Abstract. Wind farm sites within complex terrain are subject to local wind phenomena, which have a huge impact on a wind turbine's annual energy production. To reduce investment risk, an extensive site evaluation is therefore mandatory. Stationary long-term measurements are supplemented by CFD simulations, which are a commonly used tool to analyse and understand the three-dimensional wind flows above complex terrain. Though being under heavy research, such simulations still show a huge sensitivity for various input parameters like terrain, atmosphere and numerical setup. Within this paper, a different approach aims to measure instead of simulate wind speed deviations above complex terrain by using a flexible, airborne measurement system. An unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with a standard ultrasonic anemometer. The uncertainty of the system is evaluated against stationary anemometer at different heights and shows very good agreement, especially in mean wind speed (


Th~s paper presents an on-going project mtended to enhance WordNet molpholog~cally and semanttcally The mottvatmn for th~s work steams from the current hm~tat~ons of WordNet when used as a hngmst~c knowledge base We enwmon a software tool that automatically parses the conceptual defining glosses, attributing part-ofspeech tags and phrasal brackets The nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs from every defimtmn are then d~samb~guated and hnked to the corresponding synsets Th~s increases the connectlv~ty between synsets allowing the ~etneval of topically ~elated concepts Furthermore, the tool t~ansforms the glosses, first into logical forms and then into semantm fo~ms Usmg der~vatmnal morphology new hnks are added between the synsets 1 M o t i v a t i o n WordNet has already been ~ecogmzed as a valuable ~esource m the human language technolog> and know, ledge processing commumtms Its apphcabfl~ty has been c~ted m mo~e than 200 papers and s~stems have been m~plemented usmg WordNet A Wo~dNet bkbhog~aph~ ~s mamtamed at the Umve~mt) of Penns:~l~ama ( http //www c~s upenn edu/~oseph~ /wnbtblw html) In Europe, WordNet ~s being u~ed to develop a multflmgual database w~th basic semantic relatmns between words for several European languages (the EuroWordNet project) C a p a b i h t i e s WordNet was conceived as a machine-readable dmtlonary, followmg psychohngmstm principles Unhke standard alphabetmal dmt~onaHes ~hmh o~gamze vocabula~ms using mo~phologmal mmllm ltms, WordNet structures lex~cal reformation m terms of word meanings WordNet maps word forms m ~ord senses usmg the s)ntact~c category as a parametel Although it covers onl~ fouI paits of speech nouns verbs, adjectives and adverbs, it encompasses a large majont) of Enghsh words ( http / /www cogscz pmnceton edu/~..wn) Wolds of the same syntactm catego~) that can be used to express the same meamng are grouped into a smgle synonym set, called synset Words wlth multiple meanings (polysemous) belong to multiple synsets An ~mportant part of the 99 643 synsets encoded m WordNet 1 6 contain word collocatmns, thus representing complex nominals (e g the synset {manufacturer , maker, manufac tur ing business} , (omplex velbals (eg the synset {leave o f f i c e , qu i t , s tep down}, complex adjectlvals (e g the ~ynset { t rue , dead on t a r g e t } or complex adverbmls (e g the synset {out of hand, beyond cont ro l} The iep~esentatmn of collocatmns as synset entries p~ov~des for their semantm mterp~etatmn Wolds and concepts are furthei connected through a small set of lexmo-semantm relatmns The dominant semantm relatmn is the hypernymy, xvh~ch structures the noun concepts m 11 hmraichms and the verb concepts into 512 )he, atchins Thlee melonym Ielatlons are encoded between noun concepts the ha~_member, the ha~_~tu]f and the has_part ~elatlons Loglcal opelatlon~ betx~een events or entltms ale modeled through entazlment and cause_to ~elatmns between verb concepts or antonymy relatmns among nouns, veibs ad)ect~ves or adverb words The~e are only a few mo~phologmally motivated connectmns between x~ords known as perta~mym relatmns L l m l t a t m n s The mare ~eaknesses of \Vo~dNet c~ted m the hte~ature ale 1 The lack oi connections between noun and verb hmrarctnes 2 Limited number of connectmns between topically related words 3 The lack of morpholog!cat relations 4 The absence of thema61c relatmns/ selectmnal restnctmns 5 Some concepts (word senses) and relatmns are mmsmg " 6 Since glosses were written manually, sometimes the2e m a lack of umform~ty and consmtency 2n the defimtmns The key idea m our project is to put to wo, k the rich sourse of mformauon contained m glosses that now can be used only by humans to Iead the deflmtmn of synsets For example, Wo, dNet 1 6 hsts the concept {cat , t rue ca t ) with the gloss (fellne mammal usually havlng thlck soft fur and belng unable to roar, domestxc cats, wxldcats) Currently, from a concept like thin, only a few other concepts could be reached In Extended Wo2dNet, the concept {cat, true cat} will be ,elated to 215othel concepts (I0 from its own gloss, 38 flom the glosses of its hypern>ms, 25 concepts that use ~t m the*r glosses as a defining concept plus other 142 concepts with which the concept mteracts in these 25 glosses) Thin level of mformatmn ,s rich enough to presume that the Extended WordNet will work well as a knowledge base for common-sense reasoning 2 R e l a t e d w o r k Machine Readable DmUonanes (MRDs) have long been ,ecogmzed as ~aluable resources m computauonal hngmstlcs In their paper, Ide and Vetoms (Ide and Veloms, 1993) plojected a rather pes~lmmuc outlook for the uuhty of MRDs as knowledge sources, a view that has impeded the enthus2asm of some researchers (Wfiks et al 1996) make a strong argument m favor of using MRDs and shine thel, posluve experience w~th using some dlcuonarms The MmdNet project at Mmrosoft alms at fully automatmg the development of a vel} large lexlcal knowledge base using t~o MRDs the Longman DicUonary of ContemporaD Enghsh (LDOCE) and the American Heritage Third EdlUon (AHD3) Man:y techmcal aspects of thin project are rooted m the works of Vanderwende (Vanderwende 1996) and Richardson (R2chardson 1997) 3 W o r d s e n s e d i s a m b i g u a t i o n o f g l o s s c o n c e p t s There are se~e, al dlffe~ences bet~een gloss dlsamblguauon and text dlsamb~guatmn A n-la]oi difference is that m our project we know the meaning of each gloss, namely the synset to whmh a gloss apphes Second, the glosses contain a defimUon, comments, and one or more examples We address the word sense dmamblguaUon problem by using three complementary methods (a) heunstms, (b) conceptual dens,ty, and (c) staustins on large corpora The first two methods rely enurely on the mfolmaUon contained m WordNet, while the th,rd one uses other corpora Specffically, the sources of knowledge available to us me (1) lexlcal mformauon that includes part of speech, posluon of ~ords (1 e head word), and lexmal lelauons (2) collocauons and s)ntacuc patterns, (3) s}nset to which a gloss belongs, (4) hypernyms of s)nset and their glosses (5) synsets of pobsemouns x~o2ds and their glosses, (6) hypernyms of synsets of polysemous words, and their glosses, and so on M e t h o d 1 Classes of heur ,s t ,cs for word sense d m a r n b l g u a t m n A statable techmque for dmamblguatmg dmuonarms is to rely on heu!mucs able to cope with d~ffe2ent sources of mformauon Work m tins alea w~ doue by Ravin (Rax m 1990) in a similar project at IBM, (Klavans et al 1990), and others We present no~ some of the heunsUcs used by us 1. ClassH y p e r n y m s A way of explaining a concept m to speclahze a more general concept (, e a hypernym) It m hkely that an explanatmn begins with a phrase whose head is one of ~ts hypernyms, and the features are expressed either as attributes m the same phrase o2 as phrases attached to the first phrase Example The gloss of synset {xntrusxon} is (ent rance by f o r c e or without permxsslon or welcome) • e n t r a n c e # 3 , the head of the fiist phrase, is a hype~n)m of znt ruszon, thus we pick sense 3 of noun en t rance (The senses in Wo2dNet a2e ,anked acco, dmg to then frequency ot occmrence m the Brown corpus, e n t r a n c e # 3 means sense 3 of wo, d en t rance ) 2 Class L m g m s t l c Pa ra l l ehsm It 2s hkel? that the s} ntacuc pal allehsm of t~ o xx ord~ uanslates into semantic parallelmm and the ~xo2ds may have a common hypernym, or one m a hypernym of the other Fo~ adjectives, the hypein) m) is replaced by the similarity relation Other heuristics in this class check ~hether or not two pol)semous words belong to the same synset, or one is a hypern} m of the other, or if they belong to the same the2 arch:y Example The gloss of { i n t e r a c t i o n } is (a mutual or. reczprocal actlon) • Adject ive r e c i p r o c a l has only one sense ,n WordNet 1 6, whereas m u t u a l has two senses But we find tha t between sense 2 of m u t u a l and r e c i p r o c a l there is a szmdar l ink m WordNe t 1 6, thus pick


The nonsynchronous vibration is dangerous to large turboeompressor.A method was described for solving this sort of problems.The stability of rotor system will been improved by used squeeze film damper and its optimal design method was also described.The availability has been proved by experiment.


Abstract The aim of the paper is to show the extent to which the game metaphor shapes the Home Box Office (HBO) show (2002–2008) The Wire, which sets out the interconnection of the systems of drug dealing/trafficking, police department, court, organized labor, media, public school, and local policy, as well as the similar structure which all those systems are built upon. As our theoretical-methodological framework we will adopt cognitive and cultural linguistics as a starting point for a contextually embedded sequence analysis. We will focus on the multimodal ubiquity of game as a cultural model, as well as the contextual frames in which this metaphor is embedded with regard to the everyday life of the protagonists on the TV show and the institutions they are part of. Therefore, we will first analyze a specific metaphorical scenario where the conventionalized source and target domains chess and drug business are inverted, which has cultural-contextual implications, before we come to a second scene where the same domains are again accessed, this time in reverse.


