Last September 14, 2020, Professor Pol Hans (Figure) passed away after a long disease. We, the authors of this letter, had the privilege of professionally running alongside him for several years, and want here to underline his tremendous contribution to the anesthesia and intensive care specialty, in Belgium and outside Belgium. Professor Hans was not only an excellent clinician, always attentive to the needs and safety of patients, an excellent scientist, but also a rare teacher for youngers, and a real mentor for a lot of us. In this short synopsis, we would like to retrace his career, his accomplishments, and depict the extraordinary colleague and friend he was. This is the least we can do to honor his memory. We will honestly do this with our own perception of the character, and might therefore miss some elements of his personality. We apologize in advance for any undesirable omission. Pol Hans was born in 1949. He graduated as a Medical Doctor at the University of Liege in 1975, and was immediately selected by Professor Marcel Hanquet to start a residency in anesthesiology and resuscitation. He obtained his specialist degree in 1979, and rapidly became one of the most faithful and brilliant collaborator of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine of the Liege University Hospital, first exerting his clinical activity in the 'Baviere' Hospital, thereafter moving to the 'Citadelle' Regional Hospital until his retirement in 2011. He also practiced anesthesiology at the 'André Renard' Clinic, where he was the Head of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Department. From the beginning, his main clinical focus of interest was the perioperative and anesthetic management of neurosurgical patients. He was among the pioneers in this domain, and he contributed a lot to its development in Belgium and abroad. His reputation was based on prolific clinical and basic research, which led to a PhD in 1983 and a total of more than 180 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals, as well as 19 book chapters. His reputation was also sustained by his involvement in scientific societies such as the European Society of Anesthesiology, the 'Association de Neuroanesthésie-Réanimation de Langue Française', and the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesia and Critical Care, and on innumerable invited conferences all over the (Acta Anaesth. Belg., 2020, 71, 105-106)


We show that a suitable interaction between a scalar field and a matter fluid in a spatially homogeneous and isotropic spacetime can drive the transition from a matter dominated era to an accelerated expansion phase and simultaneously solve the coincidence problem of our present Universe. For this purpose we study the evolution of the energy density ratio of these two components. We demonstrate that a stationary attractor solution is compatible with an accelerated expansion of the Universe. We extend this study to account for dissipation effects due to interactions in the dark matter fluid. Finally, type Ia supernovae and primordial nucleosynthesis data are used to constrain the parameters of the model.


By two-dimensional transient heat-transfer mathematical model,the technological parameters of continuous casting have been analysed,and the restricting factor of casting speed has been obtained:the shell thickness at the exit of the mould.A cross experiment was made by computer for casting under different conditions,and the calculation formula of shell thickness as a function of casting speed,overheat and others has been obtained.It is a theoretical basis for rational control of casting speed of slab caster to reach steady production.


Based on the flow mechanism of hydraulic fractured wells, through integrating linear-flow model and effective well-radius model, a new model of well test analysis for wells with vertical fracture was established. In the model, wellbore storage, the damage in the wall of fracture and all kinds of boundary conditions are considered. The model is concise in form, has intact curves and computes fast, which may meet the demand of realtime computation and fast responded well test interpretation. A new method to determine effective well radius was presented, and the correlation between effective well radius and the fracture length, fracture conductivity, skin factor of fracture was given. Matching flow rate or pressure tested, the optimization model that identified formation and fracture parameters was set up. The automatic matching method was presented by synthetically using step by step linear least square method and sequential quadratic programming. At last, the application was also discussed. Application shows that all of these results can analyze and evaluate the fracturing treatment quality scientifically and rationally, instruct and modify the design of fracturing and improve fracturing design level.


: With the popularity of mobile communication, GSM system has become the most mature mobile communication system, most of the world's mobile operators have adopted this system. With the opening and vigorous development of GPRS,GSM network has been smooth transition to 3G mobile communication system, and it is estimated that the vast majority of mobile operators choose GSM - GPRS - 4G development ideas. The purpose of this paper is to make full use of the existing network resources, improve the network quality, service level, and ensure the important work of communication quality, so as to make the operation and management of photovoltaic power station staff more convenient and intelligent. This paper analyzes in detail the practical problems that wireless network optimization can solve to improve network quality through specific cases. On the basis of the whole GSM network optimization exposition, according to the author's existing optimization experience, the paper finally discusses the wireless network optimization of dual-frequency network, GPRS and 4G, so as to highlight the importance of GSM wireless network optimization in the wireless network optimization of mobile communications. The experimental results show that the development and operation of this system has established an efficient GSM wireless performance monitoring center for local network, which not only avoids human errors and omissions in system monitoring, but also greatly improves the work efficiency of wireless network optimization. 90% of the solutions and Suggestions provided to mobile operators through practical work are adopted.


Numerical identification was carried out for an isolate of Streptomyces D2-5 producing a new restriction endonuclease Svi I. Fifty taxonomic unit characters were tested and the data were analyzed numerically using the TAXON program. The isolate was best matched to Streptomyces violochromogenes in the major cluster 18 of Streptomyces. Therefore, it was concluded that the isolate was identified to be a member of Streptomyces violochromogenes.


We report the first demonstration of in situ electrical biasing and resistive switching of TiO2-based RRAM while observing oxygen vacancy migration under the TEM. Specifically, repeated extension and retraction of Wadsley defects due to the migration of oxygen vacancies was observed to be concurrent with the SET and RESET processes (respectively) in the hysteretic I-V behavior of single-crystal TiO2 devices. Additionally, structural evolution within a 20 nm size grain was observed during SET processes in ALD-grown TiO2 devices using STEM HAADF imaging.


Background Metastatic colorectal cancer represents a striking example of clonal heterogeneity and tumour evolution, which generates acquired resistance to therapy. Once hard to perform, the study of clonal heterogeneity is now significantly aided by the use of liquid biopsies. Method We herein report a case of a patient with colorectal cancer and serial development of multiple metastases which were all resected and genotyped. A rare point mutation was identified in the primary tumour (but not in any of the organ metastatic sites), as well as in the first and the last out of three consecutive liquid biopsies. The review of the literature offered some insight in the evolution of the patient's tumour and general directions on how to interpret liquid biopsy results. Conclusions This patient case emphasises the need for large prospective studies designed to bridge liquid biopsy data with useful clinical endpoints, in order to optimally integrate this revolutionary tool in everyday practice.


none. The records also do not allow for spelling variances, for example, in searches using "theater" vs. "theatre," only "theatre" yielded results. The single search box is not the best place to find content from certain regions, because it does not support diacritics or non-Roman scripts. Since much of the database content necessitates the inclusion of original languages that use these scripts, the GloPAD Records Text Search was created. It is available by clicking on Search/Browse on the sidebar menu. The GloPAD Records Text Search specifically searches the text fields within the records. Any search result displays a table of thumbnail images with a brief summary of the record. Clicking on the ID number or image displays the full record. Each record includes metadata pertaining to title, date, people, production, work, performance notes, credit line, whether or not the item is a part of a larger set or series, and a rights statement. The rights statement indicates how and where the item can be used. Many items allow for educational uses, making GloPAD a database with high instructional value. Tabs along the top of the record give the user options to display the item at higher quality, see technical specifications, or to view the record. Many items also include ordering information, which gives the contact information of the owner of the item, should a researcher require a high-resolution image. While GloPAD is still growing, the digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and 3D objects enhance the study of the performing arts in the international sphere. No fee is required.


Background: Childhood mortality rates reduction by two-thirds is one of the Millennium Development Goals target. Worldwide diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in under-five year'schildren.It is responsible for 1.7 million morbidity and 760, 000 mortality of children every year. In Ethiopia diarrhea kills half million under-five children annually.Around 90% of diarrheal disease occurs due to poor sanitation, lack of access to clean water supply and inadequate personal hygiene. In Ethiopia healthcare, those factors are included in health extension programme as intervention package, which is introduced in 2002/03. As a strategy of the programme households have been graduated as Model Families by the 16 interventional packages.Objective: To assess prevalence of diarrheal disease in under-five children among health extension model and non-model families in Sheko district rural community, Southwest Ethiopia.Methods: a community based comparative cross-sectional study design was employed from January 31 to February29/2012 in Sheko district. A stratified multi-stage simple random sampling technique was used to select 825 (275 model and 550 non-model) households that had at least one under-five children. Data was collected using pre-tested questionnaire by trained data collectors. A summery descriptive summery statistics and chi-square test was computed to describe the data.Result:In the study 265 model and 529 non-modelhouseholds with at least one under-five childrenwere enrolled the interview, which makes a response rate of 96.2%. Almost all of the respondents were the real mothers of the index child for both groups [264 (99.6%) model and 528 (99.8%) non-model households]. Regarding to religion Orthodox was shared more than half of the total study population for both group [167 (63.0%), model and 332 (62.8%), non-model households]. Among the study participants 74 (27.9%) model and 188 (35.5%) non-model households was Bench by ethnicity.The two weeks diarrhea prevalence in under-fives among model and non-model household were 6.4% and 25.5%, respectively, which is statistically significant different [x2 = 41.63, P< 0.01].Conclusion: there is significant difference of diarrheal prevalence was observed among children's whose families were model and non-model for health extension programme. Thus encouraging households being model families should be strengthening to reduce childhood diarrhea.


This paper analyzes usage of electricity for public lighting in Croatia and points out the legislative provisions on energy audit of public lighting. Consistent implementation of the Act on Energy Efficiency can reduce costs of public lighting and at the same time raise the standard of public lighting. The area of Osijek Baranja County was analyzed in terms of the public lighting through maintenance costs and power consumption as an example.


