A key challenge in the management of essential thrombocythaemia (ET) is to develop an individualised treatment plan that accounts for variability in the clinical course of the disease and patients' response to specific therapies. Initiatives designed to help clinicians to meet this challenge, which have been described in the preceding articles, include: (i) the consensus definition of hydroxyurea (HU) resistance and intolerance (1) and (ii) treatment algorithms based on risk stratification (2, 3). In seeking to optimise ET management approaches, it is useful to consider case studies that highlight some of the practical challenges encountered in clinical practice. This article summarises key aspects of four ET cases presented to an expert panel at the 2007 New Horizons in Haematology meeting.


Evolution can be mathematically modelled by a stochastic process that operates on the DNA of species. Such models are based on the established theory that the DNA sequences, or genomes, of all extant species have been derived from the genome of the common ancestor of all species by a process of random mutation and natural selection. A stochastic model of evolution can be used to construct phylogenies, or evolutionary trees, for a set of species. Maximum Likelihood Estimations (MLE) methods seek the evolutionary tree which is most likely to have produced the DNA under consideration. While these methods are intellectually satisfying, they have not been widely accepted because of their computational intractability. In this paper, we address the intractability of MLE methods as follows. We introduce a metric on stochastic process models of evolution. We show that this metric is meaningful by proving that in order for any algorithm to distinguish between two stochatic models that are close according to this metric, it needs to be given many observations. We complement this result with a simple and efficient algorithm for inverting the stochastic process of evolution, that is, for building a tree from observations on two-state characters. (We have used the same techniques in a subsequent paper to solve the problem for multistate characters, and hence for building a tree from DNA sequence data.) The tree we build is provably close, in our metric, to the tree generating the data and gets closer as more observations become available. Though there have been many heuristics suggested for the problem of finding good approximations to the most likely tree, our algorithm is the first one with a guaranteed convergence rate, and further, this rate is within a polynomial of the lower-bound rate we establish. Ours is also the the first polynomial-time algorithm which is proven to converge at all to the correct tree. Rutgers University; email@example.com; http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/∼farach; Supported by an NSF Career Advancement Award and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. University of Pennsylvania; firstname.lastname@example.com; http://www.cis.upenn.edu/∼kannan/home.html; Supported by NSF CCR 96-19910 and NSF SGER 9612829


In this study, we present a transparent and reproducible approach to model agricultural production with respect to environmental characteristics and available labour. Our research focuses on the city of Pergamon and its surroundings, with an emphasis on the transition between the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Period, where widespread demographic changes took place. We investigated the degree of local self-sufficiency using different concepts of a city's complementary region. Using simple topographic derivatives, we derive a measure of environmental suitability that we translate into a carrying capacity index. Our results show that workforce was not a limiting factor for local self-sufficiency. However, environmental carrying capacity may have been limiting in a scenario with a large population. An active investment into the environment, e.g., by the construction of terraces, could have helped to increase the degree of self-sufficiency. Future research should investigate the level of resilience of such a coupled socio-ecological system in relation to environmental and socio-cultural dynamics.


The discernment of gene expression changes at the molecular level presents great opportunities to conquer human disease; therefore it is important that these data find use in clinical practice. Here an example is given of how gene expression data may be used in the prediction of the severity of heart disease leading to cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of heart muscle). Using a mathematical modeling approach based on cellular automata and available temporal expression gene profiles, the rate of development of hypertrophy in cardiomyocytes was studied. In the model, during 5% of the time transcriptional activation of genes resulted in significant increases in heart muscle mass. For hypertrophy originating in one or a few cells, the spread of the lesion occurs as a result of the intercellular transmission of information from the 'seed' cells to neighbors. Model output indicated that signal transmission time correlated with net increases in cardiomyocyte mass. There was a threshold signal time of 12 minutes, below which net mass increase was negligible. This implies that certain persons with a tendency to short transmission times would probably not suffer heart damage even while experiencing limited heart muscle growth, in the event of hemodynamic overload. We hypothesize that anti-hypertrophic drugs actually reduce the transcellular signal transmission time, resulting in reduced incidence/severity of heart disease.


The orthogonal experiment was conducted to determine the optimal mercerizing process of 45/55 linen/cotton 19.7 tex knitted fabric using concentration of caustic soda,processing time and tension as mercerizing factor and loss rate of bursting strength,adsorption of barium value,shrinkage and flexural stiffness as evaluation index.The caustic soda concentration of 135 g/L,processing time of 45 s and tension of 2% were the optimal mercerizing process.


It is predicated both theoretically and experimentally that beam-expander prism utilized in the signal detection of lareor gyroscope can effectively enhance the signal to-noise ratio of beat signal received by detectors.


Ground-state phases of the ultracold bosons in 2D optical lattices subject to artificial magnetic flux are studied by the inhomogeneous Gutzwiller variational method. Results show that the density of a vortex increases linearly with the magnetic flux per plaquette. For a smaller magnetic flux, no supersolid (SS) states are present. The superfluid (SF) states are vortex liquids of either particle-type or hole-type, depending on whether the average filling is greater or less than the integer number. For a larger magnetic flux, regular density-wave states, which also exhibit superfluidity of either particle-type or hole-type, appear at the boundary between the Mott insulator and the SF. Moreover, the uniform SF phases differ to the conventional SF by carrying convection super-current and coreless vorticity. The convection super-current or vorticity in the SS phases assemble in pairs or stripes, as well as checkerboards, according to the flux strength per unit cell.


The Book of Wisdom (also known in English as the Wisdom of Solomon) is one of the deuterocanonical texts included in the earliest Greek and Latin versions of the Bible. In scholarship, it is mostly considered to be the work of a 1stcentury Alexandrian Jewish author with knowledge of Greek philosophy.1 It stands out especially for its euhemeristic explanation of the origins of idolatry, which, in the anonymous author's view, can be traced back to a distinctly human weakness, namely the irrational belief that images can act as surrogates for absent beings by simulating their physical appearance. In particular, this belief is seen when relatives are psychologically unable to overcome the crisis of sorrow caused by the death of a person dear to them: thus, the father of a young boy who had died erected a statue and loved it as if it were a living body, ultimately obliging his servants to do the same (Ws. 12– 15). The text goes on to mention another reason for the emergence of idols:


An attempt has been made to investigate the Effect of Yogic Exercises on Level of Aspiration and
Emotional Intelligence among the Adolescents. Fifty male students of U.G. college level were practiced
different types of yogic exercises like Surya Namaskar, Asanas, Pranayam and Meditation for eight weeks by maintaining a
schedule. Level of Aspiration was measured by Mahesh Bhargava and M. A. Shah's level of aspiration scale and Emotional
Intelligence was measured by Mental Health Battery by Singha and Gupta. In results, it was found that there was difference
between pre-test and post-test. So, it was evident that yogic exercises impact signicantly on level of aspiration among the
adolescents but no signicant difference in emotional intelligence.


Objective To observe the preventive effect of mannatide on infection and relapse of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purura(ITP).Methods One hundred and twenty children with ITP were randomly divided into mannatide treatment group and prednisone control group.Control group venous dexamethasone of 3 d;then treated by prednisone.Treatment group added mannatide tablets for 1 month.The rates of remission clinical blood,platelet,control time,complicated infection and relapse rates were observed.The levels of plasma immunoglobulin(Ig)G,IgA,IgM were determined before and after mannatide treatment.Results The rate of clinical blood,platelet,control time,infection time was not different in 2 groups.The rates of infection complicated and relapse were all significant lower than that in control group.The plasma IgG,IgA significantly increased than that in control group.The plasma IgM had no significant difference.Conclusion Vaccine therapy can be helpful in protecting and decreasing infection,diminishing relapse of children with ITP,and improve the level of IgG,IgA,and thus improve their immune function.


This paper argues that California's self-help county tax legislation, which funds additional highway spending, amounts to a natural experiment that can be used to construct a valid instrument to determine highway congestion's causal effect on the growth rates of GDP, employment, wages, and commodity freight flows for California counties. Our estimation results indicate that highway congestion has significantly reduced the growth rates of those performance measures. Extrapolating the results to the nation suggests that sizable reductions in highway congestion, which could be achieved with widespread adoption of autonomous (driverless) vehicles, would have large macroeconomic stimulative effects.


