This research has attempted to discover the effects of using the mind map strategy in vocabulary learning, presuming the need of a strategy to ease the burden of studying alone in vocabulary learning. The Mind map is a method which promotes student to think about related words of certain word.The study examined the effectiveness on short-term memory and long-term memory in comparison of the traditional vocabulary learning strategy to the mind map strategy. First, the experiment performed three experiments with 17 students from K University, and then tested vocabulary to the experiment group and control group. The results showed that the effectiveness of mind map strategy in short term memory of vocabulary was insignificant. Another evaluation of vocabulary was performed a week after the experimental class to examine the effectiveness on long-term memory. The results showed that the mind map learning strategy for vocabulary memorization was effective for long-term memorization. It is believed that as the learner applies target vocabulary to his or her personal experiences or schema, the mind map learning strategy for vocabulary memorization forms a link and allows the personalized vocabulary memory to be maintained in long-term memory. Thus, it is discovered that for a learner to memorize vocabulary for the long-term, the mind map provides more positive results than the traditional vocabulary memorization method.


The invention discloses a method for detecting existence of salient objects in optical images. The method comprises the following steps: (1) inputting an optical image set; (2) obtaining salient maps of all optical images; (3) obtaining normalized salient maps; (4) obtaining binary salient maps; (5) obtaining five feature vectors; (6) judging whether the five feature vectors of the salient maps of all the images in the optical image set are obtained or not; (7) establishing a training feature set and a to-be-detected feature set; (8) performing classifier training; (9) obtaining a detection result of each feature of the to-be-detected optical images; (10) obtaining a detection result for existence of the salient objects in the optical images. The method lowers the complexity in detection of existence of the salient objects in the optical images, better avoids a situation of generating false objects by salient maps of images without objects in detection of the salient objects in the images, eliminates limitation of a conventional algorithm on image complexity, has relatively high detection accuracy, and can be applied to the detection of existence of the salient objects in the optical images.


Electrical discharge plasma created in a multi-channel porous ceramic membrane-supported catalyst was applied to the decomposition of a volatile organic compound (VOC). For the purpose of improving the oxidation capability, the ceramic membrane used as a low-pressure drop catalyst support was loaded with zinc oxide photocatalyst by the incipient wetness impregnation method. Alternating current-driven discharge plasma was created inside the porous ceramic membrane to produce reactive species such as radicals, ozone, ions and excited molecules available for the decomposition of VOC. As the voltage supplied to the reactor increased, the plasma discharge gradually propagated in the radial direction, creating an uniform plasma in the entire ceramic membrane above a certain voltage. Ethylene was used as a model VOC. The ethylene decomposition efficiency was examined with experimental variables such as the specific energy density, inlet ethylene concentration and zinc oxide loading. When compared at the identical energy density, the decomposition efficiency obtained with the zinc oxide-loaded ceramic membrane was substantially higher than that of the bare membrane case. Both nitrogen and oxygen played an important role in initiating the decomposition of ethylene. The rate of the decomposition is governed by the quantity of reactive species generated by the plasma, and a strong dependence of the decomposition efficiency on the initial concentration was observed.


The article deals with the categories of "adaptive capacity" and "competitive ability". The author suggests an original definition of the competitive ability. It is stated, that at present the key to successful operation in the market and effective development of domestic enterprises is a high level of adaptability, competitiveness and availability of competitive advantages. The paper presents a model that reflects the close dialectical unity of basing factors and factors of external competitive environment by case of the oil and gas producing company.


Abstract: There are significant differences in type and distribution between marine source rock and continental source rock. According to the lithology, the Cambrian‐Ordovician source rock in the Tarim basin is divided into two types: the carbonate source rock and the mud source rock. The two sets of source rocks are developed mainly in three sets of formations, Lower‐Middle Cambrian carbonate source rock and mud source rock, Lower‐Middle Ordovician mud source rock and Upper Ordovician lime mud source rock. The stratigraphic and areal distributions of the source rocks are controlled by the altitude and the sedimentary facies respectively. The mud source rock is developed in slope‐semi deep sea environment. The source rock developed in the slope sedimentary environment is related with the anoxic environment and the one developed in semi deep sea has a close relationship with the up‐flowing sea water. The carbonate source rock is developed mainly in platform slope of highstand systems tract and it is usually intimately associated with the salt rock. The Lower‐Middle Cambrian carbonate source rock is developed mainly in the Bachu, Tazhong, Tangguzibasi and Yingmaili areas. The Lower‐Middle Cambrian mud source rock is mainly developed in the areas east of the line of Kunan 1‐Tadong 1. The Lower‐Middle Ordovician mud source rock is developed mainly in the east slope of the Manjiaer depression. The carbonate source rock of Early Ordovician is developed mainly in the platform slope of highstand systems tract, such as the south margin of Tabei, the north slope of Tazhong, the Bachu area and Keping area.


To the Editor.— I should like to take issue with the position of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) on over-the-counter (OTC) coal-tar products as stated in the AAD Bulletin of July-August 1977. Nowhere in the AAD statement is reference made to the review of the world literature by Greither et al 1 who found 13 cases of skin cancers in man that were probably induced by prolonged applications of therapeutic tar preparations. All but two patients were men. The most frequent sites of the cancers were the genital areas and the adjacent skin: scrotum, five cases, vulva, one, groin, one, and upper thigh, one. In nine of the cases in which the treatment periods were known, there was a history of prolonged self-medication that ranged from three months to 34 years; it was most commonly used for scrotal pruritus. More recently, Hirohata 2 mentions a patient who had been


New York City roads and highways leading to the City are congested, in part, due to trucks delivering food products. Some of the deliveries are to the Hunts Point Terminal Market (HPTM) located at the Hunts Point Peninsula. HPTM is the largest fresh food distribution center in the United States. It is the source of 60% 1 of food distribution in the New York Metropolitan Area. These trucks increase traffic congestion, pollution, and wear and tear of the roads. In turn, this increases the cost of living in the City, commute time, medical problems and costs, and reduced productivity to name a few negative impacts. The goal of the study is to explore an alternative to the primary use of trucks for outbound delivery or pickup of food products from HPTM in the metropolitan area. The alternative proposed is the use of waterborne transportation, e.g., barges or freight ferries, as part of the food outbound-distribution system. The study's objective is to quantify the potential demand for waterborne services from which vehicle mile savings will be determined . The waterborne vessel will be loaded with food products at HPTM and moved (self-propelled or pulled) to a strategically located predetermined site in the metropolitan area. Customers will pick up their preordered food products from this site. After the waterborne vessel is discharged, it will travel back to HPTM for the next day's operations.


The Horse: Conspicuous Consumption of Embodied Masculinity in South Asia, 16001850. Monica Meadows Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Joel Walker, Associate Professor History Department In this dissertation, I analyze the role the horse and horse culture played in early modern South Asia through the lens of the genre of horse treatises (farasnama) produced in the Subcontinent in Persian. My analysis of the farasnama ties in directly with the new analyses of the Mughal Empire as a dynamic imperial formation fueled by the upward mobility of peasant and pastoral groups working together with elite groups in Indian society who had command over complex economic and bureaucratic systems. The horse occupied a culturally defined place and reflected the status and identity of its owner, one that changed over the course of this period. The horse trade moved through these systems, supporting and extending the cultural norms on which these relationships were based. Even without crunching the numbers of the astonishing economic and political scale of this trade, one begins to get a sense of how truly extensive the cultural systems were that supported it, and how critical these same cultural systems were to maintaining the political power of the warrior elite.


A discussion on the work of author Thea Astley, who has had four novels published. Her novels 'Girl with a Monkey', 'A Descant for Gossips', 'The Well Dressed Explorer' and 'The Slow Natives' are discussed.


Product improvements and new products are pathways to the future, the lifeblood of strategic survival. From our catbird perch, as marketing research advisors to hundreds of different companies, we see some companies that consistently develop and introduce successful new products. We also see companies that rarely ever develop any new products. The contrast between successful "new products" companies and those that don't succeed provides some valuable lessons for any company that aspires to improve its new product efforts. Here are some things we have learned about new products.


One junior class students generally have diculty in under- standing the physics subjects because of the many physics formulas and basic theory of Physics. Physics Tutorial for that application is a computer application that uses the media as a tool in studying physics, especially for rst-class junior high school (Secondary School). The purpose of this application is made to facilitate students in learning Physics is considered dicult because of the theory and calculation formulas Physics. The scope of application of physics tutorials have been tailored to the competency-based curriculum for rst-class subjects of Physics. Each chapter is shown on the application of physics Physics tutorial that covers the de nition, calculation formula of Physics, Physics of material matters, material physics simulation of the junior class, and quizzes. It is expected that students can better understand the physics of these materials. Physics tutorial application is using the computer as a tool to deliver additional course material to train, guide, and assess student achievement. The methodology de- veloped in the manufacture of this application consists of the concept, design, data collection, creation, testing, evaluation, implementation. The design of this application using storyboards and navigation structure, making the application and collection of material is accomplished using Macromedia Flash MX Physics tutorial application class is used for rst-class junior high students that aims to facilitate subject teachers of Physics, Physics explains materials, this application makes it easy for students to learn physics as it comes with animation-related theory subjects Physics class, exercise -exercises and calculation formula of Physics, train students to better understand the physics of matter


The elastic constants C 11 of both single domain and multidomain LiTaO 3 crystals were measured between 20 and 700°C by the ultrasonic phase comparison method. In the ferroelectric phase C 11 E had an anomalous weak temperature dependence, while in the paraelectric phase C 11 E decreased linearly with increasing temperature. The elastic constant C 11 of the multidomain crystal was larger than C 11 E of the single domain crystal below T C .


