Software needs begins with a statement of the need for the parties involved in the system. Needs a description of the statements coming from the client, user, or stakeholder. Some of the activities that must be done to get a system needs so that produce a specification document that be the benchmark for the developers in the development of a system, including: requirements elicitation, requirements analysis and negotiation, documentation requirements, requirements validation. One method that can be applied to requirements engineering is a Viewpoint Oriented Requirement Definition (VORD) method. VORD is one method used to define the need to approach the viewpoint system users. The results of the analysis of this VORD method produce the required specification with the help of a tool, that is VORD tool, the VORD method is still too general, so need some method to support the VORD methods, including: proto personas methods and a CMMI approach. This method is very helpful for independent software developers to build a better system, and the result can be a documentation for developers and consumers.


A new study in Genome Biology and Evolution reveals that egg yolk proteins may have been co-opted to provide maternal nutrition in live-bearing sharks and their relatives


To determine whether improvements in aerobic capacity (VO2peak) and strength after progressive resistance training (PRT) mediate improvements in cognitive function.


About 690 million people in the world (8. 9 per cent of the world population) are estimated to have been undernourished in 2019. Nearly half of the undernourished population of the world live in South Asia. Food insecurity remains high, with around 23 per cent of the population not having access to adequate calorie intake. Micronutrient deficiencies afflict more than two billion individuals, or one in three people, globally. Despite a growing number of global and regional initiatives to control undernourishment and micronutrient deficiencies, 'hidden hunger' remains a serious health threat, especially for pregnant women and children. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) computed with four indicators such as undernourished population with insufficient caloric intake, child wasting, child stunting and child mortality ranks India in the 101st position out of 116 countries in 2021. According to current estimates, in 2019, 21.3 per cent (144.0 million) of children under 5 years of age were stunted, 6.9 per cent (47.0 million) wasted and 5.6 per cent (38.3 million) overweight. The nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO, 2020). The findings in Phase I of the National Family Health Survey -5 (NFHS-5) for 22 States and Union Territories found that the childhood stunting rose in 13 States, high prevalence of anaemia among children and women and wasting was a serious concern in 12 States. The number of people going hungry in 2020 was 15 per cent higher than in 2019, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and armed conflicts (FAO, 2021). The emergence of Covid-19 has highlighted the fragility of our food systems and calls for transformation of food systems – to make healthy diets available, accessible, attractive and safe (Development Initiatives Poverty Research, 2020). The global food systems determine the access, affordability and diversity of foods available to consumers. In this context, leveraging agriculture for better


A deadline-driven signaling scheduling (DDSS) scheme is proposed for deterministic service restoration in F5G. Experiment results demonstrate the improved performance in terms of blocking probability, resource utilization rate, and average residual time compared with the benchmark scheme.


The objective of this research is to develop a modeling and simulation approach for the bending stiffness of sandwich panels which have been verified and compared by experimental results in normal condition and fire case. For this purpose, polyisocyanurate (PIR) foam has been used as core material along with trapezoidal sheeting. In order to simulate the experiments, Finite Element (FE) software ABAQUS has been applied. The modelling process contains heat transfer analyses, mechanical analyses in normal condition and sequential analyses which includes the combination of both mechanical analyses and thermal analyses. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of fire on the bending stiffness and stabilization of sandwich panels. Although with increase in temperature the strength of panels decreases, this decline is not linear. The presented work should be considered as first step in STABFI project financed by Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) which its purpose is to investigate translational and also torsional stiffness of sandwich panels as future work. STABFI stands for steel cladding systems for stabilization of steel buildings in fire.


The purpose of this article is to compare three approaches to conflict, those of the 'strategist', the 'conflict researcher' and the 'peace researcher'. Strategic studies, our starting point, are usually seen exclusively within the framework of power politics and the manipulation of threat systems. This approach to conflict is clearly of great importance, especially as it is the one most frequently adopted by decision-makers. It is not, however, the only possible approach, and the lineage of each of the three approaches can be traced back to antiquity.


In addition to being determined by its chemical composition and processing conditions, the performance of a material is also affected by the variables of its service space, including temperature, pressure, and frequency. A rapid means to estimate the performance of a material in its service space is urgently required to accelerate the screening of materials with targeted performance. In the present study, a materials informatics approach is proposed to rapidly predict performance within a service space based on existing data. We utilize an active learning loop, which employs an ensemble machine learning method to predict the performance, followed by a Bayesian experimental design to minimize the number of experiments for refinement and validation. This approach is demonstrated by predicting the damping properties of a ZE62 magnesium alloy in a service space defined by frequency, strain amplitude, and temperature based on the available data for other magnesium alloys. Several utility functions that recommend a particular experiment to refine the estimates of the service space are used and compared. In particular, the standard deviation is found to reduce the prediction error most efficiently. After augmenting the database with nine new experimental measurements, the uncertainties associated with the predicted damping capacities are largely reduced. Our method allows us to forecast the properties in the service space of a given material by rapid refinement of the predictions via experiment measurements.


Systems and methods are provided in the present invention for implementing a soft Reed-Solomon (RS) decoding scheme, technique or algorithm to improve physical layer performance in cable modems and cable gateways. At 1024-QAM, a receiver is provided in which a signal to noise ratio is reduced by at least about 1 dB relaxing design considerations and specifications for other components in the system including for the tuner. A soft-RS-symbol generation scheme is provided to enable soft-input RC decoding in a forward error correction (FEC) module connected to a QAM demodulator. The RS decoding scheme is implemented without significantly complicating hardware or processing overhead. A typical receiver hardware requirement in an FEC module to implement the disclosed scheme may be comparatively modest, e.g., on an order of approximately 50K gates.


We report the physical properties of orthorhombic o-CuMnAs single crystal, which is predicted to be a topological Dirac semimetal with magnetic ground state and inversion symmetry broken. o-CuMnAs exhibits an antiferromagnetic transition with TN ~ 312 K. Further characterizations of magnetic properties suggest that the AFM order may be canted with the spin orientation in the bc plane. Small isotropic MR and linearly field-dependent Hall resistivity with positive slope indicate that single hole-type carries with high density and low mobility dominate the transport properties of o-CuMnAs. Furthermore, the result of low-temperature heat capacity shows that the effective mass of carriers is much larger than those in typical topological semimetals. These results imply that the carriers in o-CuMnAs exhibit remarkably different features from those of Dirac fermions predicted in theory.


Summary form only given. We present a fault-tolerant embedded system design methodology that uses dynamically reconfigurable FPGAs as spares for several dedicated hardware components. The key advantage is the reduction of area or cost as compared to dedicated spares. During normal operation, each FPGA is dynamically reconfigured with system tasks and can replace any of them if a fault is detected. For a specified coverage, i.e., system tasks that might be affected by a single fault, our algorithm allocates a set of FPGAs and determines schedules, including task executions and FPGA reconfigurations, that provide the required redundancy while satisfying deadlines and minimizing either area or cost. For each task requiring simple redundancy, the algorithm also determines a schedule in which an FPGA replaces this task. Our experimental results indicate that, with a smaller area and cost, this collective redundancy based on dynamically reconfigurable FPGAs allows system recovery from a larger number of single faults, each affecting one task, as compared to the conventional spare approach.


Ethiopia's food supply and economy in general is largely dependent on rain-fed agriculture. Hence, irrigation development is vital to minimize the risk of crop failure and sustain agricultural production. The purpose of this review was to collect published and unpublished information from relevant sources and then review and synthesize key information on the trends and status of irrigation development and challenges threatening its implementation and sustainability. Historically, traditional irrigation based on farmers' own initiative and indigenous knowledge has been practiced in Ethiopia for over 2000 years. However, well-planned, government-funded medium and large-scale irrigation development started only three decades ago. Specifically, significant progresses have been registered during the implementation of two consecutive five-year plans, the "Growth and Transformation Plans". Currently, the total area equipped for irrigation has reached some 3.07 million hectares. However, the actual area irrigated is lower than this figure. The challenges facing the irrigation sector are related to study and design, construction or implementation, irrigation management, and lack of other support services such as extension, input services, and market. While the expansion of irrigation is still important, the poor performances and operational management of existing irrigation schemes needs to be given equal attention. As many of the problems are related to capacity and capability limitations, there is an urgent need for institutional and capacity development for the irrigation sector.


@oxfordcity Want a laugh, send a traffic camera car down past Church cowley primary at ~3. Illegal parking, blocked drives and delayed buses


We previously developed a protein crystallization technique using a femtosecond laser and protein crystal processing and detaching techniques using a pulsed UV laser. In this study, we examine the effect of laser irradiation on protein integrity. After several kinds of laser were irradiated on part of a solution of glycerol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides, we measured the enzyme activity. Femtosecond and deep-UV laser irradiations have little influence on the whole enzyme activity, whereas the enzyme lost its activity upon high-power near-infrared laser irradiation at a wavelength of 1547 nm. These results suggest that suitable laser irradiation has no remarkable destructive influence on protein crystallization or crystal processing.


The photodecomposition of chemisorbed 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (2-CEES) on the TiO2 surface was investigated using several experimental methods involving both a rutile TiO2(110) surface and powdered P-25 Degussa TiO2. It is found that photooxidation of 2-CEES occurs in the absence of gas-phase oxygen. The oxygen for this process is supplied by the TiO2 lattice. For UV irradiation in the range 3.0−5.0 eV, two simultaneous photodecomposition pathways are measured:  one fast process with a measured cross section of 7.4 × 10-19 cm2 and one slow process with a measured cross section of 5.4 × 10-20 cm2. These two photodecomposition pathways probably involve different modes of binding of the 2-CEES molecule to sites on the TiO2(110) surface. Aldehydic adsorbed products are observed to be produced by UV irradiation and are measured by surface-sensitive IR spectroscopy. In addition, adsorbed carboxylates and carbonates are also produced. GC−MS studies of the gas-phase photodecomposition products produced in the...


