This paper explains the origin of the Unruh Temperature, in terms of disagreements, on the number of particles encountered between accelerated and inertial observers, and relates it to the conventional approach of Unruh accelerated detectors. It is not a new explanation. However, we argue that the same explanation applies to justify why (massive) accelerated charged particles radiate, leading to the Larmor formula, including its QED versions. We contend that not just the quantum corrections, but also the classical part, are just equivalent to the Unruh effects. It also explains why Hawking black hole radiation includes contributions both from particles escaping on the black hole horizon, and from particles created, by spacetime curvature changes, between the horizon and the asymptotic infinite away from the black hole. It is also why observers can't agree on the number of particles present in a curved spacetime. The use of these phenomena to explain the full Larmor radiation formula, and the Hawking radiation derivation options may not be widely known. In fact, at the difference of recently published popular science articles about alleged first observation of Unruh radiations, the present paper argues that Unruh radiations have been observed from a long time: whenever an accelerated (massive) charged particle radiates, like for example in a radio source, antenna, or oscillator. In fact, the Larmor radiation can be extended to any Yang Mills interactions for accelerated massive particles, based on the Unruh effect. It has consequences on particle decays, with now the possibility for example that an "accelerated proton" decay s due to the Unruh effect. We ruled out such decays in an inertial frame, but when accelerated, it is possible, and it still does not support GUTs. The paper also introduces the notion of Larmor gravitation radiation, that it exemplifies with frame dragging General Relativity (GR) effects, and the universe spacetime memory. It is then extended also to all the other interactions: QED, QCD, Electroweak.


Electronic packages in automotive industry are prone to harsh environmental attacks such as extreme temperatures, high temperature variations, shocks, vibrations, humidity and hazarding liquids. Plastic encapsulation is introduced to protect the electronic part by molding a compound material around it. This has been proven as a powerful solution to these challenges. Interfacial delamination is one of the major concerns in reliability issues of electronic packages with molding. To fulfill the reliability challenges, these packages require accurate reliability models and tools for lifetime estimation during the product design and development stage. Hence it is aspired to address the study of adhesion between molding compound and leadframe interface as one aspect in reliability studies.


Perinatal development of cytochrome-c oxidase (complex IV) and ubiquinol-cytochrome-c reductase (complex III) was investigated in rat heart and liver by analysing catalytic properties, protein amounts, and subunit isoforms during the transition from the fetal to the adult state. The total amounts of complexes from milligram quantities of tissue, and the portions of isoforms of complex IV, were quantified densitometrically after isolation of the native complexes by blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and separation of the protein subunits by Tricine/SDS/PAGE [Schägger, H. & von Jagow, G. (1991) Anal. Biochem. 199, 223-231]. A parallel increase of protein amounts and catalytic activities during perinatal development was observed in heart and liver for complex III, but only in liver for complex IV. In heart, both a doubling of the turnover number of complex IV and a lowered Km for cytochrome c were observed. The altered enzymic properties correlated with the increase of heart type subunits VIa and VIII. The fetal enzymes from heart and liver seem to be identical to the adult liver isoform, as deduced from their enzymic properties and identical aminoterminal sequences of subunits VIa and VIII.


Conventional downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) with spatial modulation (SM) limits the number of chosen transmitting antennas. Therefore, a multiuser NOMA-based generalized spatial modulation (GSM) system is proposed for the downlink scenario, where more than one transmitting antenna are selected. Different channel gains are considered in the NOMA-GSM system to reduce the impact of intra-group interference. Moreover, to make good use of power domain and spatial domain resources, a dynamic user grouping is proposed, where different users are selected from different sets according to their effective channel gains. Moreover, a dynamic power allocation scheme is proposed to maximize the achievable sum rate of users, which is the suboptimal solution of the product of two-user signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio. To extend to three-user systems, another power allocation scheme is proposed. The achievable sum rate maximization problem is transformed into a convex optimization problem by introducing the auxiliary variable. Simulation results show that proposed user grouping and power allocation schemes have advantages compared with existing ones.


We usually construct mathematical objects that are accessible, on which we can put our hands, but a huge part of the mathematical existing is actually wild. Here we explore part of the wild world: its inhabitants are knots that are infinitely knotted, spheres that try to hug themselves, colorful earrings, labyrinths of labyrinths...


In order to shed further light on the use of figurative language as an identity-marking resource, this study investigates how leading scholars in four domains – Applied Linguistics, Economics, Law and Medicine – portray themselves by means of metaphoric expressions which qualify, more or less explicitly, the editorial persona.
The results suggest that editors are most likely to be presented as workers, socialisers and enquirers, that is as individuals whose task is to do a job well, using their academic and personal networks to advance disciplinary knowledge (and the journal's scientific standing). The texts in hand also show considerable differences between domains, with Law almost four times more likely than Medicine to contain such metaphors.
Borrowed from the domains of employment, socialisation, exploration, domestic life, entertainment and warfare, the metaphoric lexis identified in the corpus suggests an editorial identity built on a polyphony of narratives. Thus journal editors portray themselves in a multi-faceted and inherently dynamic role, whose constituents vary in prominence across disciplinary fields.


The preoperative carbohydrate loading that is recommended in the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol en-hances insulin action by approximately 50% [1]. In some Japanese hospitals, preoperative oral rehydration therapy is performed for preventing dehydration during surgery. We hypothesized that preoperative oral rehydration therapy with a 2.5% carbohydrate beverage that is widely used in Japan can enhance insulin action. Therefore, we investigated the effect of this 2.5% carbohydrate beverage on insulin action in healthy volunteers. Material and methods: Six healthy volunteers participated in this crossover randomized study. The participants were segregated into 2 groups: a con-trol group (C group) and an oral rehydration therapy with 2.5% carbohydrate beverage group (OS Cardiovascular responces to peritoneal insufflation of CO 2 in lapa- roscopic cholecystectomy (LCHE) is wellknown. How is EEG changed in this time? Goal of study is to make a comparison of hemodynamics and cerebral responses (changes in bispectral index) during LCHE. and 78.2 (10.8) for groups I, II, and III respectively with a statistically significant difference between Gr. I and Gr. III (p=0.003) and Gr. II and Gr. III. (p=0.004). There was no similar association between standing or shift subgroups and MBI points (p=0.68 and 0.83 respectively). Conclusion(s): Our data demonstrated high prevalence of BOS among ICU nurses. From three parameters only increasing age significantly correlated with high MBI scores but we didn't detect similar relationships with regards to standing and work regimen. Limitations include small sample volume and difficulties with exclusion of other factors potentially influencing incidence and severity of BOS. We've planned future expanded studies highlighting interplay between multiple factors and their changes after organizational interventions.


The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes of Aglok seowon Curriculum in the Qing Dynasty. To study the curriculum in Hunan academies in the Qing Dynasty according to the time course for the axis, and the Qing Dynasty is divided into three periods for discussion: First, in the early Qing Dynasty, with the changes of academy policy from inhibit to support, Neo-Confucianism was enshrined as the official ideology and follow the rule of the Ming Dynasty, "who get stereotyped," the civil service exam programs,a number of academies in Hunan Provinces such as Aglok seowon courses were shown to Neo-Confucianism as the main course. Second, in the mid-Qing Dynasty, as the Qing court to strengthen the academy as a result of the control and management of the policies of political influence as well as the logic of academic self-development by learning the history of the gradual trend of academic prosperity, courses in Aglok seowon occurred by the academy of Science in curriculumbased curriculum to a focus upon the history of the evolution. Third, analysis of change of curriculum in Aglok seowon in the late Qing Dynasty, roughly bounded by the Sino-Japanese war, is divided into two stages. In the first phase, academy conducted real science curriculum reform in order to correct the shortcomings cited by the industry education. After Dao-guang dynasty, the practical style of study was emphasized. At that time, to correct courses in the majority of academy the bad habits that they only test the text of civil service exam, some academies such as the Xiangshui School Academy and Yuanshui School Academy, conducted a practical learning curriculum reform, committed to practical and economic importance of the study, but the reform confined to carry out the traditional framework and system of education.


One hundred and fourteen pulmonary biopsies were performed to diagnose diffuse pulmonary diseases. Diagnosis was made in 98% of cases. Biopsy requires very methodic rules for the sampling and its utilization. These rules are reported.


There are three independent 3-hydroxyimino-1-methylindolin-2-one molecules and a water molecule in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, 3C9H8N2O2·H2O. The crystal packing is stablized by O—H⋯O and O—H⋯Nhydrogen bonds between 3-hydroxyimino-1-methylindolin-2-one molecules and the water molecule and weak π–π stacking interactions [centroid–centroid distances in the range 3.446 (2)–3.983 (2) Å], forming a two-dimensional network.


Advances in medical procedures and utilization of medication have resulted in expanding aged population, which leads to increased aged patients with salivary hypofunction and its associated symptoms in dental clinic. The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical characteristics of patients w...


In this paper we report measurements (0.3 81 iC) appears to be quite transparent. The laser beam volume absorption has been computed according to the Kubelka-Munk (KM) semi-empirical model including our own measurements. This diffusion model has been incorporated into a 2D numerical code of heat conduction of reactive materials in order to predict thermal ignition. Numerical applications of this model are in agreement with the concept of "critical laser intensity", providing material phase changes are taken into account. Otherwise, the same numerical model has been used in order to optimize the dopant (CB) concentration in HMX to enhance its thermal ignition. It has been shown that a very low CB concentration (< 1 %) has a dramatic effect on the optical properties of doped HMX.


