This paper is an attempt to find out the relationship of teacher effectiveness with job satisfaction among secondary school women teachers in the state of Karnataka. Kulsum Teacher Effectiveness Scale (KTES) by Kulsum (2000) and Job Satisfaction Scale by Singh & Sharma (1999) were administered on a sample of 400 women teachers randomly selected from Raichur, Yadgir, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts of Karnataka. The study revealed a significant difference in teacher effectiveness among women teachers with high, average and low level of job satisfaction. Women teachers with high level of job satisfaction are higher in teacher effectiveness than teachers with average or low level of job satisfaction. Teacher effectiveness and job satisfaction are positively and significantly related. There exists a positive significant relationship between teacher effectiveness and job satisfaction among women teachers working in urban areas and government schools but a positive insignificant relationship between teacher effectiveness and job satisfaction among women teachers working in rural areas and private schools.


A 50-ns digital image signal processor (DISP)-an image/video application-specific VLSI chip-is discussed. This chip integrates 538 K transistors and dissipates 1.4 W at a 40-MHz clock. It is based on a 24-b fixed-point architecture with a five-stage pipeline. The DISP features a real-time processing capability realized by an enhanced parallel architecture, video-oriented data processing functions, and an instruction cycle time that is typically 35 ns, and 50 ns at worst. This 50-ns cycle time allows the DISP to execute mor than 60-million operations per second (MOPS). High-density 1.0- mu m CMOS technology allows numerous on-chip features, including specified resources optimized for image processing. This allows a flexible hardware implementation of various algorithms for picture coding. Several circuit design techniques that are intended to attain a fast instruction cycle are reviewed, including distributed instruction decoding and a hierarchical clocking circuit. The LSI has been designed by the extensive use of a cell-based design method. The processor incorporates a sophisticated testing function compatible with a cell-based design environment. >


In this study we tried to measure the effect of magnetic field on the dielectric properties of BaTiO₃-MgFe₂O₄ soft magnetic composite. Composites with different weight percents of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases were subjected to magnetic field in the order of 0 to 450 Oe and the variation of the dielectric properties was observed. The Variation of dielectric polarization was discussed in terms of Maxwell-Wagner type polarization in particulate composites.


Glucocorticoids are stress‐responsive neuroendocrine mediators and play an important role in malignant progression, especially in solid tumours. We demonstrate a novel mechanism by which glucocorticoids modulate p53‐dependent miR‐145 expression in HPV‐positive cervical cancer cells through induction of E6 proteins. We found that expression of miR‐145 was reduced in cervical cancer tissues. Cortisol induced HPV‐E6 expression and suppressed p53 and miR‐145 in cervical cancer cells. MiR‐145 expression in cervical cancer cells was wild‐type p53‐dependent, and cortisol‐induced down‐regulation of miR‐145 expression prevented chemotherapy‐induced apoptosis, whereas over‐expression of miR‐145 enhanced sensitivity to mitomycin and reversed the chemoresistance induced by glucocorticoids. We also show that miR‐145 augments the effects of p53 by suppressing the inhibitors of p53 in cervical cancer cells, suggesting that miR‐145 plays a role in p53 tumour suppression. Finally, we demonstrate that miR‐145 inhibits both the motility and invasion of cervical cancer cells. Our findings identify a novel pathway through which the neuroendocrine macroenvironment affects cervical tumour growth, invasion and therapy resistance and show that miR‐145 may serve as a target for cervical cancer therapy. Copyright © 2012 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Aiming at optimization of multi-source and multi-sink path selection of logistics supply and considering the limitations of distance, time and cost, this paper, with the goal of minimum obstruction strength, constructs a multi-source and multi-sink path optimization model under the influence of multiple factors, and gives a genetic algorithm to solve the model and make analysis on the examples. The results show that the proposed algorithm has achieved good effects, which provides new solutions for the selection of this path.


Since its publication, The Narrow Corridor, co-authored by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, has been on the Best Book lists. Building on their earlier joint works on the role of institutions in development, in this book the authors seek to present a theory of sustainable development, covering a wide historical and geographical domain. The authors state that they benefited from the contributions of more than forty researchers who contributed to the book with interesting historical country episodes. Both the focus on the interaction between norms and the state to explain the development phenomena, and the many interesting narratives covered to explain this interaction are the book's novelty. The book's focus is on exploring the conditions for sustainable development. The authors argue that these conditions can only be attained in a narrow corridor, characterized by the balance of competition and cooperation between the state power and social norms. They call the extreme state power as Despotic Leviathan and the other extreme as the cage of norms. The ideal case, according to the authors, is called the Shackled Leviathan, which they argue as possible when the Red Queen effect takes place. This allegory is used throughout the book to describe effective institutional change, which is the common theme of the new institutional economics literature. Using such allegories frequently, and in view of many narratives presented in the book, the authors conclude that the corridor leading to sustainable development is so narrow that is very difficult to get into; but is also easy to get out, unless the Red Queen shackles the Leviathan (connotations reserved). The authors start the book by explaining the concept of Despotic Leviathan via linking the epic of Gilgamesh to the Syrian regime. In the first chapter, the Leviathan forms are presented as Absent, Despotic and Shackled, the last of which is argued to be the most conducive to sustainable development. The book's objective is stated as to explain the conditions for striking a balance between social norms and state repression, that is to attain the Shackled Leviathan. Narrating the history of ancient city-states of Athens to motivate to the concept of the cage of norms and the emergence of the state, the following chapters progress with the historical episodes of forty some countries that are scattered over time and globe. However, the chapters do not exhibit a systematic treatment of the relationship between the evolution of norms and the state, which is probably because there is indeed no clear theory behind it. I think that the book would have been much better organized and easier read had it started


The technology in such fields as industry,agriculture,etc has been increasingly developed with the development of the society.The advance laser technology provides the technology support for the above technology,and promotes their development.In this article,the application and development of laser technology in the fields of military, industry,medicine and agriculture etc was described in detail.


Lithium cobalt nanoferrites having the compositional formula Li0.5-x/2CoxFe2.5-x/2O4 with x varying from 0.00 to 0.12 in steps of 0.03 were prepared by the chemical sol–gel method. Samples were heated at two different temperatures namely 300°C and 500°C for 4 h. Structural characterization of the samples was done using X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and confirmed the formation of single phase with spinel structure in all the samples. From the XRD data, the lattice parameter was calculated and found to range from 82.87–83.35 nm while the crystallite size was found to be in the range 17–34 nm. Microstructural studies were carried out using the Scanning Electron Microscopy and revealed the microstructures with grain size ranging from 35–70 nm. Electrical properties like dielectric constant, dielectric loss and AC conductivity for these nanoferrites were investigated. The frequency variation of room temperature dielectric constant, dielectric loss and AC conductivity were studied in the frequency range 100 Hz–1 MHz, and a dispersive behavior was observed, which has been attributed to the Maxwell–Wagner type of interfacial polarization.


This essay aims to investigate the use of an origin-ID within the Beaker Complex, as defined by John C. Barrett, seen through their different expressions of use in ceramic form and ornamentation, a ...


Increasing free movement could be seen as way to adress the stated creativity deficit, in that new ideas will result from the meeting of different minds. But free movement depends on an infrastructure that lets people move without having to change, without having to translate their present self into a new situation. The free mover is part of a selection with a shared similarity, which decreases the level of difference. The paper proposes that a better way to order the university as a place is by the principle of contiguity, because it increases the level of difference in a syntagmatic bringing together of entities.


Recent improvements have been made to Boeing's version of the 2 -D SCHNOZ nozzle performance code to predict the 3 -D external effects on overexpanded and underexpanded single -expansion ramp nozzles. A simple method has been developed to map a 2 -D lateral nozzle solution onto a 2 -D vertical nozzle solution to estimate the effects of lateral shock or expansion waves on the nozzle body surface pressure distribution. The methodology is validated for both overexpanded and underexpanded nozzle flowfields by comparison to 3 -D CFD solutions. Comparisons of body surface press ure, as well as integrated forces and moments on the nozzle, are presented for three freestream conditions: 1) Mach 0.7, 0 degrees angle of attack, 135 psf dynamic pressure, 2) Mach 1.2, 0 degrees angle of attack, 520 psf dynamic pressure, and 3) Mach 6, 4 degrees angle of attack, 1500 psf dynamic pressure. All comparisons show that the proposed methodology more accurately models the 3 -D surface pressure distribution, and significantly improves predictions of integrated forces and moments on single expans ion ramp nozzles.


