In 2024, under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, a robotic lander will touch down in Mare Crisium of the Moon and deploy a heat flow probe. Ideally, the probe should penetrate the regolith deep enough (1.5–2 m) to avoid the influence of insolation, but it is a major challenge to excavate such a hole on a robotic mission. The present study assesses the insolation-induced temperature fluctuation in the shallower subsurface of the landing site in case the heat flow probe does not reach past that depth. The assessment was based on a newly constructed, one-dimensional heat conduction model, which accounted for the history of solar heat intake at the landing site for the past 100 yr. The thermal properties of the subsurface regolith of the model were constrained by the previous surface temperature observations by flyovers of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the subsurface thermal measurement data from Apollo 17. The model showed that the amplitude of the insolation-induced annual subsurface temperature fluctuation is modulated by the 18.6 yr period precession of the Moon. The model also showed that the amplitude of this annual wave would be at (or close to) its minimum in 2024, when the mission would take place. Even though the thermal wave may be felt at depths greater than 1.5 m, because of its small amplitude, the thermal gradient in the depth range from 1 to 1.5 m would be within several percent of the gradient representative of the endogenic heat flow.


Inflammatory bowel disease is a progressive and debilitating condition. Early and effective treatment utilizing a treat to target approach is key in improving patient outcomes. Therefore, proactive monitoring is essential to ensure treatment strategies are working and targets are being met. In this review we discuss the current monitoring tools available to us and how they can be utilized. We also discuss the importance of monitoring during key phases of the disease and propose an optimum treat to target monitoring strategy for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. In the advent of new technology, we also discuss how this may improve our monitoring capabilities and how we envisage future monitoring strategies of inflammatory bowel diseases.


An enhancement of through-bond interaction by bond angle distortion in pyrazine was examined using various MO methods. Results of MINDO/3 geometry optimization with an angle () at atom fixed to 120∼90 lead to distorted structures in which the distorted bond is brought closer toward lone pair orbital n of N atom. It was also found that the bond angle distortion increased the P character at the atom , resulting in an increased vicinal overlap between n and the bond. The FMO patterns of framework showed three-fold degeneracy, one of which was of different symmetry which mixes in the symmetry adapted pair, orbitals thus can interact with both FMOs of the framework. The LCBO-MO analysis with partial elimination of bonds, antibonds or both, however, revealed that the main interaction of was with the HO- and that of was with the LU- orbital of the framework.


The increment of IoT devices in the world due to the manpower shortage can be commonly seen around the world nowadays. In agriculture, revolutionary technologies which involve automation has been anticipated in order to face this serious issue. With LPWAN technologies, we can achieve automated mass irrigation almost without the need for manpower involvement. For most crops, production and yield are directly related to crop water use, hence resulting in the importance of precise watering. Device firmware updates for the endpoint devices play an important role to maintain the reliability and security of these system. For a system that is using LPWAN, which is commonly deployed in rural areas, the firmware update over the air(FUOTA) feature can provide the possibility of rolling out a system update without the need to have physical contact with the device while also ensuring all the devices are up-to-date.In this article, we designed a FUOTA process for LPWAN. Through FUOTA, the update patches can be deployed to the devices effortlessly and efficiently further reducing the manpower shortage problem while improving the feature and functionality of the system.


In Canada the presence of one, other, or both of the official languages of the country implies the demographic presence of a particular ethnolinguistic group, either Anglophones or Francophones, in a specific region. However, Canada is also a multicultural country with a varied ethnolinguistic population where the presence or absence of a non-official language seems to reflect the strength or weakness of an ethnolinguistic group within the society (Landry & Bourhis, 1997; Huebner, 2006). With an ethnographic and sociolinguistics approach, this study shows that in Leamington, Ontario, there is a multilingual landscape and that the use of Spanish in different, but specific, domains manifests the existence of subjective ethnolinguistic vitality of a group, Mexican agricultural temporary workers, that has been institutionally discriminated and perceived as inexistent and socially invisible.


65Cu/63Cu and 56Fe/54Fe isotopic ratios for two metal reference materials (NIST SRM 976 and NIST SRM 665) have been measured by a laser ablation-multiple collector-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-MC-ICPMS). A time resolved analysis (TRA) data acquisition technique was used to monitor the time profile in 65Cu/63Cu and 56Fe/54Fe isotopic ratios. An ArF excimer laser (193 nm) which produces pit sizes of 16–63 µm was used to ablate Cu and Fe from metal samples. Measured 65Cu/63Cu ratios increased systematically (1∼2‰) with prolonged ablation, suggestive of isotopic fractionation during the laser ablation or ionisation process in the ICP. However, systematic increase in the measured 65Cu/63Cu ratio could be minimised down to <1‰ level when a newly developed correction technique for slow response of a Faraday preamplifier (0.2∼1 s) was applied. The resulting precision or repeatability of the isotopic ratio measurements was improved to the 0.7‰ level, which was almost half the level achieved by the conventional measurements. The validity of this correction technique was also demonstrated by the 56Fe/54Fe isotopic ratio measurement for metal Fe. The systematic increase in the measured 56Fe/54Fe ratio could also be minimised to the <1‰ level after the correction of slow response of the Faraday preamplifier. The data obtained here demonstrated that the time-dependent changes in measured isotopic ratios can be minimised by the careful control of the intensity change and correction of slow response of the Faraday preamplifier.


A novel fiber sensor based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is designed to realize the simultaneous measurement of temperature and refractive index (RI). In order to obtain the SPR effect both in x- and y-polarized directions, the fiber is double-side polished and covered with gold and silver on horizontal and vertical polished surfaces, respectively. The numerical simulation results demonstrate that the temperature sensitivities of x- and y-polarized loss spectrums are 0.1371 and 0.04736 nm/°C, respectively. The RI sensitivities of x- and y-polarized loss spectrums are 561.4286 and 457.1429 nm/RIU, respectively. Therefore, the variation of temperature and RI can be measured simultaneously by monitoring the resonant wavelength shifts of x- and y-polarized loss spectrums.


The distribution of linear polarization over 13 bright radio sources has been determined at 21 cm wavelength with an east-west interferometer. The results are presented in the form of strip brightness distributioIlJ3 of polarized flux and direction of polarization, with a resolution of l' by 20'. It is suggested that axial rotation during evolution contributes to the observed polarization features of extended radio sources.


When you want to inspire a young man or woman to become a good and motivated professional officer in one of the armed services and then one of their branches, you should use national, service and unit history both as a bait and tool. Thereby you can offer a framework for the junior officer's initial efforts by presenting the organisation's roots and highlight the hoped for professional ethos, and it can present a well-illustrated role models copy.


Under the background that the country implements the big data strategy to promote the open sharing of data resources, the open sharing of power data and multi-party collaboration face many privacy protection and data security risks. This paper carried out the research on the multi-party security collaboration technology of power data based on federated learning, sorted out the typical application scenarios and data security requirements of power multi-party collaboration, and proposed a basic model of power data security collaboration based on federated learning. On the basis of technical research, a prototype system for power data federation learning has been developed to build the multi-party security and collaborative protection capability of power data, and support the multi-party collaborative application of power data.


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In this paper, we use the 'Millennium Simulation' to re-examine the mass assembly history of dark matter haloes and the age dependence of halo clustering. We use eight different definitions of halo formation times to characterize the different aspects of the assembly history of a dark matter halo. We find that these formation times have different dependence on halo mass. While some formation times characterize well the hierarchical nature of halo formation, in the sense that more massive haloes have later formation, the trend is reversed for other definitions of the formation time. In particular, the formation times that are likely to be related to the formation of galaxies in dark haloes show strong trends of 'downsizing', in that lower mass haloes form later. We also investigate how the correlation amplitude of dark matter haloes depends on the different formation times. We find that this dependence is quite strong for some definitions of formation time but weak or absent for other definitions. In particular, the correlation amplitude of haloes of a given mass is almost independent of their last major merger time. For the definitions that are expected to be more related to the formation of galaxies in dark haloes, a significant assembly bias is found only for haloes less massive than M∗ . We discuss our results in connection to the hierarchical assembly of dark matter haloes, the 'archaeological downsizing' observed in the galaxy population, and the observed colour-dependence of the clustering strength of galaxy groups and clusters.


The asymptotic performance of ray tracing (RT) simulators in terms of narrowband predictions is considered. From statistical models for urban propagation, an analytical formulation can be obtained to characterise RT asymptotic properties. The formation is exploited to develop an empirical model to speed-up simulation times.


While having a significant contribution to the total installed capacity, rapid development of offshore wind farms (OWFs) pose technical challenges for supply-demand balancing and onshore grid capacity. Various storage technologies are being considered to integrate in OWFs to combat these issues in the local offshore grid. This paper introduces a unique concept of pump-storage batteries which can enhance demand and supply management of the OWF and improve grid utilization. This paper will present specifications of this proposed battery model, technology used for control of pump-turbine applications, and presents the simulation set-ups and results for week-long operation of the battery.


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The equilibrium constant for protium–deuterium exchange between methanol and water at 25 °C has been calculated from new measurements, employing vapour-phase exchange over supported platinum catalysts, of the deuterium separation factor between molecular hydrogen and liquid methanol.


A technique for the solution of non-linear feedback problems is presented. The method is graphical and involves no advanced mathematics. It is easily understood and the manual solution of many problems is feasible although the use of a digital computer must be resorted to for more complex systems.


