Precipitable water vapor can be estimated from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal's zenith wet delay (ZWD) by multiplying a conversion factor, which is a function of weighted mean temperature (Tm) over the GNSS station. Obtaining Tm is an important step in GNSS precipitable water vapor (PWV) conversion. In this study, aiming at the problem that Tm is affected by space and time, observations from seven radiosonde stations in the Yangtze River Delta region of China during 2015−2016 were used to establish both linear and nonlinear multifactor regional Tm model (RTM). Compared with the Bevis model, the results showed that the bias of yearly one-factor RTM, two-factor RTM and three-factor RTM was reduced by 0.55 K, 0.68 K and 0.69 K, respectively. Meanwhile, the RMSE of yearly one-factor, two-factor and three-factor RTM was reduced by 0.56 K, 0.80 K and 0.83 K, respectively. Compared with the yearly three-factor linear RTM, the mean bias and RMSE of the linear seasonal three-factor RTMs decreased by 0.06 K and 0.10 K, respectively. The precision of nonlinear seasonal three-factor RTMs is comparable to linear seasonal three-factor RTMs, but the expressions of the linear RTMs are easier to use. Therefore, linear seasonal three-factor RTMs are more suitable for calculating Tm and are recommended to use for PWV conversion in the Yangtze River Delta region.


Surgical management of malignant tumours aims at disease eradication coupled with preservation of adjacent normal tissue. This premise is particularly true with peri-ocular basal cell epitheliomas. The functional and cosmetic sequelae of removal of excessive normal tissue in this region may have far reaching consequences. The fresh tissue technique of micrographic surgery, an adaptation of the fixed tissue technique as described by Mohs, was developed to overcome just such problems.All patients presenting with peri-ocular basal cell epitheliomas since December 1987 have been considered for micrographic surgery. The results of a prospective study of 41 of these patients with particular emphasis upon the two major advantages of the technique, namely surety of tumour excision allied to tissue preservation, are presented. The authors conclude that micrographic surgery has a definite role to play in the management of certain peri-ocular basal cell epitheliomas.


A new method for the preparation of (Z)-4-alkylidenebutenolides is described. Coupling reaction of acetylenic stannanes with enol triflates of β-keto esters gave the corres ponding (Z)-2-alken-4-ynoates which were hydrolyzed and then subjected to cyclization in the presence of HgO to give moderate yields of (Z)-4-alkylidenebutenolides.


Loss of zona pellucida and prolonged gestation in delayed implantation in mice was investigated. Nidation of blastocysts was delayed to determine when the blastocysts under these conditions lose their zonae pellucidae and how long they remain within the cornual lumina before implanting. Data were obtained on the time of parturition of these mice if gestation was not interrupted together with the stage of development body wiehgt and sex ratio of their young. Females were remated during the postpartum estrus and allowed to suckle just 6 of their young. The mice were sacrificed from Day 3 through Day 15 after mating and their ova were examined by the phase microscope. A total of 1359 ova were recovered from the cornual washings of 128 females and 943 implantations sites were counted in the cornua of 68 additional mice. The zonae were retained by the delayed blastocysts for 24-48 hours longer than by the control blastocysts. Decidual reactions were 1st seen on the 7th day postocitum. The increment of implanting blastocysts increased over a period of 6 days and by the 14th day no free blastocysts appeared in the cornual washings. 84% of the 63 females that delivered their young had prolonged gestation periods varying from 22 to 30 days. The average litter size body weight and sex ratio of the newborn were not markedly different from the young of stock mice.


Cloud is completely flipping the concept of business nowadays. Reducing capital and operational expenditure to a great extent already drew attention of big companies and industries. Not only startups but also large existing giant companies are shifting their data from local server to a public cloud and sometimes even taking the initiative to build a public cloud to host their sensitive data. A cloud can provide storage services, computing services and also infrastructure without any capital or operational expenses. From a single user to a multi-national million-dollar business can easily receive several types of services from a public cloud. There are numerous cloud providers in the market. Among the prominent ones, few names are mentioned here, such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure etc. GCP offers a wide array of services for many organizations and individuals around the world like other cloud providers. But the question is, all those data, confidential information, intellectual property of individual or industries safe enough? Information has become the most expensive commodity in modern days. A government can be shutdown, a transport system can be disabled, annoying spam calls, phishing emails, cyber bullying and more security threats are existing around us. Can we trust a public service provider? Hence our initiative aims at investigating that GCP is secure from inside attackers. Why we chose inside attackers? Well the idea is to check if GCP can detect and ignore an attack launched internally. In this case it should be secure enough to prevent from outsiders as well. The research investigation would involve Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a local virtual machine (VM) launched from GCP. There is a broad spectrum of VM's available in GCP compute engine service.


The utility model relates to textile machinery, in particular to an adjustable yarn passing bar device convenient for tension compensation. The adjustable yarn passing bar device comprises a yarn passing bar, adjustment block components and an installation seat, wherein the adjustment block components are respectively arranged on two sides of the yarn passing bar, the yarn passing bar is arranged through the adjustment block components respectively arranged on the two sides of the yarn passing bar, each set of adjustment block component has two or more than two adjustment blocks, two ends of each adjustment block are respectively provided with a yarn passing bar installation hole, the adjustment blocks in each set of adjustment block component are connected in series through yarn passing bars which simultaneously penetrate through the two adjacent yarn passing bar installation holes, each adjustment block is provided with a positioning screw which enters the corresponding yarn passing bar installation hole and locates the corresponding adjustment block, and one of the adjustment blocks in each set of adjustment block component is fixedly arranged on the installation seat. The adjustable yarn passing bar device disclosed by the utility model has the beneficial effects that the tension of each yarn is different when pacing of warp is carried out by a creel, the yarn passing bar device can be used for controlling the tension of each yarn during pacing of warp, the tension compensation of the yarns can be better realized, and the tensions of all the yarns can be uniform.


A new refining process for manufacture of stainless steel has been developed using 20t AOD furnace in Shibukawa Plant, Daido Steel Co., Ltd. since 1989. This process, named VCR (Vacuum Converter Refiner) process, consists of AOD furnace and vacuum system. Under vacuum condition in AOD process, we can more effectively refine the molten steel at the final stage of decarburization and the stage of reduction.The characteristics of this new process are as follows.(1) Decarburization rate constant at low carbon range is about 2 times larger than that of conventional AOD process.(2) Ultra low carbon stainless steel grade is made more easily and quickly than VOD process.(3) It is possible to reduce the consumpution of argon gas for refining and ferrosilicon for reduction.This VCR process was applied to 70t AOD furnace which was installed in Chita Plant, Daido Steel Co., Ltd. in November 1991.The outline of VCR process is described and some operational results obtained at 20t and 70t AOD furnaces are given.


L eptomeningeal carcinomatosis is the multifocal spread of tumor cells to the leptomeninges from a distant solid tumor, most commonly adenocarcinoma of the breast or lung, or melanoma. The overwhelming majority of cases are diagnosed in patients with a known malignancy. Affected patients present with acute, multifocal, neurologic deficits. Vestibulocochlear nerve involvement often results in sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. Although considered a relatively rare disorder, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is being diagnosed more frequently as improved treatments provide cancer patients with longer survival times.1 We present a case of acute hearing loss as a result of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in a patient with a previously undiagnosed lung cancer.


This research was aimed at knowing whether the use of picture guessing game to
improve students" ability in writing descriptive text. This research was conducted
at SMP Alam Al Aqwiya Cilongok with 35 students of class VII D as the subject
of the research. The writer used classroom action research (CAR) as the method
of the research. The writer did this research collaboratively with the English
Teacher. The writer used the qualitative and the quantitative data to analyze the
data. The qualitative data were the observation of students" activities in the class
and questionnaire, while the quantitative data were writing test (pre-test and posttest). The data analysis showed that picture guessing game could improve the
students" writing ability. The improvement of pre-test to post-test 1 was 4.69 %,
and there were 18 students (51.42%) who reached score ≥ 65 (KKM). The
improvement of pre-test to post-test 2 was 8.34 %, and there were also 31 students
(88.57 %) who reached score ≥ 65 (KKM). It was also supported by the
observation and questionnaire result. The improvement of observation of the
students" writing activities in cycle one into cycle two was 13.93 %. The data
from the questionnaire which consisted of 6 questions showed that more than 70%
students gave positive response. In conclusion, the research had been called a
success, because the result of this research could be achieved in cycle two.


The Set Cover problem is simple to describe: if a collection of sets is given, each containing a subset of a universe of elements, the challenge is to find a smallest (cardinality) subcollection such that the union of the sets in the sub-collection is equal to the universe. Since this problem is NP-hard, there is no known efficient exact algorithm for non-trivial problem instances. An approximation algorithm is thus employed to construct a nearly optimal solution within reasonable resource bounds. One such algorithm is the greedy approach, which repeatedly adds the set with the greatest number of uncovered elements to the solution until every element in the universe is covered. In this thesis we make several contributions to Set Cover and the greedy approach. First, the approach can be implemented with a priority queue to keep track of set sizes so as to always be able to quickly find a set with the most uncovered elements. However, this implementation is costly in one aspect as some or all sets in the queue must be updated to their correct sizes after adding one set. A variant of the approach, Lazy-Greedy, is therefore proposed to evaluate sets lazily, reducing that cost. We show that while the worst-case time complexity is worsened, on typical input instances the revised approach implementation is faster than the standard eager greedy implementation, while retaining the same approximation ratio of the greedy method. Second, to process a large instance on secondary storage efficiently, Lazy-Greedy is re-engineered to break an input into a logarithmic number of buckets of related set sizes, and to process each bucket lazily. It has two innovations: automated management of a large number of buckets, and a fast search for a particular bucket. Although the algorithm handles a number of large instances efficiently, it runs more slowly than one benchmark disk-friendly


The study investigate  the utilization of laboratory facilities and their relationship with students' academic performance in Calabar.  A total of three hundred and fifty students drawn from fourteen public secondary schools were used for this study. The data were analyzed using two instruments which include; questionnaire on utilization (QULF) Chemistry and Achievement Test (CAT).  The data collected were analyzed using population t-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. However, it was observed from the data analyzed that laboratory facilities are not adequately utilized in secondary schools for teaching Chemistry.  It was also noticed that laboratory facilities do not significantly contribute to the variance in students' academic performance in Chemistry. Keywords: Academic, Facilities, Chemistry laboratory, utilization.