The present invention is directed to setting the direction and the quantity of movement by a point and to execute scrolling. A reference point is set in the display screen of the display apparatus of the electric device, in advance. When a user selects a display mode of a data processing function and designates a point within the display screen through a coordinate inputting apparatus, the device calculates a positional deviation of a designate point from the reference point as a deviation of a coordinate value, switches a display image so that an image component which is displayed at a position corresponding to the designate position is located at a position corresponding to the reference position, and scrolls the image. Further, when a point is designated successively a plurality of times as a designation point, an image which is sequentially switched is scrolled the plurality of times at predetermined time intervals. Still further, when designating is successively executed for a plurality of times, the predetermined time is shortened in accordance with the number of designating. When a display image includes a character, an approximate value of a deviation which denotes a positional deviation is found among integer-multiples of the width of a rectangular region which includes the character.


At different times in history, the responsibility of the physician has been directed towards the fulfillment of duties or obligation both against those who refer to request their service as a patient as opposed to the state, represented by the entity providing health.


The identification of Embryonic Stem Cell(ES)is important to research and utilize ES.The progress on the identification of ES by using its Morphological Features,Growth Characteristics、Chromosomal Structure、Totipontency Multipotentiality and Immunological Methods are reviewed,and several common identifications are put forward.


Fatty liver disease has been associated with higher all‐cause as well as liver‐related, ischemic heart disease (IHD)‐related and extrahepatic cancer‐related mortality in observational epidemiological studies. We tested the hypothesis that fatty liver disease is a causal risk factor for higher mortality.


The Ca-Alg(Sodium Alginate) beads with smooth surface,good sphericity and dispersivity,and average size of 210 μm were prepared by the electronic droplet generator,and Alg and chitosan(Chi) were used as wall materials.Then embolic Ca-Alg/Chi microcapsules loading CAP(Capecitabine) were prepared by one-step method and two-step method.Effect of CAP concentrations on drug-loading and drug-release of the microcapsules were investigated.The results show that the drug-loading increases with the CAP concentrations,but the encapsulation efficiency decreases.The cumulative amount of CAP released from the microcapsules is lower than 20% in 0.5 h,which indicate that there is no initial burst release.The embolic microcapsules are likely to be a new dosage form of embolic anti-tumor drugs.


Due to the process route and the design of the backplane compensation circuit, the Mura of LTPS AMOLED production badly restricts the yield rate climbing. This article has made some progress in experimental research on the timely and effective Mura detection and classification improvement method for the array segment, it means a lot for mass production yield.LTPS AMOLED.


An indicating lamp having an aseismatic structure which includes an internal chassis for fixing an electric lamp and an electric control board, an indicating lamp cover covering the internal chassis, and a fixture for attaching an indicating lamp to an external structure. A boss having a flange portion is fitted to the fixture, and an insulating member is abuts one or both sides of the flange portion. In addition, a fixing plate constituting a part of the above internal chassis, the insulating member, the flange portion and the indicating lamp cover are clamped with clamping members fed through through-holes provided therethrough, with the above insulating member being held between the fixing plate and the indicating lamp cover. Cylindrical spacers each having a predetermined length and an internal diameter, and into which and from which the above bolt can be freely inserted and taken out, are fitted to the through-holes. The length of the spacers is set to the most suitable value so as to provide the most suitable clamping conditions corresponding to such considerations as the type of the insulating member and the type of vibration from which the electric lamp and electric control board are to be insulated.


The purpose of this study was to determine to what degree collective efficacy judgments based on summative team performance capabilities exhibited different levels of prediction for three additive intervals of team performance in women's ice hockey. Collective efficacy beliefs of 12 teams were assessed prior to Friday's game and Saturday's game for at least 7 weekends. Questionnaires were completed within 24 hr before each game. Performance indicators were obtained from www.collegehockeystats.com. Data were split into two clusters, Study 1 and Study 2, and were subjected to multilevel modeling. Collective efficacy based on summative team performance capabilities was a statistically significant predictor of team performance at each of the three additive team performance intervals in both Study 1 and Study 2. The magnitude of this relationship did not change significantly as the temporal proximity between the efficacy and performance measures decreased, or, as the concordance (to be defined in the Introduction section) of the two measures increased.


Objective To explore the independent and synergic role between the polymorphisms of catechol-o-methyltransferase(COMT) gene G1947A and cytochrome P4501A1(CYP1A1) gene Msp I in genetic susceptibility to Parkinson disease(PD) in Xinjiang region. Methods The polymorphisms of COMT gene and CYP1A1 gene was determined by polymerase chain-reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP) in 237 idiopathic PD patients and 247 health controls in Xinjiang region. Results(1) There is no statistical difference in the distribution of the polymorphism of COMT gene and CYP1A1 gene between PD group and control group(all P 0. 05). stratified by nationality,gender and age,there is no statistical difference with the distribution of the polymorphism of both gene between each subgroup of PD group and control group(all P 0. 05).(2) Synergistic effect of G / G genotype of COMT gene and T / T genotype of CYP1A1 gene was associated with a 3. 288-fold increased relative risk of PD of Uygurs in Xinjiang(OR = 3. 288).(3) Synergistic effect of G / G genotype of COMT gene and T / C genotype of CYP1A1 gene was separately associated with a 0. 245-fold and 0. 451-fold decreased relative risk of PD of Uygurs and age≥60 years old people in Xinjiang(Uygurs: OR = 0. 245、age ≥60 years old: OR = 0. 451). Conclusion The synergistic function of the polymorphism of COMT gene and CYP1A1 gene might be increase or decrease the risk of PD of some population in Xinjiang region.


Objective Our aim is to determine the rate of glutathione S-transferase T1 ( GSTT1 ) null genotypes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients as a risk factor and analyze the prognostic significance of this gene polymorphism. Patients and methods We genotyped GSTT1 in two groups: the patient group included 30 children with AML who were receiving chemotherapy and the control group included 50 healthy children. PCR amplification was used to assign the GSTT1 genotype for the cases and the controls. The outcomes were compared in the patient group (those with and without GSTT1 genes). Results The frequency of GSTT1 null was significantly increased in the AML cases compared with the controls (50 vs. 10%). Conclusion The GSTT1 null genotype is a significant risk factor for childhood AML. The frequency of early death was high in GSTT1 -negative cases. Patients with the GSTT1 -negative genotype had reduced survival compared with those with at least one GSTT1 allele ( GSTT1 positive). The frequency of relapse from the end of induction did not show any significant difference in the GSTT1 -negative and the GSTT1 -positive cases. The GSTT1 genotype might be useful when deciding on appropriate chemotherapy regimens for children with AML.


The bucket fill factor is a core evaluation indicator for the optimization of the loader's autonomous shoveling operation. Accurately predicting the bucket fill factor of the loader after different excavation trajectories is fundamental for optimizing the loader's efficiency and energy cost. Therefore, this paper proposes a method for predicting the bucket fill factor of the loader based on the three-dimensional information of the material surface. Firstly, the co-simulation model of loader shoveling material is established based on the multi-body dynamics software RecurDyn and the discrete element method software (DEMS) EDEM, and the co-simulation is conducted under different excavation trajectories. Then, the three-dimensional material surface information before shovel excavation is obtained from DEMS, and the surface function of the material contour is fitted based on the corresponding shovel excavation trajectory information. Meanwhile, the volume of the material excavated by the loader is obtained by the numerical integration method, and it is divided by the rated bucket volume to obtain the estimated bucket fill factor. Finally, the actual volume of the material after the shovel excavation is divided by the rated bucket volume to obtain the accurate bucket fill factor. Based on this, the prediction model of the bucket fill factor is built. The experimental results show that the proposed method is feasible, with a maximum error of 4.3%, a root mean square error of 0.025 and an average absolute error of 0.021. The research work lays the foundation for predicting the bucket fill factor of construction machinery such as loaders and excavators under real working conditions, which is conducive to promoting the development of autonomous, unmanned, and intelligent construction machinery.


A multi-object audio signal apparatus for encoding and decoding, which is constituted by a multi-channel, as well as methods. A down-mix audio signal with multi-channel, wherein generating a spatial cue for the audio signal including a multi-channel, multi-channel to generate a first rendering information including the generated spatial cue encoding means, and multi-object configuration audio signals - audio signal with the multi-object comprises a signal downmixed by the multi-channel encoding means - a down-mix, Wherein generating a spatial cue for the audio signal including a multi-object, although provided with a multi-object encoding means for generating a second rendering information including a spatial cue said generated the multi-object encoding means, said multi-channel encoding It means for providing an audio encoding device for generating a spatial cue for the audio signal to the codec scheme that is restricted that is configured by the multi-object without the limitations.


On the basis of the features for layout of industries,cities and ports in the Liaoning coastal economic zone,the premises that the Liaoning coastal economic zone is preliminarily classified into 7 logistics areas for assembly and distribution,with the application of data from yearbook in the year 2010 by county and city in the whole zone associated the study,along with citation of planning data put forward by relevant research findings of scholars at home and at abroad as well,in accordance with such demands as ones for logistics in transit,industry,life and agriculture,demand for logistics market in current situation is studied and analyzed,and demand for logistics market in the future is also predicted.Furthermore,logistics parks coupled with large-scale professional logistics centers supporting system which are both port and port-orientated and look after both sides with such system for assembly and distribution in port and port as railway and highway are evaluated and studied with great consideration of almost every correlative aspect and weighing pros and cons closely and attentively,and then an optimum schema is brought up at last but not least which is intimately aimed at the spatial layout of logistics parks as well as large-scale professional logistics centers in the Liaoning coastal economic zone.According to the analyzed and evaluated results,in the end of the thesis rational and practical advice is proposed that 15 logistics parks and 41 large scale professional logistics centers in the Liaoning coastal economic zone should have been planned and built by the year 2020.


