Using the approach of oxidative constructing due to diffusion saturation, massive samples of compact metal-ceramic composite materials with a gradient structure were obtained: a nitride ceramic shell is a near-surface layer of ZrN, a solid solution of nitrogen in zirconium is a core, which is a solid solution of nitrogen in zirconium. The synthesized composites have better strength indicators compared to the original metal blanks. Under compression conditions, composite samples ZrN – Zr are characterized by plasticity, under bending conditions, they are brittle. The applied approach of oxidative design makes it possible, in comparison with traditional methods, to obtain rather efficiently and economically gradient ceramic-metal samples of products with dimensions and shapes that maximally repeat those of the original metal workpiece.


*† ‡ A computational and wind tunnel investigation into the effectiveness of a microtab-based aerodynamic load control system is presented. The microtab-based load control concept consists of a small tab, with a deployment height on the order of 1% of chord, which emerges approximately perpendicular to a lifting surface in the vicinity of the trailing edge. Lift mitigation is achieved by deploying the tabs on the upper (suction) surface of a lifting surface. Similarly, lift enhancement can be attained by tab deployment on the lower (pressure) surface of a lifting surface. A sensitivity analysis using Reynolds-averaged NavierStokes methods was conducted to determine optimal sizing and positioning of the tabs for active load control at a chord Reynolds number of 1.0 million for the S809 baseline airfoil. These numerical simulations provide insight into the flow phenomena that govern this promising load control system and guided tab placement during the wind tunnel study of the S809 airfoil. The numerical and experimental results are largely in agreement and demonstrate that load control through microtabs is viable. Future efforts will include a study of the unsteady load variations that occur during tab deployment and retraction, and three-dimensional issues involving spanwise tab placement and tab gaps.


Driving simulation is used for more and more complex studies nowadays that are mostly linked with safety and comfort. Absence of risk, reproducibility of situations and strict control over experimental parameters: these advantages make the use of a simulator crucial to study driving in night-time conditions. The development of adaptive front-lighting system is a field where driving simulators have been lately used. Since the preparation of experimentation requires to iteratively improve the database according to the expected scenario, the process of generating road networks database has to be as easy as possible, with the constraint that the result matches the required photometric and perceptive quality. To suit night-time simulation, 3D databases must meet some strict requirements: database must be finely tessellated, all polygons must have a similar size once projected on screen, and, in order to get a satisfying refresh rate, the number of computed polygons per image must stay acceptable. Moreover, texture used in such a database must be properly set to match the particular night-time conditions. In order to satisfy all the constraints Institut National de REcherche sur les Transports et leur Securitee (INRETS) and OKTAL have set up processes to easily generate or regenerate 3D database even when modifying parameters such as: road description, transverse profiles, longitudinal profiles and crossroads. At the core of this process are algorithms based upon transverses profiles application, automatic texture application and automatic levels of detail generation and usage. These developments concern projects aiming to improve the use of innovative lighting technologies, as well as those studying, for example, the visibility of pedestrians in night conditions.


BACKGROUND
Haemochromatosis is associated with mutations in the HFE gene but the significance of these mutations in the general population is unknown.

AIMS
To determine the frequency of HFE gene mutations in the general population, their effect on serum iron indexes, and their role in screening for haemochromatosis.

METHODS
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from 1064 randomly selected subjects was analysed for the C282Y and H63D mutations in the HFE gene. Serum iron, transferrin saturation, and ferritin were measured and individuals with increased iron indexes were investigated to confirm or exclude a clinical diagnosis of haemochromatosis.

RESULTS
Mutations were identified in 409 individuals (38.4%) with heterozygote (carrier) frequencies of 13.2% and 24.3% for the C282Y and H63D mutations respectively. Heterozygosity for either mutation significantly increased serum iron and transferrin saturation but despite a similar trend for ferritin, this was only significant for C282Y homozygotes. Five individuals (0.47%) were homozygous for the C282Y mutation, three of whom had haemochromatosis confirmed by liver biopsy (0.28%). The other two C282Y homozygotes would not have been detected by phenotypic screening alone.

CONCLUSIONS
HFE mutations are present in 38.4% of the population, affect serum iron indexes, and are important determinants of iron status. The population frequency of genetically defined haemochromatosis (C282Y homozygosity) is approximately one in 200 and is higher than the prevalence of clinically apparent haemochromatosis.


The following statement was released on October 12 by 'Selahattin Demirtas' and 'Figen Yuksekdag', co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), in response to the October 10 bombing of a peace rally in Ankara organised by the HDP, trade unions and civil society organisations. Following the attack, police blocked ambulances and attacked survivors.


Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures have been restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part to reduce inpatient occupancy and minimize pressure on critical care and anaesthesia but also because of concern for the potential for transmission of infection via aerosols created by laparoscopy. Viral particles have now been identified in the blood, stool and peritoneal fluid of infected patients although the infectious potential of any such particles that may be carried via surgical gases is unclear.


The present invention relates to compositions based on homo- or copolymerization of polypropylene and an ethylene / alkyl acrylate copolymer impact modifier. Obviously the composition comprises 1 ~ 40wt% of impact modifier, which may contain the ethylene-based copolymers, such as ethylene acrylate copolymer, ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer, metallocene catalyst polyethylene obtained, i.e., PEm and linear low density polyethylene, i.e., LLDPE. Thus modified PP may be used for production of the bumper or dashboard need to be able to withstand heat well in a wide temperature range - mechanical action of auto parts.


— This study aimed to describe types, unity, and structures of sentences contained in the essays written by primary schools students at grade six in Tabanan regency, Bali province. The method used to collect the data was document recording and analyzed by a descriptive analysis technique. The results showed that (1) there were 199 declarative sentences, 79 simple sentences, 120 compound sentences, 176 verbal sentences, 23 nominal sentences, 180 active sentences, and 19 passive sentences. (2) The unity of the sentence was indicated by the existence of Subject and Predicate. a) There were 185 sentences categorized as having a clear unity of ideas; b) 7 sentences did not have a clear unity of ideas; c) 4 sentences without a subject, and (d) 3 sentences without a predicate. (3) According to the structure of sentences, there were simple and multiple sentences in the essays and they were quite varied.


The aim of this paper is to consider Vasyl Sheyko's work within the period of his 30-year tenure as the rector of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (KhSAC). V. Sheyko is regarded as a founding principal and leading scholar of higher LIS (Library and Information Science) education and higher education in culturology and arts in Ukraine. Research methodology. The authors have analyzed the features of Vasyl Sheyko's administrative, educational, and research activities drawing on a systems approach as well as on historical, biographical and other general scientific approaches. Results. The paper describes that November 2019 marked 30 years since Vasyl Sheyko was elected rector of KhSAC for the first time on a democratic foundation. This is a kind of record for the institutions of higher LIS education and higher education in culturology and arts in Ukraine of the 4 th (the highest) level of accreditation. The study emphasizes that Vasyl Sheyko's achievements as the rector of KhSAC are due to his personal qualities, namely the ability to take responsibility, to make optimal decisions, to convince others and to convince himself, high ethical spirit. The authors consider the contribution of Vasyl Sheyko, as a leading Ukrainian culturology scholar, one of the ideologists and founding principals of culturology as a scientific and academic discipline, as an academic director of culturological studies and scientific schools of culturology in Ukraine, to the development of the new discipline. The paper also analyzes the scholar's research achievements. Novelty . The paper is the first attempt to study the specific character of Vasyl Sheyko's administrative, educational, and research activities for his 30-year tenure as the rector of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture. The practical significance. The main results of this study can be used by newly elected rectors of the institutions of higher education of culture and arts of Ukraine for improving their administrative, educational, and research activities.


To imagine a world without discourse is to imagine a world without language and therefore to imagine the unimaginable. We get through our day exchanging various oral and written language (or, talk and text). We live by languaging or discoursing, not in discrete audio or visual units but in connected sound waves and orthographic forms to which we assign meaning on the basis of our past experience with them and on the basis of the situations in which these waves and forms are used. Discourse analysis is concerned with the contexts in and the processes through which we use oral and written language to specific audiences, for specific purposes, in specific settings. Many years ago, the well-known linguist William Labov observed that the term "sociolinguistics" is redundant to him language is inherently social and so should be linguistics, the study of language. Today, we might draw an analogy about discourse analysis: one cannot understand language fully without looking at language use.


ABSTRACT In this article, media trainer Tripp Frolichstein introduces librarian readers to positive points, positive proof points, distinguishing points and message maps as appropriate tools to plan and carry out effective communication for organizations and companies. In addition, the author provides a list of tips that reiterate and enrich preparation as individuals serve as their organization's media spokespersons.


Objective To establish a human renal cell carcinoma(RCC) model on chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane and to study its biological characteristics.Methods Human RCC cell line RLC-310 was implanted on the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane.The factors which affect the implanted tumors and the morphological and biological characteristics of the tumors were studied.Results Human RCC model was successfully established.The implanted tumors grew easily on the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane and had a strong trend of angiogenesis and a structure similar to that of human RCC with microscopic verification.Conclusion This model can be easily duplicated and used in experiment research on human renal cell carcinoma.


This article reports on a study that investigated how 665 Japanese language learners, who had started learning Japanese at different times in the last 3 decades, had been motivated to learn Japanese in China. Analysis of the survey data revealed that the participants displayed similar intercultural orientations when learning Japanese despite the shifting Sino-Japanese relations and the massive anti-Japanese protests in mainland China in recent years. In addition, the participants' qualitative comments in the survey revealed that most of them could be regarded as dialogic communicators who became interested in learning more about Japanese culture, people, and society after learning Japanese. These findings confirm the critical role that learning a foreign language plays in promoting better intercultural dialogue and sustaining goodwill among language learners toward the target community.