Magnetoimpedance (MI) in RF sputtered magnetic/metallic multilayers of composition NiFe/Au/NiFe has been investigated with the purpose of clarifying the effect of in-plane size. The film width was varied between 20 /spl mu/m and 200 /spl mu/m, the length was 2 or 5 mm and the layer thickness was 0.5 /spl mu/m. The films of 50 /spl mu/m wide demonstrated the highest MI ratio of more than 140% for frequencies of 200-400 MHz. We believe this is one of the best obtained results regarding the film dimensions and sensitivity. However, when the width is further decreased, the MI ratio drops considerably due to flux leakage through the inner conductor. This effect was analyzed within a 2-D model of a three-layer symmetrical film system, having magnetically open-loop structure, giving a reasonable agreement with the experimental results in 50 and 20 /spl mu/m wide films.


Research aims: As the dust of the COVID-19 pandemic settles, one apparent theme of the resulting economic crisis is uncertainties. The uncertainties especially hurt the MSMEs, which often possess limited organizational resources and capabilities. Referred to the ability to evolve as the environments do, resilience has been seen as a mantra for MSMEs' survival and success. The purpose of the current study is twofold. Firstly, this study seeks to examine the effect of innovation, resource capability, and social capital on the resilience of MSMEs in Indonesia. Secondly, this study is aimed to examine the relationship between company performance and resilience.Design/Methodology/Approach: Employing a quantitative approach, hypothesis testing utilized Partial Least Square (PLS) data analysis techniques with the SmartPLS 3.0 program. The population in the current inquiry was MSMEs owned by families in Solo Raya, Indonesia. The number of MSMEs involved was 215 MSMEs owned by families.Research findings: Resource capability, innovation, and social capital were found to positively influence the performance of MSMEs, which in turn affected the resilience of MSMEs.Theoretical contribution/Originality: The research findings provide a business resilience construct in third-world, grassroots enterprises where social and cultural factors dominate.Practitioner/Policy implication: Governmental programs, such as exhibitions or workshops, aimed at strengthening MSMEs' social capital and internal capabilities and cultivating innovation culture are encouraged to assist MSMEs' survival during economic hardships.Research limitation/Implication: This study only focused on MSMEs in the Greater Solo Region of Central Java, Indonesia, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further studies thus are encouraged to test the results in other economic and cultural settings.


The derivational organizing of the Ukrainian wood technology terms is explored in the article; the most productive ways of formation are revealed and the derivational models of the wood technology terms are analyzed. The expediency of learning the ways of formation of professional terms and formants used for terms derivation by students of the forestry engineering specialties is justified. The variants of exercises for the derivational analysis of terms, the explanation of the ways of their formation, and the recognition of derivative formants, and the tasks of finding out the semantics of wood technology terms by the derivational type are proposed. It is proved that such exercises are necessary for the formation of the specialized language and terminology knowledge of the wood technology industry future workers.


The presumption of innocence applicable to criminal proceedings is a hallmark of our democracy. Nevertheless, if often proves difficult to overcome the societal stigma that attaches to criminal charges – even decades after wrongfully accused defendants are exonerated. In addition, the difficulties in overcoming the sundry legal and practical disabilities created by a conviction perpetuates recidivism (thereby threatening public safety and consuming tax dollars) by frustrating ex-offenders' efforts at reentering society as productive, law-abiding contributors. Barriers to reentry for nonviolent, good hearted, low-risk, onetime offenders may include, inter alia: difficulty in securing post-conviction employment; hurdles in accessing educational and training services, such as federal student aid ineligibility for certain convictions; a federal lifetime ban from food stamps and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, which can thwart an ex-offender's efforts to receive appropriate addiction treatment; eviction from public housing based on an arrest prior to conviction and permanent ineligibility for public housing based on conviction; ineligibility for federal and state occupational licenses; subjecting noncitizen offenders to deportation; and obstacles to a healthy family life, such as a prohibition from foster care and adoption programs. These barriers disappear where a former defendant is able to expunge his/her criminal record and is no longer forced to disclose it on applications for employment, educational opportunities, housing, public assistance, and so forth. To cure this injustice, most states have varying mechanisms to expunge criminal records. For example, many states – including New Jersey – have enacted legislation providing for expungements as a matter of right for dismissed charges and low-level misdemeanors and after proving rehabilitation to a judge if the records pertain to certain nonviolent felony convictions. However, no statute creating a generally available federal expungement remedy exists, and numerous Courts of Appeals have adopted the view that there is no judicial authority to expunge federal criminal records absent specific legislation or extremely rare and extraordinary circumstances. This paper will first examine the problems for society and for former defendants created by those collateral consequences of criminal records and the consequent inescapable lifelong sentence. Then, this paper will analyze the disparity of expungement remedies available in the federal courts, which do not agree on their jurisdiction to consider the issue; expungement powers pursuant to federal statutes; and expungements made available by state statutes for state criminal records. Finally, this paper will compare two congressional proposals to enact federal expungement legislation and argue for the passage of a bill that combines the best elements of those proposals with effective state models. RAJ MUKHERJI* NOVEMBER 23, 2012 *Under the supervision of, and with undying gratitude to, PROFESSOR CATHERINE MC CAULIFF.


Objective— To determine if knee alignment measures differ between African Americans and Caucasians without radiographic knee osteoarthritis (rOA). Methods— A single knee was randomly selected from 175 participants in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project without rOA in either knee. Anatomic axis, condylar, tibial plateau, and condylar plateau angles were measured by one radiologist; means were compared and adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI). Results— There were no significant differences in knee alignment measurements between Caucasians and AfrAm among men or women. Conclusions— Observed differences in knee rOA occurrence between AfrAm and Caucasians are not explained by differences in static knee alignment. Static malalignment contributes to osteoarthritis (OA) progression at the knee, with varus alignment leading to increased odds of medial compartment progression, and valgus alignment to more lateral progression (1). The extent of malalignment is related to magnitude of joint space narrowing (JSN), accelerated functional decline, and increased pain, over 18 months of follow up (1). There may be an association between malalignment and incident radiographic knee OA (knee rOA), although data are inconsistent (2–4).


In 1905 the Japanese Ministry of Education published a report from the research commitee on school gymnastics, play and games recommending Swedish gymnastics be adopted in schools. However it accepted that light exercises, which had been named "normal exercises" since 1886, could also be continued if modified. As a result, school teachers became confused as to whether light exercises or Swedish gymnastics had to be taught. Tetsubo taiso, meaning "iron bar exercises", which had never been seen in Japan, were added to the syllabus revised in 1907, and adopted in 1910 by the attached middle school of Tokyo Higher Normal School. The aim of this article is to clarify the intention behind the adoption of tetsubo taiso by the school and its influence on the establishment of the 1913 syllabus authorized by the Ministry. The gymnastics stipulated in the syllabus was basically composed of both Swedish gymnastics and light exercises. In addition, tetsubo taiso was adopted as a component of German gymnastics because it was considered to facilitate better muscle strengthening than Indian club exercises. Indian club exercises involving handling of two clubs, as well as exercises on the Swedish gymnastic apparatus, were not deemed useful. The original intention of adopting tetsubo taiso was to reinforce the club exercises by continuous practice. However, tetsubo taiso was found not to strengthen muscles as well as club exercises because it was a type of wand exercise designed for improving posture focusing on the breast, in spite of the fact that its initial character, tetsu ("iron"), suggested a rigorous exercise employing a large, heavy bar. Therefore, its adoption by the school was considered a great mistake because its physical benefits were nowhere near as good as exercises on the Swedish gymnastic apparatus. However it was remarkable that light exercises were supported by the school, which was an experimental facility of the Higher Normal School that had been run as a core model for nationwide school instruction. Therefore the school gymnastics syllabus published in 1913 by the Ministry led to hesitation in prohibiting tools for light exercises, in spite of the fact that Swedish gymnastics formed the basis of the syllabus. Subsequently, tools for light exercises disappeared from schools soon after the syllabus was established.


This paper explores the impact of change on tutors and managers in 24 learning sites in England, in vocational courses at Level 1 or Level 2 1 in further education (FE) colleges and in basic skills provision in adult community education and workplaces. We discuss the views of these participants in the research project, The Impact of Policy on Learning and Inclusion in the Learning and Skills Sector, funded through the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), in relation to other research on professionals in the sector. We then consider in turn the diversity in a group of tutors and managers we interviewed; their perceptions of the sources of change in their sector; and changes in the learner groups with whom they work. Three examples of changes affecting staff, and their responses to those changes, are then discussed, one from each of the research contexts: FE colleges, adult and community learning (ACL) and work‐based learning (WBL). We raise serious questions about the pace of policy‐led change, the management of change and professionals' responses to turbulence in the sector, and stress the need to consider the impact on staff, and to listen to those who work closely with learners.


