Insulin increases glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells and adipose tissue by stimulating the recruitment of the glucose transporter 4 (Glut4) to plasma membranes from a pool of storage vesicles. Type II diabetes (T2D) is characterized by an inability to clear blood glucose in response to insulin due to an impairment of Glut4 recruitment and/or function. A persistent, systemic inflammatory and oxidative stress (IOS) is key to the impairment of insulin‐stimulated glucose uptake. Diets high in saturated fatty acids promote insulin resistance mediated by IOS and a disruption of sphingolipid metabolism. T2D incidence has reached epidemic proportions in the US population and worldwide and is strongly associated with obesity. Although the incidence of obesity in Alaska Natives is higher compared to rest of the US population, incidence of T2D is considerably less, which is largely attributed to their subsistence diet rich in Alaska berry fruits.


In this paper,we put forward the ideas that to have a power-to-power union and comprehensive integration,the academic journals of the universities should be restructured based on their strong discipline.The existing academic journals of the universities should be restructured as discipline-orientated academic journals.This advanced integration will make it be possible to establish some internationally first class professional discipline-orientated academic journals.


The presence of robots is becoming more apparent as technology progresses and the market focus transitions from smart phones to robotic personal assistants such as those provided by Amazon and Google. The integration of robots in our societies is an inevitable tendency in which robots in many forms and with many functionalities will provide services to humans. This calls for an understanding of how humans are affected by both the presence of and the reliance on robots to perform services for them. In this paper we explore the effects that robots have on humans when a service is performed on request. We expose three groups of human participants to three levels of service completion performed by robots. We record and analyse human perceptions such as propensity to trust, competency, responsiveness, sociability, and team work ability. Our results demonstrate that humans tend to trust robots and are more willing to interact with them when they autonomously recover from failure by requesting help from other robots to fulfil their service. This supports the view that autonomy and team working capabilities must be brought into robots in an effort to strengthen trust in robots performing a service.


Safe and proactive planning in robotic systems generally requires accurate predictions of the environment. Prior work on environment prediction applied video frame prediction techniques to bird's-eye view environment representations, such as occupancy grids. ConvLSTM-based frameworks used previously often result in significant blurring of the predictions, loss of static environment structure, and vanishing of moving objects, thus hindering their applicability for use in safety-critical applications. In this work, we propose two extensions to the ConvLSTM architecture to address these issues. We present the Temporal Attention Augmented ConvLSTM (TAAConvLSTM) and Self-Attention Augmented ConvLSTM (SAAConvLSTM) frameworks for spatiotemporal occupancy grid prediction, and demonstrate improved performance over baseline architectures on the real-world KITTI and Waymo datasets. We provide our implementation at https: //github.com/sisl/AttentionAugmentedConvLSTM.


Based on frequency control of motor speed control device,transforming main fan speed to transforming air quentity is expounded.At meeting the needs of safety produce.The main fan running energy consumption is the greatest save.Combination benef is the highest.


To recycle the steel slag as manufactured composite materials of polymer concretes, we used the atomizing method to make round aggregates from steel slag, which is treated as industrial wastes. A round rapid-cooled steel slag was used to replace fine aggregate (river sand) or coarse aggregate (crushed aggregate), depending on the grain size. To examine general physical properties of polymer concrete composites manufactured from rapid-cooled steel slag, the polymer concrete specimen with various proportions depending on the addition ratio of polymer binder and replacement ratio of rapid-cooled steel slag were manufactured. In the result of the tests, the mechanical strength of the specimen made by replacing the optimum amount of rapid-cooled steel slag increased notably (maximum compressive strength 117.1 MPa), and the use of polymer binder, which had the most impact on the production cost of polymer concrete composites, could be remarkably reduced. However, the mechanical strength of the specimen was markedly reduced in hot water resistance test of polymer concrete composite.


As we know automobile industry is currently booming in india due to which number of vehicle also increasing day by day. In financial year 2019 approx 4.4 million cars were sold in indiadue to rise in number of vehicles rate of accident is also increasing. In year 2018 almost 1.5 lakhs lives were lost due to car accident. In our country many people still hesitate in helping a road accident victim because of legal formalities due to which many people loose there lifes. This projectwill help in detecting the accident and calling the medical assistance as soon as possiblewiththe helpof different sensorsandArduino uno.The aim of this project is to provide for the necessary aid to the victim and inform and report the accident in the least possible time by using IOT and sensors


In this paper, the microstructure of a ZrB[sub 2]-platelet-reinforced ZrC[sub x] composite is examined using transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The composites, which are formed by the reaction of molten Zr with B[sub 4]C, contain a small amount of residual Zr, the amount of which can be varied by altering the processing conditions. Results on two different materials are reported, one with a low Zr content, [approximately] 2.5 vol%, and the other with a very low Zr content, [approximately] 0.5 vol%. In the former, metallic Zr was found at triple points and as a grain boundary phase between the boride and carbide, and to a lesser degree between the boride grains. In the latter, it was only found as a ternary Zr-ZrB[sub 2]-ZrC[sub x] eutectic at the triple points. Both materials showed a nearly random distribution of the boride and carbide constituents, though specific crystallographic relationships were found between the various constituents.


The proton releases an electron and turns into a neutron. The neutron absorbs an electron and turns into a proton. Both are the same elementary particles varying in a pulsatile timing. * A neutron is combined with a pulsating proton by nuclear force. * A proton and the neutron pulsate.  The crest and the valley of wave.  The valley and the valley. * When both came into contact, nuclear force acts. * The nuclear force is a compression power from dark energy. * A proton and the neutron look different in a pulsatile timing in the same elementary particle. * When both the proton and the neutron are even number units, it is boson. * When both the proton and the neutron are an odd number unit, it is fermion. * A proton and neutrons pulsate in 4-dimensions space. The mass is zero. By a wave trip. * The valley of the ripple due to the pulsation of the nucleon is an orbit, and the electron goes around the orbit. A proton and a neutron, the electron are existing particles. * The elementary particle pulsation principle describes a nuclear force, gravity, electromagnetism power integrally.


Two‐dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a quantum well or inversion layer, unlike an ordinary grounded metallic plane, does not completely screen an applied transverse electric field. Owing to its Fermi degeneracy energy, a 2DEG manifests itself as a capacitor in series, whose capacitance per unit area equals CQ=me2/πℏ2, where m is the effective electron mass in the direction transverse to the quantum well. Partial penetration of an external field through a highly conducting 2DEG allows the implementation of several novel high‐speed devices, including a three‐terminal resonant‐tunneling transistor and a gate‐controlled thermionic emission transistor.


Rationale: Aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM) is a rare mesenchymal tumor primarily involving the lower genital tract of reproductive females. It often shares pathologic morphology with other mesenchymal lesions, which result in diagnostic difficulties for pathologists. Patient concerns and diagnoses: We described the case of a 32-year-old female presenting with a pelvic mass. Imaging examination showed a "swirling sign" within the mass. The mass was 10.2 × 10 × 7.7 cm, located in the right front of the uterus, with unclear demarcation from the surrounding organs and tissues. The gross appearance was grayish brown with a solid section and a myxedematous cut surface. Microscopically, it was a mesenchymal tumor with a presence of perivascular smooth muscle fibers radiating from the blood vessel and an infiltrative growth pattern. The pelvic AAM was diagnosed based on clinicopathologic and imaging features. Interventions and outcomes: A surgery with local excision of the mass was performed. The patient experienced 1 relapse during 2-year follow-up and underwent the radiation therapy. Lessons: When the pathological morphology of AAM overlaps with other mesenchymal lesions, the comprehensive understanding of tumor clinicopathological characteristics combined with imaging features is important for the accurate diagnosis of AAM.


This preview manuscript has been retracted at the request of the authors. The starting point and the primary objective of this paper is to try to construct an efficient and simple algorithm to calculate the three-dimensional flow field in arbitrary complex topography, as stressed in the paper. Though this model is verified as presented in the paper to be somewhat suitable for simulation in regular river channels such as a bend flow simulation, it comes to a failure when used to study the flow fields in the solution of practical engineering problems, which were carried out after the paper was submitted to the Journal. This paper will not be published in print.


Bradley University plays an important role in educating ABET accredited manufacturing engineers to major industries, such as Caterpillar or John Deere nearby. In recent years, our constituencies have voiced that plastics product design and injection molding process be considered key competences in our manufacturing curriculum. It's always crucial and beneficial for plastics engineers to understand the whole picture of plastics product development, from the product conceptual design to the product validation. Therefore, the curriculum is structured around this goal with (1) seventeen lectures covering the fundamental theories of plastic materials, design principles such as design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA), injection molding technologies, etc., (2) computer aided design (CAD), computer aided engineering (CAE), computer aided manufacturing (CAM), and injection molding lab sessions, and (3) hands-on four-module projects where students can apply the learned knowledge and go through each step of injection molded product development. The four-module project includes the injection molded plastic part design module, the Moldflow simulation module, the mold design and fabrication module, and the injection molding module. To enhance students' communication, collaboration, and project management skills, 4-5 students, as one group, are required to complete the project that requires many different skills such as design, computer simulation, CNC machining, injection molding, etc. After a year of implementation, evidence demonstrates that the program effectively enhances students' understanding and capability of plastic product development. By implementing this new curriculum, Bradley University has been able to have a higher impact on the career preparation of the students and the supply of trained plastics engineers to local industries. The presentation will illustrate the plastics injection molding curriculum and describe one of the successful four-module projects conducted based on the curriculum. The impact to students, industries, and the faculty will also be discussed. 1. Background and Introduction 1.1 Motivation for developing a plastics injection molding course As a mid-sized private regional university, Bradley University (BU) plays an important role in educating ABETS accredited manufacturing engineers to major industries, such as Caterpillar or


The paper presents the design and performance evaluation of two-stage AC power adapters for notebook computers which deliver 70 W from the universal line. Three versions of the flyback power converter, as well as the PWM and resonant half-bridge power converter were evaluated and compared with respect to their efficiency, component stress, output filter size and complexity.