The present issue of Language Typology and Universals is devoted to studies of comparative, historical and descriptive typology of the Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM) languages of West Africa. They are a group of fifteen languages spoken by groups or polities that inhabit the Akuapem-Togo-Atakora hills. The languages and peoples of these groups have continued to puzzle and fascinate researchers from myriad disciplinary perspectives. The hilly location as well as the geographical distribution of the groups cuts across low-level genetic affiliations. Their histories and the complexity of the origins of the different people intertwined with migration and settlement of segments of individual groups provide an interesting network of "allochthone" and "autochthone" dichotomies. This pattern has a significant socio-historical linguistic aspect: The majority incomers tended to acquire and adopt the language of the minority autochthones and appropriate hegemony over them. This seems to be what happened in the history of the Likpe, Nyagbo and Avatime, among others (Nugent 2005; Brydon 2008; Kropp Dakubu 2009). The Akuapem-Togo-Atakora hills begin in southeastern Ghana ranging in a southwest-northeast line across the Ghana-Togo border and continuing eastward across the Togo-Benin border into the Niger Delta. These hills are significant for several reasons – geological, geographical, historical and ethnographic. They also seem to have served as a refuge zone for people fleeing wars and slave raids in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Nugent 2005). One of the languages, Basila (Anii), is the northernmost member of the group and is also an outlier spoken across the Togo-Benin border. The other languages spoken along and on both sides of the Ghana-Togo border are found clustered in three geographical groups in a north-to-south arrangement (see Map 1): Adele, Animere (North), Akebu, Ikposo, Lelemi, Igo (Ahlon), Tuwuli, Siwu (Lolobi-Akpafu), Sɛlɛɛ (Santrokofi), Sɛkpɛle (Likpe) (Central) and Ikpana (Logba), Siya(sɛ) (Avatime), Nyagbo (Tutrugbu) and Tafi (Tɪgbɔ) (Southern). Each cluster of languages is


In this paper, a video processing based forest fire and smoke detection using a Fuzzy Entropy optimized thresholding and convolutional neural network (CNN) based model is proposed. In our proposed architecture adopts and introduces a spatial transformer network (STN) in the CNN layer and entropy function thresholding operation in the softmax layer due to addition in the softmax layer it works excellently and accurately. We have taken initial preprocessing video quality as an essential issue, which helps us in providing less false alarm rate, we checked the blockiness, blurriness, noisiness and used efficient ways to enrich the quality of the video. After preprocessing, we propose the Three Frame Difference Method to calculate the motion of all frames. During feature extraction, we suggest an STN-Based CNN extract the dynamic features of an image. After extraction, we need to perform the classification step, and here we introduce the entropy function thresholding method in the softmax layer. The results obtained with our proposed architecture were compared with the existing methods in the literature and showed a higher exact fire detection rate, a very less false detection rate, good accuracy, and less execution time in terms of complexity. The proposed method can be used efficiently for real-time forest fire detection with a moving camera.


Self-driving and connected vehicles, communicating with one another and with the road infrastructure are expected to revolutionize the automotive industry and our life in the future. We propose a distributed heuristic algorithm based on 5G-V2X technology to solve the motion planning problem of industrial vehicles, especially passing through intersections in industrial parks. Autonomous industrial vehicles must not only ensure that vehicles do not collide with each other through intersections, but also ensure the safety of pedestrians. So this case demands highly on the communication and mutual cooperation among vehicles. To solve this problem, we employ 5G-V2X technology to ensure low delay and highly reliable communications. Then, we propose a distributed heuristic algorithm to solve the mutual cooperation problem among vehicles. Specifically speaking, intersection safety information system will download LDM (Local Dynamic Map) information to vehicle closest to the intersection, and then our solution will give higher priority to paths that have more vehicles and no pedestrians. Starting with highest priority approach, our solution sets a time period for the vehicle to establish a timetable for it to cross the intersection. Preliminary experiments results showed that on the premise of ensuring the safety of pedestrians, the industrial vehicles can pass through the intersection smoothly and have the lowest delay at the same time.


The use of social media has frequently been misunderstood. Scholars worldwide have attempted to investigate patterns in social media use, with several attempts to frame it as a problematic behavior linked to negative consequences. However, among the different attempts, SME-Q has focused on the use per se during critical moments of the day, i.e., around bedtime and during meals. While the use of social media is a behavior adopted by a huge percentage of the population, several differences among countries can be detected that may lead to a different scale dimensionality. As such, in this paper, we translate and validate the Italian version of the SME-Q in order to provide a tool to explore social media use among the Italian population. The study involved 520 people through the compilation of an online survey aimed at investigating psychological and behavioral variables related to social media use which also included three attention checks to control for response biases due to inattention. The study outline, data collection, and analysis plans were preregistered and deposited on the project's website on the Open Science Framework. The results indicated a novel two-factor structure of the four-item scale with adequate values, revolving around a sleep time factor and a meal factor. The hypothesized relationships with the external validation variables have been confirmed. The successfully validated Italian SME-Q thus allows the exploration of social media engagement with the Italian-speaking population.


Individual thermal-expansion measurements in conjunction with the tuning fork and ring glaze-fit tests have been used to establish the relation between glaze stress and its effect on the physical properties of a glazed vitreous body.


Melanin is a kind of biopolymer,composed of a complex quinine/indole-quinone derived mixture which is produced in melanocytes from tyrosine.More than 100 genes related to melanin deposition have been found in mouse.Slc24a5(solute carrier family 24 ,member 5) is a novel gene first cloned in zebrafish.And it has been confirmed that the Slc24a5 is involved in controlling the melanin deposition in zebrafish.Here the full length of the chicken slc24a5 mRNA sequence,its expression profile and a discussion of its relationship to melanin deposition in chicken were reported.Chicken Slc254a5 has a CDS of 1 269bp,predicting a protein of 423 amino acids which is about 80 amino acids shorter than in human and mouse.It has 9 exons and 8 introns and spans more than 11kb of genome sequence.The quantitative real-time PCR confirmed that the chicken Slc24a5 was highly expressed in the eye of White Leghorn and Beijing Fatty Chickens,and in the eye,skin and muscle of Silky.The relative expression in Silky eye is more than two times that of White Leghorn.The relative expression in Silky skin is about 70 times that of White Leghorn and about 15 times that of Beijing Fatty Chickens.The relative expression in Silky muscle is about 15 times that of White Leghorn and about 3 times that of Beijing Fatty Chickens.And the expression result is in accordance with the melanocyte and melanin deposition in these tissues.


A mild and efficient method has been developed for the chemoselective
synthesis of geminal diacetates (acylals)
from aldehydes using acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic
amount of ceric ammonium nitrate in excellent yield. Ketones are
found to be unaffected under the reaction conditions. The deprotections
of acylals by using water and ceric ammonium nitrate have also been achieved.


In this study, RLCG method is used to estimate a low voltage transmission line for twisted overhead and underground low voltage distribution cables. This model is applied for cables with different types, different sections and lengths taking account the capacitive and the inductive coupling. SPICE determination of transmission characteristics and cables crosstalk are validated throughout physical measurements. Line attenuation of a proposed architecture in low voltage distribution network is also evaluated. The full system is implemented using the cable transmission line of the different branches present along the line and loads connected to the network.


In South African law, ownership is usually described as an absolute and exclusive right. The idea of absoluteness can be understood as an indication that ownership is the most complete real right, to distinguish it from limited real rights, or that ownership allows the owner freedom in using the property, but only in so far as the law allows. However, even with these qualifications it remains problematic to describe ownership as an absolute right. This article explores doctrinal perspectives on limitations on ownership and specifically on the right to exclude. It furthermore considers the idea that the absoluteness of ownership implies that the right to exclude is either absolute or central to ownership. The conclusion is that neither ownership nor the right to exclude is absolute in any meaningful sense because ownership is limited by limited real rights and by constitutional and statutory law. Stated differently, ownership and the right to exclude are limited by and within the legal system in which they function.


We fine-tuned the MNIST, CIFAR-10, and Glow models at 10 noise levels 2 (see Section 3.4) for 50 epochs each on clusters of 4 1080Ti GPU's. This procedure converges rapidly, with no further decrease of the negative log-likelihood after the first 10 epochs. Although Glow models theoretically have full support, the noiseless pre-trained models assign vanishing probability to highly noisy images. In practice, this can cause invertibility assertion failures when fine-tuning directly from the noiseless model. To avoid this we took an iterative approach: first fine-tune the lowest noise level = .01 from the noiseless model, then fine-tune the = .016 model from the = .01 model, etc.


That's where I am coming from. I am the guy who sits in the Microcenter perhaps tutoring someone on a microcomputer and the door opens and someone comes in holding a floppy and looking a little bit sheepish. They waIk over to you a little bit more slowly than they normally enter the center and well, you can fill in the rest. You know the prompts that come up on the screen and you know the possibilities and I really try to suppress the urge to say, "Of course you have a back up don't you?" I just can't keep from saying that. Of course they don't, otherwise why would they be coming to see you? So my viewpoint and perspective this morning comes from that aspect. I am going to try to combine it with some of the overall policies and procedures that the Bank of New England has established and hopefully you will find some thing: in there that may be applicable to your own use.


