The functions of neural system, such as learning, recognition and memory, are emerging from the dynamic mechanisms of neurons and synapses. A dynamic neural network is designed to discuss how the dynamic mechanisms in the neurons and synapses work in recognizing interspike intervals (ISIs). The dynamic synaptic transmission mechanisms and the properties of integrate-and-fire neurons are the key mechanisms, based on which the input interspike interval sequences are decomposed into isolated spikes. The synaptic delay times modulated by STDP learning rule is another key mechanism in the ISIs recognition, based on which the ISIs are learned and saved in the delay times. After learning, the neural network could recognize whether different input sequences include the same consecutive ISIs. This model shows that the dynamic mechanisms of neurons and synapses in brain are powerful, even under a simple network structure.


Vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCFs) were successfully dispersed by addition of polyfluorene (PF) in THE solvent without any reduction in length of the VGCFs. Degree of dispersion of the VGCFs in the solvent was enhanced as a ratio of PF to VGCF increases in the ratio ranged from 1/5 to 5/1, probably because of a polymer wrapping effect of the PF onto the surface of the VGCF. The dispersed PF-coated VGCFs (VGCF/PF) led to fabricate uniformly-coated electrodes because of their high dispersibility. Discharge behaviors of the VGCF/PF-based electrodes were also discussed in order to confirm feasibility of the VGCF/PF as an electroactive nano-composite.


With the coming of a time of knowledge and economy and the joining of WTO,the idea of all-life lea rning will run through the whole procedure of teachers training,.Teachers will p ay much more attention to the increase of academic level,teaching ability,thus t he training course should be more diverse,the training method should be more fle xible and the training market should be more amplified and open.In order to achi eve that goal,we should strengthen the policy guide and pay attention to the non-degree training of college teachers;we should strengthen the international exch ange and cooperation and promote the internationalization of college teachers tr aining;we should positively reform the teachers training mode and achieve greate r improvement.


Promotion of Putonghua in the ethnic areas,with national unity,economic development,information carriers,personnel training,and spiritual significance of sociology. By analyzing the national regional manager, test and learner level sociology is presented to properly handle the relationship between the national language and Mandarin,pushing general supervision of normalization,and the formation of long- term management. Strengthening the linguistic theory,school's promotion to the main front,radiation areas throughout the nation to promote Putonghua Sociology.


For the situation of 3G frequency allocation for the three operaters in China,the theoretic analysis and estimation of the interference between Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access(TD-SCDMA) and Personal Handy-phone System(PHS) is done.It is difficult to solve this interference in city by space isolation.The comparison of two interference-avoidance methods,including antenna vertical separation and filtering device,indicates that the antenna vertical separation is more effective than filtering device.This study provides a theoretical practical direction for the coexistence and development of TD-SCDMA and PHS systems.


This paper presents a new suspended technology which is fully CMOS-compatible. The technology is applied to the design of several microwave devices on silicon substrate such as spiral inductors, metal-air-metal capacitors and band pass filters. We have achieved a high peak Q factor of 95 with a fabricated inductor of 4.6 nH. Metal-air-metal capacitors have been fabricated using the same process. These elements are used to design a differential band pass filter at 5 gigahertz.


The Neotame was synthesized from 3,3-dimethylbutyric acid and aspartame via reduction,oxidation and catalytical hydrogenation,with a total yield of 45.5 %,the physical properties and Inf rared Spect roscopy of product are identical with literature.The synthetic raw materials readily available,the reaction easier to control,equipment that require low,there is a good prospect for industrialization.


With the rapid development of smart grid, Ethernet services have increased greatly in electric communication. Cooperative networking will be the deployment trend of electric communication. Based on the wireless Zig Bee and multi-service transfer platform technology, this paper proposes a data transmission scheme for local and remote equipment room in substation power environment monitoring system. The information of temperature, water and fog is collected and uploaded by the multipoint deployed Zig Bee sensors in the equipment room, data transmission between master and substation uses the switching mode. The proposed scheme can realize the reliable data transmission, high effi cient and fl exible service confi guration and reduce the transmission bandwidth.


The case of Action Research drives a wedge between two opposite views of research methodology: an 'exclusive ' (Platonic/theoretical) one which insists that only objective and quantitative inquiries (as in physics) are genuine scientific research, and an 'inclusive ' (Aristotelian/practical) one that recognizes a need to adapt the research methods of different inquiries to the nature of their problems. The latter approach involves seeing issues of methodology as dependent on half-a-dozen contextual factors, which are crucial to Action Research, yet which the former approach ignores.


In the improvement of forage crop varieties knowledge of ~e .extent of cross-fertilization is of value for (1) de ~g the extent and randomness of crossing in breed mg procedures, (2) estimating varietal changes due to contamination and mechanical mixtures, and (3) eval uating effects of cross,fertilization in the development and production of synthetic and hybrid combinations. Genetic markers can aid greatly in the evaluation of lIOIS·fertilization, and thus in the development and pro duction of new varieties. Ideally, markers should be dis tinctive and readily detected in the seedling stage, con ditioned by a single dominant gene with complete pene trance, and have no adverse effects on plant growtli, zy. gote viability, or randomness of cross-pollination.


Japan FTC Proposes New Attorney-Client Privilege Rules for Public Comment* In April 2020, Japan's antitrust regulator, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), issued draft rules and guidelines…


Oribatid mite diversity along an altitudinal gradient from 10 m to 850 m a.s.l. was investigated on the twigs and leaves of Rhododendron ponticum L. in Mtirala National Park. Forest floor sampling (mineral soil and litter) was also performed in the same locations. Altogether, 77 species of oribatid mites were identified. 31 species were found in the canopy and 64 species were found in the mineral soil and litter. Juveniles made-up 7.6% of the canopy fauna. Ommatocepheus ocellatus (Michael, 1882), was a new finding for Mtirala National Park. Steganacarus (Tropacarus) patruelis Niedbala, 1983 was the most numerous species found on twigs and leaves. Almost the whole canopy fauna (94%) belonged to higher oribatids (Brachypilina) and the lower oribatids were only represented by only S. patruelis and Camisia segnis (Herman, 1804). Canopy fauna was separated from those found on the ground supporting the importance of both habitats in maintaining overall biodiversity. The highest number of individuals and the highest number of species was found on mid-altitudes, decreasing with increasing elevation. There was no difference in species richness between twig and leaf habitats, whereas abundance was much higher on twigs. We showed that rhododendron understory harbored well established and abundant oribatid fauna preserving rare and unique species that enhance regional biodiversity.


The paper presents a homopolar [Dordea, T. 1977] synchronous machine as an alternative to the machines with permanent magnets for high-speed drives applications, motors or generators. The construction and operation principle are shown. The magnetic flux, electromotive force (EMF), and the torque of the machine are discussed. The iron losses due to the electromagnetic phenomena are evaluated. An experimental model and the results from the test bench are presented and compared with the theoretical assumptions.


&NA; This article describes identifying the need for a support/educational group, as well as implementing and evaluating the group. The group was formed to give stroke patients a method of obtaining support. The role of the clinical nurse specialist as a consultant, liaison, and educator is illustrated.


Thirty year old non-productive coffee ( Coffea arabica L.) trees were treated with three levels  of paclobutrazol (0 control, 0.5 g a.i and 1.0 g.a.i. PBZ /meter canopy span) using Cultar 1 and 2 months before rejuvenation pruning and the effects on root carbohydrate, macronutrient contents and fine root growth were assessed. Application of 1.0 g a.i. PBZ significantly increased root starch content but did not affect the root sugar content. Plants applied with PBZ 2 months prior to pruning had higher root P content compared to those applied 1 month prior to pruning.  Root N, P, K, Ca and Mg contents did not differ with time of PBZ treatment.  The timing of PBZ application had no significant effect on the root volume and dry weight but PBZ concentration significantly affected root volume with plants applied with 0.5 g a.i. PBZ per meter canopy span having  40% bigger fine roots volume relative to the non-PBZ treated control.


To assess the feasibility of the teaching methods of scene processing simulated learning(SPSL), the effect of SPSL and traditional teaching method on processing nerbs were compared. The result showed that traditional teaching method is less effective neither in students' grades of exam nor in general grades compared with SPSL. SPSL excels the traditional teaching method in the course of Processing Methods of Chinese Materia Medica.


We report comparisons of measured and calculated L3-shell appearance potential spectra (APS) for Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, and Ni. The measurements were made with polycrystalline specimens and carefully calibrated electron energy scale. APS data have usually been interpreted in terms of a simple one-electron model in which both the excited core electron and the incident electron have final states near the Fermi level. According to this model, a self-convolution is made of the empty density of states (DOS) and this is convolved with a Lorentzian function to represent core-hole lifetime broadening. Comparisons of the shapes of measured and calculated APS yield satisfactory agreement for the heavier elements of the 3d series (Co and Ni) but the model breaks down for the lighter elements (Ti and V). As indicated by the final-state rule, we need to include effects of the core hole in the final state. With the use of a Green's function approach, the APS are calculated from the final-state DOS (i.e., modified by the presence of a core hole). For Ti and V, we indeed find satisfactory agreement with the measured data after including effects of the core hole. Core-hole effects are smaller but still noticeable for Cr and Fe; they are nearly negligible for Co and Ni, consistent with the rule.


Renal failure after an overdose of chlorprothixene has been attributed to a direct nephrotoxic effect of the drug. We report a carefully investigated case. No evidence of specific nephrotoxicity was revealed and we suggest that the renal failure is due to ischaemia during a transitory syncope, a well known side-effect of chlorprothixene.


