Longwave radiation is a key component of total energy that drives surface energy balance at the interface between the surface and atmosphere. To date, a number of algorithms have been developed toward accurately estimating surface longwave radiation from remotely sensed data. While most of these existing algorithms can only derive longwave radiation under clear-sky conditions due to the limited penetration of optical remote sensing thus leading to spatial incontinuity in derived radiation map. Wherein the land surface temperature (LST) play a key role in longwave radiation estimation, especially for surface emitted (upwelling) and net longwave flux. If LSTs under cloudy area can be recovered, the derivation of surface longwave ration under cloudy conditions would be straightforward. To this end, in this paper, a fusing strategy is proposed to combine the LST measurements from MODIS and AMSR-E. The results show that the proposed fusing strategy for combining microwave and optical space-based measurements in recovering surface LST under cloudy conditions is very effective. By fusion, the spatial coverage of valid LSTs over the globe is highly improved.


A field experiment was carried out during the winter seasons of 2004–05 and 2005–06 at Udaipur, Rajasthan on clay loam soil to study the effect of 4 balanced fertilization ((60 kg N + 40 kg P2O5 + 40 kg K2O (NPK), NPK+40 kg S/ha (NPKS), NPK+5 kg Zn/ha (NPKZn and NPKSZn) and 3 agrochemicals (water, brassinosteroid @ 0.4 ppm and thiourea @ 1000 ppm foliar sprayed at branching and flowering) on 2 mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss.)varieties (Bio-902 and Vasundhra). Amongst varieties, variety Bio-902 accumulated significantly higher, N, P, K, S and Zn in seed, stover and total compared to Vasundhra. The addition of S, Zn and S + Zn with NPK significantly improved content and uptake of these nutrients over application of NPK alove. The highest values of N, P, K, S, and Zn uptake in seed, stover thereby total by mustard were recorded with the conjoint application of NPKSZn which were significantly higher over NPK, NPKZn and NPKS. The magnitude of increase in total uptake of N< P, K, S and Zn due to NPKSZn application were to the tune of 42.4, 51.2, 40.6, 52.1 and 72.1 percent, respectively over NPK. The foliar spray of brassinosteroid recorded significantly higher nutrient uptake of N, P, K, S and Zn in seed, stover and total in mustard over water and thiourea spray. The combined application of NPKSZn in balanced amount resulted higher net gain of nutrients in soil which helped in maintaining soil fertility.


This book describes three of the main problems that the word-formation process known as conversion presents, namely those related to its definition, its delimitation, and its directionality. The latter constitutes, however, the main focus of the study, which is based on a corpus of over seven hundred lexical units and, more specifically, on 231 actual noun-verb conversion pairs. Considering that directionality is intrinsic to conversion, the main question is whether it is always possible to establish the direction of conversion or whether it is possible to do so only in some cases. Moreover, the study reveals what 'type' of directionality is involved, that is, whether the process is unidirectional, bidirectional or multi-directional. In order to answer these questions, both diachronic (etymology and dates of first records) and synchronic criteria (semantic dependence, restriction of usage, semantic range, semantic pattern, phonetic shape, morphologic type, stress, and the principle of relative markedness) are analysed and assessed.


the main technology of bridge construction, the article makes a brief analysis of the main classification, at the same time for crack in bridge construction and the reasons are studied in detail, hope to be able to carry out for the same kind of practice provide the opinions and suggestions of value.


Summary Elicitors of defence response can modulate pathways other than those related to pathogen attacks. In this paper, we demonstrate that, as with sugars, chitosan and oligogalacturonides (OGs) can repress the gibberellin signalling pathway leading to the induction of α-amylase in barley embryos. These results are suggestive of a complex cross-talk between the defence, hormonal and metabolic signalling pathways.


Protestantism. Denominational multiplicity is explained in terms of European heritage, frontierism, and free churchism. In general, however, the various denominations have common features: centrality of preaching enlistment through evangelism, love for pastoral leadership, activism, friendliness, independency, theological simplicity, social benevolence, program of stewardship, free worship, Christian education, etc. Despite religious competition, the American churches, Osborn insists, are searching for a unity in freedom, if not for union. Beneath the theological surface (whose waves are traditionalism, liberalism, fundamentalism, and neo-orthodoxy), he argues, there is a sea of satisfying faith. In the last chapter he asks critical questions about the genuineness of the so-called "return to religion." For the person who desires further study there is a brief but choice bibliography for each chapter. Each pastor should read this work closely, not only for information, but also for insight. Hugh Wamble


The methanol extract of the leaves of P. incarnata was evaluated for its antiasthmatic effects against acetylcholine chloride (Ach)‐induced‐bronchospasm in guinea‐pigs at doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg. Using a 7‐day treatment regimen, significant prevention of dyspnoea‐related‐convulsions was noted in the animals treated with a 100 mg/kg dose of this extract. No preventive effect was exhibited by the 50 mg/kg dose and at a higher dose, i.e. 200 mg/kg, the preventive effects against Ach‐chloride‐induced‐dyspnoea were also reduced. This may be due to defective alpha‐adrenoceptor function reported after excessive or continuous administration of an alpha‐receptor agonist. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The major objective of this research is to study the relationship between apartment housings unit and resident satisfaction in the Seoul metropolitan area. To achieve this objective, the study were employed to survey resident satisfaction with various apartment housings and then, to discover the important factors affecting resident satisfaction with apartment housing unit by using statistical analyses. This study found that that most personal and physical variables studied are not significantly related to the level of satisfaction with apartment housing unit. Among those variables, dwelling unit type, building siting, and income are significantly related to their satisfaction. However, these objective variables are somewhat weaker predictors of satisfaction compared to other significant subjective evaluation variables. Dwelling unit type appears to be related only to satisfaction with the medium unit. Among subjective variables, the evaluation of Anbang, bathroom and utility room size was found to have a very important influence on
satisfaction in the small unit; the evaluation of living room and dining space size together with dwelling unit type in a medium unit; the evaluation of the living room location, dining space size, and utility room size in the large unit.


The effects of the supine and the 45 degrees angle position were tested for the effect of electrocardiograms of 28 COPD patients. No significant differences were found in five EKG parameters: AXIS, PR interval, QRS duration, QT interval, and diagnostic interpretation. A comfort scale was administered to the sample population. Most (89.2%, N = 25) of the patients preferred the 45 degrees angle position; 17.2% (N = 2) felt the supine position to be more comfortable. Implications for research, theory, and practice are discussed.


The paper aims to study the comparative study of experimental and CFD analysis of packed-bed thermal regenerator. In the present work the previously published experimental study of regenerator with D/dp > 15 are simulated and are compared with the simulated results of CFD. A very good agreement is seen between both the results in all flow regimes. Commercial Ansys Fluent software is used for the analysis.


In this report, it is analayzed theoretically that female precision threading of ceramics can be realized by a new precision ultrasonic super position vibration tapping. And this analytical results can be confirmed by the experiments using a newly developed precision ultrasonic super position vibration tapping machine with the electric stepping motor and 28 kHz ultrasonic torsional vibration mode diamond tap (M 5 pitch 0.8 mm). The main results are as follows : (1) It has been verified that precise female screw threading of WA wheel (φ15×5) can be machined by a new ultrasonic super position vibration tapping machine with diamond tap in one stroke and more efficient. (2) Female thread with precise screw thread shape can be machined more efficient and unusual cutting noise and tap failures scarcely occurred of appliance of earthenware and glass of daily use. (3) By this study, it is believed that this new tapping machine has the possibility of precision machining in female screw threading of various kinds of ceramics.


The invention discloses an integrated solar induction intelligent constant-temperature ecological curtain wall system and a temperature control method. The system is characterized in that an inner-side glass curtain wall, an outer-side glass curtain wall, a temperature control unit and an environment monitoring system are included, an independent hollow layer is formed between the inner-side glass curtain wall and the outer-side glass curtain wall, the temperature control unit is connected in the hollow layer, vent holes are formed in the inner-side glass curtain wall and the outer-side glass curtain wall, intelligent temperature control is achieved by intelligently selecting working modes, and the temperature of the hollow layer is kept at a constant value as far as possible while energy consumption is reduced.


We reported on a case of Reinke's edema with dyspnea following resection of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve during surgery for thyroid papillary carcinoma. A 55-year-old female, who was a smoker, presented with a greater than 20-year-history of hoarseness of the voice, without dyspnea. She was diagnosed as having type Ill Reinke's edema according to Yonekawa's classification of Reinke's edema. She had undergone total thyroidectomy with modified selective neck dissection for thyroid papillary carcinoma involving right vocal cord, at the Department of Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital. The right vocal cord was fixed at the paramedian position. The patient had developed dyspnea transiently for a few days. Subsequently, she began to suffer from dyspnea upon exertion or when she developed a cold. The patient was diagnosed as having Reinke's edema. The dyspnea disappeared after endolaryngeal microsurgery. The right vocal cord was fixed at the median position, the mean air flow rate improved, and the fundamental frequency of her voice was higher than before the operation.


The method of how to enhance the efficiency for programming CNC programs is introˉduced.And how to optimize the CNC machining tools'paths is explained with examples.It offers a reference to those who are engaged in CNC technology.


Abstract The arvicoline rodent Microtus is represented in the Irvington fauna by 72 specimens. The majority of these are isolated molars. Lower first molars are diagnostic and clearly identifiable as Microtus specimens with five closed triangles. No other arvicolines are present in the fauna. Morphological variation in the sample is present, but not extensive. Morphological features permitting species-level identification are lacking, and no species assignation can be supported with the available data. Changing perspectives on Pleistocene biochronology and reinterpretation of several purported early records of Microtus indicate that the Irvington specimens of Microtus with five closed triangles are among the oldest recorded in North America. Chronological control is limited to paleomagnetic data that reveal that the Irvington fauna dates to somewhere between 0.78 Ma and somewhat older than 1.21 Ma. The uncertainty cannot be reduced based on current understanding of the taxonomic affinity and known temporal extent of other mammals from Irvington.