A 7-year-old boy was referred to our dermatology clinic to evaluate his blepharitis, which had had a poor response to the usual treatment with sterile cleansing wipes. For 5 weeks he had also received treatment with topical corticosteroids, antibiotics, and topical immunomodulators, without clinical improvement. He was an otherwise healthy child with a negative medical history. No family members had a similar rash. He had recently acquired a pet rabbit. Clinical examination revealed a well-delimited erythematous plaque with nonclustered pustules on its surface on the upper left eyelid (Figure 1). A culture for bacteria and fungi and polymerase chain reaction for herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection were performed (Figure 2).


This study attempts to identify the degree of similarity in accounting practices -especially measurements and disclosure- between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. The investigation extends to reasons that might be behind similarities and dissimilarities. A special investigation covers implications of source of finance, company size and involvement in foreign operations in the two countries on their accounting policies. Test of the research arguments is based on data published in the annual reports of companies in the two countries. The degree of similarity in accounting practices is measured by I index developed by Van der Tas (1988). This index computes the extent of concentration around a particular accounting practice.


Rudolf Modley was an associate at Otto Neurath's Social and Economic Museum in interwar Vienna, where the Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics was developed. It became Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) from the mid-1930s. Modley went to the United States as early as 1930 and founded Pictorial Statistics, Inc., in New York in 1934 and Pictograph Corporation in 1940. In the decades after 1945 Modley's activity profile fanned out, but he continued to be active in the field of information design. In his last twelve years, he codesigned the Glyphs Project with cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead, which aimed to create a limited number of universally understood symbols. Although Modley was strongly influenced by his early professional experiences with Otto Neurath, he evolved in the United States away from the visual education work practiced in Vienna. His work was therefore not a linear continuation of Isotype, but an attempt to adapt the visual language to American conditions.


Discusses an alternative formulation for the incremental determination of stresses in strain measures that can be used to replace the stress rates currently employed. The formulation is based on Doyle‐Hill generalized definition of strain, the corresponding conjugate stresses and an isotropic hyperelastic constitutive equation. When used to analyze the simple shear deformation, the proposed formulation avoids the pathologies usually observed (oscillations, pressure build up, path dependence). The origin and importance of these pathologies is then discussed in relation to different materials behavior. It is shown that the incremental procedure used together with the logarithmic definition of strain is the most convenient, but that other approximations may be used in well defined particular situations. The numerical algorithms proposed are detailed in an Appendix.


The invention relates to a toy doll comprising a body having torso, head, arms and legs, wherein a sensor is arranged on or in the body at least by means of which acting on the body events are detected and, in particular arranged comprising a data logger in the body electronics, which is arranged to store data corresponding to the events of the at least one sensor and / or transmitted to an external receiving device to the body by means of a radio communication.


For a retrospective of selected 1967 artworks by 36 artists, Kardon gives some historical context to the epoch and particular year and argues that it was an important point of change in American art. While Foster sets the stage of the following two decades of art, Lippard addresses the questions at the heart of the women's movement. Includes a timeline of art activities in 1967. Bibl. 4 p.


This paper presents a mathematical model to explain the phenomenon of tidal energy and the creation of a Matlab/Simulink to illustrate how the tidal current energy system works which is essential in power generation. A thorough explanation of tidal energy, including the science of tidal power, as well as the different operating mode has been discussed in this paper. Various literatures has been reviewed, the method used in this work were adopted from Sir Isaac Newton Famous Law of Gravitation. The derived model were applied in Matlab/Simulink, an output result were analyzed. Based on these result it was argued that tidal current has huge amount of energy that can be extracted and converted to a usable form. Tide can be predicted years in advance, its deployment has several benefits.


An efficient and practical radical chain deoxygenation method by phosphorus centered radicals generated from hypophosphorous acid was developed in the synthesis of analogues of paclitaxel.


A modified charge simulation method for calculating the electric potential and field distribution along AC HV outdoor insulators is presented. The salient feature of this method is the significantly smaller number of unknowns and the corresponding reduction in computational complexity when compared to earlier charge simulation methods. Non-ceramic and ceramic suspension insulators of voltage ratings ranging from 115 to 500 kV, and non-ceramic line posts (115 and 230 kV) have been modeled under clean and dry surface conditions. Good agreement is obtained between the present calculations and measured data, calculated values using other numerical techniques and observations from service experience, which demonstrates the practical viability of the technique. >


A time management strategy would reduce the time conflicts from competing time demands of family and business, and contribute to the quality of life of family members in family business. Data were collected on 259 families where one family member was both a household manager and business manager. Household time management strategies and business time management strategies were compared. The individual performing two roles used different time management strategies in household and in business, and they were more likely to use time management strategies in business than in the household. Multiple regression analyses suggested that time management strategy contributed to increased quality of life of dual managers.


The ecological flow is the minimum flow of a river necessary to maintain its aquatic fauna. In the present study, this flow was estimated for the Preto River, which belongs to the Piabanha River Basin, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Because the Preto River's entire length is within the state, its management is under the responsibility of the Rio de Janeiro State Environmental Institute (INEA). The INEA adopts the value of 50% of Q7,10 as the minimum ecological flow for rivers in the state. Hydrological data were obtained from a stage gauge located on the river, allowing estimation of the ecological flow. The results were satisfactory, because the two ecological flow values calculated were lower than the lowest flow observed during the historic discharge series of the river.


Purpose
This study aims to investigate the representation of women managers through a content analysis of related magazine articles within the hospitality industry in the Maldives. Evidence suggests an increase in the number of working women, yet there is relative neglect toward identifying issues involving women in the industry.

Design/methodology/approach
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to content-analyze the narrative on the sampled articles from a Maldives-based hospitality magazine, Hotelier Maldives. Qualitative content analysis and quantitative methods report on the challenges faced by women managers and reasons for their success based on the narratives.

Findings
This study revealed that although women managers are underrepresented in management, there has been a broad increase in the participation of women within the industry. This study falsified the perception that gender is a limiting factor to hold senior positions in the hospitality industry and that increased participation of women managers may be driven by the changing social and cultural contexts.

Originality/value
This study is one of the first to examine how women managers are represented in hospitality magazines. Despite its relevance, previous tourism research has not focused on this kind of measurement.


ABIR, M., Relations between the Government of India and the Sharif of Mecca during the French Invasion of Egypt, 1798-1801, 33-42. BOSWORTH, C. E. and CLAUSON, Sir Gerard, Al-Xwarazmi on the Peoples of Central Asia, 2-12. CLAUSON, Sir Gerard, see Bosworth, C. E. FARMER, HENRY GEORGE, The Old Arabian Melodic Modes, 99. KISTER, M. J., "God will never disgrace thee" (The Interpretation of an early Hadlth), 27-32. LOEWE, MICHAEL, The Wooden and Bamboo Strips found at Mo-Chii-Tzu (Kansu), 13-26. MENAGE, V. L., The Mission of an Ottoman Secret Agent in France in I486, 112-132. PAL, PRATAPADITYA, A New Document of Indian Painting, 103. SCHWARZSCHILD, L. A., A Study of Some Features of the Imperative in Middle Indo-Aryan, 92. SHARMA, JAGDISH PRASAD, The Question of the Vidatha in Vedic India, 43-56.


The marginalized and oppressed women in Sudan, alongside the subaltern women living on the margin, are depicted in the current work. "The Ostrich" by Laila Aboulela shows the protagonist's life of Sumra both in Khartoum, Sudan, and London in the UK. Sumra represents Sudanese women struggling hard to find their place in a patriarchal society. The structure of this article can be articulated in two arguments; the empowerment of patriarchal supremacy and the power of tradition implanted in Sudan and most third-world countries to marginalize and silence the role of women so that they can never be heard. Although women have got their studies at universities, they are still marginalized and have no full right to decide for themselves. Appropriating the analytical descriptive approach, the current study aims to demonstrate the marginalization and oppression of women in Sudan.


This paper attempts two things. First a consideration of the question 'what is time?' through a deconstructive reading of Heidegger's Being and Time (1927) and Time and Being (1961). The privileging of Heidegger on this question reflects Derrida's consideration of the Heideggerian meditation as uncircumventable and the only 'thought excess of metaphysics as such' (OG, p.62). Secondly, therefore, the 'relation' of Heidegger and Derrida is to be examined, guided by Rodolphe Gasche's recent discussion of this issue.1 If Heidegger's thought remains bound by a certain phenomenology then one should attempt to trace the manner in which, through Derrida, something^ completely other than any phenomenon imposes its necessity. Rather than assuming Derrida's break with 'presence' as an act of faith, therefore, this essay is deliberately s/ow motion, fol lowing the insistence of this something other as it disrupts received metaphysical accounts of t ime.


Electrical stimulation of the pressor area of the ventral surface of medulla oblongata (VSMp) of rat elicited an enhancement of renal sympathetic nerve activities (RSNA) and an increase of MAP, pressure of kidney (PPK), which depended on the integrity of renal sympathetic nerve (RSN). The effect of VSMp on PPK could be blocked by alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine, but not by alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosine when VSMp was stimulated. alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine perfused renal vessels induced PPK increase similar to that due to stimulation of VSMp. The results indicate that the effect of VSMp on PPK are mediated by RSN of alpha 2 type sympathetic transmitter in the tonic control renal vascularture.


The title compound, C30H12Cl4F6N8O2·2C3H7NO or C6H4[CONH-C3N2H(CN)-C6H2Cl2CF3]2·2HCONMe2, is a fivecyclic amide with an overall Z shape, each of the five rings being planar.