The following two sets of comments take issue with the article by Jack A. Gold in the August 1964 issue to the effect that predictions based on test markets tend to yield very poor results. In a rejoinder, Mr. Gold defends his point of view.


As a new graduate student, I was eager to study the new theory that fish oil rich
 in long chain omega 3 fatty acids would be protective against skin cancer due to their
 anti-inflammatory properties.  Lo and behold, the fish oil diet had some effects on
 prostaglandin species but no effect on cancer.  Surprisingly, diet rich in linoleic acid
 (LA) protected against skin cancer in a dose responsive manner.  From this point
 forward, I was infected with the bug that biology is complex and not always what you
 calculate on paper. Over the 30 years of my career, my lab has evolved to now study how
 LA impacts mitochondrial respiration.  We conduct our studies based on the solid
 knowledge that low levels of LA-rich cardiolipin, e.g., 4-LA cardiolipin, reduce
 mitochondrial respiration and therefore, ATP synthesis.  Because LA is a required
 nutrient that cannot be endogenously synthesized, the diet is the only way to increase
 LA, and therefore support 4-LA-cardiolipin turnover in mitochondria.  In a mouse model
 of middle age, we have discovered that a diet enriched with LA oil increases hind limb
 strength and lean mass.  Further, we show that LA diet increased 4-LA-cardiolipin and
 mitochondrial respiration in skeletal muscle, liver and brown adipose tissue.  The
 effects occur without changes of markers of inflammation.  We have now shown that
 fortifying the diets of healthy adults with a modest amount of LA-rich oil also
 increases 4-LA-cardiolipin and mitochondrial respiration. The implications of our
 findings for cardiometabolic health will be discussed.


This work reflects the story of an artistic experience developed in Ecuador, specifically in the biogeographic zone of Choco, in the north of the country. This region, located on the western face of the Andes mountain range, is home to one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the planet, and is also the region in the world with the highest rainfall records, trapping clouds from 800 meters and reaching between 3,000 and 10,000 mm of rain per year. The objective was none other than to record a sample of the enormous biodiversity of the Choco through notes from the natural in a field notebook. For this, a stay was made in the Mashpi Reserve, which has a laboratory, research center, hotel and network of trails, to take notes of the natural flora and fauna species present in the reserve, and carry out a larger work based on these notes made for use in environmental awareness and dissemination. A project that links science, art and direct experience in equal parts and that has involved a whole scientific, artistic and research community to achieve it. Work financially supported by the Doctoral School of the University of Jaen.


Novel base-line correction permits virtually complete elimination of base-line nonlinearity in simulated distillation by gas chromatography. Problems with standard selection for internal standardisation of GC runs of coal-derived liquids can be avoided by using vacuum thermogravimetry for the determination of non-distillable residuum in the sample. The influence of sample size and quality and detector response are briefly discussed.


Abstract A study was conducted to determine the effects of extending the interval between the exchange of personnel dosimetry films from one month to three months. Unexposed and pre-exposed films from three exposure levels were stored in controlled and uncontrolled environments. A third of these films was removed and processed after one, two, and three months. Reported doses of the pre-exposed films were within the statistical variation (±15%) of the reported doses of films processed within four days after exposure. Unexposed films showed no fogging.


While term expansion techniques are well investigated for many domains, semantic enrichment of keyword queries for the retrieval of scientific datasets is still paid little attention to. In particular, a systematic analysis of which kind of semantically related concepts lead to the most relevant results is missing. Based on query expansion techniques, we semantically enriched search queries provided by biodiversity researchers to answer specific research questions. We applied them to a system indexing over 92,856 biological metadata files harvested from GFBio the German Federation for Biological Data. We compared the outcome with the original keyword-based query. The result reveals that enriched keywords deliver a larger number of relevant datasets and that datasets retrieved based on keywords and their synonyms were judged more relevant. Query expansion with other related concepts returned a mixed picture.


The Book of Common Prayer makes explicit provision for some of its words to be either "sung or said." Vocal music, choral or congregational, has been a feature of Prayer Book services from the first. The original version of the text was set to music in 1550 by John Marbeck; since then, a tradition of "parochial music" has augmented Divine Service with metrical paraphrases of the Psalms, while "cathedral music" has developed a unique form of recitation known as Anglican chant, together with a genre of musical settings for choirs of the canticles at Morning and Evening Prayer.


In order to realize the real-time receiving and detecting of the image data in low-cost vision touch system,a unit for image receiving based on Cortex-M3processor has been designed.The limitation of visual touch system is the interference of sunlight.Aiming at the limitation,infrared illumination module based on automatic exposure mode has been designed.Through practical applications,the image of reflected light can be stably received in the visual touch system,and the system can work normally in approximately 2800Lux indoor environment with sunlight.


In studying the behaviour of a density-stratified shear flow difficulties are encountered at the 'critical' level where wave velocity equals fluid velocity. Here a stratified shear layer of finite thickness is considered and a two-dimensional nonlinear steady-state problem is studied. It is assumed that blocking creates separate pockets of trapped fluid, each mixed to uniform density. These pockets are not in static equilibrium with the surrounding stratified fluid. They must be supported either by pressures dynamically developed in the curved flow along continuous streamlines outside the pockets or by centrifugal forces resulting from circulation within the pockets. The latter effect is considered only through evaluation of a crude 'factor of importance', FR, for the rotational effects and the pockets are assumed to be stagnant in the primary analysis. For small but finite disturbance amplitude FR approaches zero, indicating that no correction of the primary analysis is required. A limiting Richardson number of unity appears. Above this limit the primary analysis gives no solutions and apparently the separate pockets of stagnant fluid merge to form a continuous stagnant insulating layer. This behaviour of the critical level (as a barrier to communication) resembles earlier results from transient linearized investigations although the two analyses have little in common except the existence of a critical level separating two fluid regions. For moderate-to-large disturbance amplitudes the geometry of the flow pattern suggests Kelvin–Helmholtz billows. Rotational effects increase as the amplitude increases and may become significant at this stage. The primary analysis then becomes less accurate and cannot be used to exclude Kelvin–Helmholtz billows at Richardson numbers somewhat greater than unity.


A field equation with a cosmological constant term is derived and the energy of a general four-dimensional stationary axisymmetric spacetime is studied in the context of the Hamiltonian formulation of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR). We find that, by means of the integral form of the constraint equations of the formalism naturally without any restriction on the metric parameters, the energy for the asymptotically flat/de Sitter/anti-de Sitter stationary spacetimes in the Boyer–Lindquist coordinate can be expressed as . It is surprising to learn that the energy expression is only relevant to the metric components grr, gθθ and gϕϕ. As examples, by using this formula we calculate the energies of the Kerr–Newman (KN), Kerr–Newman anti-de Sitter (KN–AdS), Kaluza–Klein and Cvetič–Youm spacetimes.


Quantitative assessment of water levels and river discharge is often made difficult by large distances, limited access, and low population densities in remote areas. Satellite altimetry provides a repetitive remote sensing approach to determining river levels at a number of locations within a river system, providing the orbital repeat cycle is short enough in time, the ground track maintains a stable repeat over previous locations, and the return power of the altimeter signal can be readily identified and located. The U.S. Navy's Geosat radar altimeter mission between 1985 and 1989 provided the first altimeter measurements with sufficient precision and extended duration to examine the utility of such measurements for long-term monitoring of inland waters. These measurements have been examined over the Amazon basin. Satellite observations are retrieved at four locations that overlap with river gauge measurements. A technique is developed to isolate radar return signals from the river. Two years of satellite measurements are compared with the river gauge retrievals. The overall level of comparison is 0.7 m rms when the technique is applied manually, and 1.2 m rms when an automated version of the method is applied. At one location the average difference is 0.2 m rms. This level of accuracy may not be useful for routine hydrological measurements. However, there are a variety of difficulties that are specific to the Geosat altimeter measurement over rough terrain. Present altimeter satellites, ERS 1 (launched June 1991) and TOPEX/Poseidon (launched August 1992), correct many of these problems. This study suggests that the prospect for obtaining useful measurements of river level from space is promising.


Log in host intrusion detection and evidence of computer crime in the irreplaceable role,through in-depth analysis of the host system log can be found the abnormal behavior and the traces of the perpetrators left behind.But,computer intruders and offenders by removing or tampering to damage the log records of their operation.,to avoid the follow-up、Safety Audit and criminal evidence by system administrators and professionals.So,Log's security on host is directly related to the security of computer systems.In this paper,researched the existing log's safety protection technology,and give a new method.


After the discovery of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in the late 1990s, initial investigations were focused on understanding their role, stimulating immune responses against infectious agents. Yet, the human body is home to a myriad of TLR agonistic bacteria that have not only established symbiosis with the immune system but also likely contribute to the induction and maintenance of immune homeostasis by dampening immune responses. In fact, stimulation of TLRs might be critically involved in this process and ultimately contribute to preventing development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Sander De Kivit and colleagues present an overview of those aspects, notably outlining the role of gut epithelial TLRs in the induction of immunity and the maintenance of tolerance (1). In addition, the authors highlight the mechanisms through which the gut microbiota regulates intestinal immune responses through interaction with TLRs. The capacity of probiotic microorganisms to modulate immunity via specific TLRs is further discussed in two articles by Julio Villena and Haruki Kitazawa. The authors explore the role of TLR interaction with immunobiotics for the regulation of intestinal inflammation in pigs, with a focus on TLR4 and Lactobacillus jensenii TL2937 (2). Interaction of probiotics with TLR3 to promote beneficial immunity beyond the gut in the respiratory tract is also examined (3). Specifically, inflammatory and immunoregulatory mechanisms conferred by Lactobacillus rhamnosus CRL1505 are presented along with their proposed effects increasing resistance to RSV infection while limiting immunopathology.