This paper presents a novel RFID tag antenna for metallic objects. This antenna contains a coupling ground and wing-shape radiation patch. The antenna has the compact size of 84 mm × 25 mm × 4. 5 mm. If the Circularly polarized reader antenna gain is 7. 5 dBi,the radiated power is 30dbm,the reading distance can be reached to 10 m in 902 ~ 928 MHz range. The measured results indicate that the tag antenna has a good long-range recognition performance on the surface of the metal objects.


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The reversible action of tungsten or molybdenum-containing formate dehydrogenase (FDH) enzymes in reducing CO2 to formate has been proposed for storing renewably produced electricity with concomitant CO2 sequestration. Previous attempts have highlighted the unfeasibility of using purified enzyme systems for biotechnological purposes. In response the possibility of using the exoelectrogenic bacteria Shewanella oneidensis in association with a cathode to drive intracellular CO2 reduction is proposed. Since the native FDH enzymes of S.oneidensis have not been previously studied, this work concerns their characterisation and directionality to inform both on native physiology and possible future biotechnological applications. This thesis demonstrates that the native FDH enzymes of S.oneidensis are capable of CO2 reductase activity. Both forward (Km 39 μM) and reverse (Km 1.43 mM) directions of FDH catalysis in whole cell cultures are maximal when cultured in the presence of W. When grown under such conditions, two FDH isoforms (Fdh1αβγ and Fdh2αβγ) contribute to these activities, with protein purification confirming Fdh2αβγ as a tungstoenzyme. CO2 reductase activity in S.oneidensis cultures could be driven by a cathode in simple three electrode electrochemical experiments without exogenous mediators with high coloumbic efficiency, representing an interesting paradigm for future inexpensive microbial electrosynthetic study.


The Mona Complex (Late Precambrian) of Anglesey, North Wales, can be modeled as a disrupted forearc complex. There are two distinct melanges in this complex. The Gwna melange contains large scale olistostromal masses, disrupted sequences that preserve a ghost stratigraphy, local syn-depositional slump and slide deposits, and sequences of pillowed basalts and associated sediments. Deformation was gravity driven. This unit developed in a forearc on a previously passive continental margin. The Aethwy Schists is belt of metabasite blocks in a pelitic matrix. The belt is metamorphosed; metabasites show a glaucophanic assemblage superimposed on an actinolitic precursor assemblage. Structures in the blocks developed when the rocks were highly ductile; block margins are highly sheared and recrystallized. These contrasting melanges are juxtaposed in two ways. The Aethwy Schists were underplated to the overlying plate. They were uplifted into the forearc high and stratigraphically overlain by characteristic Gwna melanges. Secondly, these units were faulted together along the Berw fault, a structure located along the edge of the ancient forearc high. These melanges and their juxtaposition demonstrate that when subduction is prolonged or episodic or when a complex terrane is rejuvenated, melanges formed by contrasting mechanisms can be juxtaposed and should not be treatedmore » as a single chaotic body.« less


ABSTRACT This work aimed to analyze the chemical composition of the essential oils of Varronia curassavica accessions that were collected during the rainy (July 2015) and dry (January 2016) seasons. The essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS/FID. Fifty compounds were detected in the essential oils. The cluster analysis formed seven chemical clusters in the two harvest seasons. Only the accessions VCUR-302 and VCUR-502 presented major alterations in the chemical composition of their essential oil. These two accessions migrated from cluster 5 in the rainy season to cluster 6 in the dry season. Accession VCUR-105 had higher essential oil content in the rainy season (3.20%). Meanwhile, in the dry season, the accessions VCUR-003 (2.78%) and VCUR-101 (2.73%) were also productive, as well as VCUR-105 (2.84%). The bioactive compounds α-humulene and (E)-caryophyllene were detected in all of the accessions of their essential oils in both seasons.


W ereportdevelopm entofgeneratorsforperiodic,satellite-free(cid:13)uxesofm ono-dispersedropswith diam eters down to 10 (cid:22) m from cryogenic liquids like H 2 ,N 2 ,A r and X e (and,as reference (cid:13)uid, water). W hile the breakup ofwater jets can wellbe described by Rayleigh's linear theory,we (cid:12)nd jet regim es for H 2 and N 2 which revealdeviations from this behavior. Thus, Rayleigh's theory is inappropriate for thin jets that exchange energy and/or m ass with the surrounding m edium . M oreover,athigh evaporation rates,axialsym m etry ofthe dynam icsislost.W hen the dropspass into vacuum ,frozen pellets form due to surface evaporation. The narrow width ofthe pellet (cid:13)ux pavesthe way towardsvariousindustrialand scienti(cid:12)c applications.


The invention provides methods and apparatuses for a helical antenna assembly that are constructed by placing a metallic tape strip diagonally onto non-metallic tape. The tape assembly is then rolled on a dielectric core. The metallic tape strip is coupled to an electrical connector and a center conductor that is located through the center of the dielectric core. The tape assembly may include one or two tabs that are bent over the ends the dielectric core to prevent the tape assembly from separating from the dielectric core. The tabs may be pinned by eyelets that are affixed to the center conductor. The pitch of the conductive portion of the tape assembly is determined to provide desired electrical characteristics when the tape assembly is wrapped around the dielectric core. The conductive portion of the tape assembly may be trimmed to obtain desired electrical characteristics.


This research experiment, the study population is a mortar made from a mixture of cement, sand, gray scale boiler, water with cement of the same weight. For the sample in this study was sampled mortar and sample materials. Sample testing of concrete cube of size 5 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm by 54 pieces of the specimen. The data used in this study is primary data is data taken directly to the object of researchers by making and testing of the specimen. From the research shows that, by using gray scale oil palm shell boiler influential as mortar additives, compressive strength reached an optimum value is 18.873 MPa at 15% with a variation of the addition of water absorption power 17, 441% does not exceed the value of the control mortar compressive strength 19.026 MPa 14.965% water absorption power. Crust boiler ash can be used as a substitute for sand crust boiler ash containing carbon that are hard like sand element. Key words :        mortar, abu crust boiler shells palm oil, cement, sand and water


Social Democratic Program in the Wisconsin Legislature. It is frequently held that the socialists do not have a constructive program. The six social-democratic members of the State legislature of Wisconsin, however, have advanced about seventy carefully drawn measures, which indicate the lines along which they intend to carry out their ideas. They are limited more or less of course, by present constitutional provisions but they propose a number of constitutional amendments, and even a constitutional convention, by which they hope to make way for further socialistic legislation. It should be noted that some of the measures which the socialists have advanced heretofore, are now being taken up by representatives of other parties. Whenever this occurs, the socialists first satisfy themselves that the measure is properly drawn, and if so, they do not introduce a bill themselves, but support these measures. In the present -State legislature of Wisconsin, there are some eight or ten measures of this kind introduced by republicans and democrats. Nearly all of these had been introduced by the socialists at previous sessions, but had been voted down. The socialists, while supporting these measures, still claim them as a part of their program and use their utmost effort to advance them. In this line, may be mentioned a bill to give the referendum to cities, which was introduced by a democratic assemblyman; a sweeping municipal ownership bill, almost identically the same as the one introduced two years ago by the socialists, now introduced by a republican assemblyman. The proposition for an amendment to the constitution to provide for direct legislation in State matters, was introduced by a republican and is supported by the socialists, as is also another measure for the recall. A bill by a republican senator


Microorganisms need energy sources that are needed from food ingredients. The aim is to utilize the utilization of bacteria in making yoghurt and Moringa extract. The research method used is Collection of Research Data from home. Yoghurt is a product of milk fermentation using Lactobacillus bulgaricus  and Streptococcus thermophillus. The fermentation process in yoghurt has an important role in the formation of lactid acid. Lactobacillus plays a role in the formation of yoghurt, while Streptococcus thermopillus is prepared at the time the yoghurt tastes. Moringa leaf extract also contains yoghurt protein levels this is because Moringa contains high protein. The presentage of the addition of Moringa leat extract is known to make the pH of yoghurt increase. This is caused by Moringa leaf extract is having a pH ranging from 5,8-6,0. The precentage addition of Moringa leaf extract is known to make calcium yoghurt levels increase. The strength of the combination of Moringa and yoghurt both contain high calcium, protein, and minerals and are easily found in dairy preparations containing vegetables. The addition of Moringa leaf extract will affect the aroma, taste, color, texture, and nutritional content of yoghurt products.  Keywords : Yoghurt, Moringa leaves, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophillus.


Brazil nut is a native Amazon species of high commercial value classified as vulnerable in terms of extinction risk due to marked illegal-burning activity and agricultural-frontier expansion processes occurring in the region. This study was undertaken to analyze the genetic diversity within and between two natural Brazil-nut populations occurring spontaneously in the Southern Amazon region spaced 50 km apart, both of which were located in the municipality of Alta Floresta, northern Mato Grosso state, Brazil. These are rural areas and samples were from native forest patches. Leaf samples were collected from 86 plants from distinct areas; 36 were from population AGRO (Agrocondor II Farm, geographic coordinates 55o30' W and 9o00' S) and 50 from population CAR (Carolina Farm, geographic coordinates 57o00' W and 11o00' S). A molecular-diversity study was conducted using 11 microsatellite loci developed for the species. To determine the level of genetic diversity between and within subpopulations, we applied principal coordinate analysis, analysis of molecular variance, observed and expected heterozygosity, polymorphic information


The article looks at a new instrument of investment financing sukuk (islamic bonds). Based on the Koran and Sharia, investment financing cannot be implemented in islamic countries on the basis of western banking and financial principles. Sukuk bonds hold an intermediate position between a company's own and borrowed means, since they are not instruments of debt. The author notes that compared to Russia, islamic economic principles are being used in western countries on a wider scale. Several attempts of islamic investments in Russia so far made have been unsuccessful. However, provided the respective laws are modified appropriately, sukuk bonds may prove to be a viable alternative to classical forms of investments.