PurposeThis study examines the inter-linkages between Bitcoin prices and CEE stock markets (Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Croatia).Design/methodology/approachThe dynamic contemporaneous nexus has been analyzed using both the multivariate DECO-GARCH model proposed by Engle and Kelly (2012) and quantile on quantile (QQ) methodology proposed by Sim and Zhou (2015). Our study is implemented using the daily data spanning from 6 September 2012 to 12 August 2019.FindingsFirst, the findings show that the average return equicorrelation across Bitcoin prices and CEE stock indices are positive, even though it is found to be time-varying over the research period shown. Second, the Bitcoin-CEE stock market association has positive signs for most pairs of quantiles of both variables and represents a rather similar pattern for the cases of Poland, the Czech Republic and Croatia. However, a weaker and primarily negative connectedness is found for Hungary and Romania, respectively. Furthermore, the interconnectedness between the co-movements in the Bitcoin market and stock returns changes significantly across quantiles of both variables within each nation, indicating that the Bitcoin-stock market relationship is dependent on both the cycle of the stock market and the nature of Bitcoin price shocks.Practical implicationsThe evidence documented in this study has significant implications for divergent economic agents, including global investors, risk managers and policymakers, who would benefit from a comprehensive knowledge of the Bitcoin-stock market relationship to build efficient risk-hedging models and to conduct appropriate policy reactions to information spillover effects in different time horizons.Originality/valueThis paper is the first study employing both the multivariate DECO-GARCH model and QQ methodology to shed light on the nexus between Bitcoin prices and the stock markets in CEE countries. The DECO model uses more information to compute dynamic correlations between each pair of returns than standard dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) models, declining the estimation noise of the correlations. Besides, QQ approach allows us to capture some nuanced features of the Bitcoin-stock market relationship and explore the interdependence in its entirely. Therefore, the main contribution of this article to the related literature in this field is significant.研究目的本研究旨在探討比特幣的價格與中東歐股市(匈牙利、捷克共和國、波蘭、羅馬尼亞和克羅地亞) 之相互聯繫.研究設計/方法/理念研究使用恩格爾與凱利(2012)(Engle and Kelly (2012)) 提出的多變量DECO-GARCH模型及Sim 與Zhou(2015)(Sim and Zhou ( 2015)) 研製的分位數-分位數方法來分析動態同期的聯繫。我們的研究使用由2012年9月6日至2019年8月12日期間取得的每日數據來進行.研究結果首先、研究結果顯示、跨比特幣價格與中東歐股價指數的平均回報當量關聯是正相關的,即使在研究期間被發現是隨時間而變化的。第二、比特幣與中東歐股市之聯繫在大多數兩變數分位數對而言出現正相關跡象,而且,這聯繫在波蘭、捷克共和國及克羅地亞而言表現一個頗相似的模式。唯就匈牙利而言、這聯繫則較弱、而羅馬尼亞則主要是負聯繫。研究結果亦顯示: 比特幣市場內的聯動與股票回報間之內在關聯會在每個國家內跨兩個變數的分位數而顯著地改變,這顯示比特幣-股市關係是取決於股市的週期和比特幣價格衝擊的本質.實際的意義本研究所記載的證據、對不同的經濟行為者而言極具意義 (這包括國際投資者、風險管理經理和政策制定者),因他們會受惠於對比特幣-股市關係的全面認識,他們可建立有效的風險對沖模型、及在不同時間範圍對資訊溢出效應進行適當的政策反應.研究的原創性/價值本文為首個研究使用多變量DECO-GARCH模型和分位數-分位數(QQ)方法、來解釋比特幣價格與中東歐國家之股市的關係。這DECO模型使用比標準動態條件關係模型更多資訊,來計算每對回報間之動態關係,這能減少估測雜訊,而且,QQ方法讓我們可以取得比特幣-股市關係的一些細微特徵及全面地探索其相互依賴性。因此,本文的主要貢獻是在這學術領域內有關的文獻上.


Lyapunov, A. (1896). On the series proposed by Hill for the representation of the motion of the moon. Proceedings of the Department of Physical Sciences of the Society of Natural History, Moscow, 1896, Vol. VIII, No. 1, 1-23. English translation of the Russian original. Translator: Thomas. S. Ligon, orcid 0000-0002-4067-876X.


Phyllostachys praecox , a favorite bamboo shoot species , has been widely planted in these years .The practice of surplus fertilizing and winter mulching has been conducted to gain good economic benefits .To study the effects of fertilizing and winter mulching on microbial biomass carbon (MBC)in soil , a trial with different types (manure , oil cake and mineral fertilizer)and rates of fertilizers was conducted from August 2002 to April 2003 . The first 3 treatments applied with both fertilizer and manure but with different rate .The highest microbial biomass carbon in soil was measured in October and December , medium one in August and February , and lowest one in April .It was always true that treatments with mixture of fertilizer and manure were detected much more MBC (P 0.05)compared with pure fertilizer treatments, and MBC in soil was increasing with augment of manure amount applied per plot .It was found that winter mulching practice enhanced MBC in soil , and the average ratios of MBC in mulching treatments to non-mulching treatments were 1.60 and 1.52 respectively in February and April .MBC in soil was significantly correlated with total organic carbon , total nitrogen and hydrolysable nitrogen (P 0.05). [ Ch , 4 tab .20 ref .]


The inhibitory effect of murine interferon α/β (Mu‐IFN) on the induction of adenocarcinoma of the duodenum in C57BL/6 mice given N‐ethyl‐N‐nitro‐N‐nitrosoguanidine (ENNG) was examined. ENNG was given continuously in drinking water for 4 weeks and Mu‐IFN was given intraperitoneally for 12 weeks. Then, the duodenal tumors of mice were examined stereomicroscopically and histologically. The level of IFN activity and natural killer (NK) activity were evaluated after an intraperitoneal single injection of Mu‐IFN, and the level of NK activity was evaluated 2, 5 and 8 weeks after giving ENNG and Mu‐IFN. In the mice given Mu‐IFN, the incidence of duodenal tumors was significantly decreased (P < 0.01), compared with that in mice given ENNG alone. Further, anti‐asialo GM1 was given intraperitoneally every 5 days for 8 weeks to depress NK function and the incidence and size of duodenal tumors were examined. The results indicated that NK cells also have an important effect on the process of carcinogenesis. These data suggest that chemoprevention with IFN may be feasible.


Non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a major type of lung cancer with high morbidity and high mortality. miR‐874 has been determined to play a role in tumor suppression in several cancers. The purpose of our study was to detect the biological mechanisms of miR‐874 and AQP3 in NSCLC.


54 METHOD OF MAKING FRING 1,988,864 1/1935 Berve................................... 29, 155 C SETTERS FORTILES AND OTHER 3,531,851 10/1970 Douglas................................... 29.1434 CERAMIC ARTICLES Primary Examiner-Thomas H. Eager 72) Inventor: Emanuele Albertini, Milan, Italy Attorney-McGlew and Toren 73) Assignee: Societa Ceramica Italiana Richard-Ginori S.p.A., Milan, Italy 57 ABSTRACT


The article presents a method for synthesis of sinusoidal oscillators based on the modified Van der Pol equation. The synthesis applies the Melnikov theory, which allows obtaining a differential equation with amplitude and frequency assigned in advance. Formulas for determination of basic parameters of the oscillations are presented. The modified Van der Pol equation is practically modelled by a Field Programmable Analogue Array AN221E04 of Anadigm Inc. The obtained experimental results demonstrate the basic theoretical relations.


The financial institution in Nigeria like other African country has been struggling with the epidemic of inadequate corporate governance over the years what seem to be an exigency of integration between political and economic pursue after forty seven years of political independence. This has to do with what revolves round all the sectors of the economy corporate governance. It deals with the complex set of the relationships between the corporation and its board of Directors, Management, Shareholders and other Stakeholders. In the recent years, the regulators and legislators have intensified their focus on how business is been managed and run. This has led to creation of a template for new corporate governance and ethical standard which is beneficial for both the stakeholders and controllers. This study carried out some estimated models. Binary probit was adopted to test the covariance matrix computed on structured questionnaire to bank's clients and it was discovered that the variables such as independence, reliance, and fairness helps in the effective performance of banks but the major significant ones in this consolidation period are accountability and transparency of bank's staff. Also, least square regression analysis was adopted to convey the relationship between bank deposits with bank credit. The estimation of the developed model was found that banks total credit was positively related but not significantly determinant factors of bank's performance, and bank deposit was found to be positively related to bank performance but was insignificant in Nigerian economy. Base on the result therefore and view from bank's clients, it was cleared that corporate governance is needed for effective bank performance especially during the period of post consolidation in Nigeria. Hence, this study therefore summaries the highlights: discuss the impact of corporate governance in all the 24 Nigerian main stream banks. It is worthy of note that though corporate governance has been the heart beat of stakeholders and regulatory body yet the objective has not been fully achieved. The study recommend that, for better bank performance in Nigeria, banks should embrace the fiduciary element in financial services which include transparency, accountability, fairness, high ethical standard and they are to ensure that their top management officials is independent. These will promote corporate governance and leads to complete reliance of bank's clients on them.


In this article, we study the axialvector-diquark-scalar-diquark-antiquark type charmed pentaquark states with J = 3 2 ± with the QCD sum rules by carrying out the operator product expansion up to the vacuum condensates of dimension 13 in a consistent way. In calculations, we separate the contributions of the negative parity and positive parity pentaquark states unambiguously, and choose three sets input parameters to study the masses and pole residues of the charmed pentaquark states uuucū and ssscs̄ in details. Then we estimate the masses of the charmed pentaquark states ssucū, suscū, ssdcd̄ and sdscd̄ with J = 3 2 − to be 3.15 ± 0.13GeV according to the SU(3) breaking effects, which is compatible with the Ωc(3050), Ωc(3066), Ωc(3090), Ωc(3119). PACS number: 14.20.Lq, 14.20.Pt


The 4fn– 15d configuration behaves according to a J1γn coupling scheme in crystals, where J1 is the total angular momentum of a Russell–Saunders term derived from 4fn– 1 and J1γn is a state of the 5d electron in the crystal field. The spectra of several ions in alkaline earth fluorides and of Sm2+ in alkali halides correspond to 4fn→J1γn transitions with Δ, the separation between γ3 and γ5 in Oh, and Efd, a coulombic parameter, both pointing to a similarity of effects on passing through each half of the series of rare earths.


Molecular docking method plays an important role on the quest of potential drug candidates, which has been proven to be a valuable tool for virtual screening. Molecular docking is commonly referred to as a parameter optimization problem. During the last decade, some optimization algorithms have been introduced, such as Lamarckian genetic algorithm (LGA) and SODOCK embedded in the AutoDock program. On the basis of the latest docking software AutoDock4.2, we present a novel docking program ABCDock, which incorporates mutual artificial bee colony (MutualABC) into AutoDock. Computer simulation results demonstrate that ABCDock takes precedence over AutoDock and SODOCK, in terms of convergence performance, accuracy, and the lowest energy, especially for highly flexible ligands. It is noteworthy that ABCDock yields a higher success rate. Also, in comparison with the other state-of-the-art docking methods, namely GOLD, DOCK and FlexX, ABCDock provides the smallest RMSD in 27 of 37 cases.


