The technological revolution necessitates the handling of the relationship between law and technology in many fields. It is on the agenda that artificial intelligence affects and transforms the law. In this context, one of the leading questions is how the legal responsibility of artificial intelligence will be determined by the legal order. This question, which concerns the law of liability, needs to be examined in terms of the liability of the employer through the Islamic law, which is generally based on strict liability, and the Turkish law, which is based on the liability of fault as a rule. The subject of this study is the examination of the responsibility of the employer, one of the perfect liability cases, in terms of comparative law, in particular artificial intelligence. In this context, the possibilities that may come to the fore are that artificial intelligence employs people and works. Our study constitutes one of the foresighted studies on the law that should be done. In our work plan; First of all, the place of our subject in liability law will be determined, then the problem of artificial intelligence and personality will be addressed, and finally, evaluations on the main subject will be presented and the conclusions and evaluations will be explained.


The review essay is focused on some topics of the Tsarist Russia history, based on the recently published The Cambridge History of Russia. The article is concerned with the discussions about the transformation of Muscovy into the autocratic dynastic state in 15th and 16th centuries, with the relationship between the state and its people in the 17th century. The second part is devoted to the imperial period (1689−1917) and it discussed the connection between the foreign policy, building of the empire and the nationality policy. It deals also the dilemma of the Russian state with the question of reforms and modernization in the second half of the 19th century.


[1] Enceladus is one of Saturn's most active moons. It ejects neutral gas and dust particles from its southern plumes with velocities of hundreds of meters per second. The interaction between the ejected material and the corotating plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere leads to flow deceleration in ways that remain to be understood. The most effective mechanism for the interaction between the corotating plasma and the neutral gas is charge exchange which replaces the hotter corotating ions with nearly stationary cold ions that are subsequently accelerated by the motional electric field. Dust particles in the plume can become electrically charged through electron absorption and couple to the plasma through the motional electric field. The objective of this study is to determine the level of flow deceleration associated with each of these processes using Cassini RPWS dust impact rates, Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) plasma data, and 3-D electromagnetic hybrid (kinetic ions, fluid electrons) simulations. Hybrid simulations show that the degree of flow deceleration by charged dust varies considerably with the spatial distribution of dust particles. Based on the RPWS observations of dust impacts during the E7 Cassini flyby of Enceladus, we have constructed a dust model consisting of multiple plumes. Using this model in the hybrid simulation shows that when the dust density is high enough for complete absorption of electrons at the point of maximum dust density, the corotating flow is decelerated by only a few km/s. This is not sufficient to account for the CAPS observation of flow stagnation in the interaction region. On the other hand, charge exchange with neutral gas plumes similar to the modeled dust plumes but with base (plume opening) densities of ∼109 cm−3 result in flow deceleration similar to that observed by CAPS. The results indicate that charge exchange with neutral gas is the dominant mechanism for flow deceleration at Enceladus.


We analyse competition among banks when banks can use creditworthiness tests that generate (imperfect) information about borrowers. When banks can strategically adjust the test characteristics by investing resources in the screening technology, we show that credit markets are not easily contestable. An increase in the intensity of competition may have little effects on incumbents' conduct and overall market shares. Moreover, we provide conditions under which screening efforts are reduced by competition. In such situations the quality of the overall loan portfolio declines and the economy incurs higher aggregate risk due to the lower quality of banks' information production. The welfare gains from integrating fragmented loan markets can actually be negative.


Epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix and vulvovagina recurring after surgery or radiotherapy has been treated with methotrexate by several routes. Regional pelvic perfusion with methotrexate has its advocates, but most now feel that the possible benefits are outweighed by the risk of complication the current study evaluates the effects of intermittent intravenous methotrexate at 0.6 mg/kg twice weekly, continuing until toxicity develops. Among the 10 patients treated, there was only one objective response, and there were 2 subjective responses. Four patients became considerably worse by the treatment. Consequently, this form of therapy has been abandoned, and there still is no effective means of treating the patient in whom surgery and radiation therapy have failed or in whom the disease is too widespread for local methods of treatment.


The way of good breast fed is the important for mother who breast feeds her baby. Because it influences to fluency and expending ASI until the baby doesn't get it exclusively. The factors make lactation down is surrounded about knowledge, educational, proper behavior and the values of conviction. So, the reasons are explained before that researcher gets research about the relationship about level education of mother breast feeding and her right way of breast feed. The purpose is to know the relationship about level education and the right way breast feed. The desighn of this research is used by analitic with correlation study, its population in this reasearch are mother of childbirth physiologically who breast feeds by amount of 33 respondents. Getting sampling is done by accidental sampling and collecting data is got by observation, then the data are collected by examination by chi-square with level 0.05. From examination of chi-square is got X2 adding (6.50) > X2 table (3.84) so, H1 accepted that means the level education for mother that makes good attitude and the next, there is giving ASI with good breast feeding.


Several studies characterize the connection of overweight and obesity with chronic diseases. Therefore, new alternatives are being studied for controlling hypertension, such as chitin and chitosan fibers, commonly found on crustacean's carapace like Emerita brasiliensis. Rats from two different strains were divided into control and supplemented groups (n=6). The Wistar strain experiment started with a 14-days baseline period, followed by supplementation of E.brasiliensis flour added to the diet in the doses of 5, 10 and 20%, for a 14-days period each. With the optimal dose of 20%, the study was undertaken with SHR rats, starting with a 7-days baseline period, followed by three weeks of supplementation. Data were evaluated using one-way ANOVA and p<0.05 was significant. There was a clinical reduction of systolic blood pressure on Wistar rats, but only SHR rats showed a significant reduction of systolicblood pressure and total cholesterol, LDL-cho with an increase of HDL-cho. Those findings were not related to body weight changes but, instead they were associated to E. brasiliensis flour effect on serum lipid profile. This study showed that this flour could be an alternative for controlling the hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.


Beneficial or harmful effects of one plant on another plant due to release of phytochemocals, known as allelochemicals, from plant parts by leaching, root exudation, volatilization, residue decomposition, and other processes in both natural and agricultural systems is termed as allelopathy (Gupta et al., 2007; Narwal et al., 2011). The woody and non woody components of agroforestry need to be tested for allelopathic effects, if any, to design ecologically viable land use systems. Such studies will not only make help the land use ecologically sound but economically acceptable. Melia azedarach L. is a commercial perennial, deciduous tree, native in Brazil, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 10 (2017) pp. 2669-2683 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


Through the analysis of the formation of the reclaimed soil foundation and its consolidation process,it was proposed that the reclaimed soil foundation was unconsolidated;and there was initial excess pore water pressure in it. Settlement would be generated during the plastic vertical drains(PVDs) installation,and the field data showed that it reached 1/3–1/2 of the total settlements. So it could′t be considered as the consolidated soil. It was suggested that in the finite element analysis the load included vacuum loading and effective self weigh of the reclaimed soil. The delivery of negative vacuum pressure in the PVDs was studied. Nonlinearity constitutive relation was adopted and a program was compiled to analyze the behavior of the reclaimed soil foundation consolidation with plane strain finite element method(FEM). An actual project was calculated using this program, and comparing to the field measurements data,it is found that the method reflected very well the developing trend of settlement and pore water pressure for the projects.


Significant advances during the last decade in the field of small-molecule modulators of protein–protein interactions have raised general awareness of the fact that the modulation of protein–protein interactions has tremendous potential for both basic and applied science. Some of the most advanced orthosteric inhibitors of protein–protein interactions are currently in clinical trials. Here, we demonstrate that the bisbiguanide oral disinfectants chlorhexidine (the active ingredient of commercially available Chlorhexamed, Chlorhexal, Periogard, Corsodyl, and Chlorohex) and alexidine (Esemdent), which have been in human use worldwide for many years, target cancer-linked protein–protein interactions between the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Bcl-xL and its pro-apoptotic binding partners. The compounds are shown to induce apoptosis through the mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway in oral tumor cell lines. Our study was based on the hypothesis that some smallmolecule drugs already approved for human use against other targets might display hitherto undiscovered activities against protein–protein interactions in their therapeutic concentration range. To test our hypothesis on a protein–protein interaction target with established relevance for human health, we decided to focus on the interaction between the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Bcl-xL and its proapoptotic Bcl-2 family binding partner Bad. The interaction between Bcl-xL and pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins has attracted significant attention from both cancer biologists and medicinal chemists. A library of 4088 compounds containing a high proportion of clinically used small molecules was screened against the interaction between Bcl-xL and a peptide derived from the Bad BH3 domain by using a binding assay based on fluorescence polarization (Z'= 0.64 0.11, see Figure S1 in the Supporting Information). Active compounds in the primary screen (screening concentration: ca. 50 mm) were checked for activities against other protein–protein interactions recorded in a previous screening study. These efforts identified both chlorhexidine (1) and alexidine (2 ; Figure 1A) as potentially selective inhibitors of the Bcl-xL/Bad interaction (see Figure S2 in the Supporting Information). Roboticsbased re-analysis of the screening hits confirmed the dosedependent inhibition of the interaction between Bcl-xL and Bad, and also between Bcl-xL and Bak, another protein of the pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family, by 1 and 2 with similar activities (see Figure S3 in the Supporting Information). The interaction of Bcl-xL with Bak, rather than with Bad, was selected for further analysis because of the larger assay window associated with the Bcl-xL/Bak assay. Manual validation of the activities of 1 and 2 against the Bcl-xL/Bak interaction confirmed their activities in the low micromolar range (IC50: chlorhexidine: (21.0 1.0) mm ; alexidine: (18.2 1.6) mm ; Figure 1B,C, Table 1), and the Supporting Information, Table S1). These activities are well in the concentration range of the oral


A fluid distribution device for distributing cleaning fluid to the floor surface comprises a hollow tube extender attached to a hollow fixed shaft. A hub assembly having a plurality of hollow open-ended spokes is rotatably mounted to the tube extender. If used with a brush floor cleaning apparatus a portion of each spoke extends into and terminates within a radial passage in the brush.