This seal, of unknown provenance, has an Aramaic inscription which is engraved on a scaraboid hematite pierced lengthwise. It measures 17×13 mm, with 9 mm of thickness. The oval surface, which is slightly damaged at one point, is divided by a double line into two registers. Six letters are engraved in the upper, and five in the lower register, giving the following reading: The letters are fairly large and fill the whole space. All the letters in the upper register stand at the same height on the double line. Normally, however, lamed is higher than the ceiling line of the other letters, while nun and taw are usually drawn with a stroke which goes below the bottom line formed by the other letters. In the lower register the taw and the two nuns seem to go farther down than the alef and the dalet.


Nowadays, mobile learning allows the use of mobile devices in teaching and learning practices of almost any subject or topic of interest. In this chapter, we describe a research carried out to get data about the use that university students make of mobile devices and apps for learning purposes, as most of them use mobile phones and tablets as communication and entertainment tools, but don't get benefit from these devices as educational resources, either due to lack of knowledge or to the scarce information about the pedagogical uses of these devices. The methodology followed is based on an analysis of the results obtained from questionnaires implemented to students. From the data collected, we draw a number of conclusions relevant not only to the successful development research studies like this, but also for the implementation of teaching initiatives including mobile devices and applications for improving learning processes in general.


It is beneficial to use a distributed parameter model for large space structures because the approach minimizes the number of model parameters. Holzer's transfer matrix method provides a useful means to simplify and standardize the procedure for solving the system of partial differential equations. Any large space structures can be broken down into sub-structures with simple elastic and dynamical properties. For each single element, such as beam, tether, or rigid body, we can derive the corresponding transfer matrix. Combining these elements' matrices enables the solution of the global system equations. The characteristics equation can then be formed by satisfying the appropriate boundary conditions. Then natural frequencies and mode shapes can be determined by searching the roots of the characteristic equation at frequencies within the range of interest. This paper applies this methodology, and the maximum likelihood estimation method, to refine the modal characteristics of the NASA Mini-Mast Truss by successively matching the theoretical response to the test data of the truss. The method is being applied to more complex configurations.


Purification of middle and high viscosity of waste oils from compressor was studied. Activated white clay with strong absorption was selected as sorbent, and the 60~80℃ fraction of hydrogenated coal tar was added as thinner to accelerate sedimentation and filtered rate. The optimal condition was determined as follows: weight ratio 5/1 (waste oil / activated white clay), volume ratio 10/6 8 (waste oil / thinner), temperature 180℃ and reaction time 40 min. The purified oil was reached lubricating oil standard (Q/SHR001-95) of China Petro chemical Corporation, and the recovery rate was more than 90%.


The Kansas Department of Agriculture – Division of Animal Health (KDA‐DAH) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) are two state level health departments located in Topeka. KDA‐DAH ensures public health and welfare of Kansas citizens through prevention, control, and eradication of infectious diseases. This is accomplished by regulating animal facilities through inspection and brand recognition. KDHE promotes health, protects the health, and prevents disease/injury among people in the state of Kansas. These goals are completed through surveillance and collaboration with healthcare officials to maintain vaccinations and records. This field experience was completed by collaborations between both agencies with the goal of improvement in reporting of diseases that are mandatory at the state


As the propagation of video and image data in digital form has increased, Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) has become a prominent research topic. Therefore an important problem that needs to be addressed is fast retrieval of images from large databases. To find images that are perceptually similar to a query image, image retrieval systems attempt to search through a database. CBIR can greatly enhance the accuracy of the information being returned and is an important alternative and complement to traditional text-based image searching. This paper presents an overview on content-based image retrieval.


1. The Lovibond Tintometer has been found more reliable than either the Pulfrich Photometer or the Spekker Absorptiometer for the assessment of the blue colour from the Carr-Price test on butterfat unsaponifiable residues. 2. Using a Beckman Spectrophotometer, vitamin A in butterfat unsaponifiable residues has been estimated also by the intensity of absorption at 325 mµ. From spectrophotometric readings at this wavelength and at 450 mµ, the irrelevant absorption, due both to carotenoid and non-carotenoid compounds, may be calculated as follows: Corrected density reading at 325 mµ = 9/10 (A – 12/100B), where A = density reading of the unsaponifiable residue in petrol ether at 325 mµ, B = density reading of the same solution at 450 mµ. 3. The Morton & Stubbs equation for irrelevant absorption in fish-liver oils is not generally applicable to butterfat unsaponifiable residues. 4. A comparison of the vitamin A content of butterfat samples by the Carr-Price test and by the direct spectrophotometric method has shown a reasonably good agreement between the two values.


Abstract : The purpose of this report is to present the alternative designs for the F-16 Replacement Training Unit (RTU) training system. Several designs are compared with the constraints and costs involved in their use. Though the system is capable of administering several courses of instruction at once, the costs reported are those for training B/C course students only. While the primary purpose of a training system is to deliver instruction, there are additional functions which must be performed in order to ensure that the instructional process remains maximally effective. Many of these auxiliary functions do not need to be performed when only one set of students is to be trained; however, long term effectiveness is severely degraded if they are ignored when a system that will exist for a period of years is designed.


The automatic transmission comprising: a regulator valve (51), which is adjusted to the line pressure; a first oil passage (a3 ~ a5, d1 ~ d2, f1), which is capable of line pressure supplied to the clutch (C-1) a hydraulic the server (61); a second oil passage (c1 ~ c5), from which the oil pressure regulator valve (51) through the oil cooler (45) is supplied to the lubricating oil passage (46); a third oil passage ( b2 ~ b3, c4 ~ c5), which was merged with the second oil passage, the hydraulic pump motor (32) generated is supplied to the lubricating oil passage (46). Provided for preventing the junction from the point (X) of the first ball check valve to the oil cooler (45) in countercurrent (43), when (46) the hydraulic pressure supplied from the electric oil pump (32) the lubricating oil passage, to prevent large amount of oil flows into the oil cooler (45).


This invention relates to a process for producing lipids and amino acids from a gaseous substrate comprising methane and oxygen. The process uses a culture of a methanotrophic microorganism in a liquid nutrient medium. The methanotrophic microorganism can be a Methylomicrobium bacterium and more specifically Methylomicrobium buryatense 5GB1. The lipid products can be in the cellular membrane of the methanotroph and can be extracted in a separate extraction zone.


The search for improved photosensitizers for laser phototherapy of malignancies has led to the examination of a new group of carbocyanine dyes as effective fluorochromes. In this study, four carbocyanine dyes with different absorption maxima of 483 nm [DiOC6(3)], 545.5 nm (DiIC5(3)], 556.6 nm [DiSC5(3)], and 651.0 nm [DiSC3(5)] were tested in vitro. The kinetics of uptake and toxicity of these four dyes were assessed for P3 human squamous cell carcinoma, HT29 colon carcinoma, M26 melanoma, and TE671 fibrosarcoma cell lines at 15, 30, 45, 60, and 180 minutes after exposure with each dye. After sensitization with DiOC6(3), the P3 and M26 cell lines were also tested for phototherapy by treatment with 488‐nm light from an argon laser. The results showed that these four carbocyanine dyes had rapid and significant uptake by the carcinoma cell lines with no toxicity at concentrations <0.1 μg/mL. Nontoxic DiOC6(3) levels in sensitized tumor cells after laser phototherapy resulted in ∼85% inhibition of P3 and ∼95% inhibition of M26 cell lines by MTT assays. The results suggest that these carbocyanine dyes can be used for tumor photosensitization and wavelength‐matched laser photodynamic therapy. Further in vivo studies will be necessary to define the clinical potential of carbocyanine dyes as tumor‐targeting agents for phototherapy of cancer.


This thesis aims at analyzinganxiety disorder found intwo main characters in "All the Bright Places" novel: Theodore Finch and Violet Markey. The analysis focused ontype, cause and effect of anxiety disorder on the two main characters in thenovel. By using qualitative as the approach of this study, the data and the result of the analysis were presented descriptively in essay form. The data were collected by reading, identifying, marking and analyzing the object of this analysis. The theories used to analyze the data weretypes of anxiety disorder theory from Martin M. Antony and Richard P. Swinson (1996), theory about id, ego and superego from Sigmund Freud (2010) and theory about anxiety disorder from Sigmund Freud (1920)to analyze psychological context of two main characters' anxiety disorder. From the data analysis, it was found that two main characters suffered from anxiety disorder namely generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Keywords: Novel, Main Character, Psychology, Anxiety Disorder, Id, Ego, Superego, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder


II A new high-resolution imaging technique known as wavelength decorrelation is demonstrated in the laboratory for measuring target shape and estimating surface-scattering properties. In these demonstrations, the target is flood illuminated with a frequency-scanning Ti:sapphire ring laser. As the laser frequency changes, the speckle pattern in the backscattered light appears to boil; the time-varying intensity at a point in this pattern carries information about the target's range-resolved laser radar cross section U(z). A range resolution of better than 1 mm is demonstrated. A theoretical analysis of wavelength decorre1ation is also presented, including the mathematical framework for predicting wavelength-decorrelation signatures. An additional technique known as speckle tracking is described for measuring a target's angular dynamics.