As usual at EuroCorr, the coatings session (M) was a large one with 22 papers and 39 posters scheduled to be presented, of which some 42 appeared on the conference CD. Papers were presented on Monday and Tuesday. (A related session on self-healing coatings (workshop 14) was reviewed in the first part of this report (see CEST, 2008, 43,(1), 8–9). The chair of the session was Lorenzo Fedrizzi. About half the papers on the CD have been chosen for comment here with an attempt being made to cover most of the major areas. There is more emphasis on the oral papers but a number of posters have been included. The papers have been grouped into surface modification (thin layers/oxides etc.), organic, metallic and ceramic (inorganic) coatings.


This research analyzes an approach to increase the radio link contact time of telemetry and telecommand data of low orbit satellites based on the data relay systems through Inmarsat-F4 GEO satellites constellation. For practical purposes, the orbital dynamics between a LEO and GEO satellites using TLE orbital parameters of the SAOCOM 1A satellite and Inmarsat-F4 constellation has been used. The results obtained allow us to determinate the radiation pattern characteristics that must be fulfilled by the proposed antenna. On the other hand, the link budget calculations shows that we could use an low gain antenna. In this way, an Conical Quadrifilar Helix Antenna with hemispherical radiation pattern in elevation angle, and omnidirectional in azimuth angle with Right Hand Circular Polarization (RHCP) has been designed. The main electrical parameters obtained are: HPBW: 198°, Axial Ratio (AR) lower 3dB with theta: −90° to 90°. |S11|: -firstname.lastname@example.com. Bandwidth: 239 MHz.


The goal of the MIT Short-Wavelength Laser Project is to develop a small-scale, high repetition rate, EUV laser suitable for practical applications. The present report summarizes recent progress in this effort, both experimental and theoretical. Our experimental work has dealt with development of the pump laser, design of the target chamber and the associated target alignment system, investigation of short-wavelength laser cavities, and design of appropriate EUV diagnostics. Our theoretical work has included a study of the kinetics of transiently pumped laser plasmas, the development of efficient numerical algorithms applicable to laser-plasma rate equations, an investigation of frequency mixing in the EUV, and an analysis of x-ray detection using GaAs quantum-well structures.


The location-based services using location information of mobile devices in wireless LAN are applicable to in-door, hotspot, and downtown areas. The gathering module on signal strength of access points(AP), a positing determination server(PDS), and LBS applications in WLAN are presented in this paper. PDS manages the database including the established location of APs, and determines the position of mobile devices through calculating the signal strength. Moreover, the server provides the applications with GIS maps and location of the mobile device in the form of GML, after the map matching process.


As an irresistible trend,Economy globalization is sweeping across all over the world.In the situation,in all of the countries the economy running has been making a huge change.A series of subjects and challenge have been put forth to the axiology of Labor that Marx put forward before one hundred years.


The quest for the divine in humankind led the orphics to gather around the form of Dionysus. However, this cult was reformed from an Apollonian point of view, which allowed believers to eliminate the bacchic rituals and the particular sanguinary sacrifices demanded by such divinity. These changes can be explained, as shown in this article, by the concept of purity that Orpheus' followers had.


The present study evaluated the various material properties of concrete brick-masonry using alkali-activated (AA) ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) binder in order to examine the limitation and significance of environmental- friendly cementless masonry. The reasonable mixing proportions for cementless bricks and masonry mortar using AA GGBS binder were determined from the laboratory and practical plant tests. The compressive strengths of brick and masonry mortar were measured for individual cementless materials. In addition, compressive strength, elastic modulus, diagonal shear strength and modulus of elasticity in shear of masonry prisms were recorded for cementless masonry wall. The measured properties of GGBS-based AA concrete brick-masonry were compared with those of ordinary portland cement (OPC) concrete brick-masonry and empirical equations proposed by different codes including UBC-97, EC 6, and KBC-2009 and existing researchers, wherever possible. The present study clearly showed that the developed GGBS-based AA concrete brick-masonry can be practically applicable as environmental-friendly masonry structures.


A cement sample wireless measuring and control device is suitable for the product testing field and comprises a power module, a single chip microcomputer, a state monitoring module, a wireless communication module and an acousto-optic indicating and alarming module, wherein the power module is responsible for supplying power for the wireless measuring and control device, the single chip microcomputer is used for calculating and processing data, the state monitoring module is used for collecting real-time state information of a sample, the wireless communication module is used for information transmission between the state monitoring module and other modules, and the acousto-optic indicating and alarming module is used for state display of the state monitoring and control module and giving an alarm when information monitored by the state monitoring and control module exceeds a set value. According to the cement sample wireless measuring and control device, wireless real-time measuring and control of the cement sample is achieved, management efficiency of the cement sample is improved, safety of cement sample information protection is enhanced, and labor intensity of workers is lowered.


Rank oriented models do not assume that we can exactly quantify the value of an alternative. They do not even assume that we know anything about the distribution of the utility, loss or other observable quantities characterizing an alternative's utility. We only assume that we are able to rank the alternatives drawn. However the necessity to introduce search cost in our considerations seem to diminish the practical value of these strategies. It seems not to be possible anymore to confine ourself to ordinal utility functions (see [Janko, 2010]). In the models to be considered now we assume that it is possible to observe a value which we call price characterizing the alternative. Also we assume that the price distribution is known. Using the Bayesian approach we only assume knowledge of the distribution and not of the parameters of the price distribution. We shall consider here the multinomial distribution only. We shall give analytical results for the special case of the discrete uniform-distribution. M. Rothschild has treated the problem of searching for the lowest price when the distribution of prices is multinomial [Rothschild, 1976]. It is well known that the family of Dirichlet distributions is a conjugate family for observations which have a multinomial distribution. It must be emphasized that using the multinomial distribution we assume prior knowledge of the maximal value of observable offers. Let the prior density function of the multinomial probabilities


A double negative metamaterial based dual-line split-ring resonator (DLSRR) array is proposed in this paper to mitigate mutual coupling between coplanar elements of 1 × 2 microstrip patch arrays operating at frequencies of 10 GHz (for X-band Application) and 1.575 GHz (for L-band Application). The edge-to-edge spacing between the patches is 0.2Ao at 10 GHz and 0.1λ0at 1.575 GHz. The metamaterial decoupling structure comprises of an array of SRRs connected at the corners by two vertical lines and is introduced in between the elements of 1 × 2 arrays. Simulation results show mutual coupling reductions of 7 dB at 10 GHz and 13.2 dB at 1.575 GHz with no noticeable changes in the gain. The validation of simulation results for the array operating at 10 GHz is done using experimental measurements.


Resilience is a beneficial trait for resident physicians who are exposed to adversity through their work with patients. Inpatient hematology–oncology produces vicarious trauma for physicians in training. Physician distress and empathy influence patient care and may be associated with respectively lower and greater levels of resilience.


There are two principal ways of plot/exploitation management: Traditional or Conventional Managing (MC) and Precision viticulture (VP). Even though the technological requirements from these systems are different, in both cases, the Zoning or Variability Map for the Terroir (MVT) is required. MVT is a detailed mapping of the plot and enables to know the delineation and characterization of several sectors which make up its variability. The VP manages independently and optimized each of these sectors, allowing, among other things, optimizing the plantation's layout, rootstocks' selection, tillage, cover crop management, fertilization and maintenance programs, adjustment of water needs, diagnosis and pests and diseases management, monitoring of ripening, the harvest timing, etc. and all so in a localized manner according to the characteristics of each sector. Direct Method (MD) is the natural way to get the MVT. The map made from Direct Method defines and characterizes the different sectors indeed, and also provides some information about the terroir characteristics, which allow diagnosing the causes of heterogeneity and thus, handle them properly. Maps obtained by remote sensing from Spectral High Resolution Imaging (IEAR) provide relevant information, they are very affordable, and with an easy accuracy limits and they are obtained quicker than those made from MD. However, this kind of maps split the areas whose differentiation is due to the plant response in a specific situation that may be caused by a nearly endless options, and therefore, they vary with them. These maps are unable to discriminate sectors by the properties according to environmental factors (climate, lithology, geomorphology, soil) that affect the terroir variability, forbidding any direct action on them. Doing a MVT performed through a MD is expensive on large scales (very detailed studies) due to the gap about adequate perform delineations (net fixed error is related to sides length). However, IEAR technology provides a map which is obtained allowing to buffer this problem and also, reducing the costs. Both in maps obtained from MD or IEAR, the sampling quality is a key point. Both density of observations and the number of properties involved in the study determine its utility and the relative directives, when is possible under an international procedure (such as, OIV), must be a quality guarantee. In fact, both methodologies (MD and IEAR) are complementary for doing the MVT and, once the map (done through MD) is available, the right interpretations of the IEAR maps are possible, whether annual, seasonal, depending on the phenological status or any other circumstance that may affect the variability (pests, stress, ...). MVT obtained like that, allows to the viticulturist address the most ambitious goal: the product optimization and homogenization. Specifically, in a short or medium term and by the management carried out with the VP's performance on the terroir's properties in different sectors of the parcel/plot, resulting in the highest uniformity as possible, and also, in the product. In this work, we worked on terroir's variability and the vineyard management systems (MC and VP), highlighting the relevance of mapping, the need for MVT and its complementary performance related to the MD, and the use of remote sensing systems (IEAR) as another discriminative method.


