In , the Irishman William Thompson published a text with the ponderous title of Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, Against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, to Retain Them in Political, and thence in Civil and Domestic Slavery; In Reply to a Paragraph of Mr. Mill's Celebrated "Argument on Government." This book is a carefully reasoned refutation of Utilitarian philosopher James Mill's statement, in his essay "On Government," that women do not need "political rights"—that is, the right to vote, to be represented, and to hold office—because their interests are tied up with and adequately represented by those of men. The book champions not just political, but also civil rights for women: equitable laws, educational opportunities, reform of marriage customs, and so on. Concomitant with this advocacy, the text also recommends the abolition of the system of "individual competition"—in other words, capitalism—and its replacement with the system of "mutual cooperation." For these reasons, the Appeal has been referred to as "the first detailed statement of socialist feminism."1 On the frontispiece of this book was a portrait of Thompson's countrywoman, Anna Doyle Wheeler. As Thompson discloses in the "Introductory Letter to Mrs. Wheeler," she is the co-author of the text, though not listed as such on the title page, and is responsible for many of its ideas. By placing her portrait so prominently in the book and by acknowledging her contributions in the introductory letter, Thompson implicitly includes Wheeler in the authorship of the text despite the fact that women of the time were ideologically discouraged from such authorship at this period, particularly of politicized texts such as this one. Through its support of and, indeed, equation of socialism and civil-political rights for women, Thompson and Wheeler's text advocates the radical reform of Britain's intertwined economic and gender-role systems—that is, the


Author(s): Ly, Duy Truong | Advisor(s): Glanzman, David L | Abstract: Chronic pain and anxiety disorders are known to be intimately connected in humans. Occasionally, the sensation of pain and the associated emotional affects like anxiety linger past the end of the triggering stimulus or even in the absence of a trigger. Central sensitization has been posited as a simple form of memory that may underlie the persistence of idiopathic disorders like fibromyalgia. In the present study, we examined the effect of a known chemical irritant, allyl isothiocyanate (mustard oil), and electric shock on freely swimming zebrafish larvae (5 and 12 DPF). We found that mustard oil (MO, concentration = 10i?½M) and electric shock induced thigmotaxis, an anxiety-related behavior. Future work should determine the specific changes induced by MO or shock in the behavioral circuits that mediate swimming in the zebrafish. The results of this future work may contribute to our understanding of the neural basis of pain and anxiety disorders.


Subject. This article deals with the issues of receivables management on the basis of a prospective assessment of the financial solvency of potential counterparties. Objectives. The article aims to develop methodological approaches to the management of receivables when checking the counterparty for reliability by identifying the existence of a statistically significant relationship between the quick liquidity ratio and impact factors. Methods. For the study, we used the methods of analysis and synthesis, generalization and comparison, logical and systemic reasoning, and stochastic analysis. Results. The article proposes a developed methodology of prospective assessment of the financial soundness of counterparties on the basis of special tools of the Gretl software. The methodology is a way to manage an organization's receivables by providing prospective and estimated information at the contract stage to minimize potential risks when executing agreements. Conclusions. The proposed algorithm of prospective assessment of the creditworthiness of counterparties will help reduce the risk of non-repayment of receivables and develop minimum requirements, which the counterparty must meet in order to obtain a loan. The results of the study can be applied in the organization's practical activities as part of the development of receivables management activities.


The Russian Academy of Sciences carried out a academically important project – the publication of the multivolume heritage of I.M. Maisky. Letters, documents, materials related to the activities of an outstanding domestic politician, diplomat and scholar Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky were for the first time published in the series «Scientific Legacy» from 2005 to 2011. Then the «second life" of his heritage began when his diaries in English, French and German were published. New editions in Spanish and Chinese are also being prepared. The publication of the unreleased heritage of I.M. Maisky, as well as his note on M. Tukhachevsky and V. Putna, is important for understanding the foreign policy and political dimension of modern history and can be used effectively in comparative historical analysis.


Vessel segmentation is a fundamental step in an automated pulmonary embolism (PE) detection system. The purpose of this study is to improve the segmentation scheme for pulmonary vessels affected by PE and other lung diseases. We have developed a multiscale hierarchical vessel enhancement and segmentation (MHES) method for pulmonary vessel tree extraction based on the analysis of eigenvalues of Hessian matrices. However, it is difficult to segment the pulmonary vessels accurately under suboptimal conditions, such as vessels occluded by PEs, surrounded by lymphoid tissues or lung diseases, and crossing with other vessels. In this study, we developed a new vessel refinement method utilizing curved planar reformation (CPR) technique combined with optimal path finding method (MHES-CROP). The MHES segmented vessels straightened in the CPR volume was refined using adaptive gray level thresholding where the local threshold was obtained from least-square estimation of a spline curve fitted to the gray levels of the vessel along the straightened volume. An optimal path finding method based on Dijkstra's algorithm was finally used to trace the correct path for the vessel of interest. Two and eight CTPA scans were randomly selected as training and test data sets, respectively. Forty volumes of interest (VOIs) containing "representative" vessels were manually segmented by a radiologist experienced in CTPA interpretation and used as reference standard. The results show that, for the 32 test VOIs, the average percentage volume error relative to the reference standard was improved from 32.9±10.2% using the MHES method to 9.9±7.9% using the MHES-CROP method. The accuracy of vessel segmentation was improved significantly (p<0.05). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of the segmented vessel volume between the automated segmentation and the reference standard was improved from 0.919 to 0.988. Quantitative comparison of the MHES method and the MHES-CROP method with the reference standard was also evaluated by the Bland-Altman plot. This preliminary study indicates that the MHES-CROP method has the potential to improve PE detection.


Spinel ferrite (MFe 2 O 4 ) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by the coprecipitation method. X-ray diffraction technique was employed for structural analysis. Single-phase cubic spinel structure with an average crystallite size ranging from 5 – 20 nm was obtained for the prepared ferrites. The Fourier transform infrared spectra exhibits an absorption band at 550 cm − 1 , which is attributed to metal-oxygen bond vibrations at tetrahedral sites. The thermogravimetric analysis revealed the instability of MnFe 2 O 4 and Fe 3 O 4 above 500 ◦ C whereas CoFe 2 O 4 is found to be the most stable ferrite. The hysteresis parameters demonstrate the superparamagnetic nature of the prepared nanoparticles with low coercivity except for CoFe 2 O 4 . The direct optical band gap energy derived from UV-visible spectra is calculated to be 2.82, 2.83, 2.81, and 2.44 eV for M=Co, Zn, Fe, and Mn respectively. The magnetic and optical properties show a strong dependence on cation site occupancy.


Solid thermoplastic resins were prepared by acid-catalyzed condensation of phenol and crotonaldehyde (both crude and distilled). The thermal and curing properties were compared with the conventional phenolformaldehyde (PF) novolak resins. Phenol-crotonaldehyde (PC) resins were found to be thermoplastic even after curing with the crosslinking agent hexamethylenetetramine up to 160°C. This curing behavior was observed irrespective of the purity of the crotonaldehyde or the phenolto-crotonaldehyde mole ratio in the resin. Postcuring of these resins at elevated temperatures yielded insoluble and infusible thermoset products. This unique thermal characteristic could lead to interesting processing possibilities for the resins. The technical feasibility of thermoplastic processing of the PC resins followed by postcure heat treatment for transforming the molded part into a thermoset has been demonstrated. *NCL Communication No. 3919. ?To whom correspondence should be addressed. 125 Copyright @ 1987 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. D o w n l o a d e d A t : 0 4 : 5 4 2 2 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 1 DONGRE, PONRATHNAM, AND NADKARN


This article provides a sample design for the assessment of service
quality in university libraries in the province of Camaguey, appropriate
to the particularities of each organization. It emphasizes the importance
of the exhibition as a tool to help decision making, it contributes
to achieving improvements in these services in universities. The sample
consists of a computational tool, with a system of indicators and operations
that facilitate the work of the specialist responsible for conducting
internal self-evaluation of library services.


Abstract Permocoleus wellingtonensis, new genus and new species, is based on an elytron from the Permian Wellington Formation of Oklahoma and is the only Paleozoic record of the order Coleoptera from North America and the oldest record for the New World. Until now, Permian Coleoptera were known only from Europe, Australia, southern Africa, and South America but were conspicuously absent from North America, despite the Wellington Formation being among the most diverse deposits of Permian insects. Permocoleus provides evidence that early beetles were globally distributed.


A first network of a communication network device (MME) is, acquires the challenge (RAND), and generating a first PFS parameter (PFS1), a first verification code (VC1A) for the first PFS parameter (PFS1) acquired, and sends the challenge (RAND), a first PFS parameter (PFS1) and a first verification code (VC1A) a communication device (ME), and a communication device (ME) is, in turn, the challenge (RAND), a first PFS parameter (PFS1) and a first verification code received, the challenge or forwards to a derivative thereof, the identity module (USIM), the identity module at least one of the output parameters (CK / IK, RES) as from the response (USIM) to (VC1A) receiving and results based on the parameters (CK / IK, RES), the first PFS parameter (PFS1) that determines whether the original copy, and if the decision is positive the second to the first network device generates the PFS parameter (PFS2) the transmission, wherein the first network device, in turn, verifies the claim 2 PFS parameter (PFS2).