This paper provides a resource on the impact of social media on adult learners' construction of knowledge, particularly as it pertains to adult education's role in fostering a robust democratic society. There has been an increase in the literature in recent years that explores the various aspects of social media use, such as the incivility of online discussion, the homogenous nature of views learners are exposed to online, and the ability of individual and corporate actors to manipulate online content. This paper aims to provide a wide angle view of the situation while achieving two goals (a) development of categories which group implications of social media use (b) argument of low social media information literacy as a challenge facing adult educators.


For an abelian variety $A$ over a function field $K$ of characteristic zero, Manin defined a remarkable additive map $A(K) \ra V$, where $V$ is a vector space over $K$. We define an analogue of this map in the case of function fields of characteristic $p$. We then prove that the reduction modulo $p$ of the Manin map in characteristic zero is the derivative of the Manin map in characteristic $p$ and that the kernel of the Manin map in characteristic $p$ is the group of points divisible by $p$.


An end-result study of thirty-three comminuted fractures of the distal end of the radius treated by skeletal fixation in plaster is presented. The technical details of this relatively simple procedure are illustrated. The end results, both anatomical and functional, were evaluated comparing the injured wrist with the opposite normal wrist. Our end results also were compared with those obtained by two other methods of treating fractures of the distal end of the radius, using the McBride system of disability evaluation. Complications were relatively few and all were completely resolved at the time of follow-up examination. When careful attention is given to the details of the procedure, one can anticipate a good result.


A combustion‐synthesis method1 has been adapted2 for the preparation of barium ferrite. In this method, stoichiometric amounts of metal‐nitrate solutions are mixed and glycine (aminoacetic acid) is added at specific glycine/metal‐nitrate ratios. The resulting solution is then heated until autoignition (combustion). The combustion products for several G/N ratios have been analyzed by XRD, Mossbauer spectroscopy, and EDS; they consist of hematite and/or maghemite with traces of residual barium nitrate that vary according to the G/N ratio. Packing experiments reveal a dramatic variation in density of the powdered combustion products ranging from 0.08 to 0.87 g/cm3 for G/N=0.4 to 0.7 molar, respectively. SEM micrographs show what appear to be sintered ceramic flakes of undetermined particle shape. Barium ferrite is obtained with subsequent heat treatment. Along with TEM, SSA, and VSM analysis of the combustion products and the converted barium ferrite, a DTA determination of minimum phase‐change temperature f...


We propose the use or two separate meshes; one (line with 1408 elements) to model the potentials more accurately in the forward problem, the other (coarse with 88 elements) to model the inverse problem conductivity distribution. Static images are reconstructed using Gaussian noise added Ankara standard data set with the Newton-Raphson algorithm. The quality of the images is evaluated in terms of spatial resolution calculated as the full-width-half-maximum, for single and double, conducting and insulating objects at different positions along the diameter. Results show that better images are reconstructed with lower error end an Increase in resolution does appear to be achieved. Although the method proposed has been used in other arena of imaging, it is difficult to find an explicit description of this method in the literature so in this sense the suggestion is novel.


In this paper, a modified optimal power allocation scheme for different bits in turbo encoder has been proposed to improve the performance of Turbo Codes system in High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) service. In a typical turbo code in HSDPA system, an encoder with code rate of 1/3 was used with bit repetition scheme or puncturing system to achieve code rate of 1/4. In this study, the author has proposed a modified unequal power allocation (UPA) scheme to improve the performance of Turbo Codes in HSDPA system. The simulation and performance bound results for the proposed UPA scheme for the frame length of N = 400, code rate = 1/4 with Log-MAP decoder over Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) channel were obtained and compared with the typical Turbo Codes systems, which used bit repetition scheme and puncturing method without UPA. From the results, the proposed bit repetition turbo codes system with modified UPA scheme showed better performance than the typical turbo codes system without UPA using bit repetition and puncturing approaches with coding gain of 0.35 dB to 0.56 dB.


Objective:To investigate the curative effect of ribavirin combined with Yanhuning for treating hand-foot-mouth disease.Methods:60 children patients with hand-foot-mouth disease were divided into two groups.The treatment group received ribavirin com-bined with Yanhuning,while the control group was given ribavirin.Results:The effective rate in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group with significant difference(P0.05).Conclusion:Ribavirin combined with Yanhuning for treating hand-foot-mouth disease has obvious effect.Yanhuning is one of the Chinese patent drugs with less adverse reaction and is worth recommending.


Summary Samples of children and adults in Texas, Taipei, and Kyoto were administered the same free word association list, in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese, respectively. Most of the children, but almost none of the adults, evidenced a primary response mode involving actions (rip-shirt, chair-sit). These results were interpreted as evidence for the probable endogenous construction of a universal child's cognitive dictionary, with a structure derived from sensorimotor action schemes as proposed by Piaget.


THE Special Representative Meeting, which met in London on Tuesday last, was well attended, and was occupied with the consideration of the special business before it from 3 to 7.30 p.m. The business was twofold: first, to consider alterations in the Articles of Association and By-laws of the Association as they exist to-day, and secondly, to consider a recommendation of the Council that in order to obtain the extended powers which are considered necessary for the due fulfilment of the general object of the Association it has become advisable to form a new company under the title of the British Medical Association, and incorporated in the same manner as the existing company, but with a Memorandum of Association providing for all the objects detailed in the Draft Charter. In July, 1903, a year after the adoption of tbe new Constitution, the Council took into consideration the question of obtaining certain extended powers for which seven years earlier it had been decided to apply to the High Court. On getting to close quarters with the subject, the Association was advised by legal authorities that an application to the High Court to obtain'this sanction for the desired ext8nsion of powers might not improbably fail of success, and one of the counsel consulted, Sir F. Beaufort Palmer, recommended that the Association should apply for a Royal Charter. This advice was accepted, and after long discussion through all the constitutional bodies of the Association, the Council, being authorized thereto by the Representative Body, submitted a Draft Charter, with Ordinances and By-laws, to the Privy Council in December, 1908. It 'is not necessary here to discuss the grounds of the opposition offered by various corporate bodies, and by certain Branches and members of the Association, for the definite fact with which the Special Representative Meeting had to deal was that the grant of the Charter had been refused. The Annual Representative Meeting last year had provided for this emergency by instructing the Council, should the Charter be refused, to prepare such alterations of the Articles and By-laws as might be necessary to bring all the regulations of the Association into aecordance with those which had been approved by the Association in the Draft Charter. It was the result of the deliberations of the Organization Committee, subsequently approved by the Council, which was brought before the Special Representative Meeting on Tuesday. The Cardiff Division suggested one new provision-namely, that the Representative Meeting as a body should have the right to elect four members of Council, and the Council itself suggested certain modifications which were really of the nature of drafting amendments. The amount of discussion,


In term of the result of analysis traditional methods of building workflow model,a workflow model based on role-driven multi-agent is brought forward,and the main body of this model is multi-agents.In this model,multi-agents are introduced,which is considered as a person performing some tasks,and each agent has a role-base which provides an agent one or more roles.This model uses the multi-agent coordination to describe the workflow process,which make executors becoming the main body of model,and the passivity of executors in the traditional model is improved,so it will make activities performed better and more satisfactory.In the same time,the problem that the executors of activities maybe have several roles which also maybe change has been solved well.


Single sign on is widely used in enterprise information systems,but seldom used in campus network.This article is based on the information resource planning of a middle school to study how to apply single sign on technology on a B/S environment to reduce user's logins between different information systems,and how to enhance the security of that middle school.Firstly,it delivers a general idea of single sign on technology,and then it describes the methods of implementing single sign on technology in current information source of that middle school.It also analyzes the control processes of single sign on technology and the servers used in it.


One of the most important stages in many areas of engineering and applied sciences is modeling and the use of optimization techniques to increase the quality and performance of products or processes. This paper is an attempt to conceptualize the optimization process at a more abstract level with the aspiration to capture the multidimensional interdependencies and to question issues of cooperation and conflict. It is argued that actor-network theory approach, a discussed line of thought in science studies, offers a new and radical stance for understanding the optimization process and that it is able to grasp its ontological complexity. The starting point is to look at the optimization process as a complex socio-technical practice where material things, human beings, theories as well as representation intermingle in a complex becoming of negotiations and mutual reproduction.


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Young plants of brussels sprout, cv. Cambridge Special, growing in pots in a glasshouse, were sprayed on ten occasions with gibberellic acid (GA) at 0, 25, 100 and 400 p.p.m. and ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) at 0, 0·0125, 0·025 and 0·05 M concentrations in all combinations. In 24 days both GA and NH4NO3 increased leaf area, leaf number, dry weights of leaf, stem and root, and fresh weights of leaf and stem. GA increased stem height and decreased fresh weight/unit leaf area (leaf thickness), whereas NH4NO3 did not affect stem height and increased leaf thickness. Of the GA treatments, 100 p.p.m. gave the largest plants as judged by fresh weight of the whole plant and leaf area, and of the N treatments 0·05 M NH4NO3 increased growth most. The best treatment combination was 0·05 M NH4NO3 with 100 p.p.m. GA, which gave the greatest fresh and dry weights of the whole plant, leaf area and leaf dry weight as well as increasing leaf thickness. Significant interactions were found between GA and N for dry weight of leaf, fresh and dry weight of root, and leaf thickness but not for leaf area or stem growth (fresh weight, dry weight, height). The combination of levels of GA and N that can be expected to increase leaf area, leaf dry weight and leaf thickness simultaneously, may lie within narrow limits for a particular crop.