The results of Spartan 1 X-ray observations of the region within 1.25 deg of the Galactic center are presented. Four strong, hard X-ray point sources were detected: A1742-294, 1E 1740.7-2942, IE 1743.1-2843, and a new source SP 1744.2-2959 about 0.5 deg southeast of A1742-294. The new source had an intensity about 20 percent of that of A1742-294 and was relatively hard, having spectral parameters close to those of the diffuse source and of the Galactic bulge source GX 3+1. The Galactic nucleus X-ray source appears to have been a factor of four fainter during the 1985 Spartan 1 observations than during the 1979 Einstein observations. Hard, diffuse X-ray emission centered near the Galactic center, about 1 deg in extent, aligned to within 20 deg of the Galactic equator, and having a maximum 2-10 keV brightness of 1.5 x 10 to the -6th ergs/sq cm/s/sr was detected, as were two weaker point sources about 0.1 deg northeast and southeast of the Galactic nucleus, embedded in the diffuse emission. 34 references.


In this paper I aim to bring a psychoanalytic perspective to bear on suicide bombing. I argue that our response to suicide bombing, along with horror and condemnation, should include regarding the act as, among other things, a potential communication. I try to look at all sides of the question of whether we should try to understand suicide bombing and suicide bombers. Addressing this question will bring up issues of humanization and dehumanization, how vicious circles of dehumanization develop, and the psychological perils of humanizing, in our minds, suicide bombers. Next, I take up questions of humiliation, to which I believe suicide bombing is a response, with respect to both the oppressed and the oppressors. I will take up the question of what might be communicated by suicide bombing and, finally, I address some of the implications of the line of thinking I develop in this paper. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Pregnancy in cattle and sheep can be diagnosed by the presence of a conceptus-derived antigen in maternal serum that is secreted by trophoblast and placental tissue primarily as an acidic component of Mr 67,000. Molecular cloning of its cDNA reveals that the antigen belongs to the aspartic proteinase family and has greater than 50% amino acid sequence identity to pepsin, cathepsin D, and cathepsin E. The inferred sequences of the ovine and bovine polypeptides show approximately 73% identity to each other. Critical amino acid substitutions at the active site regions suggest that both proteins are enzymatically inactive. The antigen is a product of trophoblast binucleate cells that invade maternal endometrium at implantation sites.


This article reviews the relevant research of Big Tech Lending credit risk management in order to promote the research on the theory and method of credit risk management of Big Tech Lending. At present, relevant research results at home and abroad mainly concentrated on internet finance, credit risk analysis and control of digital inclusive finance and financial technology, and large-tech credit risk management framework research. Under the background of financial technology, the research on the theory and method of credit risk management of Big Tech Lending is in its infancy at home and abroad. The explanatory nature of the risk control methods of large-scale technology credit is relatively low, resulting in the fact that government supervision department cannot well identify the stability of such loans, which is a key issue that needs to be solved urgently in the credit risk management of large-scale technology credit. The research directions of Big Tech Lending credit risk management in the future include: Big Tech Lending credit risk perception and its influencing factors, Big Tech Lending credit risk control mechanism research and Big Tech Lending credit risk early warning model research.


A preeminent scholar of Jewish thought and spirituality presents the first-ever English translation of selected writings of the Hasidic martyr of the Warsaw Ghetto, Hillel Zeitlin (1871-1942).


Ferroelectric ceramics are strong candidates to provide thin-film resonant microstructures for future telecommunications applications. The frequency ranges of greatest commercial interest are the VHF and UHF bands. In these bands it is especially difficult to obtain adequate and reproducible characterizations of resonance behavior. We have developed a highly accurate equivalent network for these frequencies. Descriptions in circuit terms permit representation of the ceramic properties in a form directly accessible to the designer of the equipment in which the resonator will be embedded. In this communication we introduce the new network, and give typical parameters for a practical application.


ABSTRACT This paper investigates the consensus of identical linear multi-agent systems with aperiodic intermittent communication topology by using the information of second-order neighbours (two-hop neighbourhood). The protocols based on two-hop neighbourhood information and intermittent communication topology are designed, under which consensus is reached. If the communication rate is larger than the corresponding threshold value, the networks will accelerate consensus by using two-hop neighbourhood information. By means of switching systems theory and Lyapunov–Razumikhin theorem, consensus of multi-agent systems with communication delays and intermittent communication topology is reached by two-hop neighbourhood information. Finally, simulation examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the theoretical results.


This paper presents first-step analytical expressions of non-saturated and saturated throughput for IEEE 802.11e Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) multi-hop string-topology networks. Internal collisions in each node, concurrent transmission collisions among nodes, differences of CWmin and CWmax among access categories (ACs), and effects of contention zone are considered. By comparisons with simulation results, the validities of analytical expressions are confirmed.


A method for decomposing the bonding energy of d-band metals into a sum of pairwise interactions between transition metal ions is presented. The dependence of these pair potentials on the configuration of the ions is examined by evaluating them for several model d-band perfect crystals (sc, bcc, Fcc, and hcp). The results indicate that these pair interactions are not extremely sensitive to the ionic configuration. This suggests that parameterizing the variation of the total energy with ionic configuration in terms of pair potentials may be meaningful for some purposes in transition metals. On the basis of our model calculations, we obtain a pairlike approximate expression for the bonding energy.


tion in society and to reduce divisions within the factions of radicalism. But the more militant Secularists supported Charles Bradlaugh in his attacks against Christianity, and Holyoake was left with a distinctly secondary position in the movement. His own statement of Secularism as having three essential principles, namely, "the improvement of this life by material means, that science is the available Providence of man, and that it is good to do good," made it a form of working-class self-help corresponding to the political, social, and economic aspirations of the industrial classes. This study demonstrates how Holyoake lived out his own philosophy and thus can be seen as a representative figure in the transition from a religious to a secular culture.


Currently, a lot of experience has been gained in the treatment of chronic lymphatic insufficiency by forming direct anastomoses (LVVA) or lymphonodulovenous anastomoses. Most surgeons apply LVVA in secondary forms of lymphedema due to impaired patency of the lymphatic vessels or nodes after trauma, surgery, inflammation, or radiotherapy. At the same time, there are reports of surgical treatment of primary lymphedema.


In this paper, the reproducibility of single pitch errors computed from some transmitting error records through a single flank meshing test is confirmed by changing a pair of tooth mashings under a constant center distance between a master gear and a test gear. Also a method which gives the runout from single pitch errors is shown, and the runout from this method is compared with the result of a conventional measurement. For a ground gear, the runouts from the two measurement methods have a good coincidence because of less lead error, but for the hobbed test gear with a large lead error, they differ to a certain extent. However, even in this case the runout computed from transmitting error records has a good tendency qualitatively, and this fact shows a necessity to develop a master gear, with which the runout can be measure with high precision.


The paper presents a brief overview of advanced novel applications and future trends of Computational Fluid Dynamics software in Chemical Engineering. Among the cases of major importance, single phase turbulent flow, as well as multiphase flow models are reviewed. Referring to single phase flows, the LES and RANS approaches are described and illustrated. The RANS approach is revealed as the most popular and inexpensive method for the analysis and solving of technical tasks. The paper reports on two recent modeling applications, namely, the CFD facilitated design of a new mixing impeller and the CFD characterization of impeller mixing efficiency. Multiphase models of increased sophistication describing solid, liquid and gas flows with simultaneous mass transfer between the phases are summarized with emphasis on their applications to describe evaporation, condensation, as well as chemical reactions in process equipment such as distillation columns and fluidized beds. The future trends and directions in Computer Aided methods for the analysis of Chemical Engineering processes incorporate developments, such as the integration of various pieces of software including flow sheet modeling CFD modeling and complex reaction and thermodynamic models.


Targeted therapy is a specific treatment against some biomarkers expressed by tumor cells.In recent years, with the rapid development of medical science and technology, especially with the molecular study of cancers, the treatment of hematology malignancies has been changed into the targeted therapy from the conventional cell-attacked model with chemotherapy and radiation therapy.This review will focus on monoclonal antibody targeted on the cell surface molecules, tyrosine kinase inhibitors to specific fusion genes, and chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy in childhood hematology malignancies.

Key words:
Child; Hematological malignancies; Target therapy


Lean production has been penetrated to most of the manufacturing sectors across the globe. Despite this, this research study will be focus in electrical and electronic industry. Lean production is a practice which regards the use of the resources, creation of value for the end customer, as waste, and thus as a target of elimination. The aims for implementing lean is to eliminate waste, deliver value from the customer's perspective, and continuously improve the processes. Although there are a number of tools and techniques available to improve the operational performance, but there is only a small number of organization achieved significant results after implementing lean. The purpose to do this research study is to identify the challenges and barriers to be faced and overcame while implementing lean and the measures that could be taken to facilitate it. Human factor plays an important role in ensuring lean production to be successful in long-term run. People has the capability in identifying and eliminating wastages. This research study has been proposed with the theoretical framework of implementing barriers of lean production on human factors. There are several research method been used to do the research such as the descriptive research design with quantitative method, survey questionnaire and cross-sectional studies.