Sunscreen cream products are usually derived from ingredients that contain an anti-UV component. Kaempferia galanga and Turbinaria sp. as long as it was known to have a good anti-UV light. However, research on the formulation of sunscreen creams from the two ingredients has never been done, so the need for research from both materials. The objective of this study was to get the best formulation of sunscreen cream from seaweed (Turbinaria sp.) and K. galanga. The treatments used in this study were the ratio between seaweed Turbinaria sp. and K. galanga in a ratio of 1: 1 (Cream A), 1: 2 (Cream B), 2: 1 (Cream C), and control (Cream D). The overall organoleptic value of aroma was not significantly different, whereas the best value for color and texture was found in cream B with an organoleptic value of color 3.27 and texture 3.2. All treatments were homogeneous and had an O/W emulsion type. pH and viscosity values in all treatments were by the applicable cosmetic cream requirements. The highest SPF value was found in cream B with a value of 18.04 ± 4.72. That makes cream B was the best treatment in this study


Provided is an oil and water separation device that can easily and inexpensively separate and collect the oil component from a mixed fluid comprising water and oil. This oil and water separation device gravity-filters a mixed fluid comprising oil and water and is equipped with: an oil and water separator for separating the mixed fluid into the water component and the oil component; and a fluid tank partitioned into upper and lower regions by the oil and water separator. The oil and separation device is characterized in that: the oil and water separator is equipped with a substrate that has a flow path for the mixed fluid; the oil and water separator is formed on the substrate; the oil and water separator includes a fluorine-based compound that has an oil-repellency-imparting group and a hydrophilicity-imparting group; and a drainage port for releasing the water component is formed in the lower region of the fluid tank.


In industrial use of paint systems a swift processing is crucial. Another very important issue is to improve the quality of the final coating. This report investigates the film formation process of ...


CMAJ | October 18, 2021 | Volume 193 | Issue 41 © 2021 CMA Joule Inc. or its licensors A 13-day-old boy presented to the pediatric emergency department with a chief complaint of fussiness and shivering overnight. The patient felt hot to his parents' touch; his axillary temperature, measured at home, was 37.7°C while bundled and was 37.5°C a few hours later when unbundled, which prompted the visit. The baby continued formula feeding frequently, but with slight decreases in volume, and was stooling and voiding appropriately (> 6 full diapers in the preceding 24 h). He was somewhat sleepy, but easily rousable and consolable with his parents. At triage, the patient's vitals were within age-appropriate ranges, with a rectal temperature of 37.4°C, respiratory rate of 48 (normal 40–60) breaths/min, oxygen saturation 98% on room air, heart rate 152 (normal 100–160) beats/min and blood pressure 82/50 mm Hg. His weight at presentation was 3.44 kg; birth weight was 3.25 kg. Clinical examination was otherwise unremarkable; specifically, he had normal tone, brisk perfusion, no neck stiffness, no rash and a level fontanelle. We did not identify any overt sources of infection on examination. The patient had been born at 38+3 weeks' gestation via normal vaginal delivery to a seroprotected, transmasculine father (assigned female at birth). The father had vaginal colonization of group B Streptococcus (GBS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin during pregnancy. Pregnancy was also complicated by a chlamydia infection in the third trimester that was treated with unknown antibiotics and confirmed resolved with a negative result on retest before delivery. Birth was uncomplicated, with appropriate peripartum prophylaxis with GBS penicillin, and routine monitoring for hypoglycemia. The newborn was discharged 24 hours after birth with no concerns. We noted no other risk factors for early neonatal sepsis; specifically, prolonged ruptured membranes, previous infant with GBS meningitis or maternal fever. Considering the reported axillary temperature higher than 37.5°C at home, we conducted a full septic workup, consisting of blood culture, viral nasopharyngeal swab, urine culture and lumbar puncture with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis. We admitted our patient and treated him empirically with intravenous ampicillin, cefotaxime (both at 50 mg/kg) and acyclovir (20 mg/ kg) pending culture results. Results of investigations are presented in Table 1. Given abnormal CSF results, we increased the antibiotic dose to meningitis doses at 100 mg/kg/dose for both ampicillin and cefotaxime. Ten hours after presentation, we recorded a rectal temperature of 39.0°C. Laboratory values worsened over the next 24 hours to a peak white blood cell count of 18.8 × 109/L, Creactive protein of 48.2 mg/L and venous lactate of 4.1 mmol/L. The blood culture returned positive for Citrobacter spp., and we changed the patient's antibiotics to meropenem on the advice of our microbiologist. Polymerase chain reactions of CSF for herpes simplex virus, enterovirus and parechovirus were negative, and cultures of both blood and CSF grew Citrobacter koseri. Our patient's fevers stopped after 4 days of antimicrobial therapy. He did not have any seizures and his neurologic status did not worsen during the admission. Initial cranial ultrasound and follow-up magnetic resonance imaging did not show any evidence of brain abscess or structural abnormalities. As the isolated Citrobacter strain was cefotaxime-sensitive, we stopped meropenem and restarted cefotaxime, which was continued until the child reached 1 month of age when we changed it to ceftriaxone for ease of dosing, for a total of 3 weeks of treatment. Over the subsequent 2 years, the patient had no repeat admission to hospital, standard postmeningitis auditory screening has been normal, and the parents have not reported any concerns about growth or delayed milestones. Practice | Cases Sepsis CPD


Optimal technique based on Response Surface Methodology(RSM) is employed in a multi-objective optimization design of a 1.5MW horizontal-axis wind turbine(HAWT) blade with NPU-WA series airfoils for wind turbine application used along the span.The software of PROPID51 for the design and analysis of HAWT based on Blade Element Momentum(BEM) theory is used to predict the aerodynamic performance.The design variables are the blade shape parameters including chord and twist distributions along the span while relative thickness distributions are maintained.The objectives of the model are the maximums of Annual Energy Production(AEP) and power coefficient.A composite function called desirability function is built using the weighted sum of the individual objective function.The reduced quadratic polynomial without the second-order-cross items are used as RS model to reduce the computational cost and the set of design points is selected to satisfy D-optimality.The optimal design is performed on a 1.5 MW variable-pitch and variable-rpm wind turbine blade and the NPU-WA series airfoils developed in Northwestern Poly.Univ.for wind turbine application are used along the span.The calculated aerodynamic performance of airfoils is used as inputs in optimal design to analyze the effects of the weight factor of the individual objective function;experimental aerodynamic performance at free transition condition is used in design as well and the effects on aerodynamic performance of HAWT for clean and soiled surface conditions are analyzed.


Scientific and objective assessment must be taken firstly in order to enhance city public safety management level. this paper introduces a method of city public safety risk assessment,and takes the high-rise building fire as an example,to demonstrate the process of risk events identification,risk analysis and evaluation,and the available countermeasures recommendation. This method can be used and popularized as the an effective tool for city public safety risk management in China.


Objective To explore the value of Dual-source CT angiography(DS-CTA)in diagnosis of aortic dissection.Methods DSCTA study was performed of clinic suspected aortic dissection in 45 patients.The imaging manifestation of 3D-CTA was analyzed,to compare with other imaging examination methods.The volume data was transferred to workstation for image post-processing including MPR,SSD,MIP and VR.And the other Methods was performed of Ultrasonic examination in 36 cases,DSA in 17 cases,MRA in 7 cases.Results The 34 cases aortic dissection were found in 45 patients,The whole aorta and branches were demonstrated well by DSCTA.The true lumen.false lumen,initial flap,location and extend of aortic dissection were showed in all patients satisfactorily.Aortic intramural hematoma of 3 cases,aortic aneurysm 2 cases,pulmonary embolism 2 cases,normal 4 cases.Conclusion DSCTA is accurate,fast method for the aortic examination.And is the principal methods in diagnosis of aortic dissection.


There are only ghost versions of this track online, so I thought I'd post it. Shannon, if you're out there, ping me.


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The surface-NMR tomography technique is based on the principles of electromagnetic induction and proton spin dynamics. Electromagnetic fields emitted by large surface current-driven loops are employed to locate and quantify groundwater reservoirs. The oscillating magnetic fields interact with proton spins of water molecules in the electrically conductive subsurface. To study the influence of changing subsurface electrical properties on the nuclear spin response, we consider the spin magnetization as a virtual magnetic dipole receiver. The numerical solutions for the electric and magnetic fields of the transmitter and the virtual receiver in 3-D heterogeneous ground are based on the finite-element method. We explicitly compute the frequency-domain electromagnetic sensitivities for separate spin magnetizations in a groundwater aquifer to study the distortion of the NMR response because of electrical heterogeneities in the medium. Analyses of entire pulse moment sequences yield the cumulative sensitivities to electrical conductivity and water-content variations in the subsurface. We illustrate the influence of conductivity on NMR responses using a limited number of models. From these models we found that electrical conductivity anomalies in the shallow subsurface (<50 m) having values ≥0.1 S m–1 and volumes with linear dimensions in the order of our loop size (i.e. edge length 100 m) can have a strong influence on the NMR response and ought to be taken into account in the inversion of surface-NMR data. The effect increases non-linearly with increased body size, increased conductivity contrast and decreased anomaly depth.