Variants of serum transferrin and red cell haemoglobin in two native sheep breeds (Awassi and Mor Karaman) and purebreed of Merinos and their several cross breed populations were studied by starch gel electrophoresis. The frequencies of transferrin and haemoglobin phenotypes and their alleles were researched. Although the phenotype of Hb-AA was very rare, all three haemoglobin types were clarified. Five transferrin alleles (TfA, TfB, TfM, TfD, TfE) were recognized in whole populations. Fourteen transferrin phenotypes consisting of four homozygotes and ten heterozygotes were recognized. Genotype and gene frequencies of each allele were demonstrated.


The variations in mechanical properties of W-Ni-Fe heavy alloy with high Ni/Fe ratio(9/1) and the precipitation behavior of β phase in its binding phase during strain-aging were studied. The results show that as aging time increases, both the tensile strength and elongation of the deformed W-Ni-Fe heavy alloy with high Ni/Fe ratio(9/1) increase, and tend to maxima at 24 h. Pre-deformation can accelerate precipitation of β phase in the binding phase of W-Ni-Fe heavy alloy with high Ni/Fe ratio(9/1) during aging,which is responsible for the age hardening of the deformed alloy. There are two kinds of mechanisms influencing the hardness of the binding phase in deformed W-Ni-Fe heavy alloy with high Ni/Fe ratio(9/1) during aging,one is softening mechanism caused by recovery, and the other one is hardening mechanism induced by the dispersed precipitation of β phase. The variations in properties of the binding phase and the heavy alloy depend on the synthetic effect of the two mechanisms.


execute the required Ritual Action (phrin las sgrub pa»i bka» sdod rgyal ba»i bstan srunÇ rdo rje»i chos skyonÇ ba»i skor). Here the chief of these bsTan-srunÇ deities is MahaÅkaÅla, and the Cycle concerns him as the Lord of both karman and jnÄaÅna (bstan srunÇ kun gyi gtso bo ye s Ïes danÇ las kyi mgon po»i skor, nos. 1429±1476). Finally, in the second part of vol. 38 and in vol. 39±40, there is found the group of various bsTansrunÇ constituting the Cycle of the Dev¿ (lha mo»i skor gtso bor gyur pa»i bstan srunÇ sna tshogs pa»i sde), including a number of female protectors such as EkajaÅti, Remati (i.e. dPal-ldan lha-mo = SÂr¿dev¿), Si§havaktr¿, the Twelve brTan-ma, etc. Here also are included male divinities such as rDo-rje legspa, the rGyal-po sku-lnÇa, Tsi»u-dmar-po, rMa-chen/gnÄan-spom-ra, etc. (nos. 1477±1559). On p. lii of his introduction to Part 12 Schwieger calls attention to the inclusion in this collection of material linked with the Bon religion (e.g. text no. 1548), and to the important interreligious question posed by this fact. In his long introduction to Part 12, Schwieger devotes several pages (pp. xxxv ff.) to an account of a thread-cross (mdos, nam mkha») rite (cho ga). This account, descriptive more than analytical, tends to stress the quaint and bizarre, and even the macabre, in this rite in so far as it is connected with the fourth (abhicaÅra) category of ritual action (drag po»i las rendered here as before by ``harte Verrichtung''). The signi®cance of this rite is touched on but barely explored in detail. And while the ritual linÇga ± the ®gure of the obstructive force to be ``liberated'' (sgrol ba) by the rite and thus transformed and neutralized ritually ± is also brie ̄y mentioned (pp. xxxix, xli), this is done without so much as a bibliographic reference to R. A. Stein's ``Le linÇga des danses masqueÂes lamaõ Èques et la theÂorie des aÃmes'' (Liebenthal Festschrift, Sino-Indian Studies 5/3±4 [Santiniketan, 1957], pp. 200±34), which remains the most detailed study on the subject in the secondary literature. As for the rta gdonÇ me ``mare's head ®re'', mentioned on pp. xxxviii and xl and translated as ``Pferdegesichtsfeuer'', it corresponds to the va¥avaÅgni, that is, the submarine ®re of Indian cosmography (the va¥avaÅmukha being the entrance to the underworld). The fundamental structural opposition »jig rten pa (laukika) ``mundane''/»jig rten las »das pa (lokottara) ``transmundane'' is touched on (pp. xxiii, xxvi), as is the ye s Ïes pa or ``gnostic'' aspect (p. xxiv); but the relation of the latter to the dam tshig pa (saÅmayika) ``conventional'' is not examined, and the term dam tshig itself is somewhat approximatively rendered by Schwieger as ``oath'', although in a ritual context the meaning ``convention'' (samaya) is inherent to it. The ritual and visionary materials contained in these texts together with their quite intricate technical vocabulary raise a number of problems, as already pointed out in JRAS 1994, p. 435. Clearly, Tibetological and Buddhist studies need to develop appropriate concepts and a corresponding terminology adequate to the description of these complex ritual and visionary materials. D. Seyfort-Ruegg


From the layout and measurement of stable controlling net,process of GPS controlling net data,measurement of physical point and data process,it elaborates the concrete application of GPS measuring skill in surface gravity measurement.It also shows the concrete applied process by examples,so as to spread the usage of GPS skill in surface gravity measurement.


This letter reports exceptionally broadband tuning of a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (cw OPO) using a temperature tuned, nonlinear crystal of MgO:LiNbO3 pumped by a diode-pumped, intracavity doubled Nd:YAG laser. The tuning range from 788 to 1640 nm, is about four times broader than those ever reported in cw OPOs operating around 1 μm. This performance was accomplished by newly developed, extremely broadband, high-reflection mirrors for the doubly resonant oscillation, designed to have a reflectivity of 99% from 0.7 to 1.6 μm. Threshold pump power increased from 80 mW near degeneracy to 150 mW at the tuning band edge in a double pass pumping configuration.


In our recent work, a simple qualitative model of a dipole GPR antenna radiation pattern has been developed. Replacing the real resistively-loaded dipole by an infinite line current source stretched along the ground-air interface reduces derivation to a 2D boundary value problem for a scalar wave equation which admits an exact analytical solution. Using the complex variable technique we express the Green function in terms of elementary functions and obtain the spatio-temporal radiation pattern for an arbitrary current pulse form by Duhamel integral. In spite of this simplification, the constructed solution describes quite well the ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse emitted by a realistic GPR antenna. These analytical results are useful for the interpretation of GPR raw data by giving a full description of the pulse amplitude and waveform dependence on the radiation angle. Moreover, an inverse problem can be solved: to find the unknown antenna current pulse from the signal measured in the air half-space. Two cases are considered: the surface wave and the aerial wave propagating upwards. This information gives the possibility to deconvolve the subsurface probing data thus increasing the GPR resolution.


Turkish dramas dubbed in Urdu to entertain the audience. This is an obviously low cost business strategy adopted by our channels. Our local artists and directors have raised their voice against the airing of foreign content on our TV channels and this is a much needed-step [1]. However, no considerable objection has been raised on the declining quality of our own productions. And yet, Juggan Kazim's open in The Express Tribune brought a flicker of hope amidst this declining trend in the entertainment industry. Her effort is quite commendable as she categorically states her opinion on the matter:


The formation of 2-substituted benzo[b]furan ions in the electron ionization (EI) mass spectra of a series of 6-alkyl- and 6-aryldibenzo(d,f)(1,3)dioxepines has been studied by means of exact mass measurements and multiple-stage mass spectrometry conditions using an ion trap mass spectrometer. The proposed mechanism of formation of benzo[b]furan ions requires the formation of a spirocyclic cyclohexadienone system, which undergoes elimination of a cyclopentadienone molecule. A parallel with the chemical conversion of arylmethyl-substituted dibenzo(d,f)(1,3)dioxepines into an analogous spirocyclic system was also underlined.


The traditional structural performance may be seriously degraded due to applied indeterministic cases. A novel framework for robust topology optimization of truss-like continuum considering uncertain loads is presented. The robust optimization formula is constructed as minimizing the weighted sum of expectancy and standard variance of structural compliance with volume constraints. In this framework, both the magnitude and direction of applied loads are uncertain and independent. Truss-like continuum provides the topology optimal structure theoretically. Based on the classic truss-like optimization method, the statistical moments of compliance are accurately evaluated utilizing a bivariate cloud model tool. An effective strategy based on linear decoupling is reported to largely reduce the total number of finite element analysis. The optimization is achieved with gradient-based mathematic programming. Several numerical examples demonstrate a better structural robust performance obtained by the proposed algorithm than the traditional one.


This chapter attempts to provide teachers with an easy way to create and administer virtual spaces to create online collaborative educational content. This tool will generate and edit educational content that provides better adaptation of courses and activities with a collaborative teaching and learning style. The socio-constructivist approach aims at concentrating the activities on the learners and facilitating the synchronous and asynchronous collaboration between them. At this level, it is therefore necessary to find a method that favors all types of collaborative activities.


Abstract : The objective of this effort was to produce a plan of research for development of a model and methodology for deriving a direct relationship between aptitude measures and task analysis procedures early in the process of weapon system research, development, and acquisition. A literature review indicated that past attempts to link behavioral requirements with human attributes have not been successful. A recent effort suggested further that these approaches are ultimately not feasible. That effort, as with all the others reviewed, would require a highly specialized and lengthy application for most tasks in every job in every new system and for each phase within the system. Such procedures are slow and expensive. There is a need for a procedure which can be applied in a direct and simple manner. The current effort has resulted in a research plan based upon a conceptual design for a branching decision logic that will provide measures of personnel requirements while avoiding detailed analysis of nonrelevant factors. Implementation of this plan will result in construction and pilot testing of a computer based branching decision logic in 1980-81 and field testing and evaluation in 1981-82.