CASE SUMMARY A 38-year-old female native of Rochester, NY, with medical history significant for Crohn disease, treated with infliximab, azathioprine, and prednisone (20 mg daily) was admitted on September 4, 2020 for a flare of her illness. Computed tomography (CT) angiography of the chest obtained to evaluate right upper chest pain showed patchy infiltrate surrounding an irregular focal consolidation in the right upper lung. Upon discharge, the chest pain disappeared, and the patient was advised to repeat imaging in 3 months. Her prednisone dose was doubled for her Crohn disease. On October 1, her chest pain returned, worsened by inspiration. She was seen in the emergency department where repeat CT angiography revealed enlargement of the previous right upper lung consolidation. She was given a 7-day empiric course of amoxicillin-clavulanate pending a follow-up pulmonology appointment. In the interval, her chest pain worsened, and she developed a nonproductive cough and night sweats. On October 21, she underwent outpatient bronchoscopy. Bronchial washings and right upper lung bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) Gram stains showed greater than 25 neutrophils and less than 10 squamous cells. Gram-positive cocci were present in the Gram stain of the cytospin smear. No acid-fast bacilli grew in culture. The fungal smear of fluid from the BAL was negative during hospitalization. The aerobic culture of the BAL grew less than 10,000 colonyforming units of contaminating flora from the upper respiratory tract. None of the samples grew Legionella species. The patient was admitted on October 25 with worsening chest pain, production of brown sputum, onset of chills, and poor oral intake. Her temperature was 39.9°C, with a heart rate of 126 beats per minute, blood pressure of 116/64 mm Hg, respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute, and oxygen saturation of 98% on room air. Physical examination was significant for diminished breath sounds in the right upper lung fieldwithout signs of consolidation. The complete blood cell count was 25.4 cells/μL, with 88.1% granulocytes, 1% lymphocytes, 4% monocytes, and 0.2% eosinophils. She had a hemoglobin level of 11.6 g/dL and platelet count of 648,000 elements/μL. Her lactate level was 3.4 mmol/L; sedimentation rate, 130 mm/h; and C-reactive protein level, 487 mg/mL. Shewas treated empirically for sepsis from presumed pulmonary source with intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam, vancomycin, and azithromycin. Repeat CT angiography of the chest revealed interval increase in size of the right upper lobe consolidation, with new central cavitation, and extensive patchy ground glass and consolidative opacities throughout both lungs (Fig. 1).


In this chapter Mapes elaborates on the rhetorical strategies of historicity, simplicity, lowbrow appreciation, pioneer spirit, and locality/sustainability. She turns to a data set of 90 corresponding Instagram (@nytfood) posts, documenting the multimodal tactics by which food media writers and users perform a kind of acceptable or "palatable" eliteness. One such tactic is the framing of "rough" and "refined," and the juxtaposition of various forms of supposedly low and highbrow cultural artifacts or practices. These tactics, in turn, help establish two interdependent strategies or rhetorics for manufacturing status in capitalist society: fetishism and condescension. She argues that these two processes support the production and maintenance of elite authenticity and class privilege.


Decision tree classification method is an effective instance-based learning and data-mining method. In this paper, several decision tree classification algorithms were analyzed, including ID3 and C4.5 algorithm, followed by some improved algorithms. Taylor series and Maclaurin's series are applied to simplify the information gain ratio formula in which way the time efficiency of calculation can be improved. The improved C4.5 algorithm can be applied in the student employment recommendation system. Through this improved C4.5 decision tree algorithm, graduates could have a good guide while seeking for a job and teachers could also help their students in decision-making and job recommendation.


This chapter represents the fabrication and implementation of a novel sensor prototype developed from 3D printed mold-based technique. 3D printing was done to develop molds of specific dimensions where the casting of Graphite and PDMS was done to develop the electrodes and substrates of the sensor patches respectively. The developed sensors were used for monitoring straininduced physiological movements by attaching them to different joints of the body. They were also employed for low-force sensing where identical objects with different weights were positioned in the sensing area of the patches to determine their responses.


Introduction: In this study, we aimed to determine the clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of patients aged 65 years and older admitted to emergency department. Materials and Methods: In this study, emergency department admissions of patients aged 65 years and older between September 2007 and September 2011 were retrieved from digital database and patient files were obtained from the archive to retrospectively assess. Patient data were recorded on previously prepared standard study forms. Results: During this four-year period admitted to the emergency department among 128.155 patients 12.888 (10.05%) were 65 years and older. Among 1719 admissions data of which were retrieved, 903 (52.5%) were male and 816 (47.5%) were female, the mean age was 74.66±6.68 years and mortality rate was 11.5%. While mean age and ratio of widowhood in female patients were higher, ratio of married and had a higher education level in male patients were higher. The most common presenting symptom to emergency department was dyspnea (27.9%); mortality rate among those presenting with altered consciousness and out of vehicle traffic accident was higher. 41.2% of the patients were treatment and managed at emergency department. During the study period 213 patients admitted emergency department more than once. Those admitting emergency department repeatedly had a lower mean age, a higher educational level; they were also more commonly residing at the city center. Conclusion: To better care for the elderly patients, hospitals should employ educated staff and be equipped with necessary equipment to meet the specific demands of elderly people at emergency department, the entrance door of the hospitals.


SUBTITLE: AIRPORT OPERATORS AND AIRLINES HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT HANDLING BAGGAGE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS HANDLING PASSENGERS: MIKE SWINDELL REPORTS ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS FIELD.


It has been conjectured that "Culture is an optimizing process". That is, the social structures that emerge in a given organization support the efficient solution of problems that the organization must deal with. Here we will present an escalating sequence of static problems to our system. Our goal will be to study how the social network infrastructure affects the overall performance of social system of a given complexity. We develop a Cultural Engine metaphor in terms of measures used to describe the entropy of each of the Cultural Algorithm components. The influence function worked analogous to Maxwell's Demon in order to inject new entropy into the system so as to counteract the effect of the second law of thermodynamics. We then applied the system to the solution of a 150 randomly generated problems of varying complexity produced by a problem generation system based upon complexity theory.


Abstract During acceleration and deceleration processes of a bearing, the kinetic relationship of collision and friction between the cage and the rolling element is complex, which has an important influence on the dynamic characteristics and stability of the rolling bearing. In this study, experimental investigation of the dynamic motions of a cage under various external radial loads was performed during acceleration and deceleration for an angular contact ball bearing with a constant axial load of 100 N. In a bearing test rig, cage motion in the axial and radial directions is measured via laser sensors; the bearing inner ring speed and the cage speed are measured by using eddy current and photoelectric speed sensors, respectively. The results reveal that acceleration and deceleration of the bearing significantly affect the dynamic characteristics of the cage. During the acceleration process, there is a critical speed at which the cage forms a circular whirl orbit. When the inner ring speed is lower than the critical speed, the mass center of the cage swings along the guide land but enters a circular whirl orbit once the critical speed is exceeded. Further, the greater the acceleration and radial load, the higher the critical speed. Similar results are revealed during the deceleration process. In addition, the cage slip ratio is proportional to the acceleration. Conversely, the cage slip ratio is inversely proportional to the radial load; however, the increasing radial load has minimal effect on cage slip rate when the radial load is greater than 100 N.


This paper presents a comparison of tropopause heights and double tropopause frequency between radiosondes and modern reanalyses. Most modern reanalyses on average reproduce the radiosonde tropopause heights very well, except for MERRA-2, which is biased high by ∼ 0.5 km. Double tropopause frequency is generally underesti-mated by the reanalyses, as expected due to their relatively coarse vertical resolution. In overall agreement with previous estimates, an upward tropopause trend is found based on radiosondes and reanalyses. Double tropopause frequency is found to show an increasing climate trend. The authors also show results based on a tropopause-break relative latitude coordinate, which shows sharper structures in the subtropics and is useful for deducing tropopause-based tropical width trends. Overall this is a nice study, which can serve as important reference for future estimates of tropopause characteristics and associated trends. My main suggestion is to try harder to interpret some of the findings, see detailed comment below. In its current form the paper is very descriptive and leaves almost all of the deeper understanding of its main results to future studies, which is fine for some results, but others would strongly benefit from a bit more analysis, which I'd think is meaningful within the scopes of the current paper. work, of of


It is a significant work in higher vocational education reform to push " double certifications" system vigorously and promote the innovation of talent training model.In order to promote " double certifications" system,teachers should actively take part in the reform and play the role well with effort.


In this paper we present an approach for statistical modeling and estimation with finite data. This problem is motivated by the need to provide a framework for highly non-stationary situations where the complexity of the environment often exceeds the ability to collect meaningful data. In communication systems this situation arises when the coherence time is significant relative to the delay spread. Historically, statistical methods address this issue by appealing to the Ockham's razor principle and this has led to several approaches which in general result in optimizing a combination of model complexity and empirical error for choosing estimates. Although these approaches provide meaningful estimates in the limit of large enough data, they are not applicable to finite data situations.


BackgroundSalt dependency of blood pressure (BP) characterizes most models of experimental hypertension in which endothelins play a significant vasoconstrictor role. Despite this, there are no data on the regulation of plasma endothelin by salt balance in human hypertension. Methods and ResultsPlasma endothelin was measured in 47 patients with essential hypertension. Endothelin, catecholamine, and plasma renin activity (PRA) responses to 24-hour sodium deprivation (↓Na) were assessed in 29 of these patients. Endothelin was higher in hypertensive patients (4.6±0.2 fmol/mL) than in 20 control subjects (3.3±0.3 fmol/mL, P <0.002), was correlated with BP, and was negatively associated with PRA (P <0.04). Salt-sensitive, salt-resistant, and indeterminate groups were defined by the tertiles of the t statistic for the difference in BP before and after ↓Na. Systolic BP falls were −15±1, −2±2, and −9±1 mm Hg, respectively. PRA, its response to ↓Na, and its level after ↓Na were lowest (albeit nonsignificant) in salt-sensitive patients. Baseline catecholamine and endothelin levels did not differ among the groups. In response to ↓Na, catecholamines increased more significantly in salt-sensitive patients (+2.4±0.9 nmol/L) than in the other groups (0.4±0.2 and 0.7±0.2 nmol/L for indeterminate and salt-resistant groups, respectively;P <0.03), whereas endothelin increased in the salt-sensitive group (0.8±0.3 fmol/mL), decreased in the salt-resistant group (−0.4±0.3 fmol/mL), and sustained minimal change in the indeterminate group (0.2±0.3 fmol/mL) (P <0.04). Thus, endothelin levels in the salt-depleted state were highest in salt-sensitive patients (5.2±0.4 fmol/mL) versus the other groups (3.4±0.4 and 4.4±0.4 fmol/mL for salt-resistant and indeterminate groups, respectively) (P <0.02). Changes in endothelin during ↓Na and levels after ↓Na were correlated with changes in catecholamines (P <0.02). ConclusionsOur data suggest that salt-depleted salt-sensitive hypertensives with blunted renin responses exhibit enhanced catecholamine-stimulated endothelin levels and may therefore respond better than unselected patients with essential hypertension to endothelin receptor blockers.