In a second experiment plants were sprayed with all combinations of GA (0 and 100 p.p.m.) seven times under glass in pots and ten times in the field, and three levels of KH2PO4 on twelve occasions in the field. Sprouts (axillary buds) were harvested in October and February. At the first harvest GA did not affect fresh weight or number, but increased both the total number of sprouts picked (with GA = 80·7; without GA = 69·8 per plant) and the total fresh weight of saleable sprouts (with GA = 2·59; without GA = 2·33 lb/plant). KH2PO4 also increased the weight and number of sprouts at the final harvest and the number of small sprouts at the first. There were interactions between GA and KH2PO4 (P= < 0·001) for both tota weight and number of saleable sprouts.


When extracting steeply-inclined thin orebody near outcrop,there normally exists triangle stopes.Many technological problems occur when extracting such stopes with common method of shrinkage stoping.The Paper optimized the mining method of Yangguangzhai Pb-Zn Mine and designed a scheme of room connection heading to the surface.The scheme was experimented in the mine and the result shows that it can reduce much job in mining preparation,increase recovery and extracting efficiency and cut down mining cost.It has high application value and good economic benefits.


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HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. Edited by Isma'ïl Râgï al Fàrûqï and map editor David E. Sopher. New York: Macmillan, 1974. Pp. xviii + 346. $12.50. In several ways this atlas is unique. There have been atlases of Judaism and of Christianity, but never before has there been one which includes both of these as well as the other religions of the world. By means of ninety-three illustrations and sixty-five maps in twenty chapters, thirteen scholars introduce the reader to the origins, beliefs, migrations, expansion, and distribution of the major religions of the world, past and present. The atlas is divided into three parts. The first, "Religions of the Past" (chaps. 1-7), studies the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome, Eskimo Shamanism, and Amerindian religions. The second, "Ethnic Religions of the Present" (chaps. 8-15), deals with the religions of Africa, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism. The final section (chaps. 16-20) is entitled "Universal Religions of the Present" and includes Thereväda and Mahâyâna Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. Wherever possible, the essays were written by believers in the faiths under discussion and include bibliographies for further study. The maps are especially easy to read and are as up to date as possible, e.g., map 28: "Jews in the United States c 1970," or map 65: "Pilgrim Traffic to Mecca in the late 1960's." An appendix includes two valuable chronologies, one for the religions of the past (14 pp.) and the second for those of the present (24 pp.). The publisher is to be commended on presenting such a handsome and exceptional atlas at so reasonable a price. Joseph N. Tylenda, S.J.


We report a 60-W femtosecond Yb-doped all-fiber chirped-pulse-amplification system based on Cherenkov radiation generated by Er-doped dispersion-managed mode-locked fiber laser. The pulse width after compression by chirped-volume Bragg grating is 597-fs with 5.7-MW peak power.


The invention relates to a fastening device and provides a novel fastening screw. The novel fastening screw comprises a screw body (1), a nut (2), glue injection holes (3), glue outlet holes (4), threads (5) and a cross-shaped slot (6). The threads (5) are arranged on the screw body (1), and the outer wall of the screw body (1) is evenly provided with a plurality of glue outlet holes (4). The nut (2) is arranged on the screw body (1), the cross-shaped slot (6) is formed in the nut (2), and a plurality of glue injection holes (3) are evenly formed in the periphery of the cross-shaped slot (6). The novel fastening screw is simple in structure and easy to install and has a super-high fastening effect; the novel fastening screw is especially suitable for the furniture assembling industry, can be prevented from falling off due to long-time use, and brings great convenience to the life of people.


Analyzing the status quo and the problems in financial management in the small and medium-sized enterprises in China,the article provides some useful measures to strengthen the financial management.


The controllable design and precise modulation of the functional properties of materials based on theoretical calculations has always been the goal of materials researchers. Through the comparative analysis of theoretical calculations and experimental phenomena, physical properties, including optical properties, electrical conductivity, and dielectric properties, can be further comprehended. In this work, on the basis of the first-principles calculations of many inorganic compounds, we selected BaSnSi3O9 (BSSO) as the research focus and found that it contained two cationic sites with completely different electronic characteristics. Among them, the electron density of cations at the Ba site shows obvious localization characteristics, whereas the Sn site shows strong interaction with the surrounding environment. This distinct difference in electronic characteristics is very beneficial to the research and design of materials with functional properties. When functional ions are introduced into Ba sites, the relatively complete independence of these ions will be maintained. That is, if an ion with multiple stable valence states is introduced at the Ba site, it will exhibit the coexistence of multiple valence states. However, if an ion is introduced at the Sn site, this ion will lose its independence and exhibit strong interaction with the surrounding crystal field environment. The rare earth element europium (Eu) with two stable divalent and trivalent valence states in its normal state was chosen as a probe to verify the theoretical predictions in this work. According to the calculation results, when Eu occupied the Ba site, the spectrum simultaneously showed the luminescence of Eu3+ and Eu2+, and had a larger luminescence quenching concentration when the influence of defects was ignored. When Eu occupied the Sn lattice site, it only showed the luminescence of Eu3+, and had a lower luminescence quenching concentration due to the attractive effect that the surrounding O atoms had on the Eu electrons. Our research indicates that the experimental results are consistent with the theoretical predictions. This paper analyzes the important role of Eu optical probes in terms of investigating their physical mechanisms and optical properties in detail. It will provide valuable inspiration for theoretical calculations to guide the design of materials and the modulation of their functional properties.


The detection of embedded objects inside the concrete has been of great importance to insure the durability. Ultrasonic reconstruction using synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) allow to image the internal structure of concrete and its algorithm focuses ultrasonic signals received at aperture point by coherent superposition that provide a high-resolution image of the region of interest. Using SAFT, the representation of concrete volume can be reconstructed with great details, allowing detecting and localizing objects inside the concrete such as construction elements, damage of built-in components or flaws. The inhomogeneous structure of the concrete that lead to disturbing phenomena of the transmitted signal such as attenuation and structural noise are diminished using SAFT. Lab experiments show the behaviors of the elastic wave propagation in the concrete medium and the analysis has been carried out by using COMSOL multi-physics software. The time travel associated with acoustic wave propagation has been analyzed to tune COMSOL in order to detect objects inside the concrete. The results show that the elastic wave based scanning system incorporated with SAFT exhibit high potential in inspecting damage inside the concrete structure. Keywords— Ultrasonic wave propagation, synthetic aperture focusing technique, ultrasonic testing, damage detection.


Abstract On-site septic systems are a source of both local and regional groundwater contamination in the United States and elsewhere in the world. Shallow groundwater and permeable soils increase the vulnerability of certain geographic areas to nitrogen contamination by septic systems. The Pinelands region, located on the Atlantic Coastal Plain in New Jersey, USA, is characterised by sandy soils, and is underlain by an extensive water-table aquifer. The Pinelands Commission, a regional land use planning and regulatory agency, permits the use of subsurface pressure dosing septic systems as an alternative to standard septic systems on undersized residential lots in the Pinelands. This policy was based on the assumption that pressure dosing systems remove a significant amount of wastewater nitrogen. To test this assumption, we completed a field study comparing nitrogen removal in subsurface pressurised and standard gravity flow septic systems on sandy soils. All systems served single family homes. We found no significant difference in nitrogen removal between system types. Average nitrogen removal rates of 40 and 48% were found for eight pressure dosing and 11 standard systems, respectively. In both types of systems, most nitrogen removal occurred between the septic tank and the first 15 cm (top zone) of the 1·2 m layer of sand fill. In the majority of both system types, no additional change in nitrogen occurred within the sand fill or 31 cm below the sand fill/native soil interface (bottom zone). The results of this study can provide the basis for reassessing land use policy in the Pinelands and may be applicable to regions of similar geologic conditions.


Objective: To assess effects of chronic antidepressant drug treatment on serotonin type‐1A receptor (5‐HT1AR) binding potential (BP) in major depressive disorder. Methods: Depressed subjects (n = 27) were imaged using PET and [11C]WAY‐100635 at baseline and following a median of 9.4 weeks of treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or dual reuptake inhibitor antidepressant agents. Fifteen subjects had complete pre‐ and post‐treatment scan data. The 5‐HT1AR BP was derived from the tissue time‐radioactivity concentrations from regions‐of‐interest defined a priori, using a simplified reference tissue model (SRTM), and in a subset of subjects, compartmental modeling (CMOD). Results: Chronic treatment had no effect on pre‐ or post‐synaptic 5‐HT1AR BP, as confirmed by both the SRTM and CMOD analyses. These results were unaffected by treatment response status and were consistent across brain regions. Among the 22 subjects for whom the clinical response‐to‐treatment was established, the treatment nonresponders (n = 7) had higher baseline BP values in the left (P = 0.01) and right orbital cortex (P = 0.02) than the responders (n = 15). Conclusions: Chronic antidepressant drug treatment did not significantly change cerebral 5‐HT1AR binding, consistent with preclinical evidence that the alterations in serotonergic function associated with antidepressant drug administration are not accompanied by changes in 5‐HT1AR density. Higher baseline 5‐HT1AR binding was associated with poorer response to treatment. Synapse 61:523–530, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Serial powering ofsilicon sensors isanovel powering schemethatwouldreduce thetotal power,thenumberofcables, thepassive detector material, andthecostsoffuture silicon trackers bylargefactors. Modulesarechained inseries andare servedbya single current source. Serial powering isofgreat interest forfuturelarge-scale silicon tracking detectors for particle physics withmanythousands ofdensely packeddetector modules. TestswithsixATLAS Semiconductor Tracker(SCT) modulesusingbothserial poweringand theconventional independent poweringhavebeencarried out.The electrical performance ofSCTmodulespoweredinseries isexcellent. We present selected results anddiscuss thesystem aspects ofaserial powering.


