Morphology and thermal properties of polyurethane synthesized from 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), polyester polyol, and 1,4-butane diol are investigated using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). From the FT-IR study, it is found that the stretching peaks of hydrogen bonded N-H and C=O are shifted to the low frequencies with the increase of hard segment content of the polyurethanes. The shift of the stretching peaks of hydrogen bonded N-H and C=O indicates that the degree of hydrogen bonding is increased. From the DSC study, it appears that the glass transition temperature () of the polyurethanes is increased with the increase of the hard segment content. Also, it is found that the polyurethanes investigated in this study have the homogeneous network structure due to the high functionality of the MDI. From the DMTA study, transition of the soft segment was not found. Therefore it is concluded that the polyurethanes investigated in this study have the one-phase morphology which is consistent with the DSC results.


The article talks about local culture in South Sulawesi as the inspiration source for the painters in Makassarin visual anthropology point of view. The local culture consists of material as well as non material cultureincluding Perahu Pinisi (Pinisi Boat), Baju Bodo,Aksara (Bodo Aksara Dress), Mythos and legend, and alsoPesona Alam (the beauty of nature). The culture is expressed in the work of representational as well as nonrepresentationalpainting. The visual anthropology analysis is used to help understanding the phenomena of"new visual" presented by the painters as an effort to present the new element and form of the imaged localculture. The form of representational work can be seen in the cultural themes such as Perahu Pinisi, BajuBodo, and Pesona Alam. The work also presents the complete and proportional visual elements so thatcultural objects can be photographically imagined even in different situation. For the reason, the closerelationship between the inspiring local culture and the inspired painting symbolically has an equal value,while non-representational work is imaginatively described by the painter. The visual values are illustratedbased on aesthetic fiction, experience, and the deep information from alphabet, mythos, and legend. In thispainting, the painter has different interpretation in visualize the information in case of form, color, andcomposition. Thus, the imagination and reality of culture cannot be separated from the owner's community sothat it will always appear as the new identity and personality through the new visualization product. Keywords: culture, local, inspiration, anthropology, visual


In certain types of Old Bodish transitive verbs (Types 2, 7, 8), the initial of the imperative is regularly aspirated and would correspond to what Li believed to be the primitive form of the verb except for morphophonic change. But aspiration of these stems does not occur in the imperative in West Bodish, as it does in Old and Central Bodish. Citable examples from Sbalti and Burig are almost wanting. For Burig, Francke gives the imperative tog, corresponding to O.B. t'ogs "fasten!", and Bailey has tsăt-"awake", im. tsot. The last might have been aspirated if aspiration were characteristic of the West Bodish imperative; however, the only related form in Old Bodish is sod-pa, sad-pa. But it is significant that neither Read, pp. 46–7, nor Bailey, p. 17, in their discussion of the changes occurring in the West Bodish imperative, mention any alteration of the initial. Nor does Jäschke in his Tibetan Grammar. On the contrary, Jaschke does provide some positive proof that aspiration does not occur hi the West Bodish imperative in the few West Bodish (Ladwags or Lahul dialect) imperative forms in his grammar (99–101), and still more in his dictionary:—


A lthough not completely understood, acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory response involving the pancreas and, in some cases, other organ systems. Etiologically, it is often linked to cholelithiasis or chronic ethanol abuse, and presentation generally involves abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. In severe cases, pancreatic enzymes, vasoactive materials, and other toxic substances are circulated throughout the body, evoking a systemic inflammatory response. Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation and laboratory results, and primary treatment consists of supportive care. An estimated 185,000 cases of acute pancreatitis, a potentially fatal illness, occur each year in the United States. Despite improvements in supportive approaches and the monitoring of patients in intensive care, overall mortality rates remain between 4% and 9% and up to 40% of cases may remain undetected until autopsy.


ABSTRACT We study set-valued mappings defined by solution sets of parametric systems of equalities and inequalities. We prove Lipschitz-like continuity of these mappings under relaxed constant rank constraint qualification.


We present a method for manipulating individual sites in an optical lattice which enables the creation of defects within otherwise periodic light patterns. The modified optical lattice is created by interference of plane waves and spiral phase waves. Spiral phase modulation and the optical vortices that result are well suited for addressing single rows of fringes in the lattice owing to the localized wrap of the phase front. The size and shape of local fringes can be tuned or dynamically split and recombined by controlling the relative phase of the incident waves.


Tunable coherent extreme ultraviolet radiation has been generated in CO by two-photon resonant third harmonic generation via the A1Π(ν' = 4) ← X1Σ+ (ν'' = 0) transition. The third harmonic spectrum exhibits resolved and improved rotational lines due to the expansion cooling of the molecular beam. The saturation and the phase-matching of the nonlinear process are also discussed.


A substantiated scientific and technological approach to the design of bituminous binders compositions by compounding unoxidized petroleum feedstocks is one of the key drivers in the development and production of technologically and energy-efficient bituminous binders and asphalt concrete with improved properties for a reliable road surface based on them. A targeted approach to the group composition of bituminous dispersions will help to resolve the issue of developing effective, time-stable and reproducible bituminous compositions. Therefore, the purpose of study is to develop compositions of compounded unoxidized bitumen (BKn) grade 50/70 and to evaluate the effectiveness relative to the trademark BND 50/70. In the work, the following products are considered as components of oil refining for subsequent compounding into BKn 50/70 bitumen: tar, fuel oil, deasphalting asphalt. A comprehensive analysis of results demonstrates the possibility of obtaining a technical result from the use of compounding techniques for unoxidized petroleum feedstock, which consists in the formation of a "sol-gel" dispersed binder structure. It is shown that the designed composition of the bituminous binder is characterized by a stable and resistant structure to thermal destruction. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the developed compositions of BCN is carried out by calculating generalized performance criteria for each composition.


Variational mode decomposition (VMD) has been widely applied to the field of machinery fault diagnosis due to its good time-frequency decomposition capability. However, the performance of the VMD for extraction of fault transient components is dependent on proper parameters in the method and is not satisfactory under noisy conditions. This paper proposes a new method, termed multi-bandwidth mode manifold (Triple M, TM), to extract the real fault transient components for fault diagnosis of rolling bearings. The new TM method unites multiple fault-related modes with different bandwidths by a nonlinear manifold learning algorithm. The modes with large bandwidths contain more fault-related information while those with small bandwidths contain less fault-unrelated components and noise. The advantages of different fault-related modes are fully used by the proposed method, leading to clear fault transients that facilitates the bearing fault detection. First, an efficiency-improved VMD method named recycling VMD (RVMD) is performed on the bearing signal repeatedly with different parameter values to obtain the fault-related modes with different bandwidths, i.e., the multi-bandwidth modes. Then, the manifold learning algorithm is carried out to extract the intrinsic manifold structure of bearing fault transient components from the multi-bandwidth modes. Finally, the bearing fault type is identified from the extracted feature with clear fault transients. The enhanced performance of the proposed method over the traditional methods is validated by a simulation analysis and two experimental applications of bearing defect identifications.


The imbalance of amyloid‐β (Aβ) production and clearance causes aggregation of Aβ1‐42 monomers to form fibrils and amyloid plaques, which is an indispensable process in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and eventually leads to pathological changes and cognitive impairment. Consequently, Aβ1‐42 is the most important target for the treatment of AD. However, developing a single treatment method that can recognize Aβ1‐42, inhibit Aβ1‐42 fibrillation, eliminate amyloid plaques, improve cognitive impairments, and alleviate AD‐like pathology is challenging. Here, a coassembly composed of cyclodextrin (CD) and calixarene (CA) is designed, and it is used as an anti‐Aβ therapy agent. The CD–CA coassembly is based on the previously reported heteromultivalent recognition strategy and is able to successfully eliminate amyloid plaques and degrade Aβ1‐42 monomers in 5xFAD mice. More importantly, the coassembly improves recognition and spatial cognition deficits, and synaptic plasticity impairment in the 5xFAD mice. In addition, the coassembly ameliorates AD‐like pathology including prevention of neuronal apoptosis and oxidant stress, and alteration of M1/M2 microglial polarization states. This supramolecular approach makes full use of both molecular recognition and self‐assembly of macrocyclic amphiphiles, and is a promising novel strategy for AD treatment.


The finite numerical method simulated laser- heated material, the finite difference model with implicit format of the transient temperature field was developed for the material. This model takes account of the temperature- dependence of the thermal physical parameters of the material. The result shows as the transient temperature field distribution. According to the conclusion of the distribution concentrating a very small area, a theoretical basis for laser processing and laser ultrasonic generation was established.


Transmitting and processing terahertz (THz) signals in a chip‐scale form are tremendously important due to extensive demands for these signals in various applications ranging from sensing, imaging, communication, and spectroscopy. However, developing compact and low‐loss THz devices is still a challenging task. Herein, a novel waveguide structure consisting of a graphene‐embedded slot waveguide sandwiched between two cylindrical metal wires operating in the THz range of f = 1–5 THz is proposed. By appropriately modulating the mode hybridizing from the graphene slot waveguide and cylindrical metal wires, the resultant mode obtains a long propagation distance of 192 μm, while maintaining an ultrasmall mode area of 1.7 × 10−4, thereby achieving an unprecedented high figure of merit (FoM) = 12 985. Compared with other reported structures, the proposed structure outperforms other reported structures in term of FoM, crosstalk, and fabrication difficulty. Furthermore, the degree of integration is evaluated by analyzing crosstalk between adjacent waveguides. With an edge‐to‐edge spacing of 2.7 μm, the power transfer between waveguides can be ignored and the crosstalk is approximately frequency independent. It is believed that the proposed design paves an insightful approach into designing a wider variety of promising THz photonic integrated circuits.