The image forming apparatus capable of saving resources is disclosed. When at least to support the resource saving mode that includes a feature image forming apparatus includes a storage unit for storing the predetermined function used during link, select resource saving mode for selecting a resource-saving mode, and the button is selected, the group by applying a predetermined function in the operation a control unit that performs resource saving mode. Accordingly, it is possible at the same time as saving resources can be achieved for user convenience. Eco Print (eco printing), resource saving mode


Interprofessional education is a pedagogical approach which allows health care practitioners to develop a clear understanding and appreciation of the roles, expertise, and unique contributions of their disciplines as well as those of the other participating health care providers. It also helps build effective team relationships which is essential for optimal health care delivery. Interactive virtual simulation environments, such as serious games, can be used to augment traditional classroom-based interprofessional teaching methods as multiple team members may participate in the simulation simultaneously regardless of their physical location or time of day. Here we describe the Interprofessional Care Simulator for interprofessional education.


Recently, sciences of complexity and chaos have been applied to the study of phenomena in sport with a view to enhancing understanding of approaches to performance, training and coaching (e.g. Mack et al., 2000; Mayer-Kress 2001). For example, applications of nonlinear dynamics to the study of skilled performance and learning, have modelled athletes as dynamical movement systems (e.g. Davids, et al. 2002). Movement coordination and control in sport performers involves two dimensions: (i) coordination between important limb segments over space and time to ensure appropriate temporal sequencing in the movements of joint segments when performing actions such as kicking or running; and (ii) coordination of effectors constrained by important objects, surfaces or events in the environment (Turvey, 1990). These applications are beginning to provide useful insights into processes of motor skill acquisition for players and coaches. The aims of this paper are to: (i) present a theoretical overview of complex, dynamical movement systems which are relevant for the study of coordination processes; (ii) review some of the key constraints on emergent coordination processes; and (iii) draw some implications for coaching behaviours, such as the use of the augmented feedback, from a constraints-led approach.


Scientific web publishing offers an attractive bundle of phenomena for feminist technoscientific investigation. This article focuses on research articles in scientific journals and aims at identifying a range of exclusionary practices in the current publishing system, which need to be critically addressed. For this purpose, the functionalities of digital objects are studied using the analogy of a piezoelectric crystal as a transducer in obstetric ultrasonography (Karen Barad 2001). This is embedded in the idea that scholarly communication, and publishing in particular, is characterized by an economy based on gift-giving-for-recognition.


This paper aims to provide an introduction to scenario-based thinking and planning and to encourage the use of this method in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by entrepreneurs. Because of their nature and size, the activities of SMEs in dynamic and indefinite environments are more than large companies. To maintain competitiveness, they have to anticipate market environmental changes and to be able to match their business activities to those changes. Scenario-based planning is a tool that can provide such capability. It increases companies' power in facing with environmental changes and decision makers will consider more aspects in selecting alternatives. The present paper reviews scenario-based analysis and its application in market forecasting. In parallel with this goal, some explanations in relation to scenariobased planning, historical background, applications and method of its use are presented first. Then, its application in SMEs is reviewed and finally, research model will be presented.


This paper outlines the effectiveness of an undergraduate mentoring program offered through the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland in retaining historically marginalized undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (STEM-CS) majors. Each undergraduate teacher/mentor (called an Ambassador) is responsible for providing support for current university students or for K-12 computing outreach programs. Enrollment and survey data show that the Ambassador program is successful in retaining undergraduate computing majors in STEM-CS. Ambassadors indicated that they appreciated the community aspect of the Ambassador program and they felt empowered to solve diversity problems in STEM-CS.


Aims  In order to perform euglycaemic clamp studies in Type 2 diabetic patients, plasma glucose must be reduced to normal levels. This can be done either (i) acutely during the clamp study using high‐dose insulin infusion, or (ii) slowly overnight preceding the clamp study using a low‐dose insulin infusion. We assessed whether the choice of either of these methods to obtain euglycaemia biases subsequent assessment of glucose metabolism and insulin action.


This paper proposes a new ZCS non-isolated bidirectional buck-boost DC-DC converter for energy storage applications. The conventional bidirectional converter was derived with auxiliary resonant cell to obtain ZCS turn-on/turn-off condition of the main switches. The proposed converter was operated in boost and buck modes with soft-switching operations in order to minimize the current stresses and switching losses, because the resonating current for the zero current switching does not flow through the main switches. The converter has an improved overall efficiency than the hard-switching converter, for high power energy storage applications. This paper mainly describes the operation principles of the proposed topology and experimental verification of theoretical analysis of the simulation results.


Planetesimal orbital evolution in a resisting medium near an accreting protoplanet has been studied to explore mechanisms for capture into Trojan and satellite orbits. Various mechanisms for capture into libration have been proposed (11, e.g., increase in Jupiter/Sun mass ratio, change in jovian orbital radius, and collisions of asteroids with interplanetary dust. Our studies include effects of solar nebula gas drag on orbital evolution. Since Jupiter is largely composed of gases thought to have been accreted from the solar nebula by a proto-Jupiter core of -15 M , any model that considers effects of a growing Jupiter on nearby p l anetgs ima l s must also consider the effects of the gas on those same bodies. In general, the gas deviates from keplerian motion, causing secular decay of planetesimal orbits, as well as damping eccentricity. We have numerically explored motion of bodies near Jupiter under the effect of a resisting medium. We integrate the equations of motion, using the formalism of the planar restricted three-body problem, mod i f ied to i nc I ude effects by gas drag and a growing Jupiter. In our tentative scenario for the origin of Trojan asteroids, bodies are first trapped in horseshoe-type libration, then into orbits around a single Lagrange point by an increase in Jupiter's mass. Gas drag causes planetesimals to move inward on decaying orbits until they approach that of Jupiter, providing a steady-state population of temporary horseshoe librators. Accordingly, our numerical experiments started bodies in dragperturbed orbits outside Jupiter's orbit. An unexpected result was that only a few cases reached Jupiter's orbit; most became trapped in stable resonances. Viewed in the rotating reference frame, the resonant orbits display stationary multilobed patterns. They are clearly commensurabilities of the type j:(J+1), with J an integer (the number of lobes = j). Figure 1 shows examples for = 10 4, a secondary mass 1/10 that of Jupiter. The phase of each pattern is such that closest approach occurs after conjunction. Each encounter thereby gives the particle additional heliocentric angular momentum that compensates for that lost by drag during a synodic period. As seen in Fig. 1, higher drag tends to yield higher-order resonances for a given P. These allow closer approaches and a larger angular momentum increment per encounter, which compensates for the longer synodic period. We have also explored thejeffect of different drag parameters on a single resonance ( 3 :4 ) , at ?J = 10 (Fig. 2). As drag is increased, the phase of the pattern shifts, decreasing the closest approach distance. The resonance is stable at least over a factor of eight in drag parameter (corresponding to a range of planetesimal size or gas density). The combination of different resonances, and variable phase within each resonance, ensures trapping for a wide range of conditions. As an extreme example, we found a stable orbit in 14:15 resonance for a secondary of 1 M . These orbits are examples o? an effect predicted by Greenberg (21, who showed that damping of eccentricity near a commensurability would produce a secular change in semimajor axis, pushing a small body away from its perturber. Greenberg considered explicitly only resonances inside the perturber's orbit, to explain the origin of Cassinils division, but the same formalism applies to external resonances. When there is a secular decrease in semimajor axis due to gas drag, an equilibrium state can be attained in which drag and gravitational torques balance. This equilibrium is stable since the gravitational torque increases closer to exact resonance.


In plasma, alteration of drug binding results in a decrease (or an increase) in the unbound fraction of a drug and thus in a reduced (or increased) effect. This classical sentence encountered in numerous articles on veterinary pharmacology is almost invariably wrong. It stems from a major confusion between two variables: the free fraction of a drug in plasma (fu) and its free plasma concentration (Cfree). For most drugs, effects are governed by free drug concentrations and therefore can be altered by factors which modify the free drug concentration, which is not equivalent to changing the free drug fraction, as explained in this note.


In this article it is described and analyzed the morphosyntactic aspects of the terms of the Building Technician universe, based on the proposal elaborated by Alves (2004). To have this work done, the following steps were necessary: (i) reading texts that deal with morphosyntax and bibliographical researches of texts and scientific works on the terminology universe of the Building Technician; (ii) survey of terms recorded in the studied terminology ; (iii) selection of the corpus, through a linguistic corpora processing program; (iv)  the syntactic processes identification to then describe and analyze the data. The results show that in the used sample the syntagmatic compounds represent the most productive formation process, together with the syntagmatic compositions, corresponding to 48.6% and 44.3%, respectively, of the total of 255 occurrences. It is intended, therefore, to contribute to the morphosyntactic studies of the areas of specialty in Portuguese Language.