Background: To become a parent to a child who is small for gestational age can lead to a number of challenges in addition to the newly acquired parenting role. Caring for these parents and children therefore places great demands on healthcare in the form of adequate knowledge, support and guidelines on the issue of disposal. There is currently lack of knowledge about how parents of a small child are affected. The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of becoming a parent of a child small for gestational age. Method: In order to complete the study, a qualitative inductive approach was chosen with grounded theory as a method and a strategic selection were used. Individual interviews with open questions, of ten parents with children born small for gestational age, were conducted and analyzed. Meaning units were grouped into codes, which were collapsed into subcategories and again into main categories and finally that resulted in a core category. Results: The result showed that the parents' over all instinctive goal was to make the small child survive. An experienced concern about the child's size and food intake could be seen throughout the entire interview material. The need for knowledge and information was great, here the care played a major role and had an important function to fill, which was currently perceived to be inadequate. A common experience with the parents was that the nursing of the small child dominates their entire lives. Conclusion: The hypothesis of the authors is that the child's tenderness raised the instinct and need for the parents to provide a nourishing care that can strengthen their connection. The conclusion was that the parents are in need of better support and more information in the chain of care, around the child's condition, than is currently experienced.


In this paper we report on our participation in the Trec 2019 Decision Track[1] which aims to provide a venue for research on retrieval methods that promote better decision making with search engines and develop new online and offline evaluation methods to predict the decision making quality induced by search results. We convert this task into a standard information retrieval task and use traditional IR model. Finally we give a summary for the solution of our work.


Medical school faculty must foster high-quality patient care while simultaneously assessing the clinicalskills and reasoning of students in order to promote their independent functioning in the clinical setting.A growing concern noted across medical faculty is that students may complete their undergraduatemedical studies without sufficient understanding of how simple clinical tasks are done with realpatients. These concerns have been validated by results from numerous studies that have reportedmany medical students express a lack of confidence and competence to critically evaluate patientneeds based on data, a factor that has been linked to problems in performance and patient safety(Radcliffe and Lester 2003; Seabrook 2004; Chumley et al. 2005; Patey et al. 2007).


In this contribution we present first results of the implementation of the concept of terahertz (THz) generation by difference frequency mixing in an active semiconductor structure using dual-color radiation [1] in the optical C-band (1.53 nm – 1.56 nm). The design comprises an enhancement of terahertz conversion efficiency compared to free-space mixing in nonlinear crystals by several means: i) enhancement of χ(2) in doubly-resonant asymmetric quantum well structures [2], ii) enhancement of nonlinear interaction length and fields by mixing in a waveguide and employing polaritonic phase-matching [3]; iii) reducing THz losses (Drude loss) by using undoped materials and implementing a double-plasmon THz waveguide.


Electromagnetic (EM) observations and gravitational wave (GW) measurements enable us to determine the mass and radius of neutron stars (NSs) and their tidal deformability, respectively. These parameters offer valuable insights into the properties of dense matter in NSs. In this study, the vector-interaction-enhanced bag model (vBag model) is employed to investigate strange and hybrid stars' properties. The parameters of the vBag model are constrained using multi-messenger observations, revealing that strange stars are incompatible with current observations. In contrast, hybrid stars can exhibit a substantial mixed phase region and a thin hadronic shell. Furthermore, we present the frequencies and damping time of fundamental mode (f-mode) oscillations of hybrid stars and test their universal relations with compactness and tidal deformability. The findings indicate that the presence of mixed phase components leads to larger frequencies and shorter damping time of the f-mode oscillation of hybrid stars, and the softer equation of state (EoS) affects this behavior more significantly. The universal relations of hybrid stars in the vBag model can be described by fourth-order/seventh-order polynomials, which do not break the previous results.


Malnutrition is highly prevalent in hospitalized children and it is associated with severe
morbidity and mortality outcomes. In addition malnutrition increases duration of hospitalization and
hospital costs. Because of these reasons, so as to prevent the malnutrition several nutritional screening
tools have been developed for hospitalized children in the last years. There are nine screening
tools available in the literature. The screening tools should be valid and reliable. Beside this it is important
that screening tools should be simple and take less time. Currently, there is no standardized
nutritional screening tool for pediatric inpatients like adult inpatients. Tools should be revised and reevaluated
with using anthropometric measurements, according to WHO growth charts. Besides, the
accuracy of screening tools may improve if screening tools are standardized for certain diseases
(cancer, kidney failure etc.), certain states (intensive care unit patients) or age groups.


The following themes emerged from the panel discussion: Industry change, including technology, downsizing, and process, is having and will continue to have a significant impact on the future workforce, particularly in the mix of skills required to perform jobs; Partnering is critical as we look at training opportunities and new skill sets; In addition to technical skills, it is also imperative that individuals have good communication skills, know how to use technology, and be able to work in a team environment; and Consideration must be given to nontraditional approaches to training aimed at ensuring that after training and educational programs are over, trainees leave with something they can actually use on the job.


Abstract: This article examines Xenophon's rewriting of Herodotus' Croesus logos (Hdt. 1.6–91) in the Cyropaedia (Cyr. 7.2), focusing on the very different role of the divine in the two narratives. Through a comparison with Xenophon's Memorabilia and several Platonic dialogues, I argue that Xenophon's retelling attempts to bring Herodotus' Croesus logos in line with his own 'Socratic' theology and his pedagogical goals, and in doing so performatively rejects Herodotus' vision of the role of the gods in historical causation. The Cyropaedia is, I argue, the first extant text in the Greek historiographical tradition which attempts to present divine justice and philanthropy as the central forces in the historical process, and the first in a long series of critical engagements with Herodotus' theology.


Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a heterogonous inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. The disease leads to inflammation of peripheral joints, axial skeleton and/or enthesites, and can resul ...


The different point of view on status , that Fortunatian ( Rhet . I 28) attributed to Theodorus of Gadara and Hermagoras of Temnos, can be explained, basing on a survey of the treatment of the example cited in the passage (the famous causa Milonis ) by all late Latin rhetoricians and Quintilian: according to Theodorus the status (caput or κeφάλαιον in his jargon) can be found in iudicatio (κρινόμeνον), to Hermagoras in quaestio (ζήτημα). So it is possible that Iulius Victor in Rhet . p. 4, 26 ff. G. C., should have quoted the Theodorean doctrine on αἲτιον-συνέχον whose meanings result overturned in comparison with the Hermagorean opinion. Finally with good probability Theodorus was the first who treated of status principales and incidentes (capila generalia and specialia in his jargon) within the limits of a civil or criminal cause.


We present the treatment of a patient with partial Adult-acquired buried penis (AABP) and extreme tissue retraction, complaining of genital skin tension and LUTS.

 Penile exteriorization was performed after circumcision. Glans mucosectomy was carried out because of suspicious glans mucosa. Ventral meatotomy was performed because of the stenotic meatus. For penile covering, we used scrotal skin for the shaft and skin mesh-graft for the glans. The scrotum was positioned around the penile shaft with a rotation flap. For the skin mesh graft we chose as donator the anterior thigh. Harvesting with a scalpel was preferred, so closure by primary intention was possible. We did not use the dermatome considering the low general self-care of the patient and the likely inadequate management of the wound with subsequent risk of infection or dysfunctional scarring. For the same reason we decided to use the smallest graft possible and to mesh it, to allow a better attachment and prevent hematoma or seroma under the graft. After the surgery the medication was sutured to the penis and maintained for one week, afterwards medications were performed 2 times per week for 21 days.

 The operation lasted 165 minutes. No complications occurred intraoperatively. Stretched penis measured 7cm before surgery and 14cm after. At the first medication there was scrotum necrosis with wound dehiscence, it was removed entirely and exudative material covering the graft was cleaned. At successive medications, the genitals showed good healing process and minimum scarring of the mesh-graft. The patient referred good urinary function and aesthetic satisfaction without genital discomfort.

 For AABP at risk of non-optimal management of the wound after the operation, tissues with good attachment proprieties like scrotum and mesh-grafts can be safely used with good functional results.

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This paper presents a methodology for allocation of fixed costs of transmission based on the electric circuit theory. The use of the transmission network is determined from the contribution of each generator and load to the power flow in lines. The allocation process is carried out considering counter flows and distinguishing between the usage and reserve margin of lines. According to the results, the methodology proved to be adequate, since it ensures complete recovery of transmission costs and provides financial incentives to agents who contribute to the security and reliability of the system and to the postponement of investment in transmission as well.


Abstract Conti, F.: Contributions to the knowledge of Jurinea mollis s.l. (Compositae). 1. Jurinea mollis subsp. moschata, a synonym of J. mollis subsp. mollis. — Willdenowia 28: 47–52. 1998. — ISSN 0511-9618. The typification of the basionym Carduus mollis is discussed, a previous lectotypification rejected and a new lectotype with an epitype designated. Jurinea mollis subsp. moschata is shown to be identical with J. mollis subsp. mollis and its basionym Carduus moschatus is lectotypified. J. mollis f. erectobracteata is described as a forma new to science.


NEW YORK, Peb. 20 (AP)l'l,hUng broke out tonight on the stale of Madison Square garden at a mass meeting ot the pronazi German-American bund. An unidentified black-haired man jumped to the stage while national bund leader Pritz Kuhn was speakinl and advanced toward Kuhn. Uniformed "storm troopers" ~nocked him to the floor and beat him sevel'ely. City policemen leaped to tHe platform, pullin, the victim from the storm troopers. His cJOthinl in shreds, he was hustled by police from the garden. In scarecly mbre than a min\lte the incident was over and Kuhn continued his speech al·-------------------IDTLERLAW


An information processing apparatus which includes a printer driver for generating a print job of an intermediate data format independent of a printing apparatus of a specific model, comprises: a unit configured to register sheet information set in advance by a user as a user registration sheet; a unit configured to acquire sheet information from setting information of the print job; a unit configured, when the user registration sheet is designated in the acquired sheet information, to acquire information of the registered, user registration sheet, and to set the information of the user registration sheet in the setting information of the print job; and a unit configured to transmit, to a print server, the print job including the setting information in which the setting unit sets the information of the user registration sheet.


