This volume, Vol. 3, is an extension of Vol. 2, User's Manual, containing listings of the computer program and input data for the model in two appendices. It serves the user as a reference guide to the computer model. This documentation complies with the Interim Model Document Standards issued by the Office of Analysis, Oversight, and Access of the Energy Information Administration in December 1978.


Abstract: This paper describes mathematical modeling and analysis of the opening of pilot operated solenoid valve. A series of cold gas thrusters for propellant settling and orientation control of stage before and after the main engine operation. The equations are derived and solved numerically. The mathematical model for electromagnetic and mechanical dynamics is derived by making some simplifying assumptions. It is shown that the behavior of valve in the opening processes. This makes the design complicate and prediction of valve response difficult in traditional methods. It is carrying out a mathematical model to predict the performance of the valve using MATLAB software. A discussion is presented with an explanation of the results and a Comparison of the analysis results with test results of the hardware developed.


The EXPLAINER tool [Redmiles 93] was developed to help programmers solve tasks in computer graphics by allowing them to explore previously worked-out examples from several different perspectives. Perspectives are used by EXPLAINER to provide programmers access to information about an example through code listings, execution output, text statement of a problem domain, text statement of program features, and diagrams of program components and features.


1. Experiments made with methyl malonic, dimethyl malonic, ethyl malonic, and pyrotartaric acids show that neither of these substances is a distinctly nephrotoxic agent. The administration of each produces a temporary slowing in the rate of phenolsulphonephthalein elimination, and may lead to a slight, temporary nitrogen retention. Inasmuch as three of these acids are isomers of the very toxic glutaric acid, it is apparent that the number of carbon atoms present in a dicarboxylic acid has perse no relation to its nephrotoxicity.

2. The introduction of an α-hydroxy or an α-ketonic group into glutaric acid almost completely destroys its nephrotoxic effects. This is attributed to greater physiological instability of the resulting compounds as evidenced by their transformation into extra glucose in the completely diabetic animal.

3. The introduction of an α-hydroxy or an α-ketonic group into adipic acid does not influence toxicity. This is interpreted as indicating that the substituted adipic acids are very slowly transformed into glutaric acid, which is excreted without accumulating in sufficient amounts to injure the kidneys. In contrast to the behavior of α-ketoglutaric acid, α-ketoadipic acid entirely fails to yield extra glucose in the completely diabetic dog.


High temperature Raman spectroscopy has been applied to investigate in situ the microstructure of the high temperature solution near a LiB3O5 (LBO) crystal–solution interface. A preordering boundary layer was found around the interface. In the boundary layer, an isomerization reaction between 3-coordinated and 4-coordinated boron was observed. The reaction led to the formation of B3O7 triborate groups, the characteristic structural group involved in the LBO crystal. According to the mechanism, the growth habits of LBO crystal can be understood well.


Denger, Graz (AT), Martin A test stand arrangement is connected to at least one electric Schmidt, Langen (AT) motor (4) connected to a test specimen (1) for driving and/or loading the test specimen (1) and comprises a control Correspondence Address: arrangement (6) for the or each electric motor (4). DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC FRANKLIN SQUARE THIRD FLOOR WEST, E. 1300 ISTREET, NW s p bustion and dynamic behavior of the engine, at least one WASHINGTON, DC 20005 (US) model (7) for a multi-mass flywheel is implemented in the control arrangement (6), from which model (7) at least a part (21) Appl. No.: 12/801,580 of the control requirement for the or each electric motor (4) is calculated and which model (7) contains at least the two (22) Filed: Jun. 15, 2010 masses of the primary and secondary side of the multi-mass flywheel and a substitute model for the or each bow spring, (30) Foreign Application Priority Data and an algorithm is implemented in the control arrangement (6) that analyzes the model for a multi-mass flywheel by Jun. 16, 2009 (AT) ............................... GM 370/2009 means of an integrated time step method.


leukoplakia or leukokeratosis; nail dystrophy with pterygium formation; and complete loss of toenails. Our patient had all these features and illustrates three of the main problems associated with the condition, namely the very prolonged course of the disease (35 years so far), the lack of response of the pedal erosions to conservative measures, and the difficulty of obtaining diagnostic histology. The first reported case was in 19212. Since then there have been another 30 the majority being middle aged women who had suffered the condition for over 10 years. Prompt effective treatment is obviously necessary, not only to avoid years of pain and disability but also because of the risk of squamous cell carcinoma developing in the chronically inflamed areas3'4. It is generally agreed that conservative treatment is unhelpful for all but the smallest erosions. A review of the literature revealed reports of 9 patients having been treated by excision and splitskin grafting' 5'7. In 7 of these patients there had been no recurrence during follow-up periods of between 18 months and 26 years. One of the remaining patients required regrafting immediately, whilst the last patient's initial graft lasted for 11 years. Both regrafted areas have now remained intact for4 and 8 years respectively. Our patient's graft took very well and 9 months later she was fully mobile with no signs of recurrence. It would appear that -at present excision and split-skin grafting provides the only realistic method for producing rapid healing without early recurrence, and should be performed as early as possible in the course of the disease to avoid unnecessary suffering and disability. Our patient also demonstrated the very distinctive clinical sign of secondary webbing of the toes of the left foot. This mitt type of deformity has only been described once before in a patient with ulcerative lichen planus7 and, as in our case, surgical reconstruction of the toes was not performed as the deformity does not cause significant functional problems and the patient was unwilling to undergo surgery. The pathogenesis is one of chronic inflammation with subsequent scarring and is more typically found in patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.


The specific biological activity of low-molecular weight heparin prompted using CY 216 in ophtalmological surgery for thrombo-embolic prevention. We report preliminary results on 31 patients (9 males, 22 females, mean age 74,4) treated from 06/86 to 12/86 with a daily 0,3 ml sub-cutaneous injection of CY 216 started 2 hours prior to surgery until day 7, or day 10 for 7 patients. Coagulation tests included TCa and anti-Xa activity. All patients were checked daily for ocular haemorrnagies and thrombo-embolic manifestations. Anaesthesia was general in 16 cases and local in 15. Surgery was performed on 21 cataracts (67 %), 8 retinal detachments (26 %), 2 glaucomas (6 %). No patient developped any clinical thrombo-embolism condition. In that particular surgery where frequent local haemorrhagic complications occur and delay the onset of heparinotherapy, CY 216 treatment exhibited 3 minor eyelids ecchymosis, 1 choroid hematoma and 5 subconjonctival suffusions, all transient and not impacting specific surgical results ; and all already known as possible mechanical vascular aggression independant of heparinotherapy. 2 hyphemas (6 %) also occured, for which CY 216 was discontinued, still not impacting surgical results, and without excessive hypocoagulation according to tests. These biological tests showed no adverse effects ; TCa never raised more than 6" above controls, and anti-Xa activity raised to 4 times pre-treatment values ; in 3 patients, high values did not induce any haemorrhagic complications, a very strong argument in favor of excellent tolerance of CY 216 therapy. At this stage of preliminary results, the tolerance of CY 216 concerning local haemorrhagic risk in eye surgery can be evaluated as near to excellent.


Kelp and phytoplankton washed ashore by tides and waves support a rich diversity of shore life. On many of the most popular sandy beaches in California, however, local municipalities regularly rake up litter and kelp in a process called beach grooming. The ecological consequences of this process on plants and animals that live and forage in regularly raked areas are evaluated. The information gathered may help guide and improve the state's beach maintenance practices.


.................................................................................................................................... 0 Table of contents ....................................................................................................................... 2 Abbreviation list ....................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 4 1. Background ......................................................................................................................... 4 2. B-cells and the lymphatic system ........................................................................................ 4 3. Mantle cell lymphoma ........................................................................................................ 5 4. Endocannabinoid system .................................................................................................... 6 a. Other possible interacting receptors .............................................................................. 6 b. Ligands ........................................................................................................................... 6 c. Hemopressin ................................................................................................................... 7 5. Cell death pathways ............................................................................................................ 7 Aim ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Materials and Methods .......................................................................................................... 10 1. Reagents ............................................................................................................................ 10 2. Instruments ....................................................................................................................... 10 3. Softwares .......................................................................................................................... 10 4. Cell culture ....................................................................................................................... 10 5. Freezing and thawing of cells ........................................................................................... 10 6. Viability assay ................................................................................................................... 11 7. Protein lysate preparation and protein concentration estimation ................................... 11 8. Western blotting ................................................................................................................ 11 Results ...................................................................................................................................... 12 1. CB1 & CB2 receptor expression ...................................................................................... 12 2. CB1 and CB2 antagonists' effects on cell viability .......................................................... 14 3. Agonists effect on cell viability ......................................................................................... 15 4. Detection of apoptosis and autophagy ............................................................................. 16 5. GPR55 receptor expression .............................................................................................. 18 6. GPR55 agonist effect on cell viability .............................................................................. 19 7. Effect of Anandamide in cells pretreated with antagonists .............................................. 20 8. Combined effect of CB1 and CB2 antagonists ................................................................. 22 Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 23 References ................................................................................................................................ 25


A novel in-band OSNR monitoring technique using phase modulator embedded fiber loop mirror (PM-FLM) is proposed and demonstrated. Monitoring error can be kept <0.25 dB for OSNR between 0 to 40 dB in 10-Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) system.