Fortunately traditional reliability theory, where the system and the components are always described simply as functioning or failed, is on the way to being replaced by a theory for multistate systems of multistate components. In this paper, we treat the consecutive k-out-of-n systems. Such systems have caught the attention of many engineers and researchers because of their wide range of application. We define a multistate consecutive k-out-of-n system: G as follows: Each component and the system can be in 1 of M + 1 possible states: 0, 1, 2, …, M. The system is in state ≥ j iff at least kj consecutive components are in state ≥ j. The value of kj can be different for different required minimum system state levels. We propose a method based on the combinatorial approach for computing the system's reliability and we give examples to illustrate this method.


The new TSC dynamic reactive power compensation device takes TMS320LF2407A and industrial computer as the core of controller,uses current transformer and voltage transformer as sampling devices,thereby it can accurately detect parameters of power system by Fourier transform.The switching capacitor with the control volume of reactive power required by the power system takes the solid relay as switch and combines the three-phase compensation with the phase-splitting compensation,so that it realizes the quick response of three-phase asymmetry impact load and effectively prevents the power system's oscillation during over-compensating of reactive power and switching of capacity.The application of the device shows a good result.


Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is a radiationless distance-dependent transfer of energy from an excited donor fluorophore to an acceptor fluorophore. This radiationless interaction of a donor-acceptor pair through resonance is observed by an increase/decrease in the acceptor/donor fluorescence intensity, respectively. Here we present preliminary results on the fluorescence spectra of optically levitated micro-droplets doped with two different dyes that works as FRET pair. The laser light used for levitation (λ=660 nm) passes through a telecentric system of lenses to form a controllable double optical trap system. Micrometer sized droplets are produced using two on-demand piezo-driven dispensers. This allows independent trapping of differently dyed droplets in two traps where a collision between the droplets can be induced by moving the trap positions. The dye molecules mix when two droplets collide and coalesce. The emission spectrum obtained when the droplets are illuminated with laser having a wavelength of 532 nm is observed with a spectrometer which can record up to 26,000 spectra per second. We compare the results with the spectra taken from the same solutions in a cuvette. The results indicate that we are able to observe the FRET effect in single droplets with an exposure time as short as 100 µs. This spectroscopic investigation is an ongoing research project with the long-term goal to investigate environmental effects of aerosols in the atmosphere.


A small/wide-angle X-ray scattering and grazing incidence diffraction study of comb-shaped supramolecules of conjugated poly(2,5-pyridinediyl), acid dopant and hydrogen bonded amphiphilic side chains is reported. In solution, polymers are dissolved rodlike particles. When the side-chains are introduced, polymers self-assemble in hierarchic liquid crystals (LC). Diffraction patterns of aligned LC show h00, 020, and 004 reflections, and additional small-angle reflections along the polymer axis. A triangular correlation function indicating a very large correlation length is seen along the smectic axis. An aligned solid structure can be formed by cleaving side chains from the aligned LC.


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SJ McCabe, WC Breidenbach, HA Herrand. The once-twice test for evaluation of the completely anesthetic digit. Can J Plast Surg 1998;6(1):21-22. A test to aid in the evaluation of the completely anesthetic digit – the once-twice test – is described. This rapid, easily performed clinical test can help identify patients with anesthesia of the digits of nonphysiological origin.


Abstract : The series of events which begin with the Arab oil embargo in 1973 and recently culminated in the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iran-Irag Conflict have under-scored the vulnerability of Western oil supplies from the Persian Gulf region. This research analyzes the potential role of France and West Germany as U.S. allies inrelati to the problem of ensuring the security of the Persian Gulf while maintaining the credibility of deterrance in Europe. Included in this analysis are assessment of French and West German dependence on Persian Gulf oil supplies and an evaluation of each country's capability and intention to contribute to the security of the region. The conclusion reached is that neither country in the near-term has a viable alternative to political and military efforts in this area, but the policy of France conforms more to American policy than that of the traditionally staunch supporter of U.S. policies, West Germany.


Abstract. By employing the Riccati transformation technique some new oscillation cri-teria for the second-order neutral delay dynamic equation(y(t) + r(t)y(τ(t))) ∆∆ + p(t)y(δ(t)) = 0,on a time scale T are established. Our results as a special case when T = R and T = Nimprove some well known oscillation criteria for second order neutral delay differential anddifference equations, and when T = q N , i.e., for second-order q−neutral difference equationsour results are essentially new and can be applied on different types of time scales. Someexamples are considered to illustrate the main results. 1. IntroductionThe theory of time scales, which has recently received a lot of attention, wasintroduced by Stefan Hilger in his Ph. D. Thesis in 1988 in order to unify continuousand discrete analysis (see [17]). The theory of dynamic equations unifies the theoriesof differential equations and difference equations and it also extends these classicalcases to cases "in between", e.g., to the so-called q−difference equations. SinceStefan Hilger formed the definition of derivatives and integrals on time scales, severalauthors has expounded on various aspects of this new theory, see the paper byAgarwal et al. [1] and the references cited therein. The books on the subject oftime scales, by Bohner and Peterson [4], [5], summarize and organize much of timescale calculus.A time scale T is an arbitrary closed subset of the reals, and the cases whenthis time scale is equal to the reals or to the integers represent the classical theoriesof differential and of difference equations. Many other interesting time scales exist,and they give rise to many applications (see [4]). On any time scale T we define theforward and backward jump operators by(1.1) σ(t) := inf{s ∈ T : s > t}, ρ(t) := sup{s ∈ T : s < t}.


The dipole moments of CD2ClF, CHDClF, CH3CHClF, CH3CCl=CH2, and DCOCl have been determined from the J=1←0 transitions of their microwave spectra. For the analyses of the Stark effects, the method of the intermediate field case proposed by Mizushima has been used.


The invention relates to the technical field of building materials and discloses a novel microcrystalline glass ceramic composite board and a preparation method thereof. Calcium oxide and magnesium oxide are introduced into microcrystalline glass and simultaneously a small amount of zinc oxide is added. The microcrystalline glass precipitates a pyroxene crystalline phase and simultaneously remains a crystalline phase of zinc silicate, the crystallization breaks through the grain boundary, and crystallized textures with various patterns are grown. The cost is reduced, and simultaneously air holes in the surface of the microcrystalline glass ceramic composite board are easily controlled and greatly reduced by utilizing the characteristics of large surface tension and low viscosity of the zinc oxide, so that the defect of poor exhausting property of the microcrystalline glass adopting pyroxene as the crystalline phase is avoided; since the novel microcrystalline glass ceramic composite board adopts once firing, the firing period can be shortened to be 60 minutes, the bottleneck of twice firing and long firing period in the traditional process is broken through, the energy consumption is greatly reduced, and the current low-carbon and environment-friendly slogans are responded.


Abstract A number of laboratory studies report evidence for a self-serving bias in attribution for group success and failure. In more recent research using real-life groups, however, a group-serving bias has emerged: Individual group members attribute blame to themselves for group failure and share the responsibility for success with fellow group members. The present study attempted to assess the extent to which group members are sensitive to attributional styles for group performance. Self-serving and group-serving response patterns were prepared by the experimenter, in the form of answers given by hockey players to a questionnaire, and these were presented to members of different hockey teams. Respondents reacted consistently more favorably to the player exhibiting the group-serving pattern, especially in terms of the contribution such a person would make to group cohesiveness.


Adaptation (from the Latin for "to adapt") adaptation of organism, personality, their systems to the nature of the individual effects or to changed conditions of life in General. The concept of adaptation originated in the ХІХ century and was used mainly in biology. Then this concept is applied not only to various aspects of living organisms, but also to the individual and even the collective behavior. Now the issue of adaptation has attracted the attention of specialists in different fields: engineers and teachers, sociologists and psychologists. The concept of adaptation is a General science that is used by representatives of various sciences and promotes the synthesis and integration of knowledge related to the study of its various objects. This concept is widely entered the field of sports training and competition activities. It will be in theory and methodology of sports, sports physiology and morphology, biochemistry, kinesiology, psychology. William cannon was the one who coined the term "homeostasis" in the scientific lexicon to determine the constancy of the internal environment. The preservation homeostasis is achieved at the expense of the process of adaptation in the process of interaction of the organism and the environment. Based on "homeostatic" ideas of F.B. Berezin notes that the process of adaptation is realized whenever there are significant changes in the system "organism environment", and provides the formation of a new homeostatic state that allows you to achieve maximum efficiency of physiological functions and behavioral reactions.


Referring to the comments of Polosa and colleagues [1] on our latest in vitro e-liquid aerosol testing publication, we would like to give our statements about some points. [...]


There are two ways in dealing with the transmission of cultural information: foreignization and domestication. On the translation of cultural information in idiomatic phrases, etiquettes and ways of thinking in The Scholars, the translators applied foreignization accompanied by domestication. Thus, readers of the target language can learn and understand better the culture, theme and beauty of the original work, and the cultural information is transmitted by means of translation.