The results of the implementation of an external accent recognition system and its integration into massive open online courses platform Moodle are reported. Accent recognition becomes important in foreign languages learning to provide a feedback to a student on a presence of a certain unwanted accent in a foreign language pronunciation. Implementation of several accent recognition methods and their comparison is provided. It is shown that neural networks provide the most reliable recognition given the accented utterances from Wildcat Corpus of Native- and Foreign-Accented English.


The invention relates to an anti-chemical corrosion resin for making refrigerator liners, in particular to a refrigerator liner resin for resisting cyclopentane, pentafluoropropane, dichloropheno-fluoride ethane, which comprises polystyrene 15 to 70 percent, polyethylene 8 to 70 percent, compatilizer 5 to 25 percent, thermoplastic elastomer 5 to 18 percent, Tissuemat E 0.2 to 0.6 percent and zincstearate 0.2 to 0.5 percent. The compatilizer comprises glycidyl methacrylate 0.1 to 3.5 percent, acrylic acid 0.1 to 3.5 percent, methyl methacrylate 0.1 to 3.5 percent, dicumyl peroxide 0.03 to 0.15 percent, antioxidant 10 or antioxidant 168 0.2 to 1.2 percent and polyethylene 2 to 15 percent, wherein, the unit is mass percent to the gross of refrigerator liner resin. The anti-chemical corrosion resin can be directly used or co-extruded together with HIPS refrigerator material. The anti-chemical corrosion resin for making refrigerator liners has the advantages of high reuse rate and good compatibility.


Supposedly guided by spirits from another world, the planchette glides from letter to letter on a Ouija board, spelling out words. One can characterize the difficulty of a word by the distance the planchette must travel to spell the words (visiting the letters in the order of their appearance in the word). The table below gives the shortest-travel and the longest-travel words of various lengths, in pixels using the Ouija board at http://www.brainjar.comldhtml.ouija/graphics/board.jpg. The ratio of the longest to the shortest travel is given in the final column.


Feature selection is the process of choosing a subset of relevant as well as irredundant features from a bigger set. In other words, it removes redundant and irrelevant features from original set. In this paper, a new algorithm which is called bidirectional ant colony optimization feature selection (BDACOFS) based on ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm and inspired from ACOFS (a recently proposed feature selection method) is presented. In the proposed algorithm, problem is modeled by a circular graph in which every node has only two arcs to its subsequent node. One of arcs represents selecting and another implies deselecting the next node. In addition, heuristic desirability of every node's selection is calculated according to two factors; one is related to discrimination ability of features and second one is related to mutual information among features. The proposed algorithm has been tested against some well-known datasets and its performance has been compared to some well-known algorithms. The result indicates that proposed algorithm by adding mutual statistical information to its heuristic desirability could remove more redundant features than original ACOFS. Meanwhile it keeps classification accuracy as highly as the original ACOFS.


Luo et al. proposed a new method to design the maximally permissive and efficient supervisor for enforcing linear constraints on an ordinary Petri net with uncontrollable transitions. In order to develop this method, Theorem 3 is given. It is claimed that 'a linear constraint can be equivalently transformed at an uncontrollable transition into a disjunction of weakly admissible ones.' However, this result is erroneous. In this correspondence paper, a counterexample contradicting it is presented.


The utility model relates to a soft olive-shaped heavy ball, the appearance thereof is similar to a football and in an elliptical ball shape and one side is provided with an air charging inlet; the outer layer of the ball is a natural rubber layer molded by foaming processing and vulcanization, the inner layer is an inner bag, and the inner bag can be filled with filler prepared by a weight requirement. The ball of the utility model is convenient for grasping and hand feeling is soft and comfortable, which can make different weights and specifications according to the requirements of different sportsmen and body builders. The utility model is suitable for common strength training and body-building, which is not only suitable for specially training the muscle and the strength of a waist and an abdomen of football athletes, but also suitable for the auxiliary training of the athletes of baseball, softball, handball, basketball, etc., can also used as a strength training item for track men and common body builders.


Sulforaphane, the hydrolytic product of glucoraphanin glucosinolate, is a potent anticarcinogen that reduces the risk of several human cancers. However, in most B. rapa vegetables, glucoraphanin is undetectable or only present in trace amounts, since the glucoraphanin that is present is converted to gluconapin by three functional BrAOP2 genes. In this study, to enrich beneficial glucoraphanin content in B. rapa, the functional BrAOP2 alleles were replaced by non-functional counterparts through marker-assisted backcrossing (MAB). We identified non-functional mutations of two BrAOP2 genes from B. rapa. The backcross progenies with introgression of both non-functional braop2.2 and braop2.3 alleles significantly increased the glucoraphanin content by 18 times relative to the recurrent parent. In contrast, replacement or introgression of single non-functional braop2.2 or braop2.3 locus did not change glucoraphanin content. Our results suggest that replacement of these two functional BrAOP2 genes with non-functional alleles has the potential for producing improved Brassica crops with enriched beneficial glucoraphanin content.


In 1538 Luther and Melanchthon caused the expulsion of the poet Simon Lemnius from the University of Wittenberg on the grounds of his poems (Simonis Lemnii Epigrammaton libri duo. Vitebergae 1538). The impact of these epigrams lay in their praise of Albert, Archbishop on Mainz, whom Luther regarded as his major adversary at that time. This praise comprehended the attack on the morality of Wittenberg, the center of the Reformation, and thereby gained its true explosive power. In addition several of the poems were written so that they pointed directly at specific, recognizable persons. Lemnius himself must have been surprised at the enormous effect of his poetic offerings. Evidently Melanchthon cannot be accused to have been afraid of Luther. It is unfair to say that he therefore forsook his pupil Lemnius against his own convictions. The two reformers proceeded with single-minded purpose against the poet. The sympathetic view of Lemnius as the poor, innocent, persecuted poet, which has held to this day, proves to be a legend, carefully nurtured with much skill by Lemnius himself. 72. Vgl. die Apologia. 73. In dem 3. Buch der Epigramme und in der Apologia.


The exposures to surface of 6 cm compressed breast, in a survey of widely differing mammographic techniques, are statistically compared by type of receptor utilized. It was found that although skin exposures differ widely, the exposure to receptor surface for techniques acceptable to radiologists, fall in a narrow range depending on the receptor and the x-ray equipment used. Assuming breast tissue to have composition equivalent to 5O% fat and 5O% muscle, depth exposure values have been calculated from measurements of Boag, et al 6 for four different spectra relevant to mammography. From the values of exposures required at the surface of different receptors, the depth exposure values and the energy fluence per Roentgen in the spectra considered, the skin exposures and energy retained per amt for 6 cm breast have been calculated. The possibilities of reduction of skin exposure or the energy retained in the breast tissue by choice of receptor, mammography equipment, and optimum radiographic techniques are discussed.


Encouraging and mentoring young minds, consistently finding new ways to use her love of climbing and adventure to promote character and leadership development, and always ready for the next big challenge, Ally Siegel '16 fearlessly pushes herself to achieve more, inspiring others to do the same. [excerpt]


WE present our readers with two more facsimiles on a reduced sc.-ile of the etchings from the famous debating book of 1850. The originals have been appreciated almost out of existence, and their reproduction and conservation in the pages of the "Downside Review" can scarcely fail to be of service in recalling to the generation of thirty years ago some of the features and figures of their time, while to that of to-day the idea· which they give. of Downside as it was, and the comparisons which they invite with Downside as it is, present also much that is interesting and instructive. The diary of Mr. Pips, a grave gentleman of the middle of this century, simple yet shrewd as was his great prototype (and, we must suppose) ancestor refers to the period now upwards of thirty years since, when having a boy at the old Downside of that time, his paternal heart leads him to make frequent visits to his offspring, and the family peculiarity to note in his diary his impressions of the place and the manners and customs of its inhabitants. To rightly enter into the spirit of his observations no doubt it is necessary that one should have been a boy of those days, for the Downside of 1850 and the Downside of 1881, both as to their internal and external features, present many remarkable distinctions. An entire generation has passed between these dates: the boy at school of that time is himself to-day the Mr. Pips who takes Iris boy to the old school, and though the distinctions which have arisen are many and remarkable, still so strong is the force of conservatism and tradition that in many respects the Downside of to-day is the Downside of 1850. The son will as likely as not occupy the same bench, the same desk as his father did before him, sleep in the same bed (and in the same class-room), be animated by the same hopes and fears, and stimulated by the application of the same efiective and wholesome incentive to learning. The record of the manners and customs as Mr. Pips gives it to us is all the more interesting from the fact that it was made at an


This chapter contains labor market projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data set out here are used as a basis for more specific projections in the next four chapters.


One new compound named smilglaside F (1 ) and five known ones (2-6 ) were isolated from the EtOAc portion of the 95% ethanolic extract of Smilax perfoliata Lour. by silica gel and ODS column chromatography. On the basis of chemical and spectral methods, they were identified as 1, 6-O-diferuloyl(3-O-p-coumaroyl)-β-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-2-O-acetyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (1 ), rutin (2 ), narcissin (3 ), cassiamin A (4 ), cassiamin B (5 ) and 1, 2, 3-trimethoxy-5-hydroxyphenol-1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (6 ) , respectivety. Compounds 1 , 3-6 were obtained from the genus Smilax for the first time.