While ideologies consistently influence public opinions on climate change in Western democracies, whether they affect the Chinese public's climate attitudes is unknown. By applying a well-established measure of Chinese ideology, this study conducted a nationwide survey (n = 1469) on the relationships between climate attitudes and ideologies, conspiracy beliefs, and science literacy. It is the first study to empirically investigate the impact of ideological tendencies, conspiracy beliefs, and conspiratorial thinking in shaping people's climate attitudes. Among a series of novel findings, ideology was found to be a crucial factor in Chinese attitudes toward climate change, and economic ideology, in particular, was most strongly related to climate attitude. Moreover, somewhat counterintuitively, we found a positive link between respondents' conspiratorial thinking and their climate awareness, as well as the failure of the moderation role of science literacy on ideological factors that influence climate attitude. All these findings suggest a mechanism behind the Chinese public's perception of climate change, primarily working on the individual–state relationship.


In this paper, we present an analysis of the throughput when there are multiple piconets and WLAN sharing the ISM bands. The analysis takes channel propagation characteristics and the capture effect. We also propose an algorithm which can be used to reduce the amount of channel scanning. By using traffic prediction of the interfering WLAN, we are able to maintain a reasonable performance in terms of fraction of time channel is wasted due to collisions or unused channel. Through computer simulation, we demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves reduced scanning frequency.


Three dimensional finite element model of composite fastener was established based on Abaqus to predict the thread load distribution of composite fasteners.In order to simulate the real situation,the nut was placed on an elastic foundation and the tension-compression modulus asymmetry of C or SiC matrix composites was considered by Abaqus users' subroutine USDFLD.Furthermore,Yamamoto's method for the metal threaded connections was empirically extended to the connections by C or SiC matrix composites with special consideration of the anisotropy and tension-compression modulus asymmetry.The effectiveness of the extended Yamamoto's method(EYM)was validated by finite element method(FEM)for different materials and different geometry parameters.The results show that the load distribution of composite fasteners is usually more uniform than that of the metal fasteners.In addition,the nonuniformity of load distribution increases with the pitch-to-diameter ratio,but the relative rotation of bolt and nut almost have no effect on the load distribution.


epidemiology of aflatoxin carcinogenesis: correlation with aflatoxin B, intake and urinary excretion of aflatoxin M,. Carcinogenesis (Lond.). 9:1323-1325, 1988. 10. Sabbioni, G., Ambs, S., Wogan, G. N., and Groopman. J. D. The aflatoxinlysine adduci quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography from human serum albumin samples. Carcinogenesis (Lond.), //: 2063-2066, 1990. 11. Ramsdell, H. S., and Eaton, D. L. Species susceptibility to aflatoxin B, carcinogenesis: comparative kinetics of microsomal biotransformation. Can cer Res., 50: 615-620, 1990. 12. Tannenbaum, A., and Silverstone, H. Nutrition in relation to cancer. Adv. Cancer Res., /: 451-501, 1953. 13. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Suppl. 7, Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity: An Updating of IARC Monographs, Vols. 1 to 42, Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1987.


The biggest problem in the area of fishery in the world and also in Estonia is the decrease in natural fish resources. Aquaculture – the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms – makes it possible to increase fish production and consumption whilst sparing the decreasing natural resources. The domestic market demand for aquaculture production in Estonia is ca 4000-4500 tons per year, the majority of which (e.g. salmon) is imported from abroad. However, domestic aquaculture production has the advantage of being fresh, and the field also gives work to people in rural areas.


The dun is a substantial stone-built irregular oval structure. Four phases of occupation were identified (Kildonan I-IV). A paved single entrance way led into the structure. A twin staircase had been built into a portion of the northern wall. Occupation of the dun appears to have begun in the 2nd century or slightly earlier and continued into the 13th or 14th century.


Belle II will collect 50 ab of data at the SuperKEKB ee collider over the next decade. This large data set—a factor of 50 greater than the original Belle experiment—will enable Belle II to undertake world-leading searches relevant to a wide range of dark sector models.


This work faces the use of graphene liquid-gate transistors as sensors. Before dealing with a functionalized surface and biological targets, achieving a reliable sensing platform within this novel material as an active channel, fabrication, lithography, and reliability have to be extensively evaluated. In this work, we have analyzed the inter-device variability and the reliability of the sensors together with the phenomena which can increase these issues under operative conditions. High quality material corroboration has been evaluated through structural characterization (optical, XPS and Raman). Then photolithography and processing for liquid-gate sensor have been performed. Finally, electrical evaluation of the devices has been carried out demonstrating reliability issues and considerable inter-device variability. We propose in this work the use of integrate-coupling effect (front and back-gate simultaneously) to alleviate the inter-device variability and reliability problems.


Harmony,as a kind of philosophy,is the essence of Chinese culture.Putting forward the notion of harmonious society offers many methods for strengthening the construction of local college's journal.The local college's journal will benefit from the harmonious notion by applying the notion to the construction of the inner system of the journal,the development of its staff,and its integration into the local society and play positive roles in the local economic construction.


. Necessary and sufficient conditions are provided under which the weighted Moore–Penrose inverse A † MN exists, where A is an ad- jointable operator between Hilbert C ∗ -modules, and the weights M and N are only self-adjoint and invertible. Relationship between weighted Moore–Penrose inverses A † MN is clarified when A is fixed, whereas M and N are variable. Perturbation analysis for the weighted Moore–Penrose inverse is also provided.


Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades. This study tries to link the physiological phenomena associated to the role of the plant hormone auxin to molecular mechanisms, impelling a more advanced and comprehensive usage of Chara as a model system.


Infrared imaging systems require new technologies at the pixel level to provide enhanced spectral sensitivity with similar function to cones and rods in the human retina. A multicolor imaging system can be accomplished with the aid of metamaterials to spectrally select and enhance a specific color from incoming radiation. In this work, we demonstrate the use of a metamaterial absorber design to enhance the quantum efficiency of an infrared interband cascade detector from 6.1% to 18.6% at a peak operating wavelength of 6.14μm and 4.1% to 14.7% at a peak operating wavelength of 7.13μm


The general observations, however, are'so general as to be somewhat unhelpful. Following his general observations on the sultanate the author makes a number of further general observations on "The Ruler" and "The Majlis" before turning in his fourth and final chapter to a consideration of "The Shariah Law Court" in which he writes briefly on the provisions in the Malay States regarding the establishment and organization of Shariah Courts. It will be clear from the foregoing that this essay suffers from three main weaknesses. First it is rather disjointed. The various sections do not relate to each other in any significant way and they do not add up to any consistent or coherent whole. Second, the author has made no attempt to place his problem within the context of the Malaysian legal system as a whole. The problems of Islamic legal organization arise within the Malaysian legal system and can only be understood as part of that system. Third, the author has allowed himself too little space to deal with a problem of this magnitude so that his discussion of some matters borders on the superficial. The essay is interesting more for what it promises than for what it achieves. The paucity of material on the Malaysian legal system is such that almost any contribution is welcome, but what are really needed are detailed studies of specific problems. What is perhaps most interesting about this essay is the approach which has been adopted. Despite weaknesses the author has attempted to write about the application of Islamic law with a broad perspective and it is to be hoped that the promise made in the preface will soon be fulfilled: that "a detailed annotation and commentary on this Perak Enactment just completed by me awaits publication as a separate study in the near future."


It is well documented that environmental effects play a significant role in characterizing the material properties, which in turn affect the pavement performance. Studies under the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) were carried out to study the age hardening characteristics of asphalt binders and mixes. As a result of this study, laboratory procedures American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, provisional protocols (AASHTO PP1-98 and PP2-99) were developed to study the hardening potential of asphalt binders and mixes. The approaches followed in these procedures are of great value for the ongoing research on pavement aging; however, due to the limited resources and time constraints under the SHRP program, these provisional procedures have certain limitations associated with them. Research study, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) 9-23 was initiated to assess these limitations and if possible, enhance the predictive capabilities of these protocols. Binders and field cores were obtained from LTPP sections and other sites across the United States. Original, laboratory-aged, and field-aged binders were characterized. Based on the findings, an alternate procedure to the AASHTO PP1-98 protocol is suggested and presented. The alternate procedure includes field aging conditions and volumetric properties of the mix. The model developed was calibrated and validated using the data obtained from the field cores. Parametric analysis was performed on the final model to ascertain the practicality of the output. The assessment of the existing PP2-99 test protocol is also presented. Asphalt mix cores aged in the laboratory were tested for complex modulus. These modulus values were then compared to the modulus values of the field cores, the ages of which were known from the construction records. Due to the limited amount of data available, the PP2-99 protocol could not be improved.