This research purpose is to examine the role of perceived behavioral control and subjective norm in mitigating the negative effect of attitude and intention to act ethically. This research examines the TPB (theory of planned behavior) which is not supported by Anggraini and Siswanto (2015). It means that there are unique behaviors of internal auditors in Indonesia, especially internal auditors in state-owned enterprise and governmental institution (most of the samples). This study uses a scenario-based survey related to the intention of the internal auditor to be a whistleblower. The samples are internal auditors who work in state-owned enterprises as well as medium-sized companies to the top. There are 117 respondents used as valid samples. The data are analyzed by Warp PLS 4.0. The results show that perceived behavioral control has negative effect in moderating the relation of attritude and intention to convey fraud, but subjective norms are not. It means that perceived behavioral control can mitigate the influence of internal auditor's attitute and intention in conveying fraud, but subjective norms are not.


A node connecting structure of a rectangle steel pipe column and a steel framework beam column relates to the technical field of construction steel structures, wherein at least two lateral surfaces of a connecting cannula (2) are respectively provided with two connecting ears (3), threaded holes (4) are arranged on the surface of the connecting cannula between the two connecting ears, the two connecting ears are correspondingly and respectively provided with threaded holes for forming complete connecting cannula structures, at least two lateral surfaces of a rectangle steel pipe column (1) are provided with threaded holes, the threaded holes of the rectangle steel pipe columns correspond to the threaded holes between the connecting cannula an the connecting ears, and the threaded holes are connected by a bolt (5), the central portion of the end surface of an 'I'-shaped steel cross beam is provided with a gap (7) which corresponds to a bolt, a threaded hole is arranged on the end portion of the 'I'-shaped steel cross beam, and the end portion of the 'I'-shaped steel cross beam (6) is inserted between the two connecting ears of the connecting cannula. The node connecting structure shears nodes of steel pipe columns of rectangle pipes, and the bending stress is transferred to the connecting portion of the connecting cannula and the 'I'-shaped steel cross beam, thereby improving the yield stress and the limit bearing of beam-column nodes.


Quantile mapping (QM) is a technique often used for statistical post‐processing (SPP) of climate model simulations, in order to adjust their biases relative to a selected reference product and/or to downscale their resolution. However, when QM is applied in univariate mode, there is a risk of generating other problems, like intervariable physical inconsistency (PI). Here, such a risk is investigated with daily temperature minimum (Tmin) and maximum (Tmax), for which the relationship Tmin > Tmax would be inconsistent with the definition of the variables. QM is applied to an ensemble of 78 daily CMIP5 simulations over Hudson Bay for the application period 1979–2100, with Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) selected as the reference product during the calibration period 1979–2010. This study's specific objectives are as follows: to investigate the conditions under which PI situations are generated; to test whether PI may be prevented simply by tuning some of the QM technique's numerical choices; and to compare the suitability of alternative approaches that hinder PI by design. Primary results suggest that PI situations appear preferentially for small values of the initial (simulated) diurnal temperature range (DTR), but the differential between the respective biases of Tmin and Tmax also plays an important role; one cannot completely prevent the generation of PI simply by adjusting QM parameters and options, but forcing preservation of the simulated long‐term trends generates fewer PI situations; for avoiding PI between Tmin and Tmax, the present study supports a previous recommendation to directly post‐process Tmax and DTR before deducing Tmin.


ObjectiveTo trace the virus from an imported viral hemorrhagic fever case in Qinhuangdao in 2012, molecularcharacteristics of the pathogen were studied.MethodsThe serum collected from the suspected case was detected for Ig Mantibody by ELISA, and viral nucleic acid of serum and urine samples were detected by real-time RT-PCR. Furthermore,NS1 segment was amplified by RT- PCR and sequenced. The genetic and phylogenetic analysis based on NS1 wascomputed.ResultsIg M anti-DENV was found in the serum QHD-01-BS1, BS2, and the NS1 gene sequences of serotype2 of Dengue virus(DEN2) were recovered from the serum QHD-01-BS1 and the urine QHD-01-US respectively. Thecomparison showed the strains QHD-01-BS1 and QHD-01-US were very closely related to GWL39 INDI-01, GWL18INDI-01 the COM genotype)isolated from India, with 97.3% sequence identity and 0.04 genetic distance. The furtherphylogenetic tree indicated the strains QHD-01-BS1 and QHD-01-US were classified as a lineage with GWL39 INDI-01,GWL18 INDI-01, belonged to genotype COM.ConclusionThese results suggest the imported viral hemorrhagic fevercase was infected by DENV2 from India and most likely infected in India.


The proper-time Schwinger formalism is implemented in a derivation of the gap equation and total energy of a system of interacting fermions described by the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model that is minimally coupled to a constant electromagnetic field. Inclusion of a Lagrange multiplier term to vary the scalar density enables the calculation of energy curves as a function of the scalar density that plays the role of an order parameter. A consistent gauge- and Lorentz-invariant regularization of the divergent quantities that occur in this theory is implemented in calculating the total energy and gap relation. Specializing to constant electric fields, we find that a chiral-symmetry-restoration phase transition can occur at a critical value of the electric field. For our choice of parameters, /ital g/..lambda../sup 2//2..pi../sup 2/=1.12 and ..lambda..=1041 MeV, one finds the dynamically generated mass /ital m//sub /ital E/=0//sup */=208 MeV and critical field /ital eE//sub /ital c//=(270 MeV)/sup 2/. By contrast, aconstant magnetic field is found to inhibit the phase transition by stabilizingthe chirally broken vacuum state.


Novel technologies to support real-time patient education, engagement and scalable outcomes monitoring to make clinically meaningful decisions are needed. The ManageMySurgery (MMS) Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) module is a mobile clinical decision support application that provides: (1) a mobile, patient-centered engagement tool for delivering pre-, peri- and postoperative SCS information; (2) scalable patient-reported outcomes collection; (3) a HIPAA-compliant 2-way messaging platform with a Clinical Specialist Educator for real-time support and goal setting.

 Prospective data was collected using the MMS mobile smartphone application in patients undergoing Medtronic SCS trial and permanent implant procedures. E-consent was obtained through the HIPAA compliant, mobile software platform. All data was de-identified, aggregated and analyzed.

 A total of 20 patients (15-trial SCS and 5 permanent SCS patients) agreed to participate and logged onto the mobile software platform. For trial SCS patients, 100% of those that participated experienced >50% pain relief as documented in their patient-reported outcomes. Furthermore, patients found various features of the software platform helpful for navigating different aspects of their SCS procedure, with 81% finding MMS helpful in preparing for their SCS procedure, 88% finding MMS helpful in recovering from their SCS procedure and 94% in communicating with their Clinical Specialist Educator. In addition, 95% of patients would recommend MMS to a friend or family member.

 The MMS platform appears to have utility both during the SCS Trial and Permanent procedures. In patients with chronic pain, novel patient engagement and follow-up tools such as MMS may be a good option for keeping patients engaged with the therapy and ensuring patients stay on track during their procedural journey. Randomized, controlled trials with extended follow-up are in progress and needed to further evaluate the utility of MMS in patients with chronic pain undergoing SCS.


This paper will demonstrate plans for a new approach to combating device-related infection using RF circuits to test the effects of electric current against bacteria on the surfaces of conducting polymers. An electrically modified bacterial flow device has been designed incorporating inert platinum electrodes and a range of intrinsically conducting polymers and conducting composite samples to assess the impact of a range of RF frequencies and current intensities on a number of infectious hospital pathogens.


This article uses conversation analysis to examine constructions like who the fuck is that - sequence‐initiating actions into which an expletive like the fuck has been inserted. We describe how this turn‐constructional practice fits into and constitutes a recurrent sequence of escalating actions. In this sequence, it is used to pursue an adequate response after an inadequate one was given, and sanction the recipient for that inadequate response. Our analysis contributes to sociolinguistic studies of swearing by offering an account of swearing as a resource for social action.


Although it has previously been established that television causes unhealthy eating habits, uncertainty remains as to how this occurs. This study researches the parameters of viewers forming an emotional investment with the characters in pop-culture television and subsequently becoming influenced by the negative nutritional habits that are promoted. This influence is a form of cognitive bias called bandwagon effect. In context, it can be described as a psychological phenomenon in which the viewer starts to eat unhealthy foods as a result of having formed a para-social bond with television characters and, regardless of previous knowledge and practices, the viewer begins to copy the television characters' food intake regiment. In order to prove this argument, a correlational study was run. Participants, female adolescents and early adults (the most prominent demographic of the show), completed the required consent form preceding survey part one, then watched several episodes of the pop-culture television series Gilmore Girls, known for the aesthetically pleasing protagonists' plentiful consumption of unhealthy food. The participants of the study had unhealthy and healthy food options displayed within grasp while viewing and at completion of the viewing filled out survey part two which asked about food choices. A week later, participants received survey part three to fill out and return to the researcher. Upon receiving the results, data analysis was performed, and the outcome was deemed statistically insignificant even though the hypothesis proved correct. It was found that participants had worse nutrition after watching the pop-culture television series.


The ubiquitin pathway has important roles in regulating cell cycle progression. This article summarizes recent progresses in two distinct ubiquitin conjugation pathways, which utilize two different E3 ligase complex called SCF(skp-cullin--F-box protein)and APC/C(anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome).


The energ y sector plays a vital role in the sustainable development of any economy including India. The rapid transition to renewable energ y has profound bearing on human resources management str ategies. The Knowledge Management is one of the key driving vehicles for the digital transformation, especially in the context of Load Despatch Centres for renewable integration. Another dimension of Change Management is an interactive process that links daily work practices with str ategic, directed change programs and performance goals. This paper presents the indicators for pointing out the role of human resources in Indian power sector . The key Knowledge Management and Change Management best practices would be analyzed to optimize opportunities towards clean energ y development, as adaptation and evolution are key to sustainable energ y security and reliability . The paper concludes by emphasizing the challenges and road ahead for sustainable development of Indian Power Sector .