The invention provides a method for removing phosphorus and boron from metallurgical-grade silicon, which relates to the purification of metallurgical-grade industrial silicon. The provided method for removing the phosphorus and the boron from the metallurgical-grade silicon has the advantages of less investment, lower production cost, less environmental pollution and the like. The method comprises the following steps of: putting a bulk silicon material into a smelting furnace; smelting the bulk silicon material, and covering the bulk silicon material with a slag former to obtain a silicon block mixture; vacuumizing the smelting furnace until the pressure is between 800 and 1,200 Pa, and charging argon until the pressure is between 8,000 to 12,000 Pa; heating the silicon block mixture to be melted, introducing water vapor, pouring a melted mixture on a loading graphite crucible below a smelting crucible, and taking out the silicon material after being cooled; crushing and milling the silicon material after slag forming to obtain silicon powder; soaking the powdered silicon in hydrochloric acid; soaking the silicon powder after being soaked in the hydrochloric acid in dilute aqua regia; and soaking the silicon powder after being soaked in the dilute aqua regia in hydrofluoric acid to obtain the metallurgical-grade silicon without the phosphorus and the boron.


Regurgitated pellets were collected from underneath roosts of rainbow bee-eaters in suburban Darwin, Australia, and examined for the presence of wings of honeybees. The proportion of pellets containing wings was compared prior to and after placement or removal of honeybee hives in the vicinity of four roosts. On each occasion, the addition or removal of hives was reflected in proportions of pellets containing wings. The results suggest that examination of pellets beneath bee-eater roosts would be a useful technique for monitoring the occurrence of feral honeybees. Potential uses for this technique in eradication of unwanted bees are discussed.


Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of many types rapidly growing malignant diseases, such as Burkitt's lymphoma and testicular germ cell cancers. At present, there is no reliable way to screen for SCLC, and imaging modalities tend to be delayed in


ABSTRACT This paper describes the methods employed by technical institutes in Hong Kong to maintain academic standards. It begins by outlining the organisational structure within which the technical institutes operate. A brief description is given of the main learning resources currently available at the technical institutes. The paper then describes how a new course is introduced and its curriculum determined, how students' achievements are assessed, how teaching staff are assigned, and how teaching performance is evaluated. Procedures for the investigation of low pass rates are outlined.


The discovery that not all patients who call for the emergency medical service (EMS) require transport to hospital has changed the structure of prehospital emergency care. Today, the EMS clinician at the scene already distinguishes patients with a time‐critical condition such as stroke/transitory ischemic attack (TIA) from patients without. This highlights the importance of the early identification of stroke/TIA.


After a brief introduction to the semiconductor heterojunction devices in which a two-dimensional electron gas can be realised and can be subjected to a periodic potential through a grating, the linear response function for this periodically modulated system is calculated in the random phase approximation. Two solvable models have been considered, based on the anisotropic electron kinematics arising from the periodic potential. For the first model, approximate and exact results are obtained when (the Fermi level) EF>2t (half the band width) while, for the second model, exact results are obtained when EF>2t as well as EF<2t. Results for the static polarisability and the plasmon dispersion are explicitly displayed.


To eliminate the average re∞ectance of antire∞ection coatings to the greatest extent, a Genetic Programming (GP) algorithm is proposed to design and optimize the graded refractive index distribution proflle for broadband omnidirectional antire∞ection coatings. The proposed GP-index proflle in this paper can obtain an extremely low average re∞ectance of 4:61£10 i7 % over a wide range of incident angles and wavelengths which is obviously superior to the average re∞ectance of 8:09£10 i3 %, 3:29£10 i4 % and 4:35£10 i5 % for linear proflle, cubic proflle and quintic proflle. That means, Fresnel re∞ection almost can be eliminated by the optimal GP-index proflle for omnidirectional incidence over a broad wavelength range. Moreover, it is demonstrated the proposed GP-index proflle has better robustness, and it still has the best broadband and omnidirectional antire∞ection characteristics for the TiO2/SiO2 graded-index AR coating. Therefore, the proposed GP-index proflle is obviously superior to the conventional linear proflle, cubic proflle and quintic proflle, and the design methodology presented in this paper that uses a genetic programming technique is a quite convenient means to pursue an optimal nonlinear refractive index proflle with broadband and omnidirectional antire∞ection characteristics.


Purpose: The purpose of the study is to inform the ministry of commerce and trade about the significant implications of trade facilitation for the improvement of trade in the SAARC region. This paper attempts to estimate the relationship between trade facilitation indicators and trade volume and also explored the correlation between trade facilitation reforms and the trade volume in the case of SAARC countries.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper is an empirical approach, which is based on secondary data from SAARC countries for the period 2006 to 2013. The study uses Pooled OLS, Fixed effect, and a random effect model for the empirical analysis.
Findings: The results of the study show, that is a significant relationship between trade facilitation and trade volume. Decreasing the total number of documents required will make it possible for SAARC countries to trade with high frequency. The study also found that a marginal decrease in the total cost of trade also encourages traders to reach the targeted trade volume.
Implications/Originality/Value: The trade facilitation reforms can be an effective policy option on the regional level across all the SAARC countries. However other policy reforms and actions such as basic physical infrastructure, good governance and insuring political stability are also obligatory for the possible improvement of the trading capabilities of SAARC countries.


A novel class-AB current amplifier has been described. A prototype has been constructed using a relatively low performance op-amp and configured to provide well-defined voltage gain, primarily to confirm the theoretical predictions outlined in the paper. The amplifier's voltage gain was almost independent of bandwidth and its high slewrate not limited by the op-amp. Both the bandwidth and slewrate potential of this new amplifier design exceeds all earlier designs based upon the supply current sensing technique. The simulation and prototype results are very encouraging. At present the design is being optimised for realisation as a full integrated circuit using BiMOS technology. This new amplifier architecture has potential in IC form for high speed continuous time and sampled-data analogue signal processing applications.


To prevent the disclosure of privacy, it requires preserving the anonymity of sensitive attributes in data sharing. The attribute values on quasi-identifiers often have to be generalized before data sharing to avoid linking attack, and thus to achieve the anonymity in data sharing. Data generalization increases the uncertainty of attribute values, and results in the loss of information to some extent. Traditional data generalization is often based on the predefined hierarchy, which causes over-generalization and too much unnecessary information loss. In this paper, the attributes in a quasi-identifier are classified into two categories, ordered attributes and unordered attributes. More flexible strategies for data generalization are proposed for them, respectively. At the same time, the loss of information is defined quantitatively based on the change of uncertainty of attribute values during data generalization. Furthermore, data anonymization is modeled by a clustering problem with special constraints. A clustering-based approach, called L-clustering, is presented for the l-diversity model. L-clustering can meet the requirement of preserving anonymity of sensitive attributes in data sharing, and reduce greatly the amount of information loss resulting from data generalization for implementing data anonymization.