The objective was to implement a "Breakout" activity using an online platform (Genially®) similar to those carried out in person to increase interactivity, motivation, and teamwork. The activity was proposed during the 2021–2022 academic year in the Human Anatomy II (Splanchnology) course taken in the second semester of the Bachelor's Degree in Medicine (University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain) and was carried out with the participation of 89 students enrolled in the course. The evaluation of the experience by the students was carried out by means of an online questionnaire that comprised four questions (based on the Likert scale) and by the teaching staff through a coordination meeting. In total, 86% of the students agreed regarding the positive effect of these kinds of activities on interactivity and motivation, with 65% agreeing on the usefulness of these tools. Around 70% agree that this activity helped them to integrate course content and to enhance teamwork.


The comparative study on the two methods for determining the decomposing and retention rate of the organic material in fluvo-agvic soil in Henan province was carried out.The result showed that it conformed to the actual condition of the field to determine the decomposing and retention rate of the organic material with the method of nylon bag-potassium dichromate,so it's suggested that the relative study being performed with the method to replace the method of sand filtration tube-potassium dichromate.The humification cofficient of the wheat straw determined with the nylon bag method was 12.25%.


Geometrical and physical models Tor plain-woven square configurations are examined and used with results from experimental fabrics at four levels of relaxation. The suitability of these models is assessed for use with fabrics in and out of the loom.


Objective:To explore the correlation between serum leptin,adiponectin,C-reactive protein and degree of gestational impaired glucose tolerance.Methods:Ninety pregnant women were selected from February to June in 2010,then they were divided into gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) group,gestational impaired glucose tolerance group,and normal pregnant women group,30 cases in each group.The serum levels of leptin,adiponectin,and C-reactive protein,adverse reactions of pregnant women and neonates in the three groups were compared.Results:The serum levels of leptin and C-reactive protein,the incidences of adverse reactions of pregnant women and neonates in GDM group and gestational impaired glucose tolerance group were higher than those in normal pregnant women group,but the serum levels of adiponectin in GDM group and gestational impaired glucose tolerance group were lower than that in normal pregnant women group;there was significant difference in the indexes above-mentioned between GDM group and gestational impaired glucose tolerance group(P0.05).Conclusion:There was high correlation between serum leptin,adiponectin,C-reactive protein levels and degree of gestational impaired glucose tolerance,which can induce the occurrence of adverse reactions of pregnant women and neonates.


This essay explores contemporary ChonDoJe, Buddhist abortion death rituals in South Korea. I argue that both the fetus and the participants of the rituals can be conceptualized as biopolitical-spiritual subjects. This research uses participant observation, analysis of ritual texts, and a literature review of population control policies to situate the Buddhist abortion death rituals in the context of the colonial and post-colonial 'modern' reproductive regime in South Korea. The rites' participants have contradictory and multifaceted identities in the transnational biopolitical reproductive regimes as they are constructed as both the targets of population control policies as well as the 'sinners' of abortion. I argue that the collective reenactments of past abortions in the rituals have unintentionally conjured those 'erased' due to robust population control.


Artificial neural network modeling techniques have been recognized as important vehicles in the microwave computer‐aided design (CAD) area in addressing the growing challenges of designing next generation microwave device, circuits, and systems. This article provides an overview of recent advances in knowledge‐based neural network model generation and extrapolation techniques for microwave applications. We first introduce the unified knowledge‐based neural network structure optimization technique. Using the distinctive property for feature selection of l1 optimization, this unified modeling technique efficiently determines the type and topology of the mapping structure in a knowledge‐based model. This knowledge‐based model structure optimization technique is more flexible and systematic, and can further speed up the knowledge‐based neural model development. As a further advancement, we also discuss the advanced multi‐dimensional extrapolation technique for neural‐based microwave modeling. The purpose is to make the neural network model can be reliably used not only inside the training range but also outside the training range. Multi‐dimensional cubic polynomial extrapolation formulation and optimization over grids outside the training range are utilized to make neural models more robust and reliable when they are used outside the training range. The validity of these techniques is demonstrated by microwave modeling examples.


Pick-and-place is an important manipulation task in domestic or manufacturing applications. There exist many works focusing on grasp detection with high picking success rate but lacking consideration of downstream manipulation tasks (e.g., placing). Although some research works proposed methods to incorporate task conditions into grasp selection, most of them are data-driven and are therefore hard to adapt to arbitrary operating environments. Observing this challenge, we propose a general task-oriented pick-place framework that treats the target task and operating environment as placing constraints into grasping optimization. Combined with existing grasp detectors, our framework is able to generate feasible grasps for different downstream tasks and adapt to environmental changes without time-consuming re-training processes. Moreover, the framework can accept different definitions of placing constraints, so it is easy to integrate with other modules. Experiments in the simulator and real-world on multiple pick-place tasks are conducted to evaluate the performance of our framework. The result shows that our framework achieves a high and robust task success rate on a wide variety of the pick-place tasks.


A variety of studies suggest that between eight and fifty percent of patients use alternative therapies for prostate cancer in lieu of standard prescription medications. Various reasons for their use are to improve quality of life, relieve symptoms, cure the disease or prolong life. A significant percentage of patients, approximating 60%, do not report the use of these therapies to their treating physician.


UHF method to detect partial discharge (PD) phenomenon has been proven to be an effective way. Many types of UHF antenna have been developed in order to achieve a better sensitivity and accuracy in certain bandwidth (300 MHz-3.0 GHz) for detecting the ultra-high frequencies generated by partial discharge. Bowtie antenna is proven to be sensitive, accurate and easily designed and fabricated. This paper focuses on the enhancement of bowtie antenna to achieve better performance in detecting partial discharge using UHF method. Characteristics of antenna both on the simulation result prior to the fabrication and measurement using a network analyzer show the good agreement. Experiment was carried out in a gas insulated switchgear (GIS) model with a protrusion on the conductor as PD source and antenna located at different positions with applied voltage range from 20-25 kV. EM wave intensity and frequency captured by antenna were observed. The relation between the distances of PD source to antenna, either from one spacer aperture to others, or distance from one spacer aperture were investigated. Antenna mounted 55 cm from the closest spacer aperture to the PD source can still detect EM wave intensity very well. The lowest EM wave peak envelope intensity measured at 30.03 mV from the same spacer aperture compared to 1.952 mV peak-peak EM wave intensity from internal GIS UHF sensor demonstrates a sufficient sensitivity performance.


The shocked interstellar medium around IC 443 produces strong X-ray emission in the soft energy band (E ≲ 1.5 keV). We present an analysis of such emission as observed with the EPIC MOS cameras on board the XMM-Newton observatory, with the purpose to find clear signatures of the interactions with the interstellar medium (ISM) in the X-ray band, which may complement results obtained in other wavelengths. We found that the giant molecular cloud mapped in CO emission is located in the foreground and gives an evident signature in the absorption of X-rays. This cloud may have a torus shape, and the part of torus interacting with the IC 443 shock gives rise to 2MASS Ks emission in the southeast. The measured density of emitting X-ray-shocked plasma increases toward the northeastern limb, where the remnant is interacting with an atomic cloud. We found an excellent correlation between emission in the 0.3-0.5 keV band and bright optical/radio filament on large spatial scales. The partial shell structure seen in this band therefore traces the encounter with the atomic cloud.


Presents the international exchange of scientific information. This series represents a range of geographic and subject matter interests in economics, and includes books from various areas of macroeconomics and microeconomics.


Abstract : The emergent technology of high power radio frequency in a directed energy role has huge potential for military use, in both offensive and defensive roles. There are many applications for this type of technology, from minesweeping to anti-aircraft artillery to unmanned combat aerial vehicles. Given the current U.S. dominance in precision attack and air combat capability, new technologies might serve to challenge this advantage if an enemy can exploit them. This paper examines the question of whether U.S. tactics or strategy will have to change with these systems in the hands of an adversary, assuming they were used in an integrated air defense role to counter U.S. high-tech deep-strike capability. Specifically, could high power microwave systems become an effective defense against our standoff cruise missile and stealth technology and if so, could an adversary develop and deploy them without our knowledge in order to catch us unaware? Based on the findings, the conclusion recommends several avenues that the Air Force should pursue to prepare for these future weapons.


Nowadays, there are lots of disks from various disk models in datacenter. It is a challenge to make failure prediction for all disk models with high precision and high coverage. One-for-one modeling, transfer learning modeling and one-for-all modeling are proposed to address the challenge. However, none of them works well for all disk models and the automation problem for method selection and parameter tuning still persists. In this paper, we propose OME, an optimized modeling engine for disk failure prediction in heterogeneous datacenter. It builds a basis predictive model with one-for-all modeling and searches for the optimized with one-for-one and transfer learning modeling for every disk model. To achieve automation, OME employs a simple but effective transfer learning method, does cross-validation for comparison, prunes the tuning space, and constructs a directed acyclic graph for parallelism. Evaluation on a dataset from a real-world datacenter shows that OME outperforms a one-for-all predictive model from previous work by 18.5% overall, and the improvement for 43.3% disk models reaches over 30%.