The ζ-potentials and dyeing properties of formalized poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fiber (I) and its acid-treated product (II) in aqueous solutions of a direct dye, Benzopurpurine 4B, have been studied. The ζ-potentials of the fibers were measured by the streaming-potential method. The surface dye adsorption (Ms) of the fibers was calculated from the ζ-potentials obtained and the total dye adsorption (Mt) was determined by the colorimetric method.The negative ζ-potentials and Ms for I and II increased with an increase in the degree of formalization of the fibers. On the other hand, Mt, the surface area (Sa) covered by dye molecules, and the degree of swelling of these fibers decreased with increasing degree of formalization. The negative ζ-potentials and Ms for I were fairly larger than those for II. However, Mt, Sa, and the degree of swelling for the former were considerably smaller than those for the latter.It is apparent that the surface dyeing behavior of I and II with the direct dye is remarkably different from the total dyeing behavior of these fibers.


Coal industry is a basic part of China's national economy.However,there are many problems in the process of its exploitation and utilization.Sustainable development of coal industry is the only way to achieve the continuous supply of coal,which is true at present and in the future.The comprehensive,balanced and sustainable development of coal industry could be realized by adjusting industrial structure,speeding up industrial transformation,improving enterprises' vitality and its ability to absorb production factors,accelerating its pace in new industries,developing multi-dimensionally and cultivating multiple pillar industries.


We demonstrate a new kind of silicon (Si)-based anode architecture consisting of Si nanoparticles and carbon nanocoils (CNCs). In such a hybrid structure, the conductive three-dimensional interpenetrating network of the CNCs can enhance the structural integrity of the electrode. Also, the CNCs afford a conductive network of lithium ion and electron pathways in the hybrids, thereby enabling efficient transport of electrons and the diffusion of lithium ions upon charging–discharging process. As a result, the hybrids exhibit much-improved cycling performance.


During two years of trapping, in a sweet and field corn growing area in the Eastern Townships (P.Q.), population levels of raccoons based on a Lincoln index and on a Bell's equation varied from 0.17 to 2.90 individuals per hectare of corn. In 1978, corn, chokecherries, and raspberries were the main food sources. The following year spring foods, mainly invertebrates, were replaced during the summer by chokecherries, corn, hawthorn drupes, and apples. Corn and apples constituted nearly all of the food ingested in the fall of 1979. Corn crops are damaged yearly through being a staple in the diet of raccoons. Monetary losses to sweet corn were estimated at $61.03/ha in 1978 and $20.56/hain 1979. Field corn losses were very low, less than 1% of total crop biomass for both years. Damage levels varied from 10.61 kg/ha to 98.49 kg/ha implying monetary losses of $0.19/ha and $1.60/ha. Comparing the 1979 Canadian market value of $41.00 for a raccoon hide with the maximum crop loss of $4.42 per raccoon indicates tha...


A reexamination is made of nonrelativistic scattering by a superposition of Yukawa potentials in the frame of a high‐energy perturbation method developed previously by one of the authors. It is found that for Yukawa potentials expandable in ascending powers of r, the S matrix may be written in a remarkably simple form. A high‐energy asymptotic expansion is obtained for the phase shift. The residue function at the Regge poles is found to have the same general form as for a Coulomb potential and is formally independent of any high‐energy approximation.


While scholars and activists often advocate using the term 'sex worker' in preference to prostitute, in my research I found that female prostitutes in the Pearl River Delta area, south China, do not like to be addressed as such, and prefer the title xiaojie in Chinese. 'Sex worker' generalises the heterogeneity of meanings these women identify and attribute to what they do; it does not capture the complex cultural meanings involved in the term xiaojie. It is stigmatising in that what is exchanged within the transaction is less defined by sexual acts and more by a diversified range of activities. The women employ what is useful to them and infuse new meanings in it to construct gender images and identities to resist the sex worker stigma and to express their desires as rural-to-urban migrants. Using xiaojie becomes a destigmatising and gender tactic. I also found that the women discard the idea of finding alternative jobs partly because of the practical difficulty, and partly because they do not want to work (gongzuo) any more in the future. This study highlights the importance of exploring desire and agency to understand the lived experiences of this particular group of women.


PURPOSE. Nucleotide signaling plays a role in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) function, and receptors for nucleotides are potential therapeutic targets for various ocular diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of P2Y receptor subtypes in native and cultured human RPE cells. METHODS. Intracellular Ca levels were monitored using realtime fluorescence imaging in cultured human RPE cells loaded with Fura-2. Expression of P2Y receptors in native and cultured RPE cells was determined by quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot analysis.


The invention provides a plant bactericide which comprises a protective agent and a therapeutic agent, wherein the protective agent comprises Daktarin, chlorothalonil, Dasheng, Pennfluid, Antracol, lime sulphur, iprodione, kocide and copper oxychloride and the therapeutic agent comprises Guangkuling, hymexazol, agricultural streptozotion, Qingkuling, kasugamycin and xinjunan. The formula provided by the invention is suitable for treating interference of insect attack and bacteria on most crops in the growing process, and in the formula, the protective agent and the therapeutic agent are integrated particularly, so that the bactericidal function of crops is enhanced while the growth of crops can be further protected. The bactericide is simple in preparation process and easy to implement, and the price of pesticides can be effectively reduced. Farmers can prepare the bactericide personally with direct benefits.


The invention relates to a heat energy water heating circulating system, and aims to provide the heat energy water heating circulating system which easily discharges gas incapable of being reduced into water, and does not need a steam pipe. The first technical scheme is that: a heating cylinder is combined with an electric heater; a water passage is formed in a radiating body; a water storage tank is communicated with the heating cylinder via a return water connection pipe; one end of a drain pipe is communicated with the middle and lower parts of the heating cylinder, and the other end of the drain pipe is communicated with a water outlet connection pipe; the other end of the water outlet connection pipe is communicated with one end of the water passage, and the other end of the water passage is communicated with the water storage tank via a water inlet connection pipe; an initial check valve is arranged on the return water connection pipe; and the drain pipe is communicated with the middle and lower parts of the heating cylinder via a steam discharge pipe or a steam discharge hole. The second technical scheme is that: the heating cylinder is combined with the electric heater; the water passage is formed in the radiating body; the water storage tank is communicated with the heating cylinder via the return water connection pipe; the heating cylinder is communicated with a steam chamber; one end of the drain pipe is communicated with the middle and lower parts of the steam chamber, and the other end of the drain pipe is communicated with the water outlet connection pipe; the other end of the water outlet connection pipe is communicated with one end of the water passage, and the other end of the water passage is communicated with the water storage tank via the water inlet connection pipe; the initial check valve is arranged on the return water connection pipe; and the drain pipe is communicated with the middle and lower parts of the steam chamber.


The paper proposes an efficient and unbounded hybrid-mode TM system,called HybridTCache,which maximum system performance by executing transaction completely in hardware in most common cases and triggering operating system(OS) support with low overhead when transaction size exceeds hardware capacity.HybridTCache provides new data version management by buffering transactional data in an independent cache,named TCache,which hides its value from other threads until transaction commits.TCache provides fast bookkeeping compared with traditional software approach,and makes both commit and abort fast.A key design point of hardware TM is to support unbounded transaction.HybridTCache achieves this by introducing TCache overflow exceptions and resorting OS to handle overflowed blocks.Evaluating the splash2 and STMAP benchmark suits shows that HybridTCache has advantages over traditional systems on performance,scalability and design complexity issues.


New EPDM synthesizing technology using a gas-phase process developed recently by UCC has been reviewed.The process involves the gas phase polymerization process and corresponding supported catalyst and it is compared with conventional processes.It is believed that the gas-phase process is a competitive technological route for EPDM production.


Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. Obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure are all contributing, or resulting, illnesses of heart disease. African American women are disproportionately affected by heart disease and its accompanying illnesses, and this is especially the case for African American women in the South. This study evaluates the impact that communication and community have on the prevention knowledge and behaviors of sixteen African American women in North Carolina. The women were from working class and middle class backgrounds. Overall, there was a knowledge gap between the health practices and behaviors of working class and middle class participants. Working class participants also were more likely to be overweight than the middle class participants. Participants attributed their eating and exercise practices to various interpersonal and environmental factors, including access to grocery stores and a workout partner. H eart disease is the number one killer of women and men in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that "about every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event." Heart disease also can result in debilitating illnesses. In 2006, an estimated 81 million people had at least one form of cardiovascular disease-the most common forms being high blood pressure, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and heart failure (American Heart Association, 2011). In the same year, approximately 73 million Americans were living with high blood pressure, 17 million were living with coronary heart disease, eight million had a heart attack, six million experienced a stroke, and 5.8 million were in heart failure (AHA, 2011). Reducing one's controllable risk factors "could prevent or postpone substantially more deaths from CHD" (Capewell et al., 2010, p. 120). Heart disease, which researchers may refer to as coronary artery disease (CAD), CHD, or cardiovascular disease (CVD), can be avoided or "reduced by taking steps to prevent and control factors that put people at greater risk" (CDC, 2011). Risk factors that correlate with heart disease include


Application stores have played a crucial role in the proliferation of applications for smart phones and other mobile devices. However, web-based mobile applications are challenging the application store model by allowing developers to directly reach the end users. These web-based applications are enhanced by the HTML5 standard, which provides additional capabilities for the use of developers and brings the performance of mobile web applications closer to that of native applications. In this paper, we analyze the potential of HTML5 and identify drivers and restraints that affect the future of the technology.