Deep sternal wound infection is a severe complication after cardiac surgery. We performed a meta‐analysis evaluating the impact of immediate flap and NPWT on mortality and length of hospital stay. The meta‐analysis was registered (CRD42022351755). A systematic literature search was conducted from inception to January, 2023, including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrials.gov and EU Clinical Trials Register. The main outcome were in‐hospital mortality and late mortality. And additional outcomes were length of stay and ICU stay time. A total of 438 patients (Immediate flap: 229; NPWT: 209) from four studies were included in this study. Immediate flap was associated with lower in‐hospital mortality (OR 0.33, 95% CI 0.13‐0.81, P = .02) and length of stay (SMD −13.24, 95% CI −20.53 to −5.94, P = .0004). Moreover, pooled analysis demonstrated no significant difference was found in two groups in terms of late mortality (OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.35‐1.16, P = .14) and ICU stay time (SMD −1.65, 95% CI −4.13 to 0.83, P = .19). Immediate flap could reduce in‐hospital mortality and length of stay for patients with deep sternal wound infection. Flap transplantation as soon as possible may be advised.


In this paper, we describe a technique for detection of moving objects in RGB and infra-red (IR) videos. The technique is based on novel incremental connectivity-based outlier factor (IncCOF). The main idea of the proposed approach is to detect moving blocks as outliers---objects dissimilar to objects in their vicinity--within a properly defined feature space. As the feature space, we use representation of videos by spatial-temporal blocks combined with principal component analysis for dimensionality reduction. Experimental evaluation of the proposed approach on a variety of test videos, including PETS repository, demonstrates its applicability and robustness on the choice of parameters.


The linear interpolation of linear system on a family of linear systems is introduced and discussed. Some results and examples on singly generated systems on a finite dimensional vector space are given.


This paper surveys critical discourse studies to the present and claims that, to avoid lapsing into comfortable orthodoxy in its mature phase, CDS needs to reassert its transformative radical teleology. The initial part of the paper reasserts the need for a strong social theory given the materialist and context-bound nature of discourse in daily activity. From this basis, the paper then characterizes the "new times" in which contemporary discourse occurs, and briefly surveys those issues typically analyzed, namely political economy, race and gender, and critical literacy. By considering people's ordinary lives, the paper then suggests that subject and agency, and calculative technologies of management deserve, and new modalities need, more research. Transdisciplinarity is encouraged, particularly with social psychology and critical management studies.


Prior research in hardware accelerators has largely focused on spatial convolutions (CONV). However, state-of-the-art DNNs employ low-rank convolutions (LR-CONV). LR-CONVs such as depthwise and pointwise convolutions exhibit lower arithmetic intensity and lower data re-use. LR-CONV s result in low hardware utilization and high latency. However, they provide opportunities for inter-layer data reuse. We propose X-Layer, which systematically explores the design space of cross-layer dataflows. We develop novel fine-grain cross-layer dataflows for LR-CONVs that support partial loop dimension completion. X-Layer decouples the nested loops in a pipeline and combines them to create a common outer dataflow and several inner dataflows. X-layer discovers additional opportunities for optimizing LR-CONVs: i) it overlaps adjacent layers at fine-granularity with partially completed channels and filters. This minimizes the intermediate storage required. ii) it enables each pipelined layer to independently choose optimal outer and inner dataflows by supporting streaming activation transformations. We explore a large design space of cross-layer dataflows and evaluate them for depth-separable, inverted residual, and CONV layers across six different DNNs. We also find that coarse-grain dataflows are sensitive to on-chip memory (≥ 1.5 MB) and performance drops steeply if enough on-chip SRAM is not provided. X-Layer dataflows find optimal performance across a wide range of on-chip memory (≥ 32KB). Compared to the existing coarse-grain and medium-grain dataflows, X-Layer improves the performance by 7.8× and 16.6×, while requiring 8.3× and 2× less SRAM.


Background: From historical times termination of pregnancy was practiced with or without legal and social sanctions. Over the last few years, induced abortions have gained more popularity because of safe techniques and medications available. Induced abortion means willful termination of pregnancy before the period of viability. Medical abortion in the second trimester with misoprostol alone has been shown to be affective, although in comparison with the combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, misoprostol-only protocols have required higher doses, side effects are more common and the time to complete the abortion is longer. Methods: Total of 50 eligible women were enrolled for this study and were divided in two groups of 25 each of the case group and control group. This study was conducted in the Dhiraj General Hospital, Piparia, Waghodia. Women in the case group were given Tablet Mifepristone (200 mg) orally followed by Tablet Misoprostol (200 mcg) vaginally after 24 hours which may be repeated every 6 hrs till 5 doses. Women in control group were given Tablet Misoprostol (200 mcg) vaginally which may be repeated every 6 hrs till 5 doses. Results: The combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is now an established and highly effective and safe method for medical method second trimester abortion. The combination of mifepristone with misoprostol significantly reduces the abortion to induction interval and also have fewer side effects and complications and also reduces the dose of misoprostol. Where mifepristone is not available or affordable, misoprostol alone has also been shown to be effective, although a higher total dose is needed and efficacy is lower than for the combined regimen. Therefore, whenever possible, the combined regimen should be used. Conclusions: Mifepristone followed by misoprostol was more effective and has a shorter IAI and fewer side effects.


by B. J. Becker Alcoa USA When processing coated aluminum, coil \\inding defects can be a major detractor to recove,:y, flowtime, and customer satisfaction goals for coil coating and slitting operations. Over the past several years, extensive studies have been performed at Alcoa on individual parameters in an attempt understand their effect on coil collapse and other winding problems. These studies improved understanding, but did not fully explain the collapse defect Recent work has concentrated on the analysis of all important variables together as a "system." The focus of this paper is to explain interactions between variables which influence coil collapse, and how this defect can be minimized by optimizing the system of \\in ding a coil.


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Name : Zahrani
Study Programme : Dentistry
Faculty : Dentistry
Title : Comparison of the Effectiveness of Rinsing With 0,2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Solution and Gambier Stew (Uncaria gambir) to Decrease Plaque Score.

Dental caries and periodontal disease are major problem of oral health that is caused by accumulation of plaque bacteria on dental surfaces and subgingival. Oral health can be enhanced by removing or preventing the accumulation of dental plaque or can be called as plaque control. Plaque contol can be applied by rinsing with chemicals such as 0,2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution or using natural substance such as gambier stew. The aim of this research is to know the average difference of plaque score by rinsing with 0,2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution and gambier stew. It is also to know which of those two mouthwash that more effective in reduction of plaque score. This research used an experimental method with pretest and posttest only control group design. Subjects of this research retrieved using total sampling technique and suitable with inclusion criteria. Subjects were divided into two groups, there are one group that was ordered to rinsing with 0,2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution and another group was ordered to rinsing with gambier stew. The results showed that there were a significant difference in averages of plaque score between subjects who gargled with 0,2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution and gambier stew (p


lish the location of the penetrant on the cellular level. Histochemical techniques have been employed with great success by Knight et al. (10), Rohrbaugh (14), Rice and Rohrbaugh (13), and others to demonstrate the sites of entry and routes of movement of oils. In the case of aqueous solutions, on the other hand, most evidence is indirect in nature, and histochemical evidence is limited to very few reports such as those of Palmiter et al. (12) and Wylie (24) for penetration and movement of iron. Many workers (3, 5, 15, 21, 22, 23) have compared stomatal with cuticular penetration by such indirect methods as measurement of plant response to growth regulators or nutrients, autoradiography or counting of tissues containing radioactive tracers, or measurement of nonabsorbed chemical. The importance of stomatal entry has not been clearly established by these methods. More direct evidence is obtained by using other techniques. For example, Aslander (2) and Crafts (6) studied the penetration of dilute sulfuric acid solutions by microscopic detection of injury resulting from the toxic action of the penetrant; however, conflicting observations were reported. Autoradiography of leaf sections has been used by Gustafson and Schlessinger (9) to demonstrate penetration of cobalt60 into bean leaves in the dark, but to date this promising method has not been widely applied in attempts to determine the route of penetration. Because most of the conventional methods yield only indirect evidence, a more direct method involving a fluorescent dye has been testedl. This type of tracer was used to study foliar absorption of dew water by Steubing (18), who followed entry and movement of berberine sulfate with the fluorescence microscope. By a similar method, Butterfass (4) observed foliar penetration via the club-shaped hairs of Vicia faba L. and Phaseolus coccineus L. Orgell3 used both fluorescent and nonfluorescent dyes to study penetration of isolated plant cuticles. In the work reported here, the fluorescent tracer method has been considerably expanded and improved for application to the problem of foliar absorption of aqueous solutions.


The foundation reinforcing method for loose and soft soil includes depositing straight sunken tube into loose and soft soil through vibration or other process, throwing stuffing, such as sand and stone, mine refuse, clay, etc. mixed with cement and water, into the sunken tube, hammering to density and form piles, and final spreading stuffing cushion in the top of the piles to form composite foundation with high strength cement piles. The method is simple in construction and low in cost, and has wide application range and no environmental pollution.