Antagonists of peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1) have potential utility in the treatment of various diseases including metabolic syndrome, diabetes, liver diseases, fibrosis and gastrointestinal disorders. Unfortunately, inhibition of CB1 receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) produces adverse effects including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Otenabant (1) is a potent and selective CB1 inverse agonist developed by Pfizer, but its advancement in clinical trials was halted because of its ability to penetrate the CNS and produce effects like rimonabant (2), a clinically approved drug that was eventually withdrawn. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies of 1 would be useful in developing analogs that have limited brain penetration and thereby, limited adverse effects. Recent crystal structures of hCB1 and docking studies with 1 indicate that the piperidine group could be functionalized at the 4-position to access a binding pocket that can accommodate both polar and nonpolar groups. In this publication, the piperidine is studied as a linker, which is functionalized with alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl groups using a urea connector. Heterocyclic replacements for the 4-chlorophenyl group were also explored. These studies resulted in orally bioavailable and peripherally selective compounds that are potent inverse agonists of hCB1 with exceptional selectivity for hCB1 over hCB2. The lead compound 38 blocked alcohol-induced liver steatosis in mice.


Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva reject arguments from claims that fetuses and newborn infants are potential persons, because they argue that potential persons cannot be harmed.1 But whether or not potential persons can be harmed, is it clear that potential persons are entirely lacking in moral status, of a kind that could count as a (pro tanto) reason against bringing about their demise? We do not generally regard potential as entirely lacking in moral value until it is actualised. For example, parents who believe they have identified in their child an emerging musical talent commonly see this potential as having some (not necessarily moral) value, however small, which would count as a reason against destroying that …


Many failures in high density polyethylene external pipeline coating have occurred in the Lake of Maracaibo environment due to the presence of microorganisms. Analysis of the commercial coating after the failure shows drastic changes through the years. It has been suggested that incorporation of a cupric compound in the polyethylene formulation can control the attack of microorganisms. A detailed analysis of this product after being extruded has shown that the cupric compound does not affect the initial properties of the coating. Laboratory and field results will be presented in this paper.


AIM
To describe partners' experiences of living with men with a screening-detected abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

BACKGROUND
Diagnosis of a chronic life-threatening disease affects the patients' as well as their partners' lives in different aspects. Abdominal aortic aneurysm, with rupture as the major consequence, is a life-threatening disease that can affect the whole family. Screening programs for AAA have been introduced in several countries to reduce the mortality rate. Although the awareness of having an AAA influences the individuals' quality of life and well-being, it is still unclear how it affects their partners.

DESIGN
Qualitative descriptive design.

METHODS
Twenty-one partners of men with AAA were purposely selected to participate in individual semi-structured interviews between August 2017 and February 2018 in Sweden. Data were transcribed and imported into NVivo-12®. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The study conforms to the COREQ checklist.

RESULTS
Three categories were identified: i) Experiencing the unexpected, ii) Being reminded of fragility, and iii) Balancing a changing relationship. The partners had a positive attitude towards the screening process and were pleased that their husbands were under surveillance. Nevertheless, at the same time, the diagnosis caused worries and questions. The AAA-diagnosis was constantly in the minds of the partners, which sometimes affected and limited daily activities. Furthermore, ambivalent feelings towards surgical treatment were described. The partners tried to support their men and encouraged them to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

CONCLUSION
The partners' well-being and daily lives were impacted by the awareness of the screening-detected AAA. Different degrees of worry were the most common reaction and were pervasive in all three categories.

RELEVANCE FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
The result highlights the need to review routines or develop new strategies to include the partners in the process of screening and offer supplementary support and information.


We have analyzed subunit interactions of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by measuring the rate of cleavage of each subunit by trypsin. We have modified a standard sodium dodecyl sulfate gel technique to include sodium tetradecyl sulfate, which results in a large separation of the #3 and /3' subunits. A comparison of en- zyme lacking the u subunit (core) with holoenzyme reveals that the presence of u does not alter the cleav- age rates of a or B, but it dramatically slows the initial cleavage of p. Simple addition of purified u to core results in reconstitution of holoenzyme as measured both by glycerol gradient sedimentation and protection of #3 from trypsin cleavage. However, M&+ is required for the fl protection but not for the binding of u to core. enzyme the specific tween #I and u be involved in the DNA melting phase of the polymerase-DNA interaction. We have also examined the effects of the an initiation inhibitor, on the rates of Again, the of that the was indistinguishable the p of core enzyme.


DDoS attacks have become common place on the Internet today. These attacks occur when a hacker gains control of a number of hosts on the network and directs large volumes of traffic from those hosts to one or more target hosts. They often use Botnets in such attacks. Botnets are large collections of computers infected by worm's s that are taken over and remotely controlled by hackers to send spam, propagate viruses, or launch denial of service attacks. The number of compromised hosts on the Internet can be staggering in the hundreds of thousands. Service providers are regularly needed to protect and mitigate the attacks which occur on their networks. This paper discusses about the attacking flow on the Internet and ways that service providers can prevent or mitigate damages from the attack threats. This paper focuses the attacks and discusses the mitigating techniques to prevent, legitimate packet dropping in a service provider environment. Implementing a new thing Normal distribution with weibull theorem derives a sample of n number of packets is obtained from victim machine and those packets are tested by normal distribution method to find the actual intruder who attacked the victim machine. The slope of the weibull plot, beta, (β), determines which member of the weibull failure distributions best fits or describes the data. The slope, β, also indicates which class of failures is present. β < 1.0 indicates infant mortality β = 1.0 means random failures (independent) β > 1.0 indicates wear out failures keywords : DDoS, Normal Distribution, Weibull, THM, DoS International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) Vol. 1 Issue 6, August 2012 ISSN: 2278-0181


Numerical simulation has been done to investigate endwall flow structure of a linear turbine cascade with moderate turning angle.The suction and pressure side legs of horseshoe vortex originating from endwall near leading edge of blade are captured accurately.The result reveals interaction of suction and pressure side legs of horseshoe vortex and development of passage vortex vividly.Detailed endwall flow structure has been obtained from the numerical calculation.Analysis has been done on total pressure contour in several sections approximately perpendicular to flow direction.The mechanism of endwall flow loss in the sections mentioned has been illuminated.


The rational expectations‐permanent income hypothesis (REPIH) is nothing new. The initial REPIH of Hall (1978) suggested that no other variable observed in earlier periods, given the inclusion of consumption lagged one period, should have any explanatory power for current consumption (Hall, p.972). The Hall version does not eliminate inclusion of current income in the explanation of consumption. Later work by Flavin (1981) finds that current income contains information about future income by providing signals to changes in permanent income. The means to reveal the innovation of current income signaling changes in permanent income has been to decompose current income into its anticipated and unanticipated components. Flavin suggests that unanticipated changes in current income may affect consumption by signaling changes in current income while anticipated changes in current income are included in the formation of permanent income thus having no affect on consumption.


Experiments of diisopropylnaphthalene cracking over zeolite catalysts under certain reaction temperature and catalyst/oil ratio were conducted on a small fixed fluidised bed(FFB) unit.Effects of ZSM-5 and Y zeolite catalysts,temperature and catalyst/oil ratio on side chain scission of diisopropylnaphthalene were explored.The experimental results showed that the side-chain scission of diisopropylnaphthalene over zeolite catalysts occurred easily,by which the products were naphthalene,C1-C4 alkyl naphthalene and tetralin,alkyl tetralin as well as low olefin such as propylene.Less products by dehydrogenation condensation reactions were polycyclic aromatics with more than three rings(phenanthrenes,pyrenes and so on) and coke.Due to the diffusion and adsorption of alkyl aromatics on catalysts,selectivity of the side-chain scission was closely related to pore and mainly to B acid of catalysts.The selectivity of the side-chain scission was higher over ZSM-5 catalyst with weaker B acid and preferable adsorption than that over Y catalyst.At the mass hourly space velocity of 10 h-1,temperature of 425-525℃,catalyst/oil mass ratio of 3-8,reactions of dehydrogenation condensation were stronger,and selectivity of the side-chain scission was weaken with the temperature rising or catalyst/oil ratio increasing over Y catalyst.


Resource discovery is one of the most important aspects in grid technology.Resource discovery is to find the resource which matches the expected resource.Currently,the researches about grid resource matching focuses on exact matching.There is little work about fuzzy matching.This paper proposes a new grid resource discovery model based on Vague set and P2P grid resource discovery technology.This model supplies flexible resource fuzzy matching method.Users can discover resource according to their resource requirement.Simulation test demonstrates that the proposed model has rather good capability of discovering resource.