A method for the targeted killing of cells through aligned for mRNA binding nucleotide molecules, characterized in that the nucleotide molecules bind to a nucleotide sequence to a single selected region of the mRNA, the statistically very rarely subject based on sequencing analysis of a mutation, and thus in the case of increased mutation rates in the overall genome reliably kill the cell without the need for additional mRNA binding or other cellular effect, the nucleotide molecules are characterized in that they for the purpose of inhibiting expression (I) Polo-like kinase (PLK) the nucleotide sequence (5-3) UAU UCA ACU UCG UUG GUU GCC; or (Ii) CHMP the nucleotide sequence (5-3) UCA UCC AUC AAC AUC August U or (5-3) UCC AUC AUC August UUC UGG A; or (Iii) PDCD the nucleotide sequence (5-3) UUC AUA AAC ACA GUU CUC C; or (Iv) RFWD the nucleotide sequence (5-3) UCA AAU GGC UGA ACU GUG C; or (V) ATAP the nucleotide sequence (5-3) UUU CUU CAG AGC AGC AGG A, (5-3) AUA CAC ACC CUU UGC CUC A or (5-3) AUU UCA GGC UAU UCA UCC U; or (Vi) AGAP the nucleotide sequence (5-3) CAC UUU AAU UCC CAC GAG C, (5-3) GUU ACC CAC CAC UCC AAU U or (5-3) UUU CUU GUC CUC UGG UUU G; or (Vii) RCHY the nucleotide sequence (5-3) UAU UCU CCA AAC AAU GUG C completely or partially included.


PURPOSE: An apparatus for displaying storing program information in a PVR(Personal Video Recorder) is provided to allow a user to easily select and reproduce desired program information from stored program information. CONSTITUTION: A thumbnail image portion(18) displays stored program information. A PIP(Picture In Picture) portion(16) displays a production picture of a program selected by a user from program information of the thumbnail image portion(18). A detailed information portion(13) displays detailed information of the selected program. A scroll control portion(19) scrolls the thumbnail image portion(18). A specific key input explaining portion(20) manages stored program information.


A study of the connection to aluminum conductor indicates that high pressures are required to effect a satisfactory connection and that relative movement between strands during tightening greatly assists in reducing contact resistance. A properly designed connector will incorporate means for applying high pressures with considerable distortion of the conductor. Heat-cycling tests which included mechanical stressing were found to be valuable in comparing designs. An aluminum-bodied connector with an aluminum screw gave satisfactory performance with both copper and aluminum conductors.


We estimate geographic barriers to trade in nine service categories for Canada's provinces from 1997 to 2007 with novel high quality bilateral provincial trade data. The border directly reduces average provincial trade with the US relative to interprovincial trade to 2.4% of its borderless level. Incorporating multilateral resistance reduces foreign trade relative to interprovincial to 0.1% of its frictionless potential. Geography reduces services trade some 7 times more than goods trade overall. Surprisingly, intra-provincial (local) trade in services and goods is equally deected upward, implying that the border increases interprovincial trade much more in services than goods.


In the broad area of extreme value theory (EVT), my main scientific connection with János Galambos is in the field of rates of convergence in EVT. During my stay in Sheffield, UK (1975–1978), my PH.D. supervisor, Clive Anderson, sequentially provided me with different topics of research, among which rates of convergence and penultimate approximations. And indeed I still think that there is some kind of magic in this topic, because this my first passion has been intermittently revisited until 1999, in the framework of EVT. More recently, and after 2012, I was able to find a possible strong link between this topic in the field of EVT and another field I am interested in, statistical process control and reliability. Indeed, in reliability theory any coherent system can be represented as a series-parallel or a parallel-series (PS) system. Its lifetime can thus be written as the minimum of maxima or the maximum of minima. For largescale coherent systems it is sensible to assume that the number of system components goes to infinity and work with the possible non-degenerate EV distributions either for maxima or for minima to get adequate lower and upper bounds for the system reliability. But rates of convergence to these limiting laws are often slow and penultimate approximations can provide a faster rate of convergence. The identification of the possible limit laws for the system reliability of homogeneous PS systems is sketched and the gain in accuracy is assessed whenever penultimate approximations are used instead of the ultimate limiting one.


We consider a scale of weighted spaces a quaternion-valued functions of three real variables. This scale generalises the idea of Qp-spaces in complex function theory. The goal of this paper is to prove that the inclusions of spaces from the scale are strict inclusion. As a tool we prove some properties of special monogenic polynomials which have an importance in their own right independently of their use in the scale of Qp-spaces.


This paper presents a novel and effective logic synthesis flow able to identify threshold logic functions during the technology mapping process. It provides more efficient logic covering, exploring also redundant cuts. Moreover, the proposed design flow takes into account different circuit area estimations, such as the sum of input weights and threshold values, the gate fanin and the number of threshold logic gates. As a result, the mapped circuits present a reduction up to 47% and 67% in area and logic depth, respectively, in comparison to the most recent related approaches.


ABSTRACT This paper examines how online outreach workers within AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) discursively imagine notions of "gay community" and the tensions between inequities in varying conceptions of "community" that operate in providers' and managers' sexual health online outreach. Through a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) of interview data from a community-based research project examining sexual health outreach among gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) men, we provide an analysis that problematizes notions of a unitary "gay community" while illustrating how certain privileged subjects are deemed ideal for inclusion and representation within both online and ASO communities. Moreover, we interrogate how online medical health regimes constitute the ideal neoliberal gay male subject who self-responsibilizes and individualizes his sexual health while erasing inequities relating to social location and intersecting identities. Our analysis highlights how homonormative politics infiltrates GBQ sexual health programming and the ways in which understandings of the "self" and gay subjectivities are constituted through biopolitical apparatuses and online sexual health surveillance. We argue that it is necessary to move online sexual health outreach beyond specifically focusing on the needs of white GBQ men by bringing a greater awareness to the continual exclusions which operate within GBQ "communities".


A temperature management method for a power battery includes an over-high temperature control method for a power battery, an over-low temperature control method for a power battery, and an excessive temperature differentials control method for a power battery. The management method can be implemented for controlling the opening of the battery fan to provide air for the battery in proper time so as to effectively avoid over-high temperature, over-low temperature and excessive local temperature differentials of the power battery, thus enabling the battery to operate within best working temperature range, and hence improving the overall usage performance and increasing the service life of the battery.


SINCE seven-thirty in the morning, Carl had sat on the back porch, on the old green chair by the old green table. It had been cool at first, but now the sun came through the vines, dappling the floor and the table with warm yellow pools... In the Dreams, the Eyerliying— SINCE seven-thirty in the morning, Carl had sat on the back porch, on the old green chair by the old green table. It had been cool at first, but now the sun came through the vines, dappling the floor and the table with warm yellow pools. The glass felt solid and cool in his hand; the gingerale bubbled contentedly, the tiny bubbles fizzing through the amber whiskey. In the exact center of the table he had carefully placed the two bottles, the mix on the left, the whiskey on the right. Now it didn't matter so much, but at first he had known that they must be in the exact center. Any unbalance would have been the end. He pulled a cigaret from his shirt and struck a match. The flame matched the sunlight just as Lauren, his younger brother, came out from the kitchen. "Elaine is crying," Lauren leaned against the kitchen wall, watching Carl. Carl held the match, still burning, and exhaled a cloud of smoke over it. When it went out, he placed it carefully in the ash tray. He poured more mix in the glass and watched it bubble, not looking at Lauren. "I said," Lauren repeated, "Elaine is in there crying." Carl looked up, annoyed. "So?" He drank deeply. "I just thought," Lauren started slowly, then rushing on, "You ought to do something." Carl looked back at the glass, muttering, "If you're so worried about her, go rub her belly." Lauren's breath came in sharply. For a long moment Carl could hear the dry leaves brushing the porch screen as they fluttered from the old oak. Then Lauren spat: "Why, you dirty bastard." In one gliding motion, Carl was on his feet, his palm drawn back, ready to strike. In the warm splotches of sun, under the slanting porch roof, the brothers stood, glaring. Carl dropped his hand. "I should beat the hell out of you." His voice was flat. "But I can't. Sit down." He jerked his thumb toward the other side of the table.


This study was deliberately focussed upon the careful examination of a model of professional learning for Middle School teachers, which has at its core, a Teaching and Learning Framework depicting essential elements of effective teaching practice. Set within the context of Middle School classrooms in a Regional Independent school, the intent was to research the impact of the framework on the professional learning of a group of teachers. Research was also undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of feedback and analysis structured around the framework, using video recordings taken from classroom observations. A group of eight Middle School teachers participated actively in the study to determine how the use of video-stimulated reflective processes might affect improvements in their practice and professional learning. Professional learning opportunities were examined and explored in terms of the impact of the observation and feedback cycle on individual teacher's progress and against rubric levels within


Presence of Banned Drugs in Dietary Supplements Following FDA Recalls The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiates class I drug recalls when products have the reasonable possibility of causing serious adverse health consequences or death.1 Recently, the FDA has used class I drug recalls in an effort to remove dietary supplements adulterated with pharmaceutical ingredients from US markets. Approximately half of all FDA class I drug recalls since 2004 have involved dietary supplements adulterated with banned pharmaceutical ingredients.2,3 Prior research has found that even after FDA recalls, dietary supplements remain available on store shelves.4 However, it is not known if the supplements on sale after FDA recalls are free of the adulterants. In the present study, dietary supplements purchased at least 6 months after FDA recalls were analyzed to determine if banned drugs were still present.


Opisthotonus is one of the representative presenting symptoms seen among patients with tetanus, as well as pain, stiffness, rigidity and spasms.1 We report an unusual case of tetanus with camptocormia as the initial symptom.

A 77-year-old female farmer with unremarkable medical history arrived at our hospital due to difficulty in swallowing and a dropped head which were noticed 4 days prior to the visit. On examination at arrival, she had camptocormia with increased tonus of rectus abdominis muscle. She also had hoarseness in speech and mild limitation in opening her mouth. No wound was observed.