In polymer solar cells based on the blend of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester, the hole collecting layer has to be endowed with its ionization potential close to or greater than that of P3HT (∼5 eV). Conductive polymer blends such as poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and metal oxides such as vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) satisfy this requirement and have been the most common materials used so far in bulk heterojunction structures. We report here cobalt sulfide (CoS) to be a promising hole collecting material deposited by convenient and room temperature electrodeposition. By simply tuning the CoS electrodeposition parameters, power conversion efficiencies similar (within 15%) to a reference structure with PEDOT:PSS were obtained.


During the preparation of the expedition Santo 2006, some tension appeared between certain members of the ni-Vanuatu administration and the French organizers of this huge expedition. In this paper, we analyze the relationships between sciences and societies revealed by the cultural politics of this country. The current international debates about bioprospection along with the notion of Prior Informed Consent and the emergence of "a new indigenous question" constitute the complex background in which such tension becomes meaningful.


The invention discloses a built-in antenna system of a mobile television. The antenna system is arranged in a mobile terminal, and comprises an antenna radiation unit, a coupling circuit and a circuit board of the mobile terminal, wherein resonance frequency produced by the antenna radiation unit covers a part of an ultra high frequency (UHF) band, mainly a high-end part; the circuit board performs radiation as a part of the antenna system, the coupling circuit excites corresponding resonance on the circuit board of the mobile terminal by taking the antenna radiation unit as an excitation source, and the resonance frequency covers the other part of the UHF band, mainly a low-end part; and the whole antenna system realizes double resonance, thereby covering the whole band of the mobile television. The built-in antenna system of the mobile television can cover the whole band of the mobile television without adopting any active device, and the efficiency of an antenna completely meets the requirements of standards of digital video broadcasting for handheld (DVB-H) and the like.


ABSTRACT The development of materials and devices to replace or restore damaged tissue functions has a prominent position in the scientific community, promoting the interest for metal-free alternatives, like composites. These proved to be a promising option as, besides new matrix and reinforcement combinations, new manufacturing methods tend to fulfil tailored requirements of the medical field. In this sense, we manufactured glass fiber/polyurethane composite plates for Osteosynthesis. Models based on commercial LCP implants were 3D printed and used to generated molds through a new adapted resin casting process. Additional mechanical tests showed that reinforcement additions between 10 wt% and 25 wt% caused an increase in the bending structural stiffness by 126%-165% when compared to pure polymer implants. In addition, if the number of holes is increased, from 4 to 6, the maximum stress reduces by 40%. The manufacturing process was an effective alternative as it presented low cost, high customization and allowed the development of complex geometries, resin injection and degassing.


The present invention relates to the technical field of high molecular polymer emulsion type glue, in particular to a water-soluble hot-melt glue. In the preparation method of the water-soluble hot-melt glue, the water-soluble hot-melt glue contains binder, viscosity increaser, filler, organic silicon defoamer, organic silicon mildew preventive, other assistants and water, and the water-soluble hot-melt glue is characterized in that the components are calculated according to the total weight portion of the non-volatile ingredients which amounts to 100, the dosage proportion of the ingredients is as follows: 10 to 40 portions of binder, 10 to 30 portions of viscosity increaser, 20 to 60 portions of filler, 10ppm to 100000ppm of organic silicon defoamer, 1ppm to 10000ppm of organic silicon mildew preventive, 0.1 to 5 portions of assistants and 100 to 300 portions of water. Compared with the prior art, the water-soluble hot-melt glue fills the domestic gap in the field and is worth promotion and application.


My reflections on the goals for health-system pharmacy are rooted in my experiences as a young pharmacist in Ohio State's health-system pharmacy administration residency and my learning from graduate classes in public health. I believe health-system pharmacy leaders have the skill and talents to


The last five years have witnessed the development of a rebirth of interest in small business and small business management in schools of business throughout this country. While major business schools have continued to concentrate time and energy on programs designed to equip their graduates to function smoothly within the corporate infrastructure, many of their students have continued to demonstrate the high degree of personal- initiative and willingness to accept risk that have long been hallmarks of American economic endeavor, i.e., they have gone Out into the world and started businesses of their own. Faced with declining enrollment, and thus becoming ever more responsive to student interests and needs, schools of business have begun to develop undergraduate and graduate programs to train students in small business management.


Security and user privacy are areas of concern in digital transactions over a network. Integration of biometric pattern matching into an identity management system (IMS) enhances security of transactions and improves ease of use. Privacy of users in a biometric based system is improved by using keys generated directly from feature sets instead of conventional stored templates. This paper proposes a framework for integrating biometric key based authentication into an IMS. The generated keys need to be consistent. Consistency of keys is attained if the same key is generated for every instance of biometric input. Generation of long and consistent keys directly from feature sets poses a challenge due to intra and inter user variations inherent to biometric data. A novel methodology for generating consistent keys using principles of vector quantization and cluster based learning is introduced. 15-bit keys have been extracted from handwritten signature datasets. The results are promising and can be extended to multi-modal biometric feature sets.


In this work, the piezoresistive accelerometer step and impulse responses are enhanced by using appropriate parameters (damping rate and frequency range). The proposed parameters provide stable and accurate accelerometer. Therefore, tests were conducted by computer simulation and the obtained results have shown the difference between the accelerometer with the proposed parameters and the accelerometer used in the experiment.


Impacts of urbanization upon direct rural-urban linkages are considered, mainly from the viewpoint of the broad processes involved. The more 'industrial' economy of (Peninsular) Malaysia, originating in the nineteenth century, contrasts with the more agrarian economy of Thailand, with the rather different rates of structural transformation of their respective economies and differing patterns of urbanization. (Sabah and Sarawak are mentioned briefly as exhibiting a different pattern of development). Thailand's urbanization has been primate city-dominated, unlike that of Peninsular Malaysia where a remarkably even rank-size relationship is beginning to be supplanted by a more primate-dominant one. Following a brief discussion of concepts, the core of the paper identifies and discusses the major processes by which rural-urban linkages are modified, each being a manifestation of substantial economic growth and incorporation into the global capitalist economy. These processes are: - improvement of transportati...


The remarkable initiatives taken globally to counteract the ever-increasing energy demand have propelled the utilization of solar power. Even then, efficient and stable rural electrification models are yet to be conceptualized. In this context, off-grid photovoltaic (PV) standalone systems are considered to provide reliable solutions to counteract the existing challenges. However, the selection of DC bus voltage in accordance with the distribution distance as well as cost effective remote monitoring system remains an unsolved issue in rural DC power systems. On this note, this work conducts a detailed performance evaluation on different voltages like 12 V, 24 V, and 48 V rural DC power systems with a viewpoint to derive some formidable guidelines for DC bus voltage selection concerning distribution distance. Considering the capital system cost as the major constraint, the proposed work intends to formulate reliable voltage selection guidelines that establish an efficient trade-off between the battery cost and cost incurred for energy losses.


Coconut milk, a generic term for the aqueous extract of the solid coconut endosperm, plays an important role in the cuisines of South East Asia as well as other parts of the world. This broad-spectrum review collates widely scattered information on the extraction, chemical properties (with special emphasis on the protein components), keeping quality, processing and preservation (particularly by canning, spray-drying and freezing) and new food uses of coconut milk.


The invention provides an automatic destruction structure for information of electronic equipment. The automatic destruction structure comprises a chassis of the electronic equipment, a key destruction switch module arranged on the inner side of the wall of the chassis and a secrete key storage plate in the chassis. The secrete key storage plate comprises a key destruction switch plug, a storage chip and a battery, and an information erasing program is set in the storage chip. The key destruction switch module comprises a key destruction switch, the key destruction switch is provided with a switch head, and the key destruction switch module forms an information destruction circuit with the secrete key storage plate and the battery through the key destruction switch plug, wherein the information destruction circuit can be closed. A normal working state is determined for the switch head in advance, after the normal working state is changed, the information destruction circuit formed by the key destruction switch module, the battery and the storage chip is closed, the battery supplies power to the storage chip, an information erasing program is started, and secrete key information on the storage chip is destructed. The automatic destruction structure for the information of the electronic equipment has the advantages of having an automatic destruction function and a manual destruction function and being good in device concealing performance and high in device stability and reliability.


The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the influence of distributed generation on power quality. Nowadays, interest in power quality has increased since it has become a very important issue in power system delivery. One of the major problems of ensuring a certain level of power quality are harmonics. The aim of this project is to investigate an impact of photovoltaic (PV) on harmonic voltage distortion (HD) in real MV distribution network. Different scenarios will be implemented where solar power plant is going to be modelled with high variability of load and generation to see their effects on the systems power quality (PQ). Those scenarios are when PV is disconnected from the grid and PVs are connected with 2 different powers. Results presented below showed that PV improves power quality of the system, because their inverters are source of harmonics and they increase HD. However, that impact is not very significant and harmonic limits are not violated. A load flow analysis is done for the model of test system 110/35/10kV in which a distributed generator is added, that is on-grid or off-grid. The network modelling and simulation is done in DIgSILENT PowerFactory software.