The article is devoted to the analysis of such a concept as information transparency. The authors consider the approaches of the Russian and foreign schools to definition, highlight the basic concepts for the formation of corporate information and determine the need for a comprehensive approach as a necessary unified informational and analytical system about the issue of emirates


In this thesis partial production cross sections of \({tṫ}\) events are measured in four channels, defined by the final state leptons from the decay of the \(W\) bosons and the triggering lepton, using ~5.6 fb\(^{-1}\) of data taken with the ATLAS detector at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 7 TeV. The di-lepton channel is defined as having one electron and one muon in the final state. The lepton plus tauchannels are defined as having a final state electron or muon and one hadronically decaying tau. Partial cross sections for these channels are estimated, and ratios of partial cross sections, defined with the same triggering lepton, are calculated. The di-lepton events are divided into two non-exclusive channels defined by the presence of a trigger matched lepton.
The production cross-sections of \(t\)\overline{t} events with final states including an electron and a hadronically decaying tau, or an electron and a muon, were measured and used to calculate their ratio \(R\)\(_{er}\) = 0.65\(_{-0.10}\)\(^{+0.12}\)(\(stat.\)) ± 0.18(\(syst.\)). The cross section ratio \(R\)\(_{er}\) measured in data is compared to that inferred from the world average \(W\) and tau branching fractions, \(R\)\(_{er}\)\(^{Data}\)/\(R\)\(_{er}\)\(^{PDG}\) = 1.1\(_{-0.17}\)\(^{+0.21}\)(\(stats.\)) ± 0.31(\(syst.\)) and is found to be consistent with unity.


Richard T. Cox's contributions to the foundations of probability theory and inductive logic are not generally appreciated or understood. This paper reviews his life and accomplishments, especially those in his book The Algebra of Probable Inference and his final publication Inference and Inquiry which, in this author's opinion, has the potential to influence in a significant way the design and analysis of self organizing systems which learn from experience. A simple application to the simulation of a neuron is presented as an example of the power of Cox's contribution.


Abstract Lamb meat represents an important source of nutrients for humans worldwide. However, nutritional value of lamb meat, and particularly that obtained from suckling lambs, has been scarcely investigated in comparison to other categories of meat. The study aimed to provide some basic insights into proximate and mineral composition of lamb meat and to disclose some important sources of its variability. Three Croatian indigenous insular sheep breeds were included in the study: Rab sheep, Cres sheep, and Krk. The lambs were reared in outdoor insular environment where lambs were fed exclusively by suckling their mothers and by grazing wild grown vegetation. It has been determined that gender significantly affected fat (p < .001) and moisture ratio (p < .05), and had no effect on concentration of the examined minerals, except Zn (p < .01). The factor composed of breed and environment significantly affected moisture ratio (p < .001), fat ratio (p < .01), and concentrations of Ca, Na, Cu, and Mn (p < .001), Zn (p < .01), and K (p < .05). The concentrations of Mn and Ca were by far the most influenced by breed-environment effect. The results of the study evidenced that factor composed of breed and environment represents important source of variability of nutritional value of lamb meat produced in extensive rearing systems.


● Most insurers, public and private, have failed to measure systematically the fraud problem they face. Oblivious to the slightly more technical presentation of some of the material in this Research in Brief is found in the article "Health Care Fraud Control: Understanding the Challenge," published in the Journal of Insurance Medicine, 28 (November 1996):2, 86–96. We are grateful to the publication's managing editor, Dr. Nigel Roberts, for his permission to use information from the article in this Research in Brief.


Pulsed emission of γ-rays from Geminga pulsar were detected at the period of ∼ 237 ms by satelliet-borne detectors. However, there are conflicting reports about emission ofγ-rays from this pulsar at Very High Energies. We have observed this source for about 56 ho urs during the year 2000 to 2006 using the PACT setup at a threshold energy of ∼ 850 GeV . This pulsar was found by Jackson et al. to undergo a minor glitch in late 1996. We have analysed our data by using pos t litch pulsar elements and using the "TEMPO" computer code for calculating the pulsar phase for ea ch vent. We do not see any significant evidence of pulsed emission of γ-rays from this object. In this paper we describe our data, analysis procedure and the results.


The field of three stages in axial compressor for a gas turbine was simulated by the unsteady calculation method based on harmonics.The impact of the clocking effect of rotor blade in second stage on aerodynamic load of static blade in mid stage was investigated.Through analyzing the unsteady aerodynamic forces and moments of the blades in time-domain and frequency domain,pointed out that the location of different CLOCKING corresponding flow induced force have significant impact on the aerodynamic load of blade.In the CLK0 position,the static blade in mid stage in some time get conventional force in the opposite direction,and the amplitude of the fluctuations for aerodynamic force and moment to be maximum.It is shown that the three stage compressor has been made in the structure of static natural frequency of blade area as possible to avoid resonance,but different static blade void the resonance in different degree,which may be responsible for the fatigue of S2 blade when R2 at CLOCKING position.


We propose a new method to probe the warm hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) beyond the virial radius (R200) of a cluster of galaxies, where X-ray observations are not easily achievable. In this method, we use dispersion measures (DMs) of fast radio bursts (FRBs) that appear behind the cluster and the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect toward the cluster. The DMs reflect the density of the intracluster medium including the WHIM. If we observe a sufficient number of FRBs in the direction of the cluster, we can derive the density profile from the DMs. Similarly, we can derive the pressure profile from the SZ effect. By combining the density and the pressure profiles, the temperature profile can be obtained. Based on mock observations of nearby clusters, we find that the density of the WHIM will be determined even at from the cluster center when FRB observations with the Square Kilometre Array become available. The temperature can be derived out to , and the radius is limited by the current sensitivity of SZ observations.


The invention belongs to the technical field of hydraulic apparatuses and equipment, and particularly relates to an oil injection structure of an oil cylinder. The oil injection structure comprises an oil cylinder body, wherein an oil injection nozzle is arranged on the side wall of the oil cylinder body; an annular boss is arranged at the oil injection nozzle and on the side wall of the oil cylinder body; a mounting plane perpendicular to the oil injection nozzle is arranged on the annular boss; a threaded hole is formed in the mounting plane and in a position corresponding to the mounting position of the oil injection nozzle; an external thread section is arranged at one end of the oil injection nozzle; one end of the oil injection nozzle is matched with the threaded hole through the external thread section; the oil injection nozzle is in screwed into the threaded hole; an oil inlet hole is formed in the oil injection nozzle. The oil injection structure of the oil cylinder is simple in structure, and can completely prevent the side wall of the oil cylinder from deforming, so that the work reliability of the oil cylinder is improved, and the product quality is improved; moreover, the oil injection structure is convenient to position and process, the processing efficiency is improved, the processing time is saved, the structural styles are flexible and diverse, more embodiments are provided, and thus the oil injection structure is extremely suitable for popularization and implementation.


The utility model relates to a comprehensive full face breathing mask with a patient breathing interface. The comprehensive full face breathing mask comprises a sealing component capable of providing a sealing interface by contacting with the face of a user. The comprehensive full face breathing mask is characterized in that the sealing component comprises an interface cushion part suitable for the sealing interface, a buffering part surrounding an oral part with the interface cushion part, and a nasal support connected with an oral cavity cushion part through the interface part, so that the protecting area of the mask on the face is enlarged. As a result, the comprehensive full face breathing mask more favorably conforms to market demands and is wider in application prospects.


A report on schizophrenia as seen from that usually inaccessible point of observation, the patient, cannot but be welcomed by the student of this disorder and by the psychiatrist who must deal with it. This small book, such a report, brings into high focus some of the everintriguing problems of schizophrenia. The trained investigator will recognize them. Yet in writing down her experiences as a patient, the author is contributing irreplaceably to our knowledge. It may be said at the outset that any person in the field can read the book with profit and enjoyment. The essence of the story is this: An obviously sensitive woman, apparently at the midtwenties, and unmarried, wakes one morning "to find three gray and somewhat wispy figures standing at her bedside." These visual hallucinations deliver a compulsive order, which she obeys: "I packed some clothes and mounted a Greyhound bus, as they


Economic intelligence refered to here is the competence of individual in know-ledge acquisition about the world of business in the form of production, con-sumption, and distribution. Process model of building economic intelegence through of family education can be seen in Mr. Sudar family in Kaduara Timur Village, Pragaan Subdistrict, Sumenep Regency of Madura. Mr. Sudar works as m indreng and has three sons; the oldest son opens business digital printing, the second son opens the culinary business and pharmacies, and the third son works as m indreng . All three sons are very influenced by the daily behavior of father and mother at home when they were children. They received good advice and phrases embedded in their family, namely manossa coma dhârma (men can only try, and God disposes), ta atane ta atana (no farming is no cooking), adhâghâng adhâghing (be a trader in order you can consume meat). The consumtion patterns are tied by learning process that people can get successful if they have two prin-ciples: (1) jhâ' alapola , and (2) jhâ' akalpokal . Economic inteligence on aspect distribution implanted in a family environment in Mr. Sudar family that work is aimed at odi' samporna (perfect life), work is not only as the activities to fulfill a life need but also a blessing of life ( bherkat tor slamet ). Copyright (c) 2016 by KARSA. All right reserved  DOI: 10.19105/karsa.v24i2.891