Atomic force microscopy has been used to reveal features of the crystal form, types of defects and growth of the important member of the nanoporous metal organic framework family, HKUST-1.


Phrasal verbs have some structural and semantic characteristics in common with morphologically complex words, even though they originate from phrasal constructions. Focusing on the role played by lexicalization and grammaticalization processes in the gradual shift from syntactic to morphological structures, this paper deals with semantic and morphotactic characteristics of Italian phrasal verbs. The overlapping between the range of directional meanings conveyed by prefixed verbs and phrasal verbs is considered as further evidence of the correspondences between phrasal verbs and clear morphological structures. A constructionist approach allows us to explain the processes that led to the origin of phrasal verbs, the hybrid characteristics they display, and their tendency toward the acquisition of lexical status * . Phrasal verbs (hereafter PhVs) are a phenomenon at the lexiconsyntax interface, in that they originate from syntactic constructions and yet they have some structural and semantic characteristics that are typical of complex lexical units. Lexicalization and grammaticalization processes play an important role in the gradual transition of PhVs from syntactic to morphological structures. The primary function of PhVs is the expression of spatial meanings. When PhVs carry out this function they are in direct competition with other types of complex verbs, mainly prefixed verbs. The presence of PhVs in Romance languages has been the focus of a number of recent publications. Italian, in particular, distinguishes itself both by the number of studies on the topic, and above all by the number of these constructions and their use (cf. Cini 2008, and Iacobini 2009 for updated bibliographical references). Romance PhVs are interesting from different points of view, among them, in a synchronic perspective, the typological classification of the expression of motion events, and in a diachronic perspective, the position of spatial relators. A series of changes have occurred through time in Indo-European languages regarding the position of spatial relators in respect to the verb. Summarizing briefly, we could say that the adverbs expressing spatial meaning that had an autonomous position in respect to the verb in Indo-European have then been attached to the verb in classical languages (e.g. Greek, Latin) forming


Author(s): Fuelling, Olaf; Walther, Bernd; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Airoldi, Jean-Pierre | Abstract: Voles (Microtus spp. and Arvicola spp.) are the most abundant rodent species in open European landscapes. Due to their preference for agricultural habitats and their enormous reproductive potential, they are often regarded as pests. Several attempts have been made to reduce vole densities using rodenticide baits, gasses, or traps. No matter what method is used, they all bear the problem of voles reinvading from adjacent habitats. We tested a combination of fence and a new kind of trap that enabled terrestrial vole predators to take the captured prey. The combination of fence and traps was tested in a field trial and compared with mesh wire fences and an obstacle-free control line. This three-line setup was installed at each of three locations in Switzerland. Movement patterns of terrestrial predators were recorded by video observation during a 2-year period. Within this period, we made 1,224 observations of mammals; about ¾ of them, 951, were terrestrial predators and 157 were others like hares or hedgehogs. Due to their smaller size, only 116 voles were observed during the same time. Fences with traps were clearly preferred by predators, and their activity was significantly higher along fences with traps, as compared to the two other types. Predators seemed to check traps actively as they moved significantly more often close and parallel to fences with traps. Voles were not only removed from the traps but also caught while moving in the vicinity of the fences. The observed vole movements were ended by a predator in 11% of all instances. We found that barriers with additional trapping devices attracted predators, which started to patrol these fences regularly. Such a physical barrier in combination with its natural guard is a suitable device to protect high-value crops like orchards. As an integrated tool, it will reduce efforts, costs, and environmental impacts of vole control measures. Subsequent to this study, a new Hshaped double wall fence was constructed. This new type gives additional benefits, as it is easier to maintain and allows both terrestrial and avian predators to take captured voles.


There has been a large consensus about the understanding of Ved. puraṃdhi- and its match Av. parəṇdi- as meaning 'plenty', 'plentifulness' or 'abundance', which would be supported by the etymological connection with the root Ved. pari- 'to fill', featuring an allomorph pur- in several derivatives. The analysis of the word as a determinative compound remains however quite difficult. A major insight, due to Karl Hoffmann (communicated to Johanna Narten, 1986), led to recognize in it a second member -andhi- 'blooming, flourishing', cognate with Ved. andhas- 'plant', Gk. ἄνθος 'flower', etc. This notion is actually related to the original function of Ved. puraṃdhi- as associated with the soma plant. After reviewing the evidence of the Rigveda, one proposes a new analysis of Indo-Iranian *prHandhi- as a governing compound meaning 'furthering the flourishing', with a derivative from the root Ved. par- 'to bring across, help, further' as first member. This noun was secondarily reinterpreted as an abstract related to the notion of abundance which was expected as reward from the soma cult, and then extended to plentifulness in general.


In The Anthropology o f Alternative Medicine, Anamaria Iosif Ross undertakes to pro vide a concentrated anthropological synthesis' (p. 2) of alternative medicine. She asks how do persons and communities decide who is healthy and who is sick? What are criteria for inclusion and exclusion? What are the solutions?' (p. 19). The ambition is admirable: to 'clarify the value and meaning that medical approaches contribute to the lives of patients, practitioners, and communities, in context' (p. 9). The other purpose is to reinvigorate the 'discourses and categories now used to label and analyze the experiences of health, illness, and healing' (p. 36). Alternative medicine consists of a wide variety of approaches and practices, often originating in distant cultures and periods. According to the double-blind, place bo-controlled testing that is the hallmark of Western biomedicine, alternative therapies do not work. Adherents of alternative medicine, however, claim it is efficient due to its holistic approach. In Ross' view, it is also characterised by its 'elusive social spirit' and 'subversive and grassroots qualities' (p. 150). The first chapter, Alternative medicine in the l i s t century, states that 'main stream health practitioners and institutions are increasingly eager to co-opt holistic and alternative practices (p. 8). It also introduces key concepts in medical anthropology, an thropological approaches to alternative healing, cultural constructions in health care and the difference between biomedicine and traditional medicine. The second chapter is or ganised around flow , the quintessential vital principle'and'empirically descriptive key term' (p. 41), which appears to be a common idea in the topics treated, for example water and equilibrium in religion, homeopathy, energy, life-force, the powers of the sun, food industry, dowsing, herbs and alternative consumption movements. 'Spirit, consciousness, and trance (Chapter 3) discusses altered states, shamanic consciousness, hypnosis, sym bolic and faith healing, pilgrimage, mental illness and Ayurveda. The third chapter, Body, movement, and the senses, is dedicated questions like the multidimensionality of healing work, tactile experiences, music as life, aromatherapy and polytheistic medicine. In her conclusion (Chapter 5), Ross expresses the hope that alternative medicine will gradually become recognised and integrated into biomedicine. The book contains some empirical studies of alternative groups in Romania, such as Hesychasm (or rather neo-Hesychasm), Reiki healing and a millenarian natural food movement, which have an empirical basis and among other things illustrate how Orthodox Christianity is integrated into a New Age set of ideas and practices. In addi tion, each chapter has questions for class discussion and essay writing, as well as recom mended literature and film. An important point is that 'culturally speaking, practices and beliefs endure be cause they have social power, they fulfil needs and they yield benefits' that can be 'cog nitive, emotional, social, material, or physical' and hard to quantify (p. 9). Ross claims that she will not prove or disprove the 'scientific validity of particular practices under discussion' (p. 37), yet recurrently asserts that the health benefits of alternative therapies


Closely connected with the partial transfer of affection referred to is the multiplication of books on public opinion. A few years ago we had little besides Lowell and Dicey, and somewhat later, Graham Wallas. But the recent vogue of psychology and the gigantic propagandas of the World War have now given us quite a literature of the subject. In this literature Professor Graves' bulky tome will find a useful place. It is a sort of handbook or manual of the subject. For, in addition to short selections on each of a wide variety of topics, there are, at the end of each chapter, lists of "review questions" and of "topics for further investigation." In the latter the reader is actually overwhelmed with references. These will lead him not only into psychology, but as well into the detailed processes of politics and social intercourse. It seems to the reviewer a merit that, in a work of this sort, the author has not taken sides as between the opposing schools of psychology; that he has not attempted to isolate political public opinion with any artificial sharpness from the general problem; and that he has not confined his material to "general principles," but has opened up a wealth of concrete detail. For in the present state of psychology, the political scientist may get clues from all schools without becoming a partisan of any. And while "public opinion" is a term as yet only vaguely defined, it seems even now clear that its political aspects merge with the aspects less immediately related to governmental policy, and that its formation and control involve so many variable factors that the attempt to reduce it to a "few simple principles" would result in misleading over-generalizations. Even the brilliant studies of Lippmann cannot tell the whole story. For the teacher, this book furnishes a useful source of suggestion and illustration. The advanced student, also, might profit by the exercise of preparing, on the basis of this book, a more generalized picture of his own, with an attempt to weight the factors involved. For formal classes, the work could be used as a basic text, provided it did not overwhelm the immature undergraduate, who usually has less background than is commonly assumed.