Marina Krasilnikova - Head of Department, Levada-Center. Address: 17, Nikolskaya St., Moscow, 109012, Russian Federation. E-mail: email@example.com evaluate the influence of the current economic crisis on the lives of the Russian population, its attitudes and perceptions, one would have to know about the pre-crisis state of Russia's society. A significant improvement in the well-being, which happened in the 2000s, was nevertheless insufficient to bolster the cardinal changes in the structure of incomes and consumption of the larger part of the population as compared to the last years of the previous century. The years of economic growth preceding the current crisis were been converted into well-being, which would more or less correspond to a true market economy. In spite of gradual improvements, the majority of the population is still rather poor and earns wages which are only enough to satisfy their current basic needs (food and clothing). Economic relations have become so primitive that the economic crisis is evaluated either in the terms of wage cuts, or in terms of the pace of inflation, which 'eats away' those wages.This explains why the world financial crisis was so underestimated in Russia at the beginning. Its particular model of income and consumption dampened the situation, i.e. the majority of people recognized the influence of the worsening economic situation only when their earning opportunities were directly affected. On the other hand, the inflation of prices in consumer markets was a less significant factor in emphasizing the crisis, since both, inflation and expectations, were rather high in a preceding period.In this paper, the author analyses people's response to the economic crisis by looking at the data from mass surveys and macroeconomic statistics. The objective is to reveal the extent of rationality of the so-called 'homo economicus' in Russia and to demonstrate the forecast abilities of the subjective attitudes of the population with respect to economic changes.The fears of a new wave of economic crisis (in late-2008) have caused a steep fall in the subjective well-being of Russian households and provoked the corresponding adjustments in consumer behavior. The average consumer reacted rather rationally by cutting their consumption. In the autumn of 2008, high inflation expectations led to a short-term (until the beginning of 2009) increase in demand among only the high-income groups of the population, while the majority of people began to cut their demand in response to the threat of unemployment and wage reductions (along with high inflation expectations). This was an expected response according to CPI (Consumer Price Index) behavior, which started to decrease as early as in the summer of 2008.Consumer crediting and, precisely, personal loans are another important factor of economic change, which is directly related to people's choices. At least one third of the households had a loan debt before the crisis, while during the crisis consumer crediting literally collapsed. In half a year, the share of such debtors decreased almost four-fold. In the second half of 2009, the crediting improved slightly, but the process was still rather slow and the balance of positive and negative attitudes towards credited purchases was at about the same level as ten years ago.The population's reaction to the current consequences of the economic crisis have been quite sharp, yet adequate at the same time. For now, the fear of unemployment and income reductions accordingly have proved to be groundless: the population has more or less settled down, but it is not yet ready to return to the pre-crisis consumer euphoria. The signs of a rise in consumer optimism, appearing at the beginning of spring 2009, have been too weak to develop any further. The corresponding figures have been quite stable (with the only exception of a short-term rise on New Year's Eve 2009/2010).Generally, the crisis period has shown that Russia's current development model has more or less successfully resisted most economic difficulties as far as the population is concerned. This relative success may be due to the 'hand mode' of regulating economy. This could be an additional argument in favor of a 'slow and gradual' search for approaches to the solving of long standing problems; or modernization problems, as they are popularly referred to today. But the assignments are still due, even though the authorities have apparently skipped them this time.


Absorption and luminescence is reported, associated with the creation and decay of excitons bound to the acceptors gallium, indium and thallium in germanium. The principal bound exciton lines exhibit a triplet structure, which is a common feature of acceptor bound exciton spectra in other semiconductors. Particular attention is directed to prominent excited state structure which has not been clearly resolved in other materials.


Didymodon erosus is described and illustrated as a new species from two localities in Spain (Iberian Peninsula), growing on calcareous rocks. It is characterized mainly by its markedly erose and papillose-crenulate in the upper middle leaf margins and rhizoidal tubers underground or on rhizoids in the lower part of the stem.


This paper analyses the Multidimensional Management and Development of Information Systems (MMDIS) methodology contribution to information system development in the context of other commonly used methodologies, especially methodologies which are commonly referred to as Agile. The aim is to find out what are their similarities and where do those approaches differ especially with respect to software development. The author's aim is further to highlight possible risks and weak points of the MMDIS methodology based on study of articles by prestigious international software engineering authorities and based on authors own over 10 years experiences with real life software projects.


The main purpose of the paper is to illustrate how an average internet consumer is to be provided with information that is most of the time generated only to him. In the era of WEB 3.0, where some decisions are performed by software, information is generated based on some very strict rules about a certain user.


Please refer to the article on pages 451–452 of this issue to view the questions to which these answers refer.


The centenary of the death of Arthur Hallam, noted in England by a leading article in The Times Literary Supplement (September 14, 1933) and in America by an exhibition of Hallam's works in the Yale University Library (January, 1934), served as a reminder not so much of what we know of the youth who was so important an influence on Tennyson as of what we do not know fully, a partial ignorance which results from the difficulty with which the study of Hallam is attended. The "lost" poem here reprinted after more than a century is lost only in the sense in which nearly half the printed poems of Hallam are unknown because they are missing from the editions commonly available. When Hallam died in 1833 in his twenty-third year, he left behind him one small and now very scarce volume, privately printed in 1830, and other poems and essays, some of which were collected by his father, Henry Hallam the historian, and privately issued as the Remains of 1834. Most of this material, also edited by Henry Hallam, was privately printed in 1853, and this volume is the basis of such subsequent collections of Arthur Hallam's work as have appeared.


The traditional practices of physical educationists presuppose a framework of concepts and assumptions which is generally consistent with the common-sense or folkpsychological point of view. It might be supposed that this will in time be superseded by a revised conceptual framework, based on developments in neuroscience. This paper explores the possible relations between the folk and neuroscientific standpoints in terms of their explanatory adequacy for physical education. Four main positions are considered: conceptual dualism, eliminative materialism, reductivism and non-reductive physicalism. It is proposed that only the last of these has any real philosophical plausibility, and that a fundamental constraint on any adequate conceptual framework for physical education must be its capacity to reflect the intrinsic normativity of curricular physical activities.These considerations rule out the prospect of a radical paradigm shift in the theory of physical education.


This paper presents an application study of a process-based two-dimensional model with the shock- capturing capability to investigate morphodynamic changes of a coastal inlet and adjacent areas due to hazardous storm attack. Because supercritical flows may occur in an inlet channel due to surge waves, a shock capturing method is incorporated in the coastal flow model, which is integrated with the existing wave spectral and morphodynamic models. By including the radiation stresses obtained from the wave spectral model, the current model solves the two-dimensional shallow water equations explicitly using finite volume method considering the effects of Coriolis force, wind stresses, bottom irregularities and nearshore short wave actions. The integrated model is applied to study the morphology changes that take place due to a severe storm attack on a medium size idealized coastal inlet. The complex flow hydraulics and morphodynamics are successfully simulated by the present model and expected results are obtained. The simulation shows that the model can predict the development of ebb and flood shoals, scour holes and sediment deposition and erosion in the inlet channel. Through this preliminary investigation of the morphodynamics of a coastal inlet, it is found that the model is applicable to predict morphodynamic processes driven by hazardous storm surges and waves in coastal and estuarine zones.


Finally, we would like to assure Koutras et al. that, at all stages, our cases have been totally nonselective: all pa tients with solitary nonfunctioning thyroid nodules are sub mitted to cesium scanning, regardless of the clinical impres sion. Occasionally, as mentioned in our paper (2), surprising results have been obtained; subsequent operations have al most universally confirmed the u@Cs@scan result, thus rein forcing our belief in its value. In short, our cesium-scanning results are at complete variance with those of Koutras et al., and we must firmly disagree with their cà nclusion: "Itis therefore doubtful whether these procedures should be recommended for the routine work-up of patients with solitary thyroid nodules.― Our experience since the preparation of the conference paper (2) has supported our conclusions, and a further paper with details of histologic groups is in preparation for publication.


In this study, the maximum achievable information transmission rate of spectrum sharing cognitive radio with maximal ratio combining (MRC) antenna diversity technique is investigated when the channel between the secondary transmitter and the primary receiver and that between the secondary transmitter and the secondary receiver suffer Nakagami-m fading. With an assumption that both channels encounter Nakagami-m fading and the transmission of the secondary transmitter is subject to average interference power constraint, the approximated expressions for analyzing the effective capacity and the ergodic capacity of cognitive radio users with MRC are presented. The two capacity models are compared. In the case of the effective capacity, it is shown that different applications or users with different quality of service (QoS) requirements can be supported in cognitive radio, and when the delay QoS decreases, the effective capacity approaches the ergodic capacity.


Press-pack IGBTs (PPI) are key components in flexible DC transmission converter valves due to its advantages of compact structure, short circuit failure, and high power density. Given the harsh working condition of high voltage and large current, the reliability of PPI is extremely important for the stability of the power system. PPI is composed of multiple parallel sub-modules and the internal temperature distribution of the device is uneven for the problems of the manufacturing process, loop parasitic parameters, and thermal coupling. The differences in junction temperature will cause uneven distribution of static current among sub-modules, which aggravates partially aging of PPI. This paper explores the relationship between temperature and the distribution of static current in PPI modules and extracts characteristic parameters for condition monitoring, which will improve the reliability of PPI and the stability of the system of flexible DC power transmission.