In February 2006 a new "super convention" was adopted at the Maritime Session of the International Labour Conference as a response to the developments in the maritime industry over the past 25 years. The initiative to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) came from the social partners of the ILO and the purpose was to adapt the maritime labour standards to the modern maritime industry and to replace as many of the maritime labour conventions and recommendations as possible with one single instrument. The social partners of the ILO did not question the substantive content of the existing maritime labour standards, their main concern was that the existing conventions and recommendations from the ILO lacked the desired "on the ground" impact on the working and living conditions for seafarers. The unevenly ratified, implemented and enforced maritime labour conventions also create an unlevelled maritime industry with unfair competition and economical disadvantages for States and shipowners who comply with the labour standards.
 The purpose with the MLC is to create a truly global instrument that provides decent working and living conditions for seafarers and fair competition within the maritime industry. Together with the key conventions from the IMO; STCW, MARPOL, and SOLAS, the MLC will form the "fourth pillar" of the international regulatory framework for quality shipping. The chairperson of the High-level Tripartite Working Group on Maritime Labour Standards emphasized that the MLC should be "inflexible with respect to rights" and "flexible with respect to implementation". Hence, there are numerous features in the new "super convention" with the purpose to facilitate the ratification process or to create incentive for States to ratify the Convention. The global success of the MLC, measured by applicability, may most likely depend on the effectiveness or perceived effectiveness of voluntary PSC inspections. The MLC has a chapter, Title 5, that regulates the responsibilities of flag-, port and labour-supplying States. One new and important feature in the MLC is the introduction of two new certificates, the Maritime Labour Certificate and the Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance. It is the responsibility of the flag State to issue these two documents certifying compliance with the MLC. The DMLC and the Maritime Labour Certificate and the conditions they certify can be subject to inspections in foreign ports. It is an advantage for ships to carry these two documents as they constitute prima facie evidence of compliance with the requirements of the MLC, thus facilitating the inspection process in foreign ports. Ships that do not have the certificates are instead subject to more detailed inspections, which can take more time and thus cost the shipowner more money.
 PSC inspections will be of crucial importance for the global success of the MLC even though the MLC stipulates that PSC is voluntary for port States. Several important port States will nevertheless be obligated to carry out PSC inspections since they are members of different regional MOUs, such as the Paris MOU. The MLC has three central potential stages of PSC. A PSC inspection can be at a stage of reviewing the Maritime Labour Certificate and the DMLC, or a stage of a more detailed inspection or the stage where actions are taken, in case of deficiencies or non-conformities. This thesis will guide you through the different scenarios of PSC.


Abstract
 DNA analysis provides an opportunity to screen for certain traits prior to field planting. This is particularly important in screening for shell thickness. The shell thickness gene (Sh) is probably the most valuable gene in oil palm breeding and commerce. Pre-field planting screening is important as selection for dura and tenera types can be made and (sterile) pisiferas may be eliminated, thus saving on time and land space. This also allows for more robust field trialling as dura and tenera types can be separated. Nursery seedlings offer a convenient phase in which to sample leaves, extract and analyse DNA, thus selections can be made before field planting. In addition to the Sh gene, screening for other important traits is now possible (e.g. virescens and mantled fruit). This chapter gives an overview of pre-trial screening using currently available DNA diagnostics, but this area of work is developing quickly and set to expand in the future. Practical details of the DNA protocols involved are not given as these are in another manual in this series (Anwar et al., 2019). DNA analyses can be carried out in-house or outsourced to DNA service laboratories.


An interpolation and curve partition method is proposed for the grinding and polishing of aspherical lenses. The aspherical tool path was typically partitioned using the lens coordinate, because the path cannot be written with the tool coordinate. The new partitioning method proposed in this study solved this problem using numerical analysis and made user-based partitioning possible. The interpolation algorithm was derived from the equation of asphericity. The idea for this came from the motion profile of commercial motion controllers. Each section in the separated path has ideal inputs, such as the acceleration and velocity, which are corrected afterwards by position feedback. A nano accuracy machine was constructed to test the proposed algorithm. The position error, the control accuracy, was monitored during the tracking of the tool path of the aspherical lens. The performance of the new partitioning method was compared with that of the conventional partitioning methods. We found that the proposed method was more effective at a higher feed rate, so that the processing time can be reduced simply by improving partitioning. The best accuracy in the test was under 100 nm.


Information-seeking has been recognized as a core subtask in software maintenance. While much of the research in this area attempts to identify the information sought by programmers, the work to date has been typically based on pre-defined information types limiting the potential for new information types to arise. Hence, this paper presents a small empirical study on open-source programmer mailing lists, to iteratively refine a schema of the information that programmers seek based exclusively on an analysis of these programmers' naturalistic communication. Subsequently it places this schema in the context of the existing literature in the area. The analysis was undertaken on information requests in 288 emails, taken from 2 open source project mailing lists; The Java Bean Scripting Framework (BSF)[1] and the Java Development Tool (JDT)[2]. This work produced a preliminary schema of 3 main categories divided into 18 sub categories.


To improve the precision of QSAR modeling,a novel nonlinear combinatorial forecast method based on support vector regression(SVR) and K-nearest neighbor(KNN) was proposed.Kernels and descriptors optimization based on SVR were evaluated by the rule of minimum MSE value,and "multi-round enforcement optimization" was taken to illuminate the effect of retained descriptors on forecasting precision.The heterogeneity of sample set was characterized by different KNN and multiple sub-models were assembled,then combinational forecast was carried out based on leave-one-out method.The new method had been employed to study for QSAR on a series of herbicidal materials,N-phenylacetamides,and has the highest prediction precision in all reference models.It has the advantages of structural risk minimization,non-linear characteristics,avoiding the over-fit and strong generalization ability,etc.The novel combination model,so,can be widely used in QSAR.


Mayte Bulnes and Josep Poblet acknowledge financial support by projects CP-00910/CN-99-285-B1 funded by Shell International Exploration and Production, PB98-1557, MCT-01-REN1734-C03-02/MAR, BTE2002-04316-C03-03, and BTE2001-5365-E funded by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Technology, and HB1999-0038 funded by the Spanish Ministry for Education and Culture and the British Council.


For signals observed in Gaussian noise, there are several interesting intersections between information theory and linear and nonlinear minimum mean-square error (MMSE) estimation. We unveil a new relationship between the input-output mutual information and the MMSE achievable by the optimal estimator of the input. This relationship holds for arbitrarily distributed scalar and vector signals, as well as for discrete-time and continuous-time noncausal MMSE estimation (smoothing). We will also focus on two applications of these information theoretic results: the mercuqdwaterfilling formula for power allocation with arbitrary input constellations; and a universal continuous-time nonlinear filtering formula that couples the signalto-noise ratios achievable by smoothing and filtering.


A study was conducted, which sought a mathematical relationship that would allow to express the reducing sugars Totals (ART) in terms of degrees Brix and sucrose content in the mixtures that feed as raw material for distillation at a sugar refinery, dueto the ART is an indirect measure of the sugar available in juices, molasses and honey to be fermented.


As a common experience-based emotion, awe can easily arise within consumers who are immersed in an online brand community. On the basis of the awe prototype theory, this paper developed a research model involving community management authority, professionalism of opinion leaders, participation time, awe, and customer engagement at the organizational and individual levels of an online brand community. The study then targeted a mobile online brand community, obtaining 409 valid data points using a questionnaire survey platform (wjx.cn). The data were analyzed using a structural equation model, revealing that the management authority and the professionalism of opinion leaders positively affect community members' awe, and this awe positively affects community engagement behaviors. Community members' participation time negatively moderates the influence of management authority on awe; namely, longer participation time weakens such influence. In addition, community members' participation time lowers the effect of opinion leaders' professionalism on their awe, though not significantly. This research advances the study of online communities while also providing practical insights to managers and opinion leaders.


La2Sn2O7 nano-powder is synthesized by co-precipitation method. La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSCF) and Gd0.1Ce0.9O1.95 (GDC) composite fibers are fabricated by electrospinning. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images show highly increased triple phase boundary (TPB) sites and pores in the electrospun cathode. The interfacial resistance of the electrospun cathode is reduced by 0.2 Ω cm2 compared to the conventional cathode at 650 °C. When dry methane fuel is fed to the anode, the reduction rate of the power density of the La2Sn2O7–Ni–GDC anode-supported cell significantly decreases compared to that of the Ni–GDC anode-supported cell at 650 °C. The anode resistance in the low frequency range (∼3 Hz) associated with methane conversion shows a remarkable difference between the La2Sn2O7–Ni–GDC and Ni–GDC anode. Temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) analysis reveals the La2Sn2O7 catalyst is effective for the methane oxidation reaction at 650 °C. The Fuel cell in this study manifests a maximum power density of 1.02 W cm−2 and 0.94 W cm−2 at 650 °C in hydrogen and dry methane atmosphere, respectively. Also, no carbon deposition existed on the La2Sn2O7–Ni–GDC anode after operating.


Feeding by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), particularly fire ants ( Solenopsis invicta ), can negatively affect trapping of small mammals. To reduce loss of bait and mutilation of captured specimens by ants during a study of small mammals in eastern North Carolina, we treated one-half of our trap sites with a chemical insecticide. We evaluated the effects of use of insecticide on trapping of small mammals in three pine-plantation and two pocosin habitats that differed in levels of activity and abundance of fire ants. Use of insecticide did not affect overall capture yield or probabilities of capture for any of the 12 species of small mammals we caught. Rates of mutilation of specimens were lower where insecticides were used, but were significantly reduced only in habitats where abundance of fire ants was high. Use of insecticide reduced destructive and total activity of ants, although effectiveness varied with abundance of fire ants. Destructive and total activity levels of ants were highest where fire ants were abundant, but effects of insecticide on activity were proportionally greater in habitats where fire ants were less abundant or absent.