The connection between policing and whiteness remains an undertheorized area of police studies. In this article, I explore ordinary policing behaviors through the lens of critical whiteness studies in an effort to understand how White police officers actively make, or fail to make, meaning of race in the context of their work. Drawing on ethnographic work with three police departments in the Midwest, I describe the racial anxieties and insecurities White officers express at the possibility of being viewed as engaging in racializing behaviors. Of particular interest is the power of the crime control focus orienting everyday policing practice in displacing attention from the many ways race, and particularly whiteness, matters in policing. I conclude by discussing the implications this line of inquiry holds for making discussions about the role of white privilege in policing more productive.


The free streaming operator T is considered in a convex three dimensional region V, with diffusive multiplying boundary conditions. Some mathematical properties of T are examined by writing the particle density as an infinite series which takes into account successive reflections on ∂V, and by introducing an operator which in some sense annihilates the multiplying effect of ∂V.


All-optical unscrambling of four 10Gb/s mixed modes on a silicon photonic chip with less than -20 dB crosstalk and with a power penalty between 2 and 1dB at BER level of 10-8 is presented.


Contemporary Europe needs to make important collective economic and foreign-policy decisions. Many authors argue that uncertainty has influence on the markets' behavior. Therefore, we have decided to analyze the impact of the uncertainty on the returns and the volatility of two major European market indices Germany (DAX) and the U.K. (FTSE 100) across selected quantiles. We present results for the time-period from January 3, 2000 to December 30, 2016. As influential factors, we consider the Economic policy uncertainty (EPU) indices for Europe, the United Kingdom, Brexit and low prices of the crude oil. In our paper, we have found an asymmetric dependence of the analyzed market indices on the selected factors. EPU Brexit had no or weak impact on the analyzed data. Our conclusion shows to investors how sensitive German and English markets are to the uncertainty in Europe.


This paper describes two species of the genus Maerothele Ausserer from China. Among these, one is a new species, collected from Meitan County (27°40'N, 107°30'E) of Guizhou Province. All specimens including the types (holotype ♀, paratypes 2♀♀) are kept in the Department of Biology, Shandong University.Macrothele guizhouensis sp. nov. (figs. 1-7)This new species is allied to Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901, but it differs fram the latter in the larger body size, the exolateral structure of trochanter of pedipalpus, the structure of epigynium and especially the coiled copulatory tubes.


It is an object of the invention to induce a biological relates to a biometric authentication device for personal authentication using biometric information, to properly perform the living body image pickup by non-contact. And predicting a future location of the message display time from the position of the past n meeting vivo image pickup device 1, and the control unit (3) for selecting a guidance message according to its position, the display device 20 to output an appropriate message have. Because the prompting of the predicted position, and can shorten the time for deriving the optimum imaging range, it is possible to prevent the output of the in vivo movement in the opposite direction message, it can be prevented from causing the user embarrassment It can improve the authentication rate.


A multi-agent system (MAS) uses multiple interacting intelligent agents with the support of the computerized system. During this COVID-19 pandemic, there is a requirement to improve service for patients to fulfill the ongoing challenges. This technology provides a digital service continuously for the patients. An MAS-based platform is helpful for different scenarios during this pandemic. This article discusses significant components, as used for developing an MAS to handle COVID-19 situations. Finally, it discusses various significance applications of an MAS for COVID-19 pandemic patients. The knowledge and data required to solve the COVID-19 pandemic are distributed spatially in different locations, which add constraints, toward proper planning of the treatment of patients to combat this pandemic. Governments accept that their systems cannot stop the widespread transmission of this virus. However, by flattening the curve, the mortality rate can be reduced. MAS consist of autonomous entities, also known as agents, who work collaboratively. By using MAS, lots of real-world data of the emerging situation such as an outbreak can be processed gainfully. It will allow doctors and organizations to create flexible models of potential scenarios.


noise-containing conditions. Tbe utMty will become visible whell the proposed are applied for simulrancous common line determination, Funhennore, thc calculation spe ¢ d and the computeT resources by the feuture-bascd mcthod are 1/17 larger than those by the coTTelation method. Thus thc proposed approach, a feuture-bused commen }ine search mcthod, can be an adequate substitute for sinogram cormlation


To Figure out the inner law of the housing price in Beijing and the key factors that influence the housing price, quantitative analysis is used through three statistical tools: autoregressive moving average model, linear regression model and random forest model. The first model shows that the coefficient of autoregressive part is greater than one, revealing an increasing trend of housing price. The second model shows that there are four factors, number of residents in Beijing, production of tertiary industry, per capita urban disposal income, number of elementary school students, have strong linear relationship with the housing price. From the third model, there are three factors, number of subways, number of buses and number of medical institutions, may have strong non-linear relationship with housing price. Then the conclusions that the increasing trend of housing price in Beijing may be kept in the future, there are 7 main factors having robust relationship with the housing price in Beijing, though some of them may not be linear and the statistical tools can be really helpful in analyzing the field of housing price or some other fields have been reached.


In present study the temporal dimension of amodal completion in visual occlusion was investigated. We supposed that the visual system prefers to complete normally (vertically-horizontally) oriented contours than the oblique ones. Using the prime-matching paradigm we investigated the strength of amodal primes effects on processing speed of relating test figures. Both, prime and test stimuli were presented in normal and oblique (45o) orientations. The primes were pairs of identical figures: CC (truncked squares), SS (hexagons) and AA (amodal patterns: circle occludes either amodal C or amodal S). Temporal distribution of stimuli: prime 400ms, ISIs 20ms and test figures until response. Test figures were the "same" pairs, CC and SS, and the "different" pairs, SC and CS. Each "same" test figures had its identical prime (CC => CC or SS => SS) and its amodal prime (AA => CC and AA => SS). The subjects were asked to answer whether the figures in test stimuli were same or different. The "same" RTs were analysed. The effect of amodal prime was systematically weaker (longer RT) than the effect of identical primes. Orientation was not significant factor. The significant partial interaction prime x orientation was obtained for C test figures: the effect of amodal prime was closer to effect of identical prime when the contour was normally oriented. In the case of S test figures the interaction was not obtained. We concluded that the more symmetric test figure (S) was resistant to the prime effect.


Long time observation is performed of natural wind at the Balinghe Valley.The turbulent characteristics,including gust factor,turbulence intensity,integral scale and wind spectrum,are summarized based on a large number of measured data.It is shown that the gust factor,turbulence intensity at the deep valley are higher than those at the plain;the average value of integral scales of turbulence components,including alongwind component,lateral component and upward component are 158m,94m and 42m respectively.Compared with fitted results,alongwind component of Simiu spectra is larger in the low frequency region,and smaller in the high frequency region,while lateral component of Simiu spectra and upward component of Panofsk spectra are smaller on the whole.


Despite great successes in metal halide perovskites, most of them were achieved in lead-based perovskites (Pb-PVSKs), in which the Pb-toxicity inhibits practical deployments. Various less-toxic sub...


We experimentally demonstrate that InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) lasers exhibit high reflection insensitivity in the wide temperature range of 293 K to 353 K, which is due to the low and thermal stable linewidth enhancement factor. This work shows the potential of QD lasers as uncooled and isolator-free on-chip laser sources for next-generation photonic integrated circuits.


The Beam Energy Scan program has been undertaken at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), at BNL, to search for the QCD critical point (CP). This program covers the wide range of colliding energies corresponding to the baryon chemical potential ranging from 20 MeV to 410 MeV [1] in the QCD phase diagram . Figure 1 is our current understanding of the QCD phase diagram. Close to μB = 0, according to Lattice QCD calculations, a cross over from hadronic state to a state where the relevant degree of freedom is partonic. The characteristic signature for the CP is the divergence of the thermodynamic susceptibilities of conserved quantities like net-charge,


The objective of this study is to analyze the historical and educational path of Salesiano school of Santa Teresa located in Corumbá-MS, a religious catholic institution, with educational activities since 1889. In this study, we elected the years of 1899 to 1972. The proposal is to emphasize educational phases of the establishment in the city. The rst phase when it was a school dedicated to the elite, and the second phase with educational and assistance works associated to the school. We aim to comprehend how the curriculum was created. We know that it is a social process made by con icts, ghts, interests, controls, rituals and different social conceptions.


In the current era of globalisation ȧand regional economic integration, localised concerns with cultural identity, historical memory and collective belonging are assuming a new significance. Rather than signalling the end of localised identities, however, the current period has infused processes of identity formation with elements of political economy. One central component of political economy through which these processes are being expressed is tourism. In this context, as the social sciences have begun to take tourism seriously when addressing broader issues of culture and society, this paper elaborates on new arenas through which processes of identity formation are being articulated. Drawing on a current research project focused on cultural tourism in Dali, Yunnan Province, China, the discussion emphasises the extent to which cultural identities are appropriated, constructed and traded through and around material objects of touristic exchange. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The invention relates to the field of food hygiene and safety, particularly to a bacterial colony total number rapid detection card and an application method thereof. The bacterial colony total number rapid detection card is compose of a lower layer and an upper layer, wherein the lower layer is composed of a first transparent resin layer, a first transparent double-faced adhesive layer, a first gel layer and a ventilation layer which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top; the upper layer is composed of a second gel layer, a second transparent double-faced adhesive layer and a second transparent resin layer; the upper layer and the lower layer are in hinge connection; the ventilation layer is provided with through holes for placing sample solutions; the first gel layer is uniformly mixed with cultivation matrix powder. The application method comprises taking hollow-out blow molding paper as the ventilation layer and is cultivated in an incubator of 35-37 DEG C for 24-28 hours, counting the number of bacterial colonies, and performing conversion to obtain the total number of bacterial colonies in the sample. The structure and the application method of the bacterial colony total number rapid detection card have the advantages that dry powder are uniformly adhered onto transparent double-faced adhesives; the ventilation layer is environmentally friendly in materials and facilitates through hole forming; the transparent resin layers are provided with squares through printing for facilitating number counting. During application, the bacterial colony total number rapid detection card and the application method thereof are rapid in operation, high in sensitivity, accurate in counting and low in cost.