A score-based fusion for face verification is presented from FRAV3D Face Database (2D, 2.5D and 3D face images). In the case of 2.5D and 3D data, an automatic correction of pose has been carried out by detecting the nose tip and the eyes. For each kind of image a different feature extraction has been applied (Principal Component Analysis and Support Vector Machine for 2D and 2.5D, and Iterative Closest Point algorithm for 3D). A fusion at score level has been performed two by two, after a minimum-maximum normalization (MM) and a Z-score standardization (ZS). We have found an optimal combination that reduces (or at least does not worsen) the Equal Error Rate of the classifiers applied independently. In the most optimal situation, the improvement of the EER is higher than 80% for the fusion of 2D and 2.5D data, as well as for 2.5D and 3D data.


The NSF-EPSCOR fellowship, the Engineering Research Center Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award Number EEC-9986821, and the National Geospatial Agency (NGA) provided me with the funding and resources needed for the development of this research.


In particular an electrically driven motor assembly for a motor vehicle (1) is multi-phase electric motor (5), battery battery (2) to convert the direct current of the battery to the adapted multi-phase alternating current to supply to the electric motor (5) inverter (6) suitable for, and a connection housing (20). Connection housing, plug (50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59) to enable the connection of the motor phase comprises at least five battery terminal connections, and the inverter. Housing (20), the contact (29 to allow it to be connected to a multi-phase mains system provided with a group of contacts (40, 41) which enables it to be connected to a single-phase mains system (34), provided with a group of 30, 31). Housing (20) includes a switch (R1, R2, R3, R4), according to the position of these switches, the housing (20), the battery (2), an inverter (6), and a phase only by the connected electric motor (5 ) system comprising the re that the electric motor (5) is supplied from the battery (2), the battery (2) that is recharged directly from the single-phase mains system (34), and from the battery is a multi-phase mains system to alternatively possible to be charged. .Field


A winter temperature in Copper and Molybdenum Mine of Wunugetu Mountain is about-30 ~ 40℃ generally and the winter time would last 5 months. In the winter blasting period,large lumps occurred in the top of the frozen soil would be affected to the shovel loading efficiency and would cause safety dangers. In the mineral ore area,the lump size too large would cause the bunk jammed in the primary crush station,the fault rate of the gyratory crusher would be increased and even a production shutdown would be caused. According to the frozen soil features in Wunugetu Mountain, a blasting crater experiment and a plan design on the blasting parameters of the winter frozen soil were conducted and a brief analysis was conducted on the economic benefit obtained.


The study determined the level of grammatical competence of 177 Junior High School students and on the design and development of a supplementary learning material to enhance the grammatical competence of the students along subjectverb agreement. the study revealed that students favored textbooks as their preferred reading material at home. They are also exposed to various media types, with denser exposure to books and television. The students' parents are generally at par in their highest educational attainment, which vary across cases of being either graduate or undergraduate in College, High School and Elementary School levels. Majority of the students' fathers are High School graduate, parallel to the educational attainment of their mothers. The study concludes that the Junior High School students need to further enhance their level of grammatical competence in subject-verb agreement. The merits and essentials of the findings were drawn and treated as inputs in the development of a supplemental learning material in subject-verb agreement. The study offers a set of recommendations to improve strategies and techniques in instruction and in the development of instructional materials that will complement the goal to develop the relevant competencies of students in the field of English language learning.


We describe the acoustic characteristic of leakage sound and the possibility to detect the gas leakage sound under noisy environment. The purpose of this study is to establish the acoustic diagnosis technique for the leakage sound. In order to realize the purpose, we examined the possibility of the adoption of neural networks to the acoustic diagnosis for actual sound involved the background noise. We applied Fast Fourier Transform(FFT) as the pre-processing method and examine features of power spectrum for the gas leakage sound. The feature is that the power spectrum for the gas leakage sound are more than those for the normal sound within the range from about 5kHz to 20kHz. We, furthermore, applied the neural network as the discrimination method. We got the result that the discrimination accuracy is about 96%.


The saturable absorption properties of two sizes of Bi2Te3, namely large powders prepared by commercial crystals and small sheets by further hydrothermal exfoliation, have been compared under low-intensity laser excitation at 1.0 and 2.0 um.


Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of injury in Huzhou and provide scientific evidence for injury prevention and control.Methods The sentinel surveillance data of injury in the First People's Hospital of Huzhou were analyzed.Results The incidence of injury in males was higher than that in females,the case number in age group 41-50 years was highest,accounting for 22.2% of the total.Manual workers were the population affected mostly by injury.Falling down was the major cause of injury;followed by traffic accident.Most injuries were mild or moderate,the case fatality was low.Conclusion The incidence pattern of injury was obvious,it is necessary to conduct targeted intervention to prevent and control the incidence of injury.


A case of reactive lymphoid hyperplasia of the liver exhibiting a characteristic angiofoillcular pattern is reported. A hepatic nodular lesion was discovered by abdominal echography during clinical follow‐up of abnormal liver function tests. It was diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma because of Its hypervascularity when observed by angiography, and surgically resected. Grossly, the lesion was well‐demarcated and measured 2 cm In diameter. Microscopycally, the nodule was composed of lymph follicies with germinal centers, and the hyalinized Inter‐follicular space contained abundant hyalinized vasculature and plasma cells. The surrounding liver tissue exhibited chronic Inflammation with some pecullar angiofolllcular structures mimicking Castleman's disease. An Immunohistoehemical study revealed that the angiofoillcular structure had the same characteristics as a lymph follicle with a general center, and that the plasma cells proliferating in the inter‐follicular space had polyclonal Immunophenotypes. These histological and immunohistochemical findings Indicated that the angiofoillcular structure observed was a kind of reactive lymph follicle, and that this hepatic lesion was reactive lymphoid hyperplasla rather than Castleman's disease or an inflammatory pseudotumor.


Body The purpose of this study is to examine the direction of disaster management by administration change in Korea and identify factors that could accommodate the public's demand for an effective disaster management system. Keyword network analysis is conducted for the 3rd and 4th National Emergency Management Plan to explore the changes in the direction of disaster management policies. Through the analysis, topic words, their frequency, and matrixes for co-occurrence between keywords are extracted. Based on the extracted matrix, the degree centrality (connectivity of keywords) is identified and cluster analysis has been conducted afterward. The findings show that education training, on-site disaster response, improvement of legal system, professional training, and cooperation among related agencies are detected as key topic words. The direction of the plan is also changing to cope with the unexpected disaster situation due to the climate change.


SNL/CA proposes the Collaboration in Research and Engineering for Advanced Technology and Education (CREATE) facility to support customer-driven national security mission requirements while demonstrating a fiscally responsible approach to cost-control. SNL/CA realizes that due to the current backlog of capital projects in NNSA that following the normal Line Item process to procure capital funding is unlikely and therefore SNL/CA will be looking at all options including Alternative Financing.


Most of the structural defects of the damaged building elements are the result of faulty or absentof  concrete compaction. Most oftenthe  vibrate quality remains in the responsibility of the worker who must  find a balance between undervibration and overvibration of the concrete, both of  them  adversely affecting  the durability and consequently the overall construction element. In these terms  the authors aim to study the influence  of compacting concrete on the mechanical performance of it by studying tensile strength in bending and splicing, on the composition of  traditional vibrated concrete  and one  self-compacting concrete compostion, knowing the fact that these two mechanical properties of concrete are responsible  for cracking in  concrete and for the penetration of  aggressive substances in concrete harm to the whole structure of reinforced concrete.


Sign language or gesture language is used by the people who are unable to hear for communicating among themselves as well as with other persons. It is not as simple as the natural speaking language. It is a fully developed natural language having its grammar and lexicon. Gesture Languages are represented via the manual sign-stream or alphabet-stream together with non-manual components. As the spoken languages have various types of sounds, letters, digits, etc. Similarly, sign languages have their grammar, letter, digits, etc. In this paper, the main focus is sign digits as the sign numerical digits are a major part of a sign or gesture language which are not familiar to general people. So the goal is to make it understandable to the general people. For this purpose, an easily understandable model has been constructed with computer vision features and machine learning methods to recognize Bangla finger numerical digits. The histogram of oriented gradient features of images has been applied to train the classifier, here a multiple-class support vector machine has been employed to classify the images. In this paper, the proposed multiple-class Support Vector Machine is trained with the HOG features of the images with the training images dataset to achieve the goal. The classifier is trained and tested for 900 training pictures and 100 test pictures of ten-digit classes respectively. After training and tests, the proposed classifier model has gained about 95 percent accuracy on the perception of Bangla sign numerical digits.


Solid particle diameter was measured in SEM with an internal standard method. The method of experiment, calculation and measurement uncertainty evaluation were also described. Through discussing the evaluation result, the internal standard method is easy to measure the length of micromatter and small to measurement uncertainty.


UTD method with the radiant source on convex surface is widely used in analyzing and designing of antennas mounted on electrically large targets and a creeping ray tracing algorithm of UTD method is given when the radiant point is on arbitrary convex surface.The creeping rays in shadow region were traced by numerical differential geometry measures.The Non-Uniform Rational B-splines surfaces were introduced to model the targets,which makes the UTD method able to be applied to arbitrary surfaces.The algorithm given can be applied to arbitrary surfaces,the validity and usefulness can be seen from numerical results.


The present invention discloses a catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins, which inter alia comprises at least one glycol ester electron donor compound and a diether at least one electron donor compound type b, where a and b molar ratio of 0.55-50. The present invention also discloses a method for preparing said catalyst component, comprising the catalyst component of the catalyst, and the catalyst is used in olefin polymerization, especially in the preparation of the olefin polymerization processes can be used for low ash polypropylene.