The paper describes methods for acquiring lexical information to implement a 'Unified Medical Lexicon for French' (UMLF) that aims at being a reference resource for NLP in the medical domain. We address four issues of lexical acquisition in a specialised domain. First, to assess the 'desired coverage' of lexical information, we use a large collection of French terms as a reference resource for the medical domain sublanguage. The collection contains close to 300,000 terms organised around conceptual identifiers. Second, by looking through this large amount of terminological data, we highlight the different kinds of information that might be useful to deal with typical terminological processing tasks, like variant recognition. The terminological variation phenomena that are very frequent in these terms are of three kinds: graphemic, inflectional and derivational variations. Third, we propose a model for organising the lexical information. Most of this model is inspired from existing specialist lexicons, but special emphasis is put on derivational morphological information. Finally, different kinds of acquisition methods are described, at the two levels of linguistic description that are addressed here: inflectional and derivational morphological knowledge. These methods allow acquiring an important amount of lexical data. For inflectional knowledge, the full paradigm is recorded, to provide information about all the possible inflected forms of lexical units within terms. Regarding derivational knowledge, specific derivation processes are targeted, in order to handle particular term variations. The relevance of the gathered derivational information is also assessed.


Nowadays, WLAN has caught the attentions of everyone. How can the opetators avoid the outcome of com companies? How to transform commerce patterns? How to transform the free service to the require service? Aiming on those matters of WLAN, A brief description was given. Emphasis is placed on the introduction how to make the benefits from WLAN, including how to offer the best services for the customers. So that, the estate of telecommunication could be well developed.


Finding place and context The archaeological complex of Siksala (Laul & Valk 2007) is located in the south-easternmost corner of Estonia, 2-3 km south of Misso village, ca. 7 km west of the present-day Estonian-Russian border and 3-4 km north of the Estonian-Latvian border. The complex consists of several monuments, including two cemeteries called Kalmetemagi (Graves' Hill) and Kirikumagi (Church Hill) which are located at the ends of the same oblong ridge. The cemetery on Kalmetemagi, mainly from the 11th-15th centuries, was investigated in the extent of ca. 80% in 1980-1993, whereby 242 inhumation graves with 253 burials, and 27 cremation burials were studied (Heapost 2007, table 1; Laul & Valk 2007, 29-80). In the further analysis of the scattered material from cremation graves, regarded formerly as stray finds, 11 additional cremations have been distinguished. The first excavations on Kirikumagi, a hill with the height of ca. 6 m between Lake Hino and Lake Mustjarv (Fig. 1) took place in 2003 (Valk 2004), in order to verify or disprove the former presence of the chapel, reflected in oral tradition, and of the suggested medieval cemetery. In the course of these works a 100 m long and 40 cm wide trench was dug along the hilltop (Fig. 2). The trench was divided into 1-metre long units, the numeration of which started from the west. The investigations were continued in 2004 (Valk 2005) with the aim to study and date the discovered chapel site and cemetery. During these excavations a ca. 35 m2 area, cut by the trial trenches, was opened in the southern part of the hill. In both years, especially in 2003, also some fragments of cremated bones were found from three areas, designated as A, B and C--two in the central and one in the southwestern part of the hill (Fig. 2). Between these areas, likewise in the north-eastern part of Kirikumagi, almost no cremation remains were discovered. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] In 2007 additional excavations were made in area A, in order to study the whole bone assemblage which was cut by the trench in 2003 and which was first interpreted as a pit-grave cremation (Valk 2004, 125). For that purpose, the formerly studied 2 m long part of the trench with cremated bones was extended in both directions for 0.5 m (to get more space for digging, also the filled trench was emptied again). Thus, in all, 2.8 [m.sup.2] was studied at the spot. The earth was dug by 10 cm thick layers. In 2003, the area where bones were found in the trench was regarded as one stratigraphic unit which was dug by horizontal layers. In 2007, the bones were collected by squares of 0.25 [m.sup.2] (the system was based on the general squares' system used in 2003) and by 10 cm layers. To find all the bone fragments, the ground was sieved. In total 69 different bone assemblages, based mainly on 1 m long parts of the trench or 1 m2 squares of the excavation plot of 2004, all of 10 cm thickness, were collected for analysis from Kirikumagi. In reality there existed, however, no distinct borders between the separately analysed assemblages: borders are only conventional, conditioned by the methodology of picking up bones. Distribution of cremated bones The first area of cremated bones (Fig. 2, A) where altogether 1184.9 g bone fragments were found (862.9 g in 2003 and 322 g in 2007) formed a 1.7 m long section of the trench. Some dispersed bone fragments which probably belonged together with them were gained also from the neighbouring square in the northeast (C/50; 5.4 g), and from squares located 0.5-1.5 m (G/ 47; 1.5 g) and 3.5-4.5 m (G/44; 0.9 g) to the south-west from the edge of the main concentration area (Fig. 2, A: 3). The second concentration area (Fig. 2, B) was ca. 5-6 m south-east of area A, in the excavation plot added to the main trench in 2003 (squares H/51 and H/52). Here 70.9 g of bones were found. The finds were from the area with the diameter of 1. …


Objective To compare the consistency of CMIA and ELISA for detecting syphilis specific antibody.Methods Three approaches including ELISA,TPPA and chemiluminescent Immunoassays were used to detect syphilis antibody in 120 serum specimens.Results ELISA and TPPA showed a better coincidence rate in the detection of syphilis serum specimens(κ=0.966,P0.05).Chemiluminescent immunoassays and TPPA showed a good coincidence rate in the detection of syphilis serum specimens(κ=0.867,P0.05).The coincidence rate between ELISA and TPPA was better than chemiluminescent immunoassay.Conclusion ELISA and chemiluminescent immunoassay show a good correlation with TPPA,the sensitivity of chemiluminescent immunoassay is higher than that of ELISA and TPPA.Chemiluminescent immunoassay is the best screening serologic test for syphilis.TPPA should be further tested so as to reduce the rate of misdiagnosis and false positive in the detection of syphilis.


Weed seed head trimming or cutting weeds above the crop prior to weed seed maturity may be useful in reducing the number of weed seeds set if the weed seed is above the crop canopy and the cutting height is controlled. Indian hedge mustard (Sisymbrium orientale) seed collected in the 2005 chickpea harvest samples was reduced by around 35% with all trimming treatments. In 2006 the late flower trimming reduced the seed number of wild oats and volunteer wheat in chickpeas. Lupin and chickpea grain yield was slightly reduced by trimming in 2005 but with better height control did not reduce yields in 2006. Given the difficulties in controlling weeds by the growers due to widespread development of herbicide resistance in these weeds within the WA wheat belt, this novel non-chemical way of weed control is a viable promising option to reduce the soil weed seed bank.


In this paper, a new algorithm for dissolve scene change detection in MPEG frame sequences is proposed. The proposed algorithm is based on the fact that most of dissolve curves can be characterized by a variance distribution of edge information in the frame sequences. Average edge frame sequences are obtained by performing "sobel" edge detection twice. Features are extracted by comparing a variance with those of local blocks in the average edge frames. Those features are further processed by the opening operation to obtain a smoothing variance curve. The lowest variance in the local frame sequences is chosen as a dissolve detection point. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm retrieves up to 18 dissolves in total 20 dissolves of some tested videos.


One of the major problems to be solved in renal transplantation is how to achieve satisfactory immunosuppressive effects and reduce complications arising from immunosuppression. As is generally known, various lymphocytes hold the key to the occurrence of acute rejection. As a new trial for the immunosuppressive method in renal transplantation, we carried out removal of lymphocytes, that is, lymphapheresis by the use of Blood Cell Separator (IBM 2997). Blood flow taken out of a shunt for dialysis is treated with Blood Cell Separator to remove only lymphocytes, while plasma and other cells are returned continuously into the body. On the average 3x109 lymphocytes were removed at the time of each lymphapheresis. Some platelets and granulocytes adjacent to the lymphocytic layer were also removed. However, the numbers of peripheral platelets and leukocytes showed no significant decrease. On the other hand, the number of peripheral lymphocytes decreased significantly after single lymphapheresis but leveled off thereafter despite repeated lymphapheresis. Single lymphapheresis took about two hours and the amount of blood treated was 6L for adults and 3L for children. We provided a bypass on the venous side of the hemodialysis circuit so that lymphapheresis can be performed during hemodialysis. Subsequently, lymphapheresis can be performed without any further intervention on the patients in preoperative hemodialysis or when hemodialysis is needed for postoperative ATN (acute tubular necrosis) or rejection. Furthermore, lymphapheresis has contributed to perform renal transplantation easily and safely and can be performed whenever it is needed before and after transplantation. Biopsy of lymph nodes after lymphapheresis showed a distinct atrophy. Preoperative lymphapheresis was performed in 11 cases of renal transplantation from March, 1981, to October, 1982, at our institution. Among these 11 cases, only one case showed rejection leading to the graft loss, although they were varied in the histocompatibility, the number of repeated lymphapheresis before the operation (2-30 times) and the duration of postoperative observation (1-20 months). This was a case in which administration of immunosuppressive agents could not be continued because of respiratory complication. Mild rejection occurred in most of the cases but it recovered easily with an increased dosis of steroid. The cases treated with preoperative lymphapheresis tended to require less amount of steroid compared to the cases receiving no lymphapheresis. The result of preoperative lymphapheresis in renal transplantation has so far been satisfactory.