[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the activation of subdivisions of the gluteus medius during modified unilateral weight-bearing exercises using a pressure-biofeedback unit in order to suggest the most effective exercise method. [Subjects] We recruited 15 healthy adult females with no pain in the gluteus medius and no other orthopedic problems in the lower limbs. [Methods] The enrolled individuals performed four modified unilateral biofeedback exercises: wall-press with adduction force, WP-ADD; wall-press with abduction force, WPABD; wall-squat with adduction force, WS-ADD; and wall-squat with abduction force. [Results] The anterior and middle fibers of the gluteus medius were highly activated during WP-ADD, and the posterior fiber of the gluteus medius was activated during WS-ABD. [Conclusion] These results suggest that weight-bearing exercises for gluteus medius strengthening should be more specific, and chosen based on the characteristics of each subdivision.


Abstract Floating breakwaters are commonly used for shoreline protection in coastal areas and may offer a relatively cost-effective method for embankment protection in irrigation reservoirs. This s...


Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, and Marx, and Foucault - what really links these and other 'classic' political theorists? Not, argues Terence Ball, their common status as 'dead, white, European males', but instead the exciting and compelling way in which they can speak to us today. Professor Ball begins by setting out his liberating view of the way we should approach 'classic' texts. Using an approach that is both 'problem-driven' and methodologically 'pluralist', Ball offers new readings - and reappraisals - of key authors and classic works in political theory. Throughout he argues that the importance of the great texts lies in their repeated reinterpretation in the light of problems that arise for present-day readers. This tour-de-force, always entertaining and eclectic, focuses on the core problems surrounding many of the major thinkers. Was Machiavelli really amoral? Why did language matter so much to Hobbes - and why should it matter to us? Are the roots of the totalitarian state to be found in Rousseau? Were the utilitarians sexist in their view of the franchise? Written in lively and accessible styly, the book will provoke debate among students and scholars alike. Throughout, Terence Ball shows just how exciting and important political theory can be.


In forensic science, the interpretation of DNA mixture proˆles and small amounts or degraded DNA proˆles is challenging due to di‹culties in evaluating the contribution of the person of interest ( e.g., victim and suspect ) . In recent years, some probabilistic genotyping software programs based on a continuous model were developed to promote the interpretation of complex DNA proˆles. The model uses quantitative information of peak heights in the DNA proˆle and considers the eŠect of stutters and allelic drop-out. Therefore, the model is eŠective for interpreting complex DNA proˆles, and some software based on the model that has been applied to actual caseworks. This review provides the concept of probabilistic genotyping based on a continuous model. We explain calculation principles of likelihood ratios, weight values, and expected peak heights in the continuous model. We also discuss the current issues of software validation, management of artifact peaks, and the estimation of the number of contributors.


Within the framework of a taxonomic revision of the genus Eliokarmos we here describe a new species from Pella se Berge in South Africa. Eliokarmos craibii sp. nov. is at first sight related to E. decus-montium and E. pendens , but the former can be clearly differentiated by the 2(−3) succulent, appressed, proteranthous leaves with lateral portions bent upwards, giving the appearance of thickened raised margins; the dimorphic filaments; the yellow ovary which is slightly verrucose in the upper half and white below; and the pyriform, apiculate seeds with papillate testa. A complete description is presented for this species, and data on morphology, ecology, and distribution are reported. Affinities and divergences with E. decus-montium and E. pendens are also discussed.


this paper presents a flooding risk analysis in an area of 9 square kilometres placed in Burguillos, a village located
in Seville province. This sort of study allows us to obtain data that will be used to permit a better land-use planning in the area,
establishing appropriate risk management policies to handle the development of the main human activities with the lowest
associated risk. In consequence, future architectural and engineering projects would be preferentially located in lower
vulnerability areas, thus minimizing the risk level for inhabitants and infrastructures.


For many centuries, philosophers have questioned whether divine omniscience is compatible with human freedom. If God timelessly observes human actions (Boethius), God's knowledge depends upon human choices, but if God's timeless knowledge is somehow causal (Aquinas), human beings cannot be held responsible for their actions. If God exists within time, however, either God still somehow knows our future actions (Ockham), which are thereby determined, or God has no knowledge of future events (Swinburne), and is thereby both limited and repeatedly surprised by our immoral choices.
This paper argues that there is a satisfactory way out of this impasse which is both compatible with the scriptures of the Abrahamic faiths and more helpful in religious practice. Based on analysis of a range of texts from the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and the Qur'an, it develops Don Cupitt's suggestion that God's knowledge is not knowledge in general, but knowledge of that which is religiously relevant – i.e. of the nature of good and evil and human moral behaviour. It is then argued that God resembles, or is, the Platonic Form of the Good, an objectively-existing moral standard, and that divine omniscience must therefore be understood as the light which that standard casts upon our own moral worth. If the divine standard is described in terms of the metaphor of personhood in order to aid human comprehension, then God is, metaphorically, a person who scrutinizes our moral behaviour and sometimes finds us wanting. Thus, the divine 'observes' us, and we are free to try to reflect its goodness or to choose otherwise.


The present study aims to design and evaluate of Self Control Dripper"SCD"to control the water management in sand soil. The study evaluate self control dripper under different factories as rubber thickness"TH"of 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 mm, sensor volume"V"of 25 and 75 ml, burial depth  of 5, 10,15 and 20 cm, water head"H"40, 60, 80 and 100 cm and water outlet length"L"of 10, 20 and 30cm. The evaluation achieved by wetness radius of soil water,"R"cm, adding water"Q"l and adding water time"T"min. The results concluded that; the best size of sensor was 25 ml and the best rubber thickness of were 3.5 to 4 mm.The relation between mention factors and wetted radius R (cm) was:


The title molecule, C25H20N2O4S, is a rare example of the 1H,6H-pyrrolo[3,4-f]indole ring system, and shows the tricyclic fused ring system to be essentially planar.


This article aims to improve students in Vocational and Technical College computer teaching to cultivate their comprehensive application ability,combined with their own teaching practice,in- depth analysis,and the basic computer application teaching in Vocational and Technical College related aspects,such as teaching contents,teaching situation and teaching methods. This paper has certain reference value about cultivate students' computer ability,make a detailed analysis,put forward optimized path and to develop plans and so on.


Recent research on the interconnection of double angles has raised questions with regard to the forces and moments to be transmitted by connectors. It is proposed that when buckling of back-to-back angles occurs in the plane of symmetry, the connector should be termed an interconnector and can be designed for small forces and moments. When buckling occurs in a plane at right angles to the plane of symmetry, the connector should be termed a batten and designed for the shears and moments specified for battens in the applicable standard. Key words: angles, battens, buckling, columns (structural), interconnectors.


Computer science has always mixed the concepts of biology and computers to enhance the way in which systems are designed. Artificial Immune System (AIS) is a Computational Intelligence strategy dependent on an organically enlivened computational system that can be utilized for taking care of complex computational issues. It tends to be seen that AIS is an incredibly various locale of research, going from the modeling immune systems to complex algorithms for specific applications. This paper exhibits an exhaustive survey of different frameworks developed in the artificial immune system and its application. Reviews of frameworks in AIS are uncommon and henceforth this paper gives an inside out audit of progressing research and challenges in AIS. We start by presenting AIS and give a thorough survey of different systems in AIS and its application in anomaly detection. We investigate the utilization of AIS in the Intrusion Detection System named the Cyber Immune System(CIS) and compares various AIS works applied to CIS. We conclude with various future extensions in the area of AIS research.


One remarkable progress of recent research in machine learning is inductive logic programming (ILP). In most ILP system, clause specialization is one of the most important tasks. Usually, the clause specialization is performed by adding a literal at a time using hill-climbing heuristics. However, the single-literal addition can be caught by local pits when more than one literal needs to be added at a time increase the accuracy. Several techniques have been proposed for this problem but are restricted to relational domains. In this paper, we propose a technique called structure subtraction to construct a set of candidates for adding literals, single-literal or multiple-literals. This technique can be employed in any ILP system using top-down specilization and is not restricted to relational domains. A theory revision system is described to illustrate the use of structural subtraction.