The researches on Real Time Kinematic GPS (RTK-GPS) have been actively conducted to accurately estimate the location of drones, and there were many use cases applied to drones. However, such systems using RTK-GPS do not provide the protection against network instability, failure of the components that make up the RTK-GPS service. In other words, availability is not provided to ensure the stability of the RTK-GPS. In this paper, we propose an architecture enabling redundancy to improve the availability of RTK-GPS system by switching or parallelizing the GPS correction data sources. We also introduce how to propagate the correction messages through the drone network. After evaluating the system on empirical testbed, we validated that the correction messages propagated without delay, the message source was switched or multiplexed among several message sources through the proposed system when the network was unstable, and the switching time was short enough not to affect our propagation system. Consequently, we have confirmed availability through the proposed architecture of RTK-GPS redundancy.


This paper presents an overview of the rural non-farm economy in developing countries at the start of the 21st century and maps out the available policy options. Following the introduction, Chapter 2 delineates the main dimensions of the non-farm economy by documenting its size and economic contribution in different regions of the developing world, and by exploring the various links between the non-farm economy and the farm economy in rural areas. Chapter 3 turns to an examination of the relationship between non-farm activities and welfare outcomes in rural areas. The report asks in what way and to what extent the non-farm economy can contribute to the central development goals of poverty reduction and broadly distributed economic growth. Chapter 4 reviews some of the basic arguments for government intervention and asks to what extent they apply to the rural non-farm economy. Chapter 5 explores the general experience with government intervention aimed at the non-farm economy. An extended discussion is presented around the question of rural infrastructure and asks whether there are grounds for arguing that infrastructure is under-provided in rural areas. Chapter 6 ends with an attempt to identify the key elements of a strategy aimed at promoting the non-farm economy.


Despite spending three or four years of undergraduate study to develop competencies in the disciplines of media and/or communication, a high proportion of international postgraduate students struggle on arrival in Australia to adjust to the different educational and intercultural expectations of Australian host universities. Previous research has identified a range of challenges faced by students on arrival in Anglophone academic contexts, and highlighted how Chinese students, in particular, experience difficulties with academic engagement. Because little is known about practices in the Chinese tertiary sector, and even less about how media and communication are taught and learnt, our research aimed to explore the experiences of lecturers and students on courses in media, communication and the creative industries in China, and how these experiences and cultural knowledge influence Chinese students' engagement and academic development beyond China, notably in postgraduate programs in Australia. We find that there is a wide disparity between the practical knowledge, academic expectations, pedagogical philosophies and learning strategies of Australia and China, and that lecturers in both countries need to make these explicit if students are to be successful in negotiating the differences between academic cultures and contexts. This project is funded by the OLT and is a collaboration between universities in Australia and China, led by Murdoch University.


According to the structures of internal and external information networks of power enterprises and the characteristics of enterprise network perimeter information interactions, the paper designs a security audit model and a security assessment framework based on state graph perception, proposes related technologies of perimeter massive log analysis and deep mining, and gives a specific research direction and research methods, thus providing guidance for the construction of a network perimeter information interactive security audit platform for power enterprises.


This study compared the psychological status of rescue personnel who had formal training (Red Crescent workers, i.e., Red Cross workers, and firefighters) with university student volunteers who had no formal training in handling traumatic situations in the Bam earthquake. One hundred student volunteers, 18 Red Crescent workers, and 36 firefighters participated in this study. Participants completed the Civilian Mississippi Scale, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and the Anxiety Sensitivity Index. Helpers without formal training showed higher scores on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and GHQ subscales compared to trained rescue personnel. In addition, a significant number of volunteers without formal training met criteria for a possible PTSD diagnosis by scoring above the cut-off point for the Mississippi scale. Those who had higher scores on the Anxiety Sensitivity Index showed greater adverse psychological effects.


OCTOBER 129, Summer 2009, pp. 133–142. © 2009 October Magazine, Ltd. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In time, something is always bound to happen—Mark Wallinger seems to be suggesting with Fly, the eleven-and-a-half minute video loop he realized in 2000— one only has to be patient. No setting could be less dramatic: an overcast sky, filmed with a motionless camera. There is very little wind, so the clouds are somewhat inert: no Sturm und Drang. At dead center of the image is an immobile fly. It takes a moment to realize that it must be dead. And since it has not fallen to the ground and does not look visibly flattened, one is ready to assume that it must be caught in between something like two (very clean) panes of a double-glazed window. The video's sound consists of something like the cacophony produced by a cocktail party—in any case, a gathering with lots of different conversations going on at the same time, none of which are possible to make out. The only messages that intermittently emerge from the mumbling are those emitted by the radio (a few bars of music, a few snippets of news: " . . . is released on bail to be questioned about the death of five hundred patients. They all died from methadone . . ."). The sound, in other words, is noise, both in the acoustic and the information-theory senses. As for the sky, it is, obviously, a neutral ground. No sooner has one reached the conclusion that this is all there is to it, than things start to happen: a fly—a live one this time—crawls from the bottom of the screen towards its upper edge; a plane high in the sky obliquely traverses the visual field, looking not much larger (sometimes even smaller) than the dead fly; a bird flaps by (the fastest of the three major kinds of travelers caught by the camera). These are the three most frequently recurring microand/or non-events in this phlegmatic ballet of nothingness. All in all, I counted fifteen planes crossing from right to left, and three from left to right (a distribution that, in certain circumstances, could be precious—say if you were a Scotland Yard operative trying to determine in which London suburb a hostage is being held captive); six complete ascents, always from the bottom up, by a fly; three interrupted ascents (the only occasion when this winged creature gathers speed, usually after a full stop:


Abstract— The sensitivity of older cells of Rhodotorula glutinis containing a high concentration of carotenoids was compared with young cells containing little visible pigmentation. The younger cells died faster, suggesting that the carotenoids protected. Further, cells grown in the presence of diphenylamine, an inhibitor of carotenoid syntheses, were more susceptible than were normally grown cells. A carotenoidless mutant, isolated after exposure of the wild strain to u.v. light, was more susceptible to lethal photosensitization than the wild strain. The difference in sensitivity, however, was not as great as between old and young cultures of the wild strain. Young cultures of the white mutant were more susceptible to death than were older cultures, therefore, sensitivity is related to age as well as to carotenoid content. The difference in sensitivity was increased between the white mutant and the wild strain when lower light intensities were used. At 10 mW the difference in the lag period was 60 min, while at 30 mW the difference was only 10 min. The lag period was also dependent on the temperature at which cell suspensions were irradiated. At 3°C, no death occurred in 1 hr at 27 mW with either wild or mutant strains. The lag was progressively shorter with increased temperature. The rate of death, however, was apparently not affected by differences in temperature.


The present paper gives an up-dated exploratory survey of investigations concerning elastic cusped beams (i. e., the areas of their cross-sections maybe equal to zero at their ends) [1, 2], cusped plates and shells (i. e., their thicknesses may vanish either on some parts of their projection boundaries or on the whole ones) [3–6]. The relation of such 2D classical and hierarchical mathematical models to physical models (i. e., objects under study) and to the 3D classical linear model is also studied. Along with the analysis of well-known results it contains some new and unpublished results as well.


Myxofibrosarcoma frequently recurs locally but rarely metastasizes. Herein, we describe an elderly woman who had myxofibrosarcoma of the right elbow that went untreated during the COVID-19 pandemic. She subsequently presented with two large tumors ulcerating through the skin of her right elbow and left hip.


This paper reports the result of the preliminary survey on species diversity of microsnails in Luang Suwan Vajokkasikij Centennial Garden, Kasetsart University, Bang khen campus, Bangkok. Specimens were collected with randomly survey both on the shrub of trees and upper ground around the garden in day time. Four species of microsnails were found, namely Gastrocopta sp., Pupisoma cf. orcula, Lamellaxis gracilis and Liardetia cf. diliolum. Most of them may be introduced species which were introduced by many reasons; such as sneak on plants or combine with planting soil from plants trading; furthermore, dispersed by wind excepted in L. gracilis which previously reported as introduced species.


The temperature influence (especially their irregular distribution in the digital chip structure) on proper operation of the microprocessor system has been presented in the paper. As the results of non-uniform heating of silicon structure the incorrect operation of selected functional blocks of single chip microprocessor can be observed. Especially, the circuits which operation is independent on global clock of the whole logic structure are endangered on such phenomena. The good example can be block which controls the correctness of program running - its operation is dependent on correct working of independent internal generator. In reality (especially where temperature changes are sudden - e.g. turn on of microprocessor system) the systems of temperature correction does not operate properly and watching time is changed. As result the incorrect clearing signal can be generated.