At moment many University Journals in social science suffer a tendency of decline in academic quality. Certain measures should be taken to solve this problem, such as to fix correctly the position and objective of a journal, to train the major groups of contributors and to improve the qualification editors.


Aim of this work is to describe the electronic driving system and the entire experimental setup realized in order to photo-ignite a gaseous fuel/air mixture enriched with Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with added metal impurities, makers of photo-ignition process. The realized electronic boards present different features such as variable flash brightness, pulse duration and high flash rate, allowing to fully characterize the combustion process under investigation. Varying the Xenon light source's parameters, the needed light energy/power to ignite MWCNT/Fe mixtures with different weight ratio was found. Experimental results show that lower energy thresholds are required with increasing MWCNTs amount respect to ferrocene. Then, the photo-induced ignition of CNTs mixed with nanoparticles was used in a properly realized experimental setup for triggering the combustion of different CNT-enriched air/fuel mixtures (CH4, Liquid Propane and H2). The combustion tests triggered by MWCNTs/ferrocene photo-ignition show better performances (shorter ignition delays, higher peak pressure values and a higher fuel burning rate), for all used gaseous fuels and all tested air / fuel ratios, compared with those obtained by using a traditional spark plug.


Introduction Sponges are key components of marine benthic communities, providing many ecosystem functions and establishing close relationships with microorganisms, conforming the holobiont. These symbiotic microbiotas seem to be host species-specific and highly diverse, playing key roles in their sponge host. The effects of elevated seawater temperature on sponges and their microbiota are still poorly known, and whether sponges from polar areas are more sensitive to these impacts respect to temperate and tropical species is totally unknown. Methods We analyzed the microbiomes of different sponge species in their natural habitat and after exposure to heat stress in aquaria by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to (1) characterize the sponge microbiota covering a latitudinal gradient (polar, temperate and tropical environments), and (2) asses the effects of thermal stress on their microbial communities. Results Bacterial communities' structure was different in the different sponge species and also respect the surrounding seawater. The core microbiome is maintained in most sponge species after a heat stress, although whether they would recover to the normal conditions previous to the stress remains yet to be further investigated. We observed increased abundances of transient bacteria from unknown origin in sponge species exposed to heat stress. Discussion Some of the transient bacteria may be opportunistic bacteria that may benefit from the heat stress-associated dysregulation in the sponge by occupying new niches in the holobiont. According to our results, sponges from Antarctic waters could be more resilient than tropical and temperate sponges. Both the microbiome composition and the changes produced by the heat stress seem to be quite host species-specific, and thus, depend on the sponge species. Under a global change scenario, the microbiomes of the tropical and temperate sponges will probably be those suffering the most the heat stress, and therefore the effects of global change may be dramatic for benthic ecosystems since sponges are a fundamental part of them.


T he emergence of Web-based courses is a relatively new phenomenon, with noticeable numbers of Web courses only beginning to appear in the educational marketplace in the late 1990s. With the relatively recent entry of Web-based courses as distance learning options, researchers have yet to focus on assessment issues and factors relating to student success. In the rush to establish educational courses online, administrators, program developers, and instructors have paid little systematic or scholarly attention to student out comes. Increasing interest in the Internet and the Web has stimulated "possibility" thinking for marketing, business, and educational opportunities among business people and entrepreneurs. Distance learning has followed this trend, with higher education institutions entering into the online learning foray. According to the National Center for Edu cational Statistics (NCES) , 58% of two-year and four-year postsecondary institutions offered asynchronous Internet distance learning courses in 1997-98. Of those institutions, 87% planned to increase the number of asynchronous online courses over the subsequent three years. Seventy three percent of those institutions planning to start offering distance learning courses within the following three years planned to offer asynchronous Web-based courses (Lewis, 1999) . Clearly, institutions are moving or planning to move into online learning in a significant way. The purpose of this study was to investigate student satisfaction with their Web-based learning experiences. As Web-based courses become more prevalent, the need grows for thorough, empirical research to determine the impact of various pedagogical approaches used in the Web-based instructional environment on learning, persistence and student satisfaction. As numerous higher education insti tutions make concerted moves into Web-based education, there is also a distinct need for empirical data about how well Web-based learning is working for students. The realities of the students' experiences with Web based learning will determine the extent to which they con tinue their education or the upgrading of their professional skill levels through this medium. The degree to which the panacea of new students and revenues materializes depends heavily on how well courses are designed, delivered, and technically supported. The effects on increasing access are related to and affected by what types of students fare best in and most value Web-based courses. The significance of this study lies in the fact that higher education administrators and decision-makers make daily decisions to invest time and money to enter or increase their positions within the Web-based education market. Yet they have little empirical data about what factors actually relate to student satisfaction and success in online learning. This study's goal was to provide reliable data about stu dents' perceptions of their Web-based learning experiences. Such data can inform decision making about investments in and the organization of Web-based program development at higher education institutions. I defined a Web-based course as a course in which the primary learning content


Through the investigation of the influence of soil properties on the behavior of cadmium (Cd) in soil-root system under the real field conditions, the results showed that, (1) Co-exist elements (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) acted the positive effects on the element Cd transportation in soil-root system, and the sequence for their influence was CdPbCuZnNi. (2) The pH value and the contents of clay and silt had the negative effects, and the contents of P2O5 and sand had the positive effects on the Cd movement in soil-root system. (3) The transfer levels of unessential element Cd from soil to crop-root mainly depended on its amount in soil.


Some special problems of applying the standard protocol IEC60870- 5- 101 to distribution automation system are discussed in this paper. On the basis of engineering practice, the communication system for distribution automation is developed and implemented by taking Visual C# as developing tool and making use of Multi- threading serial communication technique, and the data collected by FTU is also guaranteed to transmit. According to the test of this system, the requirement of development is satisfied, now this system is run successfully.


Aiming at current problems in the teaching curriculum content and teaching mode for Data Structure course in application-oriented institutions,combining the content of education reform,the curriculum system and teaching methods are researched and improved,which integrated and optimized the teaching contents,thus enhancing the cultivation of quality and ability and strengthening the teaching resources construction.Based on the integration of teaching-thinking-practicing,a step-by-step practice teaching mode is proposed.By using the entire process,standardization,three-dimensional assessment program,a better teaching result has achieved.


Empty nose syndrome (ENS) is a rare complication of nose or sinus surgery, and of inferior turbinectomy in particular. Symptomatology is variable and changeable, the most common sign being paradoxical nasal obstruction. Treatments include moistening nasal cavity by local irrigation, humidification, applying ointment or narrowing of the nasal cavity. We report a 61-year-old male patient who suffered from dryness, nasal obstruction and crusting in the nose after sinus surgery and turbinate reduction. We harvested auricular conchal cartilage and implanted on both side of the caudal part of cartilaginous septum. Calcium hydroxylapatite filler (Radiesse ® , Merz aesthetics Inc., San Mateo, CA, USA) was injected in the anterior end of both inferior turbinates, submucosally. The patient achieved a significant symptom improvement without any complica tions. We experienced a case of ENS and report successful treatment using an auricular conchal cartilage and filler. �


An improved bandgap reference with high power supply rejection (PSR) is presented. The proposed circuit consists of a simple voltage subtractor circuit incorporated into the conventional Brokaw bandgap reference. Essentially, the subtractor feeds the supply noise directly into the feedback loop of the bandgap circuit which could help to suppress supply noise. The simulation results have been shown to conform well with the theoretical evaluation. The proposed circuit has also shown robust performance across temperature and process variations.


Studies were made of the calculation of fractal dimension of transverse impact fracture surface, and of the correlation between impact toughness of steel and parameters of free-cutting phase by means of the developed fractal geometry model of crack propagation. It is believed that the area fraction f, of free--cutting phase is negligibly influential to the longitudinal impact toughness, as f《 1. While the configuration, saying ratio of length to width,
of free--cutting phase is inversely ?nfluential to the transverse impact toughness. This may be the reason why the transverse impaot toughness of free--cutting steel containing more rare earth contrast to sulphur is even higher than the low sulphur base steel.


The correct implementation of the protocols and proper exchange of messages is very important for an easy comparison of the results of real measurements and network simulations. This work shows the validation of the ns-3 802.11s mesh module with respect to the actual IEEE Standard 802.112012 [3] and proposes changes which are needed to get the ns-3 implementation compliant to the actual standard. The ns-3 802.11s mesh module is described in [1] and based on the IEEE 802.11s Draft Standard 3.0 (2009). Therefore several changes in the ns-3 mesh module are needed to cover the actual standard (e.g. Category and Action Values, Information Elements and Element ID, structure of the Peering Management frame, Mesh Configuration and the Path Error frame). As independent monitoring tool Wireshark is used to validate the protocol implementation in ns-3.22 as the Wireshark parser is covering the actual protocol implementation of IEEE 802.11-2012. The source of the proposed changes in ns-3.22, which are described in the following sections can be found in [2]. 1. ASSIGNMENT OF CATEGORIES AND ACTIONS Action Frames are a type of management frame used to trigger an action in the Network. In Mesh Networks, Management Frames of Type Action are used for the establishment of Peer Links according to the Peering Management Protocol and path selection according to the Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol (HWMP) (see [1] and [3]). The category value describes the action frame type (e.g. Block Ack, Mesh, Multihop and Self-protected as defined in [3] chap. 22.214.171.124 tab. 8-38). Important actions according to chap. 188.8.131.52, 8.5.16 and 8.5.17 of [3] are shown in Figure 1 (gray marked Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Workshop on ns-3 (WNS3) '2015 Barcelona, Spain Copyright 20XX ACM X-XXXXX-XX-X/XX/XX ...$15.00. squares are not implemented in ns-3 so far).