The effects of operating a fluidized bed in a force field resulting from centrifugal motion are investigated. Such a "Centrifugal Fluidized Bed System" consists of a cylindrical porous distributor, with its axis of rotation parallel to the gravitational acceleration. The bulk solids in the bed are held in the annular region at the circumference of the device by radial acceleration, while fluidizing gas flows radially inward through the distributor. Unlike conventional fluidized beds operating vertically against gravity, the allowable range in flow rate of the fluidizing gas, bounded by minimum fluidizing velocity and elutriation, may be extended considerably by varying the angular velocity of the bed. This makes it possible to achieve higher turndown ratios and gas flow rates per machine volume than are possible with stationary beds, making the system quite attractive for a variety of commercial applications including coal combustion. Experiments were performed near atmospheric temperature and pressure using glass particles as bed material and air as the fluidizing gas. Theoretical models are presented and compared with experimental results for bed pressure drop, minimum fluidizing velocity, and particle elutriation velocity. The system parameters varied are fluidizing gas flow rate, distributor


I n a world that is becoming increasingly complex, a confusing barrage of dramatic images must be faced. Scenes of violence and poverty contrast with portraits of abundance and achievement. These conflicting messages checker headlines and televisions around the clock. They beckon an explanation; they beckon solutions. They draw into the light the issue of one's purpose in life. It is thus not sur prising that as the 21st cen tury appears on the hori zon, increasing attention is being paid to issues of spirituality. Many seek a greater understanding of the world, a sense of peace, and a sense of purpose beyond human design. Given that 88 percent of people surveyed in the United States endorse religion as being fairly or very important to them, it seems critical for us as experien tial educators and adventure programmers to consider how we do or do not address the religious and spiritu al beliefs of the people we serve (Kelly, 1995, p. 34). Experiential educators have been in dialogue for some years regarding the possible contributions of adventure programming, outdoor education, camping, environ mental education, and the like, to spiritual experiences and development. It appears that it is time to nudge forth this area of interest to see if, as we have practiced,


Objective: To describe outcomes of oral propranolol therapy in a series of adult and pediatric patients diagnosed with benign capillary hemangioma of the head and neck.
Methods:
            Design:           Prospective Case Series
            Setting:           Tertiary Government Hospital
Participants: Ten (10) patients representing all patients clinically diagnosed with benign capillary hemangioma of the head and neck, enrolled in the study from 2012 to 2015.
Results: Two (2) adults and eight (8) children were enrolled in the study. Although a decrease in lesion size was observed in half of the participants starting at three months, only one (1) attained complete resolution of the lesion-- a 12-year-old girl with hemangioma of the right parotid gland that attained clinical resolution of symptoms after four months of treatment. The remaining nine out of ten (9/10) participants did not attain complete clinical resolution; but there was a decrease in lesion size in four (4) of these participants. For the remaining five (5) participants, there was neither a decrease nor an increase in lesion size. Altogether, of the two adult participants, only one responded to therapy, while only 4 out of 8 pediatric participants responded to therapy. There were no noticeable differences between adult and pediatric patients in terms of resolution and plateau. Aside from mild bradycardia expected with propranolol, no adverse reactions were observed during the course of treatment.
Conclusion: Although half of our participants responded to oral propranolol therapy, whether these observations may be attributable to oral propranolol alone cannot be concluded.
Keywords: hemangioma, capillary; hemangioma; propranolol administration, oral; propranolol


Total hip replacement is probably the most successful surgical technique within orthopedic surgery, despite this it is foreseeable that some patients will require revision of their implant over time. These facts make it necessary to adopt a cost-effective model for long-term clinical monitoring and control of patients and their implants. Generally, the clinical reviews carried out tend to have an annual frequency, which seems to constitute an unnecessary action due to its low effectiveness in detecting cases that require an action derived from their visit (around 0.6%) and a significant financial burden. We carried out a systematic review of the last ten years around: "hip arthroplasty follow up recommendations" and "total hip replacement recommendations for follow-up", with a proposal for follow-up planning.


The present investigation on "Genetics of fibre characters, yield and its components in intra and inter specific hybrids of allo-tetraploid cottons (Gossypium spp. Linn.)" was carried out at College Farm, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad during kharif, 2007-08 and 2008-09 to study the combining ability and heterosis for quality and yield characters. Further, an attempt was made to trace out best parents and crosses for future breeding programmes and also to know the gene action controlling the traits through generation mean analysis for designing appropriate breeding strategy. In this direction, seven lines and four testers were crossed in L x T design to generate 28 hybrids and evaluated with check NHH 44 to know the combining ability of parents and crosses. Since L x T design does not provide comprehensive picture on gene action governing the traits, the generation mean analysis through joint scaling test was done in four crosses for eleven characters. High PCV and GCV were recorded for number of monopodia per plant and seed cotton yield per plant and moderate estimates were observed for number of bolls per plant, boll weight. High heritability estimates coupled with high genetic advance were observed for number of bolls per plant, boll weight and seed cotton yield per plant. Estimates of components of variance and their ratios (σ gca / σ sca) indicated the preponderance of non-additive gene action for days to 50 % flowering, number of monopodia per plant, number of sympodia per plant, number of bolls per plant, boll weight and seed cotton yield per plant, whereas additive gene action was observed for the fiber quality traits viz., 2.5 % span length, uniformity ratio, micronaire value and bundle strength. Based on gca effects the lines, CPD 420 and among the testers, HAG 1055 were identified as best general combiners for yield which were also observed to be good combiners for one or other fibre quality characters. The crosses involving the lines L 604, LK 861 and MCU 17 among the testers were identified as best combiners for earliness. Based on sca effects, the intraspecific crosses, Galama x MCU 17 (G.hirsutum x G.hirsutum) and CPD 420 x HAG 1055 (G.hirsutum x G.hirsutum) were identified as best specific combiners for yield. For fiber quality traits, both inter and intra specific cross combinations ie, CPD 420 x HAG 1055 (G.hirsutum x G.hirsutum) and Galama X Suvin (G.hirsutum x G.babadense) exhibited positive sca effects for bundle strength. Correlation studies revealed significant association in desired direction with yield for bollweight and bundle strength under study (except for ginning percentage, uniformity ratio). Bundle strength was noticed as highly significant contributor to the yield. Path matrix revealed that number of bolls, boll weight and 2.5 % span length was found to have maximum direct positive effect on seed cotton yield. Generation mean analysis through joint scaling tests deciphered that simple additive dominance model exhibited lack of good fit for all the traits in four crosses studied, indicating the role of non-allelic interactions. Dominance and epistatic interactions played a major role in the inheritance of yield and fibre quality characters in cotton. It can be categorically stated that reciprocal recurrent selection or diallel selective mating system are the need of the hour to modify the genetic architecture of cotton for attaining higher yields with desirable fibre properties. In the present study, it is concluded that intraspecific cross CPD 420 x HAG 1055 were identified as promising heterotic hybrid for seed cotton yield and boll number. An interspecific cross Galama x Suvin were identified as early maturing along with high bundle strength and seed cotton yield. Hence, reciprocal recurrent selection or diallel mating systems are the breeding strategies for the improvement of yield and fiber quality traits in cotton.


The development history of mathematics was also the history of human being's strenuous fight against crisis,which exhibited the nobleness of human being's wisdom.After each crisis came the significant development of mathematics,which nurtures the strong belief that human wisdom was unconquerable.Now we were entrapped into a crisis of a larger scale,and the mathematical definiteness was known again.So what were the real features of mathematical truth?


Anastasiadou, M., Santos, V., & Montargil, F. (2021). Which technology to which challenge in democratic governance? An approach using design science research. [Advanced online publication on 11 february 2021]. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1108/TG-03-2020-0045


Inadequate data security practices in K-12 public schools leave students' personal information vulnerable to exposure, theft, and marketing on the dark web. In 2017, schools across the country reported 122 cybersecurity incidents, and those were only the events school officials detected and disclosed; the real number is likely much higher. These security breaches are costly for student victims and their families, often costing them hundreds or thousands of dollars in credit repair and identity recovery services.

Though this problem affects every school in the United States, there is no federal law that establishes a standard for a school's duty to its students in dealing with their personal information. Furthermore, though every state in the country has passed some form of school cybersecurity legislation, no state has gone beyond requiring that schools have a cybersecurity policy to articulate exactly how schools should protect this valuable student information. Worse, neither the federal nor state governments have provided any financial remedy for student victims of data theft or exposure.

This Article presents one unprecedented legislative solution to remedy this growing national problem: Congress should pass legislation that establishes uniform standards for how schools should collect and protect student data, and how they should respond when cybersecurity breaches occur. It should also provide financial recompense for victims of the breaches so that they might move forward with little financial burden in the wake of such an event.


In this article we analyze the efficiency of traffic and blocking probability in metro optical networks using the paradigms of switching OPS and OBS-JIT. ONSim software was used to perform the simulation for the analysis of blocking probability on the network and individualy nodes and, subsequently, analysis offered load. Although the values of blocking probability on the network to both paradigms and the offered load in the network are similar, there is a difference considering individually the blocking probability on each network node, indicating that the time allocation of resources is more important factor to explain this difference. Keywords— Efficiency of Traffic, Blocking Probability, OPS, OBS-JIT.


The absolute density, thermal expansion coefficient α, and thermal pressure coefficient γ have been determined for atactic polystyrene in the non-glassy liquid (or amorphous) state. Dilatometric measurements on the pure polymer furnished α over the range 100° to 230°C. Thermal pressure coefficients were determined by extrapolation from measurements on concentrated solutions of the polymer in benzene, from 24° to 100°C. No evidence was found for a second order transition above 100°C. A small change in dα/dT was observed near 170°C. This and other observations suggest a minor departure from equilibrium below this temperature.