On laryngoscopy, saliva was pooling around the epiglottis with decreased mobility. Therefore, she was admitted to the intensive care unit.

On the 4th day of admission, her trismus deteriorated rapidly. With a tentative diagnosis of tetanus, she was given tetanus vaccine and human …


The present paper aims at presenting the results obtained following the experiments conducted to determine certain influences of the deposition process parameters electric current intensity (Is), electric arc voltage (Ua), deposition speed (vs) and type of deposition current on the geometric elements of the deposition such as Width (W), Penetration (P), Reinforcement (R), as well as on dilution (D) and hardness (HV). The arc welding deposition process used during the experiments was robotic Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW). The analyzed case was centered on the deposition of a low alloy steel filler material (G3Si1) on a ferritic high alloy steel base material (X6Cr17). The results are presented in charts and tables.


Abstract This article highlights the convenient excuse of (il)legality used by (1) religious majoritarian mobs to justify attacks against places of worship and religious buildings of minorities; and (2) police and local authorities to absolve themselves of the failure to uphold public order and the rule of law, protect religious minorities, and to punish religious minorities. This article traces the emergence of legal violence in the form of anti-mosque vigilante extremism in Myanmar from 2012 onwards and analyzes cases of attacks against: (1) "illegal" mosques; (2) madrasas being used as or reconstructed into mosques; (3) buildings allegedly being constructed as mosques; (4) private homes and public spaces being used as mosques; and cases of (5) closed mosques not being allowed to reopen. The author primarily used Myanmar-language resources as well as interviews to conduct the research.


Objective: To investigate the effects of a sliding rehabilitation machine on balance and gait in chronic stroke patients. Design: A non-randomized crossover design. Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation in a general hospital. Subjects: Thirty patients with chronic stroke who had medium or high falling risk as determined by the Berg Balance Scale. Interventions: Participants were divided into two groups and underwent four weeks of training. Group A (n = 15) underwent training with the sliding rehabilitation machine for two weeks with concurrent conventional training, followed by conventional training only for another two weeks. Group B (n = 15) underwent the same training in reverse order. The effect of the experimental period was defined as the sum of changes during training with sliding rehabilitation machine in each group, and the effect of the control period was defined as those during the conventional training only in each group. Main measures: Functional Ambulation Category, Berg Balance Scale, Six-Minute Walk Test, Timed Up and Go Test, Korean Modified Barthel Index, Modified Ashworth Scale and Manual Muscle Test. Results: Statistically significant improvements were observed in all parameters except Modified Ashworth Scale in the experimental period, but only in Six-Minute Walk Test (P < 0.01) in the control period. There were also statistically significant differences in the degree of change in all parameters in the experimental period as compared to the control period. Conclusions: The sliding rehabilitation machine may be a useful tool for the improvement of balance and gait abilities in chronic stroke patients.


The sheet for electromagenetic interference (EMI) shielding was prepared with slurry made by the mixture of binder, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone and metal powder. We tried to enhance the shielding efficiency by adding carbon nanotube (CNT), which has known as highly conducting material. Surface and component analyses were carried out with SEM and EDS, respectively. The electric characteristics and EMI shielding efficiencies were measured with 4-point probe measurement and EMI efficiency measurement equipment. The sheet with 2% CNT addition showed the lowest electrical resistance, . It also showed the highest EMI shielding efficiency of 63 dB.


Landsonar was applied in surveying karst and faults and stratifications plane in old city zone of Jinan,and have got good effect in surveying strata,faults and karst under the vibration voice of cars and passer.The length of surveying line was 25 km,and the exploration depth was 2—150 m.


A generic two-dimensional disordered topological superconductor in symmetry class D exhibits rich phenomenology and multiple phases: diffusive thermal metal (DTM), Anderson insulator (AI), and thermal quantum Hall (TQH) phase (a topological superconductor). We numerically investigate the phase diagram of a lattice model of such class D superconductor, specifically focusing on transitions between the phases and the associated universal critical behaviors. We confirm the existence of a tricritical point and its repulsive nature at the point on the phase diagram where the three phases meet. We characterize the critical behaviors at various critical points and the tricritical point using numerical evaluation of the localization length, the conductance (or conductivity), and the density of states. We conclude that the two metal-insulator transitions (DTM-TQH and DTM-AI) belong to the same universality class, whereas the tricritical point (TCP) represents a distinct universality class.


This article examines how "iteration"—the dynamic updating of a research design in the course of conducting a study—contributes to making fieldwork a powerful form of inquiry. Considering epistemic disagreement on the utility and acceptability of iteration and drawing on published work, our own experiences, and an original survey and interviews, we contend that iteration is a core aspect of field-based inquiry because such work often examines areas for which theory or empirical knowledge is underdeveloped and requires reacting as the research environment evolves. We demonstrate why iteration is challenging, consider the analytic risks it poses, and offer a framework to help scholars iterate in analytically productive ways. We conclude by outlining the implications for the discipline of embracing and being transparent about iteration.


Objective:To investigate the effect of ethyl acetate extract from Cortex periplocae(CPEAE) on apoptosis of human esophageal carcinoma cell line TE-13 and to elucidate its mechanism.Methods:Inhibitory effect of CPEAE on TE-13 proliferation was tested by MTT assay.The morphological changes of cell apoptosis were observed by Giemsa staining and transmission electron microscopy.Cell cycle and apoptotic ratio were tested by flow cytometry(FCM).The protein expression of CDK4 was observed by Western blotting.Results:CPEAE inhibited proliferation of TE-13 cells in a concentration-dependent and time-dependent manner,and its IC50 value was(2.443±0.005) μg/mL at 48 h(P0.05).The characteristic morphological changes of apoptosis were observed in TE-13 cells after treatment with CPEAE under transmission microscope.A typical subdiploid peak was detected by flow cytometry.CPEAE decreased the expression of gene CDK4 in TE-13 cells.Conclusion:CPEAE can induce apoptosis of TE-13 cells.The effect is related with down-regulation of CDK4 expression.


The present invention is a hybrid (Hybrid), and relates to a protective sheet comprising the same, the hybrid sheet is strong and made of a high strength yarn (ⅰ) fiber body; (Ⅱ) and the shear thickening fluid (Fluid Thickness Shear) strength fibers impregnated with the body; And (ⅲ) characterized in that the said configuration to be strongly adhered to the thermoplastic fibrous resin. Hybrid sheet of the present invention also exhibit excellent elasticity room, room gumminess, shock absorption, such as a light weight, and effectively prevented during use and in which the shear thickening fluid impregnating the solidified body strength fiber. Further, the protection according to the present invention exhibits excellent acoustic room, room gumminess, shock absorption, yet lighter in weight and excellent fit. Sheet hybrid fiber body, shear thickening fluid, reserve, aramid.


Numerical method for reliability sensitivity design is presented based on fourth moment technique, and the reliability sensitivity of the capstan in track-laying vehicle with non-normal random parameters is extensively discussed. The variation regularities of reliability sensitivity are obtained and the effects of design parameters on reliability of the capstan in track-laying vehicle are studied. The method presented in this paper provides the theoretic basis for the reliability design of the capstan in track-laying vehicle, the production can be very useful if it extended to correlated area of machine sensitivity design.


The inelastic scattering of [sup 12]C+[sup 12]C to states above the decay threshold into 6[alpha] particles has been studied at center-of-mass energies in the range 25--40 MeV. We observe strong resonant behavior in the 0[sub 2][sup +]+3[sub 1][sup [minus]] and 0[sub 2][sup +]+0[sub 2][sup +] channels around 32.5 MeV with strikingly enhanced cross sections at 90[degree] in the center of mass. Further measurements suggest that the 0[sub 2][sup +]+(0[sub 3][sup +]) channel also resonates in this energy region. These data are compared to recent band crossing model calculations and the shape eigenstate interpretation.


The time and monetary costs of training sophisticated deep neural networks are exorbitant, which motivates resource-limited users to outsource the training process to the cloud. Concerning that an untrustworthy cloud service provider may inject backdoors to the returned model, the user can leverage state-of-the-art defense strategies to examine the model. In this paper, we aim to develop robust backdoor attacks (named RobNet) that can evade existing defense strategies from the standpoint of malicious cloud providers. The key rationale is to diversify the triggers and strengthen the model structure so that the backdoor is hard to be detected or removed. To attain this objective, we refine the trigger generation algorithm by selecting the neuron(s) with large weights and activations and then computing the triggers via gradient descent to maximize the value of the selected neuron(s). In stark contrast to existing works that fix the trigger location, we design a multi-location patching method to make the model less sensitive to mild displacement of triggers in real attacks. Furthermore, we extend the attack space by proposing multi-trigger backdoor attacks that can misclassify inputs with different triggers into the same or different target label(s). We evaluate the performance of RobNet on MNIST, GTSRB, and CIFAR-10 datasets, against four representative defense strategies Pruning, NeuralCleanse, Strip, and ABS. The comparison with two state-of-the-art baselines BadNets and Hidden Backdoors demonstrates that RobNet achieves higher attack success rate and is more resistant to potential defenses.


CuCl2 solutions various concentration in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) are treated with microwave (MW) radiation. Optical absorption and FT-IR spectra of the solutions before treatment and after treatment are discussed. It is proposed that before treatment Cu2+ ions have rhombic distorted octahedral coordination in solution with four oxygen atoms of PEG and two Cl− ions. These oxygen atoms can be from hydroxyl or ether groups of PEG, depending on the relative ration OH− groups and Cu2+ ions. MW treatment of the solution results in a two-step reaction divided in time. The first stage of MW treatment leads to the reduction of Cu2+ ions to Cu+ ions. At the second stage Cu+ ions are reduced to Cu0 forming high-purity copper nanoparticles. In the same time PEG transforms with a formation of carbonyl groups. The shape of the obtained nanoparticles depends on the molecular weight of the used PEG.