Egg characteristics such as egg size and egg quality affect the hatchability rate of chicken eggs. The study objective was to determine egg characteristics of Pelung chickens that are endangered chickens of Indonesia. A total of 116 eggs from Garut, Bandung, Cianjur and Sukabumi Regencies, West Java Province, Indonesia was selected using a purposive technique. The observed parameters were egg weight, egg specific gravity, and thickness of an eggshell. Data were analyzed using the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test followed by the post hoc Mann-Whitney U test. The former was used to determine data differences among research areas, while the latter was applied to compare data differences between the two research areas. The rank Spearman analysis was used to determine the correlation between observed parameters. The study showed that there were significant differences (p > 0.05) among research areas for all observed parameters. Egg weight and thickness of eggshell in the Sukabumi Regency were higher than other regencies, while egg specific gravity in this regency was the highest (p > 0.05). There was a significant positive correlation (p > 0.05) between observed parameters. The findings indicated variation in the rearing management system and the genetic of Pelung chickens in research areas.


This article adopts observed method. Author observed actions of grasping and hold mean of shot -putter in the 425 college /high school students. The results was taked order with statistics. There are the 2/ 3 of total students that had mistake action . This is a general action school ?girls some more the school-boys. Physical education teachers should give rise to think deeply about this present situation. This article bring the main reason and put right on the way of familiar mistake action.


The CLEO-III Trigger provides a trigger decision every 42 ns, with a latency of approximately 2.5 /spl mu/s. This paper describes the pipelined signal processing and pattern recognition schemes used by the calorimeter, and the axial and stereo portions of the drift chamber, to provide the information necessary to make these decisions. Field programmable gate arrays are used extensively to provide cluster filtering and location sorting for calorimetry, and path finding for tracking. Analog processing is also employed in the calorimetry to provide additional leverage on the problem. Timing information is extracted from both calorimetry and tracking.


There is a strong link between citizens' quantitative literacy abilities and their financial prosperity. This study applied a social justice perspective to describe families' personal flourishing within the context of numerical, mathematical, and financial literacy (NMFL) education. Four families participated in a weekly community program with mathematical and financial literacy goals. The data showed that participants gained confidence and skills and felt empowered to teach/transfer that knowledge to their children. The author proposes a conceptual framework linking personal flourishing with NMFLs, and suggests the framework be used to investigate and describe quantitative and financial literacy in future empowering pedagogies research.


Abstract: "Sun drying" is the earliest method of drying farm produce ever known to man and it involves simply laying the agricultural products out open in the sun. This has several disadvantages since the farm produce are laid in the open sky and there is greater risk of spoilage due to adverse climatic situations and insects. Solar dryer is a device which are used to dry substances, mostly food products. A solar dryer is of two types – direct and indirect. In this paper the main idea is to construct a hybrid solar dryer by using the excess heat generated around the solar panel. We have learnt from various researches that as the temperature rises, the panels generate less voltage and become less efficient in producing electricity. So, to overcome this problem we have proposed a system such that a solar dryer can be constructed by using the excessive hot air generated near the solar panels. This will also keep the solar panel cool and maintain the efficiency. The electricity generated from the solar panel will be used in drip irrigation. This system will help the farmers to irrigate their farm and dry their food products with the help of solar energy. Keywords: IoT, Hybrid Solar Drying, Irrigation System


Wheat streak mosaic virus capsid protein degraded in vivo by proteolysis as leaves senesced. The capsid protein of virus purified from young systemically infected leaves had an apparent size of 45 kDa in 12% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels with minor amounts of 43, 42, 33, and 31 kDa proteins. The proportion of smaller proteins increased with the age of the leaf. In some virus preparations only 31 kDa capsid protein was detected. In vitro proteolysis of virions with 45 kDa protein produced virions with 31 kDa protein. Virions with 31 kDa capsid protein sedimented slightly more slowly than those with 45 kDa protein (...)


Currently, civil works are using a serie of techniques for loads application that have obtained great importance in the economy and the business environment for its demanding quality standards. This is a report resulting from the realization of the degree project to opt for the title of civil engineer. It was developed in order to optimize time and cost for the company Gran Tierra Energy Colombia, located in the Middle Magdalena Valley, in it , we explored its operation, strengths and weaknesses through a laboratory test, by using of different dosages of synthetic fiber as a replacement for traditional steel in concrete, where they were exposed to forces such as compression and tension, thus reflecting the resistance , which was subsequently applied to the slabs located within the field and the required specifications were met. This procedure allowed to collect relevant information to the civil works area, specifically in the concrete slabs that are subjected to loads by the drilling equipment. Finally, the respective analysis of the procedure was carried out, in which it was found that thanks to the replacement of components traditional there is greater resistance and cost optimization that could favor the company.


In recent years, the organometallic and coordination chemistry of the alkali and alkaline earth metals has experienced tremendous progress to tackle the needs of today's society. Enhanced ecological awareness and global availability favor research on the chemistry of the essential s-block metals. Nowadays, the s-block metals are conquering new chemical fields based on sophisticated theoretical and preparative achievements. Recent investigations show a huge impact of the s-block elements on stoichiometric and catalytic processes.


The design of a light weight steel structural factory building with 45 meter span portal frames is introduced in this paper, and some suggestions are provided, which can be as reference for the design and application of large span portal frame structures.


With the development of The Times, people use social software not only for their purpose and convenience, but also to pay more attention to the visual experience. WeChat is a social software that has been developing rapidly in the past two years, and its visual design directly affects user's satisfaction. Combining the modern design with the local style, the Chinese charm can be reflected and promoted as well as another inheritance of traditional culture. Keywords—local culture; visual language; interface design


The realities of the healthcare environment pose numerous challenges for professional registered nurses in providing quality and safe care. In many models of care nurses increasingly rely on unlicensed assistive personnel as members of the healthcare team. In these models of care, nurses remain accountable for outcomes even though they need to delegate some direct care to the unlicensed personnel. Effective delegation that results in quality and safe outcomes depends on the right communication. Delegation, safety, and quality of care are inextricably linked. Communication between the registered nurse (RN) and the unlicensed personnel can be threatened by poor quality information that is untimely or unclear. Under these conditions the care delivered may be inappropriate or missed resulting in adverse outcomes. Information quality, mindful communication (mindfulness), and mutual trust within the relational context of the delegation are explored as mechanisms to improve the quality of the information and communication between RNs and unlicensed personnel, thus improving the effectiveness of the delegation. Nursing implications are provided.


Coordination of multi-motor plays a crucial role in robot control areas.The system has been designed based on the microcontroller C8051 F340 and motor driver LMD18200.Design of hardware and software is discussed.Application to robot motion control shows that the structure of control method is simple and feasible.


These results show that PL with a btalanced physiological salt solution stairting 12 hours after ANP significantly reduced mortality and prolonged mrean survival of' experi-mentail animrals. The addition of specific antiproteinases to the PL conf'erred no additional survival benefit. 'Ihese findings do not support the intraperitonacal adminis-traution of' antiprotcinaises in the therapy of clinical ANP.


The paper extends Woodford's (2000) analysis of the closed economy Phillips curve to an open economy with both commodity trade and capital mobility. We show that consumption smoothing, which comes with the opening of the capital market, raises the degree of strategic complementarity among monopolistically competitive suppliers, thus rendering prices more sticky and magnifying output responses to nominal GDP shocks.


In a quantum-photonic experiment with an integrated quantum photonics network, we observe a quantum state locally evolve towards a thermal state. By undoing the evolution with the inverse network, we recover the input pure state.


This paper introduces two kinds of control schemes: vector control and direct torque control(DTC).These control schemes can be extensively applied to the operation of a five-phase induction motor.The five-phase induction motor processes several advantages over conventional three-phase drives.


In this article the author reviews the role of certain chemists in the history of the delayed acceptance of Avodagro's hypothesis.


Severe diarrhea in infants and young children is discussed in terms of etiology, specific drug therapy, and correction of acid- base and fluid-electrolyte imbalance. Details of initial hydration therapy and of subsequent replacement and maintenance are presented. Also included is a discussion of hypertonic dehydration, which may be associated with diarrhea and requires a special therapeutic approach.