We describe the application of model-based diagnosis to the debugging of VHDL programs. In our previous work in VHDL-based software diagnosis, we have relied upon a very abstract representation to make it possible to diagnose ful lsized applications (up to 1MLOC) at the cost of reduced discrimination between diagnoses. This paper describes a more detailed representation for VHDL programs that explicitly reasons about the computation of variable and signal values, making it possible to examine the internal workings of VHDL processes to find a more exact cause of the errors in a program. The higher computational effort involved require s that the new representation be used as a refinement in tandem with the older, more abstract representation. Models for th e full VHDL language extent are currently being developed. The implementation is being applied to test problems.


Abstract The Interpersonal school has been on the cutting edge of progressive thinking about sexuality. Harry Stack Sullivan, with his ward for gay schizophrenics, showed the curative value of protecting a psychotic patient from stigma and prejudice. Edwin Weinstein showed that cultural norms shape paranoid delusions, questioning the traditional Freudian connection of paranoia and homosexuality. Sullivan and contemporary Interpersonalists have tried to disconnect judgments of sexual psychopathology from cultural and religious norms, seeking instead to help people find ways of achieving a satisfactory sexual life without undue anxiety and loss of self-esteem. A key factor in maintaining a progressive outlook on sexuality is to welcome people with nontraditional sexuality and gender identification into the psychoanalytic community.


The conclusions discusses how political assassinations committed by Italian anarchists were not the product of conspiracies carried out by criminals and madmen. Rather they were the consequence of Italy's grinding poverty and authoritarian methods of dealing with popular unrest and dissent, of the economic and political pressures that fostered mass migration, and finally, of the cosmopolitan nature of Italian anarchism. All six of the attentatori discussed in this book did not engage in acts of terrorism against faceless victims but instead struck out against those monarchs and chiefs of state deemed responsible, directly or indirectly, for crimes perpetrated against themselves, the people, or the anarchist movement.


This paper is devoted to the study of municipal diversity in retail and durables. Specifically, it analyzes how a region's relative market-accessibility in a system (or hierarchy) of municipalities affects the extent of diversity. In the theoretical part of the paper a simple modelmunicipal diversity in retail and durables is introduced, which incorporates the municipality's position in a system of municipalities. Using this model as a point of reference, the paper explores the relationship between market-size and diversity in Swedish regions from 1993 to 2001 by means of a panel data approach. Three types of market-sizes are considered: (i) intramunicipal,(ii) intra-regional and (iii) extra-regional. It is shown that the relationships between diversity and the three types of market-sizes differ between different types of municipalities in the hierarchy, implying that such a classification is warranted. One particular finding that corresponds to the agglomeration shadow-effects usually discussed in NEG-theories is that large municipalities gain from proximity to surrounding municipalities while small municipalities do not.


Background: Measles is a highly contagious viral disease. It remains an important cause of death among young children globally, despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine. Measles transmitted via droplets from the nose, mouth or throat of infected persons. Objective: To evaluate the immune response to measles infection among immunized school aged children, and to detect the cluster of differentiation 46 single nucleotide polymorphism (CD46 SNP) in association with the immune response. Methods: The current study is a cross sectional study including 158 hospitalized patients were previously vaccinated with two doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. The ages of patients were 5-10 years school aged children. All samples were collected from blood collection unit in Al-Imamein Al-Kadhimein Medical city during the period from December 2018 to April 2019. The detection was based on the presence of IgG Antibody to measles. The positive results were considered according to enzyme linked immunosorbant assay and conventional polymerase chain reaction to detect CD46 SNP. Results: Among those 158 subjects' male children count for 62% and female children were 38%. Forty-one (41) immunized children (with mean age 7.98±1.92 years) were low immune response to measles vaccine (MV). On the other hand, only two cases (with mean age 5.50±0.71 years) were negative to measles virus vaccine. Conclusion: Ensuring two doses of MV give protective immune response to MV may declines with aging. CD46 cellular receptor gene SNP (rs7144) may play role in reduction in immune response to MV. Keywords: Measles, MMR, CD46, SNP, Iraq Citation: Al-Gburi SAJ, Kadhim HS, Ghazi HF. Association of CD46 Cellular Receptor Gene SNP in measles vaccine response. Iraqi JMS. 2020; 18(1): 39-46. doi: 10.22578/IJMS.18.1.6


Abstract : DoD issuances and other documents confer executive agent responsibilities in DoD. LMI reviewed logistics-related executive agent delegations in OSD issuances and evaluated their currency and need. Our review revealed that the management of executive agent delegation in the DoD requires attention and ongoing review. We also documented where changes in missions and functions over time have not been reflected in authoritative documents. The OSD staff is responsible for procedural changes. The report recommends a process for bringing the management of both logistics- and non-logistics-related DoD issuances under control within 6 months.


Follow-up computeed tomographhic studies were perfomed in 75 patients with cerebral injury and intracerebral hematomas. CT — signs of post-traumatic epileptic focus formation were studied. The authors discovered pial, arachnoid, porencephalic cysts and cicatricial proccess. Their forming not alwways depended of serverity of trauma and the volume of destruction.


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Hidayah, Rofingatul. Registered Number Students. 2816133301. 2016. The Effectiveness of Using Board Game toward Students' Speaking Proficiency of The First Graders at MAN 2 Tulungagung.Thesis. English Education Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Tulungagung.
Advisor: Dr. Susanto, S.S, M.Pd.
Key words: Effectiveness, Speaking, Board Game, Speaking Proficiency
 Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving, processing information, and the presence of speaker and listener. The aim of speaking is to communicate ideas. Therefore, it is so essential for the teacher to pay great attention on the teaching of speaking. The teachers should provide various methods for speaking activities to develop basic interactive skills required for life. Those activities make the students more active in learning process and at the same time it makes their learning more meaningful and fun. The use of Board Game can be useful to facilitate students' learning. Boar Game can give many advantages for students speaking ability. It can be applied in groups so the students can express their ideas in English with their friends in fun way.
 The formulation of the research problems is: Is there any significant difference on students' achievement in speaking before and after being taught by using Board Game? The purpose of the study is to know whether there is any significant difference on students' achievement in speaking before and after being taught by using Board Game.
 Research method: 1) The research design is pre-experimental design using quantitative approach, 2) The populations of this study are all first graders students of MAN 2 Tulungagung, 3) The sample is X -IIS3 class consisting of 40 students, 4) The research instruments are tests; pre-test and post-test of speaking, 5) The technique of data analysis is using T-test. T-test is used to compute students' scores to determine whether Ha is accepted or rejected.
 The result shows that the totals of students' score before being taught by using Board Game are (87.35). Meanwhile the students' scores after being taught by using Board Game are (116.25). From the result of computation, it reveals that tcountis (14.986.). It is bigger than T-table 1.960 and it is significant at level 0.05.
 From the result of computation, Ha which states that there is any significance difference between students' speaking score before and after being taught by using Board Game is accepted. Meanwhile, the null hypothesis (H0) stated there is no significance difference between students' speaking score before and after being taught by using Board Game is rejected. The hypothesis testing above implies that Board Game is effective for teaching speaking. In other word, Board Game can be used as an alternative teaching media to teach speaking of the first grader for SMA level.


National and local newspaper competes for gaining more market share. It is also happened with XYZ newspaper. XYZ newspaper  as the biggest national newspaper in Indonesia tends to have low market share in other area outside Jakarta, especially in Surabaya.  Previous researches showed that brand equity, corporate reputation, and product quality are able to influence customer loyalty which can lead to increasing number ofcustomer and market share. Therefore, this research is conducted to examine the influence of brand equity, corporate reputation, and product quality on customer loyalty toward XYZ newspaper in Surabaya. Quantitative method is used and multiple regression is chosen as the analytical method. With 95 samples collected through simple random sampling method, the result of the research shows that brand equity, corporate reputation, and product quality simultaneously have significant influence on customer loyalty toward XYZ newspaper in Surabaya. Also, corporate reputation and product quality individually have significant influence on customer loyalty toward  XYZ newspaper  in Surabaya. But, brand equity as individual has no significant influence on customer loyalty toward  XYZ newspaper  in Surabaya. Based on this fact, author concludes that  XYZ newspaper  should focus on improving corporate reputation and product quality, while also enhances its brand equity in order to increase the customer loyalty. Keywords: Brand Equity, Corporate Reputation, Product Quality, Customer Loyalty, Newspaper


The paper presents a methodology how to quantify a technical and economic impact of selected smart solutions on hosting capacity increase of DERs and EVs on LV and MV level in a large distribution area in the future. The official Czech government documents called National Action Plan for Smart Grids and Clean Mobility published by Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade present several scenarios of future expected development of DERs and EVs. Comparison of business as usual and smart grid solutions is presented and monetized.


The subject of this article are the factors and reasons for the bad results in reading of the Bulgarian 15-year-old students in PISA's international studies. The reference points of the analysis are the critical results from the last four studies – 2000, 2006, 2009 and 2012. The aim of this analysis is to bring up for discussion unformulated topics and reading angles which have not been covered, which may explain the reason for the critical results in reading, including in the European Union as a whole. The goals of the report are to look for arguments and evidence in communication theory, in the conclusions of sociological studies and to summarize the factors which may lessen the ongoing preoccupation with "mass non-reading" or the "drop in reader's literacy". Eight reasons for the critical state of reading literacy have been drawn: 1) basic illiteracies which stem from the incorrect attitude towards reading as a cultural technology; 2) the stereotype "book = literature"; 3) the stereotype "book = paper"; 4) helplessness of sociological tools; 5) the manipulative side of reading; 6) the harmful side of reading; 7) reading mutations; 8) the erroneous statement "Young people do not read". The scientists are presented with proposals to concentrate on two academic points: "Theory and practice of reading" classes on each educational level and focusing research efforts to improve readership culture of adults, including development of the so called "Acmeology of reading".