Clerodendrum is the largest genus of Verbenaceae, with about 560 species and varieties. It is most abundant in Africa and Asia, with only 20 species native to the New World. In Mesoamerica, 1 5 species and one variety are known: five of these species are native, and the remainder are cultivated as ornamental plants; several are more or less naturalized. Three of the introduced species and one of the native ones are first records for the Mesoamerican region


Ciphers, also known as authenticated encryption methods, are the outcome of the marriage between the fields of mathematics and logic. The association of ciphers and data comprises Cryptography, the science that assures security and secrecy during a discussion of two parties in the presence of a third one; authentication, integrity and confidentiality are the values of the field in which we trust. In this work, four Caesar Round-Two variants are developed with the register transferlevel (RTL) abstraction, described by a hardware design language (HDL), simulated and implemented on Xilinx FPGAs. COLM, SCREAM, POET and Minalpher variants of the contest are all following an indistinguishable process to ensure the aftermath accuracy, competing each other in the meanings of throughput, area, and throughput-to-area (T/A) quota. Results are being presented and discussed over these aspects. Keywords— RTL Implementations; field programmable gate arrays; cryptography; authenticated ciphers; CAESAR; COLM; SCREAM; POET; Minalpher


Oak barrel have been used for a long time for the aging of wine. Instead of oak barrel aging, however, roasted oak chips can be directly added in the wine before aging. In this study, Korean oak chips roasted for different time durations were used for the red wine aging, and the properties of wine aged through the addition of the roasted oak chips were characterized. No significant differences were observed in the alcohol, soluble-solid, reducing-sugar and total-acid contents based on the oak chips aging, but the total phenol content increased. The methanol, ethyl acetate, propanol, isobutanol and isoamyl alcohol contents also increased. Especially, the methanol and propanol contents increased as the roasting time was prolonged. Although the hue values were similar to one another, the intensity as well as the lightness, redness, and yellowness values were high in the wine aged with the roasted oak chips. In the sensory evaluation, the wine aged with oak chips roasted for 2 h showed the highest scores in the flavor, taste, and overall preference.


O157:H7, Salmonella typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes were treated with aqueous chlorine dioxide to elucidate effect of aqueous chlorine dioxide treatment on major food-borne pathogenic bacteria. Survival plot of E.coli O157:H7 at 5 ppm chlorine dioxide showed typical first-order rate. After 5 min of treatment, cell number decreased by 1.5 log cycle. Survival plot slope gave D value of 3.37 min. S. typhimurium and L. monocytogenes showed biphasic curve. Aqueous chlorine dioxide treatment on S. typhimurium and L. monocytogenes resulted in bactericidal effect for 5 min, and thereafter no effect was observed under experimental conditions of this study. These results suggest concentration of chlorine dioxide is more important than treatment time, and 5 ppm chlorine dioxide treatment is not sufficient for sanitizing fresh vegetables.


In general, this disclosure provides methods and systems for video indexing system which makes use of viewer response estimation based on the visual cue detection. Method comprises the steps of detecting a visual cue generated by the user visual cues are generated in response to the user watching the video; The step of mapping the visual cue in the emotion space associated with the user; Estimating the emotion of the user event based on the mapping; And using the metadata and including the step of indexing the video, meta-data includes timing data associated with the estimated event emotion and the emotion estimation event. The method may further comprise a summary of the video based on the video index and search pane.


The present paper describes the corrosion conditions of the thermodynamic facilities during the shutdown period and introduces the main physical and chemical properties of 18-alkyl-amine and its application in the thermodynamic facilities during the shutdown period for maintenance purpose as well as problems that have to be specially taken care of in the period.Results show that this maintenance method is obviously superior over the conventional one for the thermodynamic facilities.


Recent high profile studies have reported the subdivision of urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the bladder into molecular subtypes based upon gene expression and genetic alterations. The precise classif...


The guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) challenges for the Orion vehicle span multiple specialized fields of modern aerospace design. The single integrated Orion GN&C subsystem must combine elements of functionality traditionally associated with seven different aerospace applications, including launch vehicles, missiles, low earth orbiters, formation flyers, deep space probes, precision guided reentry vehicles, and high performance aircraft. This integration challenge is coupled with high expectations for crew situational awareness, the need for flexible automated and manual operating modes in all flight phases, and aggressive weight constraints. This paper explores the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) baseline of the Orion GN&C subsystem, including the technical challenges, the subsystem design architecture, key GN&C design drivers, and the programmatic approach to building the next generation GN&C subsystem for human spaceflight.


The information law of USA is very consummate and sequential, which reflects the principle of opening information and freedom of information first. By the law system, that emphasizes that legislation agencies altogether with administrative agencies and justice agencies work in line and surveillance for protecting the security of government information, trade information and personal privacy. And that also emphasizes the importance of policy, technology standard, organization management system inside and the character of personnel. Those experiences of USA are useful for constituting information security system of China.


Abstract : One of the basic characteristics of virtually every system in the U.S. military is the utilization of superior technology. Technology allows our systems to see farther, be more accurate, process more information, and shorten the decision making cycle. Technological advantages allow the U.S. military to fight even when outnumbered in any conditions and win. Unfortunately, our potential adversaries recognize our technological superiority and seek ways to undermine it. This paper examines how military critical technology is created and reviews how poorly we have done protecting our technology in the past. The current system of governmental agencies assigned to protect military critical technologies will be examined and numerous improvements will be discussed.


Various modern aquaculture practices applied in fish production especially in Asia are reviewed. The vast Nigerian aquatic medium of numerous water bodies like rivers, streams, lakes reservoirs, flood plains, irrigation canals, coastal swamps offer great potentials for aquaculture production, if optimally utilized. Constraints to modernization of aquaculture in Nigeria among other factors are: 1) a serious shortage of trained manpower; 2) lack of knowledge on profitability of aquaculture as an industry; 3) limited availability of fund (or capital); 4) non-recognition of indigenous trained aquaculture personnel; 5) inadequate data base on the biology and ecological requirements of endemic fish species with aquaculture potentials; 6) insufficient data on production and management techniques; and 7) lack of rational aquaculture development planning. Recommendations are made towards combating these constraints


Synthesis, characterization, and physical properties of –CF3 and –NO2 substituted N-aryl-polytriazole derivatives are reported. The molecules are prepared by a reliable Cu-catalyzed [3 + 2]-cycloaddition between –CF3 substituted aryl azides and alkynes followed by a nitration sequence and also the base-promoted nucleophilic displacement of the halo groups by the 1,2,3-triazoles. The compounds are characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods; the solid state structures of some of the compounds are confirmed by X-ray diffraction techniques. The synthesized materials decompose in the range of 195–308 °C. Most of the –CF3 and –NO2 groups-bearing aryl triazoles exhibit good densities and acceptable detonation characteristics. Some of the fluorine containing polytriazole-bearing compounds showed positive heats of formation.


This dissertation was written to finalize the MA in the Classical Archaeology and the Ancient History of Macedonia at the International Hellenic University. Historical events in order to be attested and examined by scholars have to derive from some kind of evidence. Such evidence is provided by primordial sources of any kind. It might be a papyrus, an inscription, a votive relief or an archaeological find that may attest to a historical event. Thus, it is like watching an event through the eyes of those who really experienced it. Objectivity is such a subjective issue that it is formed not only by the author who composes a historical document but also by the reader who pores over the document. So, there is no an existing frame of truth but only a common perception of it. Therefore, in order to provide an academic paper on history, one has to consider what was commonly accepted during the specific period examined. Certainly, it is not always easy to come down with such evidence deriving from different sources, but in many cases, such paradigms do exist. Typically, historians, orators or even the tragic poets may provide us with such evidence and today's scholars are challenged to accumulate, compare them and come to a safe conclusion (when examining a historical event or even history itself). The main subject of this dissertation paper shall cover the following subject: What was the image of the Macedonian Kingdom by the southern Greeks during the Classical period. How this image is depicted to us nowadays when studying the primordial sources. How did the Macedonians perceived themselves, living on the fringe of the Helladic space? Furthermore, it shall cover all the later and the updated historical data through the primordial sources available. I am most thankful to Mr. Xydopoulos for all his support, perfect communication and feedback that he very willingly provided to me from the very beginning. This work was established in his previous work "Civil and Social Relations amongst the Macedonians and the Rest of the Greeks", published in 1998. Furthermore, I included the updated historical and archaeological data available, offering at the same time another perspective. Having the continuous assistance and supervision of the Professor, I am certain that the result will excel my expectations. Lastly, I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Miroslav Vasilev, Dr. Maria Girtzi, Dr. Paschalis Paschidis, my friends and family. The first two for providing me with their valuable articles and suggestions and the last ones, for having to put up and support me while I was working on the project. Vasileios Chrimatopoulos


Ti, Al, Ni, Cr and Au metal films have been deposited onto silicon (100) n−type 100 mm substrates by thermal evaporation technique. The film thickness and sheet resistance distributions have been measured. We show that the increase in the sheet resistance towards the substrate edge occurs due to both a decrease in the film thickness and an increase in the metal resistivity.


Abstract A sporadically occurring flavor defect in Cheddar cheese is characterized by an odor of feline urine. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry revealed a six-carbon monounsaturated ketone in vacuum distillates of fat from affected portions of cheese. This ketone was absent or present in much lower concentrations in unaffected portions of the same cheese. The odors and gas chromatograms of fractions of distillates obtained by vacuum sublimation indicate that the ketone did not have a feline odor, the unidentified feline substance subliming at a slightly higher temperature.


A model of steady-state propagation of a craze in a unidirectional fiber reinforced composite loaded by a constant stress suddenly applied along the composite fibers is treated assuming that the mechanism of this phenomenon is the delayed fracture of the composite matrix. An illustrative example is presented for the composite whose matrix and fibers are made of glass and of ceramics respectively.


List of illustrations A note on transliteration and translation Introduction 1. The duel as an act of violence: terms and definitions 2. A brief history of dueling in Russia 3. Physical inviolability and the duel 4. Eighteenth-century Russian literature: the duel begins 5. Aleksandr Beatuzhev-Marlinsky: Bretteur and apologist of the duel Instead of a conclusion: in the aftermath of Dostoevsky Notes Index.