One of the approaches for microlnanoscale heat transfer in semiconductors and dielectric materials is to use the Boltzmann transport equation, which reduces to the equation of phonon radiative transfer under the relaxation time approximation. Transfer and generation of entropy are processes inherently associated with thermal energy transport, yet little has been done to analyze entropy generation in solids at length scales comparable with or smaller than the mean free path of heat carriers. This work extends the concept of radiation entropy in a participating medium to phonon radiation, thus, providing a method to evaluate entropy generation at both large and small length scales. The conventional formula for entropy generation in heat diffusion can be derived under the local equilibrium assumption. Furthermore, the phonon brightness temperature is introduced to describe the nature of nonequilibrium heat conduction. A diamond film is used as a numerical example to illustrate the distribution of entropy generation at the walls and inside the film at low temperatures. A fundamental knowledge of the entropy generation processes provides a thermodynamic understanding of heat transport in solid microstructures ; this is particularly important for the performance evaluation of thermal systems and microdevices.


We examine core-level X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) and X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) in the Falicov-Kimball model by using the exact solution from dynamical mean-field theory. XPS measures the core-hole propagator, XANES measures the absorption of X-rays when the core electron is excited to an unoccupied electronic state of the solid, and not emitted, and XES measures the spectra of light emitted as electrons fill the core-hole state created via some form of X-ray excitation. These three spectra are closely related to one another and display orthogonality catastrophe behavior at T=0. We illustrate how to evaluate these spectra efficiently at finite temperature, with a primary focus on the details of XANES.


Rear-projected robots use computer graphics technology to create facial animations and project them on a mask to show the robot's facial cues and expressions. These types of robots are becoming commercially available, though more research is required to understand how they can be effectively used as a socially assistive robotic agent. This paper presents the results of a pilot study on comparing the facial expression recognition abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with typically developing (TD) children using a rear-projected humanoid robot called Ryan. Six children with ASD and six TD children participated in this research, where Ryan showed them six basic expressions (i.e. anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise) with different intensity levels. Participants were asked to identify the expressions portrayed by Ryan. The results of our study show that there is not any general impairment in expression recognition ability of the ASD group comparing to the TD control group; however, both groups showed deficiencies in identifying disgust and fear. Increasing the intensity of Ryan's facial expressions significantly improved the expression recognition accuracy. Both groups were successful to recognize the expressions demonstrated by Ryan with high average accuracy.


We study antiferromagnetic two-leg spin-1/2 ladders with strong bond randomness, using the real-space renormalization-group method. We find the low-temperature spin susceptibility of the system follows nonuniversal power laws, and that the ground-state spin-spin correlation is short ranged. Our results suggest that there is no phase transition when the bond randomness increases from zero; for strong enough randomness the system is in a Griffith region with divergent spin susceptibility and short-range spin-spin correlation.


We analyze point defect bulk and surface diffusion near the crystal–vacuum interface and show that bulk diffusion is coupled with surface diffusion via the atomic processes in the intermediate subsurface layer. A set of self-contained differential equations describing the interaction of self-interstitials and bulk vacancies with the surface of crystal is proposed. The results show the existence of the fundamental relation between the equilibrium concentrations of the point defects in bulk and at the surface of the crystal. For the case of silicon, the energy barrier differences that restrict the point defect fluxes between the bulk and surface of the crystal are estimated.


This report provides an overview of deferred patent examination. It begins by offering a brief review of patent acquisition proceedings as well as challenges faced by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The report then introduces the concept of deferred examination. The potential positive and negative consequences of deferred examination upon the environment for innovation within the United States are then explored. The report closes by identifying salient design parameters for deferred examination systems and reviewing congressional options.


The analysis presented in this study focuses primarily on the LCA manufacturing industries in the United States and Western Europe. It also includes some discussion of Russia's LCA industry, which is beginning to produce aircraft for export. Although Japan is not a producer of LCA, it is examined in the context of its aeronautical R&D.


We read with interest, the study by Verma et al., on the utility of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) and growth hormone (GH) (Group A) or GCSF alone (Group B) versus standard medical treatment (SMT) (Group C) in patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC). The use of GCSF is welldocumented in acute on chronic liver failure, alcoholic hepatitis and reactivation of chronic hepatitis B, in which, control of acute insult along with exogenously administered growth factors lead to activation of hepatic progenitor and bone marrow-derived cells to supplement hepatic regeneration. However, in DC, this proof of concept is lacking, which the authors try to bridge. The recommended dose of GCSF for mobilization of bone marrow cells is 10 mg/kg. The present study utilized suboptimal doses after the initial induction period that was less relevant to disease modulation in the long term. Persistence of elevated levels of CD341 hematopoietic stem cells were not studied and the overall long-term effect of presumed hypothesis of clinical improvement is not clear. Control of etiology improves clinical events and lowers liver stiffness (LSM) in compliant cirrhosis patients. In the present study, LSM in groups A, B and C decrease by 33.1, 31.4 and 5.4 kPa at the end of 12 months. This level of improvement may be biased; it is outside what would be expected as per current literature (Table 1) and requires the much-lacking histological data to support its validity. Nutritional parameters in Group A and Group B improved over time in comparison to SMT, in which it worsened—an important observation closely related to improved outcomes, unexplained with the study treatment protocol. A recent study by Newsome et al. demonstrated that neither G-CSF alone nor combined with autologous stem-cell infusions improved liver function or stiffness in DC. The conclusion of the current study must be taken with a pinch of salt, since the study failed to address confounding factors and the degree of improvements remain to be validated by other independent groups of investigators.


The geological conditions of tunnel engineering and landslide generating reasons were analyzed.Aiming at the quadrant slope sliding,support arch of hole exit and spraying anchor support cracking incurred by side slope slumping during construction process,the landslide treatment was successful by time measures and geological re-exploring.Finally,sums up the measures of landslide treatment.


Measured viscosity vs shear rate relationships were analyzed for a wide variety of carboxylated latexes reported in the literature using a modified effective-medium theory proposed by one of the authors. The theory contains three main parameters, cm, ko, and δ, which are the maximum volume fraction, a particle interaction parameter, closely related to the secondary electroviscous effect, and the thickness of the stabilizing surface layer, respectively. It is assumed that sheared dispersions always approach close packing for high volume fractions, i.e., cm=0.74 (for monodisperse suspensions). In general, ko increases with the magnitude of the secondary electroviscous effect and its value varies typically between 2.46 and 4.0 for low Peclet numbers, Pe, and approaches 1.7 for very high Pe. For dispersions of highly charged particles at low electrolyte concentrations, the electroviscous effects become especially significant and experiments show that the viscosity can increase by more than three orders of mag...


This study was performed to make checklists for selection of herbaceous plants in garden design. References and websites at home and abroad were compared and analyzed and the necessary items required to derive criteria for selection of herbaceous plants were set up. Herbaceous plants are selected by the usage, planting site environments and growth characteristics, and the visual characteristics. Herbaceous plants are used for flower pots, flower beds and borders, plants below woody plants, ground covers, and gardens for various styles and purposes, and divided by perennials, annuals, bulbs, grasses (including bamboos, rushes and sedges), rock plants, and water plants by growth characteristics, and planting site environments are divided by the differences of soil, light, moisture, wind, and temperature. The visual characteristics of herbaceous plants were divided into 1) shape and plant height, 2) spread, planting distance, and plant quantity, 3) texture, 4) flower color, 5) flowering months, and exceptionally 6) fragrance. In the checklist plant heights were divided into large, medium, and small, and 9 colors of white, pink, red, purple, blue, silver (grey), green, yellow, and orange according to each height were arranged, and 12 months were placed in each color to indicate color change of whole plants as well as flowers, and quantity of plants per square meter, texture of three steps and whether or not the fragrance were also indicated. This checklists were made to consider several factors at the same time to select herbaceous plants for planting plan for garden, and it can be modified easily by garden designer changing the criteria.


To enable reliable in situ, or sample return, life detection missions, it is critical that Mars Sample Return missions be free of any biological materials that originated from Earth.


The use of renewable energies and energy saving and efficiency are needs of global society and universities. Universities have a large responsibility and social impact, as they are an example and engine of social change. Universities, in the European context, must be at the forefront of sustainability progress, seeking to be at the same level, and preferably higher than the rest of society, seeking the goal of 20% in renewable energy for 2020 and, in the longer term, greater energy efficiency based on a diverse use of renewable energy and studying the feasibility of other energy processes (cogeneration, trigeneration, etc.). The application of renewable energies and efficiency allow universities to make significant savings in their costs and contribute to sustainable development and the fight against climate change. Actions on these aspects in addition to the objective of saving should seek to promote research and form an example for the university community. This Special Issue aims to advance the contribution of energy saving and the use of renewable energies in order to achieve more sustainable universities.


Two-beam specialized bridge crane is developed by modifying primary two-beam box bridge crane. Its key structure includes trolley drive mechanism, Crane height, gantry running mechanism, the main beam, bridge frame and trolley frame overall manufacturing processing. The improvements of key structure and the economic benefits after improving have been introduced.