Background/methods: Nils Andreas Quisling was born in Telemark, Norway, in 1854 and became an obstetrician. In 1893 he published a monograph on neonatal jaundice. This monograph was studied and compared with other published sources from the same time period. Results: Quisling discussed four theories on the cause of neonatal jaundice. "Suppression jaundice" held that jaundice was the result of suppressed liver function. "Haematogenous jaundice" claimed that bilirubin was formed from haemoglobin outside the liver, and had nothing to do with the liver. "Polycholia" held that neonatal jaundice was due to an increased secretion of all the constituents of bile. Quisling rejected these and supported the "hepatogenous" theory–jaundice was always a liver‐related phenomenon. He described 50 cases of neonatal jaundice. The incidence of neonatal jaundice at the Kristiania Maternity Foundation was 26%. In Quisling's cases, gastrointestinal disturbances were common, and he felt this to be an under‐reported complication of neonatal jaundice. He found that neonatal jaundice was often accompanied by fever.


The invention relates to a distilled water pot, a condensing cover is positioned above a bottom pot, and a water storage bucket is positioned above the condensing cover. A tilted distilled water collecting disc is located below the condensing cover. The surface of the tilted distilled water collecting disc is provided with a plurality of holes, and the periphery of the disc and the holes is provided with edges, the edges are fixedly connected with one end of each marquee, the other end of each marquee is upturned, and has a gap between the top of the edges, each marquee covers the hole below, and the direction of each marquee is same as the direction of tilt of the disc. The lowest part of the disc is connected with a water outlet pipe. Water in the bottom pot is boiled, steam rises by the gap of the distilled water collecting disc, cooling water in the water storage bucket keeps the condensing cover at low temperature, the steam condensates when meeting the condensing cover, and distilled water drips on the distilled water collecting disc, and flows out from the water outlet pipe. The condensing cover is a down-convex arch, is up connected with bucket wall to form the water storage bucket, and is down connected with a foundation ring to stand on the bottom surface of the bottom pot, and the distilled water collecting disc is installed in the foundation ring. The distilled water pot is suitable for various stoves, the components are easy to decompose, and the distilled water pot is easy to clean, simple in structure, convenient to use and low in cost, and can be configured in the family.


As a large country once rooted in feudal autocratic tradition and lagging behind modernization,contemporary China is now taking the arduous task to build and develop modern political civilization characterized by democracy,the rule of law and human rights.Among them,developing the political system is both the core and thek ey.In contemporary China,the development of political system is not only an important part of political development,but also its realistic inspiration and driving force.For the political development of contemporary China,thet op priority is to start with the system construction,constantly exploring and opening up the way forward in a rational and progressive political restructuring,continuously improve and develop socialist political system with Chinesec haracteristics,demonstrate and give full play the advanced nature and advantages of the socialist system.


Roncone R, Ventura J, Impallomeni M, Falloon IRH, Morosini PL, Chiaravalle E, Casacchia M. Reliability of an Italian standardized and expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS 4.0) in raters with high vs. low clinical experience. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1999: 100: 229–236. © Munksgaard 1999.


In the present study aerodynamic tests were performed by using Solidworks Flow Simulation software (CFD) in 2 different designs of conventional cars, implementing a spoiler in the back of the car to reduce the drag and lift coefficients that occur through the movement of the air regardless of the design in the back of the car and improve aerodynamics. Analyzing the results it is obtained that the aerodynamics of the car is improved when a spoiler is placed to reduce the drag and lift forces.


Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases risk of ischemic stroke, and oral anticoagulation (OAC) increases risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study aimed to compare OAC‐treated AF patients with an ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) or spontaneous ICH as their first lifetime cerebrovascular event, especially focusing on patients with therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR).


Microcellular combustible objects for application of combustible case ammunition and caseless ammunition were fabricated by a confined pressure quenching foaming process using supercritical CO2 as foaming agent. The experimental results showed that the force constant (f) of objects obviously increased with an increasing RDX content and that the force constant of formulation with 55 % RDX is comparable to that of traditional felted case. Pressure histories, dp/dt-t, and dynamic vivacity curves were investigated and compared by closed vessel tests. The influencing factors such as RDX content, expansion ratio, foaming temperature, sample size, and loading density were analysed. The results revealed that RDX content and expansion ratio significantly affected the burning properties, whereas the foaming temperature did not have obvious influence. Moreover, the burning behavior also changed with sample size and loading density.


There are considerable differences in the magnitude of the problem between the developed and developing world and the relative and importance of heterosexual transmission. We have heard from Ben Nkowane, who told us of the current estimates of 2.5 million cases of AIDS in world (71% in Africa) and 12.5 million HIV infections with a new increasing focus in South East Asia of an estimated 1.5 million infections. The predominant mode of transmission in these continents is through heterosexual transmission, for example, 80% of HIV in Africa is acquired by this route. In the developed world heterosexual transmission is increasing. Harold Jaffee told us that 7% of cases of AIDS in the United States are now heterosexually acquired and that just under 40% of these cases occur in women. He also indicated that high seroprevalence levels are occurring in child-bearing women and those attending clinics for sexually transmitted diseases. Noel Gill likewise indicated that heterosexual transmission is occurring in the UK, 4/5ths of which are second generation exposure from abroad. He also indicated a level of 1 in 500 seroprevalence in pregnant women in London from data obtained through anonymous seroprevalence studies. Such studies are vital in mapping and planning for the epidemic. The arguments about whether there will be a heterosexual epidemic within the United Kingdom and whether it will be driven by imported as opposed to endemic infection is dangerous since it potentially leads to complacency and the feeling that education is unimportant. We need good health education for other reasons as well as HIV prevention. Many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are increasing such as warts, chlamydia and herpes, one in 3 pregnancies in the UK are unplanned and the conception rate in teenagers is rising each year. All this indicates considerable unsafe and unprotected sex which requires efficient programmes of education, regardless of HIV infection.


Aiming to illustrate the potential for puppetry as a useful resource in dementia care, the authors argue unusually that play with puppets derives not particularly from drama or theatre, but fundamentally from the performative relationship people have with objects. The puppeteers of
 the study achieved remarkable emotional connection with care-home residents through an experience of puppetry, which dissolved the unitary autonomy of the puppet, recontextualizing it relationally as the puppeteer-with-puppet-with-spectator. It is this 'withness' that ignited the
 creative spark of presence of the residents. For a moment of trust and child-like joy kinaesthetic memories stirred in them, appearing to break down emotional barriers between the person and the world around them and indicating comparatively longer-term therapeutic benefits.


And the nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device 100, m surface 12 to the GaN-based substrate 10 to the surface of the semiconductor laminated structure 20 formed on the m-plane 12 of the GaN-based substrate 10, and an electrode 30 formed on the semiconductor multilayer structure 20. Electrode 30 includes an Mg layer 32 and, Mg layer 32 is in contact with the surface of the p-type semiconductor region in the semiconductor multilayer structure 20.


Objective To study the clinicopathologic characteristics of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and its value in the prediction of prognosis. Method In this study,500 cases of female breast cancers were examined immunohistochcmically for the TNBC. The clinicopathologic characteristics of the 243 TNBC cases were inspected. Results TNBC accounted for 17.6% (88/500) of the 500 breast cancers. The histological types of the TNBC included mainly infihrative ductal carcinoma, metaplastic carcinoma and medullar carcinoma. Among those, histological grade Ⅲ accounted for 72.7% (64/88) of all the TNBC and was more common than that in hormone receptor positive breast cancers (HR+ group ) and Her-2 overexpression breast cancers (Her-2 group)(P=0.000). The positive rates of CK5/6 and EGFR in the TNBC were 30.7% (27/88) and 34.1% (30/88), respectively. The positive rates of ERCC1 and KIT in the TNBC were 28.4% (25/88) and 34.1% (30/88), respectively, Both of which were higher than those in the HR + group and Her-2 group, respectively (P=0.032 and P=0.026). 3-year survival rate of the TNBC was 71.5% and it was lower than that of HR group (P=0.021) and not significantly different from that of Her-2 group (P=0.474). Conclusions TNBC is the breast cancer with high aggressive pathologic futures and poor prognosis. EGFR and ERCC1 expression were positive in a portion of TNBC cases.

Key words:
Breast neoplasms; Receptors, estrogen; Receptor, progestogen; Genes, erbB-2


The invention discloses a control method and a control system for preventing a line disorder on a drawworks. The method comprises the following steps of S1, when receiving an emergency stop signal, obtaining a traveling-block speed V at the moment before braking, and judging whether the traveling-block speed V is higher than a speed setting value Vsetting or not; or, when receiving the emergency stop signal, obtaining the weight of the hanging load of a hook-drawn object before braking, and jugging whether the weight of the hanging load is less than a weight setting value or not; and S2, if the traveling-block speed V is higher than the speed setting value Vsetting or the weight of the hanging load is less than the weight setting value, starting a line disorder preventing function, and controlling the drawworks through a frequency converter to complete line disorder preventing control. The condition, which occurs in a rising process and that a drilling line on a drum of the drawworks generates a disorder or forms a dead knot, of a drilling rig can be effectively prevented; the damage of an instrument and equipment is prevented; the drilling speed is quickened; and the cost is decreased.