Russia is a multinational and multi-confessional country that unites peoples who used to be at different levels of cultural development. The relations with many of them were difficult and often dramatic. It is not only of historical interest, but also of modern interest to comprehend on what state-legal basis the Russian system of state administration was introduced in the region inhabited by Kalmyks. After entering Russia on a voluntary basis at the beginning of the 17 th century, the Kalmyks occupied the territory within the Astrakhan and partly Stavropol Governorate. This territory became known as the Kalmyk Steppe or Kalmykia. The process of development of the Kalmyk statehood, which, on the one hand, had been developing based on the state structures of the Kalmyk Khanate, and, on the other hand, had been under significant influence of Russia is of considerable interest. The institutions of social organization of Kalmyks in the conditions of political dependence on the Russian state had been gradually changing. The Russian government had been trying to limit the powers and independence of the Khan. For this purpose, the institution of governorship was introduced. The development of the system of public administration in Kalmykia took place in the conditions of the use of general imperial principles based on the flexible application of national approaches and political and legal institutions combined with the national characteristics of the Kalmyks, taking into account the existing systems of traditional government and traditional law of the Kalmyk people.


Objective To investigate the expression of collagen ge ne in different passages of human fibroblasts cultured in vitro and the reactivity of fibroblasts to epithelial growth factor (EGF). Method Fib roblasts from human normal skin were taken for successive cell culture. RT-PCR and 3H-TdR were performed. Result The expressions o f collagen Ⅰ and Ⅲ mRNAs, and content of 3H-TdR decreased gradually as t he passages of cultured human fibroblasts increased. EGF promotes the proliferat ion of P 10 cultured fibroblast instead of the P 60 cultured fibroblas t. Conclusion The present results might provide partial exper imental data for establishing human fibroblast senescent model in vitro.


Although some text processing techniques can be employed to intrusion detection based on the characterization of the frequencies of the system calls executed by the privileged programs, and achieve satisfactory detection accuracy, high false alarms make it hardly practicable in real life. We modify the traditional weighting method tf-idf for suppressing false alarms by considering the necessary information between the processes and sessions. Preliminary experiments with 1998 DARPA BSM auduit data show that our modified method can suppress high false alarms effectively while maintaining satisfactory detection accuracy, which thus make text categorization approaches more practicable for intrusion detection.


lower third of the ureters respectively. Further, secondary bacterial infection may complicate the picture at any time. For these reasons it cannot be too strongly emphasized that, in Europeans at least, bilharzial infestation should be diagnosed as early as possible and thoroughly treated. It is equally important to remember that cystoscopy, the complement-fixation test, and the intradermal skin test for schistosomiasis, may reveal infestation at a time when ova are not demonstrable in the urine or faeces. Since 1900 this patient had passed through the hands of a number of practitioners; it is particularly unfortunate that his condition remained undiagnosed until carcinoma had supervened, for at an earlier date the intravenous administration of tartar emetic would have been curative.


The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) conducted field-scale hydraulic conductivity testing of simulated buried waste sites with improved confinement. The improved confinement was achieved by jet grouting the buried waste, thus creating solid monoliths. The hydraulic conductivity of the monoliths was determined using both the packer technique and the falling head method. The testing was performed on simulated buried waste sites utilizing a variety of encapsulating grouts, including high-sulfate-resistant Portland cement, TECT, (a proprietary iron oxide cement) and molten paraffin. By creating monoliths using in-situ jet grouting of encapsulating materials, the waste is simultaneously protected from subsidence and contained against further migration of contaminants. At the INEL alone there is 56,000 m{sup 3} of buried transuranic waste commingled with 170,000--224,000 m{sup 3} of soil in shallow land burial. One of the options for this buried waste is to improve the confinement and leave it in place for final disposal. Knowledge of the hydraulic conductivity for these monoliths is important for decision-makers. The packer tests involved coring the monolith, sealing off positions within the core with inflatable packers, applying pressurized water to the matrix behind the seal, and observing the water flow rate. The falling head tests were performed in full-scale 3-m-diameter, 3-m-high field-scale permeameters. In these permeameters, both water inflow and outflow were measured and equated to a hydraulic conductivity.


There is a need for predictive and aggregate output response models suitable for answering questions about short-term changes in agricultural output. In this study, short-term milk output projections for Southeast Pennsylvania between 1961 and 1965 were derived with a linear programming, a recursive programming, and a regression model. The predictiveness of each model is evaluated by comparing its estimate of aggregate milk production with reported output for target years. Differences are expressed as percentage error from reported production.


In this paper the content, DPPH radical scavenging capacity and the chelating activity on Fe2+ of free and bound phenolics extract from wheat and porcino flours were determined. The content of phenolic compounds in the extracts of free and bound phenolics from the wheat flour was 4.49 and 196.79 μg/g, and in the porcino flour these contents were 860.02 and 30.38 μg/g, respectively. The content of total phenolics in the porcino flour was considerably higher than that in the wheat flour. For DPPH test, the IC50 the value of free and bound phenolics from the wheat flour was 2.48 and 0.23 mg/ml, respectively, and these values for phenolics from the porcino flour were 0.22 and 0.06 mg/ml, respectively. For reducing power, the IC50 value of free and bound phenolics from the wheat flour was 5.12 and 0.21 mg/ml, and from the porcino flour it was 0.87 and 0.28 mg/ml, respectively. Free and bound phenolics from the porcino flour have a better DPPH scavenging capacity, and free phenolics from the porcino flour have a better reducing power than phenolics from the wheat flour. The results show that the addition of porcino to wheat flour could improve the antioxidant potential of the wheat flour and of final food products which could be obtained from the wheat-porcino flour mixture.


The paper draws on critical urban theories (CUT) to trace the working of oppressive power and the emergence of new subjectivities through the production of space. Within such settings, it analyzes the struggle of Bedouin Arabs in the Beersheba metropolitan region, Israel/Palestine. The paper invokes the concept of 'gray spacing' as the practice of indefinitely positioning populations between the 'lightness' of legality, safety and full membership, and the 'darkness' of eviction, destruction and death. The amplification of gray space illuminates the emergence of urban colonial relations in a vast number of contemporary city regions. In the Israeli context, the ethnocratic state has forced the indigenous Bedouins into impoverished and criminalized gray space, in an attempt to hasten their forced urbanization and Israelization. This created a process of 'creeping apartheid', causing the transformation of Bedouin struggle from agonistic to antagonistic; and their mobilization from democratic to radical. The process is illustrated by highlighting three key dimensions of political articulation: sumood (hanging on), memory‐building and autonomous politics. These dynamics underscore the need for a revised CUT, which extends the scope of spatial–social critique and integrates better to conditions of urban colonialism, collective identity and space, for a better understanding of both oppression and resistance.


Eugenol is a novel plant-derived antiviral agent.To study the mechanism of eugenol-induced resistance in tobacco leaves against TMV(tobacco mosaic virus) infection,the effects of eugenol on TMV replication and SA(salicylic acid) signaling pathway in tobacco leaves was investigated with pot experiment.The treatment with eugenol at concentration of 400 μg / ml showed significantly protective and therapeutic effects on TMV disease,with the efficacies of 65.82% and 62.14%,respectively.Eugenol treatment inhibited the expressions of RdRp and CP,which are two key genes for TMV replication,and was able to induce"oxidative burst"in tobacco leaves represented by the remarkable accumulation of reactive oxygen species such as superoxide anion radical(O 2 ·-) and hydrogen peroxide(H 2 O 2).In tobacco leaves,eugenol treatment significantly stimulated the generation of SA,and the transcription of NPR1,a key regulative gene in SA signaling pathway.It is suggested that eugenol-inhibited TMV replication may result from the induction of systemic acquired resistance(SAR) by activating SA signaling pathway in tobacco leaves.


The present invention relates to a lithium ion battery based composite anode material, and a method for preparing a battery. The lithium ion battery based composite negative electrode material is embedded in the composite core - shell structure, the core is a silicon nano-particles embedded in the inner void of the hollow structure formed of graphite, non-graphitic carbon material of the housing. The present invention is a composite silicon anode material by mechanical milling, mechanofusion, isotropic carbon coating technology and pressure treatment a combination of the successful implementation of the silicon nano-particles embedded in the inner layer of graphite, the graphite particle surfaces and to achieve a uniform package cover, a high-performance composite silicon anode material: excellent in cycle characteristics (capacity retention rate after 300 cycles at 90% or more), the first high efficiency (> 90%), in addition to silicon based composite negative electrode material of the present invention, high specific energy, pressure high density to meet the needs of high power density lithium ion battery; simple preparation process the silicon composite negative electrode material, a low raw material cost, environmentally friendly non-polluting.


The paper introduced the SWMM(Storm Water Management Model),studied the integration model of SWMM and GIS platform,then explored the tight integration feasibility of SWMM and GIS in VB.net platform wity the secondary development methods by using the open source data interface of SWMM and ArcGIS Engine Dveveloper kit,and finally built a comprehensive model simulation and results demonstrate platform.The results showed that the tight integration of SWMM model and GIS could be achieved,which had good applicability and display effect.


The third plenary session of the 16th central committee of CPC put forward the view of scientific development which takes human beings as fundament.when the concept of taking human beings as fundament is applied to the field of administration,it means taking human beings as fundament in administration.Foreign governments take some measures to attain the concept of taking human beings as fundament in administration.Based on foreign governments' experience,this essay raises some advice on China's taking human beings as fundament in administration.