Around the turn of the 20 century a movement called Muscular Christianity was extremely influential in The United States. Despite the name, there was a very strong secular aspect to this movement. A portion of this movement was dedicated to more closely uniting masculinity with the church and Christianity. This group consisted of various personalities and groups that supported a similar message for men and the church at large. The most apparent aspect of this was the Men and Religion Forward Movement of 1911-12. This was a major rally and marketing based movement of men in Christianity. The many pieces of Muscular Christianity all held in common the social turbulence, changing expectations for the genders, and the changes in employment brought on by the industrial revolution. Muscular Christianity had as one of its elements the M&RFM. This relation consists of the M&RFM being the single most concentrated example of the Christian movement within Muscular Christianity. There is a division within Muscular Christianity between its secular and Christian components. Putting the Pieces Together 4 Putting the Pieces Together: Examining the Division Between Christian and Secular Elements of Muscular Christianity Introduction Muscular Christianity was a cultural movement that originated in England and took on its own distinct American flavor after it crossed the Atlantic. Spanning from 1880 to 1920, the movement permanently etched itself onto the American psyche. Muscular Christianity began or influenced many classic American institutions. 1880 to 1920 was an extremely turbulent time period in history that makes understanding a single movement much more difficult as it is mixed up in the mêlée of many other movements, causes, and events. This Progressive era, a time that witnessed many social movements as reactions to the changing culture, industry, and advances in knowledge. These movements included the social gospel movement, the temperance movement, the suffrage movement, as well as Muscular Christianity and the Men and Religion Forward Movement (here after M&RFM). Many of their leaders were involved with more than one of these movements. These interconnected movements make a single history of one of the movements difficult as it is an attempt to categorize events and people which most likely were involved in more than one movement. Muscular Christianity is by no means a well-known movement, most likely having been overshadowed by the "greater" events of the period. The M&RFM is similarly unknown, although due to its remarkable similarity to the Promise Keepers 1 One example of this participation in multiple movements is Billy Sunday's involvement with the Temperance movement as well as his ideological agreement with the Christian aspects of Muscular Christianity and the Men and Religion Forward Movement (M&RFM). An additional example is Teddy Roosevelt, who heartily embodied both the progressive movement and Muscular Christianity. Putting the Pieces Together 5 organization of the 1990s, it has been studied somewhat more. There is a relationship between these movements that has not been well understood. An example of this misunderstanding is Philip Culbertson's entry on "Christian Men's Movements" in the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. In it Culbertson calls Muscular Christianity, the Freethought movement, and the M&RFM the first, second, and third evangelical Christian men's movements respectively. This is incorrect, as Muscular Christianity was not actually an evangelical Christian movement. The Freethought movement and fraternal orders were two examples of a masculine secular reaction within Muscular Christianity, and the M&RFM was an evangelical Christian movement within Muscular Christianity. Understanding the relationships between the various pieces of Muscular Christianity, especially that of the M&RFM, is the objective of this paper. A greater understanding of Muscular Christianity, what comprised it, and its relationship with its various parts has significant historical value. By better 2 Philip Culbertson, "Christian Men's Movements." International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinites, eds. M. Flood, J.K Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle 1 vol. (London, England: Routledge, 2007), page unknown. Culbertson is a pro-feminist who has written many different works from a liberal Christian perspective on gender. 3 Muscular Christianity's secular nature can be seen below on pages 14 and 15, but the Freethought and fraternal orders provide the most cohesive elements and are at times directly opposed to Christianity. These elements are covered below on pages 16-19. 4 Various pieces of this topic have been studied before. Some very helpful resources were L. Dean Allen's Rise Up O Men of God: The Men and Religion Forward Movement and Promise Keepers (Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2002), and Clifford Putney's Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2001). They are used throughout this paper and their distinct focuses help to give depth to the material. There are a considerable number of primary source documents for this topic as well. Preeminent in this collection is the twelve volume set of the findings and speeches of the Christian Conservation Congress of the M&RFM. An early leader, and probably one of the best available on the topic of men and religion in this period, is Carl Case's The Masculine in Religion (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1906). Providing various other viewpoints are also Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows (Indianapolis, Indiana: BobbsMerrill Company, 1924), and Harry Emerson Fosdick's The Manhood of the Master (New York, New York: Association Press (of the Young Men's Christian Association), 1913). The M&RFM set out to use the media through advertisements and through attracting newspaper attention, thus, there are many old newspapers that can provide additional first-hand information. These are some of the primary sources utilized in this paper. Putting the Pieces Together 6 understanding Muscular Christianity, the relationships between various social movements of the period can be better understood. Because movements are rarely isolated events in a culture by better understanding Muscular Christianity can provide a fuller understanding of the Progressive era. The M&RFM and Muscular Christianity sit atop multiple fault lines of scholarship. They touch on gender studies, religion, sociology, psychology, and business. Through a better understanding of the M&RFM and its place within Muscular Christianity these extremely diverse fields can all be enriched with a deeper historical context. This would enhance studies of the M&RFM which is now important as the historical forbearer to the modern Promise Keepers movement. The M&RFM had the distinction of being "the only countrywide religious revival in America ever to exclude women." Thus making it the first and only Christian Men's Movement until Promise Keepers. Muscular Christianity had as its main focus an adherence to "masculinity," the body as good and health as desirable, and an amount of respect for business development, and modernism. These elements can be seen in both Christian elements of Muscular Christianity as well as elements that were at times hostile to Christianity but adhered to the rest of the focuses of Muscular Christianity. Muscular Christianity was much more cultural than any specific religious influence. Thus there are both religiously Christian and non-Christian elements within the Muscular Christianity movement. These Christian elements take place within the general principles and time period of Muscular Christianity but apply the principles to the church and to Christian men's lives to answer questions of how a man is to act as a Christian and how he is to cope in a changing 5 Clifford Putney, Muscular Christianity, 137. This statement was written previous to the rise of Promise Keepers which went on to be the second American Christian Men's Movement. Putting the Pieces Together 7 society. In many ways, Christians sought to answer the rumor that Charles Spurgeon spoke of when he said, "There has got abroad a notion, somehow, that if you become a Christian you must sink your manliness and turn milksop." Many Christians sought to answer this by uniting Christianity and the cultural elements of Muscular Christianity. Muscular Christianity can be split into those organizations which espoused the general principles of Muscular Christianity (secular) and those which sought to unite them with religious Christianity in order to masculinize the church (Christian). Within this smaller "Christian" section of Muscular Christianity were many different groups and individuals. The single most prominent group within this "Christian" section is the M&RFM. This thesis demonstrates the relationship between these various elements beginning with an understanding of the cultural backdrop to and the origins of muscular Christianity. Next, the pieces of Muscular Christianity will be examined within the two categories of "secular" and "Christian" elements of Muscular Christianity. The Christian elements and their unity as a cohesive movement are particularly emphasized. These include the M&RFM, other Christian groups, and some prominent Christians that adopted some of the views of Muscular Christianity and the M&RFM. Finally, the end of the Muscular Christianity will be discussed, and the findings of this work noted. Simply put, Muscular Christianity was not inherently religious, but some Christians took Muscular Christian principles and united them with a reform movement within American Christianity in an attempt to make the church more masculine. 6 As quoted in David Murrow, Why Men Hate Going to Church, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 2005), 4-5. 7 An important issue to address here is the con


Owing to the various regulatory norms, reduction in refrigerator energy consumption has been subjected to a lot of research. When modifying any design to achieve this objective, experiments are usually performed for performance prediction/ assessment, which are expensive and time consuming. Hence to minimize the number of experiments, it is essential to establish a method to predict the performance numerically. Refrigerator, during start-up goes through an initial pull down cycle i.e. temperature of the refrigerator compartments decreases to a required operational point. After that, the refrigerator goes through continuous compressor on-off cycles due to heat leakage through walls and gaskets. It has always been a challenge to model refrigerator operations numerically due to its transient nature. In the present work, a methodology to predict this transient behavior of a domestic refrigerator has been developed and discussed. The methodology embraces the development of transient model based on lumped parameter method, which predicts evaporator temperature, interaction of sealed system with in-compartment air and compartment temperature. This model is robust and computationally very economical, bringing down the design cycle time significantly. This model is intended for qualitative predictions and provides a strong foundation towards developing it further for more accurate quantitative predictions.


DUODENAL – ILEAL FISTULA, RARE VARIANT OF PENETRATING OF DUODENAL ULCER, ASSOCIATED WITH SIGMOID CANCER (Abstract): Duodeno-ileal fistula has benign (penetration of the duodenal ulcer) or malignant etiology. We present the case of a 73 years old woman, with history of right colectomy; she was admitted in our surgical unit for abdominal pain, fecaloid vomiting, fetid halitosis, bloody diarrhea, weight loss and impaired general condition. A moderate anemia and several electrolytic disorders have been revealed by the laboratory exams. The upper digestive endoscopy revealed a penetrating duodenal ulcer with duodeno-ileal fistula and colonoscopy a stenosant tumor at 25 cm of the anal edge. After the correction of anemia and electrolytic disorders an exploratory laparotomy was performed The exploration noted a tumor mass which included duodenum and gastric antrum, gallbladder, ileum, sigmoid loop and the great omentum. The careful dissection confirmed the sigmoid cancer invading the antropyloric region and the double duodenal ulcer with pancreatic penetration and duodeno-ileal fistula. Multiple organs resection were performed: anterograde cholecystectomy; segmental enterectomy; 3⁄4 distal gastric resection with precolic gastro-jejunal anastomosis (Leger type); sigmoid resection with end-to-end colo-colic anastomosis. The postoperative course was uneventful. Several data from the literature were discussed. CONCLUSIONS: Duodeno-ileal fistula is an accidental variety of ulcer penetration caused by particular morphopathological conditions. Surgical treatment of gastro-digestive fistulas should be applied early with a correct balancing of the patient. Operation is complex and often atypical and implies multiple organs resections. In this particular case, the sigmoid cancer which invaded the distal part of the stomach complicated much more the surgical procedure.


Ternary semiconductor nanocrystals from the I–V–VI family have potential applications in many fields. In this work, we report on the synthesis of well-dispersed Cu3SbS3 nanocrystals with an average diameter of 23.0 ± 4.9 nm. The as-synthesized Cu3SbS3 nanocrystals are of high phase purity and stable against phase separation when heating up to 400 °C in an inert atmosphere or left at room atmosphere for 80 days. The optical band gap of the nanocrystals is calculated as ~1.87 eV. The nanocrystal film shows strong near infrared absorption and is sensitive towards detecting trace amounts of Rhodamine 6G by using surface-enhanced Raman scattering. These observations imply the huge potentials of Cu3SbS3 nanocrystals in photothermal, photovoltaic, and sensing applications.


The book Society and Country in Ancient China by Masubuchi Tatsuo published in the 1960s caused a sensation in the academic circle of Japan.The book was regarded as the Bible for studying the Chinese society in Japan.The author suggests that we should understand Chinese society from the inside and look at it historically.His profound study promoted the overall comprehension and detailed understanding towards Chinese society and became an outstanding example of academic researches.


no act of the owners, the fact remains that certain pieces of land are worth more than others, and, whether paid to a landlord or to the State, ground rent must always be reckoned upon. Apart from this, however, there are other expenses connected with the housing of the poor. A block occupied by a score of families, instead of four 01* five, must have a corresponding increase in kitchen ranges, laundries, sanitary conveniences, and so forth. And it


Abstract Current U.S. and Canadian regulations for rear underride guards on large truck trailers do not promote designs with adequate protection in offset crashes. The objective of the current study was to determine whether a quasi-static evaluation could distinguish between underride guards with different performance in offset crash tests. Five different underride guard designs were evaluated in quasi-static testing. These designs were previously tested in 56 km/h impacts with a midsize passenger car with 30 or 50% overlap. Three of the guards exhibited marginally passing performance in the crash test, with car excursion under the rear of the trailer reaching the base of the windshield but stopping prior to trailer-to-dummy contact. The other two designs failed to prevent trailer-to-dummy contact. Two quasi-static test configurations were assessed for their potential to distinguish between the marginally passing and the failing designs: the outboard P1 test in the existing regulation and a new 20-degree-angled test developed using crash test acceleration measurements. In both configurations, the guard designs with marginally passing crash test results demonstrated higher force and energy levels than the designs with failing crash test results. However, the 20-degree-angled test showed greater differentiation between levels of crash test performance while also producing more representative damage patterns. Underride guards that prevented trailer-to-dummy contact in the crash tests sustained quasi-static force levels of a least 100 kN prior to 75 mm of displacement in the 20-degree test. Rear underride regulations could be improved by replacing the outboard P1 test with a 20-degree-angled load applied to the end of the underride guard. This evaluation also could supplement or replace underride guard crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).