This book is a much welcome addition to the ecological restoration literature. Many books have come out on recent years, under the umbrella of the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SERI), which gives them the technical/scientific recognition; and also published by Island Press, Washington, DC, which makes them accessible to most buyers in soft cover. Among those, two recent ones from 2007 and 2006 share with Tongway and Ludwig's book their conceptual approach to ecological restoration:


List of Figures List of Table Preface PART I: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICY 1. Basic Concepts in the Study of Public Policy 2. Theories of Public Policy 3. The Context of Policy-Making in Canada 4. Policy Implementation PART II: POLICY FIELDS 5. Macroeconomic Policy 6. Social Policy 7. Health Policy 8. Family Policy 9. Aboriginal Policy 10. Environmental Policy Notes Index


Arrays of 100×100 magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) connected in parallel and series were fabricated. A synthetic antiferro-coupled bottom free layer with a NiFe/Ru/CoFeB structure and MgO tunneling barrier were used to realize a high sensitivity, which is defined as TMR/2Hk, where, TMR is the tunneling magnetoresistance ratio and Hk is the magnetic anisotropy field of the free layer. To obtain a linear response of tunneling resistance against an applied external magnetic field, a double annealing process was carried out. From R–H curve measurements, the sensitivity of the 100×100 integrated MTJs was lower (8%/Oe) than that of a single MTJ (25%/Oe). However, a 1/30 decrease in noise power density was realized in the integrated MTJs. Consequently, a very small magnetic field of 0.29 nT was detected with the integrated MTJs.


Abstract An Increase in reported finds of metal ampullae enables a reappraisal of this distinctive class of pilgrim souvenir in England and Wales, Norfolk in particular: their form, decoration, distribution, context and the physical signs of their production and use. This sheds light on an aspect of late-medieval culture and custom; additionally, it encourages reflection on the kinds of data that metal-detectorists currently record and report. The thesis is that 15th- to mid16th-century ampullae were associated especially with rural communities and deposited in fields as votive objects, often after intentional 'destruction'.


Four clay mineral assemblages are recognized in the Plio-Pleistocene fluviolacustrine marine and terrestrial sediments of Northwestern Peloponnesus. The four assemblages contain varying proportions of illite, chlorite-smectite, illite-smectite, vermiculite-smectite and chlorite-vermiculite, the mixed-layer clays being poorly crystalline and randomly interstratified. A predominantly detrital rather than diagenetic origin is suggested for most of the days. The similarity of the mineral assemblages observed to those encountered in the flysch of the Pindos and Gavrovo zones indicates derivation from the latter sediments. No distinct areal and stratigraphic variation of the clay mineral assemblages was recognized. However, certain mineral assemblages are considered to be indicative for a certain depositional environment either because of their abundance or their frequence of appearance. The nature of the irregular mixed-layer clays is variable: there is a progressive sequence between smectitic terms in the west and chloritic ones in the east. This may be attributed to variations in primary clastic clay composition and/or to an eastwards advancing degree of burial diagenesis.


Is this study, to assist walking motion for elderly people and disabled people, robotics-based assist technologies are important. Toward to realize such technologies, we have developed cane-type walking assist robot. In the paper, we proposed user intuitive assist technique by using a grip sensor. The proposed technique is evaluated through a preliminary experiment.


We exploit a surprise announcement that imposed corporate taxes on a group of Canadian publicly-traded firms to provide new evidence on the interaction between tax incentives and corporate policies. The announcement resulted in a dramatic decrease in value though prospective tax shields offset part of the losses, adding 4.6% to firm value. We also show that firms adjust corporate policies to changing tax incentives. After the announcement, they increased leverage to gain interest tax shields and reversed changes in payout, cash holdings and investment that had been made to capitalize on the tax benefits. Overall, the evidence supports the view that taxes are important for corporate decision making.


Social distancing has caused educators to rely on all types of media to connect and extend social interactions, in turn, transforming cultural norms and social behaviors (Matei and Ball-Rokeach, 2001). During the Fall 2020 Semester, the author taught two undergraduate courses in communication, fully online and synchronous. The classes met 3 days a week for 14 weeks, and eachmeeting lasted 50 min.While the course included substantive course content, the author quickly realized during the first week of classes that encouraging and developing a virtual classroom culture was as important since students had significantly fewer opportunities to create and build relationships with each other before, during, and after class meetings. According to Nesson and Nesson (2008), "Simple interactions such as conversations in the minutes before class begins and after it wraps up, walks from one class to the next, and chance meetings in the library and student center are frequently the basis for forming new relationships and sustaining existing ones" (p. 278). Moreover, changes in norms and behaviors were evident the first week when a student asked about a dress code for class meetings, a requirement in other classes. Fewer cliques existed among students perhaps due to an absence of desks, seating arrangements, and chatter that naturally occurs in a physical space. Whereas a traditional class environment relies on verbal and nonverbal communication to create and foster cultural norms, behaviors, practices, and beliefs, virtual learning disrupts the process since technology changes an individual's communication behaviors. It is important to develop social presence in virtual education courses through: 1) synchronous teaching and learning, and 2) selfdisclosure for fostering student engagement, creating relationships, and building supportive class communities. This article presents literature about virtual education prior to Covid-19, as well as the author's reflections based on observations and personal experiences teaching 35 undergraduate students in two communication courses at the University of Indianapolis during the Fall 2020 Semester.


Modern life is improving as a result of the research that corporations, research centres, and universities, in particular, conduct. Moreover, besides their teaching function, the quantity and quality of universities' research activities comprise an essential criterion for measuring the university's quality. Today, universities around the world face global competition. Although one facet of the effort to attract productive researchers entails offering more and more, individual incentives are not enough. Universities must also create an attractive academic environment for researchers. This study sought answers to the following question: "What incentives and requirements are necessary to create a productive academic environment?" As the result of a literature review in pursuit of the study aim, the study findings include a total of 10 incentives for researchers and requirements for universities to build a productive research environment in academia.


A unique assemblage of cutting-edge research on mathematical models in biology and medicine. This book is composed of refereed and carefully edited research articles derived from the Conference on Mathematical Models in Medical and Health Sciences, held at Vanderbilt University in conjunction with the thirteenth annual Shanks Lectures Series (May 1997).


Alcohol is an illness known as illness of family and whole family face the consequences of the alcoholism. The problem of alcohol addiction/dependence has becomes a major source of stress for whole family and relatives due to recurrent nature of the problem and its increasing cost in the form of monetary loss, treatment, unemployment or non working condition of the individual. Studies have indicated the importance of psychodramatic procedures in management of Alcohol dependent patients. The present case report is a demonstration to bring an observational and phenomenological analysis of the applicability of psychodrama in the management of conflict and manifestation of assertive behavior in alcohol dependent patients. Mr B, 30 years old, male, graduate hails from middle socio economic family of urban area of Ranchi, Jharkhand was admitted at RINPAS on 5.09.12 for alcohol dependence syndrome. Assessment and Intervention involved 16 sessions. Post therapy and follow up report indicated improvement.


Image segmentation is a fundamental task in many computer vision applications. In this paper, we present a novel unsupervised color image segmentation algorithm that utilizes color gradients, dynamic thresholding and texture modeling algorithms in a split and merge framework. To this effect, pixels without edges are clustered and labeled individually to identify the preliminary image content. Pixels that contain higher gradients are further classified by utilizing an iterative dynamic threshold generation technique and an appropriate entropy based texture model. The proposed algorithm was demonstrated successfully on an extensive database of images and benchmarked favorably against prior art.


American traders acquired certain lands in the Fiji Islands by purchase from native chiefs years before the cession of the islands to Great Britain in 1874. After the cession, Great Britain established a board of land commissioners to pass upon the validity of titles to land in the islands, and by 1882 more than 1,300 claims were passed upon.


The study was designed to evaluate the effects of 1 μM β‐carotene on antioxidant status in ethanol‐treated rat hepatocytes and investigate possible anti‐apoptotic mechanisms of β‐carotene in protecting ethanol‐induced cytotoxicity. The isolated rat hepatocytes were incubated for 48 h in a medium with or without alcohol (100 mM) and μ‐carotene (1 μM) using the following groups: the control (C), β‐carotene (CB), ethanol (E), and ethanol + β‐carotene (EB) groups. The cell viability, antioxidative status, cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) and caspase expressions in hepatocytes were measured. The E group demonstrated lower cell viability, glutathione (GSH) levels, and lipid peroxide accumulation in rat hepatocytes; meanwhile, CYP2E1, caspase‐3, and caspase‐9 expressions increased. In contrast, cell viability, GSH levels, and glutathione reductase (GRD) activity significantly increased while lipid peroxides and expressions of CYP2E1, casapse‐3, and caspase‐9 decreased in the EB group. The results suggest that ethanol treatment decreases cell viability in rat hepatocytes via induced oxidative stress. 1 μM β‐carotene decreased oxidative stress and prevented ethanol‐induced cell death by inhibiting caspase‐9 and caspase‐3 expression. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


There is a large and growing body of evidence that supports the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of lifestylebased mental health care, targeting physical activity, diet, smoking and sleep, in the prevention and management of mental disorders. The new paradigm for understanding the relevance of lifestyle in both the aetiology and treatment of mood disorders is considered somewhat revolutionary in mental health and expands our traditional understanding of primary risk factors such as genetic, early life, socioeconomic and personality factors. The evidence is now such that lifestyle behaviours are given serious recognition as modifiable prevention and treatment targets. This is concomitant with the increasing focus on mitigating the substantial mortality gap arising from the cardiometabolic conditions so prevalent in people living with mental disorders (Firth et al., 2019b). Given the burden of mental disorders and limitations of existing approaches to prevention and treatment in mental health care, we urgently need to bridge the evidence–practice gap to bring lifestyle-based mental health care to people living with mental illness. The recent 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders represents a significant milestone in this process (Malhi et al., 2021). These guidelines recommend that dietary, exercise and sleep improvement, alongside smoking, alcohol and other substance use cessation, should form the foundation of mood disorder management, describing it as 'essentially non-negotiable' (Malhi et al., 2021). Here, we discuss the future directions needed to translate and firmly embed lifestyle-based mental health care into practice.