A fixed point characterization of the inside-out (IO) and the outside- in (OI) context-free tree languages is given. This characterization is used to obtain a theory of nondeterministic systems of context-free equations with parameters. Several ''Mezei and Wright like'' results are obtained which relate to context-free tree languages, to recognizable tree languages and to nondeterministic recursive program(scheme)s (called by value and called by name). The emptiness problem and closure properties of the context-free tree languages are discussed. Hierarchies of higher level equational subsets of an algebra are considered.


River regularization plays an important role in socio economic development. However, it also modifies the natural flow system of the river and its biotic and abiotic characteristics, causing significant impacts on rivers. To evaluate the impacts on the macroinvertebrate community caused by dam construction on the Poxim-Açú River, metrics of composition and community structure of the macroinvertebrates were analyzed, as well as ecological and biological traits of the region. Macroinvertebrates were collected at three sites located downstream the dam, before (2013) and after (2015) dam construction. The water quality was classified as "good" to "excellent" according to the biotics indices. The alterations of the flow regime of the river after the dam construction influenced the macroinvertebrate communities, modifying their diversity, equitability, richness, and the number of individuals.
Keywords: bioindicators, dam impacts, environmental monitoring.


In the middle of rush competition in the bussines world this day, one of the company's efforts to differentiate their products with others competitors  is to provide their brand name. In this research the authors aimed to determine how much impact of brand equity to purchasing decision partially and simultaneously. It's important when a brand has all the aspects contained in brand equity, because it can provide long term benefits to companies both from the aspect of the products, people, systems, sales, and company. This research used a descriptive and quantitative research method. To gain the data researcher using multiple regression analysis by using statistical hypothesis f test and t test. While in obtaining the data, the authors deploy a list of questions in a structured and related to the problem. The sample are the respondents who already over 17 years old and already consume isotonic drinks brand Pocari Sweat in Pontianak. The results of this study indicate that: (1) There is a positive and significant effect partially between Brand Equity aspects and the purchase decision of isotonic drink Pocari Sweat in Pontianak. (2) There is a positive and significant effect simultaneously between Brand Equity aspects and the purchase decision of isotonic drink Pocari Sweat in Pontianak. (3) Each of independent variable on the average rate has a positive impact on the purchase decision process of isotonic drink Pocari Sweat in Pontianak. The suggestions from this research that researchers can convey are as follows: (1) Currently the aspects that contained on brand equity has been implemented quite well in an product isotonic drink Pocari Sweat, but the company is expected to continue improve the values that have been created, as to increase the prestige of the brand isotonic drink Pocari Sweat itself. And may continue to increase the positive value from the consumer, by fulfilling the expectations desired from the consumers. (2) For further research of Brand Equity is expected to examine from the perspective of the company or management not only from the perspective of the consumer and purchasing decisions. Keyword: Brand Equity, Purchasing Decisions, Marketing Managements


Using machine learning in geophysics is often considered as a fast approach to process or interpret seismic data, but the challenge is to get enough data to train the machine learning core. This fr...


This paper explores the role of the state; Malaysia - Singapore in developing communications policy after GATS (General Agreement on Trade and Services). Although there is substantial evidence that the forces of global media and international regime such as GATT/WTO and US structural power threaten the state in relations to communications and information, this paper seeks to examine what states can and cannot do in reference to Malaysia and Singapore. Certainly, states currently face changing and challenging conditions. The remarkable global expansion of media corporations, facilitated by liberalisation and privatisation of media system worldwide and the development of cable and satellite technologies, has reduced states' ability to exercise power and maintain information sovereignty. It would be unwarranted, however to conclude that the state no longer matters. Kenichi Ohmae (1996), however, proposed the idea of the end of the nation state and "nation states are dinosours waiting to die." Is that so for Malaysia and Singapore? This Paper ultimately highlights how a changing regime in the telecommunications sector alters the way in which telecommunications, as an industry and in terms of policy of individual countries is developed and reshaped.


Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease characterized by the development of hamartomas and tumors in various organs such as kidney, brain, lung and heart. Two causative genes for TSC. TSC1 on chromosome 9q34 and TSC2 on chromosome 16pl3.3, have been identified. Both genes act as tumor suppressors, and Knudson's two hit theory can be applied for the development of lesions in TSC. TSC1 encodes hamartin containing a coiled-coil domain, and TSC2 encodes tuberin showing weak Rapl-GAP homology. Recently, it was revealed that hamartin and tuberin form a complex and are involve in down-regulation of mTOR-p70 S6K pathway. However, activity of hamartin/tuberin complex and precise molecular mechanism undelying TSC disease remain to be determined. We identified a germline mutation of rat TSC2 homologue (Tsc2) as the predisposing mutation for the Eker rat model of dominantly inherited renal tumor. We also generated Tsc2 knockout mice and reported that heterozygous mutant mice develop renal tumors and hepatic hemangiomas. In addition, we generated Tsc1 knockout mice and demonstrated that phenotypes similar to Tsc2 knockout mice were developed in them. Currently, we are analyzing functions of hamartin and tuberin as well as molecular mechanism of pathogenesis of TSC using these mutant animal models. Recently, we generated renal tumor cell lines from a Tsc2 knockout mouse and analyzed mTOR-S6K signaling pathway in those cells. Tumor formation of those cells in nude mice was completely suppressed by rapamycin, a m TOR inhibitor, suggesting the involvement of mTOR-S6K pathway in tumorigenesis and potential therapeutic use of rapamycin for TSC. We are analyzing Erc/mesothelin expression, which is known to elevate in Tsc2-mutant renal tumor cells, and preliminarily found the suppressive effect of Tsc2 expression on Erc expression. Pathways other than mTOR-S6K may be regulated by tuberin. Through analyses using cell lines and animal models desribed here, molecular mechanism of TSC will be elucidated.


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An oblique cross quad rotor UAV is designed and assembled. To achieve autonomous flight control, a nonlinear dynamic model is investigated. Then an adaptive flight control theory, based on dynamic inversion and linear neural network, is introduced to the control of the UAV. Based on the time-scale separation principle, an attitude dynamic inverse controller and a trajectory dynamic inverse controller are deduced respectively according to the nominal nonlinear model. The inverse error dynamics is regulated with a PD controller. A Sigma-Pi neural network is introduced to eliminate the inverse error adaptively to improve the robustness of the controller. To verify the flight controller, two group simulations are conducted: the first is to validate the robustness of the attitude controller under severe parameter uncertainty. Then a compound MTE (mission-task-elements) simulation, which includes pirouette and vertical maneuver, is applied to the verification of the flight control system. The simulation results including an imitation of inverse error and disturbance moments are provided. The demonstrations show that the designed flight control system has adaptability and robustness and can achieve accurate attitude and trajectory control.


The study attempted to examine the contribution of electronic payment systems on revenue collection at Immigration department Tanzania- Zanzibar. It employed both primary and secondary data for analysis guided by questionnaires.  Regression analysis was applied to examine the impact of electronic payment system on revenue collection at Immigration department in Zanzibar, the efficiency of the electronic payment system on revenue collection at Immigration department of Zanzibar and to analyse challenges face electronic payment system on revenue collection at Immigration department of Zanzibar. The result regression analysis revealed that all independent variables of Visa fees, permits fees and passport fees have positive relationship with total revenue collection at Immigration department of Zanzibar. The study concluded that there is a huge difference of revenue collected at immigration department before and after the installation of the electronic payment system. The study recommended that the immigration department of Zanzibar should provide awareness to the customers on the electronic payment system.


This work shows how a Linker agent coordinates a cooperative MAS environment to seek a global optimum. The approach is applied to the Barcelona Drinking Water Network (DWN) administrated by AGBAR where the main problem was to coordinate the control of three different sectors of the network. Each part has a local controller (local agent) to solve the local water demands, but it also has to cooperate with the other agents to satisfy the water demands of the whole network. The cooperative Linker agent implemented, learns by using a Reinforcement Learning algorithm, called PlanningByExploration Behaviour with penalization (Javalera et al., 2019), to converge towards an optimal (or suboptimal) value of each of the variables that connect the local agents. For the training and simulation of the Linker agents real historical data of the Barcelona DWN provided by AGBAR were used, as well as the data to model the distributed topology of the DWN. Moreover, some results of the simulations of this approach in contrast with the results of a centralized Model Predictive Controller are depicted.


We have investigated the morphology of solvent-cast immiscible polymer blends, emulsified by block copolymers that exhibit exothermic interfacial mixing. By manipulating the balance between core and corona swelling, we generate a variety of new microstructures. Specifically, it is demonstrated that the minor component becomes the continuous phase when the core swelling is sufficiently large by a process of vesicle fusion which produces an interconnected phase-inverted network morphology. This phenomenon was observed in blends of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN) with polystyrene (PS) emulsified with poly(methyl methacrylate-b-styrene) (PMMA-b-PS). The degree of exothermic mixing between SAN and the PMMA block was varied by changing the AN content of SAN. In blends where SAN is the minor component, the core swelling increases on decreasing AN content, while the corona swelling in the PS major phase is determined by the molecular weight of the block copolymer PS segment relative to that of the matrix. For a particular combination of molecular weights of the blend components, by decreasing the AN content of SAN, we produce microstructural transformations from isolated vesicles to fused vesicles and finally to the phase-inverted network. Exothermic swelling maximizes the interfacial area of the minor phase and tends to yield planar interfaces, without sacrificing high molecular weight. Thus, the minor phase domains are stable against rupture and form the continuous phase. When SAN is the major component, the same tendency leads to a loss of emulsifying effectiveness because of the extremely small particle sizes of the disperse PS phase.


Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is associated with limitations in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). This paper critically reviews the methodological quality of evidence for life skills interventions provided for women who have experienced IPV. A comprehensive search was carried out for all relevant studies and the McMaster critical appraisal tools used to determine methodological quality of selected articles. Three studies met the inclusion criteria for the review. Findings indicate there is limited evidence available to inform practitioners as to benefits or weaknesses of current life skills interventions. IPV has serious individual and social consequences and methodologically rigorous research is urgently needed.