An object of the present invention is to provide a way to create a reference in the scope memory in the system. A scoped memory system includes a scope graph of scoped memory area, each scoped memory area is suitable for assigning objects therein by software thread for access, the scope - has an associated thread count indicating that the memory area can be discarded, the method includes assigning the target object to the target scoped memory area, the target scoped memory area in a scope graph a index depth, and storing the index associated with the target object, assigning a source object in the source scoped memory area, a source score in scope graph A index of depth of flop memory area, comparing and storing the index that is associated with the source object, and an index associated with the index and the target object associated with the source object by the source scoped memory area in response to being determined as deep or than the same depth as the target scoped memory area, creating a reference to the source object from the target object and a step of. .The


The complex of problems and contradictions in sphere of small innovative business is considered. The maintenance, the occurrence nature reveals, ways and forms of resolution of conflicts and problems are defined at realisation of innovative projects by small enterprises.


linearity and Gaussianity in assimilation. The abstract reads Two common derivations respectively lead to the Kalman filter and to variational approaches. They rely on either assumptions of linearity or assumptions of Gaussianity of the probability density functions of both observation and background errors . Maybe I am mistaken on the authors' intentions, but these sentences mean in effect that the hypotheses of linearity (leading to Kalman filter) and Gaussianity (leading to variational assimilation) are mutually exclusive. They are not. Both Kalman filter and variational assimilation are based on the same linear assumptions (and both are empirically extended to weakly non-linear situations). Under these linear assumptions, they are only two different algorithms that solve the same problem. In addition, they both achieve Bayesian estimation in the case when the errors affecting the data are Gaussian.


It is shown that if m \neq 8, 12 and m > 6 , there are some binary primitive BCH codes (BCH codes in a narrow sense) of length 2^{m} - 1 whose minimum weight is greater than the BCH bound. This gives a negative answer to the question posed by Peterson [1] of whether or not the BCH bound is always the actual minimum weight of a binary primitive BCH code. It is also shown that for any even m \geq 6 , there are some binary cyclic codes of length 2^{m} - 1 that have more information digits than the primitive BCH codes of length 2^{m} - 1 with the same minimum weight.


data,study is undertaken of therelationship between the winter thermal conditions of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau(QXP)andanomaly in Asian-Australian monsoons during northern summer.Evidence suggests that anti-correlation of cold air activity of East Asia with that of Mid Asia is responsible for the counterpartof the ground thermal characteristics anomaly on an interannual basis between the SW and NEQXP;the winter thermal pattern bears a closer correlativity with the subsequent summertimeAsian-Australian monsoons anomaly;as the thermal distribution is reversed,so are the convectionfeatures over North and South China,maritime continent,the NW and SW Pacific at tropical andequatorial latitudes,resulting in vast difference between East-Asian summer and Indonesian-NorthAustralian winter monsoons;the subtropical monsoon-associated rainbelt over the mid-lowerChangjiang basins exhibits the discrepancy in vigor and northerly shift timing.Besides,part of theresults has been further borne out through analysis of temperature and precipitation records of theeastern portion of the country in monsoon climate.


To the Editor: —I believeThe Journalwould do service by suggesting precaution that should be practiced by physicians and others in the sick room with influenza patients. Large numbers of Pennsylvania's physicians are sickening, I am sure, because they are indifferent to danger and careless about protecting themselves from the spray of moisture from the mouth of the patient. I am getting stories every day by the score of physicians examining the chests of influenza patients in the old careless fashion, leaning over the bed with the patient talking constantly and with no attempt to have the patient cover the cough or sneeze with a towel or handkerchief. The sick rate among physicians and the death rate are appalling, and I believe physicians are needlessly sacrificing themselves because of their failure to fully appreciate what they ought to do. I have not had time to prepare an article and


After Enron Event happened,the United States began to reexamine accounting principle-made model.When theoretical circle disputes about that which is better between "principle orientation" and "rule orientation",SEC points out "objective orientation" which is an optimized model. This paper tries to make analysis and comments on rule orientation,principle orientation and objective orientation,analyzes the contents of objective orientation and gives suggestions about selection of China's accounting principle-made model based on reality.


The phase change memory device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. After contact region formed on a semiconductor substrate to form a variable resistance member in a horizontal direction with respect to the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode extending to the contact area from one side of the variable resistive element. Then, opposite to the first electrode to form a second electrode extending from the other side of the variable resistive element. The phase change memory device may operate at a low current without reducing the degradation of the heat loss or the phase change material layer because it contains a variable resistance element of the magnetic thermal limiting structure. In addition, further, may be adjacent to the phase change memory device is significantly reduce the manufacturing cost and the change time of the memory device structure at the same time the phase-change memory device, which can simplify the because share one electrode.


Advanced treatment plant and sewer network control is a promising application of modelling in the field of urban wastewater management. At the same time there are only vague ideas about the measurement techniques that would be necessary for model based real time prognosis and control. One of he major tasks on the way towards online modelling is the search for and the validation of measurement techniques. An UV/VIS spectrometer ("spectro::lyser") was successfully used for measuring organic matter at the highly dynamic inflow of a wastewater treatment plant. This poster describes the UV/VIS spectrometer, the calibration procedure and the results obtained.


The agricultural wastes are used for production of vital enzymes like cellulase, protease and lipase through Solid State Fermentation (SSF), which reveal their industrial potential aspect. This study was done to find out the ability of Rhizopus oryzae to produce lipase, protease and cellulase through SSF. Wheat bran showed maximum enzyme activities as related to others agricultural wastes. The enzymes showed maximum activities (21.4±0.04) (4.6±0.02 IU/mL) and (1.1 ± 0.01 IU/mL) for cellulase, lipase and protease respectively at temperature 25ºC and incubation period 72 hours. Response surface methodology (RSM) used to optimize conditions likes temperature, pH, moisture contents, inoculum size and substrate concentration. RSM revealed maximum enzyme activities using 100% moisture contents, temperature 25ºC, pH 5, substrate concentrations 12g and inoculum size of 6 mL. The method of ammonia sulphate precipitation used for the purification and crystallization of enzymes like lipase, protease and cellulase. The precipitation of cellulase, lipase and protease performed with 80%, 70 % and 90% ammonium sulphate concentrations to increase yield. The characterization of lipase, protease, cellulase revealed that it worked best below acidic conditions (pH 5) and at moderate temperature (25ºC). The results revealed that the mold oryzae had potential to produce industrially important enzymes at acidic ph.


Abstract In this study, a laboratory model to reproduce dental unit waterline (DUWL) biofilms was developed using a CDC biofilm reactor (CBR). Bacteria obtained from DUWLs were filtered and cultured in Reasoner's 2A (R2A) for 10 days, and were subsequently stored at −70°C. This stock was cultivated on R2A in batch mode. After culturing for five days, the bacteria were inoculated into the CBR. Biofilms were grown on polyurethane tubing for four days. Biofilm accumulation and thickness was 1.3 × 105 CFU cm−2 and 10–14 μm respectively, after four days. Bacteria in the biofilms included cocci and rods of short and medium lengths. In addition, 38 bacterial genera were detected in biofilms. In this study, the suitability and reproducibility of the CBR model for DUWL biofilm formation were demonstrated. The model provides a foundation for the development of bacterial control methods for DUWLs.


Details the results of a recent study into customer‐supplier partnerships aimed at executives with line responsibility in the logistics chain. Reveals widespread support for the idea of supply chain integration, but little evidence of actual implementation of the process. Looks at various reasons for the slow progress, quoting the comments of manufacturers and retailers interviewed and noting significant gaps in their perceptions of each other which need to be addressed. Concludes by outlining the key characteristics of an established and effective supply chain.


The "heart" of the industrial technical library universe is encompassed in the library systems of 311 of FORTUNE'S "500" Corporations. Of the 30+ variables used to delineate these 311 systems, the number of professional librarians, libraries, and corporations were most important. A "Library Penetration" ratio was evolved from the three measures. To meet the budget-setting need for cross-industry comparison, FORTUNE'S 29 industry classifications were used, with Chemicals and Petroleum Refining most important. Systems including overseas units, or internationally operating systems, were statistical leaders in every measure. Twenty-four pairs of measures were found to have a correlation (R) of 0.80 (or higher) with significance R of 0.00001. How the re-maining 189 of FORTUNE'S "500" operate without formal information services requires study.


False consciousness can be defined as "holding of false or inaccurate beliefs that are contrary to one's own social interest and which thereby contribute to the maintenance of the disadvantaged position of the self or the group"(Jost, 1995, p. 400). Failure to perceive injustice is one of the dimensions of False consciousness. The present study aimed to observe whether there is a failure in the ability to perceive injustice among young adults, and to determine if there is a significant gender difference in the same. It was a quantitative experimental study using purposive method of sampling. The data was collected from 60 participants (18-24 years old) residing in the metropolitan city of Bangalore, India. A self-designed one item questionnaire, administered at two points in time-T1 and T2, with an interval of two weeks, was used to collect data that was compared to understand if there exists a failure in the ability to perceive injustice. Wilcoxon's signed ranks test and Mann-Whitney U test was conducted using IBM SPSS software, version 24. The results show that there is a failure in the ability to perceive injustice among young adults if details of a situation, that may cause bias, are provided. The study also concluded that there is a no significant gender difference in the ability to perceive injustice among men and women.


The phase functions of single mineral dust particles levitated in an electrodynamic balance have been measured. Normalized phase functions and the asymmetry parameter could be determined because nearly the full range of scattering angles was available: 0.5° to 177°. The particles have been characterized using microscopy.