A novel gadolinium–porphyrin metal–organic framework (MOF) nanosheet was synthesized by coordination chelation between gadolinium(III) ions and 4,4,4,4-(porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl) tetrakis (benzoic acid) (TCPP). The mechanism and molecular structure of the prepared Gd-TCPP products were analyzed through the comparison of 4,4,4,4-(porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl) tetrakis (benzenesulfonic acid) (TPPS) and TCPP. The Gd-TCPP MOF nanosheets exhibit a high relaxation rate of 40.8 mM–1 s–1, which is better than the rates for most reported contrast agents. In addition, the photosensitive activity of the Gd-TCPP nanosheets was enhanced compared to TCPP owing to the special periodic porous structure of the MOF, indicating that the Gd-TCPP nanosheets could produce the singlet oxygen (1O2) more effectively under irradiation by visible light. Performance enhancement was observed for both metal ions and organic ligands in the Gd-TCPP MOF nanosheets. This study presents a new concept in the development bifunctional MOF n...


This paper shows some results and news questions of a research about bonds between people and places. A theoretical model was proposed and tested in Trinitat Nova, a neighbourhood of Barcelona. The main theoretical approach of the research was 1 Facultad de Psicología. Campus Mundet. Universidad de Barcelona. Pg. Vall d'Hebron, 171. 08035 Barcelona. email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com Un modelo de apropiación del espacio mediante ecuaciones estructurales 28 Medio Ambient. Comport. Hum., 2004 based on appropriation of space (Korosec-Serfaty, 1976; Pol, 1996, 2002a; Vidal, 2002; Wiesenfeld, 1997). Other similar points of view from several authors on place attachment and placeidentity (Altman y Low, 1992; Twigger-Ross y Uzzell, 1996; DevineWright y Lyons, 1997) were also considered. Two methodological ways were adopted in order to test the theoretical model. First of all, the qualitative way consisted of participant observation and interviewing. On the other hand, a questionnaire was applied on 400 people of the neighbourhood. A general structural model was proposed. The indicators show a moderate fit (BBNFI=0,982; BBNNFI=0,971; RMSR=0,014; χ2=543,12; p=0,08). Concluding, results support the theoretical model proposed. Neighbourhood attachment is explained by action and identification dimensions.


Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is characterized by chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. The prevalence of IBS has been estimated to be 10% to 20% in different regions worldwide. These rates have been reported to be lower in Asian countries compared to Western countries. There are no exact data on the prevalence of IBS in Iran, but previous studies reported the prevalence ranging between 1.1% and 25%.


Thyroid nodules are fairly prevalent in the United States. Although the estimated prevalence of palpable thyroid nodules is 5%, autopsy studies show the prevalence of all nodules to be 49% to 57%. Ultrasound studies of asymptomatic individuals have reported incidental detection of thyroid nodules in 35% to 67% of patients, and similar findings occur with other imaging modalities. The main concerns with thyroid nodules are malignancy and hyperactivity. The good news is that both palpable and nonpalpable nodules carry just a 5% risk of malignancy. Thus, it makes sense to limit screening of nodules to individuals at high risk—eg, males, those who are younger than 30 or older than 60 years, and patients who have had radiation treatment to the head and neck, have a family history of thyroid cancer or multiple endocrine neoplasia, or have had rapid growth of a nodule and associated lymphadenopathy. For the estimated 300,000 new nodules detected annually in the United States, we present a cost-effective approach to optimal diagnostic evaluation (ALGORITHM), reflecting guidelines issued by the American Thyroid Association and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.


Abstract In the three parts of the thesis, I make a comparison of the reports of the newspapers during the period of martial law on the major political incidents. In the first part, CD News and Independent Evening News are the major focus. First, I will discuss the political and economic environment of Taiwan and the influence of the ban on newspaper publication on the industry during the period of martial law (1949-1987). Second, I will discuss the start of publication and features of CD News, the newspaper owned by the KMT, which can be regarded as the indication of the government's opinions. Finally, I will discuss the start of publication and features of Independent Evening News, which is the first Chinese evening newspaper in Taiwan. During the period of Li Yu-Jie as the publisher, the newspaper was titled "Independent of Party and Faction." Therefore, it became the representative of speaking out the public opinions without the interference of any party and faction. In the second part, I discuss the reports of the two newspapers on the major political incidents from the 1950s to the 1980s. I will first focus on the reports of the two newspapers on the major political incidents in the 1950s and the 1960s. In the 1950s, one is Wu Kuo-Cheng Incident in 1954; the other is Sun Li-Jun Incident in 1955. In the 1960s, the most important is Lei Chen Incident. Then, I will turn to the reports of the two newspapers on the major political incidents in the 1970s and the 1980s. In the 1970s, one is Zhongli Incident in 1977; the other is Formosa Incident in 1979. At the beginning of the 1980s, Formosa Judgment proceeds. The third part is the comparison between the two newspapers in terms of their reports on the major political incidents from the 1950s to the 1980s. I will first make a comparison of different incidents, find out their similarities and differences, and make a further analysis. Then, I will discuss the reports of the two newspapers on the major political incidents from the 1950s to the 1980s in order to understand their stances, opinions and attitudes on the major political incidents. In retrospect of the post-war political history in Taiwan, Wu Kuo-Cheng Incident, Sun Li-Jun Incident, Lei Chen Incident, Zhongli Incident, and Formosa Incident all have a deep influence on and play a key role in the political evolution. The study has suggested the feature of the political incidents in the former generation: "elite leadership" without the involvement of the public. The feature of the political incidents in the latter generation is "collective leadership" with the involvement of the public. The difference leads to the former generation's failure and the latter generation's success of the democratic movement.


In this work I contribute two solutions towards increasing the utility and performance of fine-grained categorization. First, I present a software infrastructure designed to ease the burden of collecting and managing a fine-grained datasets. Second, I present a technique that significantly advances state-of-the-art performance on bird species categorization. These contributions provide the groundwork for expanding to other fine-grained domains


Abstract : Recent requests by the Air Force to study the performance of the XQ-5 drone when equipped with various engines coupled with an investigation of the performance envelopes of missile systems presently being developed, indicate a need for a drone with intermediate performance characteristics. This performance envelope lies somewhere below those of the XQ-5 equipped with the MA20F engine. It is therefore the purpose of this report to analyze this need, establish the boundaries of such an intermediate performance envelope, and present the results of investigations attempting to fill these requirements. Since the need for such a target vehicle is immediate, it is advisable to modify an existing vehicle in lieu of embarking on a completely new drone development program. Towards this end, the performance envelopes and associated endurance curves of the XQ-5 drone when equipped with various engines have been calculated, and the results compared to the desired characteristics. (Author)


The directional normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was calculated by using field measured spectral data of the winter wheat canopies at the crop different growth and development stages. In the principal plane, the hotspot and directional NDVI were analyzed. The relationships between NDVI and leaf area index (LAI) were developed, and the effects of the directionality on vegetation index based applications were discussed as well. Considering the reflectance changes near the hotspot for the two winter wheat cultivars which have a horizontal leaf type and an erectile leaf type, respectively, we find spectral reflectances of the red and near-infrared bands at the hotspot are slightly higher than those near the hotspot. However, NDVI at the hotspot is significantly lower than that near the hotspot. The regression analysis results between NDVI and LAI show that there are significant exponent correlations between directional NDVI and LAI for the two cultivars. However, the coefficients of the exponent equations and the correlation coefficients are varied with the viewing zenith angles, and the correlation coefficients for the two wheat canopy types are also varied at a given viewing angle. These results indicate the directionality of NDVI should be considered for NDVI based agricultural applications.


Enchondromas of the phalanx are common benign tumours. They exhibit a monostotic or polyostotic pattern of presentation.These lesions are symptomatic and are usually diagnosed coincidentally. We report a 56-year-old female patient who presented to us with complaints of pain and swelling of the left-hand fourth finger when it was jammed in a gate. Plain radiograph of the hand confirmed the diagnosis of an enchondroma. A surgical curettage and olecranon bone graft was performed in this patient. In this article, the authors attempt to highlight the advantages of olecranon bone harvesting and the good functional results associated with this graft. Our patient had a good functional outcome with no evidence of recurrence at the end of one year.


Whether in the realm of software or hardware, datasets representing the state of systems are mostly imbalanced. This imbalance is because these systems' reliability requirements make the occurrence of an anomaly a rare phenomenon. Hence, most datasets on anomaly detection have a relatively small percentage that captures the anomaly. Recently, generative adversarial networks (GAN) have shown promising results in image generation tasks. Therefore, in this research work, we build on conditional GANs (CGAN) to generate plausible distributions of a given profile to solve the challenge of data imbalance in anomaly detection tasks and present a novel framework for anomaly detection. Firstly, we learn the pattern of the minority class data samples using a single class CGAN. Secondly, we use the knowledge base of the single class CGAN to generate samples that augment the minority class samples so that a binary class CGAN can train on the typical and malicious profiles with a balanced dataset. This approach inherently eliminates the bias imposed on algorithms from the dataset and results in a robust framework with improved generalization. Thirdly, the binary class CGAN generates a knowledge base that we use to construct the cluster-based anomaly detector. During testing, we do not use the single class CGAN, thereby providing us with a lean and efficient algorithm for anomaly detection that can do anomaly detection on semi-supervised and non-parametric multivariate data. We test the framework on logs and image-based anomaly detection datasets with class imbalance. We compare the performance of AD-CGAN with GAN-derived and non-GAN-derived state of the art algorithms on benchmark datasets. AD-CGAN outperforms most of the algorithms in the standard metrics of Precision, Recall, and F-1 Score. Where AD-CGAN does not perform better in the parameters used, it has the advantage of being lightweight. Therefore, it can be deployed for both online and offline anomaly detection tasks since it does not use an input sample inversion strategy.