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Introduction: Ossiculoplasty is one of the commonly done and challenging surgery in otology and has been done using various graft materials. Materials such as autologous cartilage (tragal or conchal) or allograft (homograft) of the same tissue and synthetic materials like polyethylene TORP, ceramic and hydroxyapatite PORP or Titanium prosthesis have been used. But the latter synthetic materials are expensive and have high extrusion rates. Autologous cartilage grafts are selected for Ossiculoplasty as they are easy to harvest at the same site of operation, non-toxic, has less extrusion rate, minimum shrinkage and lateralization. Aims and Objective: The aim of this study is to know the efficacy of autologous graft and prosthesis in ossicular reconstruction and to evaluate hearing outcome along with extrusion rate among them. Methodology: It is a prospective study done on patients attending ENT outpatient department in civil hospital Ahmedabad affiliated to BJ medical college Ahmedabad. 60 patients were included in the study who underwent ossicular reconstruction either with canal wall up or down mastoidectomy with tympanoplasty. Conclusion: On follow up of 60 patients over six month we followed there is significant air bone gap reduction with prosthesis but there is risk of extrusion which cancel out beneficial effect of prosthesis. Whereas cartilage and incus remodelling give good result in air bone reduction and better take up compare to prosthesis with less extrusion rate. Also, autologous grafting in ossicular chain reconstruction is economical in developing countries like India with disease prevalent among low socioeconomic group.
Keywords: PORP/TORP, Ossicular chain reconstruction, incus remodelling, CSOM, Mastoidectomy


Schistosomiasis haematobia is a parasitic disease caused by the infection with Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium) prevalent mainly in Africa and western Asia1), and is characterized by dysuria, pollakisuria, and terminal hematuria with an insidious onset. Schistosomiasis haematobia is not endemic to Japan. However, with increasing number of Japanese traveling or staying in tropical and subtropical areas where S. haematobium is endemic, a few Japanese patients have been reported in the 1990's2). Trichinellosis is a disease caused by parasites of the genus Trichinella that humans acquire from eating the muscles of several kinds of wild animal or domestic pigs. Trichinellosis is one of the most common parasitic zoonoses in the world, and may be found in the USA, Canada, and eastern Europe3). In Japan, there have been some reports of outbreaks of trichinellosis associated with the ingestion of raw bear meat4) and there is a case report of a patient infected with Trichinella from eating raw pork in Thailand5). The disease is characterized by fever, myositis, gastrointestinal symptoms, eosinophilia, and swollen eyelids. We report here the first Japanese case to be coinfected with S. haematobium and Trichinella sp..


A polymeric-Al-Zn-Fe (PAZF) coagulant showing high removal of pollutants has been successfully developed using a galvanized slag in earlier works, but it gave less elimination of phosphorus. To improve phosphorus removal, a hybrid organic-Al-Zn-Fe (HOAZF) coagulant was prepared using PAZF and polyacrylamide (PAM) as an organic additive, and then was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Zeta potential, respectively. Removing efficiency and mechanism of organophosphorus by HOAZF was probed using jar tests in treating a simulated pesticide wastewater containing dichlorvos (DDVP), compared to that by PAZF and polyaluminum chloride. The results displayed that HOAZF having relative lower Zeta potential (compared to PAZF) exhibited complex surface morphology composited by Al, Zn and Fe and PAM, forming some new crystalline and amorphous substances different from that in PAZF. HOAZF gave higher removal of organophosphorus and far lower dosage than PAZF, and also posed a suitable wider pH range (pH = 7–12 for HOAZF and 10–11 for PAZF, respectively) and suitable wider organophosphorus level range than PAZF. Removing organophosphorus by HOAZF was a simultaneous complex process involving a non-phase transfer of adsorption/bridging/sweeping and a phase transfer of chemical precipitation.


Employee empowerment is a concept that has been used synonymously with employee participation, involvement, engagement, power sharing, and information sharing to denote the idea of employee freedom, control over the work, sharing of ideas, suggestions and participation in decision making process. Due to turbulent business environment, employee empowerment has become a powerful management tool for influencing organizational success (improved productivity, employee satisfaction, and customer satisfaction). However, employee empowerment projects often fail due to lack of credibility of management, fear to lose jobs, or lack of willingness on the side of employees to take responsibility for own actions. Kanter's theory of structural empowerment provides that, employee empowerment requires change of structure from hierarchical to a more flexible, dynamic and responsive structure in order to cope with changing business environment. This paper seeks to establish the relationship between employee empowerment and organizational success. Review of related literature indicates that employee empowerment has a significant positive relationship with organizational success. Thus, investing in employee empowerment through training, effective communication and information sharing and the use of incentives are ways to boost employee morale; hence improve productivity, employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction. Top management should embrace employee empowerment in order to overcome resistance to change and set ethical standards that guide decision making process in complex business environment.


Abstract Myeloma protein can be detected in urine by a simple method based on the difference in solubility in certain salt solutions between myeloma protein and protein occurring in the urine of patients with nonmyelomatous diseases. Among 21 patients with myeloma proteinuria the simplest modification of the "Bence Jones test," the temperature flocculation test, was found positive in about 60 per cent, whereas the salting-out test was positive in about 90 per cent. Falsely positive reactions were not observed in cases of nonmyelomatous proteinuria.


Objective To further research the characteristics of the anatomy structure of orbicular muscle in the bilateral cleft lip,to evaluate aesthetic result of muscle functional repair. Methods The chief design principle was keeping the length of prolabium. During surgerical operation,orbicular oris need to be sufficiently dissociated from lateral labial segment and functional reconstructed in the middle of prolabial, labial sulcus and the floor of nasal are synchronously corrected,median tubercle and vermilion-cutaneous ridge are formed from lateral tip tissue. Results 87 patients who suffered from bilateral cleft lip were treated;aged from 5 months to 19 years,all parts of upper lip coordinate when the orbicular muscles move, the upper lip and nasal contours on quiet and dynamic state were satisfactory without unsightly scar. Conclusion It is a recommended processure to obtain further moving effect and perfect lip appearance using functional orbicular muscle repair and deepening prolabial vestibulum.


Understanding Values Work in Organisations and Leadership -- Values – Reviewing the construct and drawing implications for values work in organisation and leadership -- What is values work? A review of values work in organisations -- Institutional Complexity Challenging Values and Identities in Scandinavian Welfare Organisations -- Institutional leadership - the historical case study of a religious organisation -- 'Good leaders do the dirty work': Implicit leadership theory at the multicultural workplace -- Foxes and lions: How institutional leaders keep organizational integrity and introduce change -- Institutional leadership: Maintaining and developing the 'good' organisation -- Women's Path to Leadership through Values Work in a Context of Conflict and Violence -- Catching Values in Flight: A Process Perspective on Researching Values in Organisations -- Values as Fixed and Fluid: Negotiating the Elasticity of Core Values -- Work on Values When Shaping Public Institutions "What's trust got to do with it?" – experiences from Scandinavia -- The art of making sense of volunteering -- The value of group reflection.


According to Musanef in his book of Personnel Management in Indonesia, suggests that the administration is an activity of a group of people through regular stages and led by quality and Hengel by using the means and the Asrigita Required to achieve the desired objectives.According to The Liang Gie in his book Modern office administration provides a sense of governance that is a series of activities collecting, recording, managing, organizing, sending, and storing the necessary information in each Cooperation efforts.


We observe a two-electron interference effect in the symmetrized amplitude of the resonant double photoionization of Mg which was predicted theoretically, but never before observed experimentally. This observation is based on our experimental study of angle-resolved double photoionization of Mg at the photon energy of 55.49 eV (2p → 3d resonance) under equal and unequal energy sharing conditions.


Aiming at the parameter optimization problem in least squares support vector machine,a hybrid QPSO algorithm for LS-SVM parameter selection was proposed to improve the learning performance and generalization ability of LS-SVM model.The Powell algorithm was used to obtain the initial position,local optimal position and global optimal solution.The proposed hybrid QPSO method combines with the global search ability of QPSO algorithm with the local search ability of Powell algorithm,to improve the solving speed and the accuracy of the solution.This modeling method was validated by test function firstly and compared with the PSO LS-SVM model.Then the production data from a purification process of zinc hydrometallurgy was used to test the model precision.The test results show that the proposed model has better generalization performance and higher precision.


A method for the determination of nitrite in foods was explored by diazotization,coupling,and HPLC.Sample of foods was processed to remove protein and fat,then nitrite was diazotized by sulfanilic acid(4-Aminobenzene sulfonic acid) and later coupled with N-1-naphthylethylenediamine to form a purple dye which was determined by HPLC.SB-C18 was chosen as chromatographic column,and VWD and DAD as detectors.The mobile phase was acetic acid solution(14%,V/V)/methyl alcohol(80∶20),flow rate was 1.0 mL/min,wave length was 544nm,and injection volume was 20μL.In this method,the minimum detectable level was 40μg/kg.


The utility model relates to a constant temperature container for detecting computer equipment and has the advantages of simple structure and convenient use. The constant temperature container comprises a container body, a temperature controller, a heater, a cooling fan and a heat sense component, wherein the temperature controller is arranged on the outer part of the container body. The heater, the cooling fan and the heat sense component are arranged in the container body. When the constant temperature container is used, the test equipment is arranged in the container body. When the temperature in the container body is higher than the arranged detection temperature, the temperature controller controls the cooling fan to work. When the temperature in the container body is lower than the arranged detection temperature, the temperature controller controls the heater to work. Therefore, the constant temperature container keeps the temperature in the constant temperature container constant and has convenient use.


Abstract The determination of the optimal circular path has become widely known for its difficulty in producing a solution and for the numerous applications in the scope of organization and management of passenger and freight transport. It is a mathematical combinatorial optimization problem for which several deterministic and heuristic models have been developed in recent years, applicable to route organization issues, passenger and freight transport, storage and distribution of goods, waste collection, supply and control of terminals, as well as human resource management. Scope of the present paper is the development, with the use of fuzzy sets, of a practical, comprehensible and speedy heuristic algorithm for the improvement of the ability of the classical deterministic algorithms to identify optimum, symmetrical or non-symmetrical, circular route. The proposed fuzzy heuristic algorithm is compared to the corresponding deterministic ones, with regard to the deviation of the proposed solution from the best known solution and the complexity of the calculations needed to obtain this solution. It is shown that the use of fuzzy sets reduced up to 35% the deviation of the solution identified by the classical deterministic algorithms from the best known solution.


Fetuses affected by homozygous α‐thalassaemia‐1 are anaemic from the first trimester of pregnancy. We investigated middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry in these affected fetuses at 12–13 weeks of gestation to assess its use in predicting fetal anaemia.