The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the interaction between beta-lactamines and aminoglycosides against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria previously treated with sub-inhibitory doses of each antibiotic in the combination. Bacterial strains were: S. aureus ATTC 25923, S. mitis NCTC 3165, E. coli ATTC 25922, P. vulgaris ATTC 13315. Antibiotics used were penicillin G and gentamicin. The most synergistic combination was the ratio of 4 (penicillin G) to 1 (gentamicin) before and after sub-MIC treatment with penicillin.


In the paper, an analysis is presented of the present status of the structure of the state-owned economy of Anhui Province with a list of preeminent problems with the economic structure. An analysis with argumentation is also presented of the basic principles for the optimization and enhancement of the economic structure. Measures are discussed concerned with the promotion of the optimization and enhancement of the structure of the state-owned economy of the province, providing theoretical references for the policy making departments concerned with the macro-economy and departments of business administration.


The main goal of this study was to manufacture low fat mozzarella cheeses using fat replacers having similar texture and microstructure characteristics as full fat
mozzarella. To achieve this goal it was essential to analyse the texture characteristics including hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, chewiness and gumminess of
commercial mozzarella cheeses and to study the effects of moisture, fat and protein on these characteristics.


In underwater wet welding, the type of water environment also has a decisive influence on the selection of the welding parameters. If the water contains ions, dissipation (i.e. the discharge of load carriers) may arise depending on the chemical composition, thus leading to a higher electric conductivity and to current losses. Correspondingly, it is possible to observe smaller penetration depths and a lower weld quality. Therefore, welding tests were performed in fresh water and sea water using three different electrodes. The surfaces and geometries of the welds were then examined. It was shown that a considerably rougher weld surface with smaller penetration occurs during welding in salt water. In this case, the amperage should be approx. 10 to 15% higher than is customary for welding in fresh water.


Introduction: Issues in transthoracic defibrillation, including waveform shape, fixed versus escalating dose protocol, and low‐ versus high‐energy shocks, can be addressed by examining the defibrillation dose‐response curve. We tested the hypothesis that, for commonly used defibrillation waveforms, the steepness of the overall defibrillation dose‐response curve, measured as normalized curve width, correlates with the probability of a successful defibrillation being immediate at the shock intensity producing 50% success.


Oncologic resections often result in major tissue defects. After closure of these wounds under tension, complicated wound healing is more rule than exception, especially if the area has previously been irradiated [1]. For years now it has been recognized that transfer of well vascularized unirradiated tissue in a post-irradiation surgical defect, greatly improves the chances on primary healing and also improves functional outcome [2,3]. The understanding of the principles of blood supply of muscles by anatomically identifiable blood vessels and the overlying skin by perforator vessels from the muscle, has led to the development of a number of myocutaneous transposition flaps that have revolutionized reconstructive surgery [4]. The inferiorly based rectus abdominis myocutaneous (IBRAM) flap for perineal wounds was first described in 1984 [5]. Based on the epigastric artery and vein it will reach any defect up to 25 cm from the groin, including perineum, sacrum, groin, and upper leg. Despite its well established usefulness, only few oncologic surgeons have made the effort to learn this technique. Instead, they rely on plastic surgeons to help them close defects after resisted efforts at conservative wound care, leaving patients with an often very prolonged postoperative recovery and reduced function due to excessive scarring. In the Netherlands Cancer Institute the IBRAM flap is used as primary closure technique for large defects in perineum and groin after surgical resection with or without prior irradiation. We describe in this study the technique of harvesting and transferring this flap and report on the outcome in 37 patients. SURGICAL ANATOMY


From 1971 to 1991, a major mining company performed submarine tailings disposal (STD) with the outfall at the coast of Ibo, Toledo, reaching up to 100,000 tons per day. In this study, five sampling points were selected near the outfall to determine if the STD is still a major factor in the physicochemical conditions and concentration of heavy metals in the areas near the outfall in Tañon Strait 28 years after the last disposal of mine tailings. The study found that Fe, Mn, and Cu contents on beach sediments significantly decreased around the outfall, as well metal contents on seawater which are within the DAO-2016-08 standards. Physicochemical parameters showed values within the normal range and standards. Comparing the species count from 1983 to 2019, the drastic decline can be attributed to ocean acidification, acid mine drainage, and siltation from Sapangdaku River.


Abstract : The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been working with the Albany Water, Gas, and Light Commission to monitor ground-water quality and availability since 1977. This report presents the findings for July 2005 through June 2006 and summarizes the ground-water and surface-water conditions for 2005. Water levels in 14 wells were continuously monitored in Dougherty County, Georgia. Water levels in 12 of those wells were above normal, one was normal, and one was below normal. Ground-water samples collected from the Upper Floridan aquifer indicate that nitrate levels have increased in 13 wells and decreased in two wells from a year earlier. A sample also was collected from the Flint River. A trilinear diagram showing the percent composition of selected major cations and anions indicates that the ground-water quality of the Upper Floridan aquifer at the Albany wellfield is distinctly different from the water quality of the Flint River. To improve the understanding of the ground-water flow system and nitrate movement in the Upper Floridan aquifer, the USGS is developing a groundwater flow model in the southwest Albany area, Georgia.


The topic of he present paper is taken from the Automotive Systems Nurnberg, Sibiu. It refers to the product automatic gear box which equips a few FORD models, the specific part for which the research was developed being a auto screwing bolt for plastic which raises problems at the robotized screwing because of the poor knowledge of the accurate value of the axial force and the necessary torque.


Tests were performed to assess the suitability of the location of the air sampling probe on the 296-S-21 stack according to the criteria of ANSI N13.1-1999, Sampling and Monitoring Releases of Airborne Radioactive Substances from the Stacks and Ducts of Nuclear Facilities. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory conducted most tests on a 3.67:1 scale model of the stack. CH2MHill also performed some limited confirmatory tests on the actual stack. The tests assessed the capability of the air-monitoring probe to extract a sample representative of the effluent stream. The tests were conducted for the practical combinations of operating fans and addressed: (1) Angular Flow--The purpose is to determine whether the velocity vector is aligned with the sampling nozzle. The average yaw angle relative to the nozzle axis should not be more than 20. The measured values ranged from 5 to 11 degrees on the scale model and 10 to 12 degrees on the actual stack. (2) Uniform Air Velocity--The gas momentum across the stack cross section where the sample is extracted should be well mixed or uniform. The uniformity is expressed as the variability of the measurements about the mean, the coefficient of variance (COV). The lower the COV value, the moremore » uniform the velocity. The acceptance criterion is that the COV of the air velocity must be ?20% across the center two-thirds of the area of the stack. At the location simulating the sampling probe, the measured values ranged form 4 to 11%, which are within the criterion. To confirm the validity of the scale model results, air velocity uniformity measurements were made both on the actual stack and on the scale model at the test ports 1.5 stack diameters upstream of the sampling probe. The results ranged from 6 to 8% COV on the actual stack and 10 to 13% COV on the scale model. The average difference for the eight runs was 4.8% COV, which is within the validation criterion. The fact that the scale model results were slightly higher than the actual stack suggests that the other test results on the scale model are conservative relative to the actual stack. (3) Uniform Concentration of Tracer Gases--A uniform contaminant concentration in the sampling plane enables the extraction of samples that represent the true concentration. This was first tested using a tracer gas to represent gaseous effluents. The fan is a good mixer, so injecting the tracer downstream of the fans provides worst-case results. The acceptance criteria are that (1) the COV of the measured tracer gas concentration is ?20% across the center two-thirds of the sampling plane and (2) at no point in the sampling plane does the concentration vary from the mean by >30%. The results on the scale model at the point simulating the sampling probe ranged from 0.3 to 6 %COV, and the maximum single point deviation from the mean was -10%. (4) Uniform Concentration of Tracer Particles--Uniformity in contaminant concentration at the sampling probe was further demonstrated using tracer particles large enough to exhibit inertial effects. Particles of 10-?m aerodynamic diameter were used. The acceptance criterion is that the COV of particle concentration is ?20% across the center two-thirds of the sampling plane. The scale model results ranged form 2 to 9%. Based on these tests, the location of the air sampling probe on the 296-S-21 stack meets the requirements of the ANSI/HPS N13.1-1999 standard.« less


The aging process in water distribution system is one of the main drivers for the reduction of performances in water distribution systems. Furthermore, this conditions usually imply an increase in the maintenance costs that the water utilities have to sustain. In this situation it is required to undertake programmatic strategies in order to guarantee the highest benefit for both the final users and the water companies. An optimal rehabilitation strategy has been proposed in order to take into account the regulatory schemes that have to be abided at the national level, in the water industry.


Background: Rosa damascena Herrm (R. damascena) is a species of the Rosaceae family. The R. damascena has been shown to improve depression, anxiety and grief, it also suppresses allergic reactions and migraine headache. In addition, amelioration of learning and memory deficits, delay in onset of seizure attacks, alleviation of pain and improvement of sleep disorders have been attributed to extract and essential oil of R. damascena. This review was conducted to integrate the neuropharmacological effects of R. damascena. Methods: Employed scientific databases for collecting information were including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar. Results: The results of animal and clinical trial studies indicate that the extract of R. damascena and its essential oil apply useful therapeutic effects on depressant and anxiety- like behaviors, epileptic seizures, learning and memory impairments, sleep disturbances and pain. Conclusion: Based on scientific findings, the neuroprotective effects of R. damascena can be mainly linked to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.