In this article, we take advantage of the time-varying structure of stock-returns variances to investigate whether two international stock markets share the same volatility process. We use a test recently developed by Engle and Kozicki. This test is also used to assess the validity of a one-factor autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model. We find that some international stock markets have the same time-varying volatility.


The call came in on my wife's cell phone as we were driving back to Chicago from northern Wisconsin. Our then newly minted high school graduate was calling to tell us that she had just received her calculus AP scores and that she did "well enough so that I no longer have to take math again in my life." While I was pleased she had done well, I was disappointed in her decision about future math courses.


The paper outlines the justification for the remodelling of an important intersection between the A6, a radial route into Manchester, and the Mancunian Way (A57/A57M), part of the city's Inner Relief Route. It also deals with basic design considerations and describes some of the more important features of the scheme. Its layout takes the form of a large four-sided roundabout incorporating a pedestrian subway system. Traffic signal control operates during peak periods. The objectives of the scheme are those common to the overall policy of improvements to the Inner Relief Route. These are the relief of traffic congestion, the reduction of city centre traffic and the provision of improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. The adopted solution is a grade-separated junction incorporating an over- pass on the Mancunian Way axis. It meets the desired objectives but only with the degree of compromise common to most major urban highway schemes.


In this presentation we address the resource-constrained multi-project rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) problem, which concerns the loading of projects in the order acceptance stage. At the RCCP level, regular and nonregular resource capacity levels are determined, as well as project due dates and other project milestones. So far, only simple heuristics have been proposed for RCCP problems. We propose a generic mixed integer programming formulation that offers a generic modeling framework for modeling various types of RCCP problems. It can handle many technological constraints, such as generic precedence relations, minimal activity durations, resource flexibility, tardiness penalization, alternative routings, etc. Moreover, the model can handle a resource driven loading approach, a time driven loading approach, as well as a simultaneous approach. We propose a branch-andprice based algorithm, which is able to solve considerably large cases to optimality, as well as various advanced heuristics. 1. Problem formulation The resource-constrained multi-project rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) problem [1] is usually addressed in the order acceptance stage of a project life cycle. At this tactical planning level, RCCP addresses the determination of (non)regular resource capacity levels required to complete projects on time, and furthermore, it addresses the determination of project tardiness due to limited resource capacity. It may also be used to quote reliable project due dates. RCCP determines the detailed resource availability profiles for the underlying planning level, the resource-constrained project scheduling (RCPS). RCCP can detect where capacity availability and tardiness difficulties may occur in RCPS at an early stage, and allocate projects and activities more efficiently, and, if necessary, properly adjust resource capacity levels. As a result, RCCP makes the RCPS easier. In order to achieve maximum consistency between RCCP plans and RCPS plans, some technological constraints have to be taken into account, such as generic precedence relations, minimal activity durations, resource flexibility, tardiness penalization, alternative routings, and so on. The detailed planning techniques that are widely available for RCPS problems (e.g., [3]) are not suitable for RCCP for two reasons. First, the RCPS problem is inflexible with respect to (nonregular) resource capacity levels, which is desirable at the tactical level. Second, the information that is required to perform RCPS is not available at the stage of tactical planning, since detailed engineering has not been performed yet at the stage of RCCP. So far, only heuristics have been proposed for RCCP ([1],[2]). In this research we develop a generic model that can account for many typical technological constraints, as well as various exact and heuristic algorithms to solve this model. 2. A generic mixed integer linear programming model for RCCP For the RCCP model development we introduce the concept of project plans and project schedules. Project plans indicate in which periods the activities are allowed to be performed. Project schedules represent the actual execution of the activities in a project, i.e., they show which (part of the) activities are performed in each period. We propose a mixed integer linear program for RCCP, which uses the project plans as input. The model is generic because many technological constraints can be embedded in the project plans, such as precedence constraints between activities, project release and due dates, activity minimum durations, etc. The model selects one project plan per project, and determines the corresponding project schedules in such a way, that nonregular resource capacity usage, and project tardiness is minimized. By using the project plans as input, the aforementioned technological constraints embedded in the project plans are automatically taken into account in the project schedules. The model allows three approaches to be used: resource driven RCCP, time driven RCCP, and a simultaneous approach. In resource driven RCCP, the resource capacity levels are considered fixed, and project tardiness is allowed. In time driven RCCP, the due dates are considered as deadlines, and the use of nonregular resource capacity is minimized. These approaches allow a trade-off to be made between due date performance on the one hand, and nonregular capacity levels on the other hand. The model thus offers a generic modeling framework for modeling various types of RCCP problems. 3. Exact and heuristic algorithms In the previous section we have argued that technological constraints, such as precedence relations and release and due dates, do not have to be applied to the project schedules by the model, since they are embedded in the project plans. However, since there are exponentially many project plans, an explicit model of a problem of regular size is impossible to formulate and solve. We therefore propose various exact and heuristic solution methods, which are all based on first solving the linear programming (LP) relaxation of this formulation by (implicit) column generation. The corresponding pricing problem comprises the determination of feasible project plans with negative reduced costs. We solve the pricing problem by performing a longest path calculation by a dynamic programming algorithm. The idea of a column generation scheme is that only a small set of variables are required to determine the optimal solution of the LP. It starts from a restricted LP formulation (RLP), which has at least one project plan per project. After each RLP optimization, project plans with negative reduced costs are added to the RLP. The column generation scheme terminates when no project plans with negative reduced costs exist. The optimal solution of the LP is then found. Clearly, if the optimal solution of the linear programming relaxation happens to be integer, we have found an optimal solution for the resource loading problem. Otherwise, we apply a branch-and-price algorithm to determine an optimal solution. We propose various exact and heuristic branching strategies. Furthermore, we propose various approximation techniques that are based on the column generation approach, such as approximation algorithms that proceed by judiciously rounding the linear programming solution to obtain a feasible solution for the original problem. We also propose an improvement heuristic, which tries to improve an existing feasible solution. Especially for large project networks the pricing problem may become hard to solve. We propose several pricing speedup techniques, and alternative algorithms for solving the pricing problem. 4. Computational results For testing and benchmarking of the algorithms for RCCP we use the test set of instances generated by De Boer [1]. De Boer uses a network construction procedure that was developed by Kolisch et al. [5], and which is commonly used for generating RCPSP problems. Computational experiments with the branch-and-bound methods show that RCCP problems for projects of reasonable size can be solved to optimality. For very large problems, the branch-and-bound methods compete with the heuristics from the literature. For RCCP problems with very large projects solving the pricing problem often becomes too computational intensive. As a result, for large RCCP problems the branch-and-bound methods are outperformed by the heuristics from the literature. We note that, from a practical point of view, it is questionable whether it makes sense to solve such large problems to optimality, since information regarding resource availability and project characteristics are usually uncertain in the long term. Solving RCCP problems with a long planning horizon is thus more a mathematical challenge.


This paper discusses the development of an Automatic Essay Grading System (SIMPLE-O) designed using hybrid CNN and Bidirectional LSTM and Manhattan Distance for Japanese language course essay grading. The most stable and best model is trained using hyperparameters with kernel sizes of 5, filters or CNN outputs of 64, a pool size of 4, Bidirectional LSTM units of 50, and a batch size of 64. The deep learning model is trained using the Adam optimizer with a learning rate of 0.001, an epoch of 25, and using an L1 regularization of 0.01. The average error obtained is 29%.


In order to make progress in the reform of ancient poem teaching in elementary schools,it is necessary to fully recognize its great significance,to reform textbooks further,to take students' reading ancient poems as the basic method for learning ancient poems,to strengthen teacher training and to improve the professional skills of Chinese Language teachers in elementary schools and students of normal colleges.


ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the relationship between innovation and per capita economic growth over the long-run for 12 Latin American countries for the period 1996–2015. This study uses six different indicators of innovation. Using Granger causality test, the study finds the presence of unidirectional and bidirectional causalities between innovation and per capita economic growth. These results vary. Latin America is a diverse region, depending upon the types of innovation indicators that we use in the empirical investigation process. It is important to note that all these innovation indicators are considerably linked with per capita economic growth.


Four preliminary studies have been carried out to try and identify those children among the epileptic population attending ordinary schools who are most at risk from learning and behaviour problems. The findings are briefly reported. Measurement of reading retardation, inattentiveness of various types, dependency and other aspects of disturbed behaviour at school suggest that male sex and the presence of a persistent left temporal lobe spike discharge are consistently associated with these problems. The possibility is raised that the drug phenytoin can adversely affect cognitive function.


Adopting one to one correspondence makes it intuitive and easy to understand the concept of cardinal number and countable set.This method can prove whether two sets are reciprocal,whether their cardinal numbers are identical or not.Then all sets can be classified by means of cardinal number,while the size of infinite sets can also be calculated thereby.Based on this idea,some brand-new interpretation of the related results are given.


Review(s) of: Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary, Editor in Chief: John M. Sinclair, Collins, 1987, $39.95. For learners and teachers of English


Multichannel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in azimuth can resolve the contradiction between high resolution and wide swath faced with traditional SAR imaging. However, channel errors will degrade the performance of imaging. This paper compares the performances of four channel error estimation algorithms under different clutter distributions and SNR conditions. Further, explanations are given for performance differences of the four algorithms, which provide evidence for method selection in engineering applications.