The process of the biosorption of Cr(Ⅵ) ions from synthetic wastewater by rice husk,one of agricultural by-products,was studied by batch adsorption.The surface morphology and functional group structure changes of rice husk were analyzed by Scanning electron microscope(SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer(FTIR),and the adsorption mechanism was discussed.The results showed that the equilibrium adsorption model conformed to Langmuir and Freunlich adsorption isothermal models,followed the quasi-second dynamic equation.The maximum removal rate of Cr(Ⅵ) could almost reach 100%.Adsorption process included physical and chemical adsorption.The adsorption ability of rice husk increased after regeneration,with 0.2mol/L of NaOH solution,and it could be used repeatedly.


One of the main subjects of coloring theory of graphs is the acyclic edge coloring of graphs.In 2001,Alon et al.conjectured that the acyclic chromatic number of any simple graphs G is no more than Δ(G) + 2,where Δ(G) is the maximum degree of G.In this paper,by using discharging methods and some properties of minimal graphs,we prove that if a planar graph G is without triangles and its maximum degree is at least 6,then its acyclic chromatic number is no more than Δ(G) + 3.As a result,we partly show that the conjecture is true for some special planar graphs.


Let $\R$ be a real closed field, $ {\mathcal Q} \subset \R[Y_1,...,Y_\ell,X_1,...,X_k], $ with $ °_{Y}(Q) \leq 2, °_{X}(Q) \leq d, Q \in {\mathcal Q}, #({\mathcal Q})=m,$ and $ {\mathcal P} \subset \R[X_1,...,X_k] $ with $°_{X}(P) \leq d, P \in {\mathcal P}, #({\mathcal P})=s$, and $S \subset \R^{\ell+k}$ a semi-algebraic set defined by a Boolean formula without negations, with atoms $P=0, P \geq 0, P \leq 0, P \in {\mathcal P} \cup {\mathcal Q}$. We prove that the sum of the Betti numbers of $S$ is bounded by $(\ell s m d)^{O(m+k)}$. This is a common generalization of previous results known before on bounding the Betti numbers of closed semi-algebraic sets defined by polynomials of degree $d$ and 2, respectively.
We also describe algorithms for computing the Euler-Poincare characteristic, as well as all the Betti numbers of such sets. The complexity of the first algorithm is bounded by $(\ell s m d)^{O(m(m+k))}$, while that of the second is bounded by $(\ell s m d)^{2^{O(m+k)}}$.


EPS (Electric Power Steering) enables an increase in fuel efficiency by 3-5 % and the protection of the environment by eliminating the oil medium in comparison with NPS (Normal Power Steering) which is driven by hydraulic power. For this reason a sharp increase in demand for EPS is expected. Permanent magnet motor is generally used for EPS. Reduction in cogging torque is one of the problems of this motor. In this paper, a new magnetization method to reduce cogging torque is proposed as a result of the investigation into the relationship between the magnetic force distribution and magnetizing waveform of a magnet by using the magnetic field analysis, in the brushless motor using radially oriented ring magnet. It was confirmed that the following methods are effective in reducing cogging torque as a result. (1) Optimization of skew magnetizing angle according to magnetic force distribution along the axial direction of the magnet. (2) Control of the magnetizing intensity of the circumference direction of a magnet.


Prospective mortality studies with random allocation of test drug and placebo cannot and should not be carried out. That is a fact we have to live with. We therefore also have to live with uncertainty about the interpretation of our data. In mortality studies without a randomized control group there is unavoidably a possibility of selection bias, which may result in a patient sample with lowered mortality that need not be a result of the treatment. Such bias-might, for example, be produced if there had been a tendency to exclude from prophylactic treatment patients with alcoholism or somatic illness. Or it might be produced by an unproven but not inconceivable treatment-independent difference in mortality between compliers and noncompliers.


might be merely the author's interpretation of changes in material culture as manifested in the archaeological inventory. In either case, proof is wanting, as well as explicit data on what changes took place at this time other than that from burnt rock to non-burnt rock middens. It seems a little hazardous to postulate a Comanche occupancy of the region on the strength of one extended burial dissociated from time-diagnostic or other identifying cultural objects, and a saddle. Neither satisfying nor convincing is the author's closing remark assigning his findings "roughly" to "the Woodland pattern, with slight intrusions of the Mississippi pattern." The present report, in common with some previous papers dealing with the Texas field, apparently presupposes an intimate acquaintance on the reader's part with the work that has gone before. Like many of its predecessors too, this study will gain materially when, carefully synthesized, it is fitted into its proper position in the statewide or regional picture. At the moment, few outsiders can develop such a picture with any degree of satisfaction. The reviewer, whose field activities for some years have centered in a neighboring and not unrelated area hopes that the day may not be far distant when someone will draw together what is known of Texas archaeology, and present it in a form at once lucid, accurate, and as complete as the present data will permit.


Syntaxin 1A (Syn1A) and Munc18a play essential roles in vesicular trafficking and exocytosis. The molecular mechanism underlying the sorting of these two proteins to their physiological sites of action remains poorly understood. Here the localization of syntaxin1A (Syn1A) and Munc18a was analyzed in baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells and human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells. The rat Syn1A gene was fused to the gene encoding the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). Munc18a was labeled with the red fluorescence protein (TDimer2) at its C terminal. The proteins were expressed by transient transfection in either BHK-21 or HEK293 cells. Under fluorescence microscopy, it was shown that Syn1A was shown to be transported to the plasma membrane. While Munc18a exhibited mainly cytosolic distribution when expressed alone. However, upon coexpression with Syn1A, Munc18a is translocated to the plasma membrane. In addition, a N-terminal truncated mutant Syn1A failed to localize at the plasma membrane, suggesting that the cytoplasmic domain of Syn1A is important for its sorting and localization.


The Tennessee Valley Authority is using aerial photography to locate nonpoint sources of water pollution. These cause most of the water quality problems in the region. Failing septic tanks systems have been found in survey after survey. Animal wastes from livestock operations foul thousands of miles of feeder streams. Mine erosion and siltation, and residual chemicals from innumerable sources have been located. Stereoscopic infrared color aerial photographs are the key source of data. Their analysis identifies potential sources of pollution, septic system problems, groundwater assessments and urban drainage inventories. Efforts are being made to make the photography system more cost effective, although at pennies per acre, it is already an essential complement to conventional data collection techniques.


The former residences of celebrities are important parts in Beijing inhabitation culture,which boast threefold property.On basis of the property,the identification and preservation of these former residences should stick to three principles: geographical coverage,celebrity compatibility and residence diversity.


Moin-moin (steamed cowpea food; MM) is one of the most popular local dishes in Bahia-Brazil. The present study was carried out to improve the knowledge of type of cowpea used in the preparation of moin-moin and its influence on mineral content and antinutritional factors. MM samples were collected from 30 out of the sales points located in the city of Salvador-Bahia. The mineral contents of MM showed a wide variation: K: 917.4 ± 166.2 mg 100 g-1 DM, P: 400.0 ± 59.8 mg 100 g-1 DM, Mg: 97.9 ± 16.4 mg 100 g-1 DM, Ca: 94.0 ± 70.4 mg 100 g-1 DM, Fe: 57.3 ± 16.9 µg g-1 DM, Zn: 22.4 ± 4.2 µg g-1 DM, Cu: 6.3 ± 3.3 µg g-1 DM, Mn: 6.0 ± 2.8 µg g-1 DM and V: 4.3 ± 2.0 µg g-1 DM. AF in MM were: 0.60 ± 0.77 µmol g-1 DM (InsP4); 1.34 ± 1.07 µmol g-1 DM (InsP5); 4.77 ± 3.53 µmol g-1 DM (InsP6); 1.69 ± 0.03 mg eq. CE g-1 DM (tannins); 6.37 ± 0.12 mg g-1 DM (polyphenols). Fe bioavailability might be negatively affected. Information on cowpea cultivars used for MM preparation was obtained from a structured questionnaire. 'Olho de Pombo' showed the highest concentrations for AF and minerals. MM was identified as a good source of minerals.

 Key words: Antinutritional factors, cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), crude palm oil, minerals, moin-moin.