Seffen's paper presents what it calls a simple analysis for the dynamics of the World Trade Center (WTC, implicitly just the South and North Towers) collapses. He claims the "factors responsible for the onset of collapse are now well established", that: (1) intense fires created by the aircraft compromised the remaining intact columns near the impact [those undamaged by the plane collision] to sustain the weight of the building above them. (2) The subsequent "near free fall" of these upper parts over just 1 story resulted in dynamical overloading of the undamaged columns below by a "factor of over 30". Seffen then goes on to develop a propagating instability model for how the fire brought the Towers down. But these claimed factors are factually inaccurate. Furthermore, in analyzing the model built on these factors, ideal assumptions are made that are in disagreement with physical principles inherent in the collapses of the Towers, and yield solutions that cannot provide answers or much insight into how the Towers fell.


he innate immune system is the first line of the defensivemechanismsthatprotecthostsfrominvadingpathogens.Theinnate response begins with the recognition of pathogen-associ-ated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern recognition recep-tors (PRRs), triggering intracellular signal transduction that cul-minateswiththetranscriptionofmultiplegenesthatcanfacilitateefficient pathogen control (1). Among the functional distinctclassesofPRRs,Toll-likereceptors(TLRs)arethebestcharacter-ized and are intensively studied due to their ability to recognize abroad range of PAMPs from a variety of pathogens (2). PAMPrecognition by its cognate TLR activates intracellular signalingpathwaysthataremediatedbyadaptormolecules,suchasmyeloiddifferentiation factor 88 (MyD88), resulting in the induction ofinflammatorycytokines,chemokines,andinterferons(IFNs)andthe upregulation of costimulatory molecules (3).The Gram-negative bacterium


The major objective of this paper is to build capacity of practitioners and decision makers to guide and handhold them to plan, design and implement E-waste management. It includes policy, collection, transportation and treatment in a city geographical area and country, here is a scope of further reduction of technology costs if the developing country has got infrastructure to for the local fabrication of machinery and equipment. A key recommendation is that the outstanding logistics issues are addressed in order to enable recyclers to define optimized processes for materials acquisition, processing and recovery. WEEE deposited at CA and other central collection sites should be segregated as far as possible into distinct streams that are compatible with subsequent transport and recycling technology choices. There is an ongoing need to educate designers regarding choices of materials and the implications of their choices on materials recycling.


The paper proposes an improved friend recommendation algorithm in social networks. It combines the relationship recommendation among friends and the similarity recommendation of tags. Firstly, through the friend relationship, the Top-N common friends among the target users are recommended. Secondly, the tag similarity among the target users and the recommended Top-N friends is used to recommend the friends with the highest similarity score, and they are given corresponding weights and scored. Finally, the Top-N uses with the highest scores are recommended. The results show that the proposed improved algorithm is efficient and its precision and recall rates are better than the common friend recommendation algorithms.


The Cenozoic Ostracoda recovered from two guyots in the western Pacific Ocean are investigated. A high percentage of the taxa have been restricted to the individual guyots, thus supporting recent evidence that high levels of endemism documented on these bathymetrically isolated sites are real and do not simply reflect lack of knowledge in that region. Changes in the Ostracoda assemblages (diversity, abundance, dominance, endemism, faunal turnover) are detailed, together with an analysis of the evolution of the major groups recovered. Biostratigraphical interpretatio ns are limited as a result of the high incidence of endemic taxa. Preliminary evidence is emerging from these Ostracoda, however, of regional "events" in the Ostracoda assemblages that can be traced on different guyots.


Objective To evaluate the causes and treatment of immediate dysuria after 2-micron laser resection of prostate.Methods The 10 patients of immediate dysuria after 2 micron laser resection of prostate were retrospectively analyzed.Results All the cases underwent cystoscopy,which showed 2 cases left with residual prostatic adenoma,3 with tissue suffocation,3 with edema,2 with uncertain causes.The 2 cases left with prostatic adenoma underwent another resection,and all the patients were inserted catheters for 3-30 days;3-12 months later the follow-up showed the patients recovered well without any serious complications.Conclusion A few cases may develop immediate dysuria after 2 micron laser resection of prostate.The causes include left adenoma,edema,tissue suffocation,which should be payed more attention.


In this study,the spectrophotometric method was used for determining the content of saponins from the mycelia in submerged culture.Ginsenoside Rg1 as the standard,at 550 nm,the linear range of the saponins concentration was from 10 μg to 240 μg,and the regressive equation was Y= 0.003 0 X-0.040 5,R2=0.998 4.The recovery rate was 99.4% and the relative standard deviation(RSD) was 1.97%.The relative standard deviation(RSD) of the accuracy was 1.89%.The content of saponins from the mycelia in submerged culture was about 2.69 mg/g.The method presented here has been proven to be convenient to operate and the result is accurate and highly sensitive.


The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the effect of one‐time brief additional counseling in periodic health examinations (PHE) through the National Screening Program for the Translational Ages in Korea is sustained after 2 years.


The whip leg technique is an indispensable offensive action for high-level Sanda athletes in the competition. In order to improve the effective guidance of the action of Wushu Sanda whip leg, based on wavelet transform, the three-dimensional image analysis of Sanda whip leg technical action characteristics, to explore the movement speed of each link of the attacking leg, the contraction form, and force sequence of major muscles or muscle groups and put forward correct and reasonable movement techniques, is expected to provide theoretical basis and reference for coaches and athletes in the training of Sanda whip leg movement. Based on this, this paper attempts to use the three-dimensional image analysis system and surface electromyography acquisition system from the perspective of wavelet transform to collect the speed of the attacking leg movement and the parameters related to muscle discharge and to quantitatively analyze and evaluate its movements. The sequence of activities of the whip leg strike is hip joint-knee joint-hip joint-knee joint-ankle joint. It is suggested to strictly follow the principle of link movement in practice, and the completion of the whole movement should be relaxed and natural.


Zircon samples from Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand; Rattanakiri, Cambodia and Dak Nong, Vietnam change their color from light brown and reddish-brown to blue color after thermal enhancement at 1000 ๐C in reducing condition for 60 min. The high temperature is one of the factors for the zircon structure to recrystallize. The objective of this study is to describe the crystal structure of zircon samples before and after thermal enhancement. Zircon is a metamict mineral whose structure is destroyed by some trace elements. There are radioactive elements such as U and Th in the zircon structure. In this study, Raman spectroscopy was used to analyze the molecular vibration in zircon structure before and after thermal enhancement. As a result, the Raman spectra of zircon samples after thermal enhancement show the Raman shift at peak position of V3(SiO4) stretching around 1008cm-1to higher wavenumber concerning to the full width at half maximum (FWHM) values calculated by PyMCA software. The results could be summarized that the metamict zircon will be recrystallized to the crystalline zircon after thermal enhancement. The advantage of this study is about the identification of zircon before and after thermal enhancement.


and which victims are most at risk stems from the apparent predictability of this crime. It is typically a repetitive crime, with the same perpetrator and victim. Furthermore, there is a wide spread belief that the violence usually escalates over the course of the relationship. There is evidence that the risk of severe violence and murder may increase when the victim attempts to end the relationship, and if she separates from the abuser. Because the perpetrator and victim may already be known to the system, and observations have been made of common characteristics of the cases that do end in homicide, it seems incumbent on service providers to attempt to identify the high-risk cases and intervene most strenuously in those cases. Responding to this need, programs and agencies dealing with abusers and victims, such as police programs, victim assistance agencies and probation departments (in the United States and Canada, mostly) have adopted a number of mechanisms to identify high-risk cases. The mechanisms include checklists, clinical interviews or practitioners' intuitions, and formal assessment instruments. Most commonly, however, practitioners assess risk "clinically," relying on beliefs or knowledge, experience and intuition, or they use an ad hoc scale or in the case of law enforcement, arrest records or repeat calls to the same location. None of the instruments in use has been rigorously independently or comparatively validated using a prospective design. The lack of such validation has discouraged some agencies from adopting an instrument, although they are often under pressure to have some method of identifying the cases most likely to escalate to homicide. In recent years there has been an increasing demand for methods for the accurate assessment of the risks of violence in intimate relationships.


Presentation for the 2015 Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium. This presentation discusses academic library innovations and developments in support of student learning.


Roger E.G. Schutgens Van Creveldkliniek, Center for benign hematology, thrombosis and hemostasis, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Funding/support: None. The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose. Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the European Hematology Association. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. HemaSphere (2018) 2:6(e154) Citation: Schutgens REG. FXII: The Cuckoo in the Nest. HemaSphere, 2018;2:6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ HS9.0000000000000154 n 1955, Ratnoff and Colopy described 3 patients with deficiency of a previously unknown I clotting factor, which he called "the Hageman factor" (later termed FXII), named after the first patient. It was the starting point for the waterfall sequence theory published by Davie and Ratnoff in 1964. Remarkably, these patients had no bleeding tendency, but demonstrated prolonged clotting times in vitro. Already in the sixties, it was thought that FXII played a role in thrombosis, fibrinolysis, inflammation, vascular permeability, and the contact system. Recent studies have improved our insights in the role of FXII in health and disease (Fig. 1) and the potential benefits of targeted interference.