We demonstrate experimentally that enhanced detection of weak visual signals by addition of visual noise is accompanied by an increase in phase synchronization of EEG signals across widely-separated areas of the human brain. In our sensorimotor integration task, observers responded to a weak rectangular gray-level signal presented to their right eyes by pressing and releasing a button whenever they detected an increment followed by a decrement in brightness. Signal detection performance was optimized by presenting randomly-changing-gray-level noise separately to observers' left eyes using a mirror stereoscope. We measured brain electrical activity at the scalp by electroencephalograph (EEG), calculated the instantaneous phase for each EEG signal, and evaluated the degree of large-scale phase synchronization between pairs of EEG signals. Dynamic synchronization-desynchronization patterns were observed and we found evidence of noise-enhanced large-scale synchronization associated with detection of the brightness changes under conditions of noise-enhanced performance. Our results suggest that behavioral stochastic resonance might arise from noise-enhanced synchronization of neural activities across widespread brain regions.


Blowout fracture of the orbital floor is common, but that of the medial orbital wall is less frequent. As the use of computed tomography (CT) increased the diagnosis of blowout fracture of the medial orbital wall also increased. Diagnoses of blowout fractures of the medial orbital wall are presentry not uncommon. Endonasal endoscopic reconstruction was performed in 5 cases of blowout fracture of the medial orbital wall under local anesthesia. The fractured bones and the pathological changes of the ethmoid sinus were removed. The silicone plate, placed in the periosteum of the orbit, filled the orbital defect. Results after endonasal endoscopic reconstruction in all cases were good.


The underrepresentation of women and minorities in computational science and engineering is a major problem in our field-it's rarely addressed forthrightly as an issue on par with our other technical, scientific, and educational concerns. Only by addressing it directly can we hope to remedy the situation. In this article, we will focus on issues concerning minorities.


Based on the theatrical quality of the juego de la sortija (game of the ring) held in the Imperial Villa of Potosi in 1601, this paper studies this tournament as part of the festival in honor of Saint Mary of Guadalupe from Caceres. After addressing the relevance of discussing both this celebration and its colonial account, I explain the general characteristics of the festival as well as of the juego de la sortija. I also review the phenomenon of invencion as the combination of a notion championed by the knight participating in the tournament and the iconographic program that he develops to support such concept. Finally, out of the four invenciones represented at this early seventeenth-century juego de la sortija, I choose to analyze the fourth in order to determine how characters and entities of ancestral religious signifi cance were portrayed to further the cause of Christian conversion of Andean indigenous peoples.


The influence of the Indonesian Industrial Revolution 4.0 on Indonesian society today has a tremendous impact on the changing lives of social and cultural communities. The enormity of the impact of industrial technology acceleration also affects communication technology which plays an important role in the function of the structure of postmodern society's life, namely changes in mindset and cultural behavior in the communication space with digital media. The influence on the enormity of the changes in the industrial revolution was marked by a communication technology revolution with communication technology systems and information dissemination that were not only intelligent in applications but also easy and cheap in achieving the objectives of communication outcomes desired by each communication community. This fourth generation industrial revolution must indeed be admitted to experiencing a sharp development and be able to change every decision of the mind and human mind related to practical communication (instant), on the evolving function of communication using the benefits of digital media technology. Internet system attached to. Digital media and used as a distribution of information, has experienced a very intensive information overflow in the frequency of cyberspace (Cyberspace) to become a world without borders. Dynamic communication space in the function of the open communication system turns out that in its implementation it often ignores ethics in the function of the form of communication delivery about taste, will, and achievement of the form of communication that is processed as information and news that uses virtual space. The result is unhealthy communication in the use of digital media functions, which are suspected of committing many violations of law against prejudice and lies or popular with the word Hoax. This situation is exacerbated by the importance of political communication rolling in the public sphere. For this reason, it is very important to control through the implementation of communication law enforcement, strictly based on the provisions of Law Number 19 the Year 2016 concerning ITE. The enforcement of this law contextually requires that law enforcement agencies be able to be smart and understand the power of the functions of Media Literacy, with an understanding of the content of the communication itself.


Distribution of anchovy (Engraulis japonica) eggs and larvae was studied in the southwestern sea of Korea in July and November, 2001. Anchovy eggs were found mainly in the oceanic fronts of the northern sea area which were formed in the offshore area of Chuja Is. Bogil Is. and Chungsan Is. from west to east. Anchovy eggs were also found in the surrounding sea of Cheju Is. in the southern sea front area. The waters were highly heterogeneous and the water masses were bordered based on temperature and salinity (28.9-33.7 psu). The anchovy eggs were mostly found outside of the China Coastal Water, where salinity was below 31 psu. The anchovy eggs were not found in November. Abundance of the anchovy larvae were higher in July than November. Temperature ranged from , and salinity ranged from 28.9psu to 34.1psu and 33.2psu to 34.1psu in July and November, respectively. Non-swimmable larvae were found throughout the whole area of the southwestern sea of Korea. The area beyond the oceanic front had anchovy eggs dispersed from the spawning grounds to offshore. Dispersion pattern showed that the eggs were transported from the spawning grounds with a process of advection and diffusion based on the flow pattern which were caused by winds. Distribution pattern of the anchovy eggs and larvae may be used for the prediction of oceanic currents in each area.


: The aim of this study was to determinate the resistance capacity of the recombinant Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) hMT1 strain against Ni and Al, obtained by cloning the human MT1 gene into E. coli BL21 wild strain. Growth potentials and Minimum Inhibition Concentrations (MIC) of cells were determined by applying different Ni 2+ and Al +3 concentrations to wild E. coli BL21 and recombinant E. coli hMT1 bacteria. MIC values for Ni and Al of E. coli BL21 and E. coli hMT1 strains were determined as 200 mg/L and 425 mg/L, 275 mg/L and 650 mg/L, respectively. As a result, Ni and Al tolerance of the recombinant strain was found to be higher than the wild strain. When a comparison was made between metals, the tolerance for Al was found to be higher than for Ni. It can be said that the E. coli hMT1 strain adsorbing these metals even at low concentrations is more beneficial than the wild strain in terms of its availability in the environment. This study may provide a preliminary


A physical model device of 12 accelerometers' inertial measurement unit is designed and manufactured to solute the angular velocity estimation's low precision's problem.In the new scheme,each accelerometer' s output information is used and two non-integral angular estimation methods is proposed,the angular velocity's sign is identified.The decoupling algorithm is designed for improving the accelerometer' s coupling effect.The experiment results illustrate that the non-integral method can restrain the acceleometers'output error' s accumulation by integral method,the angular velocity's precision is raised by about one order of magnitude than integral method.the decoupling method can decrease the accelerometer's output error by about one order of magnitude.


The present invention relates to the use of a base-modified biomass as a bearing bedding for animals in a stable, wherein the base-modified biomass can be obtained by a process comprising the following processing steps: i) providing a quantity of stalks, derived from one or more plant species; ii) subjecting the stems, which originate from one or more plant species, a cutting operation to obtain an amount of reduced-length stalks; iii) optionally subjecting the reduced-length stalk to a grinding process to obtain an amount of stalk flour; iv) subjecting the reduced-length stem or stalk flour to a pressing operation, to obtain an amount of compressed biomass; v) cooling the compressed biomass, to obtain an amount of compressed biomass pellets; vi) subjecting the compressed biomass pellets a rolling process to obtain an amount of the base-modified biomass; characterized, in that the biomass is derived from one or more plant species, also at a point during the processing of steps i) to vi) a base treatment is subjected. The invention further relates to a raw material for use as feedstock in a biogas reactor, wherein the raw material from the use according to the present invention results and comprises a base-modified biomass and extension of one or more animals.


To make full use of process design as the bridge between engineering design and manufacturing so as to realize information integration,current enterprise application and scientific research achievements on Bill of Material(BOM) mapping technology were summarized.A BOM mapping technology based on process management was proposed proceed from problem roots.BOM mapping methodology based on process management was discussed,and corresponding technology architecture was presented.The process management environment providing progressive definition of Manufacturing Bill of Material(MBOM) was constructed,and the enable tools for BOM mapping were developed.


The first case of painful abdominal crisis caused by hydrops of the gallbladder during sickle cell disease is reported. The cholecystosonography allowed diagnosis and supervision in a 4 year-old black boy with sickle cell anemia. The persistence of hydrops led to cholecystectomy. Pathophysiology is discussed according to the other etiologies reported in the literature.


This paper describes a multimedia application developed by the department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Seville. This tool, an interactive CD, has been developed as a virtual laboratory utility and as tutorial in a Digital Signal Processors laboratory. The CD employment improves the learning process of the students, and it


Knowledge capability is the key for enterprises to attain open innovation successfully.It is a dynamic ability system that consists of creation capability,reformation capability,scanning capability,absorption capabitity,internalization ability,absorptive capability,etc.Different types of open innovation process have diverse demands for knowledge capability.Therefore,it's necessary for the enterprises that implement open innovation to enhance their learning ability and relation ability through adjusting their strategy,structure and culture and other functions in order to cultivate their own knowledge capability and in turn improve the performance of open innovation.


Nagatsuka Takashi's novel "The Soil", published in Japan in 1910, provides a moving and sensitive but unsentimental portrait of rural peasant life in Japan during the Meiji era. The community described is the author's native place, and the characters whose lives are described in vivid detail over a period of years are drawn from life.