Biopsy is a key step in the diagnosis of bone and soft tissue tumours. An inadequately performed biopsy may fail to allow proper diagnosis. An improperly planned biopsy may jeopardise plans for limb salvage surgery. Aims: To analyse the effectiveness of core-needle biopsy for evaluation of suspected primary musculoskeletal neoplasms. Methods: Core-needle biopsy was performed at our institution in 130 consecutive patients suspected of having a mesenchymal neoplasm. Details of the biopsy and any additional procedures were recorded including size of sample, method of localisation and any complications. Clinical and histological features of the neoplasm and previous radiological or histological diagnosis were compared. Core-needle biopsy results were correlated with results from specimens subsequently obtained at definitive surgery. Results: 130 consecutive core biopsies were performed for evaluation of suspected primary musculoskeletal neoplasms. All patients tolerated the procedure well and there were no significant complications. A definitive diagnosis was obtained from a single core biopsy in 107 (82%) patients; an additional biopsy was necessary in 24 (18%) following equivocal histology. Twenty-three (96%) of these repeat biopsies were an open procedure. In 98% of patients, core-needle biopsy results were concordant with results from specimens subsequently obtained at surgery with respect to tumour histological features and grade. The accuracy and rate of performance of open biopsy for soft tissue lesions were not significantly different from those for bone lesions. Conclusions: Obtaining tissue safely, for diagnosis of bone and soft tissue tumours is the goal of all biopsies The biopsy, however, must be well planned so as to avoid creating inadvertent tumour spread, and take into consideration any subsequent approaches for limb-sparing surgery.


A big data on Healthcare applications which is require big data management as well as intensive computation. In this paper, focus on Genomics in cancer testing whether the healthcare applications can scale well on commercial big data platforms that implement Map Reduce framework. We selected short read gene data sequence alignment and assembly workloads in genome analysis and Apache Hadoop distributed parallelized data processing, analysis petabyte (PB) or Exabyte(EB). Currently usage of bioinformatics community by Hadoop.


An agricultural work vehicle (10) with a which is supported by driven propulsion means on the bottom chassis (12), the chassis (12) connected to the interface for the detachable attachment of an implement (36) and ground engaging means (84) equipped, the purpose of a transmission of transverse forces between the work vehicle (10) and the ground in a ground engaging position can be brought in which they penetrate cutting to form a furrow in the ground. The ground engaging means (84) are independent of the working device (36) to the chassis (12) of the work vehicle (10) and coupled between the ground engaging position and an inoperative position verstellbeweglich.


policymaker. This perspective on rules versus discretion was changed by Kydland and Prescott (1977), who looked at rules as a form of commitment. A commitment amounts to a binding contract, which specifies in advance the actions that someone will take, possibly contingent on some exogenous variables that everyone can observe. In contrast, under discretion, a person promises only to take those future actions that will best further his objectives later on. (Such promises are easy to keep!) Thus, discretion is the special case of a rule or contract in which none of today's provisions restrict a person's future actions. In the area of private business dealings, it is natural to think about optimal forms of contracts, which would not usually be pure discretion. Similarly, for public policy, the perspective becomes the optimal form of rules or prior restrictions - even the smart, benevolent policymaker is likely to desire and use


Purpose of the study: assessment of the features of the geographical location, climatic conditions, economic development, demographic situation, affecting the organization of medical care in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Materials and research methods: statistical materials from the annual collection "Health of the population of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Ugra and the activities of medical organizations" and data of statistical reporting on the incidence of the population from the "Medstat" program were used. The analysis used indicators such as population density, the proportion of small peoples of the North, the availability of medical care, the proportion of the able-bodied population, indicators of the economic development of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Results. The conditions for the organization and provision of medical care on the territory of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra are determined by the geographic location of the area, equated to the regions of the Far North, the difficult climatic conditions that negatively affect human health, a significant proportion of the visiting population, poorly adapted to the conditions of the North, a combination of developed urban agglomerations (with a developed healthcare infrastructure) and sparsely populated areas, a significant length of the territory of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, problems of transport infrastructure and low transport accessibility of remote areas.The above determine the need for approaches in planning medical care that are not typical for the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (for example, the territory of the Central Federal District). These approaches require increased costs for organizing a network of medical institutions and resource and staffing of medical care to the population, which is quite feasible taking into account the economic situation of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Conclusion. Factors affecting the organization and provision of medical care, and the health of the population of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, should be attributed to the harsh climatic conditions, environmental factors associated with the extraction of minerals (oil and gas). Climatogeographic and social conditions are a risk factor for alcoholization of the population, the presence of natural focal diseases. Features of the economic development of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra requires increased costs for organizing a network of medical organizations, resource and staffing.


Contact fatigue failure is one of the failure type for steel gear. This paper researched the contact fatigue strength of Ni-P-Co alloy coating on surface of gears made from 45# steel. Several studies on the alloying coating, such as surface shape, surface roughness, micro-hardness and shape characteristic of fatigue pitting hole were carried out. The experimental results were analyzed and conclusion was as follows: contact fatigue life and strength of steel gears with Ni-P-Co alloy coating and air-cooling after heat-treatment with temperature of 450 ℃ are increased remarkably.


Discrete function is a common form of function expression and has important applications in the field of engineering technology. In order to improve students' understanding of discrete functions, it is necessary to use dynamic and graphical methods to interpret discrete functions. This research uses Hawgent dynamic mathematics software to develop teaching materials for calculating geometric summation. Taking two classes in Guilin, Guangxi as the experimental objects, the students' scores were analyzed through SPSS22.0 software. The results of the study showed that the class performance of the students in the experimental class was more active than the classmates in the control class, and their grades improved a lot. It shows that dynamic mathematics technology helps to strengthen students' interest in learning, and strengthens the effect of combining engineering technology with mathematical knowledge. Teachers should make more use of dynamic mathematics technology to develop mathematics textbook materials.


One to five transvaginal ultrasound scans were taken of 63 women to estimate the microstructural changes in cervix using ultrasonic attenuation. Spectral log difference algorithm showed a clear decrease in attenuation as the time to delivery comes closer. The decrease in attenuation occurs earlier in preterm birth compared to full term birth which can be used as a predictor for preterm birth. Attenuation estimate did not improve as the ROI size increased.


The article is devoted to the actual scientific and practical problem of improving methodological and methodical approaches to the evaluation of design solutions in the water management and land reclamation industry based on the ecological and economic principles in conditions of uncertainty. The current stage of the development of the water management sector in Ukraine is characterized by a combination of past negligence and the present energy, food and water crises, as well as global climate change. To solve these problems, it is necessary to reform organizational-economic relations in the industry, including new sources and forms of financing for water management and land reclamation projects, introduction of new environmentally advanced technologies, and the improvement of the existing ecological and economic evaluation of investments. Based on scientific and methodological recommendations used for evaluating the effectiveness of investment in various spheres of economic activity, the authors developed and implemented an improved methodology for the evaluation of water management and land reclamation projects. It is based on methodological approaches that cover such elements as the variety of options, changes in the value of money over time, specific project implementation environment, including the impact of weather, climate and environmental factors on project performance, multilevel and gradual evaluation of a project against specific criteria and according to stages of the project cycle. The method was tested during the reconstruction of a rice irrigation system in the steppe zone of about 3000 ha in Ukraine. Economic results, namely the deterministic payback period and investment return index confirm that the proposed mechanism, unlike the traditional one, increases the economic and environmental feasibility of water management and land reclamation projects. Therefore, it stimulates investment in the land reclamation sector.


Abstract This article discusses the perception and production of English speech sounds by Cantonese ESL learners in Hong Kong and examines the validity of the claims of the Speech Learning Model for explaining second language speech production by Hong Kong Cantonese ESL learners. Forty university English majors participated in the study, which included two L2 speech perception tasks, two L1 L2 speech perception tasks, and three L2 speech production tasks. It is found that although the perceived similarity between the L1 and the L2 is inversely related to L2 speech perception, such an inverse relationship between perceived L1 L2 similarity and L2 speech production is not so straightforward and is often mediated by other widespread phonological phenomena such as final obstruent devoicing and final lateral vocalization. Speech perception and speech production, thus, do not bear a strict one-to-one relation, and correct discernment of a target sound does not necessarily lead to correct production. The predictions of the SLM regarding speech production do not seem to be entirely borne out. Further research is needed to investigate the perceptual and production abilities of ESL learners of other linguistic backgrounds.


ABSTRACT Challenges in Cardiology I will presumably be followed by II, III, etc. It therefore becomes difficult to criticize the selection of chapters, because additional topics may appear in subsequent volumes. The contents of the book, actually, would be more consistent with the title "Clinical Update" than "Challenges." The most serious challenges in cardiology are such things as elucidating the multiple mechanisms of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, hypertrophy, fibrosis, and restenosis, particularly at the molecular level.The first chapter of this multiauthored book, by Zipes, is on cardiac innervation. It is well written and informative, although occasionally speculative. Since some cases of initial myocardial infarction are silent, it is difficult to accept neural dysfunction secondary to myocardial necrosis as the only cause of silent ischemia in such a setting. Pain perception is a complex process still poorly understood. On the other hand, Zipes' criticism of the left vs right stellate ganglion hypothesis of


A study to examine possible modifications in the number and/or morphology of the Leydig cell following vasectomy was done on 45 adult male rats. Rats were classified into 3 groups of 15 in which Group 1 had undergone left-sided vasectomy by section and double ligation, Group 2 had been subjected to a left-sided sham operation and Group 3 were intact controls. 5 rats from each group were killed 2, 4 and 6 months after the surgical procedures. Examination revealed insignificant variations in the vasectomized testes' weight and no differences in Leydig cell number when compared with contralateral and control gonads. The Leydig cells appeared histologically normal and differences between vasectomized and control groups were not found. Finally, no differences were found between the testes from vasectomized and control rats. Results demonstrated that examination of the testes revealed insignificant modifications in Leydig cell number or structure and that steroidogenesis in the testes was normal.


with the failure of the composite must b e considered during the design and operation of these COPVs. One of the known primary failure modes that can appear after successful qualification of a COPV design is stress rupture of the overwrap. Stress rupture is manifested as sudden, catastrophic fa ilure of the overwrap, and it is a function of fiber stress ratio in the composite and time spent at pressure. A mechanistic based model has not been developed for stress rupture and models are based on phenomenological data. There are four models that have been developed, some over the last 30 years that allow prediction of the operating lifetimes of COPVs. These are power law models, such as those developed by Phoenix, Robinson, and Glaser; and exponential law models, such as that developed by Thomas . Similarities and differences between these models will be discussed in detail using Kevlar 49 ® /Epoxy COPV data from a stress rupture test program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as an example.