In this paper, we present a general revision model on epistemic states based on plausibility measures proposed by Friedman and Halpern. We propose our revision strategy and give some desirable properties, e.g., the reversible and commutative properties. Moreover, we develop a notion called plausibility kinematics and show that our revision strategy follows plausibility kinematics. Furthermore, we prove that the revision following plausibility kinematics satisfies the principle of minimal change based on some distance measures. Finally, we discuss a revision operator defined for plausibility functions and its relationship with iterated belief revision proposed by Darwiche and Pearl. We show that the revision operator satisfies all the DP postulates when it is Max-Additive.


A hardground from the Upper Ordovician Dillsboro Formation near Dillsboro, Indiana, U.S.A., preserves an assemblage of encrusting and boring fossils on both top and bottom surfaces. The slab is inferred to have been an undercut ledge, and the dominant fossils of the assemblage, holdfasts of the tube-building worm Sphenothallus and trepostome bryozoans, are prevalent on both sides. The clumping of Sphenothallus holdfasts has been statistically demonstrated using a nearest-neighbor technique. Sphenothallus has also been shown to withstand overgrowth in interactions with bryozoans.


The prisoners' rights revolution began in the 1960s with a series of lawsuits that resulted in several key US Supreme Court decisions. As a result of the Court's rulings and recent legislation, much has changed in America's jails and prisons.

Keywords:

criminal justice;
criminal law;
civil rights;
constitutional law;
corrections;
jurisprudence;
prison


ATLAS track reconstruction software is continuously evolving to match the demands from the increasing instantaneous luminosity of the LHC, as well as the increased center-of-mass energy. These conditions result in a higher abundance of events with dense track environments, such as the core of jets or boosted tau leptons undergoing three-prong decays. These environments are characterised by charged particle separations on the order of the ATLAS inner detector sensor dimensions and are created by the decay of boosted objects. Significant upgrades were made to the track reconstruction software to cope with the expected conditions during LHC Run 2. In particular, new algorithms targeting dense environments were developed. These changes lead to a substantial reduction of reconstruction time while at the same time improving physics performance. The employed methods are presented and physics performance studies are shown, including a measurement of the fraction of lost tracks in jets with high transverse momentum.


This article presents the results of a comprehensive investigation into the practice and effectiveness of marketing in the UK, and provides an overview of the state of the marketing art in the UK. The survey compares and contrasts the marketing practice of the best performing companies in the sample, the "high‐fliers", against the remainder of the sample, the "also rans", in order to isolate the special marketing characteristics of an organisation which outperforms its rivals in a competitive marketplace. The authors have identified the "high‐flier" characteristics and summarised them in a six point plan for marketing excellence.


This study proposes a text summarization model that simultaneously performs sentence extraction and compression. We translate the text summarization task into a problem of extracting a set of dependency subtrees in the document cluster. We also encode obligatory case constraints as must-link dependency constraints in order to guarantee the readability of the generated summary. In order to handle the subtree extraction problem, we investigate a new class of submodular maximization problem, and a new algorithm that has the approximation ratio 12(1 − e−1). Our experiments with the NTCIR ACLIA test collections show that our approach outperforms a state-of-the-art algorithm.


As asset owners, Regional Electricity Companies in the UK have responsibilities for the lifetime care of their assets. New methods of minimising the lifetime costs of assets are constantly being sought. Since privatisation of the industry, new methods of collaboration on issues of common concern have been emerging, and this paper describes the background to, reasons for and outcome of one such venture. (7 pages)


Propionibacterium acnes has been recognized as one of the main causative agents in pathogenesis of acne. The Institute of Dermatology of Thailand reported that acne was one of the top three diseases of patients treated during 2009-2012. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the antibacterial activities of 14 seaweed extracts against P. acnes by using agar disc diffusion technique. Yield and polyphenol contents of the extracts were determined. The results showed that the highest yield and polyphenol contents were obtained from Lobophora australis with the values of 51.39±1.90% and 28.83±2.81 mgPGE (phloroglucinol equivalent)/g dwt, respectively. The highest antibacterial activities were found in Padina minor, L. australis and P. tetrastomatica with the inhibition zones of 12.83±0.75, 12.20±0.34 and 11.60±0.36 mm, respectively. However, these antibacterial activities were still lower than that of clindamycin (44.89±2.30 mm). Moreover, brown seaweed extracts, especially that belonging to the family Dictyotaceae showed the highest activity to inhibit acne-inducing bacteria. The results of this study can help promote the utilization of seaweed and lead to further study to develop acne medication products in the future.


OBJECTIVE: To review the use of testosterone for the prevention of bone loss in men with HIV infection. DATA SOURCES: A MEDLINE search (1966–May 2002) on the use of testosterone in osteoporosis/HIV infection was performed. A reference bibliography search was also completed. DATA SYNTHESIS: Osteopenia/osteoporosis is reported in HIV-infected men due to a myriad of factors. Sex hormone deficiency is a frequent endocrine abnormality in this population. CONCLUSIONS: In HIV-negative men, testosterone may be beneficial for preventing bone loss and hastening the resolution of fractures. Testosterone's role in preventing bone loss in HIV-infected men remains to be defined.


The northwesternmost lobe of the Laurentide ice sheet flowed parallel to the Richardson and British mountains in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Reconstructed ice profiles from drift limits indicate that the early Wisconsin (?) and late Wisconsin Laurentide ice sheets in this area were thin and characterized by exceptionally low basal shear stresses of 1-30 kPa (0.01-0.3 bars). The low glacier profiles probably reflect subglacial sediment deformation at low basal shear stress and significant subglacial pore pressures. The Laurentide ice sheet was apparently not frozen to its base along its northwest margin at 69?N latitude. Rapid retreat rates of the northwest Laurentide ice sheet are probably due in part to its low initial profile. Solar energy would have been sufficient to melt the stagnant low profile ice sheet. The Laurentide ice sheet was asymmetric in the late Wisconsin, thicker in the east than in the west.


A collision cascade enhancement model is proposed to explain specific features of recoil implantation reactions. The large substitution yield in the reaction *M + M(0-dik)3 -> *M(0-dik)3 + Μ increases with energy and saturates at about 100 keV, with the energy value very high compared to the ordinary hot atom reaction. The yield-energy curve showed an inflexion point for *M = Rh and Μ = Rh. The observed yield (yohs) is expressed by the following equation: y"bs = Y0 + k^Sn Ef(r) • F(r)dr, where Y0 is initial yield, S" is a nuclear stopping power, Ej{r) is an efficiency term and F{r) is an attenuation term at distance r. Assuming Efir^r"' and F{r)"(\ + r")~, integration gives a curve which fits the experimental one when η = 4. The agreement is more satisfactory if S" is taken into consideration in integration. In the collision cascade enhancement model proposed in this study, enhancement mechanisms are supposed to involve such forms of indirect interaction as attack of high-pressure and high-temperature pulses.


I have long been captivated by the magnificence and nocturnal adaptation of the owl. The manner in which they have evolved and have been placed in their appropriate niches, is a well studied subject. Having studied and looked for owls for many years, I was thrilled when a young tropical screech owl (Otus choliba) was brought to me to take care of on a temporary basis. By observing this diminutive owl night and day, I have been able to increase my knowledge about the habits and mannerisms of this curious family. DESCRIPTION This species measures between 8 and 9 inches in length, depending on eartufts being erected or lying suppressed. The main color is brownish to grayish in tone, having the facial disks light grey in color, and a black rim enclosing them. A few creamy white feathers are found on the forehead where the cere is located. The wings, upper back and tail feathers are reddish-brown, decorated with distinct black bands, creating a mottled effect. The breast is cream colored with darker streaks, not forming bars, but small vertical markings. The beak is horn colored, feet are grayish and the claws are black. On various museum specimens, which I have studied, I have noticed some to be more rufous and others quite grayer in tone. The eyes do not reflect back as in Caprimulgids, but their bright yellow irides are quite obvious. DISTRIBUTION Robert Ridgely says in his Birds of Panama that it is "fairly common in light second growth woodland and woodland borders, clearings and open areas with scattered trees, and residential areas in lowlands on Pacific slope from Chiriqui (western Panama) to Canal Zone and Panama City.'' There existed no record for this bird in eastern Darien on the Colombian border, but one has since been taken there. According to Ridgely, the range includes Costa Rica and Panama, south to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. Slud states in his Birds of Costa Rica (1961) that it has been collected almost entirely on the subtropical central plateau and neighboring slopes. Carriker wrote in his Birds of Costa Rica (1910) that very little was known about its distribution or its life. Obviously the life of this bird in its wild haunts merits further study. VOCALIZATIONS In the wild this owl utters, from what I have heard, a short trill similar to that of the eastern screech owl Otus asio of North America, but it is followed by one to three "hoooks" in a higher pitch than that of the trill. I have heard this vocalization but once in captivity, and also that of a shallow growl, "awrrrr" and a bill snapping sound made by slamming the lower and upper mandible together. This bill snapping is made when I approach him during the day when he is roosting quietly on a perch situated high in his cage. The growl is emitted at night either when hungry and he has not been fed yet, or while he is near his food and is trying to avoid intrusion. I am located in an apartment in an urban area. It might be possible that this bird and others of his kind kept in a captive situation would utter their call more frequently if they were kept in an aviary in a rural area where feral owls could be heard. FEEDING I do not know with any certainty what comprises the diet of this owl in the wild. It almost certainly consists of small rodents and invertebrates much the same as that of Otus asio. In captivity this owl has been offered one dead mouse nightly. Every three or four nights the owl is not fed in order to keep its weight down. During periods of rodent scarcity, I fed this bird strips of raw beef smothered in cod liver oil and covered with feathers to provide roughage in the hopeful event that it would cast pellets. HABITS IN THE WILD In the wild I have noticed the habits of this species to be nearly identical to that of Otus asio. It frequents the same type of habitat, found more often at clearings and scattered tree savannas, than in heavy rain forests. It responds well to recordings of its voice not by answering, but by flying to a nearby location and fluttering around. Although I never heard this owl call back, the eastern screech owl has perched about ten feet away from me in the state of Maryland, and has begun to call. Whether or not the birds are defending their territory from an intruder, or merely responding to their mating call, I am not sure, for I have never been divebombed by these birds. OBSERVATIONS IN CAPTIVITY The tropical screech owl has fascinated me in the period of time that I have kept him. Having been hit by a car, his wing is broken, and has mended in the wrong way, making him an unreleasable subject. Although he can fly for some distance when I release him in a large room, he is not capable of a sustained flight or hunting on his own. The plumage of owls is incredibly suited for night life, since they are endowed with specialized barbs on their flight feathers, making their flight noiseless. I have noticed this adaptation when releasing the owl for exercise. The plumage is also very soft, and one characteristic that I have noted is that the eyelids are independently maneuvered, being able to open one eye to view its surroundings, while keeping the other one closed. Another interesting aspect about the eyelids is that they are feathered; a very unique feature. Since owls have binocular vision, like humans, they are able to move their heads in any direction. Much to the surprise of many people, owls can see just as well during the day as during the night. In one instance, when I had placed the food inside the owl's enclosure, I noticed how similar he appeared to the burrowing owl, Speotyto canicularia, of the drier areas of the United States. With legs extended and eartufts suppressed, he was most reminiscent of this northern bird. I find owls to be extremely interesting avicultural subjects, and much can be learned about their behavior in the wild by studying them and their habits in captivity. Since breeding most owls in a captive environment is relatively simple, increased effort should be placed in rearing these most fascinating creatures of the night.