Metaphor can reinforce widely accepted truths or it can undermine them. Some of the most pleasurable moments in any poem come from the element of surprise that the latter produces. But those metaphors that fit squarely into the foundation upon which our belief systems are already built are often so subtle or normalized as to be accepted without notice, to the point that — in some cases — we have grown blind to their social implications. This blindness may pose a great danger: the constant reiteration or reinforcement of anthropocentric hierarchies and oversimplified binaries assures the continuity of a world unsafe for nonhuman life and human-but-dehumanized minorities. Metaphors on the page do have consequences in the world. This paper examines metaphors in poetry in which animals are used as tenor or vehicle with the goal of determining when and how they dehumanize vs. when and how they decentralize the human. Chapter 1 comprises a brief history of symbolic animal representation and an introduction to the contemporary field of animal studies. It also investigates metaphors that may commonly be considered "forbidden," then discusses how dehumanizing metaphors are used to foment racial intolerance. In Chapter 2, I conduct a close reading of Ross Gay's poem, "The Opening," and Aracelis Girmay's book, Kingdom Animalia, with the aim of identifying the ideologies that their metaphors reinforce or subvert. The final chapter offers up some practical suggestions for poets based on both theoretical analyses and close readings. URI http://hdl.handle.net/1773/40085 Collections English [250] DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015 DuraSpace Contact Us | Send Feedback Theme by Bone by Bone: Reinventing the Animal Metaphor for the Human Animal ResearchWorks Archive 


Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines: Implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa. AUBREY NDINANNYI TSHIVHANDEKANO Supervisor: Prof. K.I. Meiklejohn Department of Geography, Geoinformatics & Meteorology Abstract The reclamation and closure successes and challenges of Ermelo Mine Services in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa are documented and evaluated. It was found that most of the impacts of the mine on the environment and the surrounding areas were associated with the operational phase of Ermelo Mines Services. Major impacts and concerns that arose during the closure were the stability of the mined areas, contamination of the surrounding area, contamination and pollution in the study and surrounding areas, particularly of ground water aquifers, visual impacts, particularly of the discard dumps and slurry dams, the decommissioning of mining shafts, and monitoring the environment following the mine's closure.The reclamation and closure successes and challenges of Ermelo Mine Services in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa are documented and evaluated. It was found that most of the impacts of the mine on the environment and the surrounding areas were associated with the operational phase of Ermelo Mines Services. Major impacts and concerns that arose during the closure were the stability of the mined areas, contamination of the surrounding area, contamination and pollution in the study and surrounding areas, particularly of ground water aquifers, visual impacts, particularly of the discard dumps and slurry dams, the decommissioning of mining shafts, and monitoring the environment following the mine's closure. It is apparent that reclamation has been effective particularly as a private concern was contracted to undertake aftercare, notably the re-vegetation of the dump. The aftercare activities have contributed to decreased surface runoff and a reduction in surface and ground water pollution, as well as greatly reduce dust levels. The implications of the findings from this study are presented, particularly in view of there being a strong need to develop a national strategy for mining in South Africa. i University of Pretoria etd – Tsivhandekano, N A (2005)


In the first part of the article, I make a few general comments inspired by the reading of Banton's article. I claim that the field of ethnic and racial studies is often dominated by an "Anglo-Americentric" vision that leads to a negation of the variety of approaches to ethnic and racial studies throughout the world. I claim that a process of "decentration" is necessary in order to foster the diversity in our field. In the second part of the article, I make specific comments inspired by my experience as researcher and teacher in a fragmented society such as Belgium. One conclusion is that our teaching has to be contextualized in order to avoid misunderstandings and the reproduction of inadequate conceptions and confusions about ethnic and racial issues among our students.


The IT industrial scenario and the fluence of local technology and more inovation ingender idea to implement the asset tracking for Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Sistem Maklumat as the pioneer of technology in knowledge area of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Manual work implementation ingender many problem to the asset manager in doing their job that need them to move from one location to other location. The proposed system is Asset Tracking System using Barcode Technology. This project is enable the asset manager to track all organization asset to be more practical. The methodology used in this proposed project is Waterfall Method and project cover up the asset registration, asset tracking and asset auditing for the organization. This project will develop a system that can decrease the difficulty of asset tracking using barcode technology and supported by portable devices


Thank you very much for downloading challenging the classroom standard through museum based education school in the park. As you may know, people have look numerous times for their chosen readings like this challenging the classroom standard through museum based education school in the park, but end up in infectious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they juggled with some harmful bugs inside their desktop computer.


The low-loss instrument for measuring film backscattering is the non-contact instrument that can measure high reflection film backscattering.Because the back scattering light is very weak,in the process of designing the instrument,energy loss of light transmission must be as little as possible.The s,p polarization must be measured according to the design requirements of the low-loss instrument for measuring film backscattering.The conversion method of s,p polarization fitting the low-loss instrument for measuring film backscattering is proposed,and the device is designed,and the energy loss with these two methods of measuring the s,p polarization is also compared.


The electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen by cofacial porphyrins CoMFTF4 (M = H2, Al, Co, Cu) indicates that a Lewis acid facilitates the four-electron path.


In this paper we investigate the use of quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) principles to resolve the satisfiability problem. We describe QPSOSAT, a new iterative approach for solving the well known Maximum Satisfiability problem (MAX-SAT). This latter has been shown to be NP-hard if the number of variables per clause is greater than 3. The basic idea is to harness the optimization capabilities of QPSO algorithm to achieve good quality solutions for Max Sat problem. To enhance the efficiency of the QPSO algorithm, a local search has been used. The obtained results are very promising and show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed hybrid approach.


Convenience stores in India is credited to the India Economic Reforms in July1991 Convenience stores in India are still at a nascent stage but are headed for stupendous growth in the near future. The central government has ultimately realized the need to open up the India retail sector. The concept of "convenience stores" has changed in definition over time. Originally, convenience implied that something was functional, easy to use and labour saving. In modern times, the concept of convenience also began to imply the ability to control time. Convenience stores can be considered an embodiment of modern connotations of convenience. This study was carried the to study the reasons of occupational stress. This study was conductive on 120 respondents (90 male 30 female) who were selected purposively by random sampling of different conveniences store, Easy day, Spencer, Big Bazar, Vishal Magabat in Lucknow city. Statistical analysis was done by t-test square analysis.


This paper carries out a research on the training method which can up the student's long distance running result.By way of analysing,comparing,this paper puts forward the"target training"method which suits the long distance running of middle school students.And it's efficient to enhance the teaching course and up the running scores of students.


Applying Shannon's information theory to examples from molecular biology reveals a new world for exploration by physicists interested in the limits of computation.


One of the important technologies to improve the Reynolds number is to reduce the temperature of the air flow inside the wind tunnel. The air flow working temperature can reach 77K at least. At this time, it is necessary to carry out thermal protection for the internal equipment of the wind tunnel. In view of the complex layout and various characteristics of the equipment in the wind tunnel, this paper takes the thermal protection and temperature control strategy of the equipment in the wind tunnel as the research object, and designs the temperature control strategy of the typical equipment from the perspectives of heating element selection, temperature control logic, temperature control algorithm and heating mode. A physical test platform was designed and built. The feasibility of temperature control strategy was verified by the physical test platform under two typical temperature conditions of normal temperature and low temperature. The test results show that the comprehensive design of the temperature control strategy can meet the temperature control requirements of different shapes, heat capacities and heat leakage conditions, and the temperature control accuracy is better than 1 °C, which can meet the design requirements and effectively ensure the normal operation of the equipment in the wind tunnel.


An investigation is being conducted to (1) quantify the short-term effects of freshwater agricultural drainage on salinity in a tidal creek and (2) evaluate the off-site effects of water-control structures on flow and water quality in channels that drain cropland in the Albemarle-Pamlico region of North Carolina. A continuous record of velocity is being obtained in three canals. Salinity is being recorded at two locations in the receiving water, and water-surface elevations are being measured in the canals and at two receiving-water sites. These data should provide insight into the mechanisms responsible for salinity fluctuations in the tidal creeks that receive artificial drainage.


In the comments on the original paper (see ibid., vol. 9, no. 6, 1993), a technique using an internal model control (IMC) structure was proposed for compensating structured and unstructured uncertainties in robot control. Here, the author argues that it should be pointed out that the proposed control law is not well posed. The reply of the authors of the original paper is also presented.


Hanoi Vietnamese, although not apparently genetically related to Chinese, is a language phonologically of the Chinese type; in the terminology of Hockett (1955, 60–1, 129), Hanoi Vietnamese phonology constitutes a system without interludes, with syllable juncture, and with tones as ICs of syllables. Hanoi phonology is in fact rather close to the phonology of Middle Chinese (Karlgren's 'Ancient Chinese', cf. Pulleyblank, 1962, 64), the source, via the dialect of Chinese called 'Sino-Vietnamese' (Haudricourt, 1954, 79), of the majority of Vietnamese lexical items.


Abstract : Our superior Socialist system has blazed a vast, boundless path for the development of science. Before liberation, our researches in dynamic meteorology were very Inadequately founded. Rapid development, however, has since come to pass. During the past decade, our work in dynamic meteorology has been mainly devoted to atmospheric circulation. Recently, much has been accomplished in the field of numerical weather forecasting. These two phases of meteorological study will be accorded special treatment by the editorial board for meteorological reports.


A robust method for synthesizing structurally diverse metallopeptide libraries using a Re(i) complex of a non-natural amino acid was developed as a way to accelerate the discovery of novel molecular imaging probes.


Necessary conditions of isolated zero-points with nonzero degree (in particular, point of local minimum or maximum either saddlepoint) in R n which is an extension of the rule that the first derivative of a function changes a sign in every neighborhood of an isolated point of local minimum or maximum in JR1 and connected with this choice of initial approximations for the secant method are given and proved. Most of the statements are given through using the basic topological facts such as degree, the fiberings of a finite dimensional sphere, homotopy, quotient topology, etc.