This panel was convened at 9:00 a.m., Friday, March 25, by its moderator, Joseph Weiler of New York University School of Law, who introduced the panelists: Richard Burchill of the University of Hull; Maxwell O. Chibundu of the University of Maryland School of Law; John M. Wilson of the Organisation of American States; and Walter Woon of the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law. ** It is a simple truism that the international system is made up of diverse states with varied histories and circumstances. International law's primary objective has been to create a system of rules and procedures that overcome these differences so that interactions between the diverse actors can occur. From the early part of the 20th century, international law has struggled with two developments where regional arrangements are a central point of discussion regarding the universal nature of international law. The first is international law's move from being primarily a procedural system between states to a system pursuing normative values and objectives extending beyond the self-interests of states. The second development is the increasing diversification of the international system as more and more non-European states have gained sovereign status in the international system. Regional arrangements have been a central feature for both of these developments as regional constructs have furthered normative projects, such as human rights protection, beyond what has been possible at the universal level. Furthermore, the increasing growth of regional arrangements brings about amplified assertions of diversity as particular groups of states use the regional forum to project their collective views on the nature and practice of international law. Despite the prominence of regional arrangements in international law and in the organization of the international system, international law has not adequately addressed the matter, and most approaches have been about concern over a potential threat posed by regional arrangements. This has been most clearly expressed in the developments of international organization in the 20th century. Woodrow Wilson's ideas for the League of Nations were premised on a single universal international law applicable to all states through universal membership in a single international organization. He believed it was the creation of regional groupings among states that led to competition, and then conflict, contributing to the outbreak of World War I. The belief in the need for a universal organization and legal system continued into the creation of the United Nations. At the same time, the political realities of the international system, whereby a number of regional arrangements were already in place (such as the Organization of American States and the Arab League) had to be acknowledged within the UN framework. However, neither the League nor the United Nations established a definitive legal relationship between the universal and the regional for the purposes of general international law and organization. The League's Covenant, in Article 20, called for the abrogation of any international agreements that contradicted the organization's purposes. Article 21 in turn recognized that all other international agreements, including regional-based instruments, were acceptable provided they were designed in a way that was compatible with the universal organization's objectives. In the UN Charter, the universal body does have a privileged position in the maintenance of international peace and security through the Security Council's role in this area. Chapter VIII of the Charter, "Regional Arrangements", deals only with international legal efforts for the purposes of maintaining international peace and security, and is not a hierarchical model applicable to other areas of international activity. The Charter also includes Article 103, which provides that with regard to any conflict between the legal obligation of the Charter and any other international agreement, it is the obligations of the Charter that will prevail. …


A field survey was conducted in the flood plains of the upper Brahmaputra basin to assess the diversity and distribution of Lamellidens spp. Altogether four species of Lamellidens, categorized as Least Concerned of IUCN Redlist were recorded from the 17 sampling stations comprising small to large tributaries and wetlands covering a geographical area of approximately 3900 km. The recorded Lamellidens phenchooganjensis Preston, 1912 corresponds to new reports from the Brahmaputra basin, whereas Lamellidens jenkinsianus (Benson, 1862) was found to be unique and endemic to this region. Significant morphometric differences were observed within the Lamellidens spp. In terms of richness and species distribution, significant trends of diversity were observed across the northern basin and southern basin of the study area. The outcome of the present work is based on firsthand information on the diversity, distribution and status of Lamellidens population of this region and inconsistencies between available data is still a major problem in establishing a database for the planning of species conservation in the region.


In this paper, airlines and other users' route choice behaviors in the national airspace system of the United States have been examined. A binary logit regression model was used to determine the choice of routes by the users employing instrument flight rules. By categorizing routes into two types-over land and over water-and using a sample of almost 98,500 observations from the Federal Aviation Administration's Enhanced Traffic Management System, it was found that operational characteristics, such as distance, commercial flights, and altitudes of the flights are critical in determining route choice. Inflationary environment, caused by sectoral jet fuel prices and overall economy-wide prices, leads to the choice of overwater routes. Busier months as well as peak times of the day lead to the choice of overwater routes. Finally, airspace redesign tends to make overwater routes more attractive vis a vis than overland routes.


Diabetic foot is one of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) and it is an ordinary cause of hospitalization. The costs of these hospitalizations and the social charge are serious health problems. To evaluate diabetic hospitalized patients with foot lesions, we studied 23 patients (14M, 9F; 39-80 years old), from April to November 1999. All had type 2 DM and 48% showed glucose levels <200mg/dL when admitted into the hospital. Foot lesions were categorized as follow (according to Wagner): grade 1: 26%; grade 2: 17%; grade 3: 13%; grade 4: 35%; grade 5: 9%. Sixty-five percent of the patients evolved to amputations (30% at thigh level). Median time of the hospitalization was 14 days. Median cost was R$1,004 and in 24% of the hospitalizations it was higher than R$2,000. If we aggregate the mean expenditure with prosthesis (R$1,900), the charges are around R$3,000. Nine patients were at economically active age. Patients with foot lesions are responsible for long time hospitalizations with high costs, which is inadequate to the public health care system in our country. Consequently, prevention is absolutely significant to improve the prognosis of this pathology.


A resonant tag has one electrode plate of the capacitor and an electronic circuit formed on one surface of the insulating film is composed of a resonance circuit, the electronic circuit electrically connected to the capacitor. Forming another electrode plate of the capacitor on the other surface of the insulating film, the other electrode plate is electrically connected to the electronic circuit. An insulating film located between the two electrode plates is carried out at a predetermined temperature with a predetermined pressure of the hot pressing, to shorten the distance between the two electrode plates, and disrupt the crystalline structure of the insulating film to form through the two electrode plates the through-hole.


The invention relates to a pedal assembly yoke (10) connected to a vehicle bulkhead, said yoke (10) carrying a shaft (20) on which are mounted at least one pedal (30) and at least one ring (60), the latter located in such a way as to be adjacent to the universal joint (50) of the steering column of said vehicle. The invention also relates to a vehicle comprising such a yoke.


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The Poisson sum formula is used to transform the standing wave representation of seismic displacements in a radially stratified sphere into a travelling wave representation. The terms in the sum can be given a physical interpretation, via the method of stationary phase, as classical wave packets making successive traversals of the great circle through epicentre and receiver. The travelling wave representation forms the basis for the retrieval of structural parameters and source mechanisms from the spectra of travelling wave groups.


The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a plate having an array of thin film transistors. A The method of manufacturing a thin film transistor, depositing a plurality of layers (3,13,15,23) to define a thin film transistor, and is patterned, the one of the plurality of layers (23), by patterning with high definition process, and the other layers of the plurality of layers (3,13,15), comprises the step of patterning using a low resolution step. In particular, the metal coating layer defining the source and drain of the thin film transistor (23) may be patterned using a high resolution process, and other layers can be patterned by a low resolution step. High definition process, a photolithography and the lower resolution process can be printed.


Modal analysis, aiming at estimating modal characteristics such as natural frequencies and mode shapes, is fundamental for studying the dynamic behaviours of a structure. This paper presents a modal analysis of an arch dam using three different techniques. The reference one is based on the statistical analysis of the ambient vibration data collected from the dam crest. The two other approaches are both numerical but with different methods (fluid‐element and Westergaard) for the modelling of the reservoir and its interactions with the dam. By applying the three techniques to the studied dam and comparing their results, it is demonstrated that: (1) analysing the ambient vibration data through an operational modal analysis method is able to extract the dam modal characteristics; (2) the fluid‐element method is effective for arch dams since the first 10 natural frequencies can be accurately predicted once the material parameters are calibrated on the first three modes; and (3) the Westergaard method, a technique with only additional masses, produces significantly under‐estimated frequencies for the first few modes if same parameters are used as the fluid‐element method; the underestimation can be corrected for several modes by using a higher stiffness parameter but the required value is unrealistic for the case study. Furthermore, a modified Westergaard method is introduced in this paper by using a reduced added‐mass coefficient. This method, once the coefficient is calibrated on the 1st mode, is able to well predict the partially coupled modes as illustrated with the case study of the Saint‐Guérin dam.


A corner bracket for use in mounting and locating a mounting bracket for a window covering including an inverted L-shaped mounting plate having a plurality of preformed slots and holes for receiving the mounting bracket in a predetermined location and at least one perpendicular laterally extending flange for abutment with a support surface adjacent a window opening for locating the mounting plate in the corner of the window opening.


A real-time joint trajectory generator for planar walking bipeds is proposed. This trajectory planner generates dynamically stable motion patterns by using a set of objective locomotion parameters as its input, and by tuning and exploiting the natural upper body dynamics. The latter can be determined and manipulated by using the angular momentum equation. Basically, trajectories for hip and swing foot motion are generated, which guarantee that the objective locomotion parameters attain certain prescribed values. Additionally, the hip trajectories are slightly modified such that the upper body motion is steered naturally, meaning that it requires practically no actuation. This has the advantage that the upper body actuation hardly influences the position of the Zero Moment Point. The effectiveness of the developed strategy is demonstrated by simulation results.


Recently, the policymakers in India swung into action and issued an order for banning Maggi, when the samples were tested positively for lead content. Few years back, a similar thing happened with the microfinance sector, which intends to cater to the poor.A number cases of farmers' suicidesin one of the Indian states-Andhra Pradesh,were linked to exacting practices adopted by microfinance institutions (MFIs) in recovering the loans lent to the poor. The policymakers of Andhra Pradesh were prompt in issuing proscriptionto the banks to stop lending to MFIs, which resulted in cripplingthe entire microfinance sector in the country. Many MFIs suffered loss of business and even some were permanently pushed out of business. But this kind of rush to issuing public policiesraises several questions. Like why microfinance, which was once considered as an important tool for inclusive development, was seen using predatory practices? Does that mean microfinance is bad per se?Is such rush for proscribing really benefitthe poor? Given these questions, the paper examines significance of access to financial services in the lives of poor and what affect does it have on the entire ecosystem and associated components in microfinance.