Abstract In this paper, we evaluate the impact of state immigration legislation targeting employment on the employment levels, population, and employment rates for working age natives and immigrants. Our quasi-experimental estimator relies on comparing average outcome levels for the six months before the legislation passes to the six months following passage in states enacting such laws relative to states within the comparable census regions that do not pass immigration legislation. We present separate estimates for working-age adults by race/ethnicity, by nativity, and by citizenship status. We find significant declines in state employment, population, and in many instances, employment rates for Hispanics in states that pass such legislation. The adverse impacts of these laws are generally concentrated on non-citizens from Latin American countries of all education levels, a group that loses both employment as well as population in adopting states relative to non-adopting states. We also observe relative employment declines among foreign-born Hispanic citizens with a high school degree or less, but no corresponding population loss. This result is sensible, as these immigrants have no legal reason to leave states adopting these laws, yet are perhaps most likely to be confused with undocumented immigrants by employers. When we alter the definition of the pre-period to the six-months preceding legislative enactment, we find similar relative declines in employment and population for Latinos. However, with this alternative timing, the adverse patterns are concentrated on native-born Latinos. In all models, we find little evidence of an adverse impact of these laws on the employment, population, and employment rates of non-Latino racial/ethnic groups.


Division of labor includes social division among corporations and division in the corporation. Social division is coordinated by market mechanism. Hierarchy comes into existence to corporate division in the corporation. Since 1990s, corporate organizations have been facing many new challenges. The historical track, from Ford Model, Toyota Model to Dell Model, indicates that the basic trend of organizational innovation is integration. Organizational innovation includes innovation of affiliation among organizations of the value chain, innovation of organizational structure, and mechanism innovation inside and outside the organization.


Induction motors are widely used in many industries. In many cases, the load torque value on the motor shaft is variable and the measurement of the torque allows control of the technological process. This paper proposes a torque detection method that can be implemented without expensive sensors and very accurate model of the induction motor. To implement this method only stator current measurement is required. Motor speed is detected and calculated from current spectrum. After that, the torque can be estimated from linearized torque-slip relationship. Proposed method is explained theoretically and followed by experimental implementation results. The test results validate the proposed method and show close agreement between estimated speed and torque values and the real measurements.


A method for making glycol poly (trimethylene ether) comprising the steps of: (a) polycondensing reactant comprising diol selected from that group consisting of 1,3-propanediol; dimer and 1,3-propanediol trimer of 1,3-propanediol or mixtures, in the presence of acid polycondensation catalyst to form poly glycol (trimethylene ether) thereof; (B) adding water to glycol poly (trimethylene ether) and hydrolyzing the acid esters formed during the polycondensation to form a hydrolyzed mixture containing glycol poly (trimethylene ether) and hydrolyzed acid esters; (C) adding one or more soluble inorganic compounds water to the hydrolyzed mixture to form an aqueous-organic mixture comprising (i) an organic phase containing glycol poly (ether trimethylene) and polycondensation catalyst residual acid polycondensation and (ii) an aqueous phase, in which soluble inorganic compounds in water are selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium carbonate, carbonate chloride potassium, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium sulfate, sodium phosphate, ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide and mixtures thereof; wherein the water soluble inorganic compounds are added in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, based on the weight of water added to the glycol poly (trimethylene ether); (D) separating the aqueous phase and the organic phase; (E) optionally adding base to the separated organic phase to neutralize the residual acid polycondensation catalyst by forming salts of the residual acid polycondensation catalyst; (F) removing residual water from the organic phase; (G) if it is added a base in step (e), and optionally other than that separating the organic phase into (i) a liquid phase comprising glycol poly (ether trimethylene), and (ii ) a solid phase comprising the salts of the residual acid polycondensation catalyst and the base which is unreacted.


The article offers an in-depth analysis of a neo-Durkheimian class framework. Developed primarily by David Grusky, the research perspective in question stems from a critique of certain established class approaches, in particular those that are based on the so called by the exponents of the perspective under consideration, 'big classes'. By contrast, the approach concerned aims to substitute microclasses (distinguished at an occupational level) for the said macroclasses, drawing to that end on some ideas of Emile Durkheim. The prime premise of the approach in question is demonstrated to be false: from a dialectical standpoint, there is no inevitable opposition between classes analysed at the different levels of overall societal structure. Grusky's framework is plagued by other major weaknesses as well.


Abstract This article deals with French and German advertisements on web search engines from a linguistic point of view. It attempts to shed some light on the lexical and morphosyntactic structure of the displayed advertisements by analyzing a corpus of 329 Google ads related to the tourism industry. The most relevant findings concern the higher percentage of foreign words detected in the German ads and the very different phrase structure of the advertisement's body of text.


The main objective of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is to deliver crucial variables of the land surfaces: soil moisture, and of ocean surfaces: sea surface salinity fields. The mission should also deliver information on root zone soil moisture, vegetation, and biomass, and lead to significant research in the field of the cryosphere. The main aspects of the baseline mission are presented in this paper. Over land, water and energy fluxes at the surface/atmosphere interface are strongly dependent upon soil moisture (SM). Evaporation, infiltration and runoff are driven by SM while soil moisture in the vadose zone governs the rate of water uptake by vegetation. Soil moisture is thus a key variable in the hydrologic cycle. Soil moisture, and its spatiotemporal evolution as such, is an important variable for numerical weather and climate models, and should be accounted for in hydrology and vegetation monitoring. For the oceans, sea surface salinity (SSS) plays an important role in the Northern Atlantic sub polar area, where intrusions with a low salinity influence the deep thermohaline circulation and the meridional heat transport. Variations in salinity also influence the near-surface dynamics of tropical oceans, where rainfall modifies the buoyancy of the surface layer and the tropical ocean-atmosphere heat fluxes. SSS fields and their seasonal and inter-annual variabilities are thus tracers and constraints on the water cycle and on the coupled ocean-atmosphere models. Even though both SM and SSS are used in predictive atmospheric, oceanographic, and hydrologic models, no capability exists to date to measure directly and globally these key variables.


At present,a large amount of data that needed to be processed in the field of scientific research.More and more people pay attentions to data mining.We can use data mining technology to find useful information from the mass data to help businesses understand the needs of customers and predict the future,so as to give business a huge profit.Many areas in China,especially in the banking,retail(eg supermarkets),such as business,data mining can solve the typical problems including:customer groups divided,the application background analysis,sales analysis,market analysis,as well as the loss of customers analysis,such as customer credit points.In the field of data mining,using association rules in large transaction database is an important study.


In an attempt to solve the housing inadequacy in the country successive Nigerian governments have embarked in different mass housing programmes. However, these programmes have often not taken into consideration the peculiar needs of women. This paper identifies the challenges posed by this neglect and advocates for an approach to housing development which integrates the needs of women.


Glove compartment (2, 9, 15) for a motor vehicle (1), comprising a housing (3, 10, 16) and a lid (4, 11, 17), by means of a closing device (8, 12, 18) from an open position is movable into a closed position, wherein the locking device (8, 12, 18) at least one having the closing speed-reducing damping element.


The functionality of applications is increasingly being made available by services. General concepts and standards like SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI support the discovery and invocation of single Web services. State-of-the-art process management is conceptually based on a centralized process manager. The resources of this coordinator limit the number of concurrent process executions, especially since the coordinator has to persistently store each state change for recovery purposes. In this paper, we overcome this limitation by executing processes in a peer-to-peer way exploiting all nodes of the system. By distributing the execution and navigation costs, we can achieve a higher degree of scalability allowing for a much larger throughput of processes compared to centralized solutions. This paper describes our prototype system OSIRIS, which implements such a true peer-to-peer process execution. We further present very promising results verifying the advantages over centralized process management in terms of scalability.


The purpose of this study is to analyze attitudes toward political parties among sexual minorities(LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) in the United States, and to reconsider the existing argument that the majority of the homosexuals would be favorable to the Democratic Party. Based on the so...


The IoT security aims for enabling IoT data protection in various interconnected nodes. These frameworks require secured solutions to prohibit evaporation of personal information and harmful activate ventures by means of peer authentication and secure data transmission between the IoT nodes and devices. Node communication in IoT network sometime get hack and wrong operation performs if it happened then there will be a chance to go for heavy loss. So that proposed methodology improves the communication network with the implementation of IP binding technique and the uses of random encryption selection process. As there are the different nodes like receiver and sender data will be send to receiver in which the receive data need to be valid and decrypted using shared keys into the packet. At the receiver end before transferring the data to the IoT node it will be perform with IP extraction packet with IP validation on to the received packet which leads to perform secure data sharing at the both receiver and sender node. As per the above description the proposed mechanism will help for maintaining the security in IoT network.


The article discusses the applications of carbon form sheet to projects and introduces its applications to the bridge reinforcement with practical examples.


Abstract : The study provides a historical summary of the history of the Army Awards Program from 1973 - 1977. Identifies inequities in the Army Awards Program; recommends changes to AR 672-5-1; establishes emphasis on performance; prohibits establishment of preconditions for Department of the Army awards. (Author)


Introduction: who this book is for how this book works. Part 1 The business world: the market the future of business cultural differences in business cultural differences in society demographic trends the natural environment STEP analysis. Part 2 The organization: company structure company culture SWOT analysis working conditions managing change aims and objectives the workplace products and services health and safety. Part 3 Doing the job: what do managers do? demands, choices and constraints quality systems production processes meetings participating in meetings problem-solving graphs and charts controlling and monitoring planning. Part 4 Working with people: job advertisements staff selections communication appearance, character, behaviour working with your boss motivating people people problems working in a team training. Part 5 Self management: job satisfaction self assessment time management stress management career development. Part 6 Worksheets: initial observation notes classified observation notes personal language file presentation worksheet needs analysis section 1-5.