The authors present a very impressive global catalogue of point sources of SO2 with additional annual emission estimates, based on a well-documented methodology that uses OMI columnar SO2 data. Concerning the methodology the authors present additionally in this paper uncertainty estimates relevant to the choice of the satellite algorithm, the AMF calculation, the estimation of mass and the fitting procedures. They conclude that their methodology is sensitive to sources stronger than 30 kt/yr with an overall uncertainty close to 50%. The paper should be accepted for publication almost as it is, considering the correction of few minor typos and some comments below:


Acrylamide copolymer hydrogels used in profile modification applications in an oilfield share a common problem, termed syneresis, which decreases the efficiency of profile modification. In this paper, sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) was found to be an effective syneresis inhibitor for the hydrogel formulated with acrylamide copolymer of acryloyloxyethyl trimethylammonium chloride (AM/DAC), and an ultrastable hydrogel for enhanced oil recovery in high-temperature and high-salinity petroleum reservoirs was obtained on the basis of double-groups cross-linking. Experimental investigations, including DLS, FTIR, NMR, SEM, and core flood test, have been conducted to elucidate the mechanism of STPP inhibiting the hydrogel syneresis in the aspect of the reaction between STPP and AM/DAC. The result showed that the AM/DAC cross-links with STPP on the basis of the hydrolysis reaction of the ester group and STPP, whereby the new bond of C–O–P is formed. For this reason, the viscosity and hydrophilicity of AM/DAC were s...


Large tow carbon fibers are enabling carbon SMC products to be adopted by the automotive industry for a reasonable cost. The challenge is to determine an efficient way to process the large tows during compounding that enables complete realization of the mechanical properties. The Fraunhofer Project Centre together with Dieffenbacher have developed such a processing system and integrated it into the compounding step of SMC production. It is now possible to achieve significant improvement in mechanical properties compared to the Carbon-SMC products available in the market. Zoltek 50K tow fibers and Polynt Vinylester resin was used for this study. Up to 40% by volume of fiber content was achieved. Unlike most Carbon-SMC in the market, the in-house compounded material had very good flow and filled parts were achieved with 25% mold coverage. Overall, the material shows great potential in terms of high performance SMC applications for the automotive industry.


14.00 To submit to consideration a few points on the ethical components involved in the rendering of services and also on the guidelines which should orient its practice by academic institutions is the purpose of the present article. The rendering of services by the universities, the authors suggest should be lead by the following assumptions: returns for the institutions rendering the services, increased opportunities for action and assistance in solving community problems. From such a viewpoint, the higher teaching institution should not function as a private advisory enterprise, applied to the collection of funds from outside, without any concern as to the resulting benefits. It is important that teaching institutions have access to supplementary financial resources, inclusively for a better remuneration of their teachers, inasmuch as the rendering of services is conditioned to the development of their human resources. Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */
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We designed a one-degree-of-freedom (vertical up-down motion) power assist robot for manipulating objects. We used a hypothesis that pertains to human's weight perception. The robot was simulated and subjects manipulated objects with the robot in harmonic motion i.e. the objects were repeatedly lifted up and lowered down in each trial. We then critically analyzed subject's weight perception, load forces and object's motions. We also compared the results derived in harmonic motion to that derived in linear vertical motion. We then proposed a novel control technique to reduce the excessive load forces applied by the subjects. We explained how the findings derived in this article would enhance the effectiveness of the novel control strategy. Finally, we proposed to use the findings to develop power assist robots to manipulate heavy objects in industries such as construction, transport and logistics, manufacturing and assembly, mining, rescue and military operations etc. that would enhance interactions with the users in terms of maneuverability, safety, naturalness, ease of use, stability etc.


Since the 1960s, Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear has been a major stakeholder in the deployment of the French nuclear Research Reactors, supplying key safety I&C systems such as Reactor Protection, Neutron Instrumentation and Rod Control. More recently, it modernized some of their I&C systems from original analog technology to modern Digital safety systems. Simultaneously, Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear has been supplying its Digital or Analog safety technologies to Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) all around the world; resulting in installed and operating equipment in more than 200 NPPs worldwide. Currently, it is supplying new systems in more than 80 nuclear units, in particular in France,


Resumen pt: Pipes, wraps, flow, pre-entry drag, factor of pre-entry drag.>>>en: The proposal of the present article is to present the results of the research carried...


This study examined the efficacy of computer driven modeling to derive and display the anticipated results of a hypothetical multispectral imaging telescope utilized to determine material decomposition/contamination of near-earth orbit space objects. Imagery was simulated based on a hypothetical multispectral telescope and a satellite CAD. Image processing was performed on the simulations to determine if material decomposition/contamination could be ascertained through observed material property variations. The study examined the affects of decreased spatial resolution and increased specularity to determine limitations of the hypothetical telescope's imagery.

Keywords: multispectral, material decomposition/contamination, space object, simulation, adaptive optics


The invention pertains to an optical Switch matrix compris ing n input channels, branching means for dividing the input channels up into p branched channels, merging means for merging the p branched channels into m output channels, and optical fibers for connecting the output channels of the branching means with the input channels of the merging means, wherein n, m, and p are natural numbers greater than or equal to 2, and wherein the branching means, the fibers, and the merging means are each attached to a separate Substrate or a separate group of Substrates. The optical Switching matrix according to the invention is very compact and allows efficient use of the materials available for the manufacture thereof.


The aim of this project is to analitically design a switched (synchronous) reluctance motor from its equivalent magnetic and electric circuit and the analysys of its performance using the finite elemnt method with the FEMM software. A comparison is carried out between the utilisation of two different rotors (simple salient pole rotor and axially laminated rotor) and the effect that they have on the performance of the motor and key parameters.


Intraventricular injection of bacitracin 50 μg/50μl greatly prolonged theanalgesic effect of manual needling of Tsu-San-Li points in rabbits.Pain thresholdremained high 30-40 minutes after withdrawing the needles,whereas in the salineacupuncture group analgesic effect could no longer be demonstrated at this time.Estimation of two enekphalin levels in various brain regions revealed that thecontents in striatum and hypothalamus were much higher than those in the salineacupuncture and bacitracin control groups.This was especially conspicuous instriatum,where the enkephalin contents of bacitracin acupuncture group were2-3 times higher than those of the bacitracin control group.Thirty minutes afterthe cessation of needling,a trace of enkephalin increase in striatum was still foundin the saline acupuncture group.Naloxone effectively antagonized the analgesiceffect during the bacitracin prolongation period,indicating the enhancement byintraventricular bacitracin was due to the preservation of released endogenousmorphine-like substances.


The identification of a fuzzy model is a complex and nonlinear problem. This can be formulated as a search and optimisation problem and many computing approaches are available in the literature to solve this problem. This research paper is focused on using a new nature inspired approach for fuzzy modeling based on Bat Algorithm which is derived from the behaviour of micro-bats to search for their prey. The bat algorithm approach has been implemented and validated successfully on a rapid battery charger fuzzy controller problem. Currently, the key requirement is real-time solutions to complex problems at a blazing speed. Bat algorithm evolved the optimised fuzzy model within a few seconds as compared to other approaches.


A colorless transparent polyimide shaped article having as a main component at least one recurring unit selected from the recurring units of the formulae (I) to (IX). It is useful, for example, as an oriented film in liquid crystal display devices. The polyimide shaped article is pro duced by a process which comprises preparing a solu tion of a polyamide acid having as a main component at least one recurring unit selected from the recurring units of the formulae (V) to (VIII) in an amide-type organic polar solvent, forming a shaped article of the polyamide acid from the solution, and imidizing the resulting shaped article of the polyamide acid.


The purpose of this study is to select the most proper model for estimating the agricultural land productivity in Henan province.Methods of data integration,statistics test,and extension trend analysis were used.The results indicate that the relationship between the accessible grain productivity per unit samples of Henan province and their agricultural land use index is not a linear one.The statistics test and the extension trend of different models(e.g.,second-order polynomial model,exponential model,logarithmic model,power model,and linear model) indicate that the second-order polynomial model is the most proper one for Henan province.We also found that the estimation result of the model was reliable regarding model test and the spatial distribution in reality.The paper concludes that the optimal model for productivity estimation must be based on the spatial distribution of the survey data,the practical condition of the research area,and the characteristics of the model.


In survival studies with families or geographical units it may be of interest testing whether such groups are homogeneous for given explanatory variables. In this paper we consider score type tests for group homogeneity based on a mixing model in which the group effect is modelled as a random variable. As opposed to hazard‐based frailty models, this model presents survival times that conditioned on the random effect, has an accelerated failure time representation. The test statistics requires only estimation of the conventional regression model without the random effect and does not require specifying the distribution of the random effect. The tests are derived for a Weibull regression model and in the uncensored situation, a closed form is obtained for the test statistic. A simulation study is used for comparing the power of the tests. The proposed tests are applied to real data sets with censored data. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


There is an increased morbidity of coronary artery disease(CAD),higher rate of myocardial ischemia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndromes(OSAHS)and worse prognosis among these patients.It is proved that OSAHS is a factor independent of age,sex,body mass index,which influence the CAD and ischemic heart diseases.The mechanisms refers to systematic inflammation,oxidative stress,altered hemorheology and hemodynamics.The exact pathogenic mechanism,genetics,therapy will become a hot research spot in the future.