Sprouts Processing into sprouts flour are an alternative preservation. Heating can be done by boiling, steaming and roasting. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of variations in the processing of antioxidant activity, the chemical characteristics (protein and vitamin C) and the organoleptic properties of the soybean sprouts flour. The kind of processing soybean sprouts are control, steaming, boiling, and roasting. The design used was completely randomized design. ANOVA statistical analysis and further tested by LSD, while the organoleptic using Friedman test and further tested by Wilcoxon test. Research result; Antioxidant activity on the processing of steaming 38.91 ppm, roasting 37.94 ppm and boiling 36.42 ppm; The percent of polyphenols at steaming 3.27%, roasting 3.25%, and boiling of 2.62%; vitamin C at steaming 0,16% control 0.18%, roasting of 0.1%; The highest protein content of 44.44% at steaming, boiling 44.25%, while the lowest protein 41.98% at roasting. It not significant effect of antioxidant activity, polyphenols, protein content, except for vitamin C. Analysis of Statistical at organoleptic properties was significant at aroma and color buat texture it was not significant. Keywords: Sprouts Soybean Flour, Antioxidant activity, polyphenol, protein, Vitamin C


Nutrition status in leaf of different yield Jinkui kiwifruit orchards was conducted in Leijiafan village of Yiling district,Yichang.P,Ca,Cu,Zn and Mo were primary elements of influencing kiwifruit yield in local orchards.Ca and Fe in leaf were very low,N and Mg were low in part of orchards,P and Cl were high.It was stimulative among Fe,Zn and Mo,between N and Fe,it was restraining between Fe and Cu.Seven pairs of elements adapted to different mathematic models.


The amount of infection following caesarean operations changes according to the indication for the caesarean and the length of time the membranes have been ruptured. Antibiotics should be prescribed according to these parameters. It does not seem that the numbers of thrombo-embolic complications in this series were reduced by using heparin prophylactically in the usual doses. It does seem to us that women with real factors for this risk should receive heparin in high doses to lower blood coagulation.


The present invention is an application embedded in a web browser window (320) allows the display of the output data in the application output window 326. Application-output window (326) is an application - even if the application program that provides the source of the output data, the Web is not running (non-web enabled) (eg, legacy applications), dynamically move and size are adjustable web browser window (320) It can be operated within. In the output window (326) the present invention includes a first virtual channel 660, the application output window 326 receives the window attribute information associated with the second virtual channel applications received via 670 through-output data application display, and application-output window may be formed and / or changed using the window attribute information.


The author uses variation by the day of week—comparing weekdays to weekends—to reconsider three main explanations for variation in women's housework time. The author predicts that though evidence of gender deviance neutralization (GDN) should be evident across the days of the week, evidence of time constraints and absolute earnings should be most apparent on weekdays. The author tests these hypotheses with the largest sample to date (American Time Use Survey 2003–2012) and careful consideration of the functional form between resources/constraints and housework time. The author finds that all three measures of resources/constraints—relative earnings, absolute earnings, and employment hours—perform as poor predictors of women's housework on weekends. Weekends are when women, regardless of employment status, do gender, but not in the way hypothesized by GDN. On weekdays, women's own employment hours and earnings have negative, but diminishing, effects on their housework time. GDN is not supported.


We study the delay and throughput in a wireless multihop network with sources that form a Poisson point process and relays which are placed equidistantly on the sourcedestination line. A combined TDMA/ALOHA MAC protocol with intra-route TDMA and inter-route ALOHA is employed. We give bounds on the delay-optimal number of hops and derive the asymptotic delay-throughput tradeoff as the source-destination distance R gets large. The delay includes both the service times and waiting times in the buffers of the typical route. One main finding is that when the transmission probability and number of hops are jointly optimized for minimum delay, the number of hops scales as R⅔ while the delay scales as R4over3.


The optimum culture condition for the production of recombinant hepatitis B ;&ace antigen (pre S2 + S Ag) was investigated. The productivity of hepatitis B surface antiger, in recombinant Saccharomyccs cercvisiae, which contains GAP (glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase) promoter, was increased by 25% when the pH was changed from 5 to 8 during the stationary growth phase and by 46% when phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride was added at 0.344mii in the stationary phase.


Increasing exploration and production activities, coupled with improper waste disposal practices have encouraged widespread contamination of ecological systems at locations of these activities. This study was to examine the biodegradation potentials of axenic and mixed bacterial isolates associated with drill cuttings emanating from onshore well located at Ologbo, Edo State. Aerobic biodegradation was determined using screen test and shake flask experiment (assessing the total viable counts (cfu/ml), pH, turbidity, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD 5 ) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) for a period of 28 days. Results revealed heavy growth in broth cultures amended with glucose and drill muds. In shake flask experiment, the highest total viable counts of 10.2 x 103cfu/ ml and 6.4 x 10 3 cfu/ ml were recorded for cultures containing consortium of isolates ( Enterobacter aerogenes + Micrococcus sp. In water based mud (WBM) broth; Enterobacter aerogenes + Micrococcus sp. in synthetic based mud (SBM) broth. The COD (reduced from 65 mg/ l at day 1 to 47 mg/ l at day 28) and BOD5 (reduced from 22.2 mg/ l at day 1 to 0.7 mg/ l at day 28 in synthetic based mud) results are evidence of the oxidation of the substrates. There was no significant difference in the degradation of the drilling muds by the isolates (p > 0.05). It was therefore shown that these selected isolates have potential applications in the bioremediation of sites polluted with muds waste. Keywords: Onshore drill-cutting, drill muds, microorganisms, biodegradation Nig J. Biotech . Vol. 25 (2013) 46-52


In order to explore the constituent factors of the drugpusher's personality structure, the CPI datas of 378 cases of drugpusher were sdudied by factor analysis. Four factors which each one's λ1 were gained. The first factor was composed of sense of well-being, intellectual efficiency, socialization etc, altogether twelve sub-scales; the second factor included sociability, social presence etc, altogether six sub-scales; the third factor included psychological mindedness, empathy, capacity for status, achievement via independence; and the last factor was flexibility. They were named Obedience, Extraversion, Mature and Flexibility factor and could explain the personality structure of the drugpusher well.


Citadel areas are the significant places which constitute a city's cultural and historical identity. Characteristics of a local community take form arising from citadel areas. These areas give a direction to the community's social characteristics as well as architectural and urban planning properties. Considering in the perspectives of architectural and urban planning issues, citadel areas are the initial places which start the development of urbanization process. This is why the environs of the historical citadel areas of the cities are called as historical city centers. Urban development continues starting from historical city centers. Accordingly, citadel areas of the historical city centers could be considered as significant landmarks in the sense that they generate the formation of urban dynamics. In this paper, a study on Ankara citadel area has been performed. Ankara has a special value in the modern State of The Republic of Turkey due to being the capital city of the country. Thereby, Ankara citadel area is a distinctive place which shapes the structural development of Turkey's capital city, which it is also a situation that the structural development of Ankara as the capital city acts as a role model for the other cities of the modern Republic established after Ottoman Empire. Therefore, due to the fact that the special historical significance which Ankara and its citadel area have is the main reason for the selection of Ankara citadel area as a study area. In this regard, a specific public square on the citadel area and the structures existing on the square examined considering public square, structures and relationship between them separately. While examining the study area, the usage relationships of the public square and the structures were evaluated. Additionally, the indoor parts of the some structures were also examined. While doing this, the situations of the study area in the year 2010 and the year 2014 are compared considering the rehabilitation process implemented after the year 2010. The study includes the before and after visualizations of the structures existing on the study area. Therefore, main interpretations about the area (e.g. authenticity of the structures) will be made depending on these visualizations.


Calcium chloride in the spray carrier antagonized the toxicity of diethanolamine 2,4-D and sodium 2,4-D, dimethylamine MCPA, sodium bentazon, dimethylamine dicamba and sodium dicamba, sodium acifluorfen, imazamethabenz, ammonium imazethapyr, and isopropylamine glyphosate to kochia in greenhouse experiments. Diammonium sulfate overcame calcium chloride antagonism of the above herbicides, except for glyphosate and imazethapyr. Diammonium sulfate or ammonium nitrate adjuvants overcame calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate antagonism of dicamba toxicity to kochia and enhanced toxicity of sodium dicamba to nearly equal that of dimethylamine dicamba.


Budapest, Hungary August 30 – September 4, 2010 Following the high standards set by the International Organization of Psychophysiology, the Program of this 15th World Congress of Psychophysiology will be composed of Invited Keynote Presentations, Symposia and Poster Sessions on the most advanced findings on all aspects, branches and areas of Psychophysiology as a leading Neuroscience (see Main Topics of the World Congress). All accepted abstracts will be published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology which will be distributed to all registered Delegates at the World Congress site in Budapest.


One hundred and seventy four accessions of sunflower were evaluated in a randomized block design with two replications during Kharif 2010-11 at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh to investigate the extent of genetic variability and genetic diversity. The Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits indicating considerable magnitude of genetic variability of the material used for the study. Low heritability coupled with high GAM was observed for seed yield per plant due to high environmental effects and selection is effective. The genetic divergence study infers the grouping of 174 accessions in 13 clusters which indicates prevalence of good extent of diversity in the material. Cluster I had more no. of genotypes followed by clusters IV, VII and VIII. Cluster X had higher mean value for plant height and head diameter, cluster XII had higher test weight and cluster XI had high seed yield per plant. The maximum inter cluster distance was recorded between cluster XI and XII followed by cluster X and XII and clusters V and XII. Hence, it is suggested that if the diverse accessions from these diverse groups are used in the breeding programme, it is expected to produce a wide range of genetic variability in the population. The traits, 100 seed weight, plant height and days to maturity were the major causing genetic divergence among the accessions.