Please cite this paper as: Gaynes B, Teng P‐Y, Wanek J, Shahidi M. Feasibility of conjunctival hemodynamic measurements in rabbits: reproducibility, validity, and response to acute hypotension. Microcirculation 19: 521–529, 2012.


Message-passing Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), which collect information from adjacent nodes achieve dismal performance on heterophilic graphs. Various schemes have been proposed to solve this problem, and propagating signed information on heterophilic edges has gained great attention. Recently, some works provided theoretical analysis that signed propagation always leads to performance improvement under a binary class scenario. However, we notice that prior analyses do not align well with multi-class benchmark datasets. This paper provides a new understanding of signed propagation for multi-class scenarios and points out two drawbacks in terms of message-passing and parameter update: (1) Message-passing: if two nodes belong to different classes but have a high similarity, signed propagation can decrease the separability. (2) Parameter update: the prediction uncertainty (e.g., conflict evidence) of signed neighbors increases during training, which can impede the stability of the algorithm. Based on the observation, we introduce two novel strategies for improving signed propagation under multi-class graphs. The proposed scheme combines calibration to secure robustness while reducing uncertainty. We show the efficacy of our theorem through extensive experiments on six benchmark graph datasets.


We have studied the effect of resonant electronic-state coupling on the formation of ultracold ground-state {sup 85}Rb{sub 2}. Ultracold Rb{sub 2} molecules are formed by photoassociation (PA) to a coupled pair of 0{sub u}{sup +} states, 0{sub u}{sup +}(P{sub 1/2}) and 0{sub u}{sup +}(P{sub 3/2}), in the region below the 5S+5P{sub 1/2} limit. Subsequent radiative decay produces high vibrational levels of the ground state, X {sup 1}{sigma}{sub g}{sup +}. The population distribution of these X-state vibrational levels is monitored by resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization through the 2 {sup 1}{sigma}{sub u}{sup +} state. We find that the populations of vibrational levels v{sup ''}=112-116 are far larger than can be accounted for by the Franck-Condon factors for 0{sub u}{sup +}(P{sub 1/2}){yields}X {sup 1}{sigma}{sub g}{sup +} transitions with the 0{sub u}{sup +}(P{sub 1/2}) state treated as a single channel. Further, the ground-state molecule population exhibits oscillatory behavior as the PA laser is tuned through a succession of 0{sub u}{sup +} state vibrational levels. Both of these effects are explained by a calculation of transition amplitudes that includes the resonant character of the spin-orbit coupling of the two 0{sub u}{sup +} states. The resulting enhancement of more deeply bound ground-state molecule formation will be usefulmore » for future experiments on ultracold molecules.« less


This study was carried out to determine the attractions that influence tourists in choosing their destination(s) before starting their journey. Furthermore, this study as aims to determine the main attractions in the thee ASEAN countries namely Malaysia. Thailand and Indonesia. The data for this study were collected through personnel interview at seven locations in Peninsular Malaysia using questionnaires. A technique called Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used. AHP is a tool in Multiple Criteria
Decision Making in the field of Operational Research (OR). In this study, AHP analyses the data using pairwise comparison to find out the preferences for six attraction factors attraction. This study shows that 'safety' is the most important factorr in influencing the selection of tourism destination(s). This is followed by 'value for money' beautiful beaches and the availability of facilities for sea-sport, 'cultural and historical sites'.
'nightlife and entertainnient' and finally 'adventure and wilderness'. This analysis shows that Thailand is Malaysia's closest competitor and is the most favourite destination by the long-haul tourists. Meanwhile, this study also shows that Malaysia have the potential
to be more successful due to it being the main destination chosen by the various types of respondents based on the six factors.


The steam generator is a most important component in the coolant loop of Pressurized Water Reactors. Although designed for a 30--40 year operating life, severe material degradation problems have occurred within the first ten years of operation. Performance and reliability evaluations are required on a continuing basis to develop solutions and design modifications to ensure reliable operation of these systems. Thermal hydraulic analysis provides basic information such as velocity and void fraction distributions within the secondary side of the steam generator needed for the evaluation of sludge deposition, bundle fouling, tube vibration, fretting, wear and fatigue. This paper presents detailed thermal hydraulic analysis of several steam generator designs, and analyzes the correlation between thermal hydraulic distributions, sludge deposition and bundle fouling using a recent model for sludge transport and deposition. The correlation between thermal hydraulic distributions and other degradation mechanisms such as circumferential cracking of tubes is also presented. The results show that there is a strong correlation between flow velocity, void fraction and sludge deposition. The calculated sludge deposit potential maps are in very good agreement with the observed results within operating steam generators.


Studies on the anatomical peculiarities of congenital cardiac disease, with explanations of their embryonic development, have been comparatively common. Attention has been focused upon the numerous deviations from the normal which may occur as a developmental anomaly, but comparatively few studies have been made upon the functional disturbance of the circulation. Further, little or no attention has been paid to those means of physiological compensation and adaptation which would necessarily have to occur in order to maintain life. There has been the well-known differentiation into two broad classes,the cyanotic and non-cyanotic groups. The circulatory problems underlying the latter are but little different from those which occur in acquired cardiac disease. On the other hand, in Morbus Caeruleus (the cyanotic type of a case) a number of questions of great physiological importance arise. The present communication deals with three such cases all of which have been studied in more or less complete detail.


A ferrule mold having a reverse-image of a through-hole array for optical fibers is formed. A non-polymeric ferrule material is deposited in the reverse-image mold, followed by removing the mold to create a multi-fiber connector ferrule having at least two fiber through-holes. An optical fiber is inserted in each through-hole until each fiber endface is positioned approximately even with a connection surface of the ferrule. A fiber recess for each of the optical fibers is formed such that each fiber is recessed from the multi-fiber ferrule connection surface by a distance of at least 0.1 micron. The recess may be formed by differential polishing of the non-polymeric ferrule and endfaces of the optical fibers. Alternatively, a layer of spacer material may be deposited over the multi-fiber ferrule connection surface. An antireflection coating is deposited over the ferrule connection surface and ends of the recessed fibers.


Contents: Electron-cyclotron resonance heating of toroidal plasmas. Lower-hybrid plasma heating in tokamaks. RF heating in the ion cyclotron frequency range. Alfven wave heating and current drive. Noninductive methods of current drive in tokamaks. Linear conversion of electromagnetic and plasma waves in a two-dimensional inhomogenous plasma. Nonlinear effects in RF plasma heating. Plasma diagnostic and toroidal systems using microwave radiation at frequencies close to electron cyclotron harmonics.


Materials fabrication based on millimeter (MM)-wave and pulsed high current (SPS) heating processes have been reviewed and characteristics of these processes are discussed from the standpoints of the interaction between electromagnetic energy and solid materials. Capabilities of these processes in the fabrication of functional materials are indicated by exemplifying several successful results such as highly-strengthened or nano-structured alumina, highly thermal conductive AlN and preferentially oriented dense nano-structured anatase. In MM-wave heating process, the interactions between millimeter-wave and charged species in solid, such as ponderomotive force, have the important roles on the consolidation of powder materials, while atomistic mechanism in SPS heating process has not been explained well, though pulsed high current effect is important. Synthesis of pseudobinary T-Al-N (T: transition element) coatings by PVD process is also reviewed as an example of the processes assisted by electromagnetic energy. Hardness of the nitride coatings can be improved by dissolving AlN into TN and the formation of pseudobinary hard phase dissolved AlN is qualitatively explained by the pressure effect of energetic particle bombardment in PVD process. The experimental values of the maximum solubility of AlN into TN show good agreement with the values predicted by the band parameters method, indicating the importance of prediction based on electronic picture.


A new ESD protection design method is introduced that optimizes the CDM circuit response of an RC-triggered rail clamp network for I/O protection. The design is verified by VF-TLP and CDM test data of I/O test rings with two different output driver options.


We studied 13 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and autoimmune hemolytic anemia induced by interferon alfa. They underwent tests for immune protein detection and characterization of IgG subclasses in RBCs by direct antiglobulin test (PAD) and the microplate technique. Also they were applied ELISA test for quantifying immunoglobulins in the red blood cells. It was detected the presence of IgG and C3 in 53.84 % of cases, IgG alone in 23.07 % and in 15.38 % were identified IgG and IgA autoantibodies. In 11 patients the presence of IgG1 was showed and also in one case the subclass IgG3 autoantibodies was identified. The ELISA detected antibodies at concentrations of 183 IgG molecules per erythrocyte in a patient with negative PAD. In high-grade hemolysis patients, it was found a concentration of autoantibodies between 1 500 and 3 180 molecules of IgG per erythrocyte, while in low-grade hemolysis patients it behaved between 183 and 1 000 molecules. There was a negative correlation between Hb and plasma haptoglobin values with the number of IgG molecules per erythrocyte and a positive correlation between the latter with the reticulocyte count.