While TLRs stimulate and regulate immunity against infectious agents, they are also highly pursued targets for therapy of cancer due to their strong ability to activate multiple arms of the immune system, and in particular to stimulate those specific cellular and cytokine responses critical to anti-tumor immunity. However, the immune potentiating, anti-tumor effects of TLR agonists may be restrained by their parallel ability to trigger immune regulation. Dampening of immune responses may enable control of inflammatory damage or immunopathology, but the downside is a limiting effect on efficacy. The impact of this dichotomy on the use of TLR agonists for immunotherapy of cancer is discussed by Hailing Lu in a review article where key immune regulatory facets of TLR agonists are presented, which may impair their efficacy (4). The dual role of TLRs in cancer likely extends beyond the dichotomy between immune stimulation and regulation. Inflammatory processes triggered by TLR engagement may notably constitute a double-edged sword in elimination vs. development of tumors. In that regard, Erin Burns and Nabiha Yusuf contribute two opinion articles discussing TLR targeting for the treatment of cancer. The use of TLR agonists for skin cancer treatment is presented in the context of their impact on skin carcinogenesis, and the question of TLR tolerance is also discussed (5). Similarly, the dual effect of TLR agonists in breast cancer is examined, where TLR stimulation might beneficially activate the immune system but inflammatory processes may also promote tumor development, while TLR-conferred immune regulation may further curb anti-tumor immunity (6).

The mechanisms that underlie the immune regulatory properties of TLRs are not well understood. It is possible that the "default" response induced by TLR stimulation may vary between cell types, or depending on the microenvironment/anatomical location of TLR-expressing cells (as exemplified in gut mucosal tissue). Alexandra Zanin-Zhorov and colleagues described an immune regulatory mechanism conferred by TLR expression on T cells, which the authors review herein and discuss in the context of TLR-induced T cell effector functions (7). The role played by endogenous TLR ligands in conferring immune regulatory mechanisms is also presented. Nobuhiro Nakamoto and Takanori Kanai focus on a key organ, the liver, where various types of TLR-expressing cells are faced with continuous exposure to foreign antigens (8). The authors review immune stimulatory and regulatory effects of TLR signaling that coexist in the liver and influence liver health and disease. Elke Gulden and Li Wen concentrate on another organ, the pancreas, where TLR engagement also ultimately controls health and disease (9). Here, the beneficial and detrimental effects of TLR stimulation on type-1 diabetes are discussed, and notably the authors explore how endogenous TLR agonists can confer immune activation vs. regulation of autoreactive T cells. To close on the question of immune regulation conferred by TLRs, Himanshu Singh Chandel and colleagues contribute an opinion article investigating an alternative immune modulatory aspect that may influence the outcome of parasitic infection (10). The authors review mechanisms that underlie cross-talk between TLRs and CD40, and discuss how this interaction may determine the nature of anti-leishmanial immune responses and ultimately parasite elimination.


In this paper, a fully distributed secondary-tertiary coordinated control framework for islanded ac microgrids has been proposed. First, the distributed secondary control for frequency restoration, voltage regulation and power sharing has been proposed. Therefore, the system frequency and bus voltages can be maintained at set points. Each DG can follow the tertiary control signals, while the rest load-generation mismatch is proportionally shared among DGs. Then in the tertiary control, optimal power flow of islanded ac microgrids is formulated as an optimization problem and solved by alternating direction method of multipliers. The entire control framework is achieved in a distributed way with sparse communication networks among each agent. A cyber-physical microgrid platform has been built to validate the proposed controller design in a real-time and hardware-in-the-loop condition. A six-bus three-DG microgrid is developed on the platform and the experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


The experiment was conducted to in order know the effect of effective microorganisms(EM4) on the tofu waste water in the Chemical laboratory FMIPA Riau University Pekanbaruon 18 March - 08 April 2010. Samples were taken from outlet of tofu industry Sido RukunStreet Kecamatan Payung Sekaki. The treatment was using EM4 with concentration of 1:20(Treatment A), the second treatment was using concentration of EM4 1:10 (Treatment B) andC as control. The results of the experimental showed that Treatment A was more effectivethan Treatment B and Control in decreasing BOD and COD for 13 days experiment.


Ferrocene has been adsorbed on the surface of silica and activated carbon within the pores by dry grinding in the absence of a solvent at room temperature. While the dry adsorption and translationa...


Combustible dust concentration reaches the concentration limit is one of the sufficient conditions for dust explosion, thus monitor of dust concentration is an effective way to prevent the occurrence of disaster, and however, there is no combustible practical technology for real-time detection of dust concentration. To solve this problem, an unmanned "acoustic — electric" composite detection program that is base on C — MBUS bus is propose, and complete the design for mixed system structure. The concentration monitoring network system and the two data fusion model are propose by analyzing the advantages of C-MBUS bus technology and data characteristics of composite detection system. Making multi-sensor data fusion that based on Kalman filter algorithm, using the semi-physical simulation to simulate the capacity test of the C-MBUS bus communication network. Finally, the monitoring network system of unmanned combustible dust concentration is form. The experimental result shows that it can meet the needs of the monitoring of industrial dust concentration with unmanned, real-time, rapidly and accurately by using the unmanned density monitoring network system in this paper that based on the C-MBUS bus.


This is a conference abstract for the 20th Annual Conference, Hong Kong, China
City University of Hong Kong and The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
April 13-15, 2016.


Background: The health risks of tobacco are well documented, but employer-sponsored drug plans in Canada often remain hesitant to provide a smoking cessation benefit. Objective: The aim was to describe and assess the effectiveness of a smoking cessation program using community pharmacists to provide behavioural support to smokers motivated to quit. Methods: This was a descriptive study using administrative prescription claims data for an employer-sponsored smoking cessation program that ran between November 4, 2006, and December 17, 2006. Selected pharmacies provided assessments and behavioural support to 81 participants wishing to quit smoking. Pharmacies were reimbursed for their assessment and follow-up time. Self-reported, 6-month quit rates were the main outcome measure. Results: The smoking cessation program resulted in a self-reported, 6-month quit rate of 37.5%. Quit rates were higher for males than females (46.8% vs 24.2%) and higher for employees than for their spouses and dependents (47.2% vs 18.5%). Conclusions: These results suggest that Canadian employers can successfully sponsor smoking cessation programs that target smokers who are highly motivated to quit by providing community pharmacy–based behavioural support to achieve quit rates similar to or higher than those reported elsewhere in the literature. Additional research is required to confirm these results. Can Pharm J 2008;141:234-240. We pursued this research in order to gather real-life outcomes data that can be used to promote the potential benefits of pharmacist services to other employers. Such results are important to plan sponsors in making benefit coverage decisions. Nous avons mené cette recherche afin de recueillir des données sur les résultats obtenus en situation réelle, qui pourront être utilisées pour promouvoir les avantages potentiels des services de pharmaciens auprès d'autres employeurs. Ces données sont importantes pour aider les promoteurs de régimes d'avantages sociaux à prendre des décisions concernant les couvertures offertes. Mark Jackson Background Tobacco smoking remains a major public health issue. It is the primary cause of preventable death in Canada — it is estimated that 37,209 deaths in Canada in 2002, or over 16% of all deaths, were attributable to smoking. The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey estimates that despite the risks associated with tobacco use, 19% of Canadians over the age of 15 years continue to smoke. Clinical practice guidelines issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services in June 2000 recognize that tobacco dependence treatments are not only clinically effective, but cost-effective as well. These guidelines also urge American insurance plans to include counselling in addition to pharmacotherapeutic treatments for smoking cessation in their benefit plans. Unfortunately, the provision of smoking cessa-


The tidal current field is numerically simulated using the split steps finiteelement method.And then,two dimensional model of the transport and diffusion for the residual chlorine of Jiaonan Power Plant is established.According to this numerical model,the concentration distribution of the residual chlorine in the cooling water drainage and the area of its influence are numerically predicted.Finally,the fishery losses caused by residual chlorine is estimated.These can provide the base for the cooling water drainage criterion and provide helpful reference for the compensation for ecological lost.


Problem Statement and Purpose. The results of lithological studies, including granulometric analysis, are needed to identify the conditions of sedimentation and distribution of rock fragments by size. They are an indicator of the sedimentation processes dynamic structure peculiarities. The study of the sediment regime is important for the development of measures related to the protection of shores from erosion. The aim of the work is to identify the lithological features of the bottom sediment types distribution on the protected section of the Odessa coast near Cape Maly Fontan.
Data & Methods. The materials for this work were obtained in the field research in the summer 2019 in the coastal zone between the hydrobiological station of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, and Cape Malyj Fountain. Three measuring profiles were made perpendicular to the shoreline at 1200 m towards the sea to a depth of 18 m. 35 samples were taken from the upper layer of bottom sediments. Field samples processing was performed in the Problem Research Laboratory of Engineering Geology of the Sea Coast, Reservoirs and Mountain Slopes of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University. Granulometric classification was performed. Excel, Statistica, Golden Software Surfer programs were used to process the results.
Results. Underwater relief analysis showed that the coastal part is an abrasive terrace, on which ancient landslides relics are widespread. There are 7 main lithological types of bottom sediments detected. The largest areas covered by fine-grained loamy sands and shell detritus with gravel, pebbles and sand. Analysis of distribution curves and cumulative curves of granulometric distribution showed that coarse sediments are characterized by multi-vertex distribution curves and stepwise stretched cumulative curves, which indicates the heterogeneity of sediments in granulometric distribution. For fine-grained material, which is well sorted, the distribution curves are almost single-vertex, and the cumulative curves have a large steepness and a simple, non-stepped shape.
There are three hydrodynamic detected in bottom sediments lithology according on statistical parameters of grain size. Outer marine part with depth more than 15 meters characterized by low hydrodynamic processes and presented by good-sorted sands and silt. The central part of polygon in 4–15 meters depth covered by shell detritus with gravel and pebble of carbonate rocks and connected with rocky extrusions after coastal landslides. The feature of this part is active hydrodynamic processes. The rocky extrusions presented like natural breakwater and due to waves braking and collection of different types of sediments. The coastal part in 2–4 m depth in front of constructed breakwater leads to decreasing of wave energy and sedimentation of good-sorted sands.