Abstract 2-Trimethylsilyl-1,3-thiaselenolanes and 2-trimethylsilyl-1,3-oxaselenolanes can be accessed through the reaction of a silyl acetal with β-mercapto- and β-hydroxyselenols under Lewis acid conditions. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


About the help! Managing Anger parent seminar help! Managing Anger is a one day Family Support Seminar which provides information and advice to parents and carers of children affected by autism How will the seminar support families? The seminar will support families to;  Discuss why children with autism often have challenges with anger  Identifies a low arousal approach for support through stressful situations  Explore the cycle of anger and possible support strategies  Examine strategies for managing feelings  Provide a help! resource pack of information Families seminar – Cost, Free for two family members


Predictions, even for a short period, are difficult; predictions for a decade are even more intricate and burdened with personal partiality. Fortunately for a would-be prophet, chronic dialysis therapy has entered its fourth decade of development and one may expect not revolutionary breakthroughs but rather slow refinement of existing modalities. More frequent and more sophisticated integration of various treatment options leading to markedly better-tailored therapy will be seen. The patients will be readily transferred among various dialysis modalities, regimens, and techniques. The use of erythropoietin in patients with anemia, particularly in hernodialysis patients, will improve their overall well-being. One must realize, however, that the use of erythropoietin may conceal inadequate dialysis prescription since low hematocrit used to be one of the important signs of underdialysis. On the other hand, there is a possibility that the erythropoietin requirement to keep hematocrit at a certain level may substitute for an absolute hematocrit value as an indicator of underdialysis. Each dialysis modality will undergo some advances. In considering the potential for acceptance of a new method, it must be realized that the method must be superior to existing methods in multiple ways. It requires a combination of superior clinical results in at least a clear-cut segment of dialysis patients, an acceptable amount of time to learn and to use, and an affordable cost for a method to gain acceptance.


Meteor research using TV CCD unintensified techniques was started in 2011 at RI "MAO". The method of meteor registration is based on the combined observation method developed at RI "MAO". The main accent of the research is made on the precise astrometry and meteoroid orbits calculation. In 2013 first double station meteors with low baseline were observed. Estimation of uncertainties of visible radiant equatorial coordinates, geocentric velocity and heliocentric meteoroid orbit parameters was carried out.


Once the necessary inputs are given, the tool will display the matrix including the total allocation, initial available resource amounts and the safe sequence. Therefore, this visualization tool can be used to demonstrate the behavior of Banker's algorithm for deadlock avoidance in operating system. The users will be able to practice this as a learning tool for both classroom and individual usage.


The 3D shear strength reduction FEM are used to study the slope stability of reinforced piles with differenet pile diameters,modulus and bending siffnesses.The results show that when the spaces between piles are same,the bigger the diameter or modulus of the pile,the bigger the safety factor of the slope,and with the same bending siffness and space of piles,it is more effective for slope stability to increase the pile diameter in comparison with increasing pile modulus.


The feeling of generating and controlling external effects through our own actions is known as Sense of Agency (SoAg). When we act we are generally in control of what we are doing and, therefore, we are aware and responsible for both our actions and their consequences. For many years, researchers have tried to identify appropriate measures to study the SoAg. It has often been investigated using explicit tasks in which participants verbally reported if they felt they were the authors of a certain effect. However, in our everyday life, we experience a continuous flow of actions and their effects, and we do know that we are the authors of an action without interrogating ourselves about it or constantly making explicit judgments. Therefore, the use of implicit measures seems to better reflect the complex agency dimension. A very famous and reliable implicit measure is represented by Intentional Binding (IB). This effect occurs when a temporal compression between a voluntary action and its sensory consequence is observed (i.e., actions are perceived as occurring later than they really do, while the sensory effect is perceived as occurring earlier). The effect is limited to voluntary actions; in fact, IB is absent or reduced for situations in which the action is not driven by volition (e.g., passively-induced movement). Since its discovery, IB has been considered a valid quantitative index of SoAg and has been applied to study agency, both in healthy individuals and in clinical populations. In the light of this implicit measure, the aim of the research presented here was to examine the SoAg from different perspectives, in order to provide new penetrating insights to comprehend this phenomenon. After the implementation of a new paradigm to measure IB (Study I), four main intriguing facets have been explored. In Study II, the main focus was to investigate the development and the evolution of the SoAg across the lifespan. Results indicated that SoAg follows a U-inverted shape, with children and elderly showing a reduced SoAg as compared to adult participants. Subsequently, the neural underpinnings of SoAg have been investigated (Study III), uncovering the important contribution of the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) in the perceived action-effect linkage. In Study IV the multisensory nature of the SoAg was explored, highlighting its supramodal nature and demonstrating how SoAg is governed by the same rules at the root of the multisensory integration. After having shed light on these different aspects in healthy populations, the last experiment (Study V) investigated the SoAg in the clinical domain, specifically referring to Parkinson Disease (PD) as a target pathology because of its characteristic difficulty in planning and initiating voluntary actions. Findings showed a reduced SoAg in this clinical population.
The results obtained from all the experiments included in the present thesis have been discussed in light of current theories of SoAg.


The term «glaucoma» unites a large group of eye diseases of various origins with a progradient, chronic course. The aim of this study was to study the neuroprotective effect of Cytoflavin in patients with POAG with normalized IOP based on the clinical and functional parameters of the organ of vision. Material and methods. The study involved 60 patients diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) stage I, II and III. All patients were divided into 2 groups depending on the treatment received. Results. Cytoflavin has a pronounced neuroprotective effect in POAG, effectively protecting the nervous tissue and slowing down apoptosis. In addition to improving the clinical and functional indicators of the organ of vision, we noted an improvement in overall well-being, attention and overall performance in all patients. Conclusions. Analysis of the obtained results indicates a rather high clinical efficacy of Cytoflavin in the conservative treatment of patients with POAG with compensated IOP and can be recommended as a background neuroprotective therapy. Keywords: primary open-angle glaucoma, neuroprotective treatment, Cytoflavin, visual functions, glaucoma process


Common software design practices use object-oriented (OO) frameworks that structure software in terms of objects, classes, and packages; designers then create programs by inheritance and composition of classes and objects. Operational software components for advanced robotics (OSCAR) is one such framework for robot control software with abstractions for generalized kinematics, dynamics, performance criteria, decision making, and hardware interfacing. Even with OSCAR, writing new programs still requires a significant amount of manual labor. Feature-oriented programming (FOP) is method for software design that models and specifies programs in terms of features, where a feature encapsulates the common design decisions that occur in a domain. A set of features then forms a domain model for a product line architecture. Product variants in this product line can then be generated from a declarative specification. FOP and related technologies are emerging software engineering techniques for automatically generating programs. Our research applies FOP to robot controller software. As an example, the domain of hardware interfacing is analyzed and 41 features identified. A GUI for specifying and generating programs is presented as well. Analysis of features shows 200 possible different programs could be generated.


The law can not continue to generate their traditional methods of construction and application to rule new times in the inter subjectivity shown in a language of polysemic world. An understanding of these phenomena in contemporary society creates a legitimate right as a task that requires a plural and non-neutral experience. The Modern paradigm neeeds to open new spaces and look for the imperfections of human characteristics in post-modernity times.

Key words: Life. Semiology. Legal Policy.


Molecular chaperones are proteins that assist the conformational folding or unfolding of proteins to prevent aggregate into non‐functional structures. The accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is called ER stress. The cell has an adaptive system against ER stress called the unfolded protein response (UPR) that prevents the aggregation of unfolded and incompletely folded proteins. Failure of the UPR has serious pathological consequences, including diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. Chemical chaperones are small compounds that support protein folding and suppress aggregation, and gathering attention as potential therapeutic strategies for ER stress‐related diseases. Although several chemical chaperones have shown therapeutic benefits, due to limitations including high concentration treatment of currently known chemical chaperones, identifying novel chemical chaperones is desirable. In this study, we performed a high‐throughput screen with a UPR signalling reporter cell and identified 2‐phenylimidazo[2,1‐b]benzothiazole derivatives (IBTs) as chemical chaperones. IBTs directly bound to secreted or membrane proteins and inhibited protein aggregation during ER stress. Furthermore, IBTs significantly prevented cell death caused by chemically induced ER stress and by an aggression‐prone mutant prion protein. These results indicate that IBTs are chemical chaperones that strongly suppresses protein aggregation during ER stress, and is expected to be applied to therapeutic research for various ER stress‐related diseases.


In the study of certain properties of the pore system in bricks and their relation to frost action, the following determinations were made on seven series of bricks: Percentage of porosity; variation in porosity within a brick; permeability to air and water; the flow of air through two members in series ; mean effect ive capillary radius and the number of capillaries in an ideal structure, which would have the same permeability value as that determined experimentally for the brick; saturation coefficient by 48 hours' immersion; increase in saturation coefficient with repeated freezing and thawing; and resistance of the bricks to failure by repeated freezing and thawing. The data are presented in 14 tables. CONTENTS Psg.


This paper addresses the control of a manipulator with link flexibilities. The increased complexity in its dynamics presents challenges to controllers based on non-colocated sensing. In this paper a nonlinear predictive control approach is presented using a discrete time multilayer perceptron network model for the plant. The neural network model is trained to predict future outputs based on the available past measurements. At each sampling instant, the discrete time control input is calculated by minimizing a performance criterion. The method is compared to non-model based collocated PD control. Simulation results are presented.