Music has rarely exerted such positively hypnotic fascination on such masses of listeners as it has since the meteoric rise of the English group, the Beatles, at the begining of the 1960s. Under this influence the leisure behaviour of young people began to undergo lasting change, focusing around music to an extent that no one — despite the periodically recurring waves of enthusiasm for specific vogues within dance music — would have thought possible. Young people in their thousands took up music making as a leisure activity once again, to say nothing of the masses that a single rock concert was capable of mobilising. At the same time, music has become a sociopolitical problem on a scale never seen before, concerning teachers, sociologists and psychologists equally — and it has become so in both capitalist and socialist societies, even though with quite different emphases. Evidently, then, for a whole age group with a lower age limit of about twelve (and steadily falling) and an upper limit of between twenty and twenty-five (when family responsibilities intrude — see Dollase, Riisenberg and Stollenwerk 1978), the process of attainment of selfhood within society is being realised, essentially, with reference to the assimilation of this kind of music.


A near-field-focusing quasi-nondiffraction Airy beam with the waveguide slot array antenna is proposed in this paper. A two-dimensional (2-D) self-bending beam is generated, which combines the one-dimensional (1-D) Airy beam and the one-dimensional multi-point focusing non-diffraction beam. The simulation results present a large depth of field with the self-bending nondiffracting propagation. Interesting properties of self-healing and self-acceleration are achieved in this design, which shows great potential in the field of the wireless energy transfer and the near-field high-speed communication.


In the paper by O. E. Smith, N. C. Welch, and T. M. Little in J. Amer. Soc. Hort Sci. 98(6):529-533, November 1973, the following changes should be made on page 529, column 2, lines 28 and 35:

Line 28: change "transferred to a 1/15 M" to read "transferred to a 20-fold dilution of a 1/15 M"
Line 35: change "of the pH 7.0 phosphate" to read "of the pH 7.0 dilute phosphate"

If the buffer is used at 1/15 molar, the roots of the young plants will be injured due to the high osmotic strength of the buffer.


Experiments are needed to locate phase boundaries and to provide both Hugoniot data and off-Hugoniot data (such as principle isentrope, refreezing, dynamic strength, etc.) achieved through complex loading paths. The objective of the current work was to de- velop a large bore (3.5 inch or greater) powder gun capable of accelerating projectiles to moderately high velocities exceeding 2 km/s for impact experiments. A total of 24 ex- periments were performed to measure the projectile velocity, breech strain, and projectile tilt to demonstrate the performance of the gun up to the maximum breech capacity of 16 pounds of propellant. Physics experiments using a multislug method were performed to obtain sound speed and Hugoniot for shocked cerium metal and to demonstrate the ability of the large bore gun to conduct well-defined, plate-impact experiments. In addition, six experiments were performed on the prototype containment system to examine the ability of the launcher and containment system to withstand the impact event and contain the propellant gases and impact debris postshot. The data presented here were essential for qualification of the launcher for experiments to be conducted at the U1a complex of the Nevada Test Site.


Vision is the most important resource of information for human beings which contain several activities. Amongst these activities, object recognition and classification are widely used. Although, images are representation of vision which can be interpreted by machines, some images often do not exhibit regions of uniform intensity, but these images may contain variation of intensities which form certain repeated patterns. These repeated patterns are known as visual texture. These patterns can be the result of physical surface properties such as roughness, reflectance and color difference of surface. This special variation in pixel intensities is useful in a variety of applications. One such application is analysis of satellite images, whose purpose is to identify various regions in a given image. In this paper we try to exploit knowledge of texture i.e. repeated patterns of non uniform intensity, to recognize regions in the satellite images. There are many approaches used for texture analysis, mainly these are categorized as statistical, structural, filter and model based. In statistical approaches, a GLCM approach is used to find various regions i.e. land and water in a satellite image by extracting its texture information. KeywordsTexture, Satellite Images, GLCM, Clustering.


This study examined the effects of dietary phospholipid (PL) level on survival, growth, development and resistance to osmotic shock of early blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus, juveniles. Six iso‐lipidic diets formulated to contain PL at 0 (basal), 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 g/kg (dry matter) were offered to first‐stage crabs (C1) until they achieved C4 stage. Highest survival (93.3%) was achieved by crabs fed diets with PL supplementation levels of 120 and 150 g/kg. Crabs fed diets with PL supplementation levels of 120 and 150 g/kg developed to C4, on average, in 14 days, which was significantly faster (p 0.05). Dietary PL level markedly influenced survival of juveniles exposed to a stress test of low salinity (7 g/L); most crabs (>87%) fed diets supplemented with PL at 120 and 150 g/kg survived to the end of stress test. Dietary PL levels of 120 g/kg and 150 g/kg are suggested to maximize productivity in early P. pelagicus culture.


The Web server scheme based on traditional secret sharing is not applicable because the adversary has so much time to mount attacks that this will reduce the dependability. This paper presents a Web server system based on proactive secret sharing, and provides share initialization and renewal algorithms with an improved verifiable secret sharing scheme. This system proposes an effective scheme maintaining the long-time security of Web server private keys, where shares are periodically renewed without changing the shared key and previous shares are all erased in such a way that the available time for the adversary will be reduced to a single time period.


Based on analysis of the data on 124 patients with significant diagnosis of Reiter's disease, coxitis was discovered in 38 (30.8%) of them. During examination, the early clinical signs were revealed to diagnose any coxitis as were differential diagnostic signs to delineate lesions of the hip joints in seronegative arthritis and/or spondylarthritis (Reiter's disease, ankylosing spondylarthritis and psoriatic arthritis), having an analogous clinico-roentgenologic appearance.


Cloud computing is emerging as a major advancement in organizational infrastructure, which aims to bring with it great benefits to technology users. Jordan is one of the developing countries that seeks to adopt such technology. Based on that, this study focused on how Jordanians perceive and respond to cloud computing, and the main factors that govern its adoption and use. Using a quantitative approach, responses from cloud computing users were gathered to investigate their perceptions on the factors affecting their adoption of such technology. A sample of 134 online users was utilized and an instrument of 21 items was used in this study. Results indicated that service quality, cost reduction, IT background, and perceived control are major predictors of online users' intention to adopt cloud computing. Perceived security was not significant in this relation. The researchers conclude this work with their discussion, implications, limitations and future work.


An optimum design of experimental setup for the preparation of polycrystalline silicon (pc-Si) films from amorphous layers applicable in the solar cell production is analyzed in the paper. In the computational simulations, the influence of basic characteristic parameters of the experimental procedure on the mechanisms of pc-Si lateral growth is studied. Among these parameters, the energy density of the applied laser and the thickness of the amorphous silicon (a-Si) layer are identified as the most significant. As an optimum solution, the mechanism of pc-Si growth consisting in repeated melting of a part of already crystallized pc-Si layer by the scanning laser is proposed.


The goal of this research is to give algorithmic expression to human-expertise for an automatic computer-based solution to the writer recognition problem using handwriting. The methodology of this work is to formalize the problem by means of a computational theory of writer recognition, based on studies on how the problem is being solved in the forensic sciences community and then propose a set of algorithms to implement this theory.
An adaptive methodology based on wavelet transforms and Gabor filters is designed to determine the pictorial similarity of handwritten document images viewed as textures. The most similar document images are subject to further analysis and document elements like characters and words or document-level features are automatically extracted (recognized). We consider two scenarios: the complete information case and the partial information case and propose heuristic and probabilistic algorithms for both. The extraction of characters and word images being a recognition/classification task, we propose new contributions to the classifier combination and selection domains. A multi-classifier combination scheme based on the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence, which uses multiple information sources is proposed and evaluated. An algorithm to select the character recognizers that maximize the overall performance based on the estimated confusability of character alphabets, as measured by the distance between probabilistic models of characters, is proposed.
Measures of discriminability of characters and words are proposed to determine the most discriminatory ones for analysis purposes. We also investigate the use of machine learning techniques to estimate, for a given writer, the distribution of its allographs in the lexeme-space as well as the lexeme-context in which they appear. These features, together with other new cognitive and word shape features are used by parametric and non-parametric classification models designed for writer recognition. Their performance is evaluated for a given writer population and for individual writers. The present work stays at the core of a handwriting analysis system whose performance was evaluated over a large database of handwritten documents written by different authors.


Peritoneal dialysis solutions are specially formulated for use during and immediately after an episode of peritonitis. The solutions include one or more additives to minimize the injury and physiological effects that peritonitis can cause. One additive is a mixture of amino acids sufficient to maintain a positive nitrogen balance, at least one of the amino acids being present in a dipeptide form. Another additive is a compound that scavenges free radicals generated by peritoneal macrophages activated by the peritonitis. Another additive is chondroitin sulfate that changes the permeability of the peritoneal membrane during subsequent dialysis using solutions free of chondroitin sulfate. Another additive is the degradation products of hyaluronic acid to enhance the regeneration of the peritoneal mesothelium without fibrosis.