Treponema pallidum causes treponemal disease syphilis. Peptide fragments of antigen can be used to select nonamers for use in rational vaccine design and to increase the understanding of roles of the immune system in bacterial diseases. Analysis shows MHC class II binding peptides of antigen from Treponema pallidum are important determinant for protection of host form treponemal infection. In this assay, we used PSSM and SVM algorithms for antigen design and predicted the binding affinity of antigen protein having 443 amino acids, which shows 435 nonamers. Binding ability prediction of antigen peptides to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I & II molecules is important in vaccine development from Treponema pallidum antigen.


A body of work has been done to automate machine learning algorithm to highlight the importance of model choice. Automating the process of choosing the best forecasting model and its corresponding parameters can result to improve a wide range of real-world applications. Bayesian optimisation (BO) uses a blackbox optimisation methods to propose solutions according to an exploration-exploitation trade-off criterion through acquisition functions. BO framework imposes two key ingredients: a probabilistic surrogate model that consist of prior belief of the unknown objective function(data-dependant) and an objective function that describes how optimal is the model-fit. Choosing the best model and its associated hyperparameters can be very expensive, and is typically fit using Gaussian processes (GPs) and at some extends applying approximate inference due its intractability. However, since GPs scale cubically with the number of observations, it has been challenging to handle objectives whose optimization requires many evaluations. In addition, most real-dataset are non-stationary which make idealistic assumptions on surrogate models. The necessity to solve the analytical tractability and the computational feasibility in a stochastic fashion enables to ensure the efficiency and the applicability of Bayesian optimisation. In this paper we explore the use of neural networks as an alternative to GPs to model distributions over functions, we provide a link between density-ratio estimation and class probability estimation based on approximate inference, this reformulation provides algorithm efficiency and tractability.


Louis E. Straub G. Weston Diggs Chairman, NCWM, Inc. Chairman, National Type Evaluation Program Committee Issue date: May 26, 2001 Note: The National Conference on Weights and Measures does not "approve","recommend", or "endorse" any proprietary product or material, either as a single item or as a class or group. Results shall not be used in advertising or sales promotion to indicate explicit or implicit endorsement of the product or material by the NCWM. Submitted by: Holtgreven /Loadmaster 420 E. Lincoln Street Findlay, Ohio 45840 Tel: (419) 422-4779 Fax: (419) 422-9036 Contact: Mark Holtgreven For: Vehicle Scale Weighing Element Modular, Load Cell Electronic Model: FT2 nmax: 10 000 emin: 20 lb Capacity: * See Below CLC: * See Below Accuracy Class: III L


$d$-dimensional (for $d>1$) efficient range-summability ($d$D-ERS) of random variables (RVs) is a fundamental algorithmic problem that has applications to two important families of database problems, namely, fast approximate wavelet tracking (FAWT) on data streams and approximately answering range-sum queries over a data cube. Whether there are efficient solutions to the $d$D-ERS problem, or to the latter database problem, have been two long-standing open problems. Both are solved in this work. Specifically, we propose a novel solution framework to $d$D-ERS on RVs that have Gaussian or Poisson distribution. Our $d$D-ERS solutions are the first ones that have polylogarithmic time complexities. Furthermore, we develop a novel $k$-wise independence theory that allows our $d$D-ERS solutions to have both high computational efficiencies and strong provable independence guarantees. Finally, we show that under a sufficient and likely necessary condition, certain existing solutions for 1D-ERS can be generalized to higher dimensions.


Welcome to Palm Springs Millie Lammoureaux is a self-possessed, pleasant, purposeful young woman out of a small town in Texas who has discovered a certain measure of independence working as an aide in a geriatric health spa in a California desert town not unlike the seedier fringes of Palm Springs. She is an orderly person, and rather attractive for it, but the only idea of order she seems to know comes to her third-hand through the media. As a character she is a real and important type; as a woman, however, she is a mutely eloquent, sad parody of an all too common American role model. She doesn't have a life; she has a lifestyle. It has come to her from the women's magazines. She has decorated her small apartment according to their instructions. She cooks their recipes. She makes conversation the way they tell her to. She is properly optimistic about the future. By rights, if the self-help ethic was working, Millie would be winning friends and influencing people, fashioning a proper place for herself in the community. But the sum effect of her wanly comic efforts is ghostly. People talk right through her. The kids in the singles apartment complex where she lives snigger when she tries to join their poolside barbeques. Millie simply doesn't fit in. She is an outsider- a bit of a kook, but she is totally oblivious to her status. Tom, who lives downstairs, once tried to let her down gently by explaining that he couldn't go out with her because he was ill. Now, every time she sashays by him with a winning smile, he sniffles and coughs. But Millie confides in her new roommate with equanimity: "I'm not going to go out with him until he gets over that cold!" At first this blindness is funny; later, it becomes quite moving. If Millie Lammoureaux is as significant a contemporary character as I think she is, it's mainly because Shelley Duvall, the actress who created her, and Robert Altman, who literally dreamed her up, allow her a real measure of dignity at the same time as they wonder with us at the drollness of her situation and her adamant response to it. Three Women is Millie's film. She holds the screen throughout, and her eponymous companions seem to exist only to mirror her. Pinky (Sissy Spacek), another even more vulnerable and naive young girl from Texas who moves in with Millie and idolizes her, is little more than an alter ego to Millie. Willie (Janice Rule), who spends the greater part of the film skulking silently around the desert painting sexually angry murals on the walls of empty swimming pools, can easily serve as an older version of Millie. Eventually, the three women merge: mother, daughter, grandmother. So long as Three Women focuses on Shelley Duvall's remarkable creation (and the echoes of it that Spacek and Rule provide) it's an engaging, sometimes deeply affecting portrait. Look away from this mesmerizing emblem of seventies womanhood, however, and the troubles begin. First among these is Altman's rather quaint artistic posture. The production notes Twentieth Century-Fox supplies, which begin with an arch quotation from "Carl Gustav Jung," let us in on the unusual genesis of the film. I'll quote: Last spring as Buffalo Bill and the Indians was nearing release and the two films he was producing, Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. and Robert Benton's The Late Show were in their final stages of post-production, Robert Altman had a dream : Two young girls from Texas, dreaming of the good life, meet in a desert community, come to terms with the undercurrents in their lives and undergo a metamorphosis. Writing down as many images as he could recall, Altman met with executives at 20th-Century-Fox [sic] and received an initial go-ahead. Now that's a funny movie. How exactly did Altman broach the subject? "Listen, guys. I had this dream, see? We get Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek and we go down to Palm Springs for a couple of months. At the end they come to terms with the undercurrents in their lives and undergo a metamorphosis. …


In this study, protease enzymes were encapsulated in -carragenan, gellan and sodium alginate using emulsion and extrusion techniques and were then added in cheese milk together with rennet. The effects of the encapsulating material and ripening period on the chemical, textural and sensory characteristics of Kashar cheese were investigated. The study demonstrated that sodium alginate, gellan and -carrageenan could successfully be used as protease carrier systems to accelerate the protein breakdown process during the ripening of Kashar cheese. Those samples treated with carrageenan capsules showed the highest rate of proteolysis compared to those treated with the other capsules.


Advances in understanding the genetics and underlying pathology of the catastrophic childhood epilepsies are pointing toward treatments. Advances in understanding the genetics and underlying pathology of the catastrophic childhood epilepsies are pointing toward treatments.


Goji berry tea, a traditional herbal tea, is the main ate mode of goji berry in Asia, yet few studies in comparison with red goji berry tea and black goji berry tea are carried out. This study investigated the effects of water temperature and soak time on the colour, phytochemicals, and the antioxidant capacity [2,2-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH), and the ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP)] of two goji berry tea. A comparison of the bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities between black and red goji berry tea was conducted. Results showed that both red and black goji berry tea were rich in phytochemicals, giving high antioxidant ability. The levels of bioactive compounds and the antioxidant activity of the two goji berry tea increased as the increases in soak temperature and time. Black goji berry tea had higher phytochemicals and antioxidant property than those of red goji berry tea. Infused at 100° water for the same time, the levels of total polysaccharides (150 mg/100 ml), total polyphenols (238 mg/ml), and antioxidant capacity (550 μmol/100 ml) of black goji berry tea were 3.5, 2, and 5 times higher, respectively, in comparison with red goji berry tea. The results of this study demonstrate that hot drink of goji berry in China is a good habit and black goji berry tea may be a better choice.


Protectionism is the main risk for the global economy. This article sets out to examine the current developments in global trade and the specific trade policies being adopted by major trading nations. Evidence would suggest that global ties have come a considerable way since the initial promotion of trade through the International Monetary Fund and US at the start of the post war period. The rising growth in the Asian and Far East economy and other emerging markets is also playing its part in supporting the process.