To improve the technical effect of the arc current control for CO 2 welding, the controlling method was used to realize real time fuzzy adjustment of the arc current. The droplet volume was used as the aim function, the pulse width of the arc current as the adjustment parameter, and the fuzzy controller as the core. The results show that the method simplify the setting of welding parameters, strengthen welding stability and adaptability to the welding conditions, and improve the welding results.


In this article, we study some operators associated with the Rarita–Schwinger operators. They arise from the difference between the Dirac operator and the Rarita–Schwinger operators. These operators are called remaining Rarita–Schwinger operators. They are based on the Dirac operator and projection operators I − P k , where P k is a projection operator used to define the k-th Rarita–Schwinger type operator. The fundamental solutions of the remaining Rarita–Schwinger operators are harmonic polynomials, homogeneous of degree k. First we study the remaining Rarita–Schwinger operators and their representation theory in Euclidean space. Second, we can extend the remaining Rarita–Schwinger operators in Euclidean space to the sphere under the Cayley transformation.


We point out that the intrinsic relationship between space and momentum in quantum physics through the uncertainty principle has potential implications for momentum anisotropy in heavy-ion collisions. Using a harmonic oscillator potential we calculate the elliptic anisotropy and find it to be sizeable compared to elliptic flow measurements in nuclear collisions. Our results question the validity of the completely hydrodynamic interpretation of anisotropic flow data, and highlight the importance of including quantum physics in hydrodynamic calculations which has largely been neglected so far.


Electrical methods using active sources (direct current (DC) resistivity and induced polarization (IP)) are probably the most widely used near-surface geophysical techniques, particularly for environmental investigations. After first providing a brief historical perspective on the development of these methods, we present a range of field investigation approaches, including surface-based imaging and borehole-based imaging. Forward and inverse modeling approaches are reviewed and a general framework for modeling is presented, including the analysis of time-lapse data and image appraisal. Throughout the chapter, we offer some guidelines on the measurement and modeling of DC resistivity and IP data. Finally, some perspectives on future developments of these methods are offered.


Purpose: Hip spica casts are a common method to treat trauma or hip dysplasia for children aged ~6 months to 4 or 5 years. The cast is typically applied with the lower extremities positioned to achieve satisfactory fracture reduction and/or joint stability while avoiding a reduction in blood flow to the hip joint. A number of studies have observed that some spica cast positions can present a challenge to safely transport the child home. This is due to the posterior cast geometry which is typically not congruent with the child's car seat. In the current study, a series of transportation options were evaluated to identify seats that accommodate a hip spica cast.


The identification of time delays in continuous-time systems is considered, and a simple recursive algorithm is derived with the use of Newton's method. Consistency properties of the algorithm are analyzed using the ordinary differential equation approach. It is shown that the algorithm leads to the true, unique solution if a ramp input is used. The algorithm is also applicable to the identification of timevarying delays.


We have studied the Lie symmetries of singular Hamilton systems, and established the determining equations, the restriction equations and the structure equations. The conditions under which a Lie symmetry can lead to a conserved quantity and the form of the quantity were given. An example is given to illustrate the application of the result.


The modeling of the resonant-tunneling hot-electron transistor (RHET) is described. In an analysis of the resonant-tunneling barrier, the Schrodinger and Poisson equations are solved self-consistently. The electron transport in the base and the collector barrier region is simulated using the Monte Carlo method, taking account of the space charge in the collector barrier. The model used includes the effect of coupled plasmon-LO phonon scattering and electron-electron scattering in the base region. The transit time is calculated in the base and the collector barrier region. The 50-nm base transient time is 0.059 ps. On the other hand, the 200-nm collector barrier transit time is larger than 1 ps due to intervalley scattering in the collector barrier region. it is shown that the collector barrier transit time can be reduced to 0.089 ps in the 50-nm collector barrier RHET at a collector-base voltage of 0.5 V. >


We consider the question of uniqueness of weak solutions of the extrinsic polyharmonic map heat flows of arbitrary order in the corresponding critical dimension and show that weak solutions with non-increasing energy are unique. In addition, under a natural regularity assumption on the time-dependence of the energy functional, we prove that the only way for non-uniqueness to occur is by reverse bubbling.


To further investigate the growth and development characteristics of Banndainiitaka pear,we performed field survey on its stem and branches in young-age period and measured the growth and nutrient elements of leaves and fruits.The results indicated that Banndainiitaka pear tree grew fast in young-age period with vigorous growth of branch;For trunk girth growth percentage of young tree,the value in early stage(142%) was higher than that in later stage(120%);The one-year branch grew well with good development and high percentage of flower buds(63.15% on average),and its capacity of fruiting was similar to the two or three-year branch.In 30 to 150 days after blossom stage,SPAD increased gradually and ranged from 39.6 to 48.8;the contents of P,K and Mg in leaves decreased gradually,whereas that of Ca increased,and they ranged from 0.058% to 0.124%,1.07% to 1.48%,0.250% to 0.332%,and 1.10% to 2.37%,respectively.In contrast,the content of N remained stable,ranged from 2.08% to 2.85%.The fruit growth curves of Banndainiitaka pear showed an "M" shape and a trend of "quick-slow-quick";the increase of water contents in fruit was similar to the change of fruit growth,that is,fruit grew faster the content of water was higher;inorganic matters varied fast in the period of youth fruit,and the content of K showed a highest change from the period of youth fruit(1.092 g/100g) to fruit ripening time(1.035 g/100g);the sugar content of fruit exhibited a tendency to accumulate progressively,and the highest content was 9.83 g/100 g FW in mature fruit;the content of organic acid displayed a trend of "decline-rise-decline",and declined to the lowest level in fruit ripening time.Furthermore,fruits should be harvested within 150 to 160 days after blossom stage.


There are a variety of reasons, both domestic and external, behind Turkey's fear of exclusion from the European security framework. An attempt will be made in this article to examine them and discuss the evolution of security considerations in Turkey and its attitude towards cooperating with the European Union on security matters. A profound transformation of domestic politics coincides with America's radical shift from status quo maintenance, to a frontal attack against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Turkey will have to resolve its domestic cleavages before it considers its security policy vis-à-vis the US and Europe.


In this article, Sadriddin Aini's tazkirah "Namunayi Adabiyoti Tojik", its composition, the history of our classic literature, modern literature and the scientific significance of the work in Uzbek criticism are discussed.