The compilation of numerous geotechnical data has allowed the definition of the main physical, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of marine and lacustrine clays of eastern Canada, as well as the establishment of correlations between some of these properties. The possible uses of these correlations are described.This study shows that the clays of eastern Canada exhibit a behaviour similar to that of other clays, but that they are characterized by a higher degree of structuration. Keywords: physical properties, mechanical properties, hydraulic properties, clays, Canada, correlations. [Journal translation]


The statement is often encountered in the literature that the amount of hydrocarbons in the organic matter disseminated in the sedimentary rocks exceeds many times the reserves of all oil pools that exist in nature; the pools represent an excess of hydrocarbons. As confirmation are cited figures on yearly production of organic matter in the plankton of the oceans and seas and the hydrocarbons present in them, or calculations of the total content of hydrocarbons in the sedimentary section obtained by multiplying their average content by the total volume of rock. However, such calculations do not have any value because the oil in pools is not evenly distributed by area but occurs in accumulations of extremely variable size from very insignificant to gigantic (millions and even tens of millions of tons). Only in the example of the latter accumulations is it necessary to verify whether or not the hydrocarbons of the sedimentary rocks provide for the formation of all oil pools existing in nature.


PURPOSE: A battery having a cell tab connecting structure is provided to improve contact stability, and to reduce the number of components because of relatively simple structure. CONSTITUTION: A battery(100) having a cell tab connecting structure by resistance weld comprises a plurality of many cells having a pair of tabs consisting of a negative electrode tab(111a) and a positive electrode tab(111b). The tabs have plate-shape. The tabs are projected to face of the plate sides of the negative electrode tab and the positive electrode tab each other along one side of the cell. A supporting member(120) for fix-supporting the location of the cell is inserted between the cells.


Measurements are reported on the ac electrical conductivity and dielectric constant of some [Na 2 B 4 O 7 ] 100-x [Fe 2 O 3 ] x glasses with x=0, 2, 5, 10 and 20 mol%. Measurements have been made at a constant frequency of 1 kHz in the temperature range from room temperature to 600 K. Infrared spectra of these samples have been recorded at room temperature in the region between 400 and 4000 cm -1 . From the results, evidence of partial hydrolysis of the sodium tetraborate was found. The addition of Fe 2 O 3 caused a broadening of the infrared absorption bands in comparison with the absorption bands obtained for the pure Na 2 B 4 O 7 glass in the region between 450 and 1500 cm -1 . The differential thermal analysis (DTA) examination was performed for all samples in the temperature range from room temperature to 600°C.


According to a new mathematical definition, whole numbers are divided into two sets, one of which is the merger of the sequence of prime numbers and numbers zero and one. Three other definitions, deduced from this first, subdivide the set of whole numbers into four classes of numbers with own and unique arithmetic properties. The geometric distribution of these different types of whole numbers, in various closed matrices, is organized into exact value ratios to 3/2 or 1/1.


New applications of the technique of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) require lateral translation of the sample through a focused laser beam (Peterson, N. O., D. C. Johnson. and M. J. Schlesinger, 1986, Biophys. J., 49:817-820). Here, the effect of sample translation on the shape of the FCS autocorrelation function is examined in general. It is found that if the lateral diffusion coefficients of the fluorescent species obey certain conditions, then the FCS autocorrelation function is a simple product of one function that depends only on transport coefficients and another function that depends only on the rate constants of chemical reactions that occur in the sample. This simple form should allow manageable data analyses in new FCS experiments that involve sample translation.


The paper discusses the practical experiences of an institutional arrangement at community level implemented through Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST), by effective community regulatory framework for sustainable water and sanitation management in peri urban areas. It also discusses strategies empowered poor communities with cost sharing skills to run communal water sources and waste management through community structures. The paper brings out how implicit experience and tacit knowledge translated into shared experiences and explicit knowledge resulting into effective community structures. The paper points out negative experiences on how voluntarism without legislation as affected community participation, considering gender perspectives, cultural background as well as the socio-economic situations of the venerable groups the poor. The community regulatory structure has achieved the reduction in the number of deaths due to cholera in pilot compound reduced drastically from /10,000 in 1994 to /10,000 in 2000. The project is now extending to six (6) more peri-urban communities. 1 Founder President for Network for the Environmental Concerns and Solutions (NECOS-Zambia) E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com Central Statistical Office, Agriculture and Environment P.O.BOX 31908, Lusaka, Zambia, Phone:260-01-253655 EnviroInfo 2005 (Brno) Informatics for Environmental Protection Networking Environmental Information Copyright © Masaryk University Brno, Brno 2005. ISBN: 80-210-3780-6


Data on shipping accident investigations from the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) throughout 2010-2016 of fifty-four accident cases at sea, seventeen of which were accidents caused by collisions on ships in Indonesian waters, act to avoid a collision by detecting an object on the sea surface. Detection object is challenging because so many varieties object on the sea surface. Illumination variations with different seasons, periods, illumination intensity and direction affect the detection of objects directly. A rough sea is seen as a dynamic background of moving objects with size order and shape. All these factors make it difficult to object detection. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that background subtraction on sea surface problem remains open and a definitive robust solution is still missing. In this paper, we have applied a selection of background subtraction algorithms with post-processed to the problem. Experimental results with our dataset verify the high efficiency of our proposed method


We present a short and elegant proof of the complete theory of strict representations of the algebraBa(E) of all adjointable operators on a Hilbert B–moduleE by operators on a Hilbert C–moduleF and an analogue for W–modules and normal representations. As an application we furnish a new proof of Blecher's Eilenberg-Watts theoremand we explain why our result cannot be deduced from the former. If G is a Hilbert space and θ : B(G)→ B(H) a normal unital representation of B(G) on another Hilbert spaceH, thenH factorizes intoG⊗Hθ whereHθ is a third Hilbert space, the multiplicity space, andθ(a) acts onG ⊗ Hθ asa⊗ idHθ . It is the main goal of these notes to present a short and elegant proof of the same result for Hilbert modules and W–modules which works in full generality. In other words, we show in Theorem 1.4 that a stri ct unital representation of the algebraBa(E) of adjointable operators on a Hilbert B–moduleE on a HilbertC–moduleF, thenF factorizes into a tensor product E ⊙ Fθ whereFθ is a HilbertB–C–module, andθ(a) acts asa⊙ idFθ . (There are several terms in use for Hilbert bimodule and its W –variant. In the remainder of these notes we will use the term correspondence .) In Theorem 1.14 we make the necessary modifications for W–modules and normal representations. The surprisingly simple proof (indeed, the reader accustom ed to the basic facts about Hilbert modules, we repeat in the beginning of Section 1, might pass d irectly to Theorem 1.4) is based on the observation that E (for full E) is a Morita equivalence fromK(E) to B. It generalizes known proofs from Skeide [Ske02], in the case when E has aunit vector, and a sketch of a proof for endomorphisms of Ba(E) whenE is a full von Neumann module from Skeide [Ske03a]. The strategies of both known proofs are conceptually di fferent among themselves and from the strategy of the new proof. The two existing proofs were inspi red by two di fferent ways of how to treat the caseB(H) (as used in the construction of product systems of Hilbert s paces by Arveson [Arv89] and by Bhat [Bha96]). The new proof is "compl etely module" in the sense that its mechanism cannot be understood without knowing at l eastW–modules overB(H). Therefore, the new proof is new also for Hilbert spaces and it simplifies that case considerably; see Example 1.5. A comparison of the three methods (includin g a full treatment of the case sketched in [Ske03a]) will appear in [Ske03b]; see also the s urvey [Ske03c]. WhenE is full, themultiplicity module Fθ of a representation of Ba(E) is unique (Theorem 1.7). In Observation 1.9 we explain in how far the uniqueness statement varies, when E is not necessarily full. A clear understanding is indispensab le for the final section. It also has relevance for the study of isomorphisms of Ba(E) and is related to several notions of Morita equivalence for right modules and bimodules. We will study t hese aspects and their connections with Muhly and Solel [MS00, MS03] and Skeide [Ske03b] in [MSS 03a]. The constructions for composed representations iterate as sociatively (Theorem 1.12). This has particular relevance for the study of product systems fr om endomorphism semigroups.


Although China is throwing a huge sum toward improving its environment, hurdles remain The Chinese Government is accelerating its plans to allot trillions of yuan toward protecting the environment, following decades of degradation during a period of rapid development. A 3.4-trillion-yuan ($542.26 billion) investment scheme will take hold during the country's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) period for the environment, said Wang Jinnan, Deputy Director and


Heat treatment is an environmentally friendly method that improves the moisture-resistant properties and increases the service life of timber. In this work, Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata [Lamb.] Hook.) wood was heat-treated in a chamber with steam at temperatures of 160, 180, 200 and 220 °C for 2 h, and the absorption of water was studied by gravimetric analysis and time domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR). The results show that both the amount of bound water and free water decreased with the increasing treatment temperature. The water absorption of wood in the radial direction was faster than that in the tangential direction due to the existence of rays, and this difference remained after the heat treatment. The heat treatment at 220 °C had a significant effect on water absorption in the tangential direction of wood, and the moisture content (MC) was approximately 20% lower than that of samples absorbing water in the radial direction. T2 (spin–spin relaxation time) distributions showed two main components which were associated with bound water and free water, and for samples absorbing water in the radial or tangential direction, there was only a difference in the amount of free water. The amount of free water significantly decreased for the samples that were heat-treated at 220 °C and absorbed water in the tangential direction, indicating that the high-temperature heat-treated samples tended to close the pits in wood cells.