Recent publications show that, since it is clear that machine learning has become ubiquitous, it is necessary to produce research to increase currently ML algorithms' performance, power consumption and, most importantly as of recently, security. The performance issues are quite clear to understand and have been addressed by multiple researchers either with new algorithms for model compression/parallelization or with new specific hardware. Roughly speaking, it is possible to categorize the security threats against ML models in privacy leakage and model evasion ("fooling" the system into making wrong decisions). This edition of the Workshop on Parallel Programming Models (MPP) is focused on addressing theses issues which are of the utmost importance for the Machine Learning community at this point.


This research aimed at improving students' speaking ability using a short dialogue memorization technique. It was a classroom action research. The study was conducted in a cyclic process, starting from planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. It was implemented in two cycles. The subjects of this research were the elementary level students from Timothy English School, Sintang. The study found out that the implementation of the short dialogue memorization technique has improved the active involvement of the students in class. The students also improved their speaking ability well. In the first cycle, only some students participated in class actively, and most of them were very active in the second cycle. Referring to the data, more than half of the students got higher score in each aspect. Compared with Cycle 1, Cycle 2 was dominated by the students who got a score of 3 in each aspect, while Cycle 1 was dominated by the students who got score 2 and 1. Almost all students passed the criteria of success, 65. Therefore, the teachers were recommended to improve the students' speaking ability using short dialogue memorization technique.


Background: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a putative antioxidant and has gained attention as a promising agent for chelating heavy metals including lead. Considering the animal studies results, we hypothesized that adding NAC to the treatment regimen may improve the success of treatment with lead chelators. Methods: A total of 46 patients who were lead-poisoned opioid addicts were divided into two groups randomly and treated with d-penicillamine (DP, 1g/day in four equal divided doses) and NAC+DP (1 g/day + 150 mg/kg/day). The efficacy of treatment was evaluated by hospitalization period. Meanwhile, the oxidative stress parameters including lipid peroxidation, protein carbonyl, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), glutathione concentration and super oxide dismutase (SOD) activity were determined on admission and discharge and compared with healthy normal controls. Results: Hospitalization period was not different between the two groups. Treatment with DP and DP+NAC significantly decreased oxidative stress in patients. On the discharge day, the SOD activity and TAC were significantly higher in DP+NAC group in comparison with the DP group. Conclusion: Although NAC recovers antioxidant capacity, the advantages of NAC in improvement of DP efficacy in lead poisoning is questionable. Further studies with larger sample size and combination with other chelators are recommended.


We present a method to detect vehicles in image sequences without pre-knowledge about the position of the road. Image data is provided by a single camera placed in a moving vehicle. To detect mid-range and distant vehicles we use a combination of three different clues. First, we select regions in the image plane that exhibit the characteristics of shadow projected underneath a vehicle. Then, we analyse the entropy and horizontal symmetry of these selected regions. Only those regions that contain enough entropy and symmetry are identified as potential vehicles. We test our algorithm by means of many different experiments, all based on practical video data recorded under different circumstances. These experiments illustrate the robust and accurate performance of our detection method.


Considering LTE system's working balance, with the help of ability of resource block, this paper proposed a new load balancing algorithm based on admission control according to the probability of user's arriving and service applying. We call this algorithm ACLB, which can calculate the cell load for each eNBautomatically. By using balancing factor, ACLB can achieve a perfect convergence goal to fully utilize the network resource. Finally, we use matlab to build a simulation platform, test the performance of ACLB, including balancing vibration and overload users, etc. eatrues


Despite its relatively high melting point of 112◦C, 1,4-dithian (S(CH2CH2)2S=L) sublimes readily and malodorously at ambient temperatures, a factor possibly influential in the limited use it has found as a ligand despite its simplicity; the disposition of the sulfur atoms also may be such as to encourage the formation of perhaps uncongenial oligomers/polymers, rather than chelating to the same atom, even in 'boat' conformation. Its crystal structure was determined in 1955[1] and there appears to be no subsequent redetermination using improved techniques, or, until recently, seemingly very few metal complexes. Accordingly, we have initiated a minor foray into this area with a redetermination of the structure of the parent ligand and two complexes obtained by co-crystallization with silver(i) oxyanion salts (nitrate and perchlorate) from acetonitrile solution. We record this work herein. Contemporaneous studies[2–4] have recently recorded the structural characterization of a number of AgX/dithian adducts of various stoichiometries, but neither of the present, although a synthesis of the nitrate is reported[3] and the tetrafluoroborate is isomorphous with the perchlorate.[2] We also report a redetermination of enhanced precision for the adduct of 1 : 1 stoichiometry of silver(i) nitrate with 1,4oxathian (O(CH2CH2)2S),[5] with a reinterpretation in terms of a two-dimensional sheet structure. In terms of stoichiometry and connectivity, the results of the room-temperature single-crystal X-ray structure determinations are consistent with the above descriptions of the pleasantly crystalline colourless substances examined. The results for 1,4-dithian (L), i.e., the present ligand molecule, are harmonious with those of the previous record,[1] and its two complexes with silver(i) nitrate and perchlorate were determined to be AgNO3/L (1 : 1) and AgClO4/L (1 : 1.5), respectively, the latter being isomorphous with the recently determined tetrafluoroborate counterpart.[2] In the ligand, one-half of the formula unit, disposed about a crystallographic inversion centre, comprises the asymmetric unit of the structure, in the nitrate, the full formula unit, and in the perchlorate, one sixth of the formula unit. Molecules of the parent ligand are shown disposed within the unit cell in Figure 1; the geometry, defined with useful precision (Table 1), persists without Fig. 1. Unit cell contents of the ligand projected down b.


Coping with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in super aging society, in the orthopaedics and oral surgery, it is urgently necessary to estab-lish effective therapies and preventive measures for the bone fracture, intractable bone disease, periodontal disease and spine infection. Biomaterials science and bone-regeneration engineering are focused and a wide variety of artificial bones have been commercially produced because autologous bone grafting gives high risk of the invasion, infection and nerve paralysis by operation. Calcium phosphate (CP) ceramics have been clinically ap plied for hard tissues-substituting materials because of excellent tissue-compatibility or bone-substituting property. On bone-regeneration therapy, development of bioabsorbable biomaterials, composite biomaterials mediated by periodontal ligament (PDL) and cleaning-sterilizing for strong bio films will be desired. Functional graded biomimetic biomaterials were developed utilizing commercial products or regional resources by a superson ic treatment technology. The CP ceramics treated supersonically by a partial dissolution-precipitation may be applied by selecting preparation con ditions and bone-growth factors. Cultures of PDL cells on different biomaterials showed strong bonding-strength between the cells and biomaterials, suggesting that the PDL cell culture is a biological adhesion technology. Supersonic irradiation with electrolytic water can sterilize or clean living tissue interface and propagate moderate micro-cracks. (iPS) represent powerful source for cell-based tissue they are patient-specific cells specialized cell types. Previously, we the derivation of neural crest like cells from iPS cells (iPS-NCLCs). In this study, we show that iPS-NCLCs can differentiate into mesenchymal stem cells (iPS-NCLC-MSCs), which contribute to craniofacial bone regen eration. iPS-NCLCs were cultured in serum-containing media and differentiated into functional MSCs, as confirmed by expression MSC markers and their ability to differentiate into osteoblasts, adipocytes, and chondrocytes in vitro. Further, iPS-NCLC-MSCs grew normally and differentiated into osteoblasts on hydroxyapatite scaffolds in vitro. To assess the potential of iPS-NCLC-MSCs to regenerate craniofacial bone in vivo, iPS-NCLC-MSCs were transplanted into critical-size calvarial defects in immunodeficient mice. Histological analysis revealed that iPS-NCLC-MSCs differenti ated into osteoblasts and contributed to bone regeneration without tumor formation. These results indicate that iPS-NCLC-MSCs could be a potential candidate for cell-based craniofacial bone tissue repair and regeneration. Dose adipose tissue-derived stromal stem cell (ADSC) transplantation improving bone formation delay caused by irradiation? ADSC was harvested from F344 rat. For radiation method was a single dose of 15Gy irradiation was performed to parietal bone. ADSCs were implant ed into bone defects. Evaluation was conducted by histological, immu nohistochemistry and ultrastructural observation. ADSC transplantation improved angiogenesis in bone wounds by both of the ability to directly differentiate into bone forming cells and vascular endothelial cells and the paracrine effect of differentiation inducing VEGF positive cells. Transplantation of ADSC promoted the bone formation by restoring the angiogenesis injured by irradiation. We recycled human non-functional tooth into a unique dentin scaffold, so called, a perforated root-ultrasonically demineralized dentin matrix (PR-DDM) for bone regeneration. The PR-DDM with 30 artifi cial macro-pores (an acid-insoluble, bacteria-free, and cross-linked col -lagen) was grafted into the critical-size iliac defects of adult sheep, and evaluated at 2 and 4 months by 3D micro-CT and histologically. The 3D morphological changes of the PR-DDM were observed by the CT imag -es. Higher volume of new bone was measured at 4 months, compared with 2 months. Altogether, these results demonstrate that the recycled The aim was to evaluate CT values sequentially in the impacted #13-extracted space grafted by autogenous DDM. A 44 year-old woman complained a pain in right upper molar region in 2010. #18, #15 and #13 were extracted in 2011. #13 with immediate RCF was transplanted into #15 socket. #18-derived DDM and β-TCP granules were grafted into the space after the #13 extraction. In the inside of the grafted area, CT values (HU) increased from just after surgery to at 5 year (the opposite area: about 550). The results indicated DDM granules could contribute to bone regeneration as bio-scaffold including growth factors. We investigated nerve regeneration with transplantation using neural cells derived from human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) to replace a cut-off inferior alveolar nerve (IAN). Nerve bundle induced from hDP SCs made using PDMS microchamber array. This was transplanted into the cutoff portion of IAN. We observed that hDPSCs induced into neural cells with our methods. The induced cells survived as neural cells in the mandibular canal with the cut-off IAN. It is suggested that human mes enchymal stem cell induction in the oral and maxillofacial area may find application for cell transplantation therapy in nerve regeneration. We stimulated 3T3-L1 adipocyte-like cells with interleukin-6 or tu mor necrosis factor alpha in either the early stage of cell differentiation (when lipid droplets were small) or the late stage of differentiation (when lipid droplets were large). The mRNA and protein expression levels of angiogenic factors were quantitated using real-time PCR and ELISA, respectively. After the addition of either inflammatory cytokine, the levels of angiogenic factors (including vascular endothelial growth factor A2) increased in cells at the early stage of differentiation, but de creased during late-stage differentiation. Inflammatory cytokines may thus affect adipose tissue angiogenesis by modulating the expression levels of adipocyte angiogenic factors. plates are used for jaw reconstruction because of their high biocompatibility. Evaluation of synostosis between the inserted titanium and bone has been reported, but pullout tests have not been performed on the titanium embedded in the In this study, the device was de veloped for the pullout test. The curvature of the surface of the rat's cal varia was measured to achieve a passive fitting of the titanium plate to the calvaria. The device for the pullout test designed with the calva ria positioned parallel to the The titanium plate, which was de signed with a curvature of 150 mm using selective laser melting, was embedded in the rat's calvaria. Synostosis was more after 12 weeks than after 4 weeks. Bone reconstruction using Additive Manufacturing Titanium Artifi cial Bone (AMTAB) for jaw defects due to tumors or trauma has attract ed wide attention and became the mainstay treatment for such defects. Histological and radiographical evaluations of osteogenesis around the porous titanium implants were evaluated in 3 rat groups: acid and heat treatment, nontreated titanium, and control groups. A defect (5 mm in diameter) was created in the titanium bone implant in each group. Po rous AMTAB of 5-mm diameter and 1-mm height was inserted. After 4 and 8 weeks, bones of the calvaria were removed. Goldner staining was performed on 40-µm thick ground slides. Tissue surrounding the titani um was observed under a microscope. Radiographic evaluation was per formed using micro computed tomography (Latheta LCT200). In the AMTAB group, active osteogenesis was observed around the titanium. Periodontitis and diabetes are risk factors for medication-related os teonecrosis of the jaw. In the present study, MG63 osteoblast-like cells were stimulated with zoledronic acid (ZA) in the presence of LPS and/ or a high glucose (HG) concentration, and COX-2 mRNA expression and PGE 2 production were evaluated by real-time PCR and ELISA, re -spectively. ZA significantly increased COX-2 expression in the presence of either LPS or HG. ZA markedly increased COX-2 expression in the presence of both LPS and HG compared to either agent alone. Moreo -ver, ZA significantly increased PGE 2 production in the presence of both LPS and HG. The results suggest that an HG concentration and LPS en hance zoledronic acid-induced COX-2 expression and PGE 2 production. we used a navigation system on a model with 12 implants to estimate the accuracy of the system. Then, we use post operative Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) image to measure the discrepancy. This assessment of this study showed the value of accu -racy: lateral error in Entry: 0.73±0.45mm, lateral error in Apex: 0.71±0.51mm, Axial error at Apex: 0.25±0.17mm,Total error at Apex : 0.78±0.48mm, Angular error: 2.09±1.03 degree. In total 12 drilling, navigation system is more accurate than free hand in each error. This study show the accuracy of the navigation system and its accuracy was better than manual implant placement. The navigation system can im prove the dentists' drilling accuracy. two oral surgeons independently. Clinical parameters were re corded before and post-treatment 1st, 3rd and 9th month, including maximum mouth opening, joint sounds, deviation of mandible, muscle pain, joint pain, pain on movement of mandible and subjective visual analogue scale. Osseous remodeling was noted in most patients at 3 months and 9 months after treatment and the score of osseous remode ling was significantly higher in 6 months than 3 months. Maximum mouth opening increased in most patients after treatment and there was significant difference between time line (P<0.005). Helkimo score im proved significantly after treatment (P<0.005) and the Helkimo index showed trend of decrease. Visual analogue scale decreased significantly after treatment (P<0.005). Intra-articuler injection of sodium hyaluro nate is effective in treating TMJOA due to the osseous remodeling is more obvious in a time-dependnet mann