Plasma generators are frequently used in a wide field of applications. These applications include thermal coating, plasma-welding, preprocessing of surfaces, sterilization and propulsion systems. The industrial use of plasma generators demands a high level of accuracy and reproducibility which has to be monitored throughout the process. Rather than analyzing results of e.g. a coating process (by electron microscopic) one prefers to have an online assessment of the plasma generator. The plasma generated is defined by various parameters (e.g., temperature, conductivity) which can be measured with suitable measuring systems. Determining all plasma parameters in one setup is very costly and requires a big setup. In industrial facilities it is often suitable to measure one or two physical quantities and derive the plasma parameters from these measurements. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the electric current consumed by the plasma generator and the sound emitted by the whole system. A quick analyzation of these signals - that may result in an online assessment -was accomplished by using the wavelet transform. Multiple experiments were performed to gain reliable and significant data (behavior of the arc/plasma).


Resective epilepsy surgery is an elective therapy indicated in focal epilepsy patients who are resistant to pharmacotherapy. Every effort should be undertaken to perform the procedures as safe and less traumatic as possible. Neuronavigation could represent a suitable tool to reduce surgical morbidity and increase surgical radicality. Here, we present a series of 41 patients who were operated on for medically intractable epilepsy using neuronavigation. Overall, complication rate was 17% with a favourable seizure outcome of 88% (Engel's class I/II). Our data suggest that neuronavigation is a valuable surgical technique to accomplish a favourable outcome in epilepsy surgery.


Manure can be a valuable resource if properly applied to utilize its nutrient content. To better define the value of manure, a multi-year research project began in 1998 at the Southeast Research Farm. The fertilizer effect of rate and method of manure application in a corn-soybean rotation is being studied. In 2002, several treatments were added that included N-Serve with the manure. Disciplines Agricultural Science | Agriculture This southeast research and demonstration farm is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ farms_reports/1534 Iowa State University, Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm ISRF02-34 Swine Manure Management Study Greg Brenneman, ag engineer Jim Jensen, farm management specialist ISU Extension Kevin Van Dee, farm superintendent Introduction Manure can be a valuable resource if properly applied to utilize its nutrient content. To better define the value of manure, a multi-year research project began in 1998 at the Southeast Research Farm. The fertilizer effect of rate and method of manure application in a corn-soybean rotation is being studied. In 2002, several treatments were added that included N-Serve with the manure. Methods and Materials In 2002, the research trial was expanded from seven treatments to 10 treatments each replicated three times. Manure is applied on eight of the treatments (Table 1). For treatments 9 and 10, NServe was mixed with the manure at a rate of 2 quarts/acre as called for by the product label. Manure was obtained from local producers and applied in November each year. Although the nutrient content varied some from year to year (Table 3), testing showed the nutrient content for a given year was very uniform. On the commercial fertilizer treatment, maintenance levels of phosphorous and potassium along with ammonium nitrate at 150 lb N/acre were applied just prior to planting. Normal weed and insect control practices were used. Results and Discussion Yield and nitrogen test results are given in Table 1 for 2002, and the 4-year averages are given in Table 2. Over the 4 years, there was a statistically significant corn yield response (50–70 bushels/acre greater) with all of the treatments compared with the check treatment. Also, applying an additional 50 lb N/acre to the surface applied manure resulted in a 13 bushels/acre yield increase. For the 4 years of the trial, yield differences between the remaining treatments were not significant. In 2002, the 2,250 gallon/acre injected treatment had a 71 bushels/acre greater corn yield than the check treatment but a 37 bushel/acre lower yield than the 4,000 gallon/acre injected treatment. For the 2,250 gallon/acre rate, the addition of N-Serve gave a nine bushel/acre greater yield, but this was not statistically significant. On manured ground, a soil nitrate test of 20–25 ppm should provide adequate nitrogen for that year's corn crop. The check treatment always showed an N deficiency, and the surface applied manure by itself was often marginal on this test. An end-of-season stalk test of less than 200 is usually considered inadequate with over 2,000 ppm being excessive. In most cases it seemed that only the check treatment and the surface applied manure treatment were short on nitrogen by the end of the growing season. Also, the 8,000 gallon/acre rate did not increase yields but had excessive end-of-season stalk test levels. In 2002 most of the treatments had deficient end-ofseason stalk tests. This may have been in part because of the lower N content of the manure that was applied the previous November. In 2002, other N test plots also showed lower than expected end-of-season stalk test levels. On the soybean plots, only treatment number 5 received any manure or fertilizer for the soybean growing season. With treatment 5, the 4-year average showed a significantly greater yield over most treatments. Acknowledgments Funding for this project is provided in part by the Iowa Pork Industry Center, the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Washington Co. Farm Bureau, and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Nonpoint Source Pollution Information & Education County Grant Program. Iowa State University, Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm ISRF02-34 Table 1. 2002 manure management study results. Trt. Corn Soybeans Late spring N test, ppm Stalk test ppm Corn bu/acre Soybean bu/acre 1 Check 9 15 103 43.0 2 4,000 gal. surface 10 15 185 47.4 3 4,000 gal. surface + 50 N 17 46 199 47.0 4 4,000 gal. inject 10 16 211 46.7 5 4,000 gal. inject 4,000 gal. inject 12 439 224 57.1 6 8,000 gal. inject 12 411 227 53.0 7 150 lb. commercial N 26 120 212 43.9 8 2,250 gal. inject 12 44 174 * 9 2,250 gal. inject w/ N-Serve 11 18 183 * 10 4,000 gal. inject w/ N-Serve 16 113 206 * LSD P=0.05 15 6.8 *These plots did not have a previous history of manure treatments. Table 2. 1999–2002 manure management study average results. Trt. Corn Soybeans Late spring N test, ppm Stalk test ppm Corn bu/acre Soybean bu/acre 1 Check 11 27 124 42.3 2 4,000 gal. surface 17 38 178 45.6 3 4,000 gal. surface + 50 N 23 706 191 45.5 4 4,000 gal. injected 23 906 194 46.2 5 4,000 gal. injected 4,000 gal. inject 26 1,466 198 50.4 6 8,000 gal. injected 28 3,325 194 48.7 7 150 lb. commercial N 31 1,046 191 44.9 LSD P=0.05 11 1,650 21 3.4 Table 3. Manure test results. Sample Total N lb/1,000 gal. NH3 N lb/1,000 gal P2O5 lb/1,000 gal K2O lb/1,000 gal % Solids 11/13/97 39 30 27 28 3.0 11/25/98 50 38 61 27 8.1 11/17/99 52 35 57 30 5.8 11/2/00 68 60 35 40 6.1 11/2/01 39 31 20 20 3.0


We study the magnetization distribution of the Ising model on two regular fractals (a hierarchical lattice, the regular simplex) and percolation clusters at the percolation threshold in a two dimensional imbedding space. In all these cases, the only fixed point is T = 0. In the case of the two regular fractals, we show that the magnetization distribution is non trivial below T* ≃ A*/n, with n the number of iterations, and A* related to the order of ramification. The cross-over temperature T* is to be compared with the glass cross-over temperature T g ≃ A g /n. An estimation of the ratio T* /T g yields an estimation of the order of ramification of bidimensional percolation clusters at the threshold (C = 2.3 ± 0.2).


Literature is broadly defined as any written or spoken material, but the term most often refers to creative works (Gale: 2001). Literature includes poetry, drama, fiction, and many kinds of non-fictional writing. Drama is a literary composition, usually in dialogue form, that centers on the actions of characters (Vtheatre.net: 2005).
The writer chooses one of Bernard Shaw's plays because of Shaw's reputation as a great playwright. His plays are related to real life situations and through the writing of his plays he brings up subjects that are normally taboo and he causes people to have discussions about them. Examples are prostitution in Mrs. Warren's Profession and religious intolerance in The Devil's Disciple. His views, which are expressed through his plays, have influenced many people throughout the world.
In conducting this thesis, the writer uses literary analysis to support and clarify her analysis and findings. The writer analyses the descriptions, actions and dialogues of the characters, the location and time of the setting of the play and the conflicts that shape the play. These conflicts are either external conflicts, conflicts between characters, or internal conflicts, conflicts between a character with his/ her feelings or beliefs. The external conflicts are specific to the play, and relate to the views and personalities of the characters. The internal conflicts are not too specific to the play, but relate to doctors in general. The writer looks at the internal conflicts of Ridgeon and how they relate to doctors in general and sources of these conflicts, such as the Hippocratic Oath which is a guide for ethics in the medical profession that is taken by all doctors.
The writer concludes that the dilemma in "The Doctor's Dilemma" is the decision that Ridgeon was forced to make, as to which of the two patients, Blenkinsop and Dubedat he should treat. His decision of saving Blenkinsop reveals his egoism that he is in love with Louis Dubedat's wife, Jennifer. In the conclusion the writer also relates to the world today and gives views on what must be done about it. The writer has learnt about the role of the doctor in society and that it is more than just the job of healing people. The writer has also learnt more about human nature, such as how people handle conflicts, how people interact with people with different views from their own and how they deal with their own feelings.


The purpose of this calculation is to evaluate a temporary ten cover truss system. This system will be used to provide weather protection to the workers during replacement of the filter for the Primary Ventilation System in AP Tank Farm. The truss system has been fabricated utilizing tubes and couplers, which are normally used for scaffoldings.