In sunflower the yield loss reported due to the major destructive disease, Alternaria leaf blight varies from 11.30to 73.33 per cent. Among the nano particles and fungicides evaluated against Alternaria helianthi, Azoxystrobin (98.49) in systemic fungicides, Propiconazole + Difenoconazole (91.29) in combi products and silver colloidal particles (52.72) in nano particles were efficient ones in inhibiting the pathogen under in vitro assay.


A field experiment was carried out during 2005 and 2006 at Belvatagi, Karnataka to work out the weed management practices in drill sown onion+chilli+cotton relay intercropping in rainfed Vertisols. Pre-emergence application of oxyfluorfen @ 0.15 kg/ha and pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg/ha reduced the weed growth significantly but oxyfluorfen was toxic to onion and chilli. Pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg/ha with two or more hand weedings resulted in higher onion bulb yield and at par with farmers' practice (88.37 q/ha). Chilli fruit yield was significantly higher with oxadiargyl @ 0.09 kg/ha with hand weeding at 20, 40, 60 and 80 DAS (11.8 q/ha), which was at par with weed free check (12.99 q/ha) and farmers' practice (10.09 q/ha). Seed cotton yield was found better with oxyfluorfen @ 0.15 kg/ha alongwith hand weeding at 20, 40 and 60 DAS. Application of pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg/ha with three hand weedings at 20, 40 and 60 DAS was found better for onion bulb and chilli fruit yield and comparable with farmers' practice for the onion+chilli+cotton relay intercropping system. This resulted in higher net returns (Rs. 64,390/ha) and B: C ratio (3.99).


A method of program classification based on syntax of transcript information includes receiving transcript information associated with the program wherein the transcript information has a plurality of sentences, determining characteristics of at least one of the plurality of sentences of the transcript information to identify at least the type and subject of the sentence, comparing the characteristics of the at least one of the plurality of sentences with a list of sentence characteristics having associated therewith a plurality of program types, and based on the comparing step, selecting a classification of program which is most closely associated with the characteristics of the at least one of the plurality of sentences.


were planned to be constructed on the Seisho coast, Kanagawa, Japan. Under the high-wave condition, 1/30 scale models of the geotextile structures were less stable than traditional concrete blocks with the same weights. Geotextile structures whose weights were more than 50 times those of concrete blocks proved to be stable against wave attacks. The typical deformations of geotextile structures, such as the uplifting of the tip of the structures and sideward twisting of the structures, were observed. The experimental results indicated that the deformations could be effectively prevented by modifying the shape of the structures by increasing their width and height. One mass coastal geotextile structure with a width of more than 8 m, length of more than 10 m, height of more than 1.5 m that could endure the highest waves observed in the Seisho coast in the last 15 years was proposed.


So far Albania has been in a continuous search for foreign investments mainly in the areas of tourism, construction and manufacturing sectors. However, little interest has been shown to agriculture although it is a promising sector in Albania. The share of agricultural land in total land is only 24 %, but it has even been providing for about 19 % of the total GDP, a share which is higher than other countries of the region. Similarly, the sector has been the main source of employment in rural areas. Despite being a promising sector with a large share in the active population and a contributor to economic growth and poverty easement, agriculture appears to be limited because of the survival nature of farming, the small farm size and the faulty functioning land market. The focus of this paper will be on a careful analysis of the current agricultural situation in fields of organic agriculture, agri-food industry, farm income and employment, food policies, rural development policies, agricultural trade etc. Simultaneously, the paper will constantly keep a record of the European Union policies functioning in Albania with the purpose of making the country a competitive factor in the international arena. Therefore, by having the big picture of agriculture and a careful analysis of each factor in it, the paper will accomplish to present useful strategies which will in return help the amelioration of agriculture in Albania.


In recent years, the European Union is a committed to sustainable development and has successfully integrated the sustainability dimension into many policy areas. The White Paper on Transport (2011) emphasises key objectives to ensure a sustainable European Union's transport system by 2050. In order to achieve these objectives, 30% of road freight transport should be shifted to railway and water transport as environmentally friendly modes of transport, at distances greater than 300km by 2030, and even more than 50% by 2050. Modal shift as a new paradigm of EU transport policy should be realized by the construction of efficient green freight corridors, requiring an adequate infrastructure and an efficient information and management system within the European multimodal transport network. Extension of the indicative TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Network) to Bosnia and Herzegovina offers an opportunity to become an integral part of the European multimodal transport network and to provide sustainable and effective transport rising the modal shift from roads to railways. In this paper, the modal shift on the TEN-T Corridor in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be modeled using a multi-criteria analysis focusing on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) software Expert Choice, to determine the weights of a range of criteria identified as influencing modal shift. The results obtained by this model will be discussed and an analysis of potential positive effects of modal shift in the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable transport will be given.


The model of domestic economy and financial system as a starting point for scenario forecasting and development of macroeconomic strategies on the horizon of 2017-2025 is disclosed. The analysis of the basic features of this model as "Latin American" is given: overconcentration of ownership; resource-based economy; dependence on world oil, natural gas and metal prices; excessive administrative costs and heavy taxes; very high volatility and risks; maximum offshoring; shortage of FDI; weak financial development; distortions in credit supply, interest rates and RUB / USD exchange rates; speculative financial markets dependent on carry traders. We provide the analysis of current economic and financial policies, which limit growth and technological modernization. The drivers that stabilized the economy in 2014-2017 are explained. The forecast of changes in the economic situation in Russia, macroeconomic and financial policies in 2017-2019 is given, depending on changes in world prices for oil and other natural resources (five probabilistic scenarios). The international and domestic macro risks are revealed in the next 10 to 15 years. Four probabilistic scenarios of the economic future for the period until 2025 are presented: "Tsunami", "Frozen Economy", "Controled Cold", "New Deal". The "New Deal" policy formula aimed at creating conditions in Russia for ultra-fast economic growth, accelerated technological modernization, improving quality of life and life expectancy is detailed. The key ideas of credit, monetary, currency rate, tax, budgetary, price, regulatory and investment policies, as well as policies in the field of structural reforms and development of regions are presented. This article gives KPI of the New Deal. The article explains the basic theoretical ideas («rational liberal-ism») underlying the new economic policy.


This article introduces the realization principle of software and hardware based on Internet communication pattern,and the design of the relative embedded software and the update software.A simple,practical and reliable solution,which can communicate with software updated server and embedded system,is presented according to the analysis of the update flow of embedded system software,including the solution to the embedded system code segment.The solution can be successfully applied to the embedded system of computer monitor control system and industry,control equipment.


In this paper, we propose a modular navigation system that can be mounted on a regular powered wheelchair to assist disabled children and the elderly with autonomous mobility and shared-control features. The lack of independent mobility drastically affects an individual's mental and physical health making them feel less self-reliant, especially children with Cerebral Palsy and limited cognitive skills. To address this problem, we propose a comparatively inexpensive and modular system that uses a stereo camera to perform tasks such as path planning, obstacle avoidance, and collision detection in environments with narrow corridors. We avoid any major changes to the hardware of the wheelchair for an easy installation by replacing wheel encoders with a stereo camera for visual odometry. An open source software package, the Real-Time Appearance Based Mapping package, running on top of the Robot Operating System (ROS) allows us to perform visual SLAM that allows mapping and localizing itself in the environment. The path planning is performed by the move base package provided by ROS, which quickly and efficiently computes the path trajectory for the wheelchair. In this work, we present the design and development of the system along with its significant functionalities. Further, we report experimental results from a Gazebo simulation and real-world scenarios to prove the effectiveness of our proposed system with a compact form factor and a single stereo camera.


We numerically investigate second-harmonic generation from multiresonant plasmonic metasurfaces by designing an array consisting of L-shaped aluminum nanoparticles that simultaneously supports two surface lattice resonances with relatively high quality factors (>100). Using an approach based on the nonlinear discrete-dipole approximation, we predict an over million-fold enhancement of the emitted second-harmonic intensity from a particle at the center of the metasurface compared to an individual particle and estimate that conversion efficiencies of around 10−5 could be achievable from the surface. Our results are an important step towards making nonlinear metasurfaces practical for nonlinear applications, such as for frequency conversion.


Totally 41 species of spiders belonging to 31 genera and 11 families have been found in the three Melilotus alba fields.The dominant species of spider communities were Theridion impressum,Neoscona adianta,Xysticus striatipes and Pardosa astrigera.The quantity fluctations of spider community structure and dominant specie were influenced by the biological characters of spider,the vegetations,the food sources and the human activities.Authors hope the result of the study would be of use in the integrated management and control of insect pests.


Antibody maturation is the central function of the adaptive immune response. This process is driven by the repetitive selection of mutations that increase the affinity toward antigens. We hypothesized that precise observation of this process by high-throughput sequencing along time course of immunization will enable us to predict the antibodies reacting to the immunized antigen without any additional in vitro screening. An alpaca was immunized by IgG fragments using multiple antigen injections and antibody repertoire development was traced via high-throughput sequencing periodically for months. The sequences were processed into clusters and the antibodies in the 16 most abundant clusters were generated to determine whether the clusters included antigen-binding antibodies. The sequences of most antigen-responsive clusters resembled those of germline cells in the early stages. These sequences were observed to accumulate significant mutations and also showed continuous sequence turnover throughout the experimental period. The foregoing characteristics gave us 75% successful prediction of clusters composed of antigen-responding VHHs against IgG fragment. In addition, the prediction method was applied to the data from other alpaca immunized by epidermal growth factor receptor and 77% successful prediction confirmed the generality of the prediction method. Superior to previous studies, we identified the immune responsive but very rare clusters or sequences from the immunized alpaca without any empirical screening data. Significance Statement We have developed a method for selecting VHH antibody sequences that react to antigens without in vitro screening by performing a large-scale sequence analysis of VHH along the immunization time course, clustering the sequences, and tracking the evolution of the sequences in the clusters. This method enables the identification of antibodies with low frequencies of occurrence, which has been difficult with existing in silico antibody identification methods.