Temporary threshold shifts were measured repeatedly during a session in order to determine effects of interstimulus interval (ISI) on the shift. The fatiguing sound was a 3‐min, 110‐dB‐SPL, 4000‐Hz pure tone. Immediately following the 3‐min stimulation, Bekesy‐audiometric tracings were made for 3 min at 5656 Hz. Then the subject sat quietly for the ISI that was used during that session. The effect of the subject's rest time or time off was compared at two points on the recovery curve: at 30 s and at 2 min following the cessation of the fatiguing sound. For short‐duration ISIs, each successive threshold showed a greater shift than the earlier ones, for at least four tests. As ISI was increased, improvement seemed not to follow the expected logarithmic form. At some critical value that varies from subject to subject, successive tests no longer differ from each other; each one is similar to a first trial in which no previous exposure to the high‐level tone has occurred. For most subjects run under these cond...


IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE that anoxia and advanced degrees of hypoxia are frequent causes of stillbirth and neonatal death. Oxygen want on the part of the fetus may be brought about by several mechanisms. The term anoxic anoxia (anoxia due to lack of oxygen) may be defined as deficiency of oxygen in the tissues due to some cutting off or vitiation of the oxygen supply to the blood. In extrauterine life this source of supply is, of course, the respiratory tract. As examples of anoxic anoxia may be cited laryngeal obstruction and the effects of high altitude flying. Since the fetus in utero derives its oxygen from sources outside its own body, indeed from the oxygen in the maternal blood some distance from its own body, a breakdown in this extrinsic oxygen supply must be considered in anoxic anoxia of the fetus. In the opinion of Edith Potter, only cases


Our aim is to develop Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) which are suitable for all customers in all driving conditions. To achieve this goal, a new methodology was developed to characterize driving manner in each scenario by a mathematical model based on Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data. To represent the variety of driving manners, a new parameter named "aggressiveness" is introduced. By adjusting "aggressiveness", the ADAS' behaviour can be modified, matching natural driving behaviour in a wide range of operating conditions. This methodology is applied to model when drivers start to brake when approaching another vehicle that's driving in the same lane. This model can be used to detect when a driver is not assessing a threat correctly by comparing his instantaneous driving behaviour with his normal driving behaviour. INTRODUCTION Background Driver behaviour models can be grouped in 2 types of models: "continuous" and "psychophysical" models. Continuous models [1, 2, 3] are effective in representing a realistic general motion of a vehicle. This makes them suitable for microscopic simulations of traffic. Unfortunately these models cannot represent a different driving style other than the one used to fit them. Psychophysical models [1, 4, 5] are based on the biological sensory perception of humans. They assume humans will react when the sensory input is above their perceptual threshold. These thresholds vary strongly among drivers and among driving conditions. None of the existing psychophysical models takes into account the influence of the driving conditions and the variation in driving behaviour between drivers. The Risk Perception (RP) [10] model is an example of a psychophysical model. It is a model for the relative distance when drivers start to brake when approaching a vehicle. The RP model estimates the influence of the driving conditions. However it doesn't take into consideration the variation of driving manners.


Crete from the fifteenth century onwards. At the same time he hedges when he comes to discuss religion, and confuses the issue badly by failing to distinguish between the Olympian deities attested for Crete and those only known at Pylos, and perhaps 200 years later (Hera and Dionysos; Demeter is now thought to be wrongly identified). Yet when discussing the Cretan Zeus (pp. 201-3) he makes no mention of the entry on a Knossos tablet (Fp 1) recording the sending of olive oil to 'Zeus of Dicte'. Nor is there any reference on p. 220 to the tablets which record offerings sent by the palace at Knossos to Eleuthia ( = Eileithyia) at Amnisos, the cave which Hutchinson thinks was 'a shrine of the people'; though this same evidence is used in the discussion of honey on p. 243. To sum up, the whole of this account of the Linear scripts is riddled with errors and misrepresentations. It is extremely unfortunate that ten years after the decipherment, when it has been generally accepted by responsible scholars throughout the world, an influential book appealing to the general public should thus distort the facts. The study of Minoan and Mycenaean epigraphy is now a highly specialized subject, requiring among other things expert knowledge of the history of the Greek language; the errors in this account are almost entirely due to its being undertaken by an expert in a totally different field, Cretan archaeology. Sutor ne supra crepidam.


Using a simple model of Milky Way halo formation and chemical evolution, we examine the criteria for observing Milky Way-like progenitor galaxies and the stellar populations within them with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We determine that Milky Way progenitors are visible in deep fields (AB = 30–31) up to z = 7 with low dust content and up to z = 9 with no dust content. These models allow us to determine the fraction of Milky Way halo stars formed in galaxies that should be visible with Near-Infrared Camera on JWST, as a function of metallicity. We show that galaxies in which Galactic halo stars of metallicity above [Fe/H] = −2.5 formed can be detected. Galaxies that form stars with higher metallicities should be visible in deep fields and can be studied by combining observations within the Galaxy as well as external galaxies. We find that halo stars with [Fe/H] <−2.8 formed in progenitor galaxies that are not visible to JWST and that examining their remnants within the Milky Way provides the only realistic prospect of studying these ancient stellar populations. The oldest visible stellar populations are shown to be centrally concentrated, with the stars that formed in visible galaxies at z > 3 residing preferentially within the central 10 kpc region of the Galaxy.


Onshore international students' capacity to study effectively is affected by daily living issues related to accommodation, food, transport, social opportunities, and healthcare access. Faculty and administrators in schools of nursing can implement strategies to assist students to address these issues effectively as part of a comprehensive approach to maximizing educational achievements.


In this paper, we present a novel and effective linearization technique for nonlinear phased array antennas. For large phased arrays, linearization of the array using a single digital predistortion (DPD) is inevitable since one digital path is upconverted and feeds several RF transmission paths, each of which is connected to a power amplifier (PA) and an antenna element. However, a critical issue is that the PA characteristics can vary considerably within an array. Thus, linearizing individual PAs with one DPD is rather challenging. We formulate and solve an optimization problem that corresponds to jointly minimizing the maximum residuals between the input to the array and the output of individual PAs. We demonstrate that the proposed technique outperforms state-of-the-art linearization solutions while retaining the linear gain of the array.


We have, over the past eighteen months, been developing a software toolkit to enable the sites participating in the UK e-Science Grid to carry out operational monitoring of Grid resources and to facilitate the integration of the Grid. In this paper we present and discuss the design and implementation of the software tools throughout the development of the UK e-Science Grid, and comment on our experience of using these tools to do integration testing and operational monitoring. Finally we highlight current problems and suggest potential improvements to the tools, and additionally make suggestions for ways in which the project could be developed and diversified in the future.


ABSTRACT This study traces the development of the Journal of Teaching in International Business (JTIB) in terms of its contributors of published research in the field of international business education. The study is based on an analysis of the 245 articles published in the first twelve volumes of JTIB. The reported results provide evaluative information, including the contributor authors, extent of collaboration, author attributes, institutional sources and geographic origins for research published by JTIB. The study concludes that, within a relatively brief span of time, JTIB has developed into a respected outlet for refereed research in international business education as evidenced by the substantial majority of contributing authors affiliated with quality institutions accredited by the AACSB.


ABSTRACT Mentoring is an important socializing process for the library profession. Although mentoring may involve ad hoc arrangements between individuals, professional associations play an important role in facilitating mentoring. This article reports on mentoring programs (formal and informal) in professional library associations.


Abstract Records of sea-surface temperature, cloudiness and wind are investigated for eight ocean areas along the shipping lane between Europe and South America. There was a gradual increase in temperature over most of the tropical Atlantic between 1922 and 1938 (Bullig, 1954). The total warming over the 17-yr period varied between 0.6C and 0.9C and was strongest at latitude 7N. In the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands, the strength of the northerly wind component decreased by about 0.8 m sec−1. Off the central Brazilian coast, the amount of cloud cover decreased by 5 to 7 per cent. The power spectra of temperature, cloudiness and wind anomalies are investigated for the frequency range between zero and six cycles per year. It is found that most of the power of temperature anomalies is concentrated at low frequencies and that there are no periodicities. A significant and inverse relation between temperature and wind anomalies is found in the NE trade-wind region. Along the Brazilian coast there is a direc...


This paper proposes a device, Dry Load, which is used for testing generators on the platforms.The hardware structure,communication,and the software-hardware realization of this device are presented.


The photocycloaddition of a steroidal 4-ene-3,6-dione to olefins and dienes yields a regio- and stereospecific [4 + 2]-dihydropyran adduct as well as smaller amounts of a [2 + 2]-cyclobutane adduct.


We present design and simulation results of a novel nanomechanical sensor using silicon cantilever embedded with a two-dimensional photonic crystal microcavity resonator. Both of resonant wavelength and resonant wavelength shift could be measured as a function of various physical parameters such as applied force, strain, and displacement. Rather linear relationship is derived for strain and resonant wavelength shift. This new nanomechanical sensor shows promising features for biomolecules detection.