Understanding of energy transport across the solid–liquid interface is essential for the rational design of efficient heat dissipation capabilities. In this work, we show that the molecular orientation of liquid near the solid surface dominates the thermal transport across the imidazolium ionic liquids (IL)/graphene interface via molecular dynamics simulations. The molecular orientation is defined as the parallelism between the imidazole ring in IL and graphene and is controlled by wettability of graphene. Interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) will decrease linearly with the parallelism, which is suitable for IL with different tail chain length (2, 4, 6, and 8). From the linear relationship, a lower limit of ITR for the IL–graphene interface can be predicted, which is on the order of ∼6 m2 K/GW and stands for the lower bound of ITR across the solid–liquid interface. Furthermore, it is indicated that the parallel imidazole ring in IL facilitates the thermal transport via shifting the dominating vibrational ...


(57) Abstract: container (2) completely and reliably be dried by the small energy consumption and shorter drying time of encased material especially particular contaminated waste of nuclear power plants by drying plant (1) in the to ensure, according to the present invention, it has at least one heating mat (3) is provided for introducing the heat of vaporization in a container (2). The container (2) causes a mechanical contact of a large area of automatic heating mat holding device when placing carry into the drying plant (3) and the container (2).


highly skilled personnel is as new force made in China and necessary force created in China,it is important content Of National long-term talent development strategy.It provides a new interpretation and a new way to solve for breaking the bottleneck of the shortage of highly skilled,constructs a new mechanism for dynamic allocation which marketand government use both hands,businesses,schools and community tripartite joint,as well as four links Involving quality training,scientific assessment,growth development,the rational flow do side by side.


somal recessive inherited diseases caused by a dysfunction of the lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (GlcNac-1-phophotransferase). GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase is involved in the process of attaching a molecule called mannose6-phosphate (M6P) to specific digestive enzymes. With dysfunction of this enzyme, digestive enzymes cannot be tagged with M6P and transported to lysosomes. The lack of digestive enzymes within lysosomes causes large molecules to accumulate there. We reviewed the medical charts of 12 Korean patients who were diagnosed with ML II/III at Samsung Medical Center. The diagnosis of ML was based on clinical manifestations and lysosomal enzyme activities in serum, lymphocyte and skin fibroblasts. Most patients showed coarse face, developmental delay, multiple joint contracture and skeletal dysplasia with cardiac involvement at the time of diagnosis. There was no significant difference of organomegaly or cardiac involvement between ML II and III patient. However, the patients with ML II showed severe respiratory that need respiratory support and cardiac problems such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We sequenced the GNPTAB gene, which encoded alpha and/or beta subunits of GlcNac1-phophotransferase, in 4 patients with ML II and 5 patients w with ML III patients. We detected 14 mutations in the GNPTAB gene of the 16 alleles, and most of them were nonsense or frameshift mutation, and only a missense mutation was found. All patients with ML II had compound heterozygotes of nonsense or frameshift mutations. One heterozygous mutation, c.3565C>T (p.R1189X), was found in one patient with ML III and two patients with ML II. This study demonstrates clinical features and molecular analysis in Korean patients with ML II and III. Brief Communication


The present invention relates to conditioning apparatus for a vehicle seat, the reclining angle of the vehicle seat relative to the seat portion can be adjusted, the adjustment range can be adjusted by a removable stopper.


Observation is a daily practice in scholastic and educational contexts, but it needs to develop into a professional competence in order to be helpful. In fact, to design an educative and didactic plan and to provide useful tools, activities and tasks to their students, teachers and educators need to collect information about learners. For these reasons we'll built a Web-Observation (Web-Ob) application, a tool able to support good practices in observation. In particular, the Web-Ob can provide Multiple Intelligences Theory as a framework through which children's behaviors and attitudes can be observed, assessed and evaluated.


This paper introduces the concepts of meta-learning, analyzes the inherent relations between meta-learning and learning, puts forward that the theory of meta-learning is both the start point and end point for instruction in mathematical learning. Basing on this point and combining the characteristics of mathematics, this paper also discusses several issues that should be paid more attention to while implementing the instruction in mathematical learning.


Objective: Leukocyte diapedesis is misregulated in inflammatory disease and depends on the binding of monocytic LFA‐1 and VLA‐4 to endothelial ICAM‐1 and VCAM‐1, respectively. The authors hypothesized that these different molecular interactions elicit specific signaling cascades within monocytes regulating specific steps in adhesion, motility, and diapedesis.


Different rheological behavior of continental vs oceanic lithosphere can account for the shallower and lower subcrustal seismicity below the northern Apennines with respect to the deeper and more intense seismicity below the Calabrian arc in the south along the same subduction zone. We show that, for equal temperature distribution, oceanic slabs are predicted to display brittle behavior down to depths higher than those predicted for a continental slab. This opposite rheology is likely amplified by the higher strain rates and cooler slab temperatures in the south due to the faster subduction rollback and the oceanic composition of the downgoing lithosphere. Therefore the paucity of seismicity in the central‐northern Apennines might not be related to the absence of the slab, but rather to its continental nature and to lower strain rates.


This thesis is presented in three parts. Part one is a literature review in which the empirical literature that has investigated the determinants of condom use in adolescents is reviewed and discussed in relation to the Extended Parallel Processing Model. Part two presents the qualitative empirical paper, which explores influences on the decision making process around safe sex in young women. Part three represents a critical appraisal of the study undertaken. It contains reflections on the research process and evaluates the study in the light of good practice guidelines for qualitative research.


Nowadays, the use of skin graft is one of best treatment coverage on the speciality of Reconstructive and Burnt out Surgery. The introduction of this research is aimed to let people to know the skin graft techniques through a clinical case. Methodology: it was used the alternative of using skin pieces to remove the skin of the dermolipeptomy and reduction mastoplasty. The results gathered were positives, and that' s why we can say that the strategy comes to result of a great benefit to supply the wide skin coverage on patients with serious  skin burns with a minimum cost.


ABSTRACT: The benefit of implementing total quality management(TQM)into university classrooms has been demonstrated. The objective of this work was to develop a TQM project to use as a teaching tool for TQM and statistical process control (SPC) concepts, an assessment tool for the course, and as a means for involving students in improving the course in progress. A plan-do-study-act (PDSA) assignment was developed to use SPC tools and the 4 concepts of TQM. The implementation of recommendations developed as part of the PDSA project significantly (p < 0.05) improved student performance on quizzes, student satisfaction with the course, student perception of instructor performance, as well as instructor satisfaction with the course.


With the increasing of people's living standard, the requirement of paper's quality, variety and grade of the domestic and foreign market has become urgently. For further improving the bulk, stiffness, surface properties and printing performance and other indicators of paper, the paper enterprises also paid more attention to the sheet calendering technology. This article mainly describes the new international progress of calender technology in recent years.


This I &I Category2 program developed chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of iron, aluminum and aluminum oxide coated iron powders and the availability of high temperature oxidation, corrosion and erosion resistant coating for future power generation equipment and can be used for retrofitting existing fossil-fired power plant equipment. This coating will provide enhanced life and performance of Coal-Fired Boilers components such as fire side corrosion on the outer diameter (OD) of the water wall and superheater tubing as well as on the inner diameter (ID) and OD of larger diameter headers. The program also developed a manufacturing route for readily available thermal spray powders for iron aluminide coating and fabrication of net shape component by powder metallurgy route using this CVD coated powders. This coating can also be applid on jet engine compressor blade and housing, industrial heat treating furnace fixtures, magnetic electronic parts, heating element, piping and tubing for fossil energy application and automotive application, chemical processing equipment , heat exchanger, and structural member of aircraft. The program also resulted in developing a new fabrication route of thermal spray coating and oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) iron aluminide composites enabling more precise control over material microstructures.


Sediments from the north basin of Lake 111, a small but very well studied lake resulting from lignite mining in Lusatia, show a pronounced fine layering. This layering can be found in several lignite pit lakes, but mechanisms to explain it have not been investigated with respect to the specific hydrology and chemistry of acid pit lakes. The north basin of Lake 111 is flat-bottomed, dimictic, and bioturbation can be neglected. Physical and chemical characteristics, sedimentation rates and composition of settling material have been monitored over two years and large thin sections of sediment cores were analysed microscopically to identify fine sediment layering as annual. Total sedimentation rate was highest in winter, partly due to storms, while sedimentation of particulate organic matter showed peaks in May. Sedimentation of chrysophyte cysts occurred mainly in summer and autumn. Regular bands of chrysophyte cysts were detected, and comparison with the documented history of the lake substantiated that the observed lamination formed annually. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on varve formation in an extremely acidic lake which is not governed by fumaroles at the lake bottom.


Aluminum oxide ceramic coatings are widely used to extend the life of machine components. These protective layers are usually applied via atmospheric plasma spraying. In this study, alumina coatings are produced using a low-power plasma spraying method and assessed based on hardness, porosity, and microstructure. Test results show that alumina coatings applied using low-power plasma spraying with internal injection are harder than those produced using traditional APS techniques. The effect of process parameters, including current, voltage, powder feed rate, and plasma energy, is also investigated. Paper includes a German-language abstract.


A moire fringe interpolator capable of dividing one fringe into one hundred equal parts when the frequency of the moire signal is as high as 500 c/s is described. Two photoelectric signals, sin θ and cos θ, derived from the grating system are subtracted respectively from the 50 kc/s carrier signals sin pt and cost pt. The resultant sums are multiplied together and passed through a band pass filter to yield the signal sin (pt + θ). This and the signal sin pt are applied to a phase comparator to yield θ, the instantaneous phase of the moire signal.