Some of the most dramatic effects of climate change have been observed in the Earth's polar regions. In Greenland, ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet has accelerated in recent years [Shepherd et al., 2012]. Outlet glaciers are changing their behavior rapidly, with many thinning, retreating, and accelerating [Joughin et al., 2004]. The loss of ice weighing on the crust and mantle below has allowed both to rebound, resulting in high rock uplift rates [Bevis et al., 2012]. Changes in ice cover and meltwater production influence sea level and climate feedbacks; they are expected to contribute to increasing vulnerability to geohazards such as landslides, flooding, and extreme weather.


The invention discloses a prefabricated combined stair. The stair comprises multiple stair steps, the cross section of each stair step comprises a step face side, a lower bottom side and two side edges arranged vertically, the prefabricated combined stair further comprises a stair step groove part, the front face of the stair step groove part is concaved downwards to form a groove, and the stair steps are inserted into the groove to be sequentially extruded and overlapped upwards along the bottom face of the groove in an inclined mode to form a step body. Through the combination of the prefabricated stair steps and the stair step groove part, self-weight extrusion of the stair steps enables the stair steps to be limited inside the groove in the stair step groove part, assembling is quite convenient, and the manufacturing cost is low; meanwhile, the requirement for structural strength of the stair steps is low, in this way, the stair steps can be directly made of light materials, and then the self weight of the whole stair can be greatly reduced.


times of war. A balance unfavorable to military personnel is produced in at least three ways: (a) by the spread., ing of virus infections of the respiratory tract; (b) by the introduction of bacterial strains with great pathogenicity; and (c) by the dissemination of these strains among susceptible recruits. This sequence occurred in World War I. Outbreaks of measles were common at training camps and influenza reached pandemic proportions. Following these virus diseases, hemolytic streptococcus acquired great pathogenicity. In i9i8-i9 this bacterium accounted for at least 242,000 casualties (exclusive of pneumonia and probable streptococcal diseases) in the armed forces. Approximately 7 per cent of the mean annual strength of the armed forces was hospitalized with streptococcal infections; approximately 56,ooo men were crippled with rheumatic fever or acute rheumatism; the mortality rate from streptococcal infection


A technique has been developed that will produce a hysteresis in the electrical conductivity of CdSe. This phenomenon can be used to control the luminous emittance of electroluminescent cells by fabricating a solid state switch made of this CdSe material in series with an electroluminescent element. A panel has been fabricated using a multiplicity of these elements by wiring the EL elements in rows and the CdSe elements in columns. This panel is energized by applying a bias voltage uniformly to all the elements and addressing a particular element with voltage pulses applied by matrix techniques. This paper will describe the principles of operation and outline the construction techniques for this display. The performance characteristics of a 100 element panel will be discussed. This panel, with 20 lines per inch resolution, has been operated with addressing pulses of 25 microseconds duration, and an output brightness of 20 foot-lamberts. The construction process is adaptable to mass production, resulting in an ultimate low cost. The display has memory, thus allowing random access, and operates on very little power. The demonstration of this display represents a significant advancement to the state of the art, since it possesses the characteristics necessary for the development of practical large area displays.


This bachelor thesis deals with the association between the age at menarche and the woman physique. It is focused on external factors that can influence the age at menarche. Studied sample consists of seventy eight young women from the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in the age between 18 and 28. Selected somatic parameters were measured. Women were also asked to fill in a questionnaire concerning relevant facts from their life (as nutrition, family structure, socioeconomic status) that could be related to the age at menarche according to available literature. The obtained results showed statistically significant correlation between the age at menarche of the women and age at menarche of their sisters and mothers indicating genetic base and influence of inheritance. Secular trend between the generation of the mothers and their daughters was observed - the daughters had the menarche in 1.14 year earlier in average. A more pronounced shift between the age at menarche of the daughters and their mothers was assosiated with the higher age at the menarche in mothers. The somatic parameters in the adulthood did not show any statistically significant association with age at menarche. Similarly, there was not found any other statistically significant association of the anamnestic data with age at menarche.


In this paper we have investigated the 3-equitable prime cordial labeling behavior of cycle with one chord, Twin chord, and split graph G.


Objective IL-13 is well known to play important role in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis( AD). The purpose of this study is to investigate the IL-13 polymorphisms for its association with AD. Methods We conducted a case-control study in patients with AD( n = 234) and healthy individuals( n = 411) in Korean- Chinese( n = 294) and Han( n = 360) populations of Yanbian region. The genotypes of SNPs rs1800925 and rs140828306 were determined by the method of SnaPshot Multiplex in 294 Korean-Chinese( 84 patients with AD and 210 healthy individuals) and 360 Han-Chinese( 150 patients with AD and 201 healthy individu- als). Results Both allele and genotype frequency of rs1800925 conformed to the predication of Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium. The frequency of T allele was higher in ethnic Korean campared to Han-Chinese( P = 0. 047),and the frequency of TT genotype was higher in Korean-Chinese compared to Han-Chinese. howev- er,there were no significant difference( P = 0. 094) between two groups. For Korean and Han,both allele and genotype frequency of rs1800925 in patients with AD showed no significant difference between patiens with AD and healthy control group( P 0. 05). Through all the samples from this study showed CC genotype in rs140828306( C / T) Locus. Conclusion The polymorphism of rs1800925 is not associated with susceptibili- ty of AD in Chinese population of Yanbian area. The rs1800925 polymorphism showed a racial difference in Korean and Han Chinese population. There is only genotype( C / T) in rs140828306 in Korean-Chinese and Han-Chinese populations of Yanbian region.


Objective: Gonadal veins carry venous blood from gonads. The right gonadal vein (RGV) drains into inferior vena cava (IVC) directly while left gonadal vein drains into the left renal vein (LRV). However, numerous anatomical variations of gonadal veins which accounts for pathological conditions such as varicocele and pelvic congestion syndrome have been reported. In this study we report such variations observed during a routine cadaver dissection for the first-year dental undergraduates.Methods and material: Dissection was carried out in ten cadavers by the investigators following observation of the variations.Results: Three cadavers out of ten were observed to have variations of the gonadal veins in relation to the number and site of drainage. There were right gonadal veins draining to right renal vein as well as double gonadal veins were observed.Conclusion: A clear understanding of these variations is important for clinicians and radiologists in recognizing and avoiding complications in interventional procedures in the retroperitoneal region. Therefore, we recommend carrying out further studies using a larger sample of Sri Lankan population.


Fog Computing Tri Nguyen Dang, Choong Seon Hong Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 446-701, Korea Email: {trind, firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Cloud Computing is a technological revolution that provides Storage, memory, computational and many applications for the end user. Internet of Things(IoT) has been introduced to raise the number of users connected to the network, which means increased data traffic and envisioned the performance of Cloud server(CP) significantly. The Cloud cannot satisfy the huge demand from network's user. Data offloading is one of the best solutions can be used to avoid this changeling. In this paper, we proposed a distributed Alternating Multiplier Methods(ADMM) to optimizing the performance of offloading algorithm also guarantee the Quality of Service(QoS) for end-user. We have numerically analyzed our system using Julia, the results show that the proposed mechanism has performance and fast convergence to the optimal solution.


In the era of knowledge economy, human resources as the first resource of enterprises have long become a consensus. However, human resource management in my country is still in its infancy. There are few studies on the relationship between the two, and the research conclusions are inconsistent. There are very few subjects for research. As the core of my country is banking industry, state-owned commercial banks affect the development direction of my country's banking industry, and their human resource management has its own unique features. However, due to my country's special national conditions, state-owned commercial banks have not been fully market-oriented, lacking a certain degree of independence and autonomy, and the impact of administrative intervention has led to human resource management in state-owned commercial banks that have not been developed as they should be. In a series of questions, in today's turbulent global financial environment, state-owned commercial banks need to improve their human resource management to enhance their sustainable competitiveness. Based on combing the research on the relationship between human resource management and corporate performance by domestic and foreign scholars and analyzing the status quo and problems of human resource management of state-owned commercial banks, this paper collects data through questionnaires and analyzes the reliability and validity of the data. Then use empirical analysis methods to study the relationship between human resource management of state-owned commercial banks and corporate performance. The research results show that there is a significant positive correlation between the human resource management practices of state-owned commercial banks and corporate performance, that is, improving the level of human resource management can promote the improvement of corporate performance.


This paper supplies the reader with more complete knowledge so that more informed decisions can be made as to how an electrical maintenance program should be developed and enhanced. The paper starts by reviewing some basic concepts of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) with particular attention paid to its subset: Condition Based Maintenance. It then continues by showing the technical and financial advantages that RCM offers over classic Preventive Maintenance approaches. Finally, some of the current methods that are being used to mathematically model test results for the purpose of trending and life prediction are compared and contrasted.


Porphyromonas gingivalis produces proteases capable of degrading cytokines, host heme proteins, and some antimicrobial peptides. In this work, I show that P. gingivalis culture supernatants fully or partially degrade human neutrophil peptide !defensins and human "-defensins after 30 minutes. This observation suggests that proteases from P. gingivalis degrade defensins and this activity could abrogate defensinrelated innate immune functions.


It is now well established that loneliness is related to many poor health outcomes for people in the community. There have been various small studies into loneliness in Australia and all of them show that whenever we research this problem we find people suffering from loneliness. Prevention of loneliness, as well as supporting chronically lonely people out of loneliness, will therefore lead to better mental health for individuals and will have economic benefits for Australia's health system.