Purpose: The purpose of this intervention was to test the effectiveness of a combination approach to childhood obesity prevention and treatment that included a multidisciplinary clinical team approach with the Integration of technology, health coaching, and fitness training. Methods: This study included 151 low income children/adolescents ages 5-17 years old with BMI equal to or greater than 85th percentile for age and gender. The study included a combination of clinical team visits, evening and weekend educational family workshops, integration of technology via activity trackers, mobile application, health coaching, and …


Abstract The aim of the article is to assess the impact of changes in excise duty rates on prices, consumption, and tax revenue to the state budget on the development of the domestic tobacco industry. The study was conducted, among other things, using methods of statistical comparative analysis, dynamics of the main elements of the market, exponential regression analysis, and analysis of selected financial ratios. The research shows that between 2010 and 2021 the tobacco industry in Poland developed very dynamically due to foreign direct investments and competitiveness on the EU market. Fiscal policy determined prices of tobacco products, as indirect taxes dominated the structure of retail prices. The increasing rates of excise duty resulted in a decrease in cigarette consumption, which was compensated by an increase in the consumption of innovative products. The effectiveness of fiscal policy is also confirmed by the growing budget revenues and reducing the shadow economy in the internal market. In recent years, however, consumer income has been growing faster than the prices of tobacco products, which has resulted in their better affordability. In conclusion, between 2022 and 2027, excise tax rates will gradually increase due to the harmonization of the national tax law with the regulations in force in the European Union. The increase in excise duty rates will determine the production and sale of tobacco products, which will adapt to demand conditions. Higher rates of excise tax will result in an increase in the prices of tobacco products and state budget revenues from indirect taxes.


Australia's currently known reserves of fossil fuel indicate that we have 250 years supply of black coal at current production rates, 400 years of brown coal, 170 years of natural gas, but only 16 years of crude oil (20 years if natural gas liquids figures are included). While we are presently supplying about 65% of our liquid hydrocarbon requirements, this will drop to about 10% by 1990 unless significant new discoveries are made. While it may be technically possible to replace the petroleum based industrial fuels with either coal or natural gas, there is no currently developed alternative for transport fuels. If Australia wishes to pursue the objective of energy self-sufficiency, then these transport fuels produced from indigenous crude, even with the maximum of secondary processing, will have to be supplemented with synthetic fuels made from coal, natural gas or L.P.G. There is considerable activity world wide in perfecting the technology of coal liquefaction, but it seems certain that the process will be highly capital intensive and there will need to be some guaranteed minimum price for the products to protect the venture from fluctuations in the world price of natural crude oil. Converting LPG to gasoline is technically feasible but whether it is sound from an economic standpoint or whether it is justified when considering conservation of energy is a matter for debate. Natural gas can be converted to gasoline but again with a relatively low efficiency of energy conservation. However, it could be attractive where gas is available far in excess of conventional demands and can be supplied to the process at a reasonable price.


An experimental campaign to investigate sea ice ridge interaction with bottom-fixed structures was carried out in the Aalto ice tank in Espoo Finland in August, 2019. The aim was to investigate a) the scaled ridge properties, b) the ice processes during testing and c) the scaling of ridge forces with respect to a cylindrical and a conical structure at the water line. This presentation focuses on analyzing ridge keel punch tests. In a punch test, a circular platen of consolidated layer is first cut free from the surrounding ice field. Thereafter, the ice is pushed vertically downwards with a cylindrical indentor to break the underlying keel. The measured load-displacement relationship can be used for the evaluation of the mechanical properties of rubble. Three ice sheets were created and used to build ridges, in which the ridge consolidation temperature and time were varied. All together 24 punch tests were carried out, whereas 14 of them were done for consolidated ridge, six for unconsolidated ridge, three for surrounding level ice and one in the open water to determine the buoyancy load on the indentor. Both the structural tests and punch tests showed clearly that the ridge strength and load depend strongly on the consolidation.


The financial press consistently refers to the movement of the consumer confidence index and its impact on the stock market or the stock market's impact on consumer confidence as though the relationship between the two variables was a well-established scientific fact. However, is there really any correlation? This paper explores the relationship between these two variables over the last 20 years on a month to month basis seeking to determine whether or not any correlation in fact does exist. Our analyses validate a relationship running one-way from the stock market to the consumer confidence index. Our finding also shows that this relationship holds during both bull & bear markets as well as a complete market cycle. Finally our results also indicate that although the relationship is strong in the short term, it fades in two to three months indicating that the effect is moving and continuous.


The current study was designed to obtain an information on the immune factors which could be underlying the induction of protective immunity to the genus Fasciola in rats, using immunosuppressive drugs and diffusion chamber technique. The rats became resistant to challenge with the Japanese species of Fasciola following an oral infection with metacercariae, indicating a significant degree of reduced worm burdens. This protective effect in the immunized rats, however, was abrogated by the administration of immunosuppressants, dexamethasone and prednisolone. In rats treated with these drugs, no antigen-antibody band in immunodiffusion plate was recognized throughout the infection, while many bands were observed in sera from the rats without treatment with the drugs. From the results obtained, the antigen-antibody bands in diffusion plate would be a good indicator to estimate the degree of protective immunity to the genus Fasciola in host animals. By intraperitoneally implanting the immature worms in diffusion chamber, the rats were able to induce a significantly high degree of protective immunity when compared to the natural-immunity control. However, the degree of protective effect was significantly high in rats which received free worm (without chamber) implantation. In the experimental rats, each fraction of their serum proteins was also examined by performing cellulose acetate electrophoresis. More detailed examination is required to investigate the immune factors in the protective immunity to the fluke in rats, using immunosuppressive drugs and/or diffusion chamber techniques in terms of host-parasite relationship.


Acknowledgments. 1. Reflections of a Formal Semanticist. 2. Opacity, Coreference, and Pronouns. 3. Some Structural Analogies Between Tenses and Pronouns in English. 4. Toward the Logic of Tense and Aspect in English (with Michael Bennett). 5. Bound Variables and Other Anaphors. 6. Anaphora and Semantic Structure (with Emmon Bach). 7. Compositionality. 8. Appendix B. Genitives -- A case study. 9. Ambiguous Pseudoclefts with Unambiguous Be. 10. Noun Phrase Interpretation and Type--Shifting Principles. 11. The Airport Squib: Any, Almost, and superlatives. 12. Many Quantifiers. 13. Binding Implicit Variables in Quantified Contexts. 14. Weak NPs in HAVE Sentences. 15. Some Puzzles of Predicate Possessives (with Vladimir Borschev). Index.


iPhones.org carried an article on the future iPhone 6 innovations. 1. First, in the opinion of specialists at CNet.com is replacing the fingerprints access password. Also, the new smartphone can be used as payment. Chances that Apple to make this innovation...


1. Smoyer-Tomic KE, Rainham DGC. Beating the heat: development and evaluation of a Canadian hot weather healthresponse plan. Environ Health Perspect 109:1241-1248 (2001). 2. Taylor RB, Shakoor O, Behrens RH, Everard M, Low AS, Wangboonski J, Reid RG, Kolawole JA. Pharmacopoeial quality of drugs supplied by Nigerian pharmacies. Lancet 357:1933-1936 (2001). 3. Yuan L, Daniels S, Naus M, Brcic B. Vaccine storage and handling: knowledge and practice in primary care physicians' offices. Can Fam Phys 41:1169-1176 (1995). 4. Green MD, Mount DL, Wirtz RA, White NJ. A colorimetric field method to assess authenticity of drugs sold as the antimalarial artesunate. J Pharm Biomed Anal 24:65-70 (2000).


Shyang-Chyuan Fang, Tai-kuei Yu, Tai-Yi Yu, I-Cheng Chang Abstract. To help mitigate and educate the negative impacts of emerging contaminants (ECs), this research tried to realize the environmental attitude and environmental behavioral intention of students in the field of environmental education at higher education level. However, little is known about integration of psychological distance, environmental attitude, behavioral intention and effective teaching strategies on emerging contaminants for undergraduate students within a behavior model. This research proposed a pro-environmental behavior model, integrated with Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) model and psychological distance to realize causal relationships among latent variables that instructors concerned. In a cross-sectional survey, this research effectively surveyed 851 respondents of five universities in Taiwan through self-report questionnaires. This research utilized bootstrapping manner and Smart-PLS software to identify the crucial relationships between two formative factors (environmental attachment and psychological distance), value and beliefs and behavior intention on ECs. The level of ECs knowledge was treated as a moderator, and results indicated significant moderator effects on environmental attachment toward environmental attitude, and environmental attitude toward behavioral intention. The results provide empirical support for some previous identified barriers to pro-environmental behavioral intention and suggest guidelines for effective pro-environmental behavior on ECs issues. key words: partial least squares, behavioral intention, emerging contaminants, theory of planned behavior, value–belief–norm theory. Introduction


The consumer electronic industry has been undergoing severe pressures to adapt and to respond to new social and market demands, Nowadays, the demand of mobile and battery-powered consumer electronics is growing exponentially; The demand for gadgets with improved battery life is also growing at a very fast pace. The users requirements and expectations are significantly higher towards the consumer electronic industry and their range of different devices. The portable devices usually include a variety of loads such as LCD display, memories, mini microprocessor, Universal Series Bus (USB), and a hard disk drive. These loads require different operating voltages and load currents, and are powered by the rechargeable batteries such as Lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries, Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries and Silver-Zinc batteries through DC-DC converters. In this context, the efficiency of DC-DC converters becomes an important issue in order to maintain long working times for batteries and smaller size in mobiles devices. This paper reviews DC-DC converters and charge pump circuits converters.


Over the past decade, a substantial body of research on leader–member exchange (LMX) has emerged from the international context. International LMX is a developing research area with some intriguing findings; however, this emerging literature is still in its infancy and much work remains to be done for a strong theoretical foundation with sound practical implications. This article provides a comprehensive assessment of international LMX research. It then highlights theoretical and methodological gaps and suggests promising directions for future international LMX research.