Primary HPV screening will be implemented into the English Cervical Screening Programme by 2019. Its impact upon women referred to colposcopy, with negative cytology but persistently positive high‐risk HPV (hrHPV), remains unreported from UK Sentinel sites. HPV primary screening was introduced in Sheffield, UK in April 2013; this paper reports its impact on the service.


Renal transplant is the definitive treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal failure and owing to the cost and problems involved with the surgery, long-term survival of the graft is a very important aspect of care. Primary glomerular disease recurrence is a dreaded complication of any kidney graft since it is impossible to prevent it with no guidelines or recommendations. C3 glomerulopathy is a condition which has very high recurrence rate after renal transplant, but rapid recurrence in a case who had a benign course of illness pretransplant is unique to this patient and needs to be discussed.


Objective To evaluate the value of ultrasonograph through temporal window in diagnosis of middle cerebral artery pathological changes of the patients with cerebral infarction.Methods 23 patients were diagnosed as cerebral infarction by CT or MRI detection from January 2009 to January 2010,and 37 middle cerebral arteries were clearly displayed through temporal window and changes were recorded and compared with magnetic resonance angiography.Results The pathological change rate of middle cerebral artery detected by ultrasonograph through temporal window was 73.0% and 81.1% by magnetic resonance angiography.The difference was not statistically significant(χ2=1.33,P0.05).Conclusion Ultrasonograph can display the pathological changes of middle cerebral artery clearly and provide significant information for the treatment and prognosis to those patients with cerebral infarction.


There is no genuine equal opportunity in allowing women to enter traditionally male institutions - but only on the basis that the values of such establishments, and the way they are run, are to remain unchanged. The freedom to be an honorary man or alternatively to be an outsider is a freedom that few women aspire to.


ABSTRACT In first-year engineering students, a common teacher-centred, passive learning and deficient secondary educational backgrounds are often observed. However, there is a problematic difference whether the individual background is vocational education and training (VAT) or baccalaureate. This implies an educational need to level up these backgrounds, together with a more student-centred, active learning. As a possible practical remedy, an approach of independent learning before the class was implemented, as in a flipped classroom. To this end, students were requested to study the topic scheduled for the next class independently as an out-of-class activity or 'homework', by using sources suggested (handbooks and web pages). At first, this task was not monitored. In a second phase, the task was monitored by a handwritten summary delivered before the class. A questionnaire survey showed that this type of homework was perceived as fostering a better understanding of theory in class and a more appealing class, but only if it was controlled as described. In addition, some differences surfaced depending on a student's educational background (VAT vs. baccalaureate), but also in repeaters vs. non-repeaters. A quantitative comparison of final-exam marks and homework marks reveals a better performance by most students with sufficient homework, although with some limitations.


Videoconferencing has always been associated with deterministic networks or circuit switched networks (physical or virtual). In the past, it was almost unthinkable to send voice and video over an undeterministic network like Ethernet. However, recent trends in the field of multimedia communications (audio, video and documents) have indicated that it is not only possible but also practical to carry such communications over Ethernet. The MCS (Multimedia Conferencing System) which was recently developed and implemented by the Network Research Group, School of Computer Sciences, USM is a full blown audio, video and document conferencing system that works on classical Ethernet as well as satellite networks using the RSW Control Criteria. This paper discusses the bandwidth requirements of using the MCS system on satellite-based networks.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide insights about the approaches and techniques of professionals that nowadays are designing Digital Products and Services (DPS) in the European agriculture. The emphasis is paid on the integration of end-users and participatory approaches such as agile, considering its current influence.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted to professionals of businesses and entities from 14 European countries. A balanced sample of replies was achieved between private–public background, size of the business or experience of experts. Afterwards, the collection of answers and the opinions of professionals were compared with the state of the art referred in the literature. It allowed checking its soundness and critically discusses the results.

Findings
From the raw analysis of responses, professionals show awareness about the importance of end-user involvement and they are eager to incorporate innovative farmers and early adopters to collect the best requirements for products and services. They also declare knowledge and uptake in their companies of new approaches, such as agile. Confronting results with literature, the discussion highlights some inconsistencies and possibilities for leveraging. Types of end-users considered should be enlarged. Their superficial participation must also be avoided.

Originality/value
There is a lack of research on procedures for projects in agro-food sector. Due to the momentum in the digital transformation of agriculture, there are many project teams working in developing DPS and are relevant to discuss about proper methodologies for improving success.


This paper discusses a new class of lubricants for disk application, designed for ultra-low magnetic spacing. By tying down the middle of the long perfluoropolyether (PFPE) Fomblin chain to the overcoat surface with additional functional groups, one can achieve the very low clearance needed for the future, sub-5 nm flying height head-disk interface. Bulk synthesis and characterization are described, and tribological performance is investigated. Benefits of this novel lubricant family can be attributed not only to its shorter free chain length, but also to disjoining pressure attributes


Presents a parallel computer architecture which synthesizes the notions of instruction level parallelism and data parallelism. Extending the work of Siegel and others on reconfigurable SIMD/MIMD architecture, it attains most of the advantages of those machines, via selective execution of a superscalar instruction stream, while retaining most of the cost advantage of the SIMD architectural style. Furthermore, it preserves the single instruction stream framework which makes SIMD machines simpler to program. Finally, it admits the use of compiler techniques to schedule the superscalar instruction stream, allowing the automatic utilization of the latent instruction level parallelism.<<ETX>>


An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) will progressively grow until rupture if a repair is not performed in time, either by open surgery or endovascular techniques. Although the risk of AAA rupture increases with its diameter, there is still a lack of any accurate marker to predict the AAA growth rate or the rupture risk. However, early repair might not be a good approach as the morbidity and mortality associated with both techniques remain non-negligible. A looser and simple threshold of 50 mm diameter could replace the traditional 55 mm threshold for AAA repair, especially in a vulnerable population.


Cast iron is the basic material of the manufacturing industry. It has excellent casting processability and good shock absorption and wear resistance, so it is widely used. With the awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection, the defects of low energy and high consumption of traditional materials are gradually revealed. They are gradually being replaced by new alloy cast iron. This paper introduces the latest developments in new alloy cast iron production technology in recent years in detail, involving iron purification, furnace selection, melt ratio, chemical composition control, inoculant type and application, and stress relief annealing. And this paper analyzes the strengthening mechanism of cast iron, puts forward the problems and solutions in the production process, and expounds the development trend of cast iron production technology and the prospect of China's cast iron industry.


The purpose of this thesis is to examine if the possibilities to grant new trial in favour of the defendant in criminal cases are sufficient, limited to new circumstances and evidence as cause for new trial. The new trial provisions are based upon a consideration between the rule of immovability and the rule of truth, that is, the interest of an immovable legally binding judgment opposite the interest of a correct decision. The rule of immovability is founded on the base of legitimacy in the judicial system in the form of predictability for the parties in the process, legal efficiency and procedural costs. The rule of truth is also founded on strong legitimate grounds, as it would be offensive to the sense of justice if questionable judgments would not be able to reconsider. This is essential also in respect of human dignity and peoples trust in the adjudication. With these reasons in regard the legislative history has stated that concerning new trials in favour of the defendant the rule of truth should be dominant.

The established practice of The Supreme Court when deciding upon new circumstances and evidence as cause for new trial in favour of the defendant could, in comparison with the weighing of interests by the legislator, be criticized for making it more difficult to be granted new trial and making the rule of immovability dominant.

The rule of law shall ensure that no one is wrongfully convicted and it would be a failure if a questionable judgment could not be granted a new trial. To be granted a new trial is often of great importance for the individual because of the possibility of acquittal. Bertil Stroberg is an example of this great importance. He dedicated almost 30 years of his life to exculpate himself from the judgment of espionage. A granted petition for a new trial results in a new adjudication, which does not necessarily result in an acquittal. Therefore the established practice of The Supreme Court could be criticized for being too restrictive.


The aromaticity of heterocyclic pyran rings in selected hydroxypyrones and their anions and cations was studied using three aromaticity indices, HOMA, I6 and NICS. These values were determined for theoretical geometries obtained at the HF, SVWN, B3LYP and B1LYP levels of calculations with the 6–311 + +G(d,p) basis set. The data obtained show that the aromaticity for the hydroxypyrones under investigation increases in the order: anion < neutral molecule < cation. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The coverage of the Covid 19 vaccine on Kompas.com is the object of this research. The purpose of this study is to find out, analyze, and reveal how the political discourse in the news of the Covid 19 Vaccine and how post-commodification of information occurs through the news of the Covid 19 vaccine on Kompas.com. The technique used is documentation. This research is an interpretive qualitative research with a critical paradigm with Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis. Discourse analysis in this theory is carried out at three levels, namely text, discursive practice, and sociocultural practice. The results showed that the political discourse that developed in the news of the Covid 19 vaccine on Kompas.com was in the practice of media commodification. Political discourse in the news of the Covid-19 vaccine is represented as an identity battle between related parties, especially in government circles. The news on the Covid 19 vaccine, narrated by Kompas.com, is very political to gain recognition, support, and representation of media ideology by turning news into a millennial industry, ammunition for political competition and political partisan identity within the government.