ObjectivesEvolution of the ST‐segment during acute myocardial infarction has been shown to yield more information on prognosis than invasive measurements. By continuous ST‐monitoring even very occasional dynamic changes can be analysed. We have recently suggested these variations to be of prognostic importance and possibly reflect individual abilities to deal with a vascular event. We wanted to confirm these findings. MethodsFour hundred and forty‐eight patients were included in the vectorcardiographic sub‐study of the second Assessment of Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic (ASSENT 2) trial. Patients underwent 24 h of ST‐monitoring. ST‐trend curves were blindly analysed by two independent observers. ResultsST‐variability, defined as an increase of the ST‐segment shift of ≥ 25 μV for 2 min or more, was found to predict death, reinfarction at 30 days or urgent revascularization. By combining variability with resolution of the ST‐segment elevation we could identify a high‐risk group with 9.9%, and a low‐risk group with only 0.8% 30‐day mortality. Hypertensive patients, suggested to have an impaired secretion of endogenous t‐PA, expressed significantly more ST‐variability, possibly a non‐invasive marker of impaired capability of dissolving and preventing thrombi. ConclusionSmall variations in ST‐segment shift during the first 4 h of acute myocardial infarction predict worse outcome.


This paper presents a robust positioning algorithm for the fast-response and high-precision machine tool drives. In the research, a robust compensator designed by the H/sub /spl infin// control framework is applied to the positioning system in machine tools, where the resonant vibration suppression, the robust stability against parameter variations of unknown vibration modes, and the fast servo characteristic are paid particular attention to the robust compensator design. As a result, the desired positioning with the robust performance can be achieved. The effectiveness of the proposed controller has been verified by experimental results using a positioning system of industrial machine tools.


This book is for experienced programmers who wish to pursue the subject of programming at a more advanced level. In particular in the proof and analysis of programs. The main aim of the book is therefore to show how the construction, proof and analysis of programs are all closely linked. The book introduces the basic elements which allow formal proof and analysis of iterative programs to be carried out and introduces the concept of recursive programming. It also shows how a recursive program can be converted into an iterative program.


The paper presents sorne results of the measurements carried out, in water, in the axial region of a propeller turbine admission duct (Hy), without runner, and, in air, in an annular section cylindrical duct fed by a radial distributor (1MB) (see Fig. 2). The measurements have been performed with different wicket-gate openings a and the attention has been drawn on the small openings where different phenomena have been observed (see Fig. 1) : a variation of the radial distribution of the tangential velocity near the hub, associated with the arising of a quite forced vortex ; the decrease and sometimes the inversion of the axial velocity; the presence of radial flows directed towards the hub; the drop of the total pressure, due to the viscous dissipation, These phenomena mainly develop in the axial region of the two ducts, rapidly extend their influence and finally settle on a practically constant area (see Fig. II). The distribution of axial and tangential velocity components change almost similarly in the two ducts according to the decrease of the wicket-gate opening, as it can be observed in figures 3 and 4. These figures show the distribution of axial and tangential velocity components divided by the average axial velocity, as a function of the ratio between the radius of the measurement points and the external one in the closest sections of the two ducts (1MB 2 and HyG). The similarity of the flow evolution in the two ducts is even more underlined by the comparison (see Fig. 5-8) of the velocity distributions for comparable values of the m parameter, called swirl rate, defined by the equation (1) and usually utilized in technical literature for the evaluation of the flow vortex intensity. In the diagram of figure 9 the radius limiting the central core, which is characterized by the decrease of axial velocity (ri) and the radius of the core characterized by the quite forced vortex distribution of tangential velocities (rf) have been associated to mparameter values, calculated by means of the geometric data of the duct according to the equation (2). The mand m values have been compared in the diagram of figure 10 versus a. Some experimental tests carried out on the Hy model with runner showed that, at small openings, a central core similar to the one previously described in the case without runner is developed (see Fig. 12). In axial turbines this phenomenon causes efficiency drop and cavitating vortexes which, as it happens without the runner (see Fig. 14), detach near the hub and pass through the runner (see Fig. 15) in a helix spiral form, thus causing vibrations and noise at low operation loads. The operation areas concerned by this phenomenon are indicated in figure 13 on the hill diagrams of a propeller and a Kaplan turbine with medium specific speed.


Previous studies (e.g., Fowler, 1977, 1979; Morton, Marcus, & Frankish, 1976) have shown that listeners' judgments of isochrony in speech are not based on the intervals between onsets of acoustic energy of successive syllables. An alternative proposal is that the perception of isochrony involves computations based on aspects of the amplitude contour of each syllable (Marcus, 1976). The present experiment used the technique of "infinite peak clipping" to assess the importance of the syllable's amplitude contour, particularly the peak increment in spectral energy, to listeners' judgments of isochrony. Infinite peak clipping gives all syllables, regardless of phonetic makeup, the same amplitude contour; only the durations vary. The results indicate that listeners' judgments of isochrony are unaffected by infinite peak clipping and thus are not based on the amplitude contour of syllables. Sequences of digits presented at acoustically regular intervals are perceived to occur with unequal spacing. Moreover, when allowed to adjust the intervals between successive digits until they sound isOChronous, subjects introduce systematic departures from acoustic isochrony (Morton, Marcus, & Frankish, 1976). These departures are such that the tempo~al alignment of a word relative to its neighboring words varies with the duration of acoustic energy prior to the acoustic onset of its vowel. Thus, for example, the acoustic onset-to-onset time, or "syllable-onset-asynchrony," for a word pair such as "eight-six" tends to be shorter than for "six-eight." These findings indicate that listeners' judgments of rhythmicity in speech are not based on the intervals between the onsets of acoustic energy of successive syllables. Morton et a1. proposed that, instead, listene~s judge the timing of word sequences based on reference points, termed "P-centers," within each word. The "P-center" is described as the "psychological moment of occurrence" of a word. Other investigators have identified what is probably the same reference point and have called it a "stress beat" (Allen, 1972; Rapp, 1971). We will use this more descriptive term. Further investigation by Morton et a1. failed to reveal any obvious acoustic markers of stress beats. Specifically excluded as markers were the +Also at Cornell University Medical College, New York. ++Also at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Acknowledgments. We would like to thank Dr. F. S. Cooper for bringing the method of infinite peak clipping to our attention, and T. G. Halwes for help with the stimulus preparation. This work was supported by NINCDS grants NS13617 and NS-13870 and BRS g~ant RR-05596 to the Haskins Laboratories. [HASKINS LABORATORIES: Status Report on Speech Research SR-65 (1981)J


Rajiv Panthary (firstname.lastname@example.com) is Chief Manager working with the Non Farm & Rural Infrastructure Finance team of ICICI Bank. The views expressed in this note are entirely those of the author and do not in any way reflect the views of the Institutions with which he is associated. The author wishes to thank, Mr. D Chattanathan, Assistant General Manager and head of Rural Infrastructure Finance for the invaluable guidance and help in preparation of this paper.


To promote successful use of Assistive Technology (AT) supporting Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and compensating for dyslexia, the last steps of their provision, delivery and instruction, use, maintenance and evaluation, were optimised. In co-creation with all stakeholders based on a list of requirements an integral method and tools were developed.


A sound understanding of the economics of offsets – in particular, of the potential supply of offsets under future market conditions – is critically important for policymakers as they address major design decisions in crafting climate policy. The World Resources Institute, in conjunction with the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI), is conducting a study to examine potential supplies of GHG offsets in a domestic cap and trade system.


When efforts to improve student learning fail, teachers often end up being blamed. Teachers were resistant to new ideas, say the leaders who were working with them. Rather than blame teachers and ask, "Why do teachers resist?" perhaps those of us who lead change should ask, "What can we do to makes it easier for teachers to implement new practices?" Two pioneers in unpacking the meaning of resistance, Miller and Rollnick, have this to say about resistance in counseling and therapy relationships: To use the term "resistance" as explanatory seems to suggest that things are not going smoothly because of something that one person (the client) is doing. ... In a way, it is oxymoronic to say that one person is not cooperating. It requires at least two people to not cooperate, to yield dissonance. (2002, p. 45) We can learn a lot about professional learning if we apply the same kind of thinking to our understanding of "resistant teachers." Consider six questions that can bring to the surface reasons for this dissonance between teachers and change agents. QUESTION #1: Are the Teaching Practices Powerful? In The Evolving Self, Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi describes what's required for one idea to supersede another. "Ideas, values, technologies that do the job with the least demand on psychic energy will survive. An appliance that does more work with less effort will be preferred" (1993, p. 123, emphasis added). Csikszentmihalyi's suggestion that people adopt new ideas or tools that are easier or more powerful also applies to teachers leaving behind old ways of teaching for more effective approaches. Teachers aren't likely to implement new practices unless they are powerful and easy to implement. Indeed, that seems like wise practice. The issue of ease of use will be addressed in question two. Let's begin by considering the need for powerful teaching tools. Of course, few teachers will be motivated to implement a teaching practice if it does not increase student achievement, make content more accessible, improve the quality of classroom conversation, make students happier, increase love of learning, or have some other significant positive impact. Nevertheless, teachers report that they're frequently asked to change in ways that don't make a difference. This situation can arise for at least three reasons. First, not all teaching practices are created equally. Before recommending practices for their schools, consumers of educational interventions must consider the quality of research that supports those practices, the effect sizes or other measures of statistical significance from supportive research studies, and the experiences of other educators. Indeed, change leaders should propose new ways of teaching only if they're confident they will have a positive impact on student achievement. Second, educators should consider student achievement and behavior data from their schools before proposing new ways of teaching. Decision makers should strive to find teaching tools that are the best match for the needs of their students. A highly effective program in one school might be totally ineffective if adopted in a school facing different challenges. School improvement is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Third, even proven, effective programs that are a good match for a school's needs still may not be powerful if teachers don't get sufficient support for high-quality implementation. Our research at the Kansas Coaching Project (Knight and Cornett 2009) indicates that teachers are unlikely to implement a practice successfully, if they implement at all, if they have had only workshops without coaching or other forms of follow-up support. Many teaching practices are sophisticated, and teachers can't be expected to learn them without an opportunity to watch model demonstration lessons, experience job-embedded support, and receive high-quality feedback. …