Objective: To explore the mechanics aspects of space closure using preadjusted appliance. Methods: The whole finite element model composed of the upper denture and periodontal tissue, arch wire and appliance was established. The three-dimensional nonlinear finite element method was used to analyze the contacts between arch wire and brackets, the stress distribution in periodontal ligament and the instant displacement of teeth, when a 150 g force and 0.019×0.025 inches stainless steel arch wire was used to close the spaces with sliding method. Results: When a 150 g force was used to close the spaces with sliding method, the Von mises stress, maximum stress and minimum stress were 4.566 5 ×10-4~0.725 5 MPa,-3.000~ 9.413 MPa and 3.281~8.716 MPa in periodontal ligament (PDL). The distribution of stress was lower and well-distributed in periodontal. The contact points on posterior teeth were least and the contact force was lower between arch wire and slot. Conclusion:Using 150 g force and 0.019 ×0.025 inches stainless steel arch wire to close spaces have the advantage of sliding and corresponding.


We have become used to thinking of "materialism" as a name for demystification. Materialism is understood as that kind of thinking which relieves us of deluded beliefs in immaterial entities or of "ideological" conceptions of society. It has also, sometimes, been thought of as the easiest of all philosophical or social-scientific creeds to grasp. Only matter, and material needs, are real, it seems to say; any claims to know anything beyond them are "metaphysical," or "idealist," or "ideological." Materialism's job is imagined as a relatively straightforward one: to break those idols and to leave us undeluded. In practice this task of getting rid of illusions has proved much more difficult than the above remarks suggest. Materialism has found it hard to stand outside the illusions which it wants to dispel. It is easier to call oneself a materialist than it is to be one, because self-declared materialism has an unfortunate tendency to turn into its opposite. Something like this difficulty can be seen right at the origins of the tradition which came to be called "materialism." For the early Greek philosopher Democritus, matter was the absolutely real. Amongst his chief principles was that "[n]othing will come of nothing and nothing which is can be annihilated." The idea has had an impact well beyond Greek thought, right through to Newtonian physics and the modern common sense determined by it. Yet such an axiom already indicates how hard it is to separate the tradition of materialism from kinds of thinking with which one might expect it to have little in common. Here, for example, the Eleatic and very unmaterialist notion of substance as that which is eternal and can suffer no decay migrates into Democritus' conception of matter: "Nothing which is can be annihilated."


More fundamentally, women have been subjected to domination by men. This is as a result of persisting cultural stereotype, abuse of religious and traditional practices, patriarchal societal structures in which economic, political and social power are dominated by men and the role women have historically played as the followers of male leaders. Women Gender Equality issues have become a global core commitment of gender quality not only seen as an end in itself and human right issue, but as a prerequisite for the achievement of sustainable development. Socio-economic and politics holds prospect for women, gender equality on the aforementioned fronts. To respond to the challenges of gender inequalities and attendant low socio-economic and political indicators, there is need to recognize gender issues as central to and critical to achieve women gender equality. The qualitative research method is adopted and data are gathered from the University Libraries, news print and journals. The aim of the study is to critically analyze the specific socio-economic and political gender issues responsible for the continuous perpetuation of gender inequality in Nigeria. Strategies are recommended to ensure women gender equality in all spheres of activities in the country.


Today it is important to study the problem of male infertility, as well as to identify the factors of its occurrence. The purpose of the work is to evaluate the overall picture of the quality of ejaculate during the last 50 years and to determine the reasons for such changes. More than 40 literary sources were published for thorough analysis in the period 1984–2018 (the share of new references is 20%). There was a decrease in sperm concentration by 1.5% / year, total sperm count — 1.6% / year, total sperm motility — 0.4% / year, decrease in the percentage of progressive motility sperm by 5.5% / year and with normal morphology 2.2% / year. One of the main reasons for the deterioration of sperm quality is the impact of negative environmental factors — chemical and radioactive contamination, as well as electromagnetic radiation. Among the most toxic substances are the heavy metals, pesticides, bisphenol A, phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxin and its derivatives. Thus, over the last 50 years there has been a decline in the qualitative and quantitative indices of ejaculate men worldwide. One of the reasons is the worsening environmental situation.


OF THE THESIS Honey, What Are We Watching Tonight?: An Examination of Couples' Media Use and Relational Satisfaction by William J. Norman Jr. Master of Arts in Communication San Diego State University, 2010 Existing research indicates that people around the world are high consumers of media. Considerable research also exists indicating how and why individuals select certain media, and what affect it has on those individuals, however, there is a lack of research examining the effects of media co-viewing. This study examined romantic couples' media habits and their affect on a partner's perception of relationship maintenance strategy usage, relational closeness, and relational satisfaction. This study addressed the following research questions and hypotheses: (RQ1) What types of media do people consume individually most frequently?; (RQ2) What types of media do couples consume most frequently when together?; (H1a – H1g) Romantic partners' combined media use is positively associated with the use of relationship maintenance strategies (e.g., positivity, openness, assurances, shared tasks, social networks, conflict management, and advice); (H2a – H2g) Individual media use alone is negatively associated with the use of each relationship maintenance strategy (e.g., positivity, openness, assurances, shared tasks, social networks, conflict management, and advice); (H3) Romantic partners who spend more time using media together will experience higher levels of relational closeness; (H4) Romantic partners who spend time using media together will experience higher levels of relationship satisfaction; and (RQ3) Do couples who watch the same television genre alone and together have higher levels of relational satisfaction than couples who watch different television genres alone than when together? The study's results revealed positive relationships between couple's media use and relational satisfaction, and relational closeness. However, individual media use was not associated with a decrease in the use of relational maintenance strategies.


Two experimental groups comprising mixed Norwegian sea run and freshwater resident brown trout Salmo trutta were infected with sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis in replicate tanks. Comparison of mean abundance and louse development between the sea run and resident groups revealed highly significant differences in lice abundance. The resident trout had an average abundance ± S.E. of 6.3 ± 0.37 and 6.6 ± 0.43 lice whilst the sea trout had an average abundance of 3.5 ± 0.25 and 3.3 ± 0.28 lice 29 days post infection at 9° C. No differences in development of lice, of either sex, were detected between the groups. As host groups were naive to sea lice at the start of the experiment, this suggests that there was a significant difference in susceptibility to sea lice infection between them, which may be genetically determined.


With the development of the liquor industry,market competition is becoming furious.The homogenization of inner quality has forced the liquor enterprises pay more attention to the product packaging.In order to meet the colorful packaging and outstanding personality requirements,micro-flute box and flexographic printing have been used for liquor packaging and printing.The moderate but quality packaging not only realized the beauty,but also had certain environment value.


Existing scale-up graph engines are tuned for either short, navigational requests (e.g., Nearest-Neighbor) or longer, analytics requests (e.g., PageRank). However, they do not have good performance for both workloads running concurrently. We present Janus, a scale-up graph engine architected for modern, many-core servers with large memory. Janus has excellent scale-up performance on navigational requests, on analytics requests, and on a mixed workload running concurrently both navigational and analytics requests.


Personalization of user experience through recommendations involves understanding their preferences and the context they are living in. In this work, we present a method to rank travel offers returned in response to a travel request made by a user. To give a sensible answer, we learn users' preferences over time and use them to understand travelers' needs. Our solution is based on a data-mining-based recommender system. We first design a database of historical traveler data and populate it with data generated according to rules mimicking the features of actual user profiles. These rules are then used as ground truth to validate the accuracy of the proposed learning algorithm. After performing data pre-processing, a knowledge base is set up by mining association rules from the database, which will then be used along with the travel request to assign a score to each of the potential travel offers, thus ranking them. To test the proposed methodology, we generate synthesized data according to some distributions. The results of the experiments approve the effectiveness of the proposed ranking mechanisms. Finally, we demonstrate the presentation of the ranked offers to the user via some mock-ups of the intended application.


Ice accretion is a severe challenge for both production and livelihood in cold regions. Previously reported high-performance icephobic surfaces by infusing lubricants are either temporarily icephobic, chemically unstable, or mechanically weak. Herein, we report the design and fabrication of submicrometer porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS; Sylgard 184 with weight ratio 10:1) foam based chemically stable and mechanically robust icephobic materials. The relationship between the ice adhesion strength and porosity is revealed. Without any surface additives and lubricants as well as sacrificing the cross-linking density of elastomeric foam, the stable ice adhesion strength of the submicrometer porous foam reaches 16.8 ± 5.8 kPa after 50 icing/deicing cycles. In addition, the icephobic foams show excellent chemical stability and mechanical robustness, and the ice adhesion strengths are all less than 30.0 kPa after acid/base/salt/organic solvent corrosion and 1000 abrasion cycles. The submicrometer porous elastom...