In this article, we analyze the characteristics of a recently conceived steep switching device 2-D Strain FET (2D-SFET) and present its circuit implications in the context of 6T-SRAM. We discuss the dependence of 2D-SFET characteristics on key design parameters, showing up to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.7\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> larger ON-current and 35% decrease in subthreshold swing when compared to 2D-FET. We analyze the performance of 2D-SFET (as drop-in replacement for standard 2D-FET) in 6T-SRAM for a range of design parameters and compare those to 2D-FET 6T-SRAM. 2D-SFET 6T-SRAM achieves up to 5.7% lower access time, 63% higher write margin, and comparable hold margin, but at the cost of comparable to 11% lower read stability and 16% increase in write time. In Part II of this article, we mitigate the read stability issues of 2D-SFET SRAMs by proposing <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{{\mathrm {B}}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-enabled SRAM designs.


Neonatal seizures are harmful to the developing brain and are associated with mortality and long‐term neurological comorbidities. Hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) seizures represent a significant proportion of such seizures. Phenobarbital (PB) remains the first line anti‐seizure drug (ASD) treatment but fails ~50% of the time. Translational models of neonatal seizures are crucial to investigating mechanisms underlying PB‐resistance. A model of PB‐resistant ischemic seizures in postnatal day 7 (P7) CD‐1 mice reported K‐Cl cotransporter 2 (KCC2) degradation that has been shown to be due to activation of the TrkB pathway. We investigated PB‐efficacy in a pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) model of neonatal seizures in the same strain and age using identical treatment protocols to gain insights into mechanisms underlying PB‐resistance. A single dose of PTZ (80 mg/kg; IP) consistently induced repetitive seizures that did not progress to status epilepticus (SE). PB (25 mg/kg; IP, single dose) significantly suppressed the PTZ‐induced seizures. This was associated with significant KCC2 upregulation and stable Na‐K‐Cl cotransporter 1 (NKCC1) expression at 24h. The TrkB pathway was not activated. PTZ seizure burdens were significantly higher than those reported for ischemic seizures, indicating seizure severity did not dictate the differences in PB‐efficacy. Bumetanide (BTN) (0.1–0.2 mg/kg; IP) did not work as an anti‐seizure agent, similar to the ischemic model. When investigating mechanisms underlying the emergence of PB‐resistance in translational models, the method by which seizures are induced may dictate mechanisms underlying emergence of PB‐resistance.


The invention relates to a method for controlling the dose application in the irradiation of a movable target volume in a body with an energetic beam, in particular with a needle-fine ion beam with which the target volume is scanned, and an irradiation device with components that implement the method. It is determined before the irradiation of an i-th grid position during the irradiation run using the motion data that dose which has already received the i-th raster position in the irradiation of the previous raster positions (1 <= k <i). Subsequently, a compensation value for the i-th raster position is calculated as a function of the determined dose which has already been obtained for the i-th raster position during the irradiation of the previous raster positions (1 <= k <i) and as a function of the compensation value for the raster i-th raster position and of the nominal fluence for the ith raster position, a compensated fluence (F) for the i-th raster position is calculated to obtain the ith raster position with the compensated fluence determined for the ith raster position (F) to irradiate.


Dispensing nozzle electromechanically actuated fuel (1), comprising at least one solenoid valve (2) for dispensing fuel, an electronic board (7) for actuating the solenoid (2), means accumulators (5) for feeding electrically electrovalve (2) and the electronic board (7), the electrovalve (2) comprising an inlet (11) and an outlet conduit (12) connected to the dispensing conduit fuel (3) for dispensing a complete fuel flow to refuel a vehicle, wherein the solenoid valve further comprises a secondary channel (4) integrated into the solenoid valve (2) for dispensing a smaller amount of fuel for topping up.


The article is devoted to one of the most pressing problems of modern pop music to the formation of stage image in the professional activity of pop singers. The article gives a clear definition of the category "stage image of a pop singer" as an integrative property of the individual. It also reveals the psychological and pedagogical conditions of the most effective impact on actors. This problem is considered from the standpoint of philosophy, sociology, pedagogy, psychology and methodology. The article provides recommendations on the creation of pop singers' stage image and describes the stages of its formation which is directly connected with the performed piece of work. The author reveals the contradiction between the practical need of learning the basics of the artistic image and the lack of theoretical and methodological support. The urgent need in the development of the given issue at the present stage of the development of mass youth culture is emphasized.


In this article I will report on some data from two experiments aimed at investigating use and placement of weak object pronouns in old information contexts in German subordinate and main clauses by Adult Italian Native Speakers learning German as L2. The main interest of this research lies in the cross-linguistic differentiation between Italian and German as far as their pronominal system is concerned. Since Cardinaletti and Starke's tripartition of pronouns (1996, 1999), the two languages under study here have been shown to differ in the number of pronominal classes they select. Whereas Italian displays three classes of pronouns (clitic, weak and strong), German displays only the latter two (weak and strong). In a still ongoing debate on the initial and developing grammars in Adult Second Language Acquisition (SLA), this differentiation opens an interesting area of investigation. Furthermore, Italian and German show different properties as far as their word order is concerned. Whereas Italian is an SVO language, German is an SOV one, which displays the SVO order only in main clauses as a consequence of the V2 phenomenon (den Besten 1983). Neither the SOV order, which characterizes German subordinate clauses introduced by an overt complementizer, nor the V2 rule of the German main clauses is instantiated in Italian. Two phenomena which need to be acquired by non native speakers of German and turn out to play a role in the acquisition of use and placement of weak pronouns. Finally, Italian and German have been shown to display similarities w.r.t. the cartography of clause structure. The cartographic approach to clause structure adopted here contributes to a better understanding of the possible positions targeted by pronominal objects in the Italian L2ers' interlanguage grammars. 2. Classes of Pronouns Cardinaletti and Starke (1999) have provided evidence for the existence of three different classes of pronouns (clitic, weak and strong), which are attributed a different categorical status. More specifically, clitic pronouns are analyzed as heads (X°), weak pronouns as deficient maximal projections (deficient XPs) and strong pronouns as non deficient maximal projections (non deficient XPs). In fact, not all three classes of pronouns are always instantiated in a language. In particular, Italian and German differ with respect to pronoun classes: German has only weak and strong pronouns, whereas Italian has all three pronominal * I would like to thank Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi for their insightful comments on this study. Many thanks are due to professor Mamoru Saito and professor Keiko Murasugi for having given me the opportunity to participate into the Nanzan Workshop and to present this work.


The creation of a Moire inspection system with a computerized control system has made it possible to use the technology for the detection of points defects and the measurement of optical distortion in the float glass ribbon. The paper describes the most recent achievements in comparison to the latest laserscanner developments.


The invention discloses a method for manufacturing vycor glass emitting green light, which relates to a method for manufacturing luminous glass, solves the problem that the prior vycor luminous glass can only be excited by short wave ultraviolet light and realizes green light emission under the excitation of a blue ultraviolet LED. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, a soaking step, namely gradually soaking porous glass into salt solution containing cerium and terbium ions and salt solution containing one or several of potassium, rubidium, cesium, calcium, strontium and barium ions; secondly, a drying step, namely airing the soaked porous glass; and thirdly, a sintering step, namely sintering the aired porous glass in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide, argon or nitrogen. The method adopts a gradual soaking method to mix rare-earth ions and alkaline-earth metal ions or alkali metal ions into the porous vycor glass so that the absorption band of the luminous glass of the type is expanded to a long wave ultraviolet and blue ultraviolet area (365 to 405 nanometers) and the glass can emit bright green light of 543 nanometers under the excitation of blue ultraviolet light.


We use Dirac's constrained analysis to quantize the O(3) nonlinear [sigma] model and the CP[sup 1] model without using gauge constraints. The equivalence of the models (at the quantum level) is established provided the identification [ital n][sup [ital a]]=[ital Z][sup *][sigma][sup [ital a]Z], [pi][sup [ital a]]=1/2([pi][sigma][sup [ital a]Z]+[ital Z][sup *][sigma][sup [ital a]][pi][sup *]) ([sigma][sup [ital a]]=Pauli matrices) is used to relate the canonical variables. While the first relation has been discussed in the literature, the second relation connecting the canonical momenta is a new observation. It plays a significant role in displaying the above stated equivalence.


This is a qualitative study of the children's home Onesimus' Brothers. In 1992 pastor Dugulescu decided to start a program to meet the streetchildrens needs. The purpose of this paper was to explore how the children's orphanage is organised and what the purpose and the methods of the work are. The question asked were: * How has the institutional care on the orphanage developed and changed? * Which are the pedagogical goals and methodes? * How do the female behave as compared with the male staff to the children and the young towards the old staff with the children? * How does the staff's behaviour affect the children? My method to collect the information consisted of interviews of the staff and observation of their work. Onesimus' Brothers provides beside decent living conditions, reintegrating programs and services. These people want the best for the children and they succed to some extent.


Prophylactic preoperative antibiotics have been shown to reduce the incidence of wound infection in elective open cholecystectomy, but what about


Selection of threshold and threshold function is the key of wavelet-denoising. After wavelet decomposition and conversion, the low frequency part contains plenty of useful signals, while the high frequency part with noise distributed in the whole wavelet domain contains details of a few useful signals. Processing with fixed threshold and threshold function may cause loss of details of the useful signals of high frequency part. In this article, decomposition scale is introduced for threshold and combined with neighbor coefficient, different thresholds and threshold functions are used for processing of wavelet coefficient under various decomposition scales to retain the detail information under different scales. Simulation results show that the Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) of the method proposed in this article is the maximum and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) is the minimum, improving denoising effect.