In my research, I drew heavily upon the sources of the region. I read the diaries and journals of Civil War veterans, most of them Union, in the State historical collections of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee, all of which I visited. I had access to the hundreds of personal letters written during the war by the mixedblood Cherokees and now contained in the Frank Phillips Collection at the University of Oklahoma. My chief sources of published material were the War of the Rebellion series, The Confederate Veteran, Grant Foreman's The Texas Road and A History of Oklahoma, Wiley Britton's The Union Indian Brigade in the Civil War, Dr. Morris L. Wardell's A Political History of the Cherokee Nation, Mabel Washbourne Anderson's The Life of General Stand Watie, and Bell Irvin Wiley's The Life of Billy Yank and The Life of Johnny Reb. Jeff Bussey's flight on foot from Boggy Depot to Fort Gibson had its actual counterpart. Larry Lapsley, a Negro slave, escaped in 1864 from northern Texas to Fort Gibson over the same route. His account, later published in the Kansas Chronicles, was very useful. So was General James G. Blunt's account of his Civil War experiences, also published in the Kansas Chronicles.


Serotonergic dysfunction is thought to enhance vulnerability to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by compromising critical homeostatic reflexes. Rat dams fed a tryptophan deficient diet produce pups with low tissue serotonin (5HT) had a reduced ventilatory sensitivity to inspired CO2 in vivo. We use a perfused in situ brainstem model derived from pups of dams fed either a control or tryptophan deficient diet, to test the hypothesis that developmental tryptophan deficiency alters central CO2/pH chemosensitivity. Pups (P21‐P83) developmentally exposed and maintained on the experimental diet had decreased ventilatory responses to arterial hypercapnia. Results indicate that central chemosensitive mechanisms are influenced by this treatment. We have proposed that raphé 5HT and GABA mediated mechanisms contribute to central CO2/pH chemosensitivity. Current experiments indicate that these mechanisms continue to contribute to the residual chemosensitivity remaining after tryptophan deficiency. These data further illustrate the contributions of 5HT dysfunction to SIDS vulnerability and enhance our understanding of the impacts of pre and postnatal nutrition. Supported by NIH 2U54NS041069‐06A1 (NINDS), and 5P20RR016466 (NCRR).


INTRODUCTION Cutaneous warts, caused by the human papillomavirus, appear commonly in children. Depending on their location, they can cause complaints 1, 2. Currently, limited information about the epidemiology of warts in children in the population is available. The prevalence among schoolchildren varies from 2 to 20% 3. Only a small proportion of children with sufficient complaints have parents that seek professional medical help. These patients represent the "tip of the iceberg" 4. No data about the "shape" of the iceberg of patients infected with warts in the Netherlands have been previously available. The present study aimed to assess the self-reported prevalence of warts in children aged 017 years and what proportion of these children consulted the general practitioner (GP) for warts.


Numerous studies indicate that political institutions play an important role in explaining variation in voter turnout across countries. The nuances of institutions unique to presidential elections have been largely overlooked, however, despite the different incentives they offer for voters to participate in elections. This article examines the effect that four presidential institutions had on voter turnout in presidential elections between 1974 and 2004—the timing of elections (whether concurrent or nonconcurrent), the power of the presidency, presidential electoral rules (plurality or majority runoff), and reelection rules. To isolate the effect of presidential institutions, this study controls for other likely influences on turnout, including the economic environment and the wider political context. It finds that (a) runoff elections dampen turnout whereas incumbency spurs it and (b) more powerful presidencies and elections, when held concurrently with legislative elections, have little effect on voter participation.


Taking into account the consistence of the quantum adiabatic approximation and the rotating wave approximation in essence, we propose a method to study the interaction between atom and radiation field in a quantized cavity systematically. By using the exact solution of Jaynes-Cummings model as the lowest-order approximation, the effect of high frequency terms on the dynamics of atom-cavity field system is studied analytically.


AbstractIn this study, the zonal mass streamfunction Ψ, which depicts intuitively the tropical Pacific Walker circulation (PWC) structure characterized by an enclosed and clockwise rotation cell in the zonal–vertical section over the equatorial Pacific, was used to study the changes of PWC spatial structure during 1979–2012. To examine the robustness of changes in PWC characteristics, the linear trends of PWC were evaluated and compared among the current seven sets of reanalysis data, along with a comparison to the trends of surface climate variables. The spatial pattern of Ψ trend exhibited a strengthening and westward-shifting trend of PWC in all reanalysis datasets, with the significantly positive Ψ dominating the western Pacific and negative Ψ controlling the eastern Pacific. This kind of change is physically in agreement with the changes of the sea level pressure (SLP), surface winds, and precipitation derived from both the reanalyses and independent observations. Quantitative analyses of the changes...


We present and experimentally test a theoretical model of majority threshold determination as a function of voters' risk preferences. The experimental results confirm the theoretical prediction of a positive correlation between the voter's risk aversion and the corresponding preferred majority threshold. Furthermore, the experimental results show that a voter's preferred majority threshold negatively relates to the voter's confidence about how others will vote. Moreover, in a treatment in which individuals receive a private signal about others' voting behaviour, the confidence-related motivation of behaviour loses ground to the signal's strength.


Why LiuBang defeated XiangYu in war between Chu and Han? There are many brilliant views in all ages.It is investigated in this paper from views of personality structures such self-love,self-opinion,self-worth,self-craze and self-greed of XiangYu,LiuBang,HanXin,ZhangLiang as well as reciprocity between all personality structures in personality structure theory in Buddhism.Accordingly it comes to a conclusion that XiangYu was not defeated by LiuBang and did not lose for not making use of others.He was defeated by the inborn great force in himself.


The objective of this study is to expand the information about
the formation process of an integrative training concept. This
study focuses on the formation of integrative training done by
therapist-trainers who have attained their integrative position
gradually, thanks to their practice and gradual education in
psychotherapy, and describes the specifics of the process.


We compute analytic results for the QCD corrections to Higgs boson production via gluon fusion in hadronic collisions in the limit in which the top quark is much heavier than the Higgs boson. The first nonleading corrections of {ital O}({alpha}{sub {ital s}}{sup 3}{ital M}{sub {ital H}}{sup 2}/{ital m}{sub {ital t}}{sup 2}) are given and numerical results presented for both CERN LHC and SSC energies. We confirm earlier numerical results showing that the dominant corrections have the same mass dependence as the Born cross section.


statement: Idi Amin's coup in Uganda was "masterminded" by the Israelis (p. 142); Mobutu's Zaire is a "puppet" of NATO (p. 49); the United States and its NATO allies "remove[d]" Nkrumah from office (p. 243); Richard Nixon was "put in office by business giants" (p. 79); NATO was formed "not to fight the Soviet Union and its allies but to facilitate the domination and exploitation of the underdeveloped countries" (p. 245). Part of the reason for this may be that the sources cited have been rather indiscriminately chosen, ranging from mainstream academic works and official reports to the writings of Gus Hall, to Nigerian newspaper articles, to the "typical racist commentary" (p. 92) on American television of John Chancellor and David Brinkley, to class lecture notes. Finally, the book is poorly written: it is repetitive and poorly organized, relies heavily on very long block quotations, and is marked by numerous stylistic and spelling errors, and incorrect references. Offiong's book does have some features that might recommend it to those within the broad mainstream of development studies. He is, for example, effective in attacking the cultural bias of the early psychological theories of modernization (H-achievement and the like) and the application of what he calls the "Calvinist cult" to the Third World (p. 14). And few would deny that there exist within most underdeveloped countries groups that have "connived with foreign interests to rob their countries of their much needed foreign exchange and have been involved in all sorts of unpatriotic activities that fail to aid economic development" (p. 75), or that "what poor countries need may not be expensive Euro-American four-wheel tractors which very few can buy, operate and repair, but better hoes and ox plows" (p. 135). In sum, Offiong has written a lively, provocative, and at times illuminating analysis of third-world underdevelopment. Whatever their ideological persuasion, students of contemporary North-South relations will find it interesting reading.


We present a continuum model of nonequilibrium heterogeneous elastic systems, which includes both smooth and singular strains, as well as their coupling to free surfaces, in two spatial dimensions. It accurately includes nucleation, interactions, and dynamics of dislocations. In particular, we demonstrate that the model recovers the well-known Matthews-Blakeslee critical thickness for the nucleation of misfit dislocations. For misfitting heteroepitaxial films above the critical thickness, dislocations compete with the stress-induced instability of the film-vapor interface as a strain-relief mechanism. At early times, the dislocations slow down the initial instability by climbing to the film-substrate interface and relaxing the misfit strain partially. However, the late-time morphology is determined by the strong interaction between the stress concentration at the bottom of the grooves and the singular stresses due to dislocations.


Steady-state analysis of product inhibition indicates that the most probable minimum kinetic mechanism for soluble calf spleen NAD glycohydrolase is ping-pong bi-bi, reducing to an ordered uni-bi for hydrolysis alone. In the hydrolysis of NAD nicotinamide is released first. Isotope exchange, transglycosidation reaction and nucleophilic competition with methanol show that the formation of the intermediary enzyme · adenosine-diphosphoribosyl complex (E-ADP-Rib) is rate limiting.

The NAD hydrolysis is subject to inhibition by excess of substrate, which is markedly accentuated by increasing concentrations of nicotinamide. Kinetic analysis of this behaviour is in favour of the formation of an apparent dead-end complex of NAD with the Michaelis complex.

The reactivies of methanol and nicotinamide compared to water with the intermediate E-ADP-Rib suggest the occurrence of an intermediary oxocarbonium ion in the reaction catalyzed by NAD glycohydrolase.