The mechanical properties of the anti‐tetrachiral structure having the thickness of the ligament changing symmetrically around the center are investigated using analytical and numerical methods. For the purpose of deriving a theoretical model, the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory is used to determine the relation among the acting moment, the angle of rotation of the nodes, and the bending energy stored. Analysis of the results indicates that a change in geometry has a minor effect on Poisson's ratio, if any at all; however, it can result in relatively large changes in Young's modulus. Hence, it is shown that the mechanical properties can be altered selectively by adjusting the geometric features of chiral structures. The indications of the analytical model are validated using numerical methods for different values of the geometric parameters and are found to be in good agreement. In the process, it is shown that there are regions of the parameter space where the mechanical properties of the anti‐tetrachiral are insensitive to variations in certain geometric dimensions.


Leptospirosis is an infectious disease of zoonotic significance, caused by distinct members of the genus Leptospira, with a broad spectrum of hosts, including domestic and wild animals. The present paper reports the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among captive Asian elephants in Kerala. Whole blood samples were collected from fifty, apparently healthy captive elephants from different districts of Kerala state. The serum was separated from the whole blood and subjected to the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) for detection of antibodies to different serovars of Leptospira. The test was carried out using actively grown cultures of twelve common leptospiral serovars. Out of the total of fifty serum samples screened by MAT, 19 samples (38 per cent) showed a positive reaction with antibody titres in a 1:200 dilution. The prevalent serovars were Pomona, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Hebdomadis, Grippotyphosa and Canicola, and the highest prevalence was noticed for the serovar Pomona. The positive results indicated the presence of infection or the previous exposure of captive elephants to leptospiral antigens. The high rate of prevalence of leptospiral antibodies in captive elephants warrants the monitoring of these animals for clinical disease and adopting the necessary control strategies for preventing this re-emerging zoonotic disease.


The effect of disorder on the optical absorption of the realistic random superlattice has been investigated based on a three‐dimensional tight‐binding Hamiltonian. It is found that the absorption intensity close to the band edge of the random superlattice is considerably enhanced, which can be explained by optical matrix elements of the relevant eigenfunctions localized strongly over 2–4 monolayers. An energy‐level crossing behavior at the conduction‐band bottom is also obtained.


The homology groups introduced by A. Brumer can be used to establish a criterion ensuring that a profinite $\mathbb{F}_p[[G]]$-module of a pro-$p$ group $G$ has projective dimension $d<\infty$ (cf. Thm. A). This criterion yields a new characterization of free pro-$p$ groups (cf. Cor. B). Applied to a semi-direct factor $G\to\mathbb{Z}_p\to G$ isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}_p$ which defines a non-trivial end in the sense of A.A. Korenev one concludes that the closure of the normal closure of the image of $\sigma$ is a free pro-$p$ subgroup (cf. Thm. C). From this result we will deduce a structure theorem (cf. Thm. D) for finitely generated pro-$p$ groups with infinitely many ends.


Background
This study aims to investigate the clinical characterization and causative genetic defect of a four-generation Chinese Han family with cardiovascular diseases.
Methods
The combined use of next-generation sequencing and qPCR technique was performed to investigate genetic pathology of familial cardiovascular diseases.
Results
The clinical manifestations of the family members include coronaty artery disease, early-onset hypertension, lipoma, cerebral infarction and even unexplained sudden death, and a novel heterozygous deletion of 3-16 exon of LPA gene was identified to be causative for the symptoms in the family.
Conclusions
A novel deletion in the LPA gene was identified in a Chinese family associated with elevated Lp(a) levels and cardiovascular diseases, which expands the spectrum of the LPA mutation and its associated phenotypes.
Keywords
Copy number variation; Cardiovascular diseases;Kringle IV; Lipoprotein(a); LPA;


The Population Council conducts research worldwide to improve policies, programs, and products in three areas: HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health. ii The authors would like to thank our partner National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for their support in the conduct of the study. A special thanks to Dr K. Chandramouly, Secretary, Department of AIDS Control and Director General, NACO for his support. We would like to extend our thanks to all the medical offi cers in charge of ART and ICTC and nodal offi cers and other offi cials from the district: Our special thanks to Dr Niranjan Saggurti, Population Council, for his insightful comments and review of the report. This study could not have been done without the members of our research team: Research inves-deepest thanks to them. We would like to acknowledge Mr V.L. Thomas for administrative support. And lastly we would like to thank the study participants for their time and support.


ABSTRACT: Elastic three dimensional Boundary Element (BE) codes are commonly used in the coal industry to model the induced stresses and rock mass response to longwall mining. While these models are often easy to build and quick to run, it is questionable whether these elastic models are capable of accurately simulating the highly non-linear rock mass response observed in longwall operations, in particular the complex caving and goaf behaviour of the overlying strata and resulting surface subsidence. This study presents a comparison between modelling results obtained from the finite difference (FD) code FLAC 3D and elastic BE code Map3D for a generic longwall extraction sequence. These models are compared with regard to the extent of surface subsidence and associated stability of pillars. INTRODUCTION Abutment stability, cavability and surface subsidence are important geotechnical issues that need to be considered for most longwall operations. These issues involve significant rock mass yield and deformation, which may necessitate the use of inelastic numerical models to analyse these complex problems. While three dimensional (3D) mine-scale inelastic numerical modelling is now being routinely conducting in hard rock mines, the application of these models in the coal industry is limited, usually only conducted for research purposes and not for operational design. Reluctance to use mine-scale inelastic 3D models by the industry has largely been due to hardware limitations, long processing times and difficulties in constructing accurate mine geometries. However, most of these limitations have been resolved through recent hardware advancements and the use of CAD software to speed up model construction times. This paper discusses the aspects of mine-scale numerical modelling for longwall operations and presents a comparative study between elastic and inelastic codes, for a generic longwall extraction sequence. In this study the modelling results from the finite difference (FD) code FLAC


The paper considers a method of increasing the energy efficiency of the traction power consumption during operation of a non-autonomous electric rolling stock equipped with an onboard energy storage. The idea is to use the onboard energy storage of the electric braking as an additional power source for the traction electric drive in the process of vehicle acceleration and to coordinate its work with the power supply system. This not only ensures the independence of the processes of electric power consumption and kinetic energy recovery by the traction equipment, but also reduces losses in the elements of traction and external power supply systems. To confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method, we simulated the operation of a metro train with asynchronous traction electric drive in combination with the proposed system. The results obtained, in this case, demonstrated a reduction of energy losses in the elements of the traction power supply system during the electric train acceleration by 45 % compared with the losses when using a regular traction drive system. Attention is paid to the factors and their characteristics that exert significant influence on the traction and electric braking processes.


Parallel plate laser technology requires that the plasma envelope and particularly the Brewster windows be "hard sealed." The first part of this study reports the effects of misalignments of the Brewster windows on laser performance. This turned out not to be a serious problem. In the second part the increase in the birefringence of the Brewster windows resulting from the hard seal technique is examined. We found that this problem, which is serious, can be eliminated by careful control of the temperature during sealing and the annealing process.


Objective This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and economic effect of endovascular treatment (EVT) combined with standard medical treatment (SMT) vs. SMT alone in Chinese patients with basilar artery occlusion (BAO) from the perspective of the Chinese healthcare system. Methods We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis using the results from a meta-analysis comparing EVT and SMT efficacy in Chinese patients with BAO-induced stroke using direct medical costs from the China National Stroke Registry. The meta-analysis's primary outcome was excellent functional outcome (mRS scores of 0–2), with secondary outcomes being poor functional outcome (mRS scores of 3–5) and death (mRS score of 6). To compare EVT plus SMT's cost-effectiveness with that of SMT alone, we constructed a combined decision tree and Markov model with a lifetime duration and a 3-month cycle length. The primary cost-effectiveness outcome was the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), representing the incremental cost per incremental quality-adjusted life year (QALY). EVT was considered cost-effective if the ICER was lower than the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of three times the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 in China; otherwise, it would not be cost-effective. Results The meta-analysis results indicated that EVT could increase the incidence of excellent functional outcomes, with a risk ratio (RR) of 2.23 (95% confidence interval, CI, 1.18–4.21), p = 0.01. Simultaneously, EVT reduced the risk of poor functional outcome and mortality in the EVT group, with RRs of 0.83 (95% CI, 0.67–1.03), p = 0.09, and 0.71 (95% CI, 0.59–0.85), p = 0.0002, respectively. The study also found that EVT plus SMT resulted in a lifetime effectiveness of 2.15 QALY (3.88 life years) for 32,213 international dollars (Intl.$) per patient with BAO. In contrast, SMT alone achieved an effectiveness of 1.46 QALY (3.03 life years) with a total cost of Intl.$ 13,592 per patient. The ICER was Intl.$ 27,265 per QALY (Intl.$ 22,098 per life-year), which fell below the WTP threshold. Conclusion Compared to SMT, EVT improves the prognosis of BAO-induced stroke. Considering the Chinese healthcare system, adding EVT to SMT proves to be cost-effective for patients with BAO compared to SMT alone.