Since 1999, NASA's Earth Observing System Data Operations System (EDOS) project at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has provided high-rate data capture, level zero processing, and product distribution services for a majority of NASA's EOS (Earth Observing System) high-rate missions, including Terra, Aqua, Aura, ICESat, EO-1, SMAP, and OCO-2. EDOS high-rate science and engineering (150-300 Mbps) data-driven capture systems are deployed at 7 worldwide ground stations which are connected via both private (closed) and public (open) wide area networks (WANs) to the centralized EDOS Level Zero Processing Facility (LZPF) located at GSFC, where the data is processed and Level 0 products are distributed to users worldwide. All data transferred over the open networks to GSFC traverse an IPSec tunnel, providing the same level of security as a VPN connection. EDOS produces both time-based and near real-time products (session-based). Near real-time data products are produced from a single ground station contact; time-based products are produced from multiple ground station contacts. EDOS is the primary supplier of EOS Level 0 data to the NASA near real-time user community known as the Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). For years, EDOS has streamlined its systems to reduce WAN latency for near real-time data delivery, including implementing Quality of Service (QoS), expanding closed network bandwidth, adding open network connections with more bandwidth, and implementing a delay-tolerant protocol to mitigate long round-trip times to remote ground stations.


Chopped paddy Straw (0.5 to l.5 cm long)" was subjected to different treatment combinations in a 5 x 4 factorial arrangement involving the 5 levels of urea (0, 2, 3, 4 and 5% w/w) and 4 levels of lime (0, 2, 4 and 6% w/w) at 50% moisture for 3 weeks. Cell wall constituents (CWC) solubilised significantly due to synergistic effect of urea plus lime treatment. Crude protein increased with increased levels of urea addition from 3.57% in untreated straw to 15.86% in different treatment combinations. Lignin and silica of straw decreased with increasing concentrations of urea plus lime. In vitro digestibilities of OM and OM increased by 25,65 and 23.65 units, respectively, over untreated straw because of associative effect of urea with lime treatment in different combinations, Chemical and in vitfa observations showed that a combination of 3% urea plus 4% lime at 50% moisture for 3 weeks reaction time was the most effective treatment for improving digestibility of paddy straw.


The study presents a validation of the physically-based EROSION-3D model and the USPED empirical model and compares them with actual measured data. During the last decade there has been an intention to develop a new generation of erosion models in order to replace the Universal Soil Loss Equation used worldwide with more effective methods. One of those methods is represented by physically-based models, which provide a tool that relies upon descriptions of the processes that occur in actual natural conditions. The essential element of physically-based models is that they are process-based and reflect the most recent advances in erosion and hydrological research. In the modelling of soil erosion, the validation and verification of the methodologies used are considered as general problems. The importance of a model´s validation can be seen in the building of confidence in the ability of the model to generate satisfactory simulation results in order to discover the strengths and weaknesses of the model used. The physically-based EROSION-3D model is suitable not only for research purposes, but also for engineering practices, e.g., for assessing the effect of changing agricultural management practices and their impact on soil losses. The validation of the models has been performed on a continuous rainfall series for the selected period 2015 - 2016. The modelled results were compared with the actual measured sediment deposition data acquired by a bathymetry survey of the Svacenicky Creek polder using the EcoMapper Autonomous Underwater Vehicle device in the same period. The Svacenicky Creek polder is a part of the flood protection measures in the investigated territory of the Myjava region in Slovakia. The final results present a comparison between the outputs from the models used together with a confrontation of the modelled and observed results obtained by the bathymetry measurements.


This chapter lays out a general theoretical case for democracy, specifically the kind of democracy that democratic theorists call "deliberative democracy," which traces the legitimacy of laws and policies to the reasoned exchange of arguments among free and equal citizens. The chapter shows the benefits of distributing political decision-power in an inclusive and egalitarian manner, especially in the deliberative phase of the legislative process. The core idea is that many minds deliberating together are better than few when it comes to dealing with the uncertainty and complexity of the world and figuring out solutions that work for all within it.


Marx's view on truth is the one about living world,surpassing Feuerbach and(Hegel's) idea of truth and differing from accordance,pragmatism and Heidegger's truth idea,with Marx's unique character.


Development of road economy in the territory of Russia is connected with ensuring rational environmental management which is directly provided with the scientifically based decisions directed including, on reduction of the negative consequences connected with influence of motor transportation streams on ecosystems of roadside territories. In relation to the existing and perspective road network of the State company "Avtodor" the list was created and the quantitative assessment of values of each indicator characterizing the current ecological state of roadside territories and degree of their resilience to technogenic influences from a transport complex is executed. Natural zoning of the territory of a road network on zones of a taiga, the woods, steppes, semi-deserts and deserts is made. Such major climate factors as radiation balance, a territory relief, district height are considered. Kinds of soils of the territory of a road network of Avtodor Group depending on such factors as emission of carbon dioxide by soils, the capacity of a cationic exchange of soils, acidity, the content of nitrogen in the soil, organic substance of the soil, fertility, number of phytoweight, vegetable community are in detail analysed. The made analysis because of the scale didn't put (and I couldn't set) a task of development of concrete recommendations about these or those technical decisions promoting preservation or improvement of ecological indicators in certain roadside territories. For this purpose additional detailed and purposeful inspection of the most ecologically vulnerable sites of a road network is necessary.


In this paper, a shear horizontal surface acoustic wave devices coated with L‐glutamic acid hydrochloride were applied as ammonia sensors. This sensor has shown high sensitivity and fast responses to ppb‐level ammonia. The frequency shift linearly increased as the ammonia concentration increased from 40 to 400 ppb in dry environment. In the humid environment, the frequency shift gradually decreased with ammonia concentration increasing. In order to precisely estimate the ammonia in humid environment, two different neural models, the conventional feedforward neural network and quantum neural network, were used as the identifier and their performances were reported and compared. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The Meanings of Adolescent Masculinity Scale (MAMS) and the Adolescent Masculinity Ideology in Relationships Scale (AMIRS) were designed by American researchers to assess masculinity in adolescent boys. Given that masculinities differ cross-culturally, though, these scales may not be viable for use with non-American populations. In the current study, 221 Irish adolescents completed the MAMS and the AMIRS. Using confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), the MAMS's and the AMIRS's factor structures were tested. Results indicated poor goodness-of-fit in both cases. Attempts to improve the models were unsuccessful. Accordingly, neither the MAMS nor the AMIRS appear to be structurally valid within an Irish context. We recommend that researchers consider cultural variations when designing, validating, and utilizing indicators of masculinity.


Let's start with the basics. Why is honesty so important? For thousands of years, honesty has been held up as a really important character trait by different philosophical traditions, religious traditions, across multiple cultures. A second, more practical, reason for caring about honesty is that if we want to get things done in the world, we need to form trusting relationships. People need to be able to take what we say at face value. And that has implications for forming good partnerships and marriages and being an active and successful participant in social life. So there are real consequences to being honest or dishonest.


A novel estimation methodology is developed which can be used to evaluate the potential benefits of implementing a hybrid battery-supercapacitor system to improve battery life. This approach allows for a quick comparison of battery-only versus a hybrid battery-capacitor system in terms of maximizing battery efficiency without the need for complicated and detailed computer simulations. Experimental results are presented to validate this technique.


Abstract As described in the different announcements made by Kodak, their PHOTO CD originally appeared as a product targeted at the general public. However, the purpose of this article is to describe the system which Kodak is going to produce and which is specifically directed towards professionals. This will be of interest to the educational system for its potential use of photographs and images. As well as its attraction for the general public and the professional, PHOTO CD is characterized by the following two important aspects: ‐ The system does not in any way affect the way pictures are actually taken; conventional films are used which are only transferred onto optical disks after being developed. — The pictures can be viewed equally well on an ordinary television, or on a compatible PC micro or Macintosh. PHOTO CD, then, seems to be a means of constructing picture banks which are available for editing. Recalling existing pictures poses no greater problem than integrating new pictures into the bank,"...


Two major problems faced by all businesses are customer acquisition and retention. The wireless telephony market is a fast growing service segment. Today majority of phone calls all over the world can be made by mobile phone. Now the mode of struggle got changed from attracting new customers to retaining of old customers. There are various factors that influence the customer's churning decision. Some of them are Service cost, Customer Dissatisfaction, service quality, lack of features, Lack of carrier responsiveness ,Brand disloyalty , Privacy concerns , New technology or product introduced by competitors , New competitors enter the market, mobile number portability etc. To address this problem the companies must make use of effective forecasting models so that they will be able to identify the churners before they churn. So it is very important for all the companies to develop a model which can recognize customers who are planning for a switch over to the competitors. This study aims at identifying the key determinants of customer switch over and developing a model using data mining by which the service provider will be capable to categorize and target customers who are making their mind to change the service provider. This model will


Purpose : We performed the study to evaluate the risk factors associated with cardiac complica- tion and the outcome of coronary lesions after high-dose(2g/kg, 1dose) gammaglobulin(IVIG) treatment in patients with Kawasaki disease(KD). Methods : Retrospective studies were performed on 338 cases of KD treated with high-dose IVIG at this hospital from May 1994 to March 1999. Results : Among 338 patients, fever was persistent for 8.09±3.45 days in all patients and after IVIG infusion, fever subsided in 26.5±26.4 hours. Forty-five patients(13.3%) with abnormal base- line echocardiogram remained febrile for 9.09±4.09 days, significantly longer than normal baseline echocardiogram group. There was no significant differences in age, sex and other clinical findings. In 7 patients(2.1%) usage of medications above 12 months were needed. Eleven cases(3.3%) with persistent fever after their first course of IVIG therapy became afebrile post-second course of IVIG in 5 of the 11 cases with cardiac complication and in 1 case with recurrence. Twelve(male 11, female 1) of the 338 cases recurred after 8.45±4.39 months. Three of those 12 cases had cardiac complication. Conclusion : The overall prevalence of persistent coronary abnormalities in KD patients treated with high-dose IVIG and aspirin remains low. Even if patients had cardiac complication, they improved later. (J Korean Pediatr Soc 2000;43:658-666)


Over the past 20 years, the U.S. economy has experienced remarkable economic and job growth. The combination of rising incomes, low and declining rates of unemployment, low interest rates and rapid GDP growth have led to a booming stock market. Since new firms are being created and old firms are often expanding, new job creation has been rapid. As a result, jobs are now more readily available for welfare recipients who want to work, and, with the rapidly expanding economy of the past five years, welfare caseloads have been declining.