Key words:
Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndromes; Coronary artery disease; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Hemorheology; Haemodynamics


Green's function for the solution of Poisson's equation in cylindrical coordinates is calculated using the underlying Sturm–Liouville problem. The potential distribution produced by an arbitrarily oriented eccentric dipole located in a homogeneous conducting circular finite‐length cylinder is given; three alternative forms are presented, which enable us to compute the potential everywhere in the cylinder. Previous works devoted to this subject were incomplete in the sense that the formulas which were presented there do not converge everywhere. For our expressions of the Green function,we show that Gabor and Nelson's theorem applies for the present geometry. We also consider the case where the current source and sink are remote from each other in order to check the consistency between Gabor and Nelson's theorem and Helmholtz's principle. Applications of our formulas are presented in a situation which is representative of the human trunk activated by the heart and discussion of the results is made in relati...


AIM:To establish a method for determining guanosine, uridine,and andadenosine for Radix Isatidis. METHODS: The Prevail C_(18) analytical column(4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm)was used.The mobile phases consisted of water and acetonitrile with gradient.The flow rate was 0.5 mL/min and column temperature was at 25 ℃.The detection wavelength was at 254 nm. RESULTS: The method had good linear relationship within the range(1.92)-38.4 μg/mL;1.75-35 μg/mL; 2.12-42.4 μg/mL of guanosine,uridine and andadenosine,respectively,with the correlation coefficients of 0.999 9.The average recoveries of the three nucleosides were 99.64%(RSD=0.38%),98.94%(RSD=0.32%) and 98.85%(RSD=0.48%),correspondingly.CONCLUSION: The method is fast,rapid,convenient,accurate and can be used for quality control of Radix isatidis.


Orthopaedic surgery is a form of "practical anatomy." We use our deep knowledge of the human form—normal andpathologic—to decrease pain, restore function, repair injury, and improve health. I had always considered myself the recipient of a gift when I think about where I first learned anatomy; the people who donated their bodies made it possible forme to learn. And asmuch as I was smitten by Frank H. Netter's beautiful anatomy atlases [5, 6] and others like them [1, 8, 9], it wasn't until I saw the work of contemporary artist Terryl Whitlatch, a supremely talented illustrator who creates fantastical creatures, that I realized that I really was the beneficiary of two gifts, not just one. The larger gift certainly came from the cadaver donors. But a second (and still-important) gift was the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of the medical illustrator. For every hour I spent in the anatomy lab, I spent many more looking at human-drawn illustrations of human bodies. Although Ms. Whitlatch doesn't illustrate anatomy textbooks, she sure knows her anatomy, both human and animal. And if you've gone to the movies in the last couple of decades, you've probably seen her work. Ms. Whitlatch has worked with Pixar, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Walt Disney Feature Animation (among many others); she's also created museum and zoo exhibitions, and written numerous books. Her personified (anthropomorphic, really) critters derive from photorealistic anatomic studies and drawings she's made of animals. Even a moment's inspection of any of her imaginary creatures reveals a remarkable combination of real anatomy and a kind of secret sauce that she has called "forced anthropomorphism" [7]. What can a surgeon learn from an illustrator of imaginary creatures? Two words: Close observation. It's possible to be a master surgeon and not be able to draw (ask me how I know), and certainly most illustrators are not surgeons. But to be an artist or a clinician, one needs good vision, and by this I don't mean eyesight. Artists in general (and illustrators in particular) need not just to be able to look, but also to see, both thoughtfully and critically. Terryl Whitlatch Anote from theEditor-in-Chief: A few times each year, in place of my monthly editorial, I will introduce and interview a deep thinker on topics that matter to surgeons. In this editorial feature, called "A Conversation with...", my goal is to speak with guests whom most readers may be unfamiliar.When possible, I will look outside our specialty, and even outside our profession, in the hopes of gaining new perspectives on familiar topics or themes. Interviews may be edited for length and clarity. This month's guest is Terryl Whitlatch, a visual concept artist and creature designer, known for her work on numerous feature films, including Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace. She is also the author of several books, and has created exhibitions for zoos and history museums across the United States. We welcome reader feedback on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. The author certifies that neither he, nor any members of his immediate family, have any commercial associations (such as consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writer, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons. S. S. Leopold MD ✉, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1600 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19013 USA, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com S. S. Leopold, Editor-In-Chief, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA


This paper reviews new results in the field of organic dye vapor lasers. Gain studies of the scintillator dye POPOP in liquid solution and in the vapor phase show that a dye vapor exhibits optical gain nearly as high as in the solution case under excitation by a N 2 laser. Superradiant emission has been observed from both, optically excited POPOP vapor and electron-beam excited vapor. The optimum operating conditions of an electron-beam pumped dye vapor-buffer gas system with high purity argon as buffer are reported. Potential energy transfer processes from the rare-gas buffer to the dye vapor are discussed. The metastable ionic species Ar+ 2 has been identified as the most likely POPOP excitation source after intense electron pumping of the dense Ar buffer gas at typically 4-5 atm. An estimate of the conversion efficiency from electronic energy deposited in the Ar buffer to stimulated emission of the dye yields 5 percent. These results suggest that an efficient tunable electron beam pumped dye vapor laser is feasible.


The HKR of racemic anti- or syn-3-substituted epoxy esters catalyzed by a Co(III)salen complex provides ready access to the corresponding enantioenriched 3,4-disubstituted γ-butyrolactones and 3-substituted epoxy esters. This strategy has been successfully employed in the formal synthesis of biologically active 3,4-disubstituted piperidine derivatives, (-)-paroxetine and Ro 67-8867 and a natural product, (+)-eldanolide.


The separation of up-going and down-going wavefields is a significant step in vertical seismic profiling (VSP) data processing. The traditional frequency-wavenumber (FK) transform method maps the VSP signal from the time-space domain to the FK domain for separation. However, the FK transform method cannot separate the wavefields well near the reflecting surface. In this letter, we propose a novel method called FK vector classification (FKVC) to separate up-going and down-going wavefields from 2-D VSP data. First, we use the curvelet transform (CT) to extract the direction information of the VSP signal. CT is a tight frame and has multi-direction characteristics, so it can sparsely represent the signal in the curvelet domain. Although the shape of the curvelet window will cause some energy diffusion, synchrosqueezed CT (SSCT) can reassign the curvelet coefficients at the 2-D reference instantaneous frequency (IF) to improve the resolution. Then we extract the FK vector (FKV) of the up-going and down-going wavefields respectively based on SSCT. Finally, the up-going and down-going wavefields can be separated by the angular difference of FKV. Both the synthetic example and real zero-offset VSP data example demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Compared with the FK transform method, the FKVC has a better separation result.


In this study, an ultrasonic technique for quantitative nondestructive evaluation of a small surface fatigue crack was developed. The use of an oblique longitudinal wave with large angle (over the critical angle) of incidence upon a specimen surface was emphasized. Ultrasonic testing was performed for a specimen with small surface fatigue cracks and artificial defects. We have used maximum amplitude of reflection echo due to these defects as a parameter, to evaluate them quantitatively. From such measurements, we have concluded that with the use of this parameter, surface fatigue cracks with more than 115µm of surface length can be detected. Simultaneously, crack depth and deflection can also be detected. Based on these experimental results, we have proposed a set of experimental equations to evaluate the surface length and depth of crack. Finally, a model based on three-dimensional elastodynamics was proposed to simulate this ultrasonic technique, and numerical analysis was performed for the surface crack reflection problem.


One of the fundamental questions in monetary economics is why fiat money has value: Why do rational agents trade real resources for intrinsically worthless pieces of paper? Monetary economists have long understood that part of the explanation relates to the superiority of a monetary equilibrium over a barter one. However, it is one thing to explain why fiat money is better than barter, and quite another to explain how fiat money actually emerges. Recognizing this point, a number of recent studies (e.g., Kiyotaki and Wright 1991, 1992, 1993; Ritter 1995; and Williamson and Wright 1995) have sought to explain the emergence of fiat money by means of a hypothetical direct jump from barter to a fiat money equilibrium. This paper suggests that these attempts are fundamentally misconceived. They suffer from three main problems. The first is the "start problem"—that is, the difficulty of ensuring an initial demand for fiat money balances. If fiat money is ever to emerge from barter, someone must be the first to exchange real goods for pieces of paper money that, by definition, do not provide any direct consumption


X-ray computed tomography(CT) technology was adopted to scan the internal structures of AC-16,SMA-16 and OGFC-16 mixture specimens compacted using Marshall and Superpave gyratory compactor(SGC) methods. Digital image processing technology was adopted to analyze the spatial distribution of their internal air voids. The result shows that the distributions of air voids are not uniform in mixture specimens,and they vary greatly with the compacting styles and gradations of asphalt mixtures. Throughout the specimen height,air void percents are bigger on the top and at the bottom,and are smaller in the middles of the specimens compacted by SGC method,whereas the distribution variances are not marked for the specimens compacted by Marshall method. Throughout the cross sections of the specimens,air voids distribute more in the outside parts than in the middle parts for AC-16 and SMA-16 mixtures. 3 tAbs,11 figs,10 refs.