Visionary leadership is one of the leadership aspects which have drawn much attention of researchers over the past years. As a result of this, it has been found that visionary leadership is positively associated with both organizational and employees outcomes. However, most of studies on visionary leadership has presumed a direct casual effect on these outcomes and has relatively neglected the indirect effect of visionary leadership by intervening with other organizational variables. The objective of the present study is to assess the effect of visionary leadership on organizational commitment (OC) with mediating effect of Leader Member Exchange (LMX).100 respondents were selected as the sample of the study using random sampling method. Standard questionnaires measuring visionary leadership, OC and LMX were administered for data collection. Hypotheses were formulated based on the literature review and tested with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). It was found that there is a positive and significant relationship between visionary leadership and OC. Further, it was revealed that there is a significant indirect effect of LMX on the relationship between visionary leadership and OC. The direct impact of visionary leadership explains the much of variance of OC than the indirect effect through LMX. The implications of findings were discussed and further studies were proposed. Wayamba Journal of Management 2013 4(1): 1-10


Ethidium bromide has long been the method of choice for staining DNA and RNA in agarose gels. However, this dye has the disadvantages of being mutagenic and toxic. To improve user safety, companies have developed alternative fluorescent dyes such as the SYBR® range of dyes1, 2 which offer a better safety profile3. The complaint of many researchers is that in the case of the SYBR® Safe stain it does not offer the same level of sensitivity as ethidium bromide and with SYBR® Green stain and SYBR® Gold stain can require longer integration times for visualisation, when viewed with UV light. UV transilluminators commonly used to excite SYBR dyes, emit UV in a broad band (approximately 100nm wide) centred at 300nm. As most fluorescent dyes have a bimodal excitation spectrum, with one excitation peak in the UV and another in the visible range, using a blue converter screen to change UV to light with an excitation range of 410-510nm, where SYBR dyes have a second excitation peak, is said to improve the sensitivity of many SYBR dyes. In this article we describe how using CCD technology with a blue converter screen and the correct lighting and filter conditions enables scientists to rapidly image SYBR Green and SYBR Gold stains with better levels of sensitivity than DNA stained with ethidium bromide, thus offering a safe yet accurate imaging method.


Cavitation mapping is a reliable tool to monitor therapeutic ultrasound applications based in microbubbles. However, when the temporal duration of the transmitted pulses is long, the acoustic emission of the bubbles extends in time, and it becomes difficult to generate sharp acoustic cavitation images. In this work, we present a method based on long synchronized sine-sweep pulses that enable the separation of individual impulse responses to produce sharp cavitation images and increases the signal-to-noise ratio. By uncoupling nonlinear signatures, the method allows the separation of pulse-compressed impulse responses for the linear response and for each harmonic component. In this way, using synchronized sine-sweep, the cavitation of microbubbles under the action of a therapeutic transducer can be mapped with accuracy and with a robust signal-to-noise ratio. This pulse compression method enables the harmonic localization for nonlinear cavitation mapping, enabling the individual imaging of nonlinear signatures of cavitating bubbles. The cavitation images allow to identify the real focal spot of a therapeutic transducer, and the nonlinear signatures offers quantitative information about the stable or inertial regime of the cavitating bubble.


Youssef El Boundati 1 , Khadija Ziat 1 , Ahmed Naji 2 , Mohamed Saidi 1 and Lotfi Rghioui 3 . 1. Laboratory Physico-Chemistry of Materials, Natural Substances and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier (Morocco). 2. Laboratory of Mathematics and Applications, Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier (Morocco). 3. Laboratoire de Spectroscopie, Modélisation Moléculaire, Matériaux et Environnement (LS3ME), Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V-Agdal University, Rabat (Morocco). ...................................................................................................................... Manuscript Info Abstract ......................... ........................................................................ Manuscript History Received: 04 September 2018 Final Accepted: 06 October 2018 Published: November 2018


The article describes the process of KPI implementation in Russian major companies and executive agencies as one of the stages of transition to innovative economy and result-oriented work. The article deals with methods of compilation of efficiency factors and indicators. The results of KPI's practical application are given.


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Mission Statement Every year, more than 1.5 million textile implants are successfully used worldwide, in particular for the treatment of hernias (hernia meshes). These can also lead to complications years later due to implant infections. This is caused by bacteria adhering to the mesh surface, which manifest an infection spontaneously or even years after implantation. Previous implant strategies to reduce infections have been based on the use of antimicrobial coatings. Due to the very cost-intensive and lengthy approval process as a combination product, such implants have a very high price level. Furthermore, the efficacy and safety of mesh implants with antibacterial agents are controversially discussed and the increase of resistance is omnipresent. Therefore, cost-effective textile solutions have to be developed that both counteract increased bacterial contamination and lower the approval barriers. In the literature, effects related to bacterial adhesion are described which can be attributed to textile properties such as thread geometry and surface and structural parameters such as effective porosity and effective mesh surface. The influence of these material-, filamentand structure-specific properties on bacterial adhesion has not yet been sufficiently investigated. The ResistantMesh project follows a new innovative approach based on the modification of the textile structure to reduce the bacterial adhesion of mesh implants. The influence of the mesh structure on the risk of infection has been demonstrated by numerous preclinical data, but the previous approaches to implant optimization are very poor. Univ.-Prof. Prof. h.c. (Moscow State Univ.) Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Thomas Gries Director


As part of an evaluation of drink/driver rehabilitation courses for the Department for Transport (DfT), TRL has carried out a survey of offenders who were referred by the court to a course but decided not to attend (non-attenders). The survey investigated the reasons why the offenders accepted a referral to a drink/drive rehabilitation course in court and subsequently decided not to attend. The results showed that the majority of offenders knew about the benefits of attending a course and had accepted the offer to gain a reduction in their disqualification period on completion. Cost, however, was reported to be the main barrier against attendance. Based upon the results, the authors suggest how the proportion of offenders attending a drink/drive course could be increased. (A)


According to the engine cooling system having a thermostat according to an embodiment of the invention, the head cylinder is disposed on the formed block and the block to form a combustion chamber and formed with an intake port and an exhaust port that is connected to the combustion chamber, wherein past the head and the block, the oil cooler, wherein the block is arranged under the supply of cooling water discharged from each side, so as to control the temperature of the oil circulating in the cooling water valve, the head or the block for distributing the cooling water to the cooling element It is supplied to the cooling water discharged from the other side, and it may comprise a thermostat to selectively transmitted to the side of the oil cooler.


Sparse principal component analysis (PCA) involves nonconvex optimization for which the global solution is hard to obtain. To address this issue, one popular approach is convex relaxation. However, such an approach may produce suboptimal estimators due to the relaxation effect. To optimally estimate sparse principal subspaces, we propose a two-stage computational framework named "tighten after relax": Within the 'relax' stage, we approximately solve a convex relaxation of sparse PCA with early stopping to obtain a desired initial estimator; For the 'tighten' stage, we propose a novel algorithm called sparse orthogonal iteration pursuit (SOAP), which iteratively refines the initial estimator by directly solving the underlying nonconvex problem. A key concept of this two-stage framework is the basin of attraction. It represents a local region within which the `tighten' stage has desired computational and statistical guarantees. We prove that, the initial estimator obtained from the 'relax' stage falls into such a region, and hence SOAP geometrically converges to a principal subspace estimator which is minimax-optimal within a certain model class. Unlike most existing sparse PCA estimators, our approach applies to the non-spiked covariance models, and adapts to non-Gaussianity as well as dependent data settings. Moreover, through analyzing the computational complexity of the two stages, we illustrate an interesting phenomenon that larger sample size can reduce the total iteration complexity. Our framework motivates a general paradigm for solving many complex statistical problems which involve nonconvex optimization with provable guarantees.


The Directorate General of Immigration, under the auspices of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia as a public organization, should provide public services to the community. Various efforts have been made to provide the best passport services, but there are still some complaints from the public and problems with passport services. Therefore, it is crucial to improve the quality of passport services for Indonesian citizens. The problems discussed in this study are how the strategy in improving the quality of passport-making services can be applied by the Immigration Office in Indonesia and the obstacles faced in improving the quality of passport services in Indonesia. The research method used in this research is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The results of this study are that there are 4 (four) steps and strategies to improve the quality of passport services: Improving employee competence in public services, meeting community needs, setting service standards and standard operating procedures, and building a culture of excellent service.


The use of a systemic insecticide, American Cyanamid CL-47031 (cyclic ethylene (diethoxyphosphinyl) dithioimidocarbonate), with a feeding stimulant to control the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, was explored.

Laboratory tests indicated that the treatment of leaves with a feeding Stimulant formulated with sucrose and agar altered both the feeding behavior and movement of boll weevils.

CL-47031 applied in a granular formulation as a soil treatment and in a lanolin paste as a stem treatment to cotton just beginning to fruit gave substantial mortalities of adult boll weevils. When CL-47031 was applied as a stem treatment to fruiting cotton and a boll weevil feeding stimulant, a water extract of squares (3g/10 ml water), formulated with sucrose and agar was applied as a foliar spray, weevil mortality was more than twice that obtained when the same insecticide was used alone.


Stable anode spots patterns are studied in a glow discharge at atmospheric pressure helium. The presence of two or more anode spots is accompanied by fluctuations of discharge parameters: discharge current, interelectrode voltage, light intensity, etc. The spots disappear at anode region contraction at a current of several amps.The frequency of fluctuations is on the order of 1 MHz. Correlation functions of fluctuations of spots luminosity, discharge current and voltage were obtained. At certain discharge parameters a synchronization of spots oscillations occurs, and voltage and current fluctuations become almost regular.