I. Disease Description Diphtheria is a rare disease in the United States. Infection with toxin-producing strains of a Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, causes the disease. Sites of infection are primarily the respiratory mucosa (respiratory diphtheria) and the skin (cutaneous diphtheria). Rarely, extra-respiratory mucosal sites (e.g., eye, ear, genitals) may be affected. Humans are the only known reservoir of C. diphtheriae. The disease is transmitted from person to person by respiratory droplets or direct contact with respiratory secretions, discharges from skin lesions or, rarely, fomites.


A problem of dynamical reconstruction of unknown distributed or boundary disturbances acting upon nonlinear parabolic equations is discussed. A regularized algorithm which allows us to reconstruct disturbances synchro with the process under consideration is designed. This algorithm is stable with respect to informational noises and computational errors.


Purpose: Innovative And Foregrounding Approach to Motivating Literacy and Literary Skills (IFAMLSIS) provides a summary of the writer's foreground approach to motivating students on the core aspects of reading, writing and literary skills spectacled from an innovative skills program. The module, an action research, was developed as part of remediation program for students who lacked the proficiency in English language in the Department of English of the Federal College of Education Kano, Nigeria. The focus of this review is on the fundamental components of reading, writing, and literary abilities as seen through the lens of a novel Foregrounding Approach. It has been developed with purposeful activities that are meant to ground students in the skill of reading and enjoying literary texts, which in turn, are imagined, would change them into competent writers.
Methodology: The module's operation is based on the collaborative "Think-Pair-Share" model, which allows students to work or navigate through assignments independently at first, then in pairs, groups, or as a class, as well as share ideas and cooperate on tasks and projects.
Findings: The researcher reveals the several modules created for remediation for students with deficiencies in English language. Each part includes thorough explanations and summaries of the contents of each unit. Also included are suggestions for the implementation of the program as well as its advantages, particularly for ESL students.
Contribution to theory: Although the module's implementation is still in development, it is anticipated that the results will be favorable. The module will be improved using the results of its pilot testing. The government, the commercial sector, and other stakeholders in higher education are urged to contribute financially to the publication, mass manufacturing, and distribution of the module throughout Nigerian colleges of education and elsewhere.


Recently developed single-electron devices are based on the control of electron tunneling across each tunnel junction of the circuit. However, unwanted higher-order tunneling processes, referred to as co-tunneling processes, modify this simple picture and reduce the accuracy of the devices. We calculate the cotunneling rate in a linear array of tunnel junctions beyond the lowest order of perturbation theory by partially resumming the infinite perturbation expansion for the energy of a metastable state. We apply this calculation to the transition between two different tunneling regimes in various single-electron circuits


Two terms of five men each were studied under isolation conditions for 12 days in a spaceship mock-up. Measures were taken of their performance on a variety of perceptual, cognitive, and cooperative tasks; of their physiological status; and of their attitudes toward others. The results were interpreted as indicating that an aggressive, punishing leader pushed his followers to a higher level of physiological activation, leading to more efficiency on simple tasks but less on more complex ones, and to greater psychophysiological stress among the crew.


Based on a dialogue between Adorno and Blumenberg, this book develops a highly original method of philosophical language criticism. By way of this contrasting juxtaposition, it elaborates an understanding of language that is grounded in the dispute between scientific conceptual and social linguistic practice. On the one hand, rhetoric, which has often been (and even today sometimes is) devalued by the philosophy of language, is being rehabilitated. The "non-conceptual" proves to be indispensable for thinking and speaking – especially for the expression of the "non-identical". On the other hand, the unconscious workings of metaphors in orientation is expounded. Drawing on Adorno's social theory, the study reconfigures Blumenberg's metaphorology as an ideology-critical procedure that takes its cue from language in order to ascertain what guides thought and action. The study was awarded the Tiburtius Prize of the Berlin Universities – Recognition Award for Outstanding PhD Theses.


Knowledge management (KM) as a business concept, though it had earlier antecedents, evolved in the late 1980s. It sprang from the combination of the recognition of the importance to a firm of its information and knowledge assets, and from the appearance of the Internet and the recognition of the utility of the Internet as an information and knowledge sharing tool, particularly for geographically dispersed organizations. KM has gone through four stages:
1 An emphasis upon the new technology, the Internet, and upon the development of �best practices� or �lessons learned.�
2 An increased recognition of human and cultural factors, and upon the development of �communities of practice� to facilitate the sharing of information.
3 An increased recognition of the importance of designing the systems for retrievability, and the importance of data design and taxonomies.
4 An emphasis upon extending KM systems beyond the parent organization to include, for example, vendors and suppliers, customers, users, alumni, etc.

KM has exhibited remarkable staying power and growth in a fashion that is dramatically different from other business enthusiasms of the late twentieth century


1. THE rise in the general level of prices that has occurred in Britain at varying speeds over the last half century has caused many investments to appreciate considerably in money terms, but without this necessarily representing any increase in the purchasing power of the monetary proceeds. It has for some time been desirable to adjust for changes in the general purchasing power of money, and to calculate returns on investment 'in real terms'. The issue by the British Government of Index Linked Treasury Stocks provides investments whose future return is defined in terms of the Retail Prices Index (R.P.I.), and it is desirable to calculate 'real' redemption yields on these stocks. There has been some discussion about how such real yields should be calculated, and, as will be seen, it is necessary to make certain assumptions in order to produce explicit results. The Joint Investment and Index Committee of the Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries has asked me to prepare this note in order to explain the details of how real yields should be calculated, and what assumptions need to be made and stated. I am very grateful to the members of the Committee, particularly the Chairman, R. H. Pain, for their assistance in its preparation. 2. The expression 'real' will be taken to mean that returns or yields are calculated in relation to the United Kingdom R.P.I. There are many philosophical arguments against using the term to imply more than this. It is not necessary to claim any greater 'reality' of return in a wider sense, and no such claim is made here. 3. It would clearly be possible to choose some other index as the basis for calculation, such as an index of earnings. There are no differences in the method of calculation, but the Committee recommends that any such real return or real yield should be described as being calculated in relation to the particular index used. Without any qualification the term 'real' would mean in relation to the R.P.I.


The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene is expressed in the ovary of Rana esculenta. Using a homologous probe, the presence of POMC mRNA could not be detected by Northern blot analysis in the ovary, while a positive signal was found in the pituitary gland. In contrast, after amplification of ovarian mRNA by the PCR technique, an intense signal of 480 bp was detected by Southern blotting, indicating that POMC is actually synthesized in the ovary.


Electromagnetic wave is transferred by the GPR (ground penetrating radar), and A geotechnical application may benefit from this non-destructive test. This study is proposed to estimate the type and soil problem location that causes differential settlement of a structure (pumping station) by GPR surveying. The survey is achieved before and after the treatment by cement injection method to identify the locations that took cement injections as a full injection, partial or not at all using two types of antennas (160,450) MHz. The study also will estimate the thickness of the foundation by GPR and comparing it with actually executed. The results showed the creeping soil has occurred in some parts of the soil under the foundation, and after soil treatment, most of these parts were taken injection, and others did not. Also, it was found the relatively high accuracy of GPR for detecting the thickness of the raft foundation.


There are many definitions of the fractal dimension of an object, including box dimension, Bouligand-Minkowski dimension, and intersection dimension. Although they are all equivalent in the continuous domain, they differ substantially when discretized and applied to digitized data. We show that the standard implementations of these definitions on self-affine curves with known fractal dimension (Weierstrass-Mandelbrot, Kiesswetter, fractional Brownian motion) yield results with significant errors. An analysis of the source of these errors leads to a new algorithm in one dimension, called the variation method, which yields accurate results. The variation method uses the notion of \ensuremath{\epsilon} oscillation to measure the amplitude of the one-dimensional function in an \ensuremath{\epsilon} neighborhood. The order of growth of the integral of the \ensuremath{\epsilon} oscillation (called the \ensuremath{\epsilon} variation), as \ensuremath{\epsilon} tends toward zero, is directly related to the fractal dimension. In this paper, we present the variation method for one-dimensional (1D) profiles and show that, in the limit, it is equivalent to the classical box-counting method. The result is an algorithm for reliably estimating the fractal dimension of 1D profiles; i.e., graphs of functions of a single variable. The algorithm is tested on profiles with known fractal dimension.


Editorial by Manos

Following publication of a report in Health Technology Assessment the NHS is running a pilot scheme screening women for human papillomavirus if they have a mildly dyskaryotic or borderline smear.1 How reliable is testing for human papillomavirus as a marker for high grade disease in those with mildly abnormal smears?

Three hundred and thirty three consecutive new patients (aged 17 to 61 years, median 30 years) referred for colposcopy with persistent borderline or mildly dyskaryotic smears and who consented to the study were tested for human papillomavirus (high risk types only) with the Digene Hybrid Capture assay HC II (Abbott Laboratories, Maidenhead), by using cervical brush specimens placed in Digene transport medium, and were treated by large loop excision of the transformation zone.

The table summarises test performance, and table A on the BMJ's website presents results by age, smear history, and test cut off.2 Subjects aged under 30 …


An efficient and practical total synthesis of d biotin is described.(4 S,5R ) cis 1,3 dibenzyl 5 methoxycarbonyl 2 oxo imidazoline 4 carboxylic acid, prepared from 1,3 dibenzylimidazolidone 2 cis 4,5 dicarboxylic acid via dehydration, monoesterification, optical resolution was subjected to reduction cyclization, sulfuration to produce (3a S ,6a R ) 1,3 dibenzyl tetrahydro 4H thienoimidazol 2, 4(1H) dione(7). Compound 7 via Grignard reaction, dehydration, reduction, cleavage cyclization in one pot procedure led to (3a R, 8a S, 8b S ) 1,3 dibenzyl 2 oxo decahydromidazo thienothiolium bromide(11), which was converted to d biotin via condensation, ring opening, hydrolysis, decarboxylation, debenzylation in an overall yield of 14.5%.