Methanol extract from cell-free supernatants of Bacillus subtilis B006 suppressed hyphal growth of Fusarium oxysporunm f.sp.cucumerinum more greatly than that of Phytophthora capsici,while suppressed spore germination of F.oxysporunm f.sp.cucumerimerinum less than that of zoospores of P.capsici.The inhibition was not changed when the extract was heated at 60,90,or 120 ℃ for 10 minutes.TLC analysis of the HCL hydrolysis solution of the extract gave rise to orange spots,indicating that the extract belongs to cyclopeptide.HPLC-ESI-MS analysis showed that the extract contained surfactin and fengycin with m/z at 995,1009,1023,1037,1051 and 1436,1450,1478,1492.When cucumber and pepper were planted in sterile nursery substrate inoculated with B006 at 106 cfu g-1,surfactin and fengycin could also be detected with HPLC-ESI-MS from SPE-extracted lipopeptides of roots of the plants at 4 to 6 leaf stage,while not from that of uninoculated plant roots.This research indicated that B.subtilis B006 produced lipopeptides,an important group of antibiotics,in plant rhizosphere,suggesting its possible role in biological control of soilborne plant disease in vivo.


A multimodal embodied interface for 3D navigation was designed as a modular wearable. The user is suspended with a harness controlled by a mechanical Motion Base. This allows both physical and virtual displacement within an immersive virtual environment. Through a combination of passive and active modalities, users are enabled to fly at their own will.


This index presents the list of chapters from the Bible that occur in the book titled I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes: Lyric Cohesion and Conflict in Second Isaiah. The book begins with the proposal that progress could be made in understanding the meaning of Second Isaiah's final arrangement if the widely acknowledged poetic character of these chapters are allowed more fully to inform the discussion of its meaning. This approach requires some methodological clarification regarding the use of lyric poetic tools for interpreting biblical Hebrew poetry.Keywords:Hebrew poetry; lyric poetry; Second Isaiah


Objective To study of specific molecule expression-directed chemotherapy in patients with relapsed ovarian cancer.Methods Retrospectively analysis of 16 cases of relapsed ovarian cancer patients between 2002/1~2003/12,as the experience-directed group(control group),to calculate the response rate.Prospectively recruit 9 cases of relapsed ovarian cancer patients after 2004/1,whose chemotherapy drug choice was based on the expression of 6 molecules (p53,et al.) by means of immunohistochemistry,as the specific molecule expression-directed chemotherapy group,to calculate the response rate.To compare two rates by means of χ~2 test.Results The response rate of experience-directed group was 26%,including 31% for second line and 14% for third line respectively.The response rate of specific molecule expression-directed chemotherapy was 78%,in which 5 cases of early relapse all responsing.The difference was significant (P=0.011).Conclusion The specific molecule expression-directed chemotherapy is a objective,effective and practical drug choice method to treat the relapsed ovarian cancer.


We report the results from an experiment designed to study the development of inequality acceptance from mid-childhood to late adolescence, a period characterized by fundamental neurobiological, cognitive, and institutional changes that potentially are essential in shaping people's fairness perceptions. We find, both for males and for females, a sharp increase in acceptance of inequalities due to differences in individual achievements when children enter adolescence, which we argue reflects both cognitive development and increased exposure to meritocratic institutions. In contrast, acceptance of inequalities due to efficiency considerations appears later in adolescence, and more prominently among males than females. Neither for males nor females do we find any change in selfishness from mid-childhood to late adolescence. Our results show that people's fairness perceptions change fundamentally in adolescence, and that children increasingly accept inequalities as they grow older.


Advanced Data Mining applications require more and more support from relational database engines. Especially clustering applications in high dimensional features space demand a proper support of multiple Top-k queries in order to perform projected clustering. Although some research tackles to problem of optimizing restricted ranking (top-k) queries, there is no solution considering more than one single ranking criterion. This deficit optimizing multiple Topk queries over joins is targeted by this paper from two perspectives. On the one hand, we propose a minimal but quite handy extension of SQL to express multiple top-k queries. On the other hand, we propose an optimized hash join strategy to efficiently execute this type of queries. Extensive experiments conducted in this context show the feasibility of our proposal.


Testing is the most important process for the validation and verification of the industrialized products. Similarly, in the field of software development it counts a lot. Sometimes it becomes difficult to judge the quality of test cases especially in the case of large and complex projects, where not even a single fault is tolerable and can have more consequences. So the solution lies in performing a mutation testing process which is a type of white box testing. In the mutation testing process, the quality of test cases is analyzed by just making mutants of the original code and then by killing them. In this paper, the whole process of mutation testing approach is analyzed and then the process is applied on a piece of code to give the complete step by step description of making and killing the mutants.


A model of dynamic behaviour of quartzite under loading and release is developed, which describes polymorphic transformations and strength properties of this matereal. The model is based on recently obtained data of static, laboratory and large‐scale dynamic experiments. Main peculiarities of dynamic processes in quartzite are taken into account. They are related to considerable non‐equilibrium of polymorphic transformations under loading characterized by large deviation of transformation beginning from equilibrium curve and large length of transformation area; large hysteresis of transformation under loading and release; kinetic nature of transformation. Appropriate quantitative characteristics of transformations are estimated on adiabatic curves of loading and release. Relaxation times of transformations are estimated as well. Conclusions are drawn on the value of residual shear strength. Simulation results are presented for a series of shock experiments used to calibrate the model.


A squall line was recorded in Dayyer port over southwest of Iran, on 19 Mar 2017. In the present paper, we have simulated the characteristic features associated with the squall line by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using five different microphysics (MP) schemes. For validating the simulated characteristics of the squall line, the latitude-height and longitude-height cross section reflectivity and precipitation value derived from observed reflectivity gathered by Doppler Weather Radar at Bushehr, synoptic weather station data at Dayyer port along with NCEP-NCAR and ERA-INTERIM reanalyzes data were used. To verify the simulated precipitation, the Fractions Skill Score (FSS) curve was calculated. Examining the simulation results for geopotential and sea level pressure show that the model simulations using different MP schemes, agree well with the verifying reanalyzes. Also, the spatial rainfall distribution of simulations and verifying observations did not show big differences. However, there are significant differences in the details of simulations such as the maximum reflectivity of the convective cells, vertical extent of the storm cells, speed and direction of the wind, rainfall values and FSS curves. Though, all of the simulations have shown convective cells over Dayyer port at the time of occurrence of the squall line, but, only the model simulation using Lin MP scheme is consistent with the corresponding radar reflectivity and vertical extent. The FSS chart showed that the skill changes with spatial scale. Results using Lin microphysics scheme crossed the FSSuniform line at lower scales when compared to other MP schemes.


A review of the large possibilities of sub-micron gap Suspended-Gate FETs, namely SGFET, to detect chemical and biologic species with high sensitivity, is presented. Examples of detection of humidity, gas, pH of liquid solutions, DNA (through one mutation of BRCA1 gene that is the main indication of the possibility for a woman to have breast cancer) and proteins (through the transferrin that is the only carrier of iron in blood) are presented to highlight these possibilities. The high sensitivity is explained from the charge distribution inside the sub-micron gap due to the high field effect.


In this work, the Ti/VOx/ITO memristors fabricated at room temperature with self-current compliance characteristics are demonstrated. The devices exhibited excellent resistive switching behavior with ultralow programming voltages (as low as 17 mV) and good retention time (>104 s). In addition, low-power characteristic with 36.72 nW set power (2.16 µA@17 mV) and 2.74 µW reset power (17.1 µA@0.16 V) were obtained in these memristive devices, which makes them promising in the next-generation information storage and computing applications.


Fowling has seldom played a part in the food-quest at all comparable with that of hunting or fishing : the situation of St. Kilda, where during the 17th century the 180 inhabitants are held by Martin (1) to have consumed annually some 22,600 Solan Geese (Gannets) and of which the Rev. Macaulay exclaimed in 1758 '. . . deprive us of the Fulmar, and St. Kilda is no more (2)', is an exception which only proves the general rule. Yet, we know that birds helped to vary the diet of most of the communities of prehistoric Europe and that catching them was an activity of economic importance, especially at certain seasons of the year. The only scientific way of estimating the part played by fowling in the economy of any prehistoric group is through an accurate knowledge of the total fauna represented in the food debris, with special regard to the relative proportions of the different species. While this is too seldom available, there is in the aggregate sufficient data to show how far prehistoric man depended on fowling to supply himself with food. As to the methods used, direct evidence of this is all the harder to come by, since these were mainly of a kind to leave little or no tangible trace behind them. Throughout prehistoric times fowling remained at a primitive stage of development, but fortunately the methods used still survived in Europe down to modern times and most are still practised to-day, whether among peasant peoples in the remoter parts of the continent or among poachers nearer home.


Criminal policy towards the adult offenders is becoming more repressive in Slovenia, but the main characteristic of dealing with juveniles is still protection. The courts impose non-institutional educational measures in approximately 90% of all cases. The introduction of mediation has not resulted in net-widening of the criminal justice system. The statistics indicate that the number of juveniles in prison and in pre-trial detention is increasing slightly but the rate is still quite low.