The struggle between respiratory viruses and their hosts rages on. Any doubt of the importance of that battle is quickly quelled by the recent pandemic of swine flu attributable to H1N1-type influenza A virus (IAV), as well as the devastating outbreaks of avian flu (attributable to H5N1-type IAV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (attributable to SARS–corona virus). In addition to the viral influence on acute illness, we (and others) have presented a considerable amount of experimental evidence that respiratory viruses are responsible, at least in part, for the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (1). In each instance, the severity of infection and the consequent impact of the virus on the host is likely dictated by the outcome of the chess game between the pathogen and the immune response. Thus, an understanding of the innate and adaptive immune responses to viruses (particularly respiratory viruses) remains an important public health issue, and one that can be addressed experimentally. In that regard, the article by Senft and colleagues in the April 2010 issue of the AJRCMB demonstrates once again how a common respiratory virus can resource its small genome to outwit the larger and more complex genomic repertoire of its human host (2). In particular, that report provides new evidence for how respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can subvert the antiviral IFN signaling system in lung macrophages. The findings provide a timely opportunity to update in brief the critical roles of IFN signaling as well as cells of the innate immune system in the virus-versus-host struggle, and to describe how this information might translate into improvements in host defense and disease outcome.


Objective To investigate the relationship between abnormal expression of CD28, CD152 costimulatory molecules on subpopulation of T cells and the immune dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, CD152 on the surface of T cells were labeled by immuno-fluorescence and determined by flow cytometry. Results As compared with control, CD3+CD4+ T cells were significantly higher (P0.01), while CD3+CD8+ T cells were significantly lower (P0.05). CD28 on CD4+Tcells was significantly lower (P0.05), while CD28 on CD8+T cells was neither higher nor lower(P0.05).CD152 on CD4+T and CD8+T cells were both significantly higher (P0.01). Conclusion In RA patients the initial reaction of cellular immunity is B7/CD28 pathway activation. It activates T cells, then a great deal of CD152 is secreted. It combines with B7 and inhibits T cells. The decrease of CD28 causes AICD of lymphocytes in RA patients, then induces pathological injuries. Blocking of CD152/B7 pathway is helpful in RA treatment.


In situ synthesised TiN reinforced Ti6Al4V matrix composites were fabricated via laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) in an atmosphere of 10vol.-% N2 and 90vol.-% Ar based on novel gas–liquid reaction between N2 and Ti6Al4V melt pool. With lower laser energy density (LED), the microstructures of the composites mainly consisted of acicular α′ martensites, while the martensites were shortened and coarsened with increasing LED. The X-ray diffraction analysis demonstrated that the interstitial solid solution of N was formed in the Ti lattice. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis confirmed the generation of TiN. The microhardness, yield strength, ultimate strength and plasticity of the composites initially increased and then decreased with increasing LED. The strengthening mechanisms of the composites were elucidated.


A powerful excitatory agent placed in the immediate environment of a smooth muscle will induce or accelerate a series of cellular reactions. Usually, the first step in the chain of reactions is the formation of a re versible complex between molecules of the agonist and specific receptors in the muscle's plasma membrane. The end result is a change in the tension or the length of the smooth muscle fibers, or both. The central focus in this review will be on the sequence of cellular reactions that appear to be essen tial for linking the interaction of the drug and receptor to the activation of the contractile apparatus.


The present invention discloses one kind of nanometer berberine hydrochloride emulsion. The nanometer berberine hydrochloride emulsion consists of berberine hydrochloride 0.1-2 wt%, surfactant 20-40 wt%, co-surfactant 10-20 wt%, solvent 1-10 wt%, oil phase 5-30 wt%, sweetener 1-5 wt% and distilled water 27.5-70 wt%. The nanometer berberine hydrochloride emulsion has raised berberine hydrochloride dissolubility, raised bioavailability, lowered toxic side effect, simple preparation process and low production cost.


In this paper, a whisker array sensor for object surface shape measurement is designed and experimentally demonstrated. The developed sensor is based on a 4×4 whisker array with fiber Bragg grating, which imitates the structure of the facial whiskers of animals like mice and dogs. The surface shape reconstruction is based on the curvature information of each sensing point by measuring the wavelength shift of each fiber Bragg grating fixed on the whisker. The conversion coefficient between wavelength shift and bending curvature is obtained then the change of fiber Bragg grating is converted into corresponding bending curvature. The measurement error on the altitude of the whisker of each sensing point is about 1.2%. By curve fitting the curvature information of the whole fiber Bragg grating whisker array, the surface shape of the target surface is reconstructed. In this experiment, the spatial resolution of the sensor is 10 mm, which can theoretically meet the need of any spatial resolution by adjusting the measurement algorithm. The design successfully realizes surface shape sensing, which has important practical value in the field of robot tactile, in aviation and disaster relief.


he Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) is an innovative, dynamic health care centre that serves as the centre of excellence for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), occupational health, diabetes care and general internal medicine in the West Indies. The Heart Institute of the Caribbean is located in Kingston, Jamaica and is the regional centre for comprehensive and sophisticated diagnosis and management of all forms of heart diseases.


This research investigates the evolution of federal and state income tax preferences for the elderly during the past twenty-five years. Documenting how various types of income tax preferences have changed reveals that state tax policies are not simply mimicking federal tax law. It also shows a divergence in how the different types of state preferences have evolved. The authors explore two explanations for these patterns: the political power of the elderly and state tax competition. They construct a summary measure using representative household profiles created from the Current Population Survey and the TAXSIM calculator for 1977 to 2002. Several patterns emerge that are consistent with both explanations, but data limitations make it difficult to obtain definitive results. The most salient finding is that a proportionately large elderly population is associated with less generous tax preferences for the elderly, which is consistent with a ``program cost'' rather than ``preference'' effect of an aging population.


This paper reports the performance results of an experimental study of a nonlinear co-channel interference cancellation technique for TDMA transmission. In this technique, both the desired signal and co-channel interference are estimated by nonlinear processing. An implementation of this technique by using field programmable gate array (FPGA) is described. In this implementation, a 250 k-gate FPGA chip is used in order to realize the highly complex signal processing including TCM decoding, equalization, delay profile estimation and co-channel interference cancelling. This trellis-coded co-channel interference canceller (TCC) requires 13 clocks to process one symbol, and hence it can achieve about 615 kbps processing speed at 8 MHz clock rate.


In the paper, Carol Ramey will outline the reasons Father Chaminade chose to form lay communities to restore faith and zeal among Catholics in France after the French Revolution. The spirituality and organizational wisdom of the Marianist Founders, which contributed to the vitality within the communities as well as multiple good works within France, will be discussed. Distinctive features of community as lived by members of the religious institutes—the Society of Mary and the Daughters of Mary Immaculate—will be described. After 30 years of growth and expansion, the French government suppressed lay communities. Ms. Ramey will investigate the re-emergence of this branch of the Marianist Family. Today's expressions of Marianist community, both within the vowed religious communities and among lay people, will be examined for their fidelity to the foundational vision and for what they give witness to in today's world.


This paper describes the use of medical technology and telemedicine to provide healthcare to a population of over 400,000 Micronesian and American Samoan who live on islands scattered over the Pacific Ocean, in an area equal to that of the USA. Low cost communication technologies were used to provide this population with medical consulting and distance medical learning. The paper describes a case of such usage, and lists the initial steps taken to institute a continuing program of telemedicine in Micronesia and the Pacific Islands.


PURPOSE: A disc return device is provided to simplify an instrument by ejecting a disc type recording medium by a rotatable ejecting lever. CONSTITUTION: One pair of rails(104,123) are located in the opposite side of a disc type recording medium. A plurality of link arms(102,103) rotatably support to a base chassis. The plurality of link arms parallelly move the pair of rails to the direction separately contacting with the outer surface of a disc type recording medium. A return roller(107,112) is supported by the rail. The return roller rotates at least one and returns the disc type recording medium. An ejection lever(108) pressurizes the outer surface of the disc type recording medium and returns the disc type recording medium.


The development of criteria and standards for the regulation of drinking water contaminants involves a variety of processes, one of which is risk estimation. This estimation process, called quantitative risk assessment, involves combining data on the occurrence of the contaminant in drinking water and its toxicity. The human exposure to a contaminant can be estimated from occurrence data. Usually the toxicity or number of health effects per concentration level is estimated from animal bioassay studies using the multistage model. For comparison, other models will be used including the Weibull, probit, logit and quadratic ones. Because exposure and toxicity data are generally incomplete, assumptions need to be made and this generally results in a wide range of certainty in the estimates. This range can be as wide as four to six orders of magnitude in the case of the volatile organic compounds in drinking water and a factor of four to five for estimation of risk due to radionuclides in drinking water. As examples of the differences encountered in risk assessment of drinking water contaminants, discussions are presented on benzene, lead, radon and alachlor. The lifetime population risk estimates for these contaminants are, respectively, in the ranges of: <1 - 3000,more » <1 - 8000, 2000-40,000 and <1 - 80. 11 references, 1 figure, 1 table.« less


A better surface activity, the polyimide film adhesion was improved surface, and the polyimide film and the metal film is a metal film with a polyimide film bonded with high bonding strength no problems practically provide. A mean particle diameter of the coating particle layer is composed of coated particles following inorganic particles 1000nm is coated with a coating layer of metal oxide on the surface, the same metal oxide and the metal oxide polyimide film and the polyimide are laminated via a layer of a mixture, and the metal film with a polyimide film containing a metal film laminated on the surface of the coated particle layer of the polyimide film. .The


—This work presents a knowledge-based task and motion planning framework based on a version of the FastForward task planner. A reasoning process on symbolic literals in terms of knowledge and geometric information about the workspace, together with the use of a physics-based motion planner, is proposed to evaluate the applicability and feasibility of manipulation actions and to compute the heuristic values that guide the search. The proposal results in low-cost physically-feasible plans