Objectives/Hypothesis Cyclin D1, a cell cycle regulator localized to chromosome 11q13, is amplified in several human tumors including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Amplification and/or overexpression of cyclin D1 have been correlated to a poor prognosis. Deletion of the p16 gene, localized to 9p21, has also been observed in a significant proportion of HNSCC. The p16 gene regulates cyclin D1‐CDK4 activity and prevents retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene phosphorylation, thereby downregulating cellular proliferation. Detection of cyclin D1 amplification and p16 deletion using a simple and sensitive method will be valuable for the development of effective treatment modalities for head and neck cancer.


Basing on negative pressure wave method for the instantaneous pressure monitoring,the correlation analysis theory was applied to leakage detection and location of water supply pipes.Taking MATLAB and KINGVIEW for the software development,the time domain cross-correlation analysis of signals was implemented.The KINGVIEW produced the complicated and friendly human-machine interface and the MATLAB calculated the results with complicated arithmetic,and both adopted the DDE way in communication.The sliding average or wavelet analysis can de-noise the leakage signal detected and effectively improve the accuracy in leak detection and location.


Software Documentation is an important mean for stakeholders to collaborate in the software development context. However, several works point out that gathering relevant information from different documents can be so wearing that involved people may tend not to do it. Combining ontologies and documents by adding semantic annotations to documents can help diminish the burden of gathering information later on. However, this approach also adds an overhead in documentation, concerning the time spent on document annotation. In order to overcome some of these obstacles, we developed an infrastructure for managing semantic documents, combining semantic annotation on document templates, versioning data extracted from semantic documents and notifying interested people when extracted data has changed.


The present invention discloses an electrical contact comprising a surface covered with heavily doped n-positive trivalent or pentavalent element nano-diamond film substrate, said substrate; steps of the present invention also discloses a preparation method of the electrical contacts, comprising : (1) preparation of the electric contact substrate; (2) of the electric contact substrate assist nucleation process; (3) depositing a heavily doped n-positive trivalent or pentavalent element nano-diamond film on the substrate surface electrical contact. The present invention is applied to the electrical contact by a heavily doped diamond thin film, the electrical contacts with ultra-high thermal conductivity, high friction and wear properties, high electrical conductivity, high breakdown voltage, high resistance to arc erosion and anti-welding capability, also has the advantages of simple process, greatly reducing the production cost.


Sustainability is a critical issue across many industry sectors. Research activity in sustainable development and sustainable technology is being undertaken in many disciples in the physical, social and life sciences. Currently there is limited communication between researchers and practitioners working on aspects of sustainability across different disciplines or different industry sectors. This paper presents a global portal for sustainability related to engineering (AVEL-SKN) and a collaboration environment for supporting engineering and other communities of practice (UQEngNet). Guidelines, practices and measures for assessing collaborative online environments are discussed and used to evaluate AVEL-SKIN and UQEngNet. These two internet environments are integrated to create an embryonic collaborative knowledge network for sustainability for use in a global design for sustainability project.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a key economic benefactor that promotes economic prosperity of a postconflict nation. It is important for any nation that is resurrecting its economy during the aftermath of a conflict to accrue the benefits of FDI recognizing its potentials and capacities. This paper explores the economic aspect of conflict, the key economic indicators during conflict and the role of FDI in facilitating economic growth in such context. The study also observes the interplay between FDI and odious debts and how post economic reconstruction policies must try to avoid the detrimental aspects of FDI to ensure sustainable economic growth.


Abstract Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in aquatic naiad stages are known to be filter feeders of detritus and algae, but are nonfeeding during their short adult life. Members of Hexagenia form U-shaped burrows in the silt of lake bottoms or streams where they remain for a year or more before emerging as subimagos to fly to the shore. For activities such as mating flights and oviposition, adults must rely on stored energy sources which are principally glycogen and lipids. This study focuses on the fatty acid composition of lipid stores in Hexagenia limbata (Serville) adults and late-instar naiads from a North Central Texas lake. Lipids from whole-body homogenates were extracted with organic solvents, and fatty acids were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Total lipid extracts, as well as neutral lipids (triglycerides and diglycerides) and polar lipids (phospholipids), were analyzed. Adult males exhibited the highest amount of lipid as a percentage of dry weight, followed by naiads and females. The most abundant fatty acids were 16∶0 > 18∶1 > 16∶1 in both naiads and males and 18∶1 > 16∶0 > 16∶1 in females. Phospholipids and triglycerides were the most prominent lipid classes in naiads while free fatty acids were abundant in males, which also showed a diglyceride fraction. Triglycerides were the main lipid fraction in females. The profiles suggest that dietary fatty acids are stored in naiad triglycerides, and once adult emergence occurs, the triglycerides appear to be retained in the females primarily for oocyte production; whereas they are quickly mobilized to supply energy for flight in the males.


While adoptive cell therapies have seen significant success in the treatment of hematological malignancies, solid tumors remain challenging for the field. A significant obstacle is the exclusion of T cells from the tumor microenvironment (TME). In contrast, monocytes/macrophages are naturally recruited to the TME. These cells then have the potential to phagocytose tumor cells, activate the TME, and prime a broad anti-tumor adaptive immune response via T cell recruitment and activation. We have previously developed CT-0508, a chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M) targeting HER2 which showed efficacy in a variety of pre-clinical models and is currently in a Phase I clinical trial for patients with HER2+ solid tumors. Mesothelin is overexpressed in a variety of solid tumors, including mesothelioma, lung, pancreatic, and ovarian cancers. To leverage tumor biology with myeloid cells, we engineered primary human macrophages using the chimeric adenoviral vector Ad5f35 to express a CAR containing a human scFv against human mesothelin. We used both in vitro cell based assays and in vivo xenograft models to assess the activity of CT-1119. CAR-M engineered with an Ad5f35 vector demonstrated high CAR expression, high viability, upregulated M1 (anti-tumor) macrophage markers, and downregulated M2 (pro-tumor) macrophage markers. CT-1119 specifically phagocytosed multiple mesothelin expressing tumor cell lines in a CAR-dependent and antigen-dependent manner. CT-1119 demonstrated robust in vitro killing of the relevant tumor cell lines A549 and MES-OV expressing mesothelin. CAR engagement also induced the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNFα following stimulation with mesothelin in both cell-free and cell-based contexts in a dose-dependent manner. In vivo, CT-1119 significantly reduced tumor burden in a murine xenograft model of lung cancer. Similarly, human monocytes targeting mesothelin were successfully generated using the same Ad5f35 vector and demonstrated specific activity against mesothelin positive tumor cells. The presented results demonstrate that CT-1119, an autologous human anti-mesothelin CAR-M, can cause phagocytosis, tumor cell killing, and pro-inflammatory cytokine release in response to stimulation with mesothelin. These results show that CAR-M is a feasible approach for the treatment of mesothelin expressing sold tumors via the potential for induction of a systemic anti-tumor response.
 Citation Format: Nicholas R. Anderson, Brinda Shah, Alison Worth, Rashid Gabbasov, Brett Menchel, Kerri Ciccaglione, Daniel Blumenthal, Stefano Pierini, Sabrina Ceeraz DeLong, Sascha Abramson, Thomas Condamine, Michael Klichinsky. A mesothelin targeting chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M) for solid tumor immunotherapy: pre-clinical development of CT-1119. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl):Abstract nr 4053.


A reflectarray composed of double concentric square loop elements with subwavelength spacing is presented for bandwidth enhancement. It is shown that quasi-linear phase responses at a wide frequency band can be realized by such a phasing element. A 28×28-element reflectarray is designed. The preliminary simulation results show that the 1-dB gain bandwidth is 28.3%, demonstrating significant improvements to gain bandwidth for reflectarry antennas by the combination of multiresonance and subwavelength techniques.


In this paper, the development of hybrid systems used to integrate methods for fault location is discussed. As results of this research, a generic hybrid architecture to solve the problem of fault location in power distribution systems, and also the reported tests which shows a high performance in case of a typical power system are presented. According to the analysis performed, the proposal is a useful alternative to take advantage of both, the circuit analysis based methods and the classification techniques to solve a specific problem of the power systems.


Raman spectra of thin film GexSe1−x (x = 0.1, 0.33) glasses shows them to be structurally and compositionally similar on a molecular scale whether prepared by evaporation or sputtering techniques. Their sensitivity as silver‐doped photoresist materials correlates directly with information obtained from backscattering Raman experiments on the initially prepared films. Low sensitivity in some films prepared by sputtering onto low‐temperature substrates is attributed to film contamination, probably by oxygen containing impurities or by other materials that inhibit formation of optically absorbing Ge–Se bonding networks.


Federalist No. 10 arguably is the most frequently read of the Federalist Papers, in no small measure because it offers a distinct and often negative image of the polity as a source of conflict. It argues that factions cannot be tamed, but they can be controlled. This essay argues that factions have weakened effective public administration and offers a detailed discussion of the proliferation of interest groups and their role in undermining the system of checks and balances.


The general concerns about renewable energy finance generally fall into two broad categories: first, that there is not enough investment available to fund the renewable energy required under a transition to a low-carbon economy; and second, that investors demand too high a return, making the cost of renewable energy too expensive…


Implicit methods for nite-volume schemes on unstructured grids typically rely on a matrix-free implementation of GMRES and an explicit rst-order Jacobian for preconditioning. We show that it is possible to form the higher-order Jacobian explicitly at a reasonable computational cost. This is demonstrated for cases using both limited and unlimited reconstruction. The bene ts resulting from improvements in preconditioning and the elimination of residual evaluations in the inner iterations of the matrix-free GMRES method are substantial. Computational results are presented for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th order accurate schemes. Overall computational cost for the matrix-explicit method is lower than the matrix-free method for all cases. The fourth-order matrix-explicit scheme is a factor of 2.5 to 3 faster than the matrix-free scheme while using only about 50% more memory.