In this paper Beckett's novel, How It Is , is discussed in the light of the monomyth of quest. It is argued that this novel does not follow the traditional framework of novel and it has an antihero of the twentieth century with a vague and uncertain quest. In most works of fiction, the quest is followed by fulfillment and accomplishment to make the protagonist worth his painstaking labor and suffering, while with Beckett's characters, failure becomes the dominant issue. Most of his characters are narrators of their own tale who face failure of expression though they are obliged to express it. The characters with one syllable names of Bem, Bom and Pim represent the mankind stuck in the "mud" of the present unable to distinguish past, present or future. There is a constant tendency to reach the goal which is unattainable.


Natural language understanding (NLU) systems are promising alternatives to traditional menu-based dialogue systems more commonly employed in games, yet they remain widely under-explored and under-studied. In this paper, we present the results from a qualitative study we conducted on different versions of an NLU interface, inspired by previous results showing this interface to maximize player presence and engagement. Specifically we introduced different pacing options to an NLU interface by using prompts and pauses, and studied how these different interface approaches changed player behavior and perception. Our results provide important guidelines on how to design NLU systems for games, but their implications go beyond that: We have found further evidence that careful mediation through interface design, by introducing understandable and player-supporting conventions to interactive experiences, can help designers create user experiences in accordance with their end-goals. Furthermore, our results provide insights into the concept of agency, particularly towards a more complete model that emphasizes the importance of audience expectation and understanding in creating a sense of agency.


The detection of dangerous convective precipitating system is crucial for the civil aviation safety. In this work, we develop applications for the aviation safety by using active (radar) and passive (radiometer) microwave instrumentation in order to detect precipitating systems, notably hail area. We also develop applications for the meteorology, i.e. a climatology of water vapor and the anomalous propagation of the microwave signal that is inducted by water vapor.In the first part, we study the best configuration for civil aviation airborne radars for the observation of precipitating systems, notably the frequency and the beamwidth. We have applied the constrain on the radar antenna of civil aviation that its size and its weight. Then we study the results of the dual-wavelength technic for the detection of hailstorm. This part aims to improve the quality of the observations made by civil aviation airborne radars. In the second part, we study the climatology of the water vapor diurnal cycle, and its seasonnal variations, in West Africa. Water vapor is one of the most important atmospheric gases (greenhouse effect, radiation, hydrological cycle, etc.), it is thus necessary to know in details the water vapor distribution in the troposphere. Based on this water vapor study, we then analyse the impact of the water vapor on the air refractivity and the propagation of microwaves. A climatology of anomalous propagation has been built for the instrumentation that uses microwaves.


(t = -2.215, p < 0.05) was observed in (13 18) years age-group. Significant age-group differences (ANOV A) in Wt (156.393, p < 0.001), Ht (171.637, p < 0.001), MUAC (68.684, p < 0.001) and BMI (28.134, p < 0.001) were observed. Results also reveals that prevalence of undernutrition [chronic energy deficiency (CED) grades age and sex combined] among Birhors were (75.0 %). The sex-specific rates were: boys = 74.5 % and girls = 75.7 %. 2 There was no significant sex difference in CED prevalence based on BMI (X= 1.525, df = 4, p = 0.822). Birhor children and adolescents of Purulia, were experiencing very high (critical) nutritional condition for these age groups and the girls and youngest among them were experiencing the most critical situation with respect to their health and nutritional status.


1. Introduction 2. Pupil Learning and Assessment 3. Formative Assessment 4. Constructing Learning Contexts from Testing Regimes 5. Pupil Self-assessment: a Case Study 6. Building a Framework for Self-assessment 7. Assessment as Learning


Background: Functional treatment of proximal femur fractures (PFF) is being discontinued with advances in surgery and anesthesia. Suspension traction is used as a waiting treatment before surgery when technical, material and financial conditions are not met. The surgical treatment of these fractures must ensure a stable reduction and fixation, to allow early support to the patient who will quickly regain his previous autonomy. Objective: To specify the indications for surgical treatment of proximal fractures in adult in order to evaluate the results in the context of Burkina Faso. Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study including adult patients hospitalized and followed up for proximal femoral fracture (PFF) in the orthopedic-traumatology department of the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital Center at Ouagadougou. Among 310 patients presenting with PFF in 5.5 years, (56 cases a year (10.4%)), we focused on those whose PFFs were treated by surgical methods and followed up. Patients treated with orthopedic (40.1%) or functional (6.8%) methods, patients with incomplete records and those having signed a discharge against medical advice were excluded. A total of 94 patients, with 95 PFFs treated by surgical methods, constituted our study population. Road traffic accidents (51.1%) and domestic accidents (48.9%) were the predominant etiologies. The functional criteria of Postel Merle d'Aubigne (PMA) were used for the evaluation of the results (Table 1). Results: A total of 65 men and 29 women (sex ratio 2.2), aged of average 56 years, were recorded. Trochanteric mass fractures were predominant with 63 cases (66.3%), including one case of bilateral fracture and one case of an open fracture; we also reported 32 femoral neck fractures (33.7%). Osteosynthesis was performed in 66 patients (70.2%) and hip arthroplasty in the remaining 28 patients (29.8%). Osteosynthesis with DHS plate screws was performed in 49 cases (73.1%) and Moore type cephalic arthroplasty in 18 cases (64.3%). Two patients (2.1%) died, one in shock state and the second by pulmonary embolism. The main complications were 3 superficial infections (3.16%), 10 painful coxitis (35.7%) and one pseudarthrosis (dismantling of the material). Despite these complications, functional outcomes were satisfactory in 88.7%, poor in 9.7% and fair in 1.6%. Conclusion: Surgical treatment of proximal femoral fractures allows early removal and rapid functional rehabilitation; which improves functional outcomes and increases the quality of life in elderly patients.


In the 1990s, the relationship between human rights and national sovereignty has become a controversial duality. However, international legal perspectives, the history of western thoughts, as well as the history of Chinese revolution all attested to the fact that human rights and national sovereignty are in congruity; the bridging concept is "popular sovereignty" . This article argues that the source of the controversies lies in the intellectual and juridical inability, which could be resolved by introducing the factor of "regime."


Based on the WHO data, there are 352 from 2,321 primigravida pregnant women who complained of feer as big as 36%, anxious 42% and unconfident 22% in the pregnancy. Indonesian health demography survey results in 2012 showed that there were 50 from 850 primigravida pregnant women who complained of stress as big as 20%, anxious 35%, and fear 45% during pregnancy on February 2015, 8 from 15 interviwee women didn't know about the pshycological changing and they complained not confident about changes in the body. The objective of the research is to know the description of pregnant women's knowledge about psychological changes during the pregnancy in Puskesmas Pariaman Working Area. The type of this research is quantitative with analytic descriptive research design. Research population is all pregnant women that come for pregnancy check in Puskesmas Pariaman. Accidental sampling is used as sampling technique with 36 people. Univariate is chosed in data precessing. Univariate result showed that 63,9% have low knowledge level in psychological change for first trimester, 63,9% for second and third trimester respectively, and 52,8% have low knowledge level about the impact of psychological changes to the pregnancy. Pregnant women is suggessed to expand the knowledge released to pregnancy and birth, typing to be open to the social environment released to their pregnancy. These things are required to give knowledge to pregnant women so that they can understand physical and psychological condition during the pregnancy. Keywords: Psychological, pregnancy


In this paper we introduce a grid free irregularly sampled Fourier approach for accurately predicting rigid body protein-protein docking sites. Of the many docking approaches, grid based Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) approaches have been shown to produce by far the fastest, correlation profiles of complex protein-protein interactions over the six dimensional search space. However, these uniform sampling methods still possess high time complexity, and in particular, are highly memory intensive for predicting large protein-protein docking sites. By taking advantage of an irregularly and adaptively sampled, smooth particle representation of molecular shape, in combination with the use of irregularly spaced FFT transforms, we eliminate an explicit uniform grid. We are able to produce efficiently, highly compressed, but accurate, docking correlation profiles. This work was supported in part by NSF grants ACI-0220037, EIA-0325550, and NIH grants 0P20 RR020647, and R01 GM074258 email@example.com email@example.com email@example.com


There are a number of key factors that account for the fascination for Herod the Great among scholars and the public at large. First, of course, there is his notoriety in Christian tradition for 'the Massacre of the Innocents' and pursuit of the infant Jesus, as described in Matthew 2. On the positive side is his remarkable success in crafting a kingdom that wielded considerable influence and prestige in the Roman Empire by deftly navigating the disparate power and interest groups affecting his realm, Roman, Hellenic and Jewish. Herod was also a prodigious builder: his splendid architectural monuments at Caesarea, Herodium, Masada, Jericho and elsewhere, even in their badly ruined state, still fill visitors with wonder. Our detailed knowledge of Herod is substantial, thanks to the copious historical information contained in the writings of the 1 century CE historian, Josephus. Little surprise, then, that more studies of Herod the Great and his times have appeared over the past two decades than of most statesmen in our own times. Notable publications include Richardson 1996; Kokkinos 1998; Roller 1998; Japp 2000; Netzer 2006; Bernett 2007; Rocca 2008; Schwentzel 2011; Mahieu 2012; Vermes 2014. The last new discoveries of major significance connected with Herod are the remains that Ehud Netzer identified with that monarch's tomb (2008) and the theatre with its impressive royal box and the wall paintings within it (2008–2010). So what fresh insights on the subject can this recent appraisal of Herod and his achievements by Adam Marshak possibly provide? The answer is actually rather little that has not already been said by others. The main strengths of Marshak's book lie in his synthesis of known facts, his impressive grasp of the published literature and his eloquent exposition. In a nutshell, Marshak's analysis of Herod's success in rising from the status of a commoner and outsider to exalted king of Judaea and establishing a dynasty has led him to conclude that he had a natural knack of managing to be "all things to all men", or as Marshak puts it "a political chameleon" (pp. 312, 339), who "consistently morphed into the right king for the right situation" (p. 335). This description may be accurate in accounting for Herod's ability to survive the twists and turns in leadership through the Roman civil wars, the death throes of the Republic and the rise of the Augustan Principate. However, it is a misleading model to use when comparing Herod's response to his Roman masters, on the one hand, and to his Jewish subjects, on the other, because it implies some sort of equivalence in power and influence, which was simply not the case. A more hierarchical scheme would be more appropriate in this case. Whereas Herod displayed deference to Rome at all times, he brooked no dissent when it came to the Jews and his other subjects. He ruled over them with an iron rod and the description of his repressive regime given by Josephus has resonance with the conduct of despots in our own times:


Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture combined with cupping for treatment of simple obesity.Methods The 52 patients dialectical type of 3 groups,each main point the same,with different points,and were given acupuncture combined with cupping therapy.Results With the use of acupuncture combined with cupping method for treating simple obesity,the total effective rate was 90.4%.Conclusion It is effective to treat simple obesity acupuncture combined with cupping,safe and reliable,suitable for promotion.