Money has begun to enter people's life by providing solutions to the impediments that occur during the execution of his transactions. Originally, any object of commonly accepted value was used as money, then the first coins appeared and, we have the first paper coins as the evolution of money. In a more modern economy, we see the appearance of accounting money, such as sight deposits and the transfer of money with bill such as checks. In some cases we even have borrowed money by credit institutions with a provision to pay it at a predetermined time, and with an agreed charge. In addition to securing customers from being stolen or losing their cash, sight deposits enable the bank to make use of the money it has been given to finance investments and offer loans.
The present paper deals with the study of plastic money and its evolution in recent years, while also examining the effectiveness of the legislation in the creation of the use of plastic money. To be able to study the issue, the work has been structured into five chapters. In the first chapter we study the concept of money, giving definitions and analyzing its characteristics. Subsequently, in the second chapter there is an extensive account of plastic money, its forms and its species. The third chapter shows the laws and regulations regarding the use of plastic money and the data that have been formed after the imposition of new laws. The fourth chapter discusses the problem of tax offenses and the contribution of legislation to limiting them. Finally, the fifth and final chapter provides a statistical analysis of the result of a questionnaire created for the preparation of this paper and better understanding of consumer behavior.


Urban functional zones (UFZs) are the urban spaces divided by various functional activities and are the basic units of daily human activities. UFZ mapping, which identifies the UFZ categories in different spatial areas of a city, is of considerable significance to urban management, design, and sustainable development. Various deep learning-based (DL-based) methods, which achieved remarkable results in an end-to-end supervised process, were proposed for UFZ mapping. However, the excellent performance of DL-based models relies heavily on a large number of well-annotated samples, which is impossible to obtain in practical UFZ mapping scenarios. Obtaining these well-annotated samples requires a lot of manual costs, which greatly limits the outcome of these methods in practical UFZ mapping tasks. In this article, we proposed a UFZ mapping method using OpenStreetMap-based (OSM-based) sample generation and the bi-branch neural network (BibNet). By adopting the idea of OSM-based sample generation, the proposed method utilized large-scale crowdsourcing labeled data (source domain) in OSM to generate a UFZ dataset (target domain) from OSM using remote sensing and social sensing data. Considering the inconsistent response of UFZ to various data observations, it is difficult to fully reflect the characteristics of UFZs using only remote sensing or social sensing data. We further proposed the BibNet, which utilizes two different deep neural network branches to comprehensively harness remote sensing images and social sensing data to map the UFZ. Experiments were conducted in Shenzhen City and Hong Kong City (Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District). The proposed method achieved an overall accuracy (OA) of 94.46% in the testing set of Shenzhen City and OA of 91.90% in the testing set of Hong Kong City.


Motivated by the growing discussion on the resemblance of multilevel marketing schemes to pyramid scams, we compare the two phenomena based on their underlying compensation structures. We show that a company can design a pyramid scam to exploit a network of agents with coarse beliefs and that this requires the company to charge the participants a license fee and pay them a recruitment commission for each of the people that they recruit and that their recruits recruit. We characterize the schemes that maximize a company's profit when it faces fully rational agents, and establish that the company never finds it profitable to charge them a license fee or pay them recruitment commissions.


An improved Iterative Interference Canceller (IC) for Serially Concatenated Continuous Phase Modulation (SCCPM) is proposed. The classical IC uses the uniform probability distribution as input on the first iteration because the CPM Soft-Input Soft-Output (SISO) model can not provide the useful information at that time, so the ISI is not canceled at all and the performance of equalization is poor when the ISI is serious. In order to resolve the problem the proposed IC uses the priori probability of transmitted signal as input on the first iteration, which can cancel some ISI and improve the performance of equalization. Simulation results show that the proposed IC has the gain of 0.5dB and 3.3dB over the moderate ISI and is effective over serious ISI where the classical IC is ineffective.


The invention relates to a flushing-free medical care product for heads and a preparation method thereof. Medical care liquid for heads is poured on water-absorbing non-woven fabric, and then, the water-absorbing non-woven fabric with the absorbed medical care liquid for heads is put into a water-proof headgear with an elastic belt to obtain the flushing-free medical care product for heads. The medical care liquid for heads comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.1-10% of water-soluble chitosan, 1-10% of surfactant, 0.1-6% of humectant, 0.05-5.0% of bactericide, 0.5-1.5% of hair care component, 0-0.8% of aromatic and the balance of deionized water, wherein the components are uniformly mixed to obtain the medical care liquid for heads. The medical care product for heads, which is provided by the invention, can be used for quickly carrying out medical care on heads without flushing with a lot of water, is convenient to use, has a good cleaning effect, has good affinity to human scurf and hair, can moisten and protect the hair, has no irritation, and has the advantages of simple preparation process and low cost, thereby meeting the requirements of medical care for heads of patients who lie in beds for a long time or maternity patients.


Poor vestibular system development is quite widespread. Current research is aimed to identify if training in an adaptive version of Cawthorne-Cooksey exercises for virtual reality headsets is more effective than training without any special equipment. As a result, there was created an application for HTC Vive Pro with adapted exercises for vestibular system training. The experiment lasted for two weeks for two groups of people where each group contained 7 patients. For the assessment, there was used stabilometric platform to check biological feedback on the support reaction. The results showed that the group training in the virtual reality application achieved better improvements.


Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) radar is an unique instrument that can observe the dynamics of the atmosphere with a large height coverage. A number of radars of this type in the world typically have the operation frequency of around 50MHz. Since use of this frequency band is advantageous in terms of dielectric loss with water vapor the radar can observe the atmospheric scatter up to the mesosphere. In terms of the spatial resolution, however, use of VHF has substantial drawbacks compared to microwave bands. Angular resolution and range resolution are generally limited by the normalized area (by λ) of antenna array (or aperture) and the bandwidth of transmitted pulses, respectively. For making a real radar, feasibility depends on its wavelength. The diameter of the aperture only corresponds to about 16 wavelengths and its beam width to about 3.5 degrees. In addition, the range resolution is limited usually to 75m or 150m, at maximum, by the system bandwidth. To improve the spatial resolution, interferometric methods that take advanteges of antenna array and multiple frequencies can be considered, which contribute the angular resolution and the range resolution, respectively. Multiplefrequency adaptive interferometry techniques have been developed and commonly for improving range resolution in atmospheric radar applications [3]. As for angular resolution, however, adaptive antenna array techniques have not been employed for this purpose [4, 5]. One of the reasons is the advection of the atmosphere that conveys the target turbulence across the field of view of radar. This effect not merely smears a radar image to obtain but more severely alters phase relationship between antennas.


The Quality of Experience (QoE) plays an important role in 3d scenes and is of great significance to the future development of technology. Technical parameters are still a key factor influencing the Quality of Experience (QoE). In order to better explain the relationship between technical parameters and Quality of Experience (QoE). In this paper, Quality of Experience (QoE) is divided into three elements and implements a weight analysis model between user experience elements and technical indicators. In view of the above model, we put forward the overall efficiency analysis method based on DEA, and calculated the weights of all aspects. In this way, when determining the technical scheme of 3d video, by balancing important indicators and non-important indicators, one/several technical aspects can be improved pertinently and better video effect can be achieved with less cost.


Hydrophilic character of jute fibers was reduced by acrylation of alkali treated fibers. Jute (treated and untreated) composites of mixed matrix material (25 wt% epoxy resin of bisphenol-C (EBC) and 25 wt% bisphenol-C-formaldehyde (BCF) of jute fibers) were prepared by hand lay-up technique at 150°C under 7.6 MPa pressure for 2 h. Tensile strength was found to increase from 44.3 to 63 MPa (42.2%) and flexural strength was found to increase from 56.2 to 64 MPa (13.9%) on alkali treatment and acrylation. Similarly electric strength was found to increase from 0.18 to 0.72 kV/mm (400%) and volume resistivity was found to increase from 4.13 × 1016 to 5.1 × 1016 Ω-cm (123.5%). Water absorption of the composites was carried out at room temperature in distilled water and 10% each of aq. HCl and aq. NaCl solutions, and also in boiling water. The equilibrium water uptake is reduced drastically from 17.3—12.3% to 8.8—4.9% on acrylation. Similarly diffusivity was also found to reduce from 5.7—3.9 × 10-12 m2 s-1 to 4.8—2.2 × 10-12 m2 s-1. Drastic reduction in water uptake and diffusivity are due to replacement of hydrophilic hydroxyl groups to hydrophobic vinyl ester groups. No effect of boiling water was observed on the stability of the composites. Saturation time in boiling water was reduced to about 34 and 30 times without any damage to the JEBCF-50 and TJEBCF-50 composites, respectively.


In this paper, primary school students' and pre-service teachers' ideas of seasonal change are investigated. The research was carried out in nine primary schools in Athens and in the Primary Education Department of the University of Athens. Written reports were used for gathering data while students also had the opportunity to support their answers with drawings. The results showed the following. (1) Pre-service teachers address notions which involve the movement of the Sun and/or the Earth, while primary school students address human centred, tautological and phenomenological notions as well. (2) Both primary school students and pre-service teachers mainly adopt two schemes of explanation: alterations in the distance between the Sun and the Earth and alterations in the Earth–Sun relative orientation/illumination.


