided into 4 types: withdrawn,cognitive,motivational and perfect,with the ratio of 19.5%,21.1%,25.4%,and 34.0% respectively.(2)There are grade and gender differences in the types of adolescents' interpersonal competence.(3)Significant type differences are found in four dimensions of friendship quality.


SUMMARY This study was conducted to evaluate the apples 'Anna,' 'Elba,' 'Maayan,' and 'Agua Nueva II' (self-pollination) as pollinators. 'Agua Nueva II' apple trees grafted onto the rootstock MM106 were used. Conduction was a trellis system, with distances between plants of 2, 3, and 4 m. Three experiments were set up: in Experiment 1 branches with flowers from each of the pollinators were placed inside the crowns of the 'Agua Nueva II' trees, while in Experiments 2 and 3 pollination was done manually. The flowering period of 'Maayan' apple was that which best overlapped with that of 'Agua Nueva II,' and it was found that the cultivars 'Anna,' 'Elba,' and 'Maayan' are compatible with 'Agua Nueva II.' with 18.7; 12.9 y de 13.4 a 19.0 % fruit set, respectively. In the cultivar Agua Nueva II, a response of self-incompatibility was found, with between 0 and 0.85 % fruit set after self-pollination.


Lymphocytes from patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were found to undergo lysis when exposed to rabbit complement. A simple test procedure for quantitating this phenomenon was devised. In patients with active SLE and severe leukopenia, lymphocytes dropped to 29% after incubation with complement. The mean percent survival of lymphocytes from 15 patients with active SLE was 52 (21–78%). In 50 control subjects there was little or no decrease in the number of lymphocytes after exposure to complement. The results suggest that circulating lymphocytes of patients with active SLE may be coated with autoantibody rendering them susceptible to lysis upon addition of complement.


The last decade has seen the huge impact of globalization on the way organizations perform their routine activities with a greater than before extent of focus on project management in order to be i ...