This qualitative study aims at 1) identifying the types of women's language in Anna Karenina movie (2012) and 2)explaining the dominant types of women's language in Anna Karenina movie (2012). The object of the study women's language found in Anna Karenina movie. The data of this research are word, phrases, and sentences that containing women's language in Anna Karenina movie (2012). The researcher uses documentation to collect the data then coding the women's language and dominant types of women's language in Anna Karenina movie (2012). The results show that first there are133 data, 30,07% of Lexical Hedges , 1,50% of Tag Question, 7,51% of Rising Intonation on Declarative, 11,27% of intensifier, 22,55% of Hypercorrect Grammar, 10,52% of Superpolite, 3,75% of Avoidance of Strong Swear Word, and 6,01 of Emphatic Stress. On the category of second results is the dominant types of women's language that shows the Lexical Hedges are having highest point of data in 40 or 30,07% of 133 analyzed data, meanwhile the lowest finding in women's language is Tag Questions which are having 2 or 1,50% of 133 analyzed data.


Initially the aim of this paper was to provide a model for setting up an economically sustainable community and compare such a model to current models for establishing housing developments and contrast their relative costs. However after initial research it became obvious that the outcome of this aim would be of little use to anyone wanting to provide this form of housing development as it is not the costs of providing such a development that needs to be the focus of discussion. What really needs addressing is what parties should be involved and at what stages should these parties interact to create a successful economically sustainable community. With economically sustainable communities offering regional cities such as Townsville many advantages in terms of energy efficiency and delivering many cost savings in the regular maintaining of the overall development, local authorities need to address the current design processes involved with residential housing developments. By using a system-wide approach to the designing of such innovative housing developments the adoption rate can be greatly increased among the local community and therefore any initial increase in costs to produce economically sustainable communities will be reduced through manufacturing economies of scale. This paper looks at what paradigms currently exist in relation to suburban living in the Townsville region and how a successful shift in traditional thinking in relation to residential housing could lead to the successful implementation of economically sustainable communities in the Townsville region. This paper is one of seven papers submitted by Townsville Enterprise Ltd (TEL) and the School of Business, James Cook University, Townsville. The School of Business, James Cook University, Townsville is running a subject called EC3410:04 Natural Capital, Sustainability and Increasing Local Energy Efficiency (Natural Capital for short). The subject was developed for, and in consultation with, Townsville Enterprise Ltd (TEL) to support their ' efforts as Managing Contactor for the North Queensland Component of the Greenhouse Challenge.


For anyone who loves a billowy slice of crusty, artisinal bread, this guide offers resources on how to bake your own sourdough bread as well as the scientific explanations and health benefits behind this ancient recipe.


In order to improve reconstruction process in electrical resistance tomography(ERT),l1-normed least squares programs(LSPs) is adopted to compensate for sparsity of the measurement data and implement image reconstruction.This method is to transform the reconstructed problem into a convex quadratic problem with linear inequality constraints,which is solved by using the interior-point methods.An adaptive method is developed for setting parameter for the specific application.Simulation experiments are carried out to evaluate this novel algorithm.Results demonstrate that the proposed reconstruction algorithm can produce high quality images for ERT.Higher space resolution is achieved,objects of different conductivities can be distinguished accurately,and the over-smoothing deficiency of the reconstruction can be avoided effectively.


This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact email@example.com. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank all of the people who made this dissertation possible, starting with my wonderful committee members from both the School Psychology and her valuable insights both as a teacher and reader. Dr. Terri Pigott, who introduced me to research methodology, for her unending support and confidence in my abilities from start to finish. Finally, my chair, Dr. Pamela Fenning, who has not only been my teacher, research team leader, and boss, but my advisor, mentor, and friend. Without her guidance, I would not be where I am today. Finally, I would like to thank the Golomb family for their support and sage advice that has seen me through all of my schooling, and enabled me to make the career change that has brought me to this point in my life. In short, I would like to thank them for everything.


Dynamic requirements and the high complexity of System of Systems (SoS) represent a great challenge to system designers and developers. Focusing the attention of both the academic and the industry work, SoS has become a critical research discipline. However, over the past decade, the lack of generic mature methodology prevented the developers from easily completing large-scale heterogeneous systems (including legacy and acquired systems) integration and keeping them loosely-coupled. Since Service oriented architecture Modeling Language (SoaML) has been successfully used in Model Driven Service Engineering (MDSE) methodology, it has been possible to provide a flexible integration approach by combining complex system analysis methods and service oriented methodologies. In this article we present a Model Driven approach for service oriented SoS architecting, modeling and simulation. It uses SysML to deal with the SoS requirement complexity, SoaML to improve the IT implementation and DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification) simulation to validate the architecture design. This approach provides multi-level models, transformations between them and service implementation artifacts generation to facilitate the alignment between high-level complex business requirement and IT systems. To illustrate this approach and demonstrate its applicability we present an example which covers most of the development phases of System of Systems Engineering (SoSE).


Potential profile through interface can be analyzed in term of bulk to surface potential distribution. The implication on standard interfaces quantities is performed. In particular, the flatband potential is found to be not as flat as it can be.


Impaired temporal control is symptomatic of several neurological disorders; recently, it has been implicated in schizophrenia. An animal model of schizophrenia using 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) infused to the medial pre-frontal cortex (mPFC) was employed to examine its effects on temporal control. Twelve rats were trained on a peak-interval procedure (PIP) until stable patterns of behavior were obtained. Rats infused with 6-OHDA responded less during peak trials and their peak functions were flatter than sham rats. These results are consistent with similar studies with transgenic mice with increased striatal dopamine D2 receptor activity. Lesions in the mPFC decreased motivation to respond in a PIP. These effects may be considered analogous to negative symptoms of schizophrenia.


This is the 1st part of Teaching Modules of LCC Analysis for beginners to learn the practice of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis.


BACKGROUND
As a Chinese traditional flavor condiment, Pixian Douban (PXDB) is produced by traditional open fermentation process. In this study, an experiment of PXDB fermentation was conducted at 40°C for 90 days in a closed system which has not been applied in PXDB production. The flavor, microbial community and their correlations of the samples in the closed system were compared with those in the traditional fermentation.

RESULTS
The contents of organic acids and free amino acids in the closed fermentation of constant temperature (CFCT) achieved the standards of product quality, although they were lower than those in the traditional fermentation. 98 of the 140 detected aroma components were shared in the two fermentation processes. Enterobacter, Bacteroides and Megamonas were the core microbial genera related to 26 flavor components in the traditional fermentation, while Pantoea was the core microbial genus related to 18 flavor components in the CFCT. The CFCT has its own unique advantages in forming aromas over the traditional fermentation. It produced greater impacts on the successions of fungi than those of bacteria after changing the traditional fermentation to the CFCT. The influences of the microorganisms on the formation of flavor components were relatively more balanced in the CFCT while the changed fermentation process had impacted greatly on the functions of Zygosaccharomomyces and Pichia but little on those of Sphingomonas, Megamonas and Parabaracteroids.

CONCLUSIONS
The study indicated that it was feasible to ferment PXDB in the closed system, and provide a basis to realize the controllable PXDB production. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


This paper presents single and multiaircraft flight experiments to assess an information‐theoretic path planning algorithm that incorporates sensing and communication to guide an unmanned aircraft. The communication is modeled with packet erasure channels for each link in a multihop mesh network. The planning objective is to maximize the mutual information between the target state and measurements received at a single base station from all aircraft. A novel unmanned aircraft system was developed to facilitate experiments with multiple unmanned aircraft utilizing multihop mesh networking. The value of communication‐aware planning was assessed through flight experiments with a single aircraft localizing a radio emitter. Additional experiments with two aircraft demonstrated and assessed the performance of the approach, showing that the improvement in sensing can be appreciable when utilizing multihop communication.

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Phytoremediation is an eco-friendly technique for hydrocarbon bioremoval. Phytoremediation efficiency can be enhanced by cooperation of plants and crude oil degrading bacteria. This study was aimed to select crude oil tolerant grasses and clarify the bioremoval efficiency of R.ruber KE1-augmented phytoremediation. For this purpose, Resistance of Festuca rubra rubra, Festuca rubra commutate, Lolium perenne and Poa pratensis to crude oil was evaluated. Further, supportive and augmenting role of R.ruber KE1 treatment on morphological and biochemical properties of grasses and crude oil phytoremediation was assessed. According to the results Festuca rubra rubra, L. perenne were selected as more crude oil resistant grasses. R.ruber KE1 could significantly enhance their growth parameters (radicle, root and shoot length) in the presence of crude oil. The most applied concentration of crude oil (5% w/w) inhibited Festuca rubra rubra growth while R.ruber KE1 treatment improved Festuca rubra rubra growth (p 70% in all applied concentration of crude oil after 40 days. R. ruber KE1 treatment enhanced biodegrading of insoluble (36%→1.82%) and soluble (53.86%→14.52%) compounds of crude oil. R.ruber KE1-augmented phytoremediation can be promising approach to degrade recalcitrant hydrocarbon pollutants and remediate contaminated soils.