Fuel staging (FS), air staging (AS), and selective noncatalytic reduction (SNCR) are techniques for abating nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) from boilers and engines. Each of these techniques has a limited range of applicability, within which 50% to 70% NOx reduction is attained. Higher reductions are achieved by methods that use the aforesaid techniques in sequence, thus cumulating their reduction ability, but also collecting their respective limits. In this paper, we describe a new method that we call "combined staging" (CS). This method combines FS, AS, and SNCR in synergy rather then in sequence. In CS, the fuel is first staged for converting NOx precursors to hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Then, the air is staged for reducing HCN to N2. Further reduction is achievable by optional SNCR. In the followings the basics of FS, AS, SNCR, and their sequential applications are reviewed first. Then, the combined staging is introduced, its chemical details are elucidated via kinetic modeling, and options for its appli...


This text introduces a fire explosion accident initiated by valve maloperation in one petroleum and petrochemical plant, analyses the causation of the accident and the malopera-tion, and proposes to strictly abide by the Qualification Certificate system, to pull off the maloperation prevention measures of System Intrinsic Safety.


An indicator system consisting of a potential sensitive fluorescent dye in the presence of liposomes and valinomycin has been shown to reversibly and selectively respond to changes in potassium concentration.


Abstract : The Government Performance and Results Act (P.L. 103-62), the "GPRA" or "Results Act," was passed more than three years ago. The Department of Defense (DoD) has been engaged in its implementation. In reviewing the actions the department has taken thus far to meet GPRA requirements, I argue that the influence that performance budgeting concepts bring to bear has implications for the framework for the department's GPRA implementation, e.g., DoD's Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS). I conclude that although DoD has strong planning and budgeting processes in place, significant implementation issues remain. Five issues are covered in the paper: the selection of appropriate measures; the process for performance planning/reporting; the desirability of changes to the accounting structure; the utility of increasing use of the Five Year Defense Program (FYDP) account structure to align performance with expenditures; and, the definition of the process for consulting with the Congress.


The Lop Nur was the second largest inland lake in China.Change in natural environment and construction of dam in the upper reaches of the Tarim River resulted in break off of water supply and dried up in 1972.The dried up Lop Nur appears as ear-like image on satellite photograph,thus is known as "ear of the Earth".The second largest yardang with an area of about 3000 km2 in China is distributed over Longcheng,Aqike Valley and so on round the Lop Nur.In addition to rich geoheritage,there are abundant human landscape resources such as sites of the ancient Loulan City,ancient Milan City and noble graves.The Lop Nur is a site full of mysterious color and will be a hot spot of tourism in the future.


AIM
The aim of the study was the description of defence mechanisms, phantasies and object relations in a non-compliant patient with schizophrenia, who many times had refused using antipsychotic drugs in spite of symptom improvement.

METHOD
Psychodynamic analysis of the case.

CONCLUSIONS
Mental functioning of the patient based on a narcissistic type of relation, massive primitive defence mechanisms, especially splitting, 'no entry defence' and omnipotent denial. The authors described the influence of these factors on the efficacy of psychotropic medication and compliance of patient.


A novel red aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) chromophore named BCPA–BODIPY was synthesized based on the construction units 4-N,N-bis[4-(3,6-di-tert-butylcarbazol-9-yl)phenyl]amino-benzaldehyde (BCPA) and fluorogen dipyrromethene boron difluoride (BODIPY). BCPA exhibits bright blue fluorescence (λem = 485 nm) in the solid state while BCPA–BODIPY emits bright red fluorescence in the solid state with a maximum emission wavelength at 633 nm. An obvious bathochromic shift from 485 nm to 633 nm was observed by modification of the BODIPY moiety on BCPA. Its fluorescence spectrum indicates that BCPA–BODIPY is a bimodal structure centred at 520 nm and 656 nm in THF solution; there was almost no fluorescence in pure THF. However, the intensities (>600 nm) increased obviously with much higher water fractions, demonstrating typical red fluorescence enhancement. Meanwhile, BCPA–BODIPY became a strong emitter in DMF and high viscosity glycerol mixtures which indicates that the intramolecular vibration and rotation of BCPA–BODIPY is considerably restricted in nanoaggregates formed in glycerol, thus leading to significant fluorescence enhancement. Besides, dye-loaded nanoparticles encapsulating BCPA–BODIPY maintain and further reinforce the AIEE effect and achieve higher water solubility. The pure dye was applied in cell imaging and showed a good uptake by MCF-7 cells which suggests it to be promising in biosensor applications.


In edge computing, the app vendors hire resources from edge servers and allocate them to app users to overcome the challenge of the limited computing capacities of their IoT devices. An app vendor intends to provide app services to the maximum number of users with the least number of edge servers in order to make efficient use of edge resources while reducing overall system costs. However, when an edge server has to serve more app users than its capacity, the Quality of Service (QoS) deteriorates. Thus, establishing a tradeoff between cost and QoS is a critical challenge in the process of allocating edge computing resources to users. It is referred to as the app user allocation (AUA) problem. To solve the AUA problem, we propose a distributed game-theoretic approach that finds a pure Nash equilibrium (PNE) as the optimal stable solution. We first model the AUA problem as a constrained optimization problem and then introduce a user allocation game (UAGame) to solve it. This UAGame employs a distributed edge server allocation (ESA) algorithm to reach PNE. The time complexity of the ESA algorithm is reduced by the edge server clustering. It has also been shown that the UAGame is a potential game, and therefore the ESA algorithm is guaranteed to converge at PNE. The performance of the ESA algorithm has also been studied theoretically and validated numerically.


Antimicrobial resistant Salmonella spp. were found in double-crested cormorants and common loons in Florida. Single or multiple drug resistance occurred in all Salmonella agona isolates from cormorants, primarily to ampicillin, sulfonamide, streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin. Similar patterns of resistance were found in S. agona isolates from common loons. In addition, isolates of S. saint paul from loons were found resistant to tetracycline and streptomycin, while 2 of 7 isolates of S. infantis were resistant to tetracycline only.


Course Building is the key link of the teaching at universities.Excellent course building is the great measure taken in the process of course reform and building,which is very important to improve course building quality.Through long-term course building practice,Northwest University proposes to promote excellent course building through academic program building with advanced concept as guidance and scientific management as basis,which possesses referential significance for the excellent course building at the other universities.


The varieties of tomato were used to study the effect of weaklight on plant growth in seedling stage.The results indicated that two light levels and different stages are affect on the growth of plant.And the changes were obvious different among varieties in the weaklight condition,the effect is according to the time of tolerance.It was possible to find varieties fitting for weaklight.


With the development of acoustic data processing technology, it is possible to make full use of the "chaotic" acoustic data obtained by fishing vessels. The purpose of this study is to explore a feasible statistical approach to assess the Antarctic krill density rationally and scientifically based on the acoustic data collected during routine fishing operations. The acoustic data used in this work were collected from the surveys conducted by the Chinese krill fishing vessel F/V Fu Rong Hai since the 2015/16 fishing season in the Bransfield Strait. We first processed acoustic data into small units of 0.1 nm, then selected the location of the central fishing ground for grid processing. Because of many zero and low values, we established a Regional Gridding and Extended Delta-distribution (RGED) model to evaluate the acoustic density of the krill. We defined the selection coefficient of grid size by using the coefficient of variation (CV) of the mean density and the weight of the effective covered area of the grids. Through the comparison of selection indexes, cells of 5′S × 10′W were selected as a computational grid and applied to the hotspot in the Bransfield Strait. Acoustic data reveal the distribution of krill density to be spatially heterogeneous. The CV of the mean density for 4 months converges at ~15% for cells of 5′S × 10′W. Simulations estimate krill resource densities in February to be ~1990 m2 nm−2 and to increase to ~8760 m2 nm−2 in May (4.4 times higher). We deem the RGED model to be useful to explore dynamic changes in krill resources in the hotspot. It is not only of great significance for guiding krill fishery, but it also provides krill density data for studying the formation mechanism of the resource hotspots.