The pandemic of coronavirus pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus and its multiple complications are a global issue of the day.Coronavirus infection is more severe in patients having chronic concomitant diseases. Also, cardiovascular and metabolic complications, as well as autoimmune disorders, are frequently revealed. The article provides a review of studies regarding hyperglycemia on the background of glucocorticoids use in patients without previous disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. The mechanisms of hyperglycemia development against the background of pathogenetic therapy of cytokine storm in COVID-19 have been described.The aim of this article was to study the pathophysiology of hyperglycemia and to identify hyperglycemia as one of the frequently detected side effects of glucocorticoid treatment against the background of COVID-associated pneumonia.The article presents data from several international research groups about effective and adequate ways of correcting hyperglycemia in accordance with the duration of action of particular insulin medications. The severity of coronavirus infection is often associated with the glycemic status, and this indicator is correlated with the prognosis of the course of coronavirus infection. The biomarkers of inflammatory processes in COVID-19 are discussed. The present article specifies glycemic targets in case of hyperglycemia during treatment with glucocorticoids in the setting of COVID-19.


James David Forbes was the youngest son of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, who was descended from the ancient family of the Forbes of Monymusk, on the banks of the Don, and was head of the well-known banking-house long established in the Parliament Square of Edinburgh. The mother of James Forbes was the only child and heiress of John Belches, afterwards Sir John Stewart, a cadet of the old house of Invermay. The early death of Lady Forbes, while her youngest son was a child scarce two years old, cast a sobering shade over his early years, and indeed coloured his whole life and character.


Visible Light Communication (VLC) is a rising communication technology which uses Light-Emitting Diode (LED) luminaries for high-speed data transferring; however, the optical signal is usually degraded by the noise in the practical VLC system. In this paper, Allan Variance is introduced for noise analysis and modeling in VLC for the first time, which provides an efficient method to measure different kinds of noise in the VLC systems. By applying Allan variance to analyze the signals collected from the real-world environment, both white noise and random walk are observed in the VLC systems. The observed white noise and random walk are also modeled by using the Allan variance. The noise analysis and modeling based on Allan variance provide a method to improve the performance of VLC.


The Hubble Frontier Fields represent the opportunity to probe the high-redshift evolution of the main sequence of star-forming galaxies to lower masses than possible in blank fields thanks to foreground lensing of massive galaxy clusters. We use the beagle SED-fitting code to derive stellar masses, $\hbox{$\mathrm{M_{\star }}$}=\log (\hbox{$M$}/\hbox{$\mathrm{M_{\odot }}$})$, SFRs, $\hbox{${\Psi }$}=\log (\hbox{${\psi }$}/\hbox{$\mathrm{M_{\odot }}$}\, {-1})$ and redshifts from galaxies within the astrodeep catalogue. We fit a fully Bayesian hierarchical model of the main sequence over 1.25 < z < 6 of the form $\hbox{${\Psi }$}= \hbox{$\alpha _\mathrm{9.7}$}(z) + \hbox{$\beta $}(\hbox{$\mathrm{M_{\star }}$}-9.7) + \mathcal {N}(0,\hbox{$\sigma $}^2)$ while explicitly modelling the outlier distribution. The redshift-dependent intercept at $\hbox{$\mathrm{M_{\star }}$}=9.7$ is parametrized as $\hbox{$\alpha _\mathrm{9.7}$}(z) = \log [\hbox{$N$}(1+\hbox{$z$})^{\hbox{$\gamma $}}] + 0.7$. Our results agree with an increase in normalization of the main sequence to high redshifts that follows the redshift-dependent rate of accretion of gas on to dark matter haloes with $\hbox{$\gamma $}=2.40^{+0.18}_{-0.18}$. We measure a slope and intrinsic scatter of $\hbox{$\beta $}=0.79^{+0.03}_{-0.04}$ and $\hbox{$\sigma $}=0.26^{+0.02}_{-0.02}$. We find that the sampling of the SED provided by the combination of filters (Hubble + ground-based Ks-band + Spitzer 3.6 and 4.5 μm) is insufficient to constrain M⋆ and Ψ over the full dynamic range of the observed main sequence, even at the lowest redshifts studied. While this filter set represents the best current sampling of high-redshift galaxy SEDs out to z > 3, measurements of the main sequence to low masses and high redshifts still strongly depend on priors employed in SED fitting (as well as other fitting assumptions). Future data-sets with JWST should improve this.


Abstract Airport preclearance is a unique mechanism in transborder relations between Canada and the United States that allows airline passengers to clear customs and immigration before boarding the aircraft rather than upon arrival at the destination. Preclearance is explained in relation to the changing nature of border security in the context of Canadian‐American relations, bilateral air policies, and the structural features of the two societies. However, it is argued that the primary significance of preclearance is that it provides unique evidence of how airports themselves are the new borders of transnational interaction by deterritorializing national boundaries. Preclearance is analyzed in three modes: as a mechanism facilitating both intersocietal integration and symbolic difference concurrently, as a procedure occurring in a building with structural spaces possessing different meanings, and as a subjective experience of travelers and workers within the airport.


The purpose of this study was to find out how the application of Accounting
Information Systems to inventory at PT Wijaya Karya Beton Tbk. Boyolali PPB and
whether the Accounting Information System applied at PT Wijaya Karya Beton Tbk.
Boyolali PPB is in accordance with the theory.
The object in this study is PT Wijaya Karya Beton Tbk. is one of the
subsidiaries of PT Wijaya Karya Tbk. (Persero) specializing in precast concrete
industry. PT Wijaya Karya Beton Tbk. divided into two parts, namely Sales Area
(WP) and Concrete Product Factory (PPB). WP is in charge of selling products
and PPB is tasked with producing concrete products so that in the PPB recording
of inventory is very important both the supply of raw materials and finished goods
inventory. One branch of PPB is located on Jl. Raya Boyolali-Solo Km 4.5
Mojosongo Boyolali. The analytical method used is the method of analysis with a
type of qualitative research. Data collection techniques are carried out by
observation, interviews and documentation.
The results of the study indicate that the Accounting Information System in
inventory at PT Wijaya Karya Beton Tbk. Boyolali PPB has been going well. On
the comparison of Accounting Information Systems in inventory with the theory
shows that the functions / parts related to raw material inventories, network
procedures on the supply of raw materials, documents used in the inventory of raw
materials and finished goods, and accounting records used in inventory of raw
materials and goods so it is in accordance with the theory. But on the function /
part related to the inventory of finished goods and the network procedures for
finished goods inventory not in accordance with the theory. This is because the PPB
does not make sales.


Group mobility model is one of the basic research issues for designing network protocol and evaluating algorithms performance in wireless network.This paper reviewed the characteristics and applications of the group mobility models which can't effectively simulate behavior of the wireless organization networks(WON).Based on the analysis of characteristics of WON,it proposed the central node as reference point of WON group mobility model(CWONM).By setting different parameters to compare the actual network and simulation networks,it confirmed that the new group mobility model is available.


Canada made impressive results in PISA from 2000 to 2009,which have close relationship with its tradition that emphasis on education,the establishment of province-wide curricula,teachers' high quality,and successful education of the immigrant students.We could learn from its experience,to pay attention to government's leadership in education reform,establish reasonable accountability,focus on the equity and balance in education,improve teachers' quality,and attract the talent people to long term and lifelong teaching.


The bark of Lespedeza cyrtobotrya MIQ. afforded a new chalcone, lespeol (I), together with xanthoangelol (II). The heartwood of Lespedeza cyrtobotrya MIQ. afforded two new isoflav-3-ens, haginin A (IIIa) and B (IVa), together with genistein, daidzein, dalbergioidin, 3, 9-dihydroxypterocarp-6a-en and isoliquiritigenin. The structures were estab-lished on the basis of chemical and spectral data.


Organotin compounds are used as biocides, plastic stabilizers and catalysts for the production of polyurethanes and silicones. Their notoriety is due to tributyltin (TBT), a potent biocide extensively used in antifouling paints until the beginning of the XXI century. As a consequence of its widespread use, TBT was responsible for the contamination of the marine environment at a global scale, causing several deleterious effects towards non-target organisms, including imposex in gastropods which is still considered the best example of endocrine disruption in wildlife. In mammals, including humans, organotins' negative effects comprise cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and endocrine/metabolic dysfunction, including obesity.


In this work, we summarize a global fit study of Type-II two Higgs doublet models (2HDM), and explore the impact of future SM-like Higgs and Z-pole precision measurements on the allowed parameter space. The work is based on the study results of a global fit of 2HDMs with the tool GAMBIT, utilising various current constraints including theoretical constraints (unitarity, perturbativity and vacuum stability), Higgs searches at colliders, electroweak physics and flavour constraints. We further investigate the ability of future facilities, such as the HL-LHC, CEPC, ILC and FCC-ee to explore the 2HDM parameter space.


Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. BACKGROUND Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising is a prominent type of health care communication. OBJECTIVE This study aims to determine the impact of DTC advertisements on consumer opinion. METHODS A total of 203 participants were recruited from dermatology clinics at an urban academic center. Participants viewed 2 cosmetically oriented DTC advertisements, and prequestionnaires and postquestionnaires were administered to assess consumer opinion. RESULTS Postquestionnaire data highlight a 18.8% and 24.6% increase in participants reporting using commercials as an information source (p < .001) and seeking out additional medical knowledge (p < .001), respectively. After watching the advertisements, there was a 14.4% increase in participants who believed advertisements facilitate better discussions between patients and physicians (p < .001) and a 33% increase in patients reporting they would discuss the procedures with their doctors (p < .001). Of the participants, 60% believed the advertisements did not provide enough information about the possible risks of the product and 39.4% believed a physician was not required to perform cosmetic procedures. CONCLUSION Direct-to-consumer advertisements instill meaningful information to patients and promote patient–physician communication. They also seem to exaggerate the benefits while making the procedures seem simple and without risks, suggesting trained medical professionals are not needed for administration.