Anti-angiogenesis drug has become an important method and a hot research field for treating cancers.Drugs such as bevacizumab,sunitinib,sorafenib,lapatinib,achieved good clinical effect in treating breast cancers,but they also brought a lot of problems that need to be concerned.

Key words:
Breast neoplasms; Angiogenesis inhibitors


This report deals with 175 patients with chancroid, 150 treated with sulfanilamide and 25 with sulfathiazole. There were 167 men and 8 women, 127 Negroes, 44 white persons, 3 Puerto Ricans and 1 Chinese. The average age was 30.2 years, the youngest patient being 18 and the oldest 58. The majority of the lesions were on the external genitalia (fig. 1). Two patients had ulcerations on the pubis, and 2 had them around the anus. Forty-eight had multiple lesions. The average duration of the lesions was thirty-one days. There were two of five days' and one of three years' duration. DIAGNOSIS The diagnosis of uncomplicated chancroid was based on the identification of Hemophilus ducreyi on smear from a characteristic ulcerative lesion and a positive reaction to Ducrey vaccine given intradermally. In addition, absence of Treponema pallidum on dark field examination and negative Wassermann and Frei reactions were required. The most


Background: Tumor growth and development is determined by the mutual interaction between the cancer cells themselves and the microenvironment. It contains various elements, including immune cells. Of all, mast cells have one of the most controversial roles. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression of mast cell tryptase in the luminal and non-luminal subtypes of breast cancer and establish a possible link between infiltration with MCs and expression of hormone receptors. Material and methods: The experimental study included 80 cases of breast carcinomas that were analyzed immunohistochemically in order to establish the molecular profile and the expression of tryptase, a specific marker of mast cells. The data were processed using the SPSS program. Pearson's coefficient (r) and the other values were considered statistically significant in case of p≤0.05. Results: Both intratumoral mast cells (MCit) and peritumoral mast cells (MCpt) correlated with the expression of hormone receptors for estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR). Thus, the following relations were established: MCit and ER (r=0.343, p=0.002), MCpt and ER (r=0.394, p=0.000295) and MCpt and PR (r=0.386, p=0.000409). Statistically significant correlations between HER2 expression and mast cells content have not been established. Conclusions: Mast cells invasion, peri- and intratumoral, is strongly influenced by the expression of hormone receptors. The luminal subtypes of breast cancer are characterized by a higher density of mast cells.


Data measurement is a key process of reverse engineering.When using the contact measurement,gained data is not accurate data which the probe touched,because the influence of the probe's radius,but the central coordinates of the probe.In this paper,the error which is brought by the influence of the probe's radius is investigated,and several kinds of compensatory methods of probe's radius are proposed.


Particle data from ISEE 1 sampled in the earth's magnetotail show the presence of energetic ion beams in the boundary layer of the plasma sheet. A theory of instabilities driven by the beams is developed and compared with wave data sampled simultaneous to the particle data. We conclude that ion beams generate broadband electrostatic bursts of noise. The electrostatic noise correlates well with the occurrence of the beams, and the spectrum is consistent with that predicted from a negative energy beam instability under magnetotail conditions. The theory predicts that a spectrum of growing wves can be driven for frequencies from 0.001 ..omega../sub p//sub e/ up to ..omega../sub p//sub e/, the electron plasma frequency, with a spectral peak typically near 0.01 ..omega../sub p//sub e/ or lower, in agreement ith the wave data. Furthermore, as one moves away from the source region perpendicular to the magnetic field, the high-frequency components of the observed wave spectra are predicted to disappear gradually, leaving the low-frequency part of the spectrum, also as is observed. Evidence is given for significant pitch angle scattering of the beams by the broadband electrostatic noise leading to more isotropic ion distributions.


Report discussing the characteristics of the fuel control of the 48-inch diameter WRJ47-W-5 ramjet engine, including the time history of the fuel system pressures, fuel flow, and engine inlet total pressure. Oscillograph traces for the different variables are provided as well as the accuracy of the calibration factors.


Major stock indexes are developed on the market capitalization or price weighted indexation method. The Australian Stock Exchange 50 (ASX50) index is a market capitalization index of the top 50 Australian stocks. Fundamental indexation, equal weighted index and risk weighted index methods have recently been developed as an alternative to the market cap and price indexes. However, empirical studies do not conclusively prove if these alternate methods are more efficient to the existing market cap or price weighted methods. Also, the fundamental index method provides a higher alpha, while the risk weighted index methods focus on risk reduction through diversification. There is a gap to develop another passive indexation method in order to provide the investor a higher return (alpha) and lower volatility. This paper re-weights the ASX50 index using the risk weighted alpha method and provides higher weight to stocks that have increasing returns and lower volatility. The empirical study for ASX50 index from 2002-2012 is undertaken and results show that the risk weighted alpha method provides higher return and has lower systematic risk than the ASX50 index.


The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector is an important pillar of Indian economy by way for creating employment for about 73 million persons through 31 million units, manufactures more than 6000 products, contributing about 44% to manufacturing output and about 40% of exports, directly and indirectly. The small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is now the principal financial institution for promotion, financing and development of small scale industries in the country. It co-ordinates the functions of existing institutions engaged in similar activities. Within a short span of time, SIDBI has emerged a major player in the filled of finance for MSME sector in India. Hence the present paper there is a detail study of financial assistance provided by SIDBI to MSME sector in North Eastern Region.


The project implementation phase is the stage to build the actual structure body,and also the main stage to consume manpower,materials and financial resources.It is characterized by long time,large works quantity,involving a wide range,with many influence factors and great fluctuation in market supply demand,and being affected by policy changes to a certain degree.In order to increase construction quality,control project cost and bring investment benefits into play,it is necessary to enhance project construction management and supervision function in the implementation phase so that all-round and whole-process project cost control can be realized.


Discrimination leads to disparities and reinforces them, which can negatively influence an organization's performance by decreasing commitment, increasing turnover, and lowering employee morale. This research proposal outlines a suggested design for a study that would empirically examine how workplace discrimination affects worker productivity. The topic will be introduced at the outset. It then moves on to the literature reviews, which support the study's justification and shows how completing the study will resolve the problem by discussing the age, gender and racial discrimination, its impacts, and the gaps. After defining the dependent and independent variables for the hypothesis, the study will establish a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis in the proposal. The paper will show whether there is a significant or no relationship between age/gender/racial discrimination and organizations' performance and their relationships. The methods section next discusses how the study will be carried out, including how participants will be chosen, the data collected, and the research design. The suggested study's internal and external validity will next be covered. It will also go over the benefits and drawbacks of the proposed sampling, design, and data collection methods. Finally, it will examine the potential short- and long-term effects of study involvement on participants.


The relationship of ultrasonic velocities to equations of state is addressed for two homogeneous isotropic plastics, polystyrene and polymethylmethacrylate. Ultrasonic velocities were measured at hydrostatic pressures up to 10 kbar and temperatures from ambient to 75°C at an acoustic frequency of 6 MHz. From these data the pressure and temperature dependence of the elastic moduli are calculated. In particular, the bulk modulus is used to compute an equation of state from models proposed by Birch and Murnaghan. The nonlinearity of the bulk modulus at pressures below 10 kbar favors the Birch model. Comparison with shock data shows that the Birch equation of state, determined ultrasonically, agrees quite well with the shock data to pressures well over an order of magnitude in excess of the 10‐kbar ultrasonic data for both polystyrene and polymethacrylate.


An approach to integrate product data and process modelling through featured based representation is called intermediate model(IM). The model is shared among application tools which are interoperable and access the exported serves of the IM server. This model is able to maintain different views of an integral feature based representation of the production part.


first in Debtors in Court, and became the centerpiece of the analysis of plea-bargaining in Felony Justice. His description of the ways in which long-standing interpersonal relationships among defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges influence the process by which cases are resolved and the outcomes that are produced became a central concept in the extensive study of plea-bargaining that followed. His 1988 book, Silent Revolution, traced the diffusion of divorce reform across the United States, and explored the mystery of the rapid rise and spread of "no fault" divorce. The book was based on documentary evidence and interviews with state legislators, lobbyists, and other participants. Herb was intrigued by the fact that this major legal change did not seem to be characterized by the sponsorship and promotion by interest groups that typically accompanied more noisy legal revolutions. Indeed, what interest group activity there was, mainly by the Catholic Church, opposed rather than supported the adoption of new procedures that made divorce easier to obtain. Rather, he suggests, the reform was the product of a good deal of "unorganized" but quite effective informal exchanging of information, much of it anecdotal, among members of state legislatures, both within states and among them. His study suggests that sometimes rapid legal change occurs, as it were, by a kind of spontaneous combustion (following rapid social change, requiring neither central authority nor the investment of substantial material resources. Prior work tended to suggest that these were necessary conditions for successful diffusion. But this innovative book deepens and critiques our understanding of the way in which legal change comes about.