CATHODE THIS IS INTENDED TO EQUIP AN ELEMENT HAVING ELECTROCHEMICAL ANODE SODIUM FADE, SEPARATOR BETA ALUMINA, CATHODE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE METAL TRANSITION (FE, NI, CO, CR AND MN). FOR THE MANUFACTURE, ON HOT PARTICULATE MATERIAL START WITH AT LEAST ONE ABOVE THE GROUP OF METALS IN OXIDATIVE ATMOSPHERE TO MAKE ITS PARTICLE AT LEAST PARTIALLY OXIDIZED, AND TO JOIN THEM TO FORM POROUS MATRIX UNIT. HOT ON THIS THEN DIE IN REDUCING ATMOSPHERE FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY REDUCE OXIDE FORM PREVIOUSLY, AND THEN REDUCED THE MATRIX IMPREGNATED BY TYPE ELECTROLYTE SEL FADE COMPRISES OF SODIUM CHLORIDE AND ALUMINUM. OF SODIUM CHLORIDE IN THE FORM OF SCATTERED IS INCORPORATED IN THE MATRIX, PREFERABLY BY MIXTURE OF SODIUM CHLORIDE IN THE FORM PARTICLE WITH REGARD TO START PARTICLE BEFORE HEATING ATMOSPHERE Oxidative TO FORM THE MATRIX. NO FIGURE FOR SHORT.


Aim: The order Ephemeroptera, together with Trichoptera and Plecoptera, has been considered as sensitive in environmental quality assessment. However, the species Campsurus truncatus Ulmer 1920 (Polymitarcyidae) has been sampled in anthropically altered sites. In this paper, data on the occurrence of that species in the water quality monitoring network of the Environmental Agency of São Paulo State (CETESB) were gathered to review its position in the environmental gradient and in the quality assessment of rivers and reservoirs. Methods: For this, a compilation of the occurrences and densities of Campsurus obtained in rivers and reservoirs of São Paulo state between 2001 and 2018, with grab samplers, was carried. Environmental factors, the Trophic State Index (TSI) and the Benthic Community Index (BCI) were related to the species densities to define its environmental requirements. Results: The sublittoral zone of reservoirs was the most common habitat to C. truncatus, occurring more frequently at mesotrophic sites with fair ecological quality. Higher mean densities were recorded at eutrophic sites with good ecological quality conditions. The statistical analysis did not show linear correlation between C. truncatus densities and any of the analyzed environmental variable such as grain size, organic matter content, DO and light penetration, although there was a tendency for higher species densities occur in muddy, dark sediments and with intermediate levels of organic matter. As described in literature the presence of aquatic plants can actually benefit that population once the highest densities were observed in sites with many macrophytes, as Salto Grande reservoir, but it may be confusing the relationship between population density and environmental factors. Conclusions: The high occurrence and densities of C. truncatus obtained in eutrophic environments suggest that the species should not be considered as a sensitive taxon in qualitative indexes, such as the BCI for rivers and the sublittoral region of reservoirs. Moreover, its exclusion from the richness of sensitive groups had low impact on the diagnoses already performed at the CETESB monitoring network.


This paper proposes a general framework for tone typology,which is built on a large body of acoustic data and a syllable-tone-phonation theory.A general tonotype inventory is proposed according to four dimensions:register,length,height,and contour.Tonal systems from various languages/dialects can be compared and classified within this inventory.This kind of typological study can provide synchronic and evolutionary phonology with solid empirical foundation.


Fluidized bed pyrolysis experiments have been conducted on a sample of Karanja seed (de-oiled) cake to determine the effects of particle size, pyrolysis temperature and nitrogen gas flow rate on the products yield. The particle size, pyrolysis temperature and nitrogen gas flow rate were varied from 0.175 to 1.6 mm, 400°C to 500°C and 6 LPM to 10 LPM. The maximum oil yield of 65.56 wt % was obtained at a nitrogen gas flow rate of 8 LPM, particle size of 0.5–0.99 mm and pyrolysis temperature of 450°C. The maximum gas yield of 38.20 wt % was obtained at particle size of 0.175–0.5 mm, nitrogen flow rate of 8 LPM and at 500°C. The maximum char yield of 24 wt % was obtained at 400°C. The gas fractions were obtained using gas analyzer. The pyrolysis gas fractions were found to contain hydrocarbon, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Water content of crude bio-oil and upgraded bio-oil was found 56% wt and 40 wt % respectively. The calorific value of up-graded Karanja bio-oil was found to be 16.5 MJ/Kg. Density, Viscosity and pH of upgraded bio-oil were found 1023Kg/m3, 3.25cst and 4.6 respectively. So, bio-oil can be used as a source of fuel if the water content of bio-oil could be reduced. Here an attempt has made to study the feasibility of production of valuable fuels from natural but non edible seed cake (Karanja) by the method of pyrolysis. Here the production of the fuel can serve purpose of alternative fuels as biomass pyrolysis oil has potential to be used as fuel oil or its substitute


This work introduces the notion of higher order co-occurrences as a data source for corpus-based ontology extension. After describing various parameter settings for the process we evaluate the approach on a manually annotated dataset. An outlook on further applications is given


Rounding off the femoral neck metaphysis helps improve hip function in slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). Remodeling by physeal growth, not previously reported, may also contribute. By studing the changes in physeal-shaft angle after internal fixation (IF), we found evidence of physeal remodeling in one of 21 mild, five of 23 moderate, and in all of 11 severe slips. Although the amount of remodeling averaged 11.7°, it occurred in 100% of severe slips (p < 0.001). This supports the use of initial pin fixation and a wait of at least 2 years before realignment femoral neck osteotomies are considered.


In recent years, increasing attention has been paid and efforts devoted to the identification and placement of minority students in gifted education programs. This response reflects the unfortunate reality that minority children, particularly African American children, are severely underrepresented in gifted programs (Alamprese & Erlanger, 1988; Ford & Harris, 1991; Richert, 1987; U.S. Department of Education, 1990) and gravely overrepresented in Special Education programs for the learning disabled, behavioral disordered, and mentally retarded (Chinn & Selma, 1987; B. Ford, 1992; Kunjufu, 1993; Patton, 1992). This discrepancy reaches 50% nationally, but may be even higher in some school districts and states. Abundant data suggest that gifted programs are perhaps the most segregated educational programs in this nation, and that more concerted efforts must be undertaken to ensure that minority students, economically disadvantaged students, as well as underachievers receive the education to which they are ethically and legally entitled.This article has four major goals. First, it highlights the current state of gifted education relative the presence (or lack) of African American students in gifted programs. Second, possible explanations for the aforementioned discrepancy--that is, the underrepresentation of African American learners in programs for the gifted--are advanced. Third, suggestions are offered to redress this problem, to "desegregate" gifted programs and otherwise redress inequities. These suggestions range from new definitions and theories of giftedness to promising identification practices. Finally, the issue of not only identifying and recruiting African American students but also retaining them in gifted programs is discussed, along with recommendations.INDICES OF SEGREGATION IN GIFTED PROGRAMSThe year 1994 marks the 40th anniversary of the epochal decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954). No longer in its infancy, this ruling is rapidly approaching middle age. Still, African Americans continue to struggle with the basic issues of justice, equity, and equality the proponents of Brown sought to address. The long battle for political, economical, social, and educational parity has been fought in a milieu of contradictions (Sizemore, 1978). On the one hand, American democracy espouses equality and equity in all facets of life, particularly education. On the other hand, four decades after Brown, the nation holds steadfastly to practices that promise he persistence of inequity and inequality in educational opportunities and access to quality programs. African Americans are still fighting for justice in schools across the land.Brown represents the most significant ruling in the history of the Supreme Court on equal educational opportunity. It is the cornerstone of all subsequent legal developments ensuring the rights of disenfranchised groups (Ford, Russo, & Harris, 1993; Russo, Ford, & Harris, 1993). However, the absence of controlling Supreme Court precedent or mandatory federal legislation on gifted education requires reasoning by analogy regarding Brown's implications for gifted education.The most far-reaching legislation for gifted education is the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Act of 1988. This Act clearly marked the culmination of the efforts of proponents of gifted education. Not only does it provide financial assistance to state and local educational agencies, it also gives highest priority to students who are racial minorities, economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient, and disabled. However, despite the stellar efforts of this legislation, a disconcerting underrepresentation of nontraditional students in gifted programs persists. For example, the U.S. Department of Education's (1990) 12th annual report to Congress notes that African American males are disproportionately placed in Special Education programs compared to students of any other racial, ethnic, or gender group. …


Most of the mass of the Milky Way is contributed by its halo, presumably in the form of noninteracting cold dark matter. The axion is a compelling cold dark matter candidate. We report results from a search that probes the local Galactic halo axion density using the Sikivie radio frequency cavity technique. Candidates over the frequency range 550 MHz ≤ f ≤ 810 MHz (2.3 μeV ≤ ma ≤ 3.4 μeV) were investigated. The absence of a signal suggests that the axions of Kim and Shifman, Vainshtein, & Zakharov contribute no more than 0.45 GeV cm-3 of mass density to the local dark matter halo over this mass range.