- The state-of-the-art nanotechnologies ensure the establishment of sustainable green systems for CO 2 conversion. Recently, plasmonic two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures are found as effective platforms for efficient visible light-assisted photocatalysis. The plasmonic nanodomains grown on the surface of advanced 2D semiconductor materials represent a new class of hybrid nanostructures. These 2D hybrid nanostructures activate supplementary mechanisms at material heterointerfaces enabling a wide range of solar-activated physic-chemical reactions. Here, the controlled growth of plasmonic crystalline silver (Ag) nanodomains on the 2D surface oxide films of liquid Ga-based nanoparticles enabled the efficient CO 2 conversion through combined photocatalysis and acoustic-activated technique. Driven by acoustic energy, the multiple contribution of Ga 2 O 3 -Ag semiconductor/plasmonic hybrid 2D heterointerfaces enabled the visible-light assisted hot-electron generation at 2D plasmonic hybridinterfaces and therefore rose the CO 2 conversion efficiency to values higher than 94.6%. The inherent plasmonic characteristics of developed 2D nanojunction assembly accompanied by the commercial availability of acoustic activated technologies depict promising future for efficient and sustainable CO 2 conversion in industrial levels.


n the 1990s, when the Soviet Union fell apart, the Caspian emerged as a center of oil-related rivalry, the victory in which would bring influence and domination over a territory that Moscow regarded as an outskirt of its empire. This corner of Eurasia became the crossroads of political interests of global and regional powers. This very fact revived the old phrase, "The Great Game," that Kipling used to describe the Russian-British rivalry in Central Asia in the 19th century. Abused by political observers, the phrase added mystical and emotional dimensions to the Caspian issue. I believe that the analogy is an important one because the focus of the struggle (oil and gas) is found inside the region. The Caspian Basin, which has come to be described as the energy treasure-trove of the 21st century, is one of those places on the planet that is very hard to penetrate. Kipling demonstrated great perspicacity when he said that the country to win the railway race would be the winner in the Great Game. In the latter half of the 19th century, the time when the Russian and British empires clashed in Central Asia, it was control over the communication routes that decided Russia's victory and Britain's retreat. The Trans-Caspian railway completed in 1888 was Russia's main geopolitical instrument in the region, creating new trade routes to replace the old ones which in the past connected Persia, Khiva, Bukhara, and Turkestan to European Russia. This cost the British their markets and stemmed British expansion on the continent.


Objective Through infection status of college students of Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in their collective life and the analysis of related factors of demodex mite infection,we are trying to provide the basis for further improving hygiene in our school.Methods Transparent adhesive tape method was used for the examination infection of human demodex mite in 300 college students of the school collective accommodation and analyzing the relationship factors: the biogenic origin,personal hygiene,previous history of facial skin and so on by using questionnaires.Results The total infection rate in 300 college students with human demodex mite was 35.0%(105/300),the infection rate in male students was 36.7%(66/180)and in female was 32.5%(39/120),there was no sognificant difference in infection rates between male and female(χ2 = 0.55,P 0.05);the infection rates of level I,level II,level Ⅲ were 74.3%(78/105),14.3%(15/105),and 11.4%(12/105) respectively among 105 infected students;from whether the share towels,wash-basin or not,the infection rate of sharing towels,wash-basin was 44.0%,while the infection rate of no sharing towels,wash-basin was 25.5%;and there was statistically significant(χ2=14.51,P0.05) between them;the infection rate of the health facial skin was 22.3%,while that of the facial skin with seborrheic dermatitis,rosacea and acne was 42.0%,and there was statistically significant(χ2=12.03,P0.05) between them.Conclusion It is common infection with human demodex mite of college students of Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine,the students should be educated with mite-related prevention knowledge to enable them to develop good personal hygiene habits.


We must take the development of sports industry as a economic formation. Armed with modern business system, under the socialist market economy and by fair competition the sports industry is developing healthy and rapidly.


Patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presenting with type 2 respiratory failure often require mechanical ventilation. These patients usually end up in prolonged ventilation, ill effects of prolonged intubation and high chances of weaning failure. We are presenting a case of COPD with persistent hypercapnoea who had failed extubation. Patient was later extubated on to noninvasive ventilation (NIV), started on acetazolamide and was weaned from NIV over a couple of days.


This work presents the study of heterogeneous catalysis of sugarcane bagasse
 hydrothermal treatment spent liquors using a sulfonated resin. Besides,
 results were compared with those obtained by a conventional route using
 sulfuric acid as a homogeneous catalyst. Heterogeneous catalysis is suitable
 for the hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse hydrothermal liquors under mild
 conditions (100 ?C and 6 h). The obtained maximum xylose yield was 82% due
 to furfural formation, which causes a xylose selectivity drop. The
 hydrogenation of this xylose-rich liquor at 100?C and 3 MPa of hydrogen
 pressure employing a supported Ni/?-Al2O3 produced the total conversion of
 xylose with a selectivity towards xylitol of 100% by using a catalyst to
 xylose mass ratio of 0.5. Heterogeneous catalysis in a two-step route
 (hydrolysis and hydrogenation) constitutes an outstanding alternative to
 produce xylitol from sugarcane bagasse hydrothermal spent liquors since
 materials can be easily separated and reused in several reaction cycles.


The averaged jet charge characterizes the electric charge of the initiating parton and provides a powerful tool to distinguish quark jets from gluon jets. We predict, for the first time, the medium modification of the averaged jet charge in the heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, where jet productions in p+p collisions are simulated by PYTHIA6, and the parton energy loss in QGP is calculated with two Monte Carlo models of jet quenching: PYQUEN and JEWEL. We found that the distribution of averaged jet charge is significantly suppressed by initial state isospin effects due to the participation of neutrons with zero electric charge during nuclear collisions. The considerable enhancement of the averaged jet charge in central Pb+Pb collisions is observed relative to peripheral collisions, since the jet quenching effect is more pronounced in central collisions. The distinct feature of the averaged jet charge between quark and gluon jets, along with the sensitivity of medium modifications on the jet charge to flavor dependence of the parton energy loss, could be very useful to discriminate the energy loss pattern between quark and gluon jets in heavy-ion collisions.


Determination of spectral parameters from surface electrocardiograms (ECG) during atrial fibrillation (AF) may prove useful for understanding underlying pathomechanisms and selecting optimal treatment. Dominant fibrillatory frequency is the most commonly used parameter today, but bandwidth (BW) and an index of temporal frequency stability (IS) have also been described. However, no study has systematically evaluated the influence of parameter settings on inter individual differences and distinguishing antiarrhythmic drug effects. This study included 20 patients with persistent AF. ECG recordings were taken before and after amiodarone administration. The atrial fibrillatory component was extracted from ECG by principal component analysis techniques, and the spectral properties were obtained from the Welch's periodogram and the time-frequency transform. The following parameters were evaluated: BW, instantaneous main frequency and IS. Several parameter settings were studied in order to determine the values that maximize interindividual differences and allow monitoring of drug effects. Baseline frequency measured 6.54plusmn0.53 Hz (range 5.7 to 7.4 Hz) and was reduced to 5.64plusmn0.54 Hz (range 4.8 to 6.5 Hz) by amiodarone (p<0.0001). Using receiver operating characteristic analysis with a temporal resolution of 1 s in the time-frequency distribution, BW obtained from a threshold at 50% of main peak amplitude and IS based on consecutive frequency differences between 0.5 and 0.9 Hz resulted in both maximal interindividual parameter differences and differentiation of baseline and amiodarone recordings


The article deals with the pedagogical conditions for developing mariner's professional competencies in the process of integrated training sessions of basic technical disciplines and foreign-language training at the Maritime University. A reflection has been carried out concerning innovative pedagogical technologies aimed to increase the efficiency of formation of future experts' professional readiness for practical activities on board sea-going vessels. The authors present model of an integrated lesson developed on the basis of a block-and-modular system revealing the content and structure of its components. The technological "chain" of developing an integrated lesson has been allocated, and cognitive activity tasks for students in the interactive educational environment defined. As the study shows, the effectiveness of cognitive activity of students is determined by the professional orientation of educational process, as well as by using advanced information and pedagogical technologies which allow students to understand the mechanisms of application of special technical knowledge and foreign-language skills for solving professional tasks in real-life working conditions. The article emphasizes the importance of such form of integrated training sessions as simulator-based training for navigators and marine engineers, as it is considered to be an integral part of maritime education and the basis of safety and security of shipping. P u b li sh in g H o u se " A N A L IT IK A R O D IS " (a n al it ik ar o d is @ y an d ex .r u ) h tt p :/ /p u b li sh in g -v ak .r u / General pedagogics, history of pedagogics and education 355 Integrated teaching of foreign language and technical... For citation Balyaeva S.A., Khvingiya T.G., Kalinina S.A. (2019) Integrirovannoe obuchenie inostrannomu yazyku i tekhnicheskim distsiplinam kak sredstvo povysheniya effektivnosti podgotovki v morskikh universitetakh [Integrated teaching of foreign language and technical disciplines for increasing the efficiency of training in maritime universities]. Pedagogicheskii zhurnal [Pedagogical Journal], 9 (6A), pp. 354-366. DOI: 10.34670/AR.2020.46.6.227


A wrist-worn inertial motion-tracking device using a commercially available sensor chip has been investigated for a motion evaluation on a chord strumming technique of electric guitar. Several motion parameters such as elbow-swinging angle, wrist-twisting angle, and angular jerk on the wrist-twisting axis were examined for the strumming diagnosis. Three professional guitarists and amateur players having a wide range of playing experience participated in the chord strumming evaluation experiments. As a result, it was found that musically important parameters including playing rhythm deviation and strumming sharpness were able to be estimated without using sound recorders or cameras. A newly developed evaluation algorithm for the strumming sharpness may clearly distinguish the professional and amateur guitarists. In addition, application software for PC enabled the guitar players to compare their performances with those of professional guitarists as well as of themselves in the past. A guitar strumming task finder based on the elbow-swinging angle signal enabled the user to locate a specific timing for evaluation. An experimental guitar lesson class with the easy-to-use motion analysis system showed that both the task annotation and the performance evaluation can be performed without introducing significant cost in terms of time and environmental care.


Considering the influence of porous media in mush, a three dimension coupled solidification mathematical model and the trajectories equation of inclusions was developed and the model was used with CFX F3D commercial software to study the trajectories of inclusions in solidification of square billet. The numerical results show that the initial position at inlet of nozzle and diameter of inclusions, the characteristics of flow field have effect on the trajectory and the distribution of inclusions in the billet. The microscopic inclusions in billet is difficult to be removed from the billet; whereas the large size inclusions have small amount residuals in the billet. The solidification influences the trajectories of inclusions and tend to remove them and the fluid field characteristic is the major factor which influence the trajectories of inclusions.