This communication presents a new fully-digital redundant Random Number Generator. Its structure is that of a standard LFSR, with the difference that it includes one 1-bit ros-RNG in each basic cell. The design is modular, provides reasonable performances - simplicity, low cost and high speed -, it generates "truly" random sequences (i.e. aperiodic and unpredictable) and allows choosing random or pseudorandom sequences. Working like a "truly" random generator, the circuit produces random sequences from the first clock cycle, i.e., user must not wait a latency time to obtain a good sequence.


Fatigue behavior of the weld-bonded (combination of welding and adhesive bonding) aluminum joint was investigated as part of a study attempting to replace steel with aluminum in the lightweight vehicle structure. Aluminum 5754-H40 alloy and bis-phenolA epoxy adhesive were used in specimen fabrication. Test results showed that weld-bonded aluminum had a slightly lower fatigue resistance than the adhesive-bonded aluminum (i.e., the presence of the resistance spot weld decreases the fatigue strength by 11% at 3 x 106 cycles) but a much higher fatigue resistance than the aluminum and steel spot welds. Microscopic examinations showed that failure of weld-bonded aluminum occurred by either "nuggetthrough" where failure originated from the weld nugget, or "adherend-tearing" where failure started from the edge of adherend overlap. Statistical analyses of the test results of weld-bonded aluminum indicated that fatigue strength is not significantly affected by the failure modes. P C. WANG is with the Physics Department, Research and Development Center, General Motors Corp., Warren, Mich. S. K. CHISHOLM is with the Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich. G. BANAS and £ V. LAWRENCE, Jr., are with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, II


Simple multicellularity has evolved numerous times within the Eukarya, but complex multicellular organisms belong to only six clades: animals, embryophytic land plants, florideophyte red algae, laminarialean brown algae, and two groups of fungi. Phylogeny and genomics suggest a generalized trajectory for the evolution of complex multicellularity, beginning with the co-optation of existing genes for adhesion. Molecular channels to facilitate cell-cell transfer of nutrients and signaling molecules appear to be critical, as this trait occurs in all complex multicellular organisms but few others. Proliferation of gene families for transcription factors and cell signals accompany the key functional innovation of complex multicellular clades: differentiated cells and tissues for the bulk transport of oxygen, nutrients, and molecular signals that enable organisms to circumvent the physical limitations of diffusion. The fossil records of animals and plants document key stages of this trajectory.


Introduction Prologue by Joan Bauer Identity within the Family: Phyllis Reynold Naylor's The Year of the Gopher by Lois Stover and J. Roy Hopkins Identity through Body Image: Chris Crutcher's Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Patricia L. Daniel and Vicki J. McEntire Sexual Identity: M. E. Kerr's Deliver Us From Evie by Rita G. Drapkin and Lynn Alvine Identity through Intimacy: Jenny Davis' Sex Education by Marie Hardenbrook, et al. Identity through Self-Awareness: Kathryn Lasky's Memoirs of a Bookbat by Patricia Crawford and Rosaria Upchurch Identity within the Father-Son Relationship: Robert Newton Peck's A Day No Pigs Would Die by Charles R. Duke and Jon L. Winek Identity within Societal Expectations: S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders by Mary E. Little and Mary Alice Meyers Identity Confusion: Zibby O'Neal's The Language of Goldfish by Marcia F. Nash and David Daniel Identity through the Realization of Prejudice: Carolyn Meyer's Drummers of Jericho by Tania Gartside and Kristen Sternberg Identity from Destruction: Robert Cormier's Tunes for Bears to Dance to by Janet E. Kaufman and Lynn Kaufman Identity through Peers: Paul Zindel's Harry and Hortense at Hormone High by Michael L. Angelotti and Terry Pace


A procedure for reliability-related quality programming is developed to fill existing gaps in software design and development so that a quality programming plan can be achieved. The authors investigate the tradeoff between system reliability improvement and resource consumption through the management phase. A software reliability-to-cost relation is developed from both a software reliability-related cost model and software redundancy models with common-cause failures. The software reliability optimization problem can be formulated into a mixed-integer programming problem and solved by a branch-and-bound technique.<<ETX>>


The patronage of Mary of Burgundy is not, at first sight, an obvious subject of study : she has rarely been considered as a serious patron and when she has, she is described as a very modest one. This view would appear to be justified when we compare Mary's commissions with those of her ancestors, the dukes of Burgundy. However, although she added very few works to the enormous cultural heritage left to her by her ancestors, it is evident that the works she did commission expressed very clear political and cultural intentions on her part. "The greatest heiress in Europe" had to deal with attacks and intrigues from Louis XI as well as rioting from her own people right from the beginning of her unexpected rise to power in 1477. Acutely aware of the fact that she was the last descendant of the glorious house of Burgundy-Valois, as well as the weakness of her position as a woman, Mary sought suitable responses to the challenges she faced – not only military and diplomatic responses but also iconographical ones. Her desire to emphasise dynastic lineage, to create an image of a female sovereign that legitimized her succession and her power suo jure in order to assert her rights to Burgundian territories, as well as to impose her power on her uncontrollable subjects, all had a considerable influence on her resulting and carefully-considered cultural politics.


This article presents an investigation into the structural, optical, and electrical properties of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) films that were deposited utilizing various plasma powers. The transmittance values in the visible region were measured, revealing that the ITO film deposited at 2050 W exhibited the highest transmittance (81%). Additionally, the sheet resistance values of all films were analyzed, indicating that the ITO film deposited at 2050 W had the lowest sheet resistance (64.9 Ω/sq). By means of XRD analysis, the structural properties of the films were meticulously scrutinized, and the distinctive diffraction peaks associated with the ITO films were successfully identified. Notably, the ITO film deposited at 2050 W demonstrated superior performance compared to the other films deposited using various plasma powers. Finally, we report a noteworthy efficiency of 17.03% achieved in the SHJ solar cell fabricated with the ITO film deposited at 2050 W on a 5x5 cm2 n-type Si substrate.


This book is the fourth in the series of "Food Safety Assurance and Veterinary Public Health" which presents the latest findings in research on the topics of food safety in the entire agifood chain from table to stable. The themes in this volume range from epidemiological monitoring and surveillance in primary production and processing of foods of animal origin, to antimicrobial resistance and transfer in these foods, to risk modelling and management strategies. Finally, recent food legislation aspects are discussed. This volume is targeted towards scientists in academia and industry, graduate students in veterinary and food science as well as to governmental officials in veterinary public health and food safety.


Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are increasingly being used in agriculture for a variety of purposes. In pasture systems, the use of PGRs is relatively new and the effects of its application on plant productivity and physiology are poorly understood. A mowing trial was established in Waikato in early spring 2012. Key objectives from this study were: to determine effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) and cytokinin (CPPU) application with and without nitrogen (N) fertiliser application on pasture production, N concentration (%N), root biomass and potential reduction in N leaching from grazed pastures. Treatments (with five replicates) were: control, urea (40 kg N/ha), GA3 at two rates +/urea, and CPPU at three rates +/urea. Implications for grazed pasture and N leaching were modelled for a case study dairy farm. Application of GA3 alone showed a significant (P<0.05) rapid increase in dry matter (DM) production compared with the control between 5 and 29 days after application. The DM yields from GA3 alone were similar to those with urea-N alone and the effects of applying GA3 and urea-N together were additive. Application of CPPU showed no significant effect on pasture production. There were no treatment effects from either PGR on root biomass. The %N in herbage was significantly lower in the GA3 treated plots than the control, which would reduce urinary-N excretion under grazing. Preliminary modelling of data for a grazed pasture showed a potential reduction in annual urine-N


Janko et al. [Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments, edited by Gilkey and Anderson (Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, 1996), pp. 557–570] used neural networks to describe auditory localization and found that data in quiet were insufficient to discriminate among models. To further constrain the models, localization in the presence of a spatially fixed masker is considered here. The wideband targets and maskers were filtered by head‐related transfer functions, then by a gammatone filter bank. A model for binaural interaction similar to that of Lindemann [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 80, 1608–1622 (1986)] was used to process the filter‐bank outputs. The inhibited cross‐correlation output of the binaural processor was sampled and used as input to a neural network (e.g., 24 correlation lags at each of 13 frequency channels for 312 input nodes). The network was trained using back propagation to estimate the target location in quiet, then tested on targets in noise at several values of signal‐to‐noise ratio...


It is a common conception among laymen, and also among game technicians, that hunting is an important limitation to the numbers of practically all small game animals. The gun is almost universally accepted to have been the cause of reducing or destroying many species in the past, and wherever a game scarcity occurs pressure immediately develops for measures to mitigate the effectiveness of the hunter. From all sides writers and organizational resolutions are warning the sportsman that he must stop short of the limit kill to preserve "seed stock" and reminding him that if he would shoot creatures off the land then he


A study is done to investigate the feasibility of the conceptual design of the Delft University Unconventional Configuration (DUUC), an aircraft featuring a ducted-fan propulsive empennage. This research is focused on ducted-fan performance analysis and aircraft longitudinal static stability and balance estimation. The aircraft design Initiator program is used to develop models of the DUUC, and a similar-sized conventional turboprop reference aircraft. A performance comparison of the baseline models, combined with a sensitivity analysis to the main ducted-fan design parameters, is performed to study the effect of the DUUC concept on the overall aircraft design.


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