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The Last Vrijstatia Book
Karel Schoeman (ed), The Griqua Mission at Philippolis, 1822-1837
Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2005
142 pp
Soft cover
ISBN 1 86919 017 3
R99.95
This work is the fifteenth (and final) number to appear in the Vrijstatia
series. Despite its value to historians of the Free State, as well as mission
historians, this series has never been a financially self-sustaining one. Its
editor has always had to rely on subsidies for its publication. With
changing publishing priorities accompanying political change in the
country since the 1990s, it was impossible to obtain subsidies for volumes ..


The present invention relates to a fluid container for closure having an optical indicator forgery. Said closure comprising: a top wall (11) and is provided with an internal thread (14) of the tubular sleeve (13) of the cap (10), provided on a top wall of the cap (11) of the first collar (16, 24), the cap toward the top wall (11) extending second collar (17, 27), at least one positioning member in a first annular gap (21, 31) (20), at least one positioning the second element in the radial gap (18) (22, 26), positioned in the apparatus (19,23,17c) between a first element (21, 31) and a second element (22, 26), which It means that the object is to mean "open" visible mark appears on at least a portion of the tubular sleeve (13) of the cap, indicating that the second closure is first opened. Wherein the second collar (17, 27) substantially with the inner surface of the tubular sleeve (13) and the first collar (16, 24) in parallel, but with the sleeve (13) radially spaced from an annular gap (20 ), with the first collar (16, 24) radially spaced a radial gap (18). A second element (22, 26) is provided for the neck of the container (1) connected to means (22c, 26a), thereby preventing axial movement.


Preliminary results on the d. c. and microwave performance of Al0.5Ga0.5 As gate heterojunction GaAs field-effect transistors (h.j.f.e.t.) with submicrometre gate lengths are reported. The structure is of a 3-layer sandwich formed by an n-type 1017 cm3 Sn-doped active layer on a Cr-doped substrate, a p-type 1015 cm−3 Ge-doped Al0.5Ga0.5As gate layer and a p+-type 5 × 1013 cm-3 Ge-doped GaAs 'cap' layer on the top of the gate. Selective etching of the p+ GaAs and p-Al0.5Ga0.5As provides the necessary overhang for self-aligned device fabrication. Experimental devices with sub-micrometre gate lengths and with a gate periphery of 300 μm have exhibited a d. c. transconductance of 20 to 30 mS and an m.a.g. of 9.5 dB at 8 GHz. To our knowledge, this is the first time a submicrometre gate h.j.f.e.t. has been fabricated to give amplification of power at X-band.


In this note, I define a notion of a compactly supported object in a triangulated category. I prove a number of propositions relating this to traditional notions of support and give an application to the theory of derived Morita equivalence. I also discuss a connection to supersymmetric gauge theories arising from D-branes at a singularity.


In this paper, a series of system-theoretical issues in the frame of a traffic systems engineering are comprehensively addressed and discussed with a particular focus on a nonlinear dynamics perspective. Transportation systems are complex (systems of systems) nonlinear dynamical systems and their comprehensive engineering does involve amongst others the following steps: modeling/identification, simulation, system-state observation/measurement, and control/optimization. The particular message of this paper is that a significant improvement can be reached on each of these fronts, while compared to most related traditional approaches, by involving a series of adapted/optimized methodological instruments inspired and/or taken from the broad area of nonlinear dynamics, which also includes neuro-computing. For each of the above-cited steps, related limitations of most traditional approaches are presented. To finish, a selection of own novel contributions on each of the steps are shortly presented for illustrative purposes.


Women are often victims of gender discrimination in various fields, including in the work environment. This research article aims to statistically evaluate the status of women's employment and occupational accidents in some countries where regular data are available, and to provide predictions in the future. Using quantitative methods, data were analyzed with panel data analysis, bivariate correlation and two-step clustering methods. The findings of this study indicate that there is a positive and stronger correlation between work-injury for women than for men in all but a few developed social welfare countries. In some countries, while the correlation is negative for men, it is positive and strong for women. This study concludes that existing preventive regulations, including those in developed countries, are not sufficient to protect women. Women are more likely to work in non-traditional sectors where occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations are more flexible. Therefore, public authorities related to OHS should focus more on the conditions of this new industry in the future.


Surrogate motherhood, known also as surrogacy, is a kind of civil law contract according to which one party – surrogate mother is obliged to bear a pregnancy and after giving a birth transfer all rights concerning a child to commissioning party. There are two basic types of surrogacy, of which gestational surrogacy has recently become more popular. By concluding gestational surrogacy agreement commissioning party oblige itself to provide an embryo no matter of its source, while surrogate mother is bonded only to bear pregnancy. The second type of surrogacy agreement, often called traditional, encompasses also surrogates obligation to provide an egg, due to this fact, as the egg donor, surrogate mother becomes also a genetic mother. Surrogacy is connected to a variety of serious legal problems among others: deciding whether this kind of contract should be legal or banned and resolving an issue of a legal status of a new born child, by answering the question who is its legal parent. The paper comments a number of recent judgements given by European Court of Human Rights in the field of surrogacy. All the cases concerned question of international surrogacy, so the particular problems that were adjudicated regard the problem of recognising a foreign act of birth (Menneson v. France), giving permission to a child arrival to the intended parents country (D. and others v. Belgium) or factual separation of the child and the intended parents (Paradiso and Campanelli v. Italy). Applicants in the aforementioned cases claimed that states actions regarding surrogacy were opposite to the article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights, especially the right to respect private and family life. European Court of Human Rights has not been settling a dispute in which intended parents refused to take care of the child, what could be a real test to Strasbourg`s view on the commented problem.