In order to expand the range of high-quality nanosized semiconductor materials that can be obtained as quantum dots through a wet chemical route a series of oxidize-stable CdTe nanoclusters with narrow size distributions and extremely small particle sizes ranging from 1.3 to 2.4 nm has been prepared in aqueous solution using 2-mercaptoethanol and 1-thioglycerol as stabilizers. It has been investigated by means of UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX).


Received: April 30, 2018 Revised: May 18, 2018 Accepted: August 31, 2018 The objective of this study was to assess application effects of slurry composting bio-filtration liquid fertilizer (SCB) on red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) yield and nitrate leaching. A lysimeter experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact on the nitrate leaching and red pepper yield No N fertilizer, four application N rates of SCB (0, 103, 155, and 206 kg ha) and a control treatment of chemical fertilizer (103 kg ha). SCB were used as a basal fertilization and three top dressing doses of urea at the 35, 60, and 80 day after transplanting were applied. There was no significant different in red pepper yield among the SCB 100%, 150%, 200%, and CF 100%, though which was decreased in the No N fertilizer in 2008 and the No N fertilizer and the SCB 0% in 2009. The Increase of SCB liquid fertilizer application rates intensified the leached nitrate concentration and nitrate load. The leached N load in the SCB 100% was 193 kg ha in 2008 and 138 kg ha in 2009. However the leached N load in the SCB 150% and 200% were 236 and 274 kg ha in 2008 and 173 and 216 kg ha in 2009, respectively which were higher 43 and 80 kg ha in 2008 and 38 and 78 kg ha compared to that in the SCB 100%. Meanwhile, the SCB 100% did not increased the nitrate leaching compared with the CF 100% though the leached N load was higher in the SCB 100% in early season of red pepper cultivation. Therefore, the application of SCB rates equivalent to N recommendation for red pepper was evaluated to substitute a basal nitrogen fertilizer because there was no difference in nitrate leaching and red pepper compared with the chemical fertilizer.


The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research is one of the oldest financial research centers in the country. It was founded in 1969 through a grant from Oppenheimer & Company in honor of its late partner, Rodney L. White. The Center receives support from its endowment and from annual contributions from its Members. The Center sponsors a wide range of financial research. It publishes a working paper series and a reprint series. It holds an annual seminar, which for the last several years has focused on household financial decision making. The Members of the Center gain the opportunity to participate in innovative research to break new ground in the field of finance. Through their membership, they also gain access to the Wharton School's faculty and enjoy other special benefits. Abstract We model the conditional mean and volatility of stock returns as a latent vector autoregressive (VAR) process to study the contemporaneous and intertemporal relationship between expected returns and risk in a flexible statistical framework and without relying on exogenous predictors. We find a strong and robust negative correlation between the innovations to the conditional moments that leads to pronounced counter-cyclical variation in the Sharpe ratio. We document significant lead-lag correlations between the conditional moments that also appear related to business cycles. Finally, we show that although the conditional correlation between the mean and volatility is negative, the unconditional correlation is positive due to the lead-lag correlations.


We study the spacetime structures of the static solutions in the n-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-{lambda} system systematically. We assume the Gauss-Bonnet coefficient {alpha} is non-negative and a cosmological constant is either positive, zero, or negative. The solutions have the (n-2)-dimensional Euclidean submanifold, which is the Einstein manifold with the curvature k=1, 0, and -1. We also assume 4{alpha}-tilde/l{sup 2}{ 0. The divergent behavior around the singularity in Gauss-Bonnet gravity is milder than that around the central singularity inmore » general relativity. There are three types of horizons: inner, black hole, and cosmological. In the k=1,0 cases, the plus-branch solutions do not have any horizon. In the k=-1 case, the radius of the horizon is restricted as r{sub h} {radical}(2{alpha}-tilde)) in the plus (minus) branch. The black hole solution with zero or negative mass exists in the plus branch even for the zero or positive cosmological constant. There is also the extreme black hole solution with positive mass. We briefly discuss the effect of the Gauss-Bonnet corrections on black hole formation in a collider and the possibility of the violation of the third law of the black hole thermodynamics.« less


The Arab-Israeli conflict appears to be one of the multiple cases where the weight of history, added to the burden of everyday colonial practices and geo-political and economic machinations, condemns the present to the repetition of violence. Sixty years after their eviction, Palestinian refugees have lives marked by a collective trauma. Some of them were well integrated in the host societies but the loss of their homes and property remains a persistent nightmare, while others are subjects to two types of trauma: historical one related to the Nakba ("the catastrophe") and a structural one related to the harsh living conditions and institutional discrimination in the Arab host countries (such as Lebanon and Egypt). However, one can wonder whether the omnipresence of the past in the daily life of the Palestinian refugees is unique. The answer is definitely no. What [Koss and Auzas 2008] call the "patrimonialization of the past" is indeed a global phenomenon. This patrimonialization trend has been accompanied by the emergence of the figure of the witness, in contrast to the expert who has lost his credibility with the public. Individual memory has become a very important source for historians in the production of legitimate knowledge. The presence of the past in our lives has taken different shapes, to the point that the boundaries between present, past and future have blurred. The identities allow the actors to mobilize them in favor of the political forces that refer to the past, not only to construct the narrative of their existence as a continual project, but also to legitimize it and to claim the rights of recognition, reparation and restitution. In the name of the ethics, the injustice of the past becomes more important than the inequality of the present [Koss and Auzas 2008]. Right to memory, the wave of memorialization, as well as the use of law to legitimize the positive character of colonization are all symptoms of this general new trend. The new discipline, transitional justice, emerged in the beginning of the 1990s against the amnesia that has struck post-conflict societies, calling for the importance of memory and memorialization as one of the approaches to victim-centered justice. This paper will explore some of the ways in which Palestinian refugees from Haifa have reported the war of 1948, their expulsion, and the social and cultural life of pre-war Haifa, including encounters between Arabs and Jews. In this last matter/subject, there is a discrepancy between the written and oral histories. Oral history has better reflected the イスラーム世界研究 第 3 巻 1 号(2009 年 7 月)176–191 頁 Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, 3-1 (July 2009), pp.176–191


Piloted simulation studies have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two pitch active control systems (PACS) on the flying qualities of a wide-body transport airplane when operating at negative static margins. These two pitch active control systems consisted of a simple 'near-term' PACS and a more complex 'advanced' PACS. Eight different flight conditions, representing the entire flight envelope, were evaluated with emphasis on the cruise flight conditions. These studies were made utilizing the Langley Visual/Motion Simulator (VMS) which has six degrees of freedom. The simulation tests indicated that (1) the flying qualities of the baseline aircraft (PACS off) for the cruise and other high-speed flight conditions were unacceptable at center-of-gravity positions aft of the neutral static stability point; (2) within the linear static stability flight envelope, the near-term PACS provided acceptable flying qualities for static stabilty margins to -3 percent; and (3) with the advanced PACS operative, the flying qualities were demonstrated to be good (satisfactory to very acceptable) for static stabilty margins to -20 percent.


The resilience of an ecosystem is defined as the ability to resist the changing environmental conditions. It shows the potential of an ecosystem to cope up with the disturbances lasting after adverse changes. In case of corals, such changes are evident by alteration in the patterns of growth, calcification, morphology and reproduction. The focus of the present study is to report the delayed recovery of the Porites spp. of Gulf of Kachchh, Arabian Sea, India after the mass bleaching event of 2010 and to derive a probable reasons for such delayed recovery compared to other coral species.


Chassis part in automotive body is affected by fatigue load at driving on the ground. Universal joint on this part is influenced extremely by the fatigue load. Fatigue life, damage and natural frequency are analyzed at universal joint under nonuniform fatigue load. The york part at universal joint is shown with the maximum equivalent stress and displacement of 60.755 MPa and 0.21086 mm as strength analysis. The possible life in use in case of 'SAE bracket' is the shortest among the fatigue loading lives of 'SAE bracket', 'SAE transmission' and 'Sine Wave'. The damage at loading life of 'SAE transmission' is the least among 3 types. The frequency of damage in case of 'Sine Wave' is 0.7 with the least among 3 fatigue loading life types but this case brings the most possible damage as 80% at the average stress of 0. Natural vibration at this model is analyzed with the orders of 1'st to 5'th and maximum frequency is shown as 701.73 Hz at 5'th order. As the result of this study is applied by the universal joint on chassis part, the prevention on fatigue damage in automotive body and its durability are predicted.


Here we are taking database of 264 sketch-photo pairs consisting of 50 forensic images. we are proposing a forensic sketch recognition system in which we are going to use SIFT and MLBP algorithms for feature extraction with an LFDA framework for dimensionality reduction. SIFT and MLBP are used for feature extraction. Training is applied to all sketches and photos in database. We will calculate the accuracy of matched sketch and photo pair by its rank. Rank 1 will be the maximum matched features and Rank 50 will be least matched


The first doctor to be elected president of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Alan Mitchell, explains how the pandemic has affected its work


With the improvement of the international status of China,the Chinese way of medical education and the treatment level have been recognized by the countries all over the world.More and more foreign students come to China for medical education.Our school began to recruit foreign medical students since September 2006.In this paper,we will talk about some experiences during the students' clinical practice in obstetrics and gynecology in Zhejiang University recent years.