The progress of human civilization mainly depends on agriculture. In the rural areas particularly in India, for sustainable income and employment, people seems to be very much dependent on the degree of diversification of landuse towards cultivating various types of crops. Crop diversification refers to the raising of varieties of crops in a given area in a crop season. To achieve agricultural sustainability there must be crop diversification. The economy of Dibrugarh District of Assam located in the North Eastern corner of India, is mainly agrarian as most of the population are engaged in agriculture. But due to lack infrastructure and others, the agricultural sustainability in the study area is hindered. So to achieve agricultural sustainability, Dibrugarh district should go for crop diversification. In this context the present paper tries to study pattern of crop diversification and find out the nature of change in cropping pattern during the period lying between 1999-2000 and 2009-10 in Dibrugarh district. It also tries to find out the nature and magnitude of disparity in agriculture in the study area .The varying natural, socio-economic and cultural environments in Dibrugarh exercise a critical and differential effect on the adoption of modern farm technology which has resulted to disparity in agriculture.


This paper presents a comparison between PO and full wave RCS results for dielectric scattering geometries. The dihedral example shows good agreement when computing reflections, with the second contribution being the most important for the monostatic simulation. Secondly, the bistatic RCS of a larger geometry consisting of a rough surface with Gaussian incidence for PO and SDFMM shows great coincidence in the main lobe, while the reflection near grazing directions degrades for PO as expected. As a consequence, the modified PO successfully models problems which may be prohibitive for full-wave simulation.


Point your SmartPhone at the code above. If you have a QR code reader, the video abstract will appear. Or use: https://youtu.be/wvV871tbm3Y Abstract: The XEN Gel Stent (Allergan Inc., an Abbvie company) is an implant that lowers intraocular pressure by creating a filtration pathway from the anterior chamber to the subconjunctival space, using the same pathway as trabeculectomy. While the primary method for implantation is via ab interno approach, it is also possible to implant the device ab externo. This technique paper details the surgical steps for closed conjunctival implantation of the Gel Stent and provides surgical pearls for enhancing outcomes.


The treatment plant for low-activity waste (combined calcium phosphate- iron hydroxide fluocculation/vermiculite ion exchanger) and the installation for the decontamination of medium level waste (ion-exchange-distillation) at the reactor center at Wurenlingen, Switzerland, are described. Results of thc laboratory experiments for the design of the radioactive water treatment systems are given. (auth)


The main motivation of the research paper is to analyze different performance parameters of three well known Ad-hoc network routing protocols (AODV, DSDV, DSR) with varying node density and velocity. As in real world the movements of nodes are almost always random, therefore we selected the random way point mobility model. Ad hoc network is an active research area now-a-days. Plenty of literature is available in this field. The researcher has developed many Routing Algorithms for effective routing in MANETs. Similarly researchers also have analyzed these protocols in different scenarios. The Research area which needs more work & is still demanding the researcher attention is to work out efficiency of such networks in reliable ( suitable for delay tolerant and error sensitive data) & unreliable (for delay sensitive and error tolerant information such voice and video streaming) transport layer protocols. In this study we evaluate the behavior of different Ad –hoc network routing protocols (AODV, DSDV, DSR) under reliable TCP and unreliable UDP transport layer protocols with variable node density and velocity. From simulation results we observed that each protocol perform in a different way with different node density and velocity.


This investigation addresses a necessity of industrial use of regional resources on the basis that the local and regional development should be a top priority for the balanced national development. Accordingly, this study focuses on how regional resources proper to these native districts has been industrialized and what parts the main participatory agents(public sectors and private sectors) have played in the process of regional industrialization. For this, a Japanese apricot industry of Gwangyang, on the South of Jeola Province, and a bamboo industry of Damyang, on the south of Gwangju, respectively, were investigated and analyzed through the qualitative analysis method. Through the case study, the main participatory agents' roles in the success of regional industrialization are as follows: Firstly, in the case of Research and Development, a leading role of public sectors is much required because the pubic sectors can make the support of research funds or the practical use of research workers available. Secondly, in the case of production, the private sectors should play their leading part, while the public sectors need to cater to free concession of state-owned/public lands or administrative and financial incentives. Thirdly, in the case of marketing, the private sectors should perform the active marketings such as the establishment of distribution companies and the practical use of the existing distribution networks. On the other hand, the public sectors will have to perform the marketing supply including external public relations and promotion activities. In conclusion, only in collaboration with the public and private sectors can the regional industrialization make progress.


Background: Ulcerative colitis is the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease affecting a person's social and psychological wellbeing, quality of life and educational performance. Aim of the study: Evaluate the effect of educational instructions on knowledge of patients with ulcerative colitis. Methodology: Quasi–experimental design was conducted at inpatient and outpatient clinic in Specialized Medical Hospital at Mansoura University. Purposive sample of 50 patients who were willing to participate in the study according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Tool: One tool structured questionnaire sheet was used in this study. Results: The present study showed statistically significant improvement in patient's knowledge level noticed in posttest and follow up after implementation of educational instructions. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a positive effect of educational instructions on improving knowledge level among ulcerative colitis patients. Recommendation: It was recommended that all ulcerative colitis patients have access to a basic-colored educational leaflet published in simple Arabic language


Flower-like indium nanostructures with an average diameter of about 450 nm were successfully synthesized through an ultrasonic dispersion method in ployol system, and were characterized by TEM, XRD, and TG/DTA. The results indicated that these flower-like indium nanoparticles were built from nanopetals and nanorods, and possessed the same crystal structure as bulk indium. Their tribological property as additives in lubricant oil was evaluated on a four-ball tester, and tribological results showed that the as-obtained flower-like indium nanoparticles had an excellent ability in friction-reducing and antiwear.


An organ culture of human saphenous vein was used as a model of vein graft intimal hyperplasia and the potential of Losartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, to inhibit neointimal proliferation was investigated. Median (range) neointimal thickness was reduced from 17 (16–19) to 11 (8–18) μm in veins cultured with Losartan (median difference 5 (95 per cent confidence interval 2–8) μm). A similar decrease in the median neointimal proliferation index was seen from 21 (range 14–47) to 15 (range 5–31) per cent (median difference 8 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval 5–11 per cent)). These results demonstrate that angiotensin II receptor antagonists may be of therapeutic value for the modulation of vein graft intimal hyperplasia.


In traditional software engineering, artifacts are manually developed, based on a system specification in terms of documenting models. Models are abstractions of real-world concepts and environments. Model-driven Engineering (MDE) is a paradigm in which these models are considered the driving software artifacts, serving also purposes of code generation besides documenting the underlying system. In this context, the Object Management Group (OMG) suggests in their Model-driven Architecture (MDA) to standardize the models for them to have a maximized re-usability. Consequently, software engineers benefit from a positively influenced productivity. The topic of model transformation plays a central role in this context of MDE, as the involved models are specified on different levels of abstraction. Since its publication in 2008, Query/View/Transformation-Relations (QVTr) claims to be the standard model transformation language (MTL) for the declarative specification of model transformations, and has been used as an enabling formalism. In consideration of productivity being a central goal in MDE, it is vital for tools and editors to maximize the usability of their implementing MTL. However, taking into account the current state of the art in tools for QVTr, several shortcomings are revealed. First, the availability of matured tools is sparse, and furthermore, they have been developed with the goal to enable the underlying technology. Their design is not user-centered and, in particular, they lack from a poor level of automation and interactivity. In addition, we identify a lack of support for short feedback cycles, which significantly influences the usability of both the editor and implementing MTL. Finally, we consider the neglection of QVTr's concrete, graphical syntax in state of the art editors as unused potential for an increase in readability and traceability. In the context of this thesis, we shed light on the impact of an increase in interactivity, automation, readability, traceability, the usage of QVTr's graphical syntax, and of short feedback cycles on the usability of QVTr. For this purpose, we propose a theoretical concept comprising techniques to push the modeling process towards a user-centered approach. The underlying key principles of our concept comprise the so called outward modeling style, a suggestion-driven process, interactive graphical model visualizations and the enforcement of conventions. To show the feasibility of our approach, we conduct user experiments in an industrial context at the LieberLieber Software GmbH company in Vienna, using a prototypical implementation.


The advantages are considered and lacks of technology of making of details of type of «Shell» by the method of the explosive stamping. Results are presented of researches on working off of technology of making of difficult details. A plan is considered of conducting of experiments for working off of technology. Nomogrammi are presented of deformation fields of detail of type «Shell» after every transition. On results conducted researches conclusions are done on the use of the offered technology. The research of deformation fields confirms possibility of making of details of the given type by technology of the explosive stamping, that allows to lower a quantity of transitions and shorten technological resources.


Microscopes are especially useful for observing fine detail in biological specimens.
However, there are many other small items that may be examined with microscopes, and it is
important to introduce children to low-magnification images of items they can recognise before
moving on to such large magnification that what they observe has no obvious resemblance to that
seen using the naked eye. In this article, simple accessible objects such as woven fabrics, printed
pages and technical items such as mobile phone screens, CDs and Velcro are shown, in addition to
biological and chemical examples for which polarisation is used as a contrast-enhancing technique.