On the basis of literature data and his own case, the author believes that non-parasitic spleen cysts are rare. Favourable conditions for the development of this disease are malaria, typhoid, syphilis, spleen dislocation and trauma.


Abstract : Heat transfer rates are measured in the separated flow region behind the two-dimensional sharp protruding leading edge step model (boundary layer thickness is zero at the separation point) in the high enthalpy laminar near subsonic and supersonic flow in the shock tube. The measurements are carried out in a shock Mach number range from 2.3 to 10, and a corresponding flow Mach number range from 0.5 to 2.62. The Reynolds number, which is based on the height of the leading edge above the flat plate where the heat transfer rates are measured, varies from 300 to 17,000, and the local Reynolds number on the plate varies from 700 to 290,000. The results are correlated in terms of the non dimensional parameters of Nusselt number as a function of the Mach and Reynolds numbers and stagnation to wall enthalpy ratio. The variations of local, average and maximum heat transfer rates are presented. (Author)


The sulfur SAD phasing method was successfully used to determine the structure of the N-terminal domain of HCV E1 from low-resolution diffracting crystals by combining data from 32 crystals.


With the approaching of the overall water storage of Three Gorges Project,the periodic changes of the reservoir water level will surely lead to the large-scale bank destruction.Taking the reservoir bank of Bayang migration village as an example,this paper selects a typical section and analyzes the transformation of the saturation-unsaturation infiltration field when water level changes via GEO-SLOPE software in accordance with Saturation-unsaturation Infiltration Theory,further presents the movement or trends of reservoir bank stability,and adopts Е Г Качугин Method and Limit Balance Searching Method to predict the bank destruction.The results show that,among four situations when water storage reaches 145 m,156 m and 175 m or drops back to 145 m sharply,the reservoir bank stability tends to decrease correspondingly with the increase of reservoir water level,and the stability coefficient is the lowest when the water level drops from 175 m back to 145m.The prediction range of bank destruction is 24.5 m—29.5 m,and this prediction provides a scientific guidance for the rational utilization of land in the migration region.


This paper reviews a 0.13 μm BiCMOS technology with high-speed SiGe HBTs featuring maximum oscillation frequencies fmax of 500 GHz, transit frequencies fT of 300 GHz, and CML ring oscillator gate delays of 2.0 ps. The HBTs exhibit breakdown voltages BVCEO of 1.6 V and BVCBO of 5.1 V. The improvement of RF performance compared to the preceding HBT generation is attributed to scaled lateral device dimensions, modified vertical doping profiles, a reduced thermal budget, a lower silicide resistance, and a changed wafer orientation.


This document the second chapter in a book that considers feminist perspectives on sustainable development explicates "Women in Development (WID)" discourse to reveal its roots in the assumptions colonizers held about the nature of personhood and of womens bodies. The shift from a WID to a "Women Environment Development (WED)" perspective allows a critique of notions of modernity and the modernizing process and legitimizes diverse and pluralistic voices and goals by centralizing the interdependent relationship of humans and the natural world. The first part of the chapter reveals that WID perceptions of the "Third World Woman" is a contemporary version of perceptions of Victorian feminists and colonizers that colonized women were "uncivilized." The penchant of colonizers to impose their own concepts as universal is shown in the example of the colonial reaction to the practice of sati. Colonizers attempted to differentiate "authentic" from forced sati by locating the authority for authentic sati in brahmanic scriptures and brahmanic interpreters thus imposing Western notions of canonical scriptures on a religion that has no scriptures binding on all adherents. The Victorian imperial propaganda of colonialization has evolved into the modern imperial propaganda of development which allows WID discourse to regard tradition as a barrier to womens access to the market (and thus to modernization). Part 2 presents an example of a nonmodernist way of existence that allows no rift between nature and culture or between womens generative and sociocultural activities. In this society the generative and regenerative activities of both men and women are central. By failing to reject the notion that womens generative capacity is the "mere reproduction of (perishable) life" many feminists have adopted a masculinist and modernist concept of liberation that impedes integration of ecological and gender issues.


The Clutathione S-transferases are a major group of soluble liver proteins that are involved in the cellular detoxification of compounds. The glutathione S-transferases have been calculated to represent some 10% of soluble rat liver proteins that catalyze the conjugation of glutathione with a wide range of electrophilic compounds. The formation of mercapturic acid follows a pathway involving the reaction of a foreign compound with the sulhydryl group of glutathione catalyzed by gluta thione S-transferases to form a glutathione conjugated whose γ-glutamyl moiety is remcved by y-glu tamyl transpeptidase(γ-GT). A variety of in vitro and in vivo studies indicates that transpeptidase is, a significant physiological function of the enzyme.The content in tissue of γ-GT and glutathione S-transferases with patients of gastric and esophageal cancer were investigated and compared with those of normal tissue. The cancer tissue and normal tissue were confirmed by histopathological examinations. Though in 13 cases both y-GT and glutathione S-transferase average activity were elevated, there was no significant differences in satistical treatment. The γ-GT content in sera of these patients was within normal range. These, results support the possibility that chemical carcinogenesis play a role in the generation with malign ant tumors of digestive tract.


About 70 years ago, the Mahdist or Ansār state, in many ways a traditional Muslim government, crumbled under the fire of the Anglotional Egyptian cannons. On the condominium government that followed fell the task of pacifying the country and introducing western concepts of administration. All Sudanese attempts to defy foreign domination had failed completely by 1924. The British, the stronger of the two partners, had the lion's share in shaping the destiny of the country. Towards the end of World War II, the influential and educated Sudanese, like other Africans and Asians, demanded the right of self-determination. In 1946, in preparation for this, a sample of western democracy was introduced in the form of an Advisory Council. This Council, which was restricted to the northern Sudan, was followed two years later by the Legislative Assembly, which had slightly more powers. Although these democratic innovations were quite alien to the country and were introduced at a relatively late date, they were in keeping with traditional institutions. Until recently, the Sudan consisted of a number of tribal units where no classes or social distinctions existed and the tribal chief was no more than the first among equals; the people were therefore not accustomed to autocratic rule.


The induction motors are extensively used in the industry because of their simplicity reason of economical technical preferences in residential, commercial and industrial systems. The unbalance voltage conditions has been taken into consideration by electrical engineers for studying power quality. Excessively growing warm for rotors and stators, defect of shock entropy armature and insulation as well as damaged bearings, remarkable power defect, unbalance of current of line and lower outcome resulted from the negative effectives of the voltage unbalance. In this paper, speed, torque copper losses are to be analysed under the condition of six types of voltage equilibrium by three voltage unbalance factor, a type of three-phase induction motor, thru simulation and practical test.


The Second President's Lecture, 28th Annual Congress of the Ophthalmology Society of Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
10 September 2003


This paper examines orthography similarity effect in two groups of Japanese learners of Chinese. The purpose of the research was to investigate how words was accessed and stored in two mental lexicons. With a data of two-character words whose orthography are similar or dissimilar in both Chinese and Japanese, two experiments were used to investigate phonological and semantic processing in the word level. The results suggest that the depth of individual word knowledge affect the patterns of lexical representation and the learners change their way of accessing and storing language information with the development of their language proficiency.


Polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE) is currently finding increasing utility due to its unique properties like high chemical resistivity, low coefficient of friction and high temperature stability. However, PTFE exhibits poor wear resistance, especially abrasion. The wear resistance of PTFE can be significantly improved by addition of suitable reinforcement (filler) materials. Among the most common filler materials are glass fibers, graphite, carbon and bronze. In this paper, it is presented a review of tribological properties of composite materials with PTFE matrix and above mentioned filler materials.


Refeeding syndrome is an uncommon but potentially fatal condition. It occurs in a patient who consumes a large amount of calories over a brief period of time after a sustained period of starvation. This syndrome is characterized by a high risk of cardiovascular collapse secondary to electrolyte imbalance if left untreated or if there is a delay in the management. Psychiatric patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or severe depression are known to refuse food for a prolonged period of time, thus creating a malnourished or starved metabolic state. The purpose of this article is to bring an acute awareness and sensitize the fellow psychiatrists about refeeding syndrome, a likely fatal possibility in a starved or malnourished patient on refeeding. Prompt recognition and management in collaboration with medical colleagues can save the life of these patients.


This paper highlights the relationship between changes in structural and morphological features, electronic structure and exanging of time mechanical treatment at microbraker (MBT). Scaning electron microscopy revealed a change in the morphological features of nanoscale powders. From the comparison of SEM images of 0.8SiO2/0.2Al2О3 mixture before and after MBT, it is established that due to MBT, the agglomerates of the initial components are simultaneously crushed with perfect mixing particles of oxides between each other and the formation of new agglomerates with a denser structure. The increase in processing time leads to an increase in the density of the nanocomposite. The effect of time of mechanical treatment  on the structural parameters and phase composition of mixtures of silicon dioxide and titanium were studied using the method of X-ray structural analysis. The established agglomeration is accompanied by a change in the lattice parameter c with a change in the regions of coherent scattering of crystalline Al2О3. Ultra-soft X-ray emission spectroscopy was used to study the distribution of Op-, Sisd- and Alsd- valence electrons in 0.8SiO2/0.2Al2О3 powder mixtures after the different time of mechanicall treatment. An increase in atomic charges has been measured and can be explained by the transfer of electrons from Si and Al to O atoms in split Opπ-binding states.