In a recent issue of this REVIEW, twelve papers were presented on the subject of government budgetary concepts.' Several authors indicated that the measuring of corporate income taxes on an accrual basis in the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) was to be preferred to measurement on a collection and payment basis.2 Among their reasons was the position that ". . . it [is] . generally . . . agreed that much of the economic impact of corporation income taxes occurs at the time the liability is accrued, rather than when the payment is actually made. . .." 3 The NIPA budget deals with income determining flows and does not record the financial asset and liability positions of the sectors.4 However, the income determining corporate income tax accrual in the NIPA budget is also the gross increase in a financial liability of the corporate sector. This note will suggest, therefore, that gross additions to the accrual tax flows cannot be meaningfully interpreted alone but must be modified by tax payments; that is, income determining data must be modified by changes in assets and liabilities when used to measure the contra-cyclical impact of corporate taxes.5 If accruals are rising faster than payments, the firm, in effect, has received an interest-free loan from the government to finance assets or repay debts. Such a situation is clearly expansionary (from both microand macroeconomic points of view) and parallels increased sources of funds (to the firm and the corporate sector) from other sources, e.g., bank loans, trade credit, etc. On the other hand, if payments exceed accruals, the firm and the corporate sector are reducing a debt and must either contract assets, borrow from another source, or expand equity. Such a situation is contractive in the same sense that the calling of a loan, the arrival of the due date of a security, or perhaps even the "tightening of credit" is contractive. In both situations, taxes affect profits at the time of accrual, but funds available to the firm increase in the former case and decrease in the latter. The upper panel of chart 1 shows flow of funds data (seasonably adjusted totals at annual rates) for corporate profits before tax (after inventory valuation adjustments), tax accruals on profits, and tax payments on profits. The lower panel of chart 1 shows the difference between accruals and pay-


There were many serious problems of medical ethics in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasty,especially in the 16th-18th centuries.As historical phenomenon,In fact,those problems were the result of historical development in special periods.Furthermore,the famous doctors and the government as well as the demos once made more or less contribution to the construction of medical ethics.However,because of the absence of legal criterion and institutional assurance,the effect was indistinctive.But it would be helpful to the construction of medical ethics nowadays.


We experimentally study the influence of multi-transverse-mode pumping on the output characteristics of terahertz parametric oscillators (TPO). We show in our experiments that the quality of the pumping beam affected the output power significantly. The terahertz output energy varied from 172 nJ to 17 nJ when the M2 value of the pump beam varied from 4.21 to 11.1 under the same pumping energy of 120 mJ/pulse. The experimental results were explained by the gain enhancement effect in stimulated Raman emission under multi-mode pumping.


The surface Shidian Road S203(Dianjiang territory) was badly damaged with the length of time and healy traffic.For the first time,emulsified asphalt mixing plant used cold recycling technology overhaul was carried out in Chongqing It is to mill waste with asphalt first,according to a certain Grading,add a certain proportion of new aggregate,emulsified asphalt as a recycling agent,in the backcourt with lofty holy work GYCBL0200 re-mixing of Cold Recycling Equipment,then use the grass roots to the road,thus realize the milling of the old asphalt mixture recycling,which does not only save resources,but also protect the environment.It produces significant economic and social effectireness and finds,found a sustainable development technology for the road repairing project of Chongqing.


The present study aimed to investigate the quality of drinking water from wells and current water treatment plants (WTPs) at West Libya. Drinking water samples were collected from ten water treatment plants and eleven wells. The results revealed that the drinking water samples from WTPs met the international standards required by World health Organization (WHO) in terms of chemical and physical parameters. However 60 and 73 % of water samples from WTPs and wells has more density of E. coli than that recommended by WHO respectively. The acceptable water samples from the wells ranged from 18 to 36%. Moreover, 63.6% of water samples from the wells contained more concentrations of lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag) and cadmium (Cd) than the standards limits. It can be concluded that the water samples from wells have to be treated before the utilization. Moreover, the traditional disinfection process by using chlorine is insufficient for total elimination of E. coli from drinking water, more advanced disinfection processes is needed for preventing of water diseases resulted from water borne pathogens.


As a standard practice, general effort estimate models are calibrated from large cross-company datasets. However, many of the records within such datasets are taken from companies that have calibrated the model to match their own local practices. Locally calibrated models are a double-edged sword; they often improve estimate accuracy for that particular organization, but they also encourage the growth of local biases. Such biases remain present when projects from that firm are used in a new cross-company dataset. Over time, such biases compound, and the reliability and accuracy of a general model derived from the data will be affected by the increased level of heterogeneity. In this paper, we propose a statistical measure of the exact level of heterogeneity of a cross-company dataset. In experimental tests, we measure the heterogeneity of two COCOMO-based datasets and demonstrate that one is more homogeneous than the other. Such a measure has potentially important implications for both model maintainers and model users. Furthermore, a heterogeneity measure can be used to inform users of the appropriate data handling techniques.


The article describes the problem of oil distillation to target products. The initial data tables
used are physical and chemical properties of narrow fractions. To solve this problem we used
the method of dynamic programming. The technique is implemented in software product.


The article presents the results of research cosmetologist preferences. Cosmetologists are suppliers of cosmetic services by means of perfume and beauty products in cosmetology centers. The method of sociological poll - intramural and extramural questioning is used. The questionnaire is developed for the suppliers of cosmetic services. The following methods are chosen for assessment of preferences: Fishbeyn's model; model with a parametrical index; complex approach; semantic differential. 56 cosmetologists including 19 dermatologists and 37 cosmetologists having dual education (major discipline - Cosmetology Nursing) took part in the assessment of the ProfiLIne products. The received results can be useful to experts in the field of pharmacy and when forming the product assortment of the small pharmaceutical enterprise.


This research aims to evaluate the selfish vs. altruistic behavior of individuals faced with two situations. The first where they themselves assign their discretion whether or not altruistic while the second situation, the consideration is whether or not altruism under donating a few hours of classes for children belonging to the most vulnerable of Higher of Cazucá, for which this condition is subject to monetary incentives tied to a system of cooperation between other individuals. For this, an experiment is designed based on the documents reviewed in the experimental economics literature where from there; the information collected is verified by a Binomial Probit econometric model. Finally the article concludes that the results differ between the two models posed by moral hazard problems.


Critique of the modern Enlightenment is at the heart of leo Strauss's thought. motivated by the obligation to seek ways of escaping from the crisis of modern times, this critique rejects the break with the past and the excessive trust placed in human beings. That is how nihilism, which is seen as the greatest feature of the modern Enlightenment and against which Strauss fought constantly, may be combated only by returning to ancient philosophy, an inaugural moment that witnessed the foundation of a discourse on humanity, its nature and how living together can be thought. however this emphasis on the ancients (Socrates, Plato) has to be seen through reading medieval authors, for instance Fârâbî (870–950) and maimonides (1138–1204). This essential detour comes from the fact that the medieval thinkers are emblematic of the 'good' reception given to Plato's teachings and an excellent application of ancient philosophy to a different context, societies dominated by the monotheistic religions. This is the purpose of this turn in the overall economy of Strauss's thought: it does not stem from nostalgia for lost eras or from a backward-looking reaction to the confusion caused by modernity's mistakes; he is looking for a stable founding discourse that takes account of the permanence transcending time. Strauss's aim is to remind us that humans have not changed and that they are still full of the same questioning. So awareness of this fact invites us to grasp the essence of this questioning when it was initially formulated. In its turn the detour through the medieval thinkers shows us the success of a thought that avoids the catastrophes to which the founders of political modernity would lead, notably Spinoza, machiavelli and hobbes. Behind these three figures, who conceptualized the main changes affecting modern times, stretch out the various crises that led to nihilism and the intellectual strategies that supported it, such as historicism and relativism. If machiavelli is the author who undermined any link between morality and politics, thus opening the way to a divorce between the notions of 'good' and 'politics', it was hobbes who fin-


Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrogenative cross-coupling reaction between tertiary enamides, which were derived from the condensation of 2-arylethylamines and methyl o-acetylbenzoate, and arenes enabled synthesis of 7,8-dihydro-5 H-benzo[4,5]azepino[2,1- a]isoindol-5-one derivatives under mild conditions. The synthetic method was applied in the total synthesis of aporhoeadane alkaloids palmanine, lennoxamine, and chilenamine in only three or four steps.


The warp and weft densities are important parameters having significant effect on the visual, physical and mechanical properties of the fabrics. So, to have a fabric with desirable properties, these two parameters play the key role. Density has affected by many factors which appreciating them is crucial in controlling the evenness of fabric. Although, most of the warp regularity is the result of the appropriate weaving preparation, weft evenness is obtained by correct weaving process. Therefore, pick density or pickspacing is one of the most important parameters that should be controlled continuously during weaving process to prevent any variations. pickspacing itself is influenced by different causes. Some studies have been done to investigate the effect of these factors on pickspacing. According to previous studies, position of the cloth fell and the cloth fell distance (c.f.d.) are the effective elements on the pickspacin, the variations of which result in unevenness pickspacing. As weaving is started, the cloth fell gradually finds its correct position by action of the takeup motion. When a low-pick density fabric is woven, the cloth fell lies on the front position of the reed; however in fabrics with more pick density, the cloth fell tends to move towards the warp direction and the distance of this position of the cloth fell from the front position of the reed is referred to as the cloth fell distance (c.f.d.). This position is maintained as long as the loom runs satisfactorily. There are, however, many occasions when the correct cloth fell position is temporarily lost. The weft may break and the loom turn over for one or two revolutions without inserting weft; a fault may necessitate unweaving; more frequently still, the loom may be stopped for the night or for a meal break and the cloth fell may creep away from its correct position. In all these cases the weaver has to restore the cloth fell to its correct position. In addition, during weaving, the warp tension undergoes a cyclic change which is due to shedding and this, in turn, causes a cyclic variation in the position of the cloth fell (a Greenwood & Cowhig, 1956). The importance of the cloth fell position is recognized and commented on by many researchers, especially from the point of view of the effecting parameters on it. The preceding discussion in this chapter has mainly focused on the cloth fell position and the relations between different weaving parameters based on the theoretical methods and the mathematical models.