Objective To study the causes of gestational megaloblastic anemia(MgA),and afford laboratory evidences for preventing and treating gestational MgA.Methods The complete blood cell indexes of 580 MgA patients were analysed,including WBC,Hb,RBC,HCT,MCV,MCH,MCHC,RDW,PLT and so on.The myelograms of these patients were also statistic analysed.Results Among the 580 patients,there are 180 patients whose hemoglobin are below 45g/L,220 patients whose WBC are below 3.2×10~9/L,253 patients whose PLT are below 62×10~9/L,398 patients whose MCV and MCH are below reference ranges.In addition,all their myelograms are hypercellularity or extreme hypercellularity.Typical megaloblasts and megaloblastic granulocytes are common in the bone marrows.Conclusion It's necessary for pregnant women to take regular examines before parturition,especially in preventing MgA.If there is a defimte diagnosis of MgA,folic-acid treatment will result in satisfying curative effect if be used as early as possible.


Objective To evaluate the effects of different tamponades used for retinal detachment secondary to macular holes in high myopia using optical coherence tomography (OCT).Methods OCT was used to follow the changes in the macular structure of 29 high myopia eyes, which had been diagnosed as having retinal detachment secondary to macular holes, after treatment with vitrectomies combined with different tamponades (10 eyes with C3F8, 19 eyes with silicone oil).Results OCT confirmed that the macular holes successfully closed in all of the 19 eyes filled with silicone oil. Eight of these eyes had previously been treated with C3F8. Because the redettachment of the retina was secondary to the macular holes, these patients accepted the silicone oil as tamponades. The retinas of 10 eyes filled with C3F8 were attached, but OCT examination found that 8 eyes did not achieve complete closure of the macular holes.Conclusion OCT can objectively evaluate the anatomical effects of surgery. Properly chosen silicone oil as the tamponade can improve the surgical outcome.


A 74-year-old patient suffering from severe iliac artery stenosis and claudication was chosen to be the first candidate in the world to receive the Palmaz stent, a balloon-expandable intraluminal stent. This procedure was done in the Department of Radiology, University of Freiburg, FRG. The intervention and postprocedural course were uneventful. His walking distance improved from less than 100 m to unlimited walking capacity. The intra-arterial pressure gradient and ankle-arm pressure ratio also returned to normal.


The h~uence of Chemical Constitution on the Rotatory Power.--Mario Betti 1 studied the effect of chemical constitution on rotatory power in H compounds of the type, C e H ~ C N CHR, by condensing the optically I C10Ha(OH)q active, fl-naphtholbenzylamine and aldehydes. The molecular rotatory power, [M]D, of the eompounds varied from + 2676 ~ to 991 o, and when it was arranged in order of magnitude, ir gave a series which agrees, subjeet to minor variations, with that representing the dissociation constants (K) of the acids, derived from the aldehydes employed (Table A) : -


Lead-free 0.95BaTiO3-0.05CaSnO3 ceramics were synthesized by high energy ball milling (HEBM) assisted solid state reaction route. Calcination temperature and time for phase formation was optimized and found to be relatively less than other BaTiO3-doped system. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman study were performed for phase examination of the synthesized material. Rietveld analysis confirmed double-phase co-existence of this 95/05 system at room temperature. Sintering temperature and time for better densification were optimized to be 1250°C for 3hr. From dielectric study it was found that ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition temperature(Tc, observed≈ 55°C) was reduced considerably in compared to the pure BaTiO3 system (Tc≈ 125°C). No relaxorbehaviour was found from dielectric study. Polarization vs. electric field hysteresis loop study showed the development of saturated hysteresis loops but the remnant polarization was found decreased compared to pure BaTiO3 system.


ABSTRACT People's susceptibility and capacity to respond to disasters is not homogenous. Women, in a generalized sense, tend to bear the brunt of disasters, but they are also often at the frontlines of disaster response and recovery. Women's experiences and capabilities, however, remain ill-recognized or poorly integrated into policies and projects. This paper draws on a study that documents and listens to the stories of women market vendors in Vanuatu who experienced Cyclone Pam and the severe drought that followed. From this, we issue a call to those working in the disaster and development fields to: (1) acknowledge and utilize women's knowledge and skills in disaster response and recovery, and (2) support women to further develop their capabilities and address underlying vulnerabilities. While we put forward that women should be more central in disaster recovery and resilience-building processes, we issue a warning that wider inequitable power structures must also be proactively tackled in order to improve women's overall wellbeing and relieve their burdens.


Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) is one of the most important and most cultivated crops in the world, with significant quantities of proteins being found in their yield composition, around 40% of their yield dry matter. This expressive quantity of proteins, and also a con‐ siderable percentage of oil, around 21% of their dry matter, has turned this grain into a product of great importance for the industrial sector, whether it be for food, cosmetics or, more recently, biofuels. Thus, soybean breeding programs directed toward these areas be‐ come ever more important, together with agronomic characteristics that allow greater pro‐ ductivity in sustainability with the environment in which they are produced.


In this work the improved short-circuit robustness of a new IGBT along with its switching behavior is investigated. The application of the recently proposed injection enhanced floating emitter (IEFE) concept to a 6.5 kV IGBT results in a higher hole current injection from the buried floating p-islands in front of the p-collector under short-circuit conditions. Hence, this concept provides a significantly improved short-circuit robustness compared to IGBT without p-islands and for the same design. The simulated results of the IEFE IGBTs depict the suppression of electrical current crowding at the collector-side without affecting the static and dynamic losses of the device.


A simple way of suppression of self-mode-locking in a nanosecond Nd3+:YAlO3 laser by placing single-crystal GaAs introducing a negative feedback into the laser cavity, exhibiting two-photon absorption, is implemented. Placing the element into the cavity of a pulsed picosecond Nd3+:Y3Al5O12 laser allowed an increase in the number of pulses and a change in the energy distribution between the pulses.


This article aims at answering and speculating whether the Introduction to Research Programme can contribute to the intellectual and moral development of stu...


We all have a good idea of how we want things to go when we visit a physician. We expect—count on—being able to talk to the physician about why we are there. This means telling him or her what feels wrong, explaining why we think prior treatment recommendations are not working, and even suggesting what we think the problem could be or recommending something new to try. We hope that the physician will listen, possibly ask questions that will help us clarify our thoughts, and provide new information that could be useful. Most of us hope for some expression of empathy for whatever the problem is that led us to see attention. We then expect the physician to combine our information with more information collected through tests or an examination and tell us what he or she thinks is wrong. We hope that the explanation is relatively clear and nontechnical, so that we can remember it and respond to the inevitable questions from family members, friend, and coworkers. Finally, we expect that the physician will explain our options and elicit our input about what to do next. . . . Certainly we would appreciate it if the physician asked us about our ability to follow the recommendations, given the other demands in our lives, and gave us some sense of what it will all cost. (p. 1)


This paper chiefly analyzes the representative form and primary character of social problems of network,and point out how to solve these problems.


The energy crisis, which began in the third quarter of 2021 and continues in 2023, has demonstrated the instability and fragility of the European Union (EU) energy system being built on the basis of renewable energy sources (RES), decentralization, market pricing mechanisms and accelerated deindustrialization. However, this situation is observed not only in the EU, but also in Asia (in Japan and Singapore). It is the high share of renewable energy sources in the generating structure of the EU leads to the fact that prices can be abnormally high or ultra-low, which demonstrates the failure in the reforms of the energy transition to a new energy order, where the stake is not on stable, predictable, high-quality and affordable generation, but on the basis of intermittent, expensive, unstable and poor-quality generation of solar and wind power plants. However, in times of crisis, governments around the world begin to limit the pricing of energy and electricity in order to reduce the impact of the energy crisis on life. State regulation is necessary to overcome the current crisis, despite the reforms of 2009–2010, which have shown their unviability in the context of a complex systemic decline that affects different spheres of life. The recession of the world economy, oil, gas, energy, inflation, food, political and social crises form our harsh reality - the Era of Global Crises. Whose echoes were recorded back in 2019, long before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. When all physical indicators showed a contraction in the global economy. The energy crisis and the mistake in the strategic planning of energy security create the conditions under which the European Union will lose its premium position for producing countries in the current decade. And the migration of industry to the United States and Asia shortens the window of opportunity to overcome crises. The only way to overcome the crisis is to switch to nuclear energy, which requires political will and strategic planning.


Abstract Several derivatives with the trans-stilbene oxide moiety as the central chiral core were synthesized. With the appropriate substituents, nematic and smectic C phases were observed. One derivative was obtained with an ee of 47 per cent by asymmetric synthesis. The chemical stability of these epoxides is low and they rearrange to give substituted phenyl benzylketones which are also liquid-crystalline. The structure of the two solid phases present in all the derivatives and of the smectic C phases was investigated by X-ray diffraction.


This book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the design of 3D woven structures on modified looms and their geometrical and mechanical characterization. The second part treats the complete design and development issues related to SHM system using flexible sensors. Manufacturing and testing of an intelligent carbon fiber composite based on 3D woven reinforcement has been described in detail. Piezoresistive fibrous sensors have been developed, optimized and inserted in the carbon fiber reinforcement in the weft direction on a modified loom. These sensors were integrated in the middle layer. Afterwards the reinforcement with embedded sensors was impregnated in epoxy resin using VARTM technology. The composite specimens thus obtained were tested for tensile loading. The results obtained show that the sensors allow mapping of traction in the composite specimen. This is due to the fact that, unlike traditional strain gauges, the inserted sensors become integral part of the reinforcement and follow the deformation pattern of the composite. This allows on-line monitoring of strain and propagation of cracks in the composites.


Handoff latency is a key problem that holds back the application of mobile IP.This paper proposes a handoff protocol based on dual-link.This protocol makes use of redundant link based on the scheme of pre-triggering to realize seamless handoff of mobile node.This paper also analyzes the improvement of this protocol on the handoff performance and conducts experiments of communication performance during the handoff process with respect to the proposed protocol.