Abstract Nuclear binding and the physicochemical characteristics of a glucocorticoid-binding component were studied in glucocorticoid-responsive lymphocytes from patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL). As previously reported from this laboratory for corticoid-sensitive mouse P1798 tumor lymphocytes, 4 mm MgCl2 and 1 mm spermidine released about 60% of [3H]triamcinolone acetonide ([3H]TA) from nuclei isolated from CLL cells that had been incubated with the radioactive steroid at 37°. Ten mm spermidine extracted 90% of [3H]TA from CLL nuclei and in this respect were as effective as was 0.6 m KCl. Agarose gel filtration and glycerol density gradient centrifugation of 0.6 m KCl, 10 mm spermidine, or 4.5 mm MgCl2 extracts of [3H]TA-labeled CLL nuclei revealed that most of the radioactivity in the extract was in the form of a large, asymmetrical macromolecule complex when the protease inhibitors, carbobenzoxy-l-phenylalanine or leupeptin, were included in the extraction buffer. Leupeptin was usually more effective than carbobenzoxy-l-phenylalanine and was therefore the protease inhibitor of choice. The [3H]TA complex had an apparent molecular weight of 90,000 to 96,000, a sedimentation coefficient of 3.7S, and a Stokes radius of 56 to 60 A, corresponding to a frictional ratio of 1.8 and an axial ratio (prolate ellipsoid) of 15. When protection against cleavage was inadequate, a variable amount of 35 A material was detected by agarose gel filtration, associated with decreased recovery of the 56 to 60 A complex. Cytosolic [3H]TA binding components isolated from CLL lymphocytes incubated with [3H]TA at 4° were indistinguishable by agarose gel filtration and glycerol density gradient centrifugation from nuclear-associated [3H]TA macromolecule complexes in cells that were labeled at 37°. The Stokes radius and sedimentation coefficient of nuclear glucocorticoid-binding components from cells labeled with [3H]dexamethasone were identical to the values characteristic of nuclear-associated [3H]TA-macromolecule complexes. This observation, together with the results of Scatchard analysis of nuclear binding data and of competition experiments, suggested that [3H]TA and [3H]dexamethasone interacted with the same class(es) of binding sites in CLL lymphocytes. However, [3H]dexamethasone complexes appeared to be less stable than [3H]TA complexes, as indicated by the considerable dissociation of [3H]dexamethasone but not of [3H]TA during agarose gel filtration and glycerol density gradient centrifugation. Our results raise the possibility that a large, asymmetrical glucocorticoid-binding component that can be readily extracted from nuclei with millimolar concentrations of divalent or polyvalent cations may be required for steroid action on human malignant lymphocytes.


The utility model relates to a street lamp whose electricity is complementally supplied by the wind or light. The utility model can be used for illuminating the public locations such as roads, public squares, schools, residential areas etc. and pertains to the spotlight technical field. The utility model can make full use of the reproducible energy to generate electricity and charge the storage battery via the arranged wind-power generator and the wind-power electricity-generated charging controller, the solar energy battery plate and the solar energy charging controller. The solar energy and the wind generate the electricity in the sunny days, while the wind power generates the electricity at night or in the rainy days. In this way, the wind power and solar energy plays a complementary role in generating electricity so as to guarantee the normality and continuity of the street lamp to work. The arranged commutation switch not only can provide the direct-current power, but also provides the alternating current power. The utility model has the advantages of making full use of the reproducible energy, the simple structure, having strong practicability and popularization and can be widely used for illuminating the city and countryside road.


Inverse photoemission from W(110) has been used to determine the dispersion of the unoccupied energy bands along the tungsten [Gamma][Sigma][ital N] line. The critical points are determined to be [Gamma][sub 12] at 2.6 eV, [ital N][sub 1] at 2.2 eV, and the lower limit of [ital N][sub 4] at 3.2 eV. The upper bound of the lifetime broadening is estimated as 0.3[minus]0.4 eV at 2[minus]3 eV above [ital E][sub [ital F]]. The image state is observed at 4.5 eV above [ital E][sub [ital F]], or 0.7 eV in binding energy, relative to the vacuum level.


John Burton's Human Needs Theory has been a cornerstone for conflict resolution, emphasizing that there are vital needs that all human beings have in common and if desecrated, may result in conflict. Indeed, unfulfilled needs are the root cause of a conflict hence; if human needs are denied or obstructed then conflict is inevitable.  John Burton's Human Needs Theory may not present a comprehensive conflict resolution mechanism rather it focuses to provide basic understanding and identification of factors that are likely to cause conflict. Burton's work may be regarded as baseline study of theory of conflict formation aimed at identifying causation of factors and levels contributing to conflict rather resolution specifically. However, in his subsequent writings Burton attempted to bridge the gap between Humans needs theory and conflict resolution by describing framework to resolve a conflict. Nonetheless, besides offering so much, assertion of Burton's theory may be further argued and analyzed in the current milieu of international affairs. This paper seeks to understand the causes of conflict at the societal or state level through the prism of human needs theory.


In the past few years, businesses have been hit hard with a talent crunch, a generational shift, and an economic downturn. This is all on top of the usual 21st century challenges of globalization, innovation, and technology. How can leaders possibly keep up? They must, and they will. But in order to do so successfully, they must learn to not only lead their organizations but also lead themselves. They must learn to practice personal leadership. This article outlines ten practices of personal leadership that show readers that leadership is not just a label. It is a way of life.


Building cooling load prediction is of critical importance for achieving energy saving of air-conditioning system in office buildings. It not only benefits the energy-efficiency of the air-conditioning system, but is also important for the system stability. Many techniques have been developed for building cooling load prediction. These methods are normally arranged into three categories: regression analysis, energy simulation and artificial intelligence. Among them, the regression analysis methods are simple in mechanism and much practical for real application. However, traditional regression models are not sufficient to manage multi-parameter dynamic changes, and the outliers in prediction has not been well considered, making the accuracy of cooling load prediction not satisfactory. To promote the feasibility of regression methods for cooling load prediction of office buildings, an efficient regression model based on sensitivity analysis and the traditional autoregressive with exogenous (ARX) model (named as improved ARX model) is proposed in this paper. The improved ARX model keeps the constitution of ARX model, but uses specified variables that selected by sensitivity analysis. The quadratic terms of vital variables are included to reduce the impact of system non-linearity. A least square method is used to get the weight coefficient matrix for model training. Comparison studies are used to evaluate the prediction accuracy of the improved ARX model. The proposed model will largely improve prediction accuracy and more adaptive for real applications in the perspective of optimal control for HVAC systems.


This experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that differences in the effective noise level from one critical band to the next can account for the typical audiogram showing the temporary threshold shift which results from an exposure to noise of uniform spectrum level.For equal masking, or (B+K−β0), the greatest losses were found at the highest frequencies and the smallest losses at the lowest frequencies. However, the hypothesis implied that for equal masking all frequencies would show equal losses.Further analysis revealed that when the data for temporary threshold shift were plotted against the quantity (B+2.7K−β0), the points for all test‐tone frequencies fell on a common curve.


The molecule of the title compound, C12H10O2, is planar, with an intramolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond between the hydroxy group and the carbonyl O atom. The structure is stabilized by intermolecular C—H⋯π and offset π–π stacking interactions.


Phonological abilities are abilities that include phonological memory and phonological
 awareness. Phonological memory is a system which codes and temporarily storages
 phonological informations. It is also named as phonological loop. It is assessed with digit
 span task and nonword repetition task. Phonological awareness refers to the sensitivity for the
 sound structure of oral language. It involves the term of phoneme awareness, which represents
 the ability of manipulating phonemes in words. Phonological awareness is assessed with
 different tasks, such as detection and production of rhyme, syllable segmentation and
 blending, phoneme segmentation and blending.
 Down syndrome affects 1 in 1000 to 1 in 1100 newborn children worldwide. It is most
 commonly caused by trisomy 21. Characteristics of population with Down syndrome include
 intellectual disabilities, significant incidence of hearing loss, and differences in speech
 characteristics, voice quality, vocabulary knowledge, morphosyntax, reading and writing,
 compared with typically developing people. Regarding pragmatic skills, children with Down
 syndrome show both similarities and differences in comparison with typically developing
 children.
 The aim of this review is to find out do people with Down syndrome differ in phonological
 memory and phonological awareness abilities from people of typical cognitive development.
 The data from scientific studies were analyzed. It is affirmed that, regarding digit span task,
 performance of individuals with Down syndrome was significantly lower compared with
 typically developing individuals in majority of studies in which these two groups were
 matched on mental age. Individuals with Down syndrome also had significantly lower
 performance in nonword repetition, in comparison with typically developing individuals.
 Moreover, in the majority of phonological awareness tasks administered on groups of people
 with Down syndrome and typically developing people matched on level of reading,
 participants with Down syndrome had significantly lower performance. Besides, in some
 studies difficulties in rhyme detection in participants with Down syndrome are observed.
 Finally, results of reviewed studies can be used as guidelines in fostering the development of
 capabilities of people with Down syndrome, but it is also necessary to take into account their
 individual characteristics.


Abstract In this study, a statistical experimental strategy was used to optimize the Cd(II) adsorption by chemically treated stems of Helianthus annuus (sunflower). The maximum cadmium adsorption was found at 100 mg/L when a dose of 2000 mg/100 ml was applied at pH 6.0. The highest percentage removal obtained using the model was 100%. The F value (17.28), lack-of-fit value (0.09) and coefficient of determination (R 2 = 0.939) established the appropriateness of quadratic model. The results of confirmation experiment, i.e. 99.8% removal of Cd(II) by prepared adsorbent under optimized conditions agreed well with the model predictions.


The European Starling Sturnus vulgaris is an introduced species in North America and is an aggressive competitor for tree cavity nest-sites. Starlings are commonly considered to influence nest-site selection and reproductive success of native cavity-nesting species negatively. We examined the relationship between Starling nest density and the fecundity of two native secondary cavity-using passerines, Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides and Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor. We monitored a total of 622 nests (approximately equal numbers for each of the three species) in woodpecker-excavated and naturally occurring cavities in 29 small forest groves in central British Columbia, Canada, between 2000 and 2009. The dimensions of cavities used and the timing of nest initiation overlapped for all species, although Starlings initiated clutches earliest. Mixed-effects models were used to assess whether nest abundance, clutch size or nest success were affected directly by Starling nest abundance, or indirectly via a shift in cavity selection or timing of breeding. Starlings and Mountain Bluebirds showed inverse trends in nest abundance. Mountain Bluebird clutch sizes were smaller if they were initiated later in the breeding season. There was weak evidence that Tree Swallow clutch size decreased with cavity depth when Starling nests were abundant, and increased with cavity depth where there were few Starling nests. We conclude that despite the aggressive nature of this exotic cavity-nester, the influence of Starlings on native secondary cavity-nesting passerines is modest where cavities are abundant.