A simple, specific, accurate and precise reverse ph ase high pressure liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the simultaneous dete rmination of Lornoxicam and Thiocolchicoside from tablets by reverse phase C18 column (Inertsil ODS 3V C-18, 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μ). The sample was analyzed using Buffer(5.7606 g m Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate in 2000mL of milli-Q water, adjust pH 7.3 with Tri Eth yl Amine): Methanol in the ratio of 45:55, as a mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.5 mL min -1 and detection at 290 nm. The retention time for Lornoxicam and Thiocolchicoside was found to be 9.4 0 and 2.96 min respectively. The method can be used for estimation of combination of these drugs in tablets. The method was validated as per ICH guidelines. The linearity of developed meth od was achieved in the range of 0.24 – 120 μg mL (r=0.9999) for Lornoxicam and 0.235 – 120 μg mL -1 (r=0.9999) for Thiococlchicoside and recoveries from tablets were between 100 and 102%. Due to these attributes, the proposed method could be used for routine quality control analysis of these drugs in combined dosage forms.


My essay joins the revisionist project of rewriting modern Chinese intellectual history. The historiography of modern China usually foregrounds the theme of nationalism in the grand narrative of China's arduous struggles for liberation, anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, and anti-capitalism. Radical breaks from the Chinese tradition or from the outside world have occurred in the form of a series of earth-shaking revolutions throughout the twentieth century: the Republican Revolution that overthrows the Qing dynasty in 1911; the Communist Revolution that leads to the founding of the People's Republic in 1949; the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976); and so forth. Amid the fiery rhetoric of revolution,…


The invention provides a system for evaluating a sex hormone metabolic status of individuals to be detected. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a training module and a voting module; the data acquisition module is used for acquiring sex hormones of normal individuals and individuals with sex hormone related diseases, metabolite levels of the sex hormones and other clinical influence factors; the training module is used for dividing acquired data into training sets, which correspond to the normal individuals and the individuals with the diseases one by one, by utilizing R language software through a bootstrap method; the voting module is used for carrying out sex hormone metabolic status voting on at least one sex hormone and the metabolite level thereof and the other clinical influence factors of the individuals to be detected by utilizing the training sets through a random forest method, and determining the sex hormone metabolic status of the individuals to be detected according to a voting result. According to the scheme provided by the invention, the sex hormone metabolic status of the individuals to be detected can be accurately determined, and the sex hormones, which have the greatest influences on the sex hormone related diseases, and the metabolite levels of the sex hormones are analyzed.


Abstract Metabolisable energy (ME) intakes derived from 91 grazing and 59 stall-feeding experiments with growing and fattening beef cattle were compared with ME intakes predicted from average live weights and rates of live-weight gain on a group basis using the ARC (1965) and NRC (1970) feeding standards. The NRC feeding standard predicted ME intakes more accurately than that of the ARC. All NRC and ARC estimates, when corrected using regression analysis, were of similar accuracy. Regression equations were derived from the New Zealand trial results relating ME intake to average live weight and rate of live-weight gain. The predicted feed requirements for grazing cattle were: maintenaqce 0.59 MJ ME/kg LW0.75 or 0.143 MJ ME/kg LW and 40 MJ ME/kg LWG. Corresponding estimates for stall-fed animals were 0.53, 0.135, and 37. The associated prediction errors were similar to those obtained using the corrected ARC and NRC standards.


Allexis cauliflora is a Cameroonian medicinal plant belonging to the violaceae family. It is used in traditional medicine to treat fever, syphilis and malaria. The aim of this study is to screen the peptides from the leaves of Allexis cauliflora and assess their biological activities. Previous studies have demonstrated antimicrobial properties of this plant. These properties have been mainly attributed to phenolic compounds. However, other plant defense molecules, such as antimicrobial peptides, may be present. In this work, we studied peptide extracts from the leaves of Allexis cauliflora. This plant has also been examined to determine its antimicrobial activities and its minimum inhibitory concentrations against bacteria pathogenic to humans and fungi using the agar well diffusion method. The corresponding concentration value antilog was taken as the minimum inhibitory concentration value. All values of test results were expressed as triple means, mean ± standard deviation. The extract from the leaves of this plant has shown antimicrobial activity against the bacterial and fungal pathogens studied. The phytochemical screening carried out showed the presence of flavonoids and triterpenes. Based on the results obtained, the medicinal value of this plant could be attributed to the presence of secondary metabolites in traditional medicinal plants.


Recently, interest in silicon sensors has been increasing for facsimile reader, optical character recognition and other page scanning applications, because of its reliability and low cost. There are two types of Si imaging sensors, an MOS sensor( 1,2) and a CCD sensor(3,4). The linear MOS sensor consists of MOS shift registers and a p-n junction diode array. This type of device offers advantages of low dark current and high blue sensitivity. However, it continues to suffer from signal non-uniformity caused by threshold voltage variations in shift registers. On the other hand, the CCD linear sensor features large output signals and high packing density. However, this device has not been put into practical use because of signal non-uniformity induced by variations in poly-Si photo gate thickness. A novel 1024 element linear CCD sensor, w7131, has been developed. This provides a new photodiode structure, which combines the advantages of the CCD sensor and the MOS sensor, and eliminates the nonuniformity of the earlier devices.


Precise measurement and modelling of the Direction of Arrival (DoA) and Direction of Departure (DoD) in the Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) channel based on their correlation properties and joint distributions have not been investigated properly. Our main contribution in this paper is two fold. Firstly, based on a modified Gumbel's bivariate exponential approach, we propose a generic indoor MIMO channel modelling framework particularly for the double-directional 'general trend'' that has been observed in these dual-spatial domains. Secondly, we propose a transformation technique to generate the pair wise DoA and DoD components incorporating the correlation properties of the variates around the full azimuth range. Results show that the newly proposed modelling approaches provide a good match to the real data, offering an alternative hassle-free method to generate realistic directional-based stochastic MIMO channel responses in different indoor environments.


prompted by accidental rivalry between the Princess of Barcelona and her friend Hortense for the affections of Lélio (the eponymous hero, the Prince of Léon in disguise), when the princess conquers her passions and resolves to do her duty by marrying her erstwhile enemy, the King of Castile, hitherto present in disguise as his own ambassador. Such an overtly theatrical plot reflects an age when political power was personal, and outcomes were assumed to be within the power of individual moral decision. A major aspect of the play is an exploration of the theme of ambition, legitimate when princes aspire to success for their state, illegitimate and dangerous as represented by the self-serving minister of the princess, Frédéric. Ignored for more than a century and a half after 1733, the play began to appeal once more to audiences in the twentieth century, becoming part of the Comédie-Française repertory in 1949 and thereafter commanding the attention of a series of famous directors, as Coulet briefly and helpfully describes (p. 176). This level of interest by theatre people speaks of the appeal of the play's themes despite the passage of time, and of Marivaux's theatrical brilliance in presenting them. Bringing to bear a long experience and appreciation of Marivaux's work in his fine historical Introduction, Coulet also supplies a useful résumé of the plot, an informative chronology of the author's career, sixteen pages of footnotes, mostly pertinent points of language, and ten pages of bibliography, modestly described as 'éléments' but more than adequate to guide undergraduate and postgraduate alike. In short, this is a very welcome addition to university library resources.


In this paper,an equivalent circuit model is established based on quantum cascade laser(QCL) two-level rate equation by analyzing the intersubband transitions in quantum well.The model enables the analysis of the characteristics of the QCL using general circuit analysis software,which overcomes the shortcomings of complex process complex and long simulation time of numerical analysis method.The modeling and simulation are implemented in PSPICE,and the results are in agreement with the reported theoretical and experimental data.That proves the practicality and accuracy of the model.


Parking is one element of the facility that cannot be separated from the system road transport as a whole. With the increase in the population of a city, this will lead to an increase in the need to carry out various activities. Semut Station Surabaya is one of the public facilities with a fairly high level of activity. However, in reality the parking lot at the Surabaya Semut Station is often full and disturbing the surrounding traffic. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the performance capacity and parking space at the Surabaya Semut Station. The method used is  first conducting a literature study on parking, a preliminary survey at the studied site, collecting primary data and secondary data, then proceed with data analysis in the form of performance capacity and parking space. The results of this study show that the parking characteristic have a maximum parking volume of 247 motor bikes/day and 160 cars/day, the average duration of parking for motor bikes is 5.66 hours and cars is 4.62 hours, the maximum parking accumulation for motor bikes is as much as 87 vehicles/day and 64 cars/day, the maximum parking index for motorbikes and cars are 2.18% and 2.56% respectively, and the parking space requirement for motorcycles (SRP) is 95 SRP and for cars is 52 SRP.


Abstract:Optimization of SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) array design can be done at three domains namely bit cell optimization, sense amplifier optimization and memory decoder optimization. In this paper, we focused on memory decoder optimization. The objective of the paper is to design speed and power efficient memory decoder structure and to implement 4Kb SRAM array controller. We compared four NAND gate based decoder structures at TSMC 28nm technology and OR style NAND decoder structure is found to be efficient. We also implemented 4Kb SRAM array controller which is a byte accessible using binary decoder tree. All the logics have been designed using Cadence Virtuoso schematic editor and simulated using Spectre simulator with operating voltage of 0.9 V.


Abstract : Hyperspectral imaging cameras require smooth motion in order to acquire uncorrupted images. Typically, a camera is mounted on a satellite that then rotates to allow the camera to scan the earth's surface. The rotation of the satellite causes propellant sloshing in its fuel tank, which can disrupt the motion of the satellite and therefore degrade the quality of the hyperspectral images. The severity of the liquid sloshing has been investigated with a numerical fluid dynamics model called Flow-3D (Flow Science, 1997). This model is well suited for such a problem and has been previously verified by comparing numerical predictions with experimental slosh data in reduced gravity environments (Sicilian and Tegart, 1989, Fisher et al., 1992). The experimental data were collected from drop tower tests, which produce a controlled acceleration environment.