Foreign language teachers in the United States have witnessed many changes in the way foreign languages have been taught over the years. The Audio-Lingual method (ALM) enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the 60s. This method incorporated a great deal of oral pattern practice and the memorization of dialogs.' As ALM diminished in the 70s, communicative competence began to attract a following. Communicative competence emphasized increased student communication in the target language. Students' oral mistakes were to be tolerated more liberally so as not to inhibit student speech. The goal of instruction was to lead students to send and receive authentic messages in a more natural manner.2 Although proficiency should not be equated with a method, a concern for measuring the foreign language students' actual ability to communicate in the target language is the primary objective of the current emphasis on proficiency.3


This study explored the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration or victimisation and intrinsic factors such as attachment styles. A total of 159 male and 221 female undergraduate students, ranging in age from 18 to 50 participated in the study. Participants completed two self-report inventories: The Abuse within Intimate Relationships Scale (AIRS) and the Experience in Close Relationship Structures (ECR-RS). Following regression analysis, the results indicated being anxiously attached was a predictor of IPV whilst avoidance was not. The personal demographics factors of age and sex did not predict IPV. In conclusion, anxious attachment is an internal model in adult relationships that result in IPV.


(54) APPARATUS AND METHOD TO INCREASE Publication Classification ACCURACY IN INDIVIDUALATTRIBUTES DERVED FROMANONYMOUSAGGREGATE (51) Int. Cl. DATA G06N 99/00 (2006.01) G06N 700 (2006.01) (71) Applicant: Acxiom Corporation, Little Rock, AR (52) U.S. Cl. (US) CPC .............. G06N 99/005 (2013.01); G06N 7/005 (2013.01) (72) Inventors: Terry Talley, Conway, AR (US); Derek USPC ............................................... 706/12: 706/14 Leonard, Conway, AR (US); Adam Zimmerman, Conway, AR (US) (57) ABSTRACT An apparatus and method to increase accuracy in individual attributes derived from anonymous aggregate data uses aggregation keys in order to retrieve distribution sets and generate best-effort results for individual attributes. Multiple (22) Filed: Sep. 5, 2014 aggregation keys may be utilized to which individual attributes may be cross-mapped. The aggregation keys may be divided into location-based aggregation keys and name based aggregation keys. The resulting data may be of varying (60) Provisional application No. 61/879,304, filed on Sep. granularity depending upon the granularity of the aggregation 18, 2013. key used for the distribution and to generate the attributes. (21) Appl. No.: 14/479,051


(57) Abstract: The present invention overlaps relates roof system with tile rows, comprising attached to the inclined horizontally beams (4) and the beams parallel and horizontal shingles (2), said shingles 2 to each other, mounted on the beam (4) at a distance which depends on the length of the tile, having wings (2b) hooked projecting upward in its part, an upper flat support surface (2c) in configured the inclination direction of the roof by the cross-sectional shape having, it meshes with at least one opening hook extending downwardly formed on a lower surface (1b) of the lower lower more higher rows of each tile (1a) structure there are, comprises a rail (3) attached to the upper surface of each beam (4) in the inclined direction, the rail (3) elements (3a to maintain the shingle (2) in place on the upper surface thereof, 3b ) wherein the Bei is that with.


The Bechtel Waste Treatment Project (WTP), located in Richland, WA, is comprised of many processes containing complex physics. Accurate analyses of the underlying physics of these processes is needed to reduce the amount of added costs during and after construction that are due to unknown process behavior. The WTP will have tight operating margins in order to complete the treatment of the waste on schedule. The combination of tight operating constraints coupled with complex physical processes requires analysis methods that are more accurate than traditional approaches. This study is focused specifically on multidimensional computer aided solutions. There are many skills and tools required to solve engineering problems. Many physical processes are governed by nonlinear partial differential equations. These governing equations have few, if any, closed form solutions. Past and present solution methods require assumptions to reduce these equations to solvable forms. Computational methods take the governing equations and solve them directly on a computational grid. This ability to approach the equations in their exact form reduces the number of assumptions that must be made. This approach increases the accuracy of the solution and its applicability to the problem at hand. Recent advances in computer technology have allowed computer simulations tomore » become an essential tool for problem solving. In order to perform computer simulations as quickly and accurately as possible, both hardware and software must be evaluated. With regards to hardware, the average consumer personal computers (PCs) are not configured for optimal scientific use. Only a few vendors create high performance computers to satisfy engineering needs. Software must be optimized for quick and accurate execution. Operating systems must utilize the hardware efficiently while supplying the software with seamless access to the computer's resources. From the perspective of Bechtel Corporation and the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), it is crucial to know the capabilities of a software package's SMP (shared memory processor) version or cluster (distributed memory) version. Of utmost importance is knowledge of a software package's cost and implementation challenges. Additionally, it is important to determine the hardware performance of a computing workstation. The level of performance of software is inextricably tied to the computer hardware upon which it is run. Bechtel can do more for its clients in the same amount of time and/or solve more complex problems if computer workstations and associated software are optimized. As a Bechtel Management and Operations Facility, INEEL engineers and scientists find solutions to problems important to Bechtel. Both INEEL engineers and managers must be informed and educated in high performance computing (HPC) techniques and issues to better accomplish their research.« less


This text focuses on parental psychological control, or intrusive, inhibiting and manipulative parental behaviours and interaction patterns that negatively affect healthy child development. Contributors review research and present methodologies and findings that should enhance the further study of this important component of the socialization of children. They also integrate the historical conceptualizations of parental psychological control, identify the aspects of child or adolescent development these conceptualizations appear to have targeted, and review and discuss the known child and adolescent correlates of parental psychological control. Chapters extend the work on psychological control of adolescents substantially by studying its relationship with other key variables in family and individual development. Some chapters examine the cross-cultural validity of the psychological control construct in young children from the USA, Russia and China as well as the effects of psychological control found in unique populations, such as children with disabilities like spina bifida.


Cord entanglement is a severe complication in monoamniotic multiple pregnancies. Three cases were reviewed to determine how early ultrasound diagnosis might improve counselling and management.


Abstract A sample is used to demonstrate that with the aid of heuristic principles, based on the Pergressive Fourier Analysis, rapidly decaying oscillations can be identified in empirical graphs or data. The properties and advantages of this method are explained.


To enter into force, the U.S. trade agreement with Vietnam must be approved by the enactment of a joint resolution of Congress, considered under a specific fast-track procedure with deadlines for its various stages, with mandatory language and no amendments. This report discusses the functional sequence of the legislative and executive steps involved in the implementation of the agreement is described in this report.


We have carried out a new geometric type spiroid worm gear drive having arched profile in axial section. We prepare the computer aided model (CAD) of this gear drive for other geometric and production analysis. The objectives of the publication are measuring of this spiroid worm using three coordination measuring machine and after doing noise analysis of this gear box.


A guide to introduce how to cite your sources, avoid plagiarism, and use the right style guides to format your citations.


Through the bonding experiments of concrete pipe interfaces with the two-component Sanqiang ar-chitectual adhesive, the results showed that the bonding strength was high, the tensile and shear strength afrer room temperature curing(7 days) were 0.25 MPa and 3. 8 MPa,respectively. The adhesive has wide applications in water-supplying and drainage works.


This report summarizes the Workshop on Scenarios and State Machines: Models, Algorithms, and Tools, held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on 21 May 2005, in conjunction with the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2005). The workshop consisted of a keynote and nine presentations. The workshop web page, which includes presented papers and the keynote presentation, can be found at http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~ybo/scesm05/.


We describe an imaging system that we developed to obtain quantitative multispectral visible images of objects from an airborne platform. The system consists of a Multispectral Image Intensified Camera coupled to a real-time image processing system. The image processing system monitors the camera performance in flight. In this article, we describe the image processing system, the multispectral camera, the calibration procedure and present stellar intensity and spectral measurements.


In this paper, the properties of cascade reliability model considering Weibull strength and Fréchet stress distribution have been studied, concentrating on calculating the reliability function for systems of one, two and three components. For these systems, three estimation methods were suggested and the values of reliability function for each method were calculated. The results of simulation showed positive relationship between the parameters of reliability and Weibull parameters and negative relationship between reliability function and Fréchet parameters


High power, high efficiency diode lasers operating in the 15xx nm wavelength range are needed for a variety of applications, including eye-safe infrared illuminators and resonant diode pumps for Erbium-based high energy laser systems. We have demonstrated high power, high efficiency lasers at 1532 nm with integrated wavelength control. We have engineered the epitaxial structure in InP to mitigate losses and to include a buried distributed feedback (DFB) grating layer for wavelength control.
We have demonstrated 15xx nm lasers generating >3 W at 36% EO efficiency. We have also demonstrated multi-Watt DFB broad area lasers with >99% of the power concentrated in a narrow spectral width <1 nm. These lasers are being packaged into fiber-coupled modules.


There are many studies showing melatonin's potent endogenous free radical scavenging and antioxidative properties, which protect against oxidative insult, but there is no information about the effect of chronic treatment with melatonin on oxidative‐stress‐related bladder dysfunction caused by chronic ischaemia. The model used in this study shows that functional and morphological changes caused by chronic bladder ischaemia and oxidative stress were protected by chronic treatment with melatonin, resulting in improvement of bladder hyperactivity.