The based on the ore-forming geological background and characteristics of the Tawenchahan deposite,its metallogenic condition and prospecting are inquired into and its prospecting criteria are summarized.Tawenchahan polymetallic ore mineral deposits is a thick coating lurks in the wide under the skarn deposit,located on the south edge of the wood-forming zone Qimantag,ore-controlling factors is the acidity of the Variscan Hills between intrusive rocks and the beach(OST)carbonate rocks,forming a typical contact zone between the two skarn iron ore copper zinc gold and other industries.Its findings are mainly based on 1/10 000 high magnetic measurements delineated 11 anomalies in the future prospecting ideas should be gradually driven by the magnetic anomalies to geological prospecting and unusual combination of law to change the direction of exploration and summary of the law and abnormal mineralization-spatial distribution of ore bodies,and constantly explore new methods.That abnormal eastern C5,C11 positive and negative anomalies associated with abnormal location,C6 abnormal,C8 is relatively separated from the abnormal south east and west ends of the lots are large areas of abnormal direction of exploration.


IoT and sensor networks are now a critical part of public infrastructure. At the same time, they remain infamous for becoming insecure as new exploits arise. Software dataplanes give us the power to retrofit security functions, and are well-researched in datacentres. Yet the server-grade hardware such frameworks are optimised for is a poor fit for vulnerable low-power, low-space IoT gateways. Single-board computers (SBCs) are a cheaper and better fit on all these metrics, yet no service function chaining (SFC) approaches are tailored to these devices. In addition, modern OS features like XDP give us the capability to minimise power use and provide the lowest latency processing these devices can offer—meaning quicker response to network events, suited to the needs of the network edge. We present Galette, a device-portable SFC framework designed for the inexpensive defence of IoT networks by SBCs. Galette builds on Linux's XDP tooling to provide a CPU-efficient, low latency dataplane. Due to SBC hardware designs, we divide traffic between an XDP fast path and userland to schedule expensive packet analysis without harming normal traffic. Our API makes it easy to write network functions (NFs) that compile to both eBPF and native code, while being portable across heterogeneous SBCs. Testbed evaluations show Galette is more efficient and uses less power than AF_PACKET on Raspberry Pi.


Self-treatment with medicines and therapies outside of mainstream medical practice, including herbal medicines and supplements, folk remedies, homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic therapy, and massage therapy, is a growing trend in the United States. Forty percent of Americans have used an unconventional therapy, and of those, fewer than 40% have informed their regular physician about it.1 In many cases, patients do not disclose their use of unconventional therapies simply because the doctor does not ask about them,2 rather than out of fear of their physician's disapproval.

Similarly, the use of foreign drugs that are banned in the United States is often not disclosed to physicians. Taylor and colleagues report the results of a patient and provider survey in San Diego that found that more than a third of surveyed Hispanic patients had used the banned antipyretic drug dipyrone, whereas nearly three fourths of surveyed physicians were unaware of the drug's indications or adverse effects. This study provides valuable information about a non-English-speaking population group that has been largely underrepresented in most national surveys on the use of unconventional therapies. It would be interesting to know how many of the 76 users of dipyrone had reported their use of this drug to their clinic provider.

At first glance, it seems inappropriate and incongruous that the patient survey was conducted in a community clinic setting where all of the patients were Hispanic and uninsured or receiving Medicaid, whereas the provider sample was taken from mailing lists of professional member groups in San Diego, whose patients were mostly non-Hispanic. However, the use of unconventional therapies is distributed across all sociodemographic groups, and providers are likely to encounter such patients in all clinical settings.1

A recent survey of family practice clinic patients showed that the use of alternative therapies was significantly associated with self-perceived poor health and high educational level.3 Often, these patients have a chronic illness, such as cancer, low back pain, or anxiety. In fact, many people who use unconventional therapies are "shopping around" for health care and have the financial resources to pay for therapies not generally reimbursed by health insurance. They may see several nonphysician practitioners or travel outside of the United States for medicines banned by the FDA. In addition, I searched the Internet using the search term "dipyrone" and found many web sites from which the drug could be ordered and shipped to the United States—so you do not need to go outside this country to get hold of a banned drug.

The use of alternative treatments does not generally reflect dissatisfaction with conventional medicine, but rather a desire to find treatment alternatives that fit with personal values and cultural beliefs about health care.4 Increasingly, a new health care paradigm is being embraced, one that blends conventional medicine with alternative remedies and practices based on individual motivational and spiritual attitudes toward health.

Physicians can best guide their patients by inquiring with a tone of neutrality about all health care practices, including natural remedies, self-care therapies, and practitioner-based treatments, and listening to their patients' perspectives on health, illness, and conventional medicine. Although the goal of the encounter is shared decision making, physicians must be able to advise patients about potentially harmful therapies such as dipyrone. Busy practitioners cannot be expected to be knowledgeable about all of the unconventional therapies reported by their patients. Fortunately, several books and journal articles have been published recently that provide comprehensive information on advising patients on the use of alternative remedies.4,5,6 No longer is a "don't ask, don't know" policy toward unconventional therapies appropriate, because more people are individualizing a health care plan that necessitates proactive management by the primary care provider.


This study investigates how the loss of a generator impacts bus voltage RoCoF post-disturbance. The results show that the fastest bus voltage RoCoFs will occur close to generators impacted the most by the disturbance but this may not be the closest generator to the disturbance. The study also demonstrates a simple method that can be used to identify the generator that will be impacted most after a disturbance and hence the network location that will experience the fastest RoCoF.


Eureka or phoenix from the ashes? The developmental trajectory of offshore wind energy in Northwestern Germany. After the crisis in the shipbuilding industry the hopes for new regional developmental impulses are based upon the boom in offshore wind energy production. The paper examines whether there exist direct or indirect links between the new and the old regional industrial trajectory. The results indicate that these links are only of indirect nature. The core stimuli for the development were the ports in which seagoing vessels are able to land and a strong market pull effect. The crisis in contrast only generated an indirect push effect and the shipbuilding industry provided human capital and specialized infrastructure from which the new industry could benefit, but which could have been created elsewhere as well.


Purpose of this study was to assess to role of Procurement Internal Audit on Compliance towards procurement practices by complying with PPRA in order to bring upon effectiveness and efficiently in procurement practices.


Figure 1 Book cover for Jan Gehl, Life Between Buildings (Washington, DC and London: Island Press, 2011), by Alixandra Hermanso and Macy Miller, architecture students, 2017, displayed in the Klai J...


Snow avalanche is a natural phenomenon, which annually causes infrastructure damage and leads to human casualties in many countries all over the world. As a result, a detailed hazard mapping is required to be able to understand the avalanche risk levels. Also, the scarcity of the areas suitable for constructing infrastructures in the mountains places a high premium on providing high precision hazard mapping. This paper presents the design and development of an advanced phased array antenna for an FMCW radar to produce a high resolution image of snow avalanche in range and cross-range. The proposed antenna is a 16-element fully populated phased array with ±14° azimuth beamwidth and ±22.5° fixed elevation angle. The designed phased array antenna has 14.4 dBi gain and −20.3 dB sidelobe level. In this design, subarraying overlapping technique has been used to eliminate undesirable grating lobes by means of spatial antialias filtering. A phased array power divider is proposed to allow tapering of the amplitude of the elements to achieve low sidelobe level.


The mission of this subject is to complete a more comprehensive communication function in the monitoring and early warning systems of tumble. SOS message transmission plays a vital role in the whole system. When an exceptional tumble occurs, the information of accident happening to the elderly will be automatically sent to the recipients at the first time. By this way, it can not only relieve the pressures of society and children, but also encourage old people to walk out more safely so as to improve their life quality rather than stay at home for the fear of tumble. Using the GSM module, it can achieve the desired results by analysis and control through the microcontroller, which can send out SOS messages and information of location.


e17500Background: Metformin is hypothesized to suppress tumor cell growth by mTOR pathway inhibition, which mediates the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway (frequently deregulated in h...


The variable structure control(VSC) with sliding mode is an important and interesting topic in modern control of nonlinear systems. However, the discontinuous control law in VSC leads to undesirable chattering in practice. As a method solving this problem, in this paper, we propose a scheme of the VSC with neural network sliding surface. A neural network sliding surface with boundary layer is employed to solve discontinuous control law. The proposed controller can eliminate the chattering problem of the conventional VSC. The effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is verified by simulation results.


Recent investigations in bacteria suggest that membraneless organelles play a crucial role in the subcellular organization of bacterial cells. However, the biochemical functions and assembly mechanisms of these compartments have not yet been completely characterized. This Review assesses the current methodologies used in the study of membraneless organelles in bacteria, highlights the limitations in determining the phase of complexes in cells that are typically an order of magnitude smaller than a eukaryotic cell, and identifies gaps in our current knowledge about the functional role of membraneless organelles in bacteria. Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is one proposed mechanism for membraneless organelle assembly. Overall, we outline the framework to evaluate LLPS in vivo in bacteria, we describe the bacterial systems with proposed LLPS activity, and we comment on the general role LLPS plays in bacteria and how it may regulate cellular function. Lastly, we provide an outlook for super-resolution microscopy and single-molecule tracking as tools to assess condensates in bacteria. Statement of Significance Though membraneless organelles appear to play a crucial role in the subcellular organization and regulation of bacterial cells, the biochemical functions and assembly mechanisms of these compartments have not yet been completely characterized. Furthermore, liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is one proposed mechanism for membraneless organelle assembly, but it is difficult to determine subcellular phases in tiny bacterial cells. Thus, we outline the framework to evaluate LLPS in vivo in bacteria and we describe the bacterial systems with proposed LLPS activity in the context of these criteria.