Most of traditional gas monitoring uses wired or handled devices to transmit signals, while the complicated wiring causes great inconvenience for power supply, signal transmission, management and maintenance. To overcome these shortcomings, the paper gives a wireless combustible gas monitoring solution based on ZigBee technique using CC2530 chip which made by TI (Texas Instruments) as the master chip, in which the ZigBee condense protocol is analyzed, network building solution is given, the software for application layer and driver are designed, and the real-time monitoring of combustible gas and selfish network building of sensor nodes are completed. The study results demonstrate that the parameters such as combustible gas concentration, micro-seismic signal under the case of harsh environment can be collected.


Success in predicting student academic performance from an early age will make it easier for teachers to provide assistance to students who have academic abilities below the class average or who have difficulty following the learning process in the classroom. This study uses a public dataset to predict student academic performance based on a number of attributes that students have, both static and dynamic. This study compares the performance of two classifiers, namely C4.5 and k-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) and applies the SMOTE preprocessing method in the classification of student academic performance. Experiments carried out using the Rapid Miner application resulted in the fact that the C4.5 Decision Tree method resulted in better prediction performance in terms of accuracy, recall, and precision values, respectively 71.09%, 71.63%, 71.54% compared to the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm.


Bamboos have always been a taxonomically challenging group of plants because while the classification of flowering plants depends largely on the characteristics of reproductive organs, flowering is rare in many bamboo species. Some bamboo species flower at intervals as long as 120 years and for some there is no report of flowering to date. Specimens kept in herbariums are not always reliable as they are fragmentary since most of the vegetative parts are bulky. It has now been realized that certain vegetative characters may be used effectively for the recognition of bamboo taxa without reference to flowers. Several studies have been carried out on details of vegetative morphology of bamboos in their natural locations, which have made their identification possible in the field. It has been found that most bamboos can be identified by either the presence of some unique character (s) or a unique combination of some characters. This paper discusses various features of vegetative morphology that can be very useful for the field identification of a majority of bamboos in vegetative stage.


Noise from cooling fans is main noise source of the electronic instrument. It consists of rotation noise superimposed by the discrete tones which is related to blade rotation. The aim of present research is to realize the feasibility of using a single loudspeaker to cancel rotation-locked tones with a duct. A photoelectric rotating speed sensor, a loudspeaker which would be located under the PVC pipe and a digital signal processor are employed. An adaptive feedforward system is implemented experimentally to drive the secondary source. The waveform synthesis method is used to adaptively abate noise with traditional least mean square (LMS) algorithm based on steepest descent principle. And simulations have been conducted to verify the convergence and stability of the novel system. Noise characteristics of the cooling fan with/without our active noise controller are compared experimentally. It was found in the experiments that reduction of sound power level is 20dB at the fan's blade passing frequency (BPF) .


Heavy quark production provides a sensitive window for the study of the gluon structure of nucleons and its modification in nuclei. It also provides a very important means of studying the hot‐dense conditions created in high‐energy collisions of heavy nuclei and a critical probe to look for de‐confinement in this hot‐dense matter. I will review, from an experimental point of view, the physics issues as seen in current experimental results for charm production and point out the remaining puzzles.


This paper presents a bi-layered textile-based flexible linear-to-circular polarizing surface. The proposed structure is designed based on a loop type structure for CubeSat application in the S-band. Each unit cell is sized at 0.42λg×0.40λg×0.02λg for operation centered at 2.2 GHz. This unit cell is then multiplied into a 4 × 4 array to form the polarizing surface. It features a 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of 34.31 % in simulations and 29.09 % in measurements. Besides that, an equivalent circuit model of the unit cell and the assessment of the polarizer under oblique incidences are presented. The performance of the proposed surface is validated by placing it in front of a patch antenna operating at 2.2 GHz. The antenna performance indicated an increase in terms of realized gain from 3.21 dB to 7.33 dB when integrated with the polarizing surface, besides successfully converting linearly-polarized waves to circularly-polarized.


Aims. The standard method of searching parameter space for transits is ill-suited to data sets with long time baselines and poor temporal coverage, such as that anticipated from Gaia. In this paper, we present an alternative method for identifying transit candidates is such data, one focusing on finding periodicity in high S/N outliers. Methods. We describe a technique for testing a small number of flux measurements for periodicity and consistency with an origin in a transit with a constant change in flux and test their performance with Monte Carlo simulations. To complement this, we also include a description of a statistical method to analyze the distribution of these measurements to determine if they are normally distributed around a constant, reduce flux consistent with a planetary transits. Results. Large numbers of light curves can be quickly scanned for transit signatures with minimal loss in effectiveness for data sets with long time baselines and poor temporal coverage, where one observation per transit is the norm by testing for periodicity and analyzing their distribution. Conclusions. If the noise characteristics of the data set and the intrinsic noise of the individual stars are understood, this method focusing on statistical outliers is nearly equivalent to the standard method of scanning parameter space and significantly faster, if the signal >> noise, the individual transits are sampled no more than once and a periodicity test is employed. Moreover, the test for a transit origin can eliminate additional false positives.


Experimental results on the asymmetry of the differential cross section for coherent photoproduction of ..pi../sup 0/ mesons on deuterons by linearly polarized photons are presented for photon energies of 350, 400, 450, and 500 MeV and pion-emission angles of 90 and 135degree in the c.m. system. The techniques used for measuring the cross-section asymmetry and for allowing for the background from meson double photoproduction are described. The experimental data are in satisfactory agreement with the results of impulse-approximation calculations in which the isovector parts of the multipole amplitudes taken from several different sources were used.


The Batam City Government continues to try to revive the tourism sector which continues to weaken due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, a well-targeted strategy is needed to be implemented, of course, in accordance with health protocols during the pandemic and towards the new normal era. This study uses qualitative secondary data considering the Covid situation and current health protocol regulations do not allow primary data collection. The sources studied are in the form of recorded and published data, both in the form of books, research reports, journals, as well as data published by the Central Statistics Agency, the Culture and Tourism Office, the Health Office, the Batam City Communication and Information Office and other supporting data. , including the rules and regulations of the relevant agencies. The results of this study conclude that the efforts that have been made by the Batam city government to revive the tourism sector are still in the form of cultural arts events that have been scheduled to be held throughout 2021 and infrastructure development and city planning to make the city more beautiful, attractive, and instagramable. However, public awareness regarding the importance of adherence to health protocols is still not optimal.


Several kinds of silicone rubber homogeneous dense membranes and silicone rubber/PSF composite membrane were manufactured and their pervaporation properties for the separation of organics from dilute aqueous solution studied. The effect of temperature and downstream pressure on pervaporation process was discussed. The adsorption and diffusion properties of the membranes in separation of dilute aqueous solutions were measured and demonstrated with a solution diffusion model


Abstract STUDIES ON MECHANISM OF COCHLIOBOLIN ACTIVITY. A: EFFECTS OF THE TOXIN ON FRESH POTATO TUBER SLICES. — Cochliobolin, a toxic compound produced by Helminthosporium oryzae, causes inorganic phosphorus leakage from fresh potato tuber slices, higher amounts being found in incubation media with higher toxin concentrations and for longer incubation periods. Organic compounds, also, are released by potato tuber slices, like phenolic products, large amounts of sugars, and some aminoacids, alanine, lysine, tyrosine, valine and γ-aminobutirric acid, which have never been observed in the incubation meida of untreated slices. Cochliobolin uptake by fresh potato tuber slices does not take place actively or, anyhow, at a metabolic level. Indeed, neither 2,4-dinitro-phenol (at concentration, pH, and incubations periods apt to reduce active uptake), nor low temperatures (0–2°C) prevent toxin uptake. Potato tuber slices are not affected by cochliobolin, unless kept at 25°C, and this fact suggests that while toxin...


Phonetic dictionaries are essential components of large-vocabulary natural language speaker-independent speech recognition systems. This paper presents a rule-based technique to generate Arabic phonetic dictionaries for a large vocabulary speech recognition system. The system used classic Arabic pronunciation rules, common pronunciation rules of Modern Standard Arabic, as well as morphologically driven rules. The paper gives in detail an explanation of these rules as well as their formal mathematical presentation. The rules were used to generate a dictionary for a 5.4 hours corpus of broadcast news. The phonetic dictionary contains 23,841 definitions corresponding to about 14232 words. The generated dictionary was evaluated on an actual Arabic speech recognition system. The pronunciation rules and the phone set were validated by test cases. The Arabic speech recognition system achieves word error rate of %11.71 for fully diacritized transcription of about 1.1 hours of Arabic broadcast news.


Many Web applications have offered personalization and adaptation as their features in order to provide personalized services to their users. The user profiles are gathered independently by these applications often through an explicit dialogue with the user. As a result, the users have to go through a similar elicitation process multiple times, that is, providing similar information that is used to build the user profiles to different applications. In the springtime of mashup applications, we observe the importance of considering user information in order to make the presented content more relevant to the user. For this purpose, it is necessary to have a platform/framework that enables components in the mashup to reuse and exchange user profiles. In this paper, we present the Morpho framework that elicits, enhances, and transforms a user profile from one application to another application in a mashup environment. It deals with semantic and syntactic heterogeneity of data and schema of the user profile. We present the architecture of Morpho and a case study to exemplify the approach followed in this current work.