POINTS, an astrometric Optical interferometer with a nominal measurement accuracy of 5 microarcseconds for the angle between a pair of stars separated by about 90 deg, is presently under consideration by two divisions of NASA-OSSA. It will be a powerful new multi-disciplinary tool for astronomical research. If chosen as the TOPS-1 (Toward Other Planetary Systems) instrument by the Solar-System Exploration Division, it will perform a definitive search for extra-solar planetary systems, either finding and characterizing a large number of them or showing that they are far less numerous than now believed. If chosen as the AIM (Astrometric Interferometry Mission) by the Astrophysics Division, POINTS will open new areas of astrophysical research and change the nature of the questions being asked in some old areas. In either case. it will be the first of a new class of powerful instruments in space and will prove the technology for the larger members of that class to follow. Based on a preliminary indication of the observational needs of the two missions, we find that a single POINTS mission will meet the science objectives of both TOPS-1 and AIM. The instrument detects dispersed fringe (channel led spectrum) and therefore can tolerate large pointing errors.


Summary Seven of 10 cynomolgus monkeys and 3 of 4 chimpanzees have been found to have viremia early in the incubation period following oral infection with poliomyelitis virus. Viremia was present in animals infected with a Brunhilde type (Egypt) as well as a Lansing type (Y-SK), and persisted in some animals over the 4th, 5th, and 6th days after virus ingestion. Virus was not isolated from blood specimens collected during the first 3 days after feeding, nor on the 7th day, in the two instances in which it was tested. The interval between viremia and the appearance of paralysis varied between 3 and 7 days in the cynomolgus monkeys.


Mobile robot is an integrated system which is short of intelligent and robustness.In this paper,we presented an direct adaptive fuzzy control of mobile robot based on reference model,that is adjusting controller's parameters directly until input error between controlled object and reference model is reduced 10-6.The result is very fine.


The sodium metavanadate samples are digested completely by hydrochloric acid and nitric acid (VHCl: VHNO3=5:1), and then made a directly determination of micro element potassium of 0.010 to 1.0% by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). In the coexistence medium of 42% vanadium and 20% sodium, the method systematically investigated the matrix effects, spec tral interferences, background effects and other interference factors, and a concluded was made: the matrix elements vanadium and sodium do not produce spectral interference in the determination of micro potassium, the matrix effect of vanadium and background noise enhanced the detection sig nal of potassium spectral lines, however, the matrix effects of sodium weakened the signal of potassium . In the high concentrations of vanadium and sodium coexistence medium system, the ove rall matrix effect still raised up the detection signal of potassium analysis lines and the background noise. Therefore, the test have taken the preferred analysis spectral lines, background correction region and ICP spectrometer parameters and other testing measures, and through comprehensive application of the matrix matching and synchronization background correction methods to eliminate interference in determination of the micro potassium that caused by the high content of vanadium and sodium coexist matrix. The results show: Detection limit is 480μg/L (766.490nm) or 480μg/L (769.896nm); Background equivalent concentration is 200μg/L (766.490nm) or 210μg/ L (769.896nm); RSD ≤ 2.72% (766.490nm) or RSD≤ 3.60% (769.896nm); Recovery rate is between 95.0% and 107.5%.


When characterizing sludge settling by means of sludge volume index and stirred sludge volume index it has been found that the former is normally higher, but that the difference varies greatly for different sludges. It was found to depend on difference in shape of the flocs. Spherical flocs give small differences and elongated flocs give large ones. Although both indices were positively correlated to the total length of filamentous organisms the differences were not.

A general floc model is proposed on the basis of these findings together with colloid chemical considerations and measurements of floc strength, filtration resistance and amount of extracellular polymers. According to this model young flocs are of the elongated type, while flocs from a stable system are round. Sludge bulking is a consequence of stiff noncompressible flocs which may be due to high amounts of dissolved polymers, but most likely to filamentous organisms fixed in a network by binding polymers within the flocs. The amount of filaments inside the flocs is probably proportional to the amount outside which for that reason is correlated to the settling indices.


1. Crane with axial bearings outrigger control system which comprises: a) valve body; b) a plurality of nodes of outriggers attached to the chassis of the crane, each of which comprises: i) casing outrigger connected to the valve body; ii) a remote jack a support attached to its body and adapted for selective extension and retraction of the rod of the jack relative to the housing outrigger; iii) a heel outrigger attached to the rod of the jack outrigger; and iv) a sensor adapted to measure a parameter by which to determine the reaction force acting on the thrust bearing outrigger; and c) the crane control system coupled with the ability to exchange information with each sensor set outrigger assemblies, which comprises: i) a processor; ii) user information input device, and iii) a machine-readable storage device, on which are recorded command under which a processor is provided by setting crane crane control system, comprising: a) obtaining information entered by the user via input devices; B) providing a first ram rod extension relative to outrigger casing outrigger; C) receiving from the first sensor signal from which the first reaction force can be determined by acting on the first thrust bearing outrigger; and d) determining the status of the first extension opory.2 thrust bearing. . The crane of claim 1, wherein the crane also comprises: a) providing a rod extension of each outrigger jack relative to the housing outrigger; b) receiving a signal from each sensor corresponding to counteract the force


AbstractBioelectrochemical system (BES)–based microbial electrosynthesis is a viable production route for various industrial commodities. In the last decade, BES has emerged as a sustainable techno...


We present a successful deployment of high-fidelity Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) technologies based on spectral/hp element methods to industrial flow problems, which are characterized by high Reynolds numbers and complex geometries. In particular, we describe the numerical methods, software development and steps that were required to perform the implicit LES of a real automotive car, namely the Elemental Rp1 model. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this simulation represents the first fifth-order accurate transient LES of an entire real car geometry. Moreover, this constitutes a key milestone towards considerably expanding the computational design envelope currently allowed in industry, where steady-state modelling remains the standard. To this end, a number of novel developments had to be made in order to overcome obstacles in mesh generation and solver technology to achieve this simulation, which we detail in this paper. The main objective is to present to the industrial and applied mathematics community, a viable pathway to translate academic developments into industrial tools, that can substantially advance the analysis and design capabilities of high-end engineering stakeholders. The novel developments and results were achieved using the academic-driven open-source framework Nektar++.


The author of this article examines the ways in which the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage considers the protection of aboriginal languages and provides a case study of the challenges of the preservation of the Cree language in Canada. For Indigenous people, in Canada as elsewhere, questions arise about who speaks for whom; many of their constituents may not identify with the major political organizations that represent their interests to governments and are recognized by government agencies; and other structural and logistical barriers also arise. The paper takes a look at the richness of Aboriginal history around Hudson Bay as held in language and stories, and then discusses the many challenges that a Hudson Bay Cree storyteller, Louis Bird, and his collaborators faced in pursuing an oral history project funded by a Canadian governmental agency with its own parameters and priorities.


We consider the controller design of the error-feedback servomechanism in exponentially stable non-linear systems. Using the concepts of integral manifold and singular perturbation, a non-linear controller is constructed that ensures a desired steady state tracking rate for unknown constant set-points. The servo rate in the error-feedback servomechanism is shown to be governed by not only the plant characteristics but also the initial conditions of the plant and controller. A self-tuning scheme is proposed to speed up the servo process.


In order to improve the scientificity of regional planning and study the energy characteristics used by buildings,a simplified classification method for typical buildings was proposed. With the help of software DeST for buildings,a simulation model for dynamic load analysis of different buildings for office,business,hotel and housing was built. Simulations of hourly heating dynamic loads for different types of buildings were carried out. And distributions and characteristics of annual hourly cooling and heating dynamic loads in commercial and service core areas were obtained. It is found that compared with the conventional method,the amount of daily heating loads predicted by the proposed method can be saved about 16%. Results indicate that the method of dynamic loads used in community energy planning is more scientific than the traditional methods.Saving of energy and investment,balance of the supply and demand for regional energy can be realized with this method.


Abstract : Efforts leading to the development of successful techniques for mapping burning pyrotechnic flares are described. An experimental system capable of studying a variety of combustion processes under 'noisy' and 'smoky' conditions on a time scale appropriate for combusting flare candles is presented. Fundamental investigations designed to elucidate critical design parameters in Babington Nebulizers for application as high density aerosol generators are described. (Author)