Purpose: Hans and coworkers previously developed an immunohistochemical algorithm with ∼80% concordance with the gene expression profiling (GEP) classification of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) into the germinal center B-cell–like (GCB) and activated B-cell–like (ABC) subtypes. Since then, new antibodies specific to germinal center B-cells have been developed, which might improve the performance of an immunostain algorithm. Experimental Design:Westudied 84 casesof cyclophosphamide-doxorubicin-vincristineprednisone (CHOP)–treated DLBCL (47 GCB, 37 ABC) with GCET1, CD10, BCL6, MUM1, FOXP1, BCL2, MTA3, and cyclin D2 immunostains, and compared different combinations of the immunostaining results with the GEP classification. A perturbation analysis was also applied to eliminate the possible effects of interobserver or intraobserver variations. A separate set of 63 DLBCL cases treatedwith rituximab plus CHOP (37 GCB, 26 ABC) was used to validate the new algorithm. Results: A new algorithm using GCET1, CD10, BCL6, MUM1, and FOXP1 was derived that closely approximated the GEP classification with 93% concordance. Perturbation analysis indicated that the algorithm was robust within the range of observer variance. The new algorithm predicted 3-year overall survival of the validation set [GCB (87%) versus ABC (44%); P < 0.001], simulating the predictive power of the GEP classification. For a group of seven primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, the new algorithm is a better prognostic classifier (all "GCB") than the Hans' algorithm (two GCB, five non-GCB). Conclusion: Our new algorithm is significantly more accurate than the Hans' algorithm and will facilitate risk stratification of DLBCL patients and future DLBCL research using archival materials. (Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(17):5494–502) Gene expression profiling (GEP) studies have shown that diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can be reproducibly divided into the prognostically important subtypes of germinal center B-cell–like (GCB), activated B-cell–like (ABC), and unclassified DLBCL (1–3). When treated with a regimen containing cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP) or other CHOP-like regimens (CHOPtreated), patients with GCB-DLBCL have a better survival Authors' Affiliations: Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Internal Medicine, and Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Lymphoma Group, Molecular Pathology Program, Spanish National Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain; Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Pathology, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Metabolism Branch and Laboratory of Pathology, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Pathology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Institute of Pathology, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Pathology, RobertBosch-Krankenhaus, and Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany; Department of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Hematopathology Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Received 1/18/09; revised 5/11/09; accepted 5/26/09; published OnlineFirst 8/25/09. Grant support: NationalCancer InstituteGrantsU01CA114778 (W.C.Chan)and CA36727 (W.C. Chan, K. Fu, T.C. Greiner, J.M. Vose, and D.D. Weisenburger), and the Leukaemia Research Fund of the United Kingdom (A.H. Banham). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be herebymarked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Clinical Cancer Research Online (http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/). Requests for reprints: Wing C. Chan, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, 983135 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3135. Phone: 402-559-8707; Fax: 402-559-6018; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. F 2009 American Association for Cancer Research. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0113 5494 Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(17) September 1, 2009 www.aacrjournals.org American Association for Cancer Research Copyright © 2009 on June 18, 2011 clincancerres.aacrjournals.org Downloaded from Published OnlineFirst August 25, 2009; DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0113


A miniaturized L-band high gain power amplifier(PA)module of pulsed mode was designed.The PA module integrated GaAs Si multi-chip ICs.Compared to the traditional L-band power amplifier with the same performance,its size is much smaller.Measured results show the proposed device can deliver output power of 80 W,drain efficiency more than 40% and again of 40 dB,from 1.2to 1.4GHz at 200μs pulse width,with 10% duty cycle,36 Voperation voltage.The module′s size is only 25.5mm×22.0mm×5.0mm.


The concept of mixed optimization was put forward.Based on the flow performance and denoising of air filter,the overall optimization was carried out.During the calculation,the Hypermesh FEA software was used for the mesh generation,the Sysnoise acoustic software was used to calculate the acoustic performance and the Fluent fluid software was used to analyze the intake flow field and pressure loss.Finally the feasible optimized scheme for the structure-improved air filter model was acquired,which improved transfer and pressure loss under meeting the structural requirements.


Sweden was the only country that did not apply any transitional rules for migrants coming from the ten new European Union member states in May 2004. The number of immigrants arriving in Sweden from these countries also increased, especially from Poland and the Baltic states, even if not to the same extent as was the case for migration to Ireland and the UK (two countries with transitory rules of only minor importance). The composition of the migrants changed compared to that of migrants who have arrived earlier from the same countries. While earlier many more women than men arrived, now the gender composition is much more even. The study shows that the immigrants are represented in all sectors of the economy but overrepresented in some sectors. The wages of the new immigrants from EU10 countries controlling for education and age are lower than those for natives. This contrasts with that the wages for new immigrants from EU14 countries that are higher than those for natives. The new EU10 immigrants are slightly overrepresented in social assistance but underrepresented in other income transfer programs.


The tetragonal intermetallic compounds ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$In and ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$Sn have been studied by means of magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, specific heat, electrical resistivity, and x-ray- and neutron-diffraction techniques. The compounds order antiferromagnetically at 36 and 41 K, respectively, and have enhanced electronic specific-heat coefficients \ensuremath{\gamma} of 393 and 203 mJ/mol f.u. ${\mathrm{K}}^{2}$, respectively. At low temperature, the nearest-neighbor U-U spacing is along the c axis in both compounds, though in ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$Sn the in-plane U-U distance is shorter at room temperature. This crossover is due to motion of the U atoms within the cell rather than anisotropy of the thermal contraction. It is now well established in several classes of (1:1:1) uranium ternary intermetallic compounds that the strong magnetic anisotropy is correlated with the direction of nearest-neighbor U-U links; the moments are almost invariably oriented perpendicular to such links. This is also the case for ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$In and ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$Sn, where the moments lie in the tetragonal basal plane in a canted arrangement along [110] and [11\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}0] directions. Of four such Shubnikov subgroups of P4/mbm, one is clearly preferred by the data. At 10 K, the magnetic moments extracted are (1.6\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2)${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\mu}}}_{\mathit{B}}$ and (2.0\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.1)${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\mu}}}_{\mathit{B}}$ per U atom in ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$In and ${\mathrm{U}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Pd}}_{2}$Sn, respectively.


To meet the demands of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) where data are usually aggregated at a single source prior to transmitting to any distant user, there is a need to establish a tree structure inside to aggregate data. In this paper, an adaptive energy aware data aggregation tree (AEDT) is proposed. The proposed tree uses the maximum energy available node as the data aggregator node. The tree incorporates sleep and awake technology where the communicating node and the parent node are only in awake state rest all the nodes go to sleep state saving the network energy and enhancing the network lifetime. When the traffic load crosses the threshold value, then the packets are accepted adaptively according to the communication capacity of the parent node. The proposed tree maintains a memory table which stores the value of each selected path. Path selection is based on shortest path algorithm where the node with highest available energy is always selected as forwarding node. By simulation results, we show that our proposed tree enhances network lifetime minimizes energy consumption and achieves good delivery ratio with reduced delay.


The best control period for Pinus piniarmandii Zhang and the result of in- tegrated control-test was reported in this paper.The incidence of Beauveria bassiana(Bals.) Vuill.infecting the adelgid was up to 98%.From May to June,lady beetles,the natural ene- my of the adelgid,had a good natural control to the adelgid which infected Pinus armandi Franch.By spraying solution of 5% esfenvalerate emulsified oil(1:8 000=the chemical: water)all the adelgids were killed in the laboratory and in the field of 4,700 hectares area, the killed adelgids by the chemical reached 87% of the all adelgids' population in the field. The increment of the pine stand after sprayed the chemical was as 1.5 to 2 times as the incre- ment of the check one.


In general, service industries are expecting the frequent usage of the customer by increasing the customer experiences. The most important thing to increase the frequency is the experiences with strong impressions. Therefore, the customer experiences were designed to harmonize them to the intent of the restaurant brand. In this report, the customer processes were designed based upon the emotional functions of the customers by using the FAST analysis. The critical points of the design were the timing to maximize the performance. Especially, it is not always true that the higher emotional function is the better service. In order to impress the brand to the customers, it should be better to fluctuate the strength of the emotional functions. In this paper, the design methods of the customer experiences to fluctuate the functions is introduced, based on the design examples of the waiting experiences at the restaurants which were actually studied at the Saizeriya restaurants.


In this paper, the Gaussian mixture model (GMM) is introduced to the channel multipath clustering. In the GMM field, the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm is usually utilized to estimate the model parameters. However, the EM widely converges into local optimization. To address this issue, a hybrid differential evolution (DE) and EM (DE-EM) algorithms are proposed in this paper. To be specific, the DE is employed to initialize the GMM parameters. Then, the parameters are estimated with the EM algorithm. Thanks to the global searching ability of DE, the proposed hybrid DE-EM algorithm is more likely to obtain the global optimization. Simulations demonstrate that our proposed DE-EM clustering algorithm can significantly improve the clustering performance.


On March 13,2008,the State Council issued the Reply on the General Program of Comprehensive Supportive Reform Tests to agree to the Gereral Program of Comprehensive Supportive Reform of Binhai New Area in principle.The reply brings good opportunity for the development of the regions suurounding Bohai.The region surrounding Bohai is expected to become an important region to drive economic growth of china.To undertake this responsibility,the region surrounding Bohai need to resolve their own problems,take the advantage of themselves and learn experiences of other economic regions.Based on the summary of experiences of the Yangtze River Delta,this article makes some effective suggestions to the development of region surrounding Bohai.