To accurately estimate neutronics properties of fast reactors, particularly Japan Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor of 1,500 MW electric, calculational methods are being improved in Japan. This paper describes the planning and the ongoing development of the neutronics calculation methods in the field of 1) assembly calculations including the calculations of effective cross sections, 2) core calculations and 3) uncertainty evaluation and uncertainty reduction.


In 1723 the cardinal Luis Belluga and Tomas Jose de Montes, his successor in the diocese of Cartagena, agreed that they would divide the incomes of that prelacy into two halves. Such contribution was especially very necessary for the restauration of the western side of the cathedral of Murcia, which was completely destroyed after the eathquakes and floods of 1733-1736. This paper touches upon bishop Montes' legal Memorial in defense of his thesis as well as Belluga's refutation.


We consider temperature-driven phase transitions occurring in a liquid crystal suspension of ferromagnetic particles within the Landau–de Gennes theory. The temperature dependences of the order parameters in the uniaxial model with a vector order parameter for the magnetic subsystem are obtained. The dimensionless expression for the free energy density of the suspension has been used for the study of the phase behavior general regularities of the system. Phase state diagrams of the suspension and temperature dependences of the order parameters of the liquid crystal and the ensemble of magnetic particles for different values of the phenomenological expansion coefficients are constructed. It is shown that the considered model admits the existence of a cascade of temperature phase transitions: isotropic phase–superparamagnetic nematic phase–ferromagnetic nematic phase. We have shown that in the mesomorphic state of the liquid crystal, the spontaneous magnetization can appear in a continuous way or by a jump with decreasing temperature, which corresponds to the tricritical behavior. The values of temperature and expansion coefficients corresponding to the tricritical and triple points are numerically found.


Abstract This work presents how advanced process control can improve energy efficiency of an industrial plant employed to production of low density polyethylene. First, using industrial data, a phenomenological-based model is developed to infer temperature and component concentrations profiles along high-pressure autoclave reactor where polymerization occurs. Then, an advanced control strategy based on feedback linearization technique is proposed for automatic control of reactor variables. Besides promoting operational safety and productivity improvements, use of advanced control strategy allows the operations of autoclave manipulated variables closer to their constraints and, consequently, a remarkable reduction in energy consumption associated to the process is obtained.


This study aims to describe the form and form of power representation in the textbook of Indonesian High School Class XI Curriculum 2013 by using social analysis change from Norman Fairclough. Sources of data from this study is the textbook of Indonesian High School Class XI Curriculum 2013. The data of this research is obtained by documentation, read and record technique. The results show that there is vocabulary, grammar, and text structure that represents the form of power in textbooks. From the text and sociocultural review results also shows that the discourse of discourse in the textbook is inseparable from the aspect of power, both individual power and institutional power


According to the regional characteristics in natural conditions and social economy in Fujian Province,the regional advantages and restricting factors of characteristic agriculture development in Fujian are elaborated.Thus it is proposed to utilize local conditions,give full play to the regional advantages,start with policy and input in science and technology,build and develop industrial cooperatives,and support diversified stereoscopic characteristic agriculture development.


Cyber attacks are increasing continuously. On average about one million malicious codes appear every day, and attacks are expanding gradually to IT convergence services (e.g. vehicles and television) and social infrastructure (nuclear energy, power, water, etc.), as well as cyberspace. Analysis of large-scale cyber incidents has revealed that most attacks are started by PCs infected with malicious code. This paper proposes a method of detecting an attack IP automatically by analyzing the characteristics of the e-mail transfer path, which cannot be manipulated by the attacker. In particular, we developed a system based on the proposed model, and operated it for more than four months, and then detected 1,750,000 attack IPs by analyzing 22,570,000 spam e-mails in a commercial environment. A detected attack IP can be used to remove spam e-mails by linking it with the cyber removal system, or to block spam e-mails by linking it with the RBL(Real-time Blocking List) system. In addition, the developed system is expected to play a positive role in preventing cyber attacks, as it can detect a large number of attack IPs when linked with the portal site.


In this paper, we present an efficient Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) classifier for discriminating between drone and non-drone targets from L-band staring radar data. It supports a high recognition update rate from short-dwells on the target, with minimal latency. Evaluation using real measurements from the Aveillant Gamekeeper radar demonstrates that the introduced classifier delivers high recognition accuracy when trained on real data. It also shows that the short-dwell CNN achieves reasonable classification performance when exclusively trained on synthetic data from a simple radar signal simulator, and so offers capability against previously unseen drone types.


These materials have different features on each side, leading to unusual and promising quantum applications.These materials have different features on each side, leading to unusual and promising quantum applications.


In order to achieve on-line high-precision detection of the total width of punching nickel-plated steel strip, a method based on computer vision and linear motor measurement has been proposed. High quality nickel tape images were collected by combining high-performance industrial cameras with telecentric lenses. And, the edge of the nickel belt was then obtained by using a sub-pixel algorithm. Meanwhile, by coordinating the linear motor trajectory and getting the partial images after two times, the total width can be get by combining the movement distances. An optimization compensation algorithm is proposed, which reduces the linear motor displacement error caused by the actual installation process and the temperature. The research showed that the system can detect the large width of the nickel tape with the total width effectively and stably. The accuracy was 0.035mm.


I Acknowledgements By this acknowledgement we would like to express our gratitude to all the people who helped us with this study. We would like to express our thanks to Jan Brandberg, Plan och trafik, Miljö Göteborg, for paying attention to our study. We appreciate his professionalism that played an important role in making this study completed. Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet for their useful information for the present study. Finally, we thank all the haulage companies involved in this study for providing us with the initial data in use. Abstract Port of Gothenburg AB and the port conduct the business that requires a permit under the Environmental Code. The most important environmental impact of the business is noise and emissions to the air, ground and water. The purpose of this research was to calculate the emissions to the air caused by the road haulage companies dealing with the Port of Gothenburg. The calculations formed the basis for analyzing the extent to which these road transports effect the environment inside Gothenburg city and its surroundings. The most popular roads used by the transports to and from the port were presented and the negative contributions to the environment in the surrounding areas were stated. The calculations were based on the methodologies and procedures from the Swedish authority of Network for Transport and the Environment (www.ntm.a.se) and real operational data were applied in order to carry out the calculations. In the conclusion an analysis was made as to whether or not the above mentioned road transports had a considerable effect on the environment of the studied area, and what could be done for the balance between the growing business of Port of Gothenburg, and the environmentally strong link in the logistics chains of the port. Some proposals for reducing the negative impacts such as a dry port located in a more environmentally tolerant area may be a topic for further research.


Along with the development of modern technology and transformation with the multimedia on classes in school,the copying and playing system is applied to basic operation skills teaching in animal experiments,and it turns the used slightly harried and boring course of animal experiments into orderly and full of vividness.


We first give an improved lower bound for the deterministic online simulation of tapes or pushdown stores by queues. Then we inspect some proofs in a classical work on queue machines in the area of Formal Languages and outline why a main argument in the proofs is incomplete. Based on descriptional complexity, we show the intuition behind the argument to be correct.


This paper presented hardware and software structure, communication protocol of heterogeneous computer interconnecting, communication system, as well as the implement in the IBM host. Development of the communicat software based on the OSI successfully proves that interconnection of heterogenous computer to computer is correct.


debt crisis must be designed to ensure that a debtor state can fulfil its social-economic rights obligations—exist still but in the realm of rhetoric. In my own work on the subject of austerity and human rights in Greece, and in the legal brief I wrote with Olivier De Schutter for the Special Committee of the Hellenic Parliament on the Audit of the Greek Debt, I was struck by the fact that the international actors involved in the negotiation and implementation of the 2010 and 2012 memoranda of understanding with Greece acted in total disregard of international human rights, and that they had not even taken elementary precautions of assessing the potential impacts on the level of enjoyment of human rights of the measures they were recommending. I propose that what we are seeing is a rhetorical awareness toward justice based solutions, but not (yet) a shift. We might be reminded that the General Assembly Principles on Sovereign Debt Restructuring Processes saw the major developed countries voting against it, emphasizing that this is a matter best pursued in the IMF—despite the fact that the IMF, for its part, has long resisted calls to take into account human rights in the execution of its mandate. Giving effect to the oft-stated claim by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that states have extraterritorial obligations in the area of socioeconomic rights, when acting individually and collectively, is both directly relevant to the concerns raised here and will represent an uphill battle when it comes to implementing those obligations. There is of course another way in which human rights are implicated here, and that is through the necessary repression of civil and political rights as part of the restructuring processes we have seen, for example police violence to quell protests and restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly. In fact, economic historians have consistently demonstrated that in Europe, austerity has given rise to fascism. To wrap up this brief introduction—perhaps I might end where I began—with the idea of the public interest. Here the central point is that the public interest can no longer be understood as coterminous with repaying creditors or stabilizing the economy. The people are not merely alleged beneficiaries of some other program. The turn that has begun, but is only just underway, is to resituate people at the center of international finance. Today's panel is, accordingly, about the fundamental principles of proscribing coercion in international affairs, receiving consent by the governed and ensuring human rights, and the various ways international law might yet make that happen.