In this paper, a gigawatt (GW) transverse electromagnetic wave (TEM)-mode phase shifter (TPS) used to adjust the phase of output of high-power microwave is investigated. The phase shifter is composed of two identical coaxial TE11 circular polarizers, and can adjust the output microwave phase in a range of 0°-360°. The electrical behaviors are analyzed in theory and simulated by the CST software, the results show that the TPS at frequency 1.79 GHz can adjust the microwave phase in a range of 0°-360°, the transmission in this range of phase-shifting process is over 97.5%, and the power-handling capacity is as high as 5.3 GW.


Aerodynamic characteristics of a square cylinder with a splitter plate arrangement at a low Reynolds number is studied in the present paper. The flow analysis is done using ICEM CFD and FLUENT and its validation is done. The study of flow past square cylindrical obstacle has fascinated researchers for a long time. Cylindrical structures submerged in wind, tides or currents are some of the examples for the mentioned flow. The case with a splitter plate is also an area of interest.As the distance between the cylinder and plate varies, the flow patterns differs. The flow pattern also depends up on Reynolds number. This paper presents the results of two-dimensional flows around a square cylinder and a splitter plate at a Reynolds number of 100 when splitter plate is kept at varying distances from the cylinder.


We consider an Axiom A diffeomorphism and the invariant set $\Omega$ of orbits which never falls into a fixed hole. We study various aspects of the complexity of the symbolic representation of $\Omega$. Our main result are that each topologically transitive component of $\Omega$ is coded and that typically $\Omega$ is of finite type.


Abstract : This report contains a detailed investigation of a new approach to accomplishing alignment of troposcatter communications antennas along the great circle path. The new approach is based upon examination of the received CW signals doppler spectrum shape and its relation to antenna pointing angle. The doppler spectrum shape was examined through forming the cross-correlation function of the quadrature components of the received signal. Available experimental evidence suggests an alignment accuracy of + or - 1/8 deg. in less than one hour is attainable. (Author)


The rotation vibration spectra can be classified by irreducible representation of group U(5)for the triatomic molecule.The dynamical symmetry U(5)Contain O(5) Contain O(3) is disussed.The energy levels of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) molecule are calculated.It is shown that molecular spectra have unitary symmetry.


A method is presented, w hich allows an integrated determination of actuator/sensor positions and feedback gains for control of flexible structures. T his method is based on the maximization of dissipation energy due to control a ction. The optimality criterion is determined via a Lyapunov e quation, and


This thesis deals with employing the experimental methods in tribotechnical diagnostics. The thesis focuses both on the issue of greases wear used in means of transport and their components. The eveluation of the technical condition of the observed mechanical systems is based on making analysis of the taken sample of the used lubricants.


Lawrence J. Gitman is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Tulsa. He is author of a number of articles, books, and papers on various aspects of financial management. John R. Forrester, Jr., is Administrator of the Richardson Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas. He received an M.B.A. from the University of Tulsa, after which he was employed as an officer of the First National Bank of Tulsa.


Introduction: Chronic otitis media is classified as a tubotympanic disease and is characterized by central perforation. Eustachian tube is the principal focus in middle ear disease. Pathological findings in the nose or the nasopharynx are also responsible for inadequate tubal function. Objective:To evaluate the outcomes of septoplasty followed by myringoplasty and myringoplasty without septoplasty in patients with tubotympanic diseases in terms of Graft uptake, audiological outcome and late complications. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted from January 2012 January 2014 in the E.N.T department of Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad.A total of 70 patients who were suffering from tubotympanic diseases were treated with myringoplasty for the treatment of chronic suppurative Otitis Media. The patients were randomly divided in two groups of 35 each and were either treated with myringoplasty alone or septoplasty followed by myringoplasty after 6 weeks. Results: In present study the graft take up was 83.8% in septoplasty preceding myringoplasty and 79.4% in myringoplasty group.Among the patients who underwent myringoplasty only, 88.2 % had a gain of 15 db and 90% had a gain of 15 db in septoplasty followed by myringoplasty group.


In this paper, an efficient binarization algorithm for degraded document images is proposed. The proposed method contains two procedures: background estimation and foreground detection. The background is estimated by median filtering. The rationality is the characters can be assumed as irregular pixels. Text regions are detected by background subtraction and local variance calculation, and then local linear transform is performed to the detected text regions. Finally, a naive thresholding algorithm, ex. Otsu's method, is performed to obtain the binary result. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves promising results.


Considerable effort has been directed towards the characterization of chiral mesoscale structures, as shown in chiral protein assemblies and carbon nanotubes. Here, we establish a thermally-driven hydrodynamic description for the actuation and separation of mesoscale chiral structures in a fluid medium. Cross flow of a Newtonian liquid with a thermal gradient gives rise to chiral structure propulsion and separation according to their handedness. In turn, the chiral suspension alters the liquid flow which thus acquires a transverse (chiral) velocity component. Since observation of the predicted effects requires a low degree of sophistication, our work provides an efficient and inexpensive approach to test and calibrate chiral particle propulsion and separation strategies.


This study aims to examine the potential of Buwun Sejati tourism village in an effort to brand tourism villages to attract tourist visits. Buwun Sejati Village besides having beautiful natural potential also has its own potential, namely the life of the Buwun Sejati village community which is thick with the value of tolerance even though they live side by side with religious and cultural differences. The potential value of tolerance in Buwun Sejati village life was then written by the online media Mandalika Post in a news story. The focus of the research is to find out the branding of the Buwun Sejati tourist village as a tolerance tourism village through the Mandalika Post online media coverage. This study was designed in a qualitative descriptive with data collection techniques of observation, interviews and documentation. The results showed that in carrying out a branding of Buwun Sejati tourism village as a tolerance tourism village, it was actually quite unique compared to other tourist village branding. The residents of Buwun Sejati village do not need to make major changes in community life in their village, in an effort to attract tourist visits. because the life of the people who live side by side in the midst of religious, ethnic and cultural differences, it becomes the potential advantage of the village to become a tourist attraction, but what needs to be done is to inform the potential of Buwun Sejati village as a tourism village of tolerance to the wider audience so that the existence and unique attraction of Buwun village Indeed, it is known by the wider community so that it can attract tourist visits. The branding of the Buwun Sejati tourist village as a tolerance tourism village was carried out by Mandalika Post in an online news story. In an effort to branding news writing using a 5 W + 1 H writing structure, namely What, What, Where, When, Why, and How. The structure of the news writing is done so that the wider community or readers can obtain clear information about the tolerance tourism village of Buwun Sejati.
Keywords:  Branding; Tourism Village; News; Online Media.


The techniques for high-yield and cultivation on Lonicea japonica were introduced briefly,including soil preparation,raising seedlings,planting and young forest management etc.


Regional conditions enforced engineers to generate a study on concrete which incorporate Over Burnt Brick Ballast Aggregate partially due to their abundance. 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% (M05, M10, M15, M20) incorporation was used as partial replacement of natural coarse aggregate in concrete. Analysis of incorporated concrete was done in fresh state as well in hardened state to evaluate different properties of concrete i.e. slump value, compaction factor value, unit weight, flexural strength and Los Angeles abrasion value. From experimental approach it is concluded that Concrete formed with over burnt brick ballast aggregate showed beneficial performance as compared with the concrete made up of natural aggregate obtained from Sargodha. It reduces the cost of concrete by reducing the aggregate cost and produces economical infrastructure system. The waste generated from the brick kiln is utilized efficiently, making environment friendly encouraging green construction.


Nowadays, psychological problems occur frequently in college students and many cases of mental illness are triggered accordingly which affect students' study and life. In order to help them to overcome these obstacles and finish their study smoothly so that they will plunge themselves into and serve the society, the author suggests that educational department of all levels and educators should pay attention to these problems and solves these problems through adjusting, caring and straightening. Only in these ways can these problems be soon solved and can the suffered students go back to their normal study.


This article studies the function of cognition source-prototype in the world of cognition,through the classification of the semantical category.The influence of proitoype on category is found out,and further study of the motivation of the prototype phenomenon is also carried out.


Among the main challenges in procedural content generation (PCG), content quality assurance and dynamic difficulty adjustment (DDA) of game content in real time are two major issues concerned in adaptive content generation. Motivated by the recent learning-based PCG framework, we propose a novel approach to seamlessly address two issues in  Super Mario Bros (SMB). To address the quality assurance issue, we exploit the synergy between rule-based and learning-based methods to produce quality game segments in SMB, named constructive primitives (CPs). By means of CPs, we propose a DDA algorithm that controls a CP-based level generator to adjust the content difficulty rapidly based on players' real-time game playing performance. We have conducted extensive simulations with sophisticated SMB agents of different types for thorough evaluation. Experimental results suggest that our approach can effectively assure content quality in terms of generic quality measurements and dynamically adjust game difficulty in real time as informed by the game completion rate.