Particle swarm optimization algorithm(PSO) is a random search with the global qualitative group evolution algo rithm,,robust,through the particle swarm optimization algorithm with the combination of BP algorithm,BP algorithm to solve slow convergence speed,easy to fall into local minimum problem,and experiment PSOBP algorithm its convergence perfor mance,learning speed and stability is superior to BP algorithm.Combined with the actual demand to Indian liver disease as an ex ample to PSOBP algorithm in the application of medicine were discussed.


Resolution analysis for the problem of signal recovery from finitely many linear samples is the subject of the paper. The classical Rayleigh limit serves only as a lower bound on resolution since it does not assume any recovery strategy and is based only on observed data. The authors show that details finer than the Rayleigh limit can be recovered by simple linear processing that incorporates prior information. They first define a measure of resolution based on allowable levels of error that is more appropriate for current signal recovery strategies than the Rayleigh definition. In the practical situation in which only finitely many noisy observations are available, one must restrict the class of signals in order to make the resolution measure meaningful. They consider the set of bandlimited and essentially time-limited signals since it describes most signals encountered in practice. For this set they show how to precompute resolution limits from knowledge of measurement functionals, signal-to-noise ratio, passband, energy concentration regions, energy concentration factor, and a prescribed level of error tolerance. In the process they also derive an algorithm for high resolution signal recovery. They illustrate the results with an example.


A VPCS generator that includes a laser that emits coherent light; an interferometer consisting of PBSs to split the laser light into its vertical and horizontal polarization components; first and second SLMs that respectively control the vertical and horizontal polarization components; and a control system communicatively coupled to the first and second SLMs to adjust beam shape and coherence without physically moving or removing optical elements in the apparatus.


The reliability and stability of a grid-connected converter is vital to the power conversion system. The faults of switching device and current sensor lead to operation failure for a grid-connected converter. An improved model predictive power control (MPPC) based on reconstructed currents is proposed for fault-tolerant operation of a grid-connected converter. Firstly, the three-phase currents are reconstructed using the sampled dc current and normal sensor information according to the relationship between the voltage vector and output currents. Secondly, the predictive power model is built based on fault-tolerant three-phase four-switch topology. Then the reconstructed current is used for the MPPC method. To keep the balance of dc capacitor voltages, the cost function is optimised and the switching vector, which minimises the cost function, is applied to the fault-tolerant converter. Finally, the experiment platform and simulation models are built to verify the proposed method. The results show that the proposed MPPC using reconstructed currents can keep the fault-tolerant operation of the grid-connected converter with sinusoidal currents and stable output power. The proposed method achieves the fault-tolerant operation under switching device and ac current sensor fault, which improve the reliability of the system.


Lin Ma*,1, Ying Liu1, Fanrong Kong2, Xia Zhang1, Mitchell Brown2, Yonghong Yang3. 1Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 2Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; 3Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China


OpenDSA is a collection of open source tutorials for teaching data structures and algorithms. It was created with the goals of visualizing complex, abstract topics; increasing the amount of practice material available to students; and providing immediate feedback and incremental assessment. In this thesis, I first describe aspects of the OpenDSA architecture relevant to collecting user interaction data. I then present an analysis of the interaction log data gathered from three classes during Spring 2013. The analysis focuses on determining the time distribution of student activity, determining the time required for assignment completion, and exploring " credit-seeking " behaviors and behavior related to non-required exercises. We identified clusters of students based on when they completed exercises, verified the reliability of estimated time requirements for exercises, provided evidence that a majority of students do not read the text, discovered a measurement that could be used to identify exercises that require additional development, and found evidence that students complete exercises after obtaining credit. Furthermore, we determined that slideshow usage was fairly high (even when credit was not offered), and skipping to the end of slideshows was more common when credit was offered but also occurred when it was not. Acknowledgments While this project would not have been possible without the efforts of many people, there are several individuals who deserve special thanks. First, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Clifford A. Shaffer, both for his guidance and his work managing and creating content for the OpenDSA project, and Drs. Stephen H. Edwards and T. Simin Hall for serving on my thesis committee. University in Finland for creating the JavaScript Algorithm Visualization (JSAV) library upon which many of the OpenDSA exercises are based. I would also like to show my appreciate to the National Science Foundation who partially supported my work through grants DUE-1139861 and IIS-1258571, and Virginia Tech for providing me a Graduate Research Assistantship. Thanks to my friends and family for their support, and special thanks to my girlfriend Caitlyn Kingry, not only for her support but also for her help as a data analysis consultant. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to Dwight Barnette, Dr. Yang Cao, and Dr. Hicham Elmongui for incorporating OpenDSA into their classes, and to all the students who used OpenDSA.


A lack of access to essential medicines is a significant—but largely preventable— contributor to mortality, primarily in low-income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO)—through its Prequalification of Medicines Programme—prequalifies drugs that meet minimum quality standards and are used in the treatment of certain conditions, such as HIV and tuberculosis. To date, nearly all of the drugs that the WHO has prequalified have been produced in middleand high-income countries. Many international drug procurement entities and donors require the drugs they purchase from lowand middle-income countries to be prequalified. These purchasers represent a sizeable portion of the essential medicines market. This has effectively made the Prequalification Programme a de facto drug approval authority for manufacturers in many lowand middle-income countries. However, there is currently no way for manufacturers to challenge a prequalification decision before an independent body. This Comment argues that the WHO is failing to uphold customary international due process law, specifically the right to a fair trial, because it does not provide manufacturers whose products are denied prequalification or removed from the prequalification list the opportunity to challenge the decision before an independent body. It also argues that providing these manufacturers the opportunity to challenge an adverse decision is important because of the WHO's emphasis on human rights promotion and the great power the Programme holds over many manufacturers. It proposes that the WHO adopt an independent review panel before which manufacturers may challenge the Prequalification Programme's decision to reject or delist a product. This Comment also proposes that the WHO—to facilitate the production of essential medicines in low-income countries—give manufacturers in these countries access to an additional approval pathway called "conditional prequalification." Conditional prequalification would likely provide eligible manufacturers—whose products meet a lower defined threshold of compliance with good manufacturing practices than is currently required—access to additional segments of the essential medicines market. Conditional prequalification would be contingent upon manufacturers' adherence to a plan to achieve full compliance within a specified period. FUCHS_FINALPROOFS2 1/30/2019 1:39 PM 644 EMORY LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 68:643 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 645 I. ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND PREQUALIFICATION ........... 650 A. Strategies for Increasing Access to Quality Essential Medicines .................................................................................. 650 B. Prequalification Process .......................................................... 653 C. Prequalification Program: The Developing World's Drug Approval Agency ...................................................................... 656 D. Left Out: Drug Manufacturers in Low-Income Countries ........ 658 E. Good Manufacturing Practices Pose a Particular Challenge for Manufacturers in Low-Income Countries ........................... 659 II. DUE PROCESS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ............................................ 660 A. Customary International Law Applies to International Organizations ........................................................................... 661 B. Companies May Avail Themselves of Human Rights Protections ................................................................................ 664 C. Process Is Due .......................................................................... 665 D. WHO: Human Rights Promotion and Power ........................... 670 III. WORLD BANK INSPECTION PANEL: A MODEL FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW .............................................................................................. 672 IV. A TWO-PART SOLUTION TO THE PREQUALIFICATION CHALLENGES . 674 A. Prequalification Independent Review Panel ............................ 674 B. Conditional Prequalification .................................................... 678 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................. 683 FUCHS_FINALPROOFS2 1/30/2019 1:39 PM 2019] PROCESS IS DUE 645


The invention relates to a structure (4) power supply for forklift (1), comprising at least: a palletised box (5); a terminal block (46) of electrical connection, integral with the body, adapted to be connected to the carriage for its power supply; at least one quick charge battery (42) accommodated in said box and connected to said terminal (46) for electrical connection; a charger (44) of said at least one battery (42) accommodated in said box; and a connecting member (48) connected to the charger (44), integral with the body and adapted to allow an electrical connection between the charger and an external power distribution network to the carriage.


Visean conglomerates of the Drahany Uplands contain clasts of
granulites, granites and durbachites. Detailed petrological
study of granulites enabled to reconstruct their P-T path. U-Pb
geochronological dating of the rocks yielded late Variscan
ages. The exhumation of the rocks from lower crust to the
surface was very fast.