The nonleptonic decays from $\bar B^{0}_s$ and $\bar B^0$ to an orbitally excited P-wave charmed meson are studied within the naive factorization hypothesis. Based on the Mandelstam formalism, and under the framework of the improved Bethe–Salpeter method, the hadronic matrix elements of the decays $\bar B^0_s\rightarrow D^{(*)+}_{sJ}X^-$ and $\bar B^0\rightarrow D^{(*)+}_{J}X^-$ $(X = \pi, \rho, K, K^*, D, D^*, D_s, D^*_s)$ are calculated, in which nonperturbative QCD effects are well considered by overlapping integral over the relativistic Salpeter wave functions of initial and final states. Some of these decays have sizable branching fractions and are expected to be detected in the current and near future experiments.


language and communication. Locke's ideas about possible precursors to phonological and lexical acquisition are perhaps more convincing than the counterparts offered for syntax. Nevertheless, this chapter provides a bold, speculative culmination to the book, rich in ideas and stimulating in its willingness to tackle some of the big issues facing child language researchers. Perhaps the greatest problem in a book of this kind is that most undergraduate students of a psychology are simply not equipped to read many of its chapters unaided. In the UK at least, courses on language and linguistics do not figure in psychology courses, Yet consider how students would benefit. By giving our students a stronger grounding in linguistics, they would be better equipped not only to appreciate issues within child language, but also many other topics within cognitive and developmental psychology (working memory, semantic memory, sentence processing, reading, dyslexia, aphasia the list goes on). In the opening chapter of this volume, Martyn Barrett makes a valiant attempt to sketch out some of the fundamentals of language for novices. But without some intervening study, one cannot easily move from, say, the definition of phoneme offered in Chapter 1 to the use of IPA transcription and terms like coronal and bimoraic which feature in Chapter 4. There is a strong case to be made for expanding the psychology syllabus to embrace linguistics. If nothing else, students would be far better placed to appreciate the many rich insights which a book like The Developnient of Language has to offer.


According to influencial relationship which is imposed by tranditional stator curve of double acting vane pump to structure,flux and pressure of pump,this paper studies how to achieve maximum stroke of long and short radius ratio on condition of reducing rigid impact and soft impact,so as to make compact construction and avoid breaking off.


On the recommendation of his Advisory Council, the Secretary of State for Scotland has appointed a committee to report to him on certain aspects of the application to Scotland of the Government's post-war hospital policy as announced in Parliament on October 9, 1941. The chairman of the committee is Sir Hector J. W. Hetherington, LL.D., and the other members are: Mr. D. A. Anderson, Mr. James Cook, Mr. J. M. Erskine, Sir John Fraser, F.R.C.S.Ed., Mr. Neil M. Gunn, Mr. Charles Murdoch, Mr. David Robertson, Miss Beatrice Rose, Mrs. C. McNab Shaw, Mr. J. M. Vallance. Communications should be addressed to the secretary of the committee at St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh, 1. The committee's terms of reference are: 'To consider and make recommendations within a policy aimed at the post-war development of a comprehensive and co-ordinateci hospital service in Scotland on a regional basis as to (1) the future administration of new hospitals built by the Government and now administered by them as part of the Emergency Hospital Service; (2) the arrangements most likely to secure the maximum co-operation between voluntary hospitals, local authority hospitals, and the hospitals referred to at (1) above; and (3) the financial arrangements between voluntary hospitals and local authorities and between voluntary hospitals and patients and contribLutors best fitted to enable these hospitals to co-operate in the co-ordinated hospital service." The Secretary of State has already consulted interested parties, including the local authorities (through their associations), the Scottish branch of the British Hospitals Association, and the Nuffield Trust's Advisory CorWnittee on the Regionalization of Hospital Services in Scotlan'd.


Influence of traditional thermoset (urea – and phenol-formaldehyde) and thermoplastic alternative (recycled high density polyethylene and recycled polypropylene) binders on the performance of slab composite materials using as a filler of the special pieces of wood chips are considered. Results studies of physic-mechanical properties of considered materials are presented. Rational conditions production of plate materials based on recycled thermoplastic matrices are revealed. Comparative analysis of wood-polymer composite materials based on two types of adhesives have allowed to establish the possibility of obtaining competitive materials based on recycled thermoplastics with higher water resistance (in terms of swelling in thickness meet the requirements of GOST (Interstate standard) 32399-2013 for plates of type P7) and strength characteristics compared with materials based on traditional thermosetting adhesives. Using of thermoplastic binders indicates the feasibility of their use in production of particle boards due to the positive effect on the environment.


Forward genetic screens with CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing enable high-resolution detection of genetic vulnerabilities in cancer cells. We conducted genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens in RNF43 mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells, which rely on Wnt signaling for proliferation, and discovered a unique requirement for a Wnt signaling circuit engaging FZD5, one of the ten Frizzled receptors encoded in the human genome. Our results uncover an underappreciated level of context dependent specificity at the Wnt receptor level. We further derived a panel of recombinant antibodies that reports the expression of nine FZD proteins and confirm that FZD5 functional specificity cannot be explained by protein expression patterns. Antibodies that specifically bind FZD5 and FZD8 also robustly inhibited the growth of RNF43 mutant PDAC cells grown in vitro and as xenografts in vivo, providing strong orthogonal support for the functional specificity observed genetically. Proliferation of a patient-derived PDAC cell line harboring a RNF43 variant previously associated with PDAC was also selectively inhibited by the FZD5 antibodies, further demonstrating their use as a potential targeted therapy. Highlighting the potential generalizability of these findings, beyond PDAC, tumor organoid cultures from colorectal carcinoma patients that carried RNF43 mutations were also sensitive to the FZD5 antibodies. Our results provide the first example of how CRIPSR-based genetic screens can be leveraged to identify and validate cell surface targets for antibody development and cancer therapy. Citation Format: Stephane Angers. Leveraging genome-wide CRISPR screens and synthetic lethal interactions for novel cancer therapeutics [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Precision Medicine Series: Opportunities and Challenges of Exploiting Synthetic Lethality in Cancer; Jan 4-7, 2017; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Ther 2017;16(10 Suppl):Abstract nr IA06.


In order to evaluate the particle breakage percentage and improve fundamental understanding of particle-based mixture construction, this paper presents the laboratory testing results of mineral aggregate mix compaction. In this research, the laboratory compaction tests were conducted under heavy compaction. In preparing the testing samples, aggregate gradations, water contents, and aggregate types were considered. After compaction, CBR (California Bearing Ratio) values optimum moisture contents (OMC) or moisture content (MC) and maximum dry density (MDD) were measured. In order to quantify the particle break percentage, the compacted samples were sieved and analyzed. Furthermore after compaction the changes in gradations could be determined. Through laboratory testing results, connections with design moisture content (DMC) and actual forming moisture content (AFMC) and particle breakage with CBR (California Bearing Ratio) values were established. Besides relationship between design water content and forming water content was cubic function and proctor compaction had a great influence on gradations, particles especially coarse particles reduced a lot while fineness modulus seemed to increase and there was an optimum crushing value under which CBR reached maximum.


The purpose of this process improvement project was to implement a test of change within a healthcare team utilizing applied improvisational exercises (AIEs), and to lay the groundwork for more effective inter- and intra-professional communication. Literature review: AIEs have been shown to facilitate individual participant communication strengths through a process of un-learning certain common behavioral habits, and learning new habits that assist in creating and expanding closed-loop communication. Such un-learning and learning enriches the participant's awareness of the environment and encourages participant adaptability through positive group interactions. Method: An all-day AIE seminar/workshop was conducted with members of two healthcare teams that work closely together. The course included exercises to enhance situational awareness of non-verbal communication, listening skills, ability to establish trust in a new environment, spontaneity, ability to accept new information, memory, willingness to contribute ideas, self-confidence in group interactions, and creative problem solving. Results: Attendee's post-seminar surveys showed solid enthusiasm for the AIE-based learning process. Conclusion: Teams that train with AIEs are able to facilitate bridging the inter- and intra-professional healthcare communication gap and improve patient safety and satisfaction.


In power system, there is always a need to achieve an improved system in the
development and operation stage. The improved technology has been heavily emphasized
to utilize Renewable Energy (RE) as the source of fossil fuel is depleting. This project
accounts for the heuristic process of introducing a system called the Distribution
Generation (DG) empowered by solar energy at Kuching International Airport (KIA). DG
is one technology that applies the generation of power at the distribution level for better
performance with an added advantage of being operated by RE sources. The main purpose
of this project is to perform a heuristic study of the DG installation by considering the
solar energy system sizing, technical impact and the economic influence. The DG is
sourced by means of renewable energy to distribute to a greener country as an effort to
conserve earth's indigenous resources. Thus, the solar energy is chosen to incorporate in
this project of DG installation in KIA. The installation of DG in the KIA system may
improve the system performance in term of the technical area and at the same time provide
a channel for renewable energy development for the advancement of modern engineering
and the betterment of the environment.


Preface Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning & Research The ShakeOut Scenario Forecasting California's Earthquakes: What Can We Expect in the Next 30 Years? The ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario: A Story That Southern Californians Are Writing Historical Seismicity in the South San Francisco Bay Region The Hayward Fault: Is it Due for a Repeat of the Powerful 1868 Earthquake? Index.


Kafka engages early-20th-century German-speaking cognitive theory, semantics, and propositional belief construction in his fictions, thus fusing perceptual/descriptive 19thth-century 'realism' with literary modernism's aspectual perspectivism and subjectivism.


Using observational interviews and introducing theories of embodied and distributed cognition, this study examines the scholarly reading and the intellectual habits of a group of social scientists. All participants were working at universities in task environments dominated by digital artifacts and technologies. The study found a strong connection between scholarly reading and the scholars' writing processes and a further coupling to their digital publishing activity. While examining the participants' print and online reading, it turned out that their reading was so tightly coupled to their writing that this entanglement had to be at the core of the analysis. In the study, scholarly reading and writing are analyzed as cognitive processes that extend beyond the brain and body and comprise cognitive artifacts of texts and their material bearers, such as printouts, digital displays, computers, and the Internet. In the process of creating text—or reading and writing—brains, bodies, and artifacts are considered to be dynamically coupled in a distributed cognitive process. Based on interviews with a sample of academics, the study analyses how their scholarly reading relates to the other elements in such an extended process and how they utilize the affordances of cognitive digital artifacts in their creative and intellectual endeavors.