Background/Aims: Double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) and capsule endoscopy (CE) are useful for evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). However, many bleeding sources within reach of conventional upper and lower endoscopes can be missed in patients who have undergone DBE and CE for OGIB. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and characteristics of OGIB lesions within reach of a conventional endoscope in patients undergoing DBE and CE for the indication of OGIB. Methods: This retrospective study included 134 patients who were evaluated for OGIB between March 2003 and May 2009 at Soonchunhyang University Hospital. Results: Of the 134 patients, 76 underwent CE, 28 patients underwent DBE, and 30 underwent both CE and DBE. The incidence of OGIB lesions within reach of a conventional upper and lower endoscopy was 9.7% (n=13) and the mean age of patients was 51 years (range: 20 to 69 years). The most commonly missed lesion was duodenal ulcer (n=8). The other missed lesions were gastric ulcer (n=2), terminal ileal ulcer (n=2) and ileocecal valve ulcer (n=1). Conclusions: The duodenum should be observed closely in initial upper and lower endoscopy by experienced endoscopists. Performing a second EGD and ileocolonoscopy before DBE and CE may increase the diagnostic yield and improve cost-effectiveness in patients with OGIB.


In order to study the function of thecompound formula to benefit qi,strengthen the spleen and dredge the collaterals,functional indigestion models in rats were made by irregular food intake plus diluted hydrochloric acid and divided randomly into four groups (A,B,C,D) and fed respectively with "Stomach Peace NO.2 Formula"(main ingredients:Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae,Radix Astragali,Rhizoma Zedoariae,Fructus Aurantii),"Aucklandia Qi Smoothing Pills",Preculsid and distilled water.28 days later,the stomach emptying was observed to determine the contents of nitrous oxide (NO) in the tissues of the gastric antrum and thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamus.The results showed that there was no difference in the stomach emptying rate in A,B and C groups ( P 0.05),but the restoration of the stomach emptying level in Group A was even and stable,close to the Group E (the normal group);and that change in NO and TRH was most obvious in Group A,with a significant difference in comparison of Group D(P0.05~0.01),and with no difference in comparison of Group B,C and D( P 0.05).The findings indicate that "Stomach Peace NO.2 Formula" has a better therapeutic effect for functional indigestion and can intensify the dynamic adaptability of the stomach and intestine and may have a regulatory function in cerebral and intestinal peptide hormone in the hypothalamus.


Organic fouling in the membrane support is one of the major causes for the flux decline and low efficiency in the pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process for osmotic power generation, especially when the fouling is complicated by inorganic salt ions. A facile method to fabricate antifouling hollow fiber membranes was demonstrated in this study, which employed the readily available poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as the modification agent. The poly(ether sulfone) (PES) support for the thin film composite (TFC) membranes was first coated by polydopamine (PDA) and then coated with PVA with the aid of glutaraldehyde (GA). PDA was found to detach from the support in the first 2 h and gradually stabilized at pH 2, verifying its applicability for PRO processes. In addition, the existence of a PVA layer was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is important to note that by controlling the reaction conditions, the water flux and salt reverse flux in the PRO process were not sacrificed, proving that the modif...


Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are actively transcribed by regions of the mammalian transcriptome that do not encode proteins. ncRNAs are divided into several groups, the most studied members microRNAs (miRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs) are identified as important key players in the regulation of gene expression, and they are involved in various cellular processes and disease pathogenesis, including cancer. In recent years, increasing experimental evidence have shown that ncRNAs functions of great importance for cancer mechanisms since they are deeply associated with the oncogenes and tumor suppressor networks. Thus, ncRNAs are identified as potential diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapies. In this review, it is aimed to summarize the functional roles of ncRNAs on cancer mechanisms and highlight the promising applications of ncRNAs for cancer treatment.


There are many fashion words in AI, such as introspection, reflection, metalanguage, belief and intention. The usual way of looking at such concepts is proof theoretical even if it is not at all clear that these concepts can be described in a formal language. I shed light on some of these concepts from a semantical point of view, and show that it is impossible to describe them to a computer. This implies that there can be no agent other that of being instrumental. I also present a new theory of anticipatory systems that runs counter to the prevalent idea.


CI chondrites represent highly aqueously altered solar system material, having experienced near-complete hydration. This study investigates the details of this alteration by examining the petrology and O isotopic composition of alteration products in 3 polished sections of the CI chondrite Alais, on loan from the Field Museum of Natural History. Using backscattered electron and energy-dispersive x-ray mapping, we identified carbonate and magnetite to target for in-situ oxygen isotopic analysis by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). To date, there have been few in-situ O isotopic studies of CI chondrites [1-3]. This study represents the first published in-situ oxygen isotopic measurements performed on the Alais meteorite and of CI magnetite.


With the development of multi-core processors,especially the increase in the number of processor cores and functional changes,the single-core or multi-processor-oriented software architecture endlessly suited for single-chip multi-processor hardware architecture takes full advantage of multi-core computing capacity,which is also a great challenge for programmers to follow.This article describes the structure of multi-core processors,parallel programming methods and tools for performance tuning.


Design calculations are presented for a pulsed neutron source comprising polychromatic protons accelerated from a metal foil by a short-pulse laser, and a LiF converter in which (p,n) reactions occur. Although the proton pulse is directional, neutrons are predicted to be emitted relatively isotropically. The neutron spectrum was predicted to be similar to the proton spectrum, but with more neutrons of low energy in the opposite direction to the incident protons. The angular dependence of spectrum and intensity was predicted. The (p,n) reactions generate unstable nuclei which decay predominantly by positron emission to the original {sup 7}Li and {sup 19}F isotopes. For the initial planned experiments using a converter 1mm thick, we predict that 0.1% of the protons will undergo a (p,n) reaction, producing 10{sup 9} neutrons. Ignoring the unreacted protons, neutrons, and prompt gamma emission as excited nuclear states decay, residual positron radioactivity (and production of pairs of 511 keV annihilation photons) is initially 4.2MBq decaying with a half-life of 17.22 s for 6 mins ({sup 19}Ne decays), then 135Bq decaying with a half-life of 53.22 days ({sup 7}Be decays).


In the process of literary creation and transformation, the newly risen writers were inevitably influenced by the predecessors either consciously or unconsciously. The inheritance and changes of literary creation enabled the literary history to be discussed. What literary inherited and changed was "canon" or "paragon." A writer able to cause paragon effect not only called for changes of genre, but also the newly risen writers' imitation of style, subject and topic. This phenomenon existed in Taiwanese poetry. Many poet regarded Yang Mu as "paragon," and imitate his classical syntax, image and rhythm to follow his carefree and leisurable style, trying to approach the aesthetic goal as much as possible. Yang Chia-hsien was following the predecessor consciously. The syntax of her poetry was very similar to Yang Mu. This study analyze and discuss the two poets' writing works related to "time," hoping to observe Yang Mu's influence and the dimple effect on Yang Chia-hsien's writing works as paragon effect.


The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of antenna position at different angles by measuring the specific absorption rate (SAR) using finite element method (FEM) in a human head (SAM Model). This model is created in COMSOL Multiphysics. In this study, a patch antenna is placed at the side of the head model at different angle positions. SAR and temperature increase simulations are performed.


This is a subject not treated of, or ever mentioned, in any of our text-books upon the diseases of women, so far as I am acquainted with them. Indeed, the only article I have seen upon the matter was one from Dr. Von Klein, of Dayton, Ohio, and appeared in a copy of The Journal of the American Medical Association of last year. In this article the doctor makes these statements: "The most difficult cases the laryngologist has to treat are the diseases of the throat caused by the disturbance of the ovaries. It is a common thing to meet with cases of acute inflammation of the tonsils, larynx, pharynx and fauces, in females, during the menstrual periods. I have observed the voice of many professional singers, who have applied to me for treatment during the menstrual period, to be defective in gravity, force, and timbre, producing, in many cases,


We report the isolation and characterization for the first time of pyrimidine-psoralen-pyrimidine photodiadducts from DNA. For each of the four psoralens studied, a single pair of diastereomeric thymidine-psoralen-thymidine photcdiadducts, each with cis-syn stereochemistry, was found to account for >90% of the diadducts formed. In addition, we have carried out pulse-chase experiments that establish that these photo cross-links are formed by cycloaddition of a second thymidine residue to the 3,4 double bond (pyrone side) of an initially formed 4',5' (furan-side) psoralen-thymidine photomonoadduct.


The purpose of this service was to provide counseling, training, and technical guidance in three areas of the partnership program (food technology, economy, and health) to potato farmers in the village. In the field of food technology, counseling included how to process potatoes into flour, chips, and sticks. Counseling in the field of economics focused on the importance of entrepreneurship supported by e-commerce in marketing processed potatoes. Health education in the form of video screenings and distribution of posters about the dangers of open defecation (BABS). The results of the activity obtained information that the community's understanding of how to wash hands properly was good, but needed guidance on healthy toilet standards. Extension activities in the health sector had a positive impact in increasing knowledge about the correct way to defecate. Counseling in the field of food technology and economics encouraged the growth of seven groups for introducing food technology and e-commerce in Gerlang Village.


We propose a time-scale decomposition approach to measurement-based admission control (MBAC). We identify a critical time-scale T/spl tilde//sub h/ such that: (1) aggregate traffic fluctuation slower than T/spl tilde//sub h/ can be tracked by the admission controller and compensated for by flow admissions and departures; (2) fluctuations faster than T/spl tilde//sub h/ have to be absorbed by reserving spare bandwidth on the link. The critical time-scale is shown to scale as T/sub h///spl radic/n, where T/sub h/ is the average flow duration and n is the size of the link in terms of number of flows it can carry. A MBAC design is presented which filters aggregate measurements into low and high frequency components separated at the cutoff frequency 1/T/spl tilde//sub h/, using the low frequency component to track slow time-scale traffic fluctuations and the high frequency component to estimate the spare bandwidth needed. The analysis shows that the scheme achieves high utilization and is robust to traffic heterogeneity, multiple time-scale fluctuations and measurement errors. The scheme uses only measurements of aggregate bandwidth and does not need to keep track of per-flow information.


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