Online electrochemical systems (OECSs) possess a distinct continuously monitoring ability toward electro-active species and have been intensively used for single/multiple neurochemical measurements. However, detecting electro-inactive species or some substances being oxidized/reduced at close potentials is difficult in OECS, and it is highly demanded to broaden such useful online methodology to more new principles, which, however, is still lacking. The system reported in this Letter demonstrates a solution to the aforementioned problem. We report an online optical detection platform (OODP) based on visible light absorption for the continuous monitoring of neurochemicals in rat brains with ascorbic acid (AA) as an example. The OODP is constructed with a homemade online capillary-based microfluidic line as the optical detector built under a brightfield microscope. Cobalt oxyhydroxide (CoOOH) nanoflakes directly oxidizing 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) into a blue-colored product (oxTMB) which can be f...


The presenters on this panel discussed several important additional requirements for the successful implementation of a two-state solution that involves significant relocation of settlers. These requirements include balancing rights among different groups, minimizing the impact of "spoilers," and providing political compensation to settlers. Presenters also highlighted the relevance of elements of classic negotiation theory to this issue, including thinking creatively about substance and paying appropriate attention to process.


Background: Pressure injuries (PIs), formerly known as pressure ulcers, affect approximately 2.5 million people in the United States and cost the American healthcare system more than $11.6 billion annually. The goal of this project was to reduce the pressure injury incidence rate at the project site by 50% within a period of six months. Methods: The purpose of this project was to evaluate the impact of implementation of PI prevention measures in a medium-sized long-term care facility in central Massachusetts. The project utilized parts of the MISSCARE survey and AHRQ checklists as a pre-test. Collection of data from nurses and certified nurse's assistants was done using hard copies that were distributed before and after the educational presentation. Results: The results of the PI prevention pre-test were compared with the three-week post-test consisting of these two surveys to assess the effectiveness of the initiative. Rates of new pressure injuries were tracked for four months after the educational intervention as well as documentation of prevention efforts in medical records by nursing staff. Nursing compliance with PI prevention measures and treatment improved significantly. Pressure injury rate decreased from 3.6% to


Leadership styles adopted influence employee performance, but merely appropriate style without workforce reskilling cannot ensure sustainable and holistic organizational performance. The objective of this chapter is to explore and analyze leadership for enhancing organizational performance through workforce reskilling in the context of a local authority, namely municipality. Adopting mixed method approach, the primary data was collected by administering questionnaires. A sample size of 100 respondents participated in the study with the aid of convenience sampling technique for proportionate representation from each department. However, out of 100 questionnaires distributed, only 96 were completed and returned. Analysis is done by STATISTICA Software. The findings reflect that both democratic and autocratic leadership are adopted and there was insufficient workforce reskilling required to meet the current needs of the organization. Leadership for Enhancing Organisational Performance Through Workforce Reskilling


Let $K$ be a convex subset of the state space of a finite dimensional $C^*$-algebra. We study the properties of channels on $K$, which are defined as affine maps from $K$ into the state space of another algebra, extending to completely positive maps on the subspace generated by $K$. We show that each such map is the restriction of a completely positive map on the whole algebra, called a generalized channel. We characterize the set of generalized channels and also the equivalence classes of generalized channels having the same value on $K$. Moreover, if $K$ contains the tracial state, the set of generalized channels forms again a convex subset of a multipartite state space, this leads to a definition of a generalized supermap, which is a generalized channel with respect to this subset. We prove a decomposition theorem for generalized supermaps and describe the equivalence classes. The set of generalized supermaps having the same value on equivalent generalized channels is also characterized. Special cases include quantum combs and process POVMs.


Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) (Madden, 2002) is a heuristic nucleotide and protein search tool frequently used in biological research to match sequences to those in a database. It is becoming increasingly common in classrooms, including the high schoolgrade level Shaffer et al. (2010) through the publicly accessible version, NCBI BLAST (Johnson et al., 2008). However, NCBI BLAST can become problematic in a classroom environment, as many job submissions from the same IP address may be throttled (IP block), response time may be slow, and users are unable to import custom databases. In addition, updates to NCBI databases may produce results incongruent with lesson plans. SequenceServer (Priyam et al., 2019) addresses some of these needs by providing a student-friendly, web-accessible interface of NCBI-BLAST+ (Camacho et al., 2009) and an expanded collection of BLAST tools, with options to use custom databases. However, SequenceServer does not address the scalability issues for large class sizes, and deploying the software is still difficult for instructors with minimal computational resources and technical expertise. To address these needs, we developed StarBLAST, a modular deployment strategy for SequenceServer that is suitable for a variety of technical skill-levels and classroom sizes. This is achieved by leveraging a master-worker framework for distributed and scalable computing using WorkQueue and Makeflow (Albrecht et al., 2012). WorkQueue manages jobs (compute tasks) to be distributed from a "Master" node to designated "Worker" nodes for completion. Its inherent scalability makes it functional for large and small classrooms. Through CyVerse VICE (Devisetty et al., 2016), an instructor can quickly deploy SequenceServer and databases on a web-based interface. Here, we describe the three deployable methods of StarBLAST that account for custom databases, classroom size, technical expertise, and computational resources.


The contribution of automotive vehicular emissions to air pollution and the magnitude of the effects of these emissions have been well documented in Los Angeles County and to a lesser extent throughout the State of California. Data are presented which show the presence of photochemical smog in a number of communities outside Calfornia. The severity and prevalence of smog in eastern communities is not as high as in Los Angeles; however, evidence from most large cities where atmospheric pollutants have been measured shows some photochemical activity with production of oxidants through the year and severe smog when adverse meteorological conditions occur. Plant damage of the types associated with photochemical pollutants has been observed in many areas throughout the country and further indicates the presence of adverse levels of motor-vehicle-derived pollutants. Source surveys in a number of cities in the United States show that motor vehicles are responsible for very appreciable amounts of the total emissions of hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide. The facts presented clearly point to potential problems under current conditions and problems of increasing severity as population densities and use of motor vehicles increase.


Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) plays a pivotal role in controlling adipogenesis.We hypothesized that changes in dietary energy density might alter fat deposition in finishing pigs via modulation of the expression of PPAR-γ.To test this hypothesis,thirty female finishing pigs were fed diets containing low (LD),medium (MD) or high (HD) energy density.Blood samples were collected on day 53,and then the pigs were sacrificed to collect samples of the dorsal subcutaneous (ST),abdominal (AT) and mesenteric (MT) adipose tissue.Compared with pigs fed the MD diet,malate dehydrogenase activity was increased in the ST and MT of pigs fed the HD diet,while activity was decreased in the MT of pigs fed the LD diet (P0.05).Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity was increased in all three fat depots of pigs fed the HD diet (P0.05) in comparison with pigs fed the MD diet.Both HD and LD diets increased the size of the adipocytes in the AT and MT (P0.05).Pigs fed the HD diet had a higher cell proliferation index in the ST compared with pigs fed the other two diets (P0.05).Compared with pigs fed the MD diet,a decreased apoptosis index was seen in the ST of pigs fed the HD diet,and in the AT of pigs fed the LD diet,as well as in the MT of both HD and LD fed pigs (P0.05).PPAR-γ positive percentage was elevated in the ST and MT of HD fed pigs compared with pigs fed the MD and LD diets,while it was decreased in the ST of LD compared with MD fed pigs (P0.05).These results suggest that dietary energy density may regulate fat deposition in finishing pigs.It is possible that feeding a high energy diet may induce fat deposition via up-regulation of PPAR-γ expression.


Expressions for the entropy, the Kullback-Leibler information, and the I α-information are established for distributions of progressively Type-II censored order statistics. These results are used to identify minimum and maximum information censoring plans. In particular, we find minimum and maximum entropy plans for DFR, exponential, Pareto, reflected power, and Weibull distributions. The results for Kullback-Leibler and I α-information hold for any continuous distribution.


Abstract Enantiomers of alanine, methionine, tryptophan, serine, threonine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and glutamic acid are sampled respectively in different channel of a new capillary array electrophoresis with rotary fluorescence scanner that was built by ourselves and separation conditions for these respective enantiomers are screened with different types and concentrations of additives to the separation buffer. The experimental results indicate that 2.5 mM β‐cyclodextrin additives are preferred for the respective separation of the eight kinds of amino acids.


An invasive hydromedusa species, the Craspedacusta sowerbii was found in three Hungarian
lakes. The individuals were seen in low density near the shore in two of the lakes and in the pelagical
region in the third one. As the species shows widespread distribution and it is also common in Europe,
this record was expected. In this article some features upon C. sowerbii occurrences are given with
mentioning of some unconfirmed records. Monitoring of Hungarian waters for C. sowerbii for the polip
form is suggested since the reasons of the alteration to meduse form is not well studied; furthermore
the polip form's occurrence may be less variable.


2-D electrophoresis gel images can be used for identifying and characterizing many forms of a particular protein encoded by a single gene. Conventional approaches to gel analysis require the three steps: (1) Spot detection on each gel; (2) Spot matching between gels; and (3) Spot quantification and comparison. Many researchers and developers attempt to automate all steps as much as possible, but errors in the detection and matching stages are common. In order to carry out gel image analysis, one first needs to accurately detect and measure the protein spots in a gel image. As other image analysis or computer vision areas, image segmentation is still a hard problem. This paper presents algorithms for automatically delineating gel spots. Two types of segmentation algorithms were implemented, the one is edge (discontinuity) based type, and the other is region based type. For the different classes of gel images, the two types of algorithms were tested; the advantages and disadvantages were discussed. Based on the testing and analysis results, authors suggested using a fusion of edge information and region information for gel image segmentation is a good complementary. The primary integration of the two types of image segmentation algorithms have been tested too, the result clearly show that the integrated algorithm can automatically delineate gel not only on a simple image and also on a complex image, and it is much better than that either only edge based algorithm or only region based algorithm.