'The phenomenology of psychedelic therapy' provides a selective overview of experiences commonly reported by those who take psychedelics in controlled and structured settings, such as clinical trials and religious rituals. The first half of this chapter reviews a variety of typical changes to perception and the sense of self. The second half reviews qualitative evidence concerning patients' impressions of the therapeutic process. Patients who receive psychedelics in clinical trials sometimes, but not always, describe non-naturalistic metaphysical epiphanies concerning the existence of a cosmic consciousness, spirit world, or divine Reality. More commonly emphasised are experiences of psychological insight, beneficial changes to self-representation, intense and cathartic emotional experiences, and feelings of connectedness and acceptance. This evidence provides initial clues that psychedelics' therapeutic effects may not be due entirely to the induction of non-naturalistic metaphysical ideations.


In order to dynamically analyze the phase-comparison passive radar seeker(PRS) direction finding performance with decoy of non-coherent dual-source,the principle of non-coherent dual-source decoying phase-comparison PRS was analyzed based on its direction finding and tracking principle,and the direction finding formula of synthetic signals was derived.At last,the mode of attitude tracking was got with different power ratio.It shows that PRS will track the source with high power and the angle to be adjusted every moment is with probability,then the decoy achieves under the condition of non-coherent dual-source,the dynamic simulation result confirms the correctness of the theory.


OBJECTIVES
To determine the effectiveness of training the early year's workforce on their knowledge, skills and/or behaviours in delivering oral health advice.

METHODS
Four databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Scopus were searched to evaluate the effectiveness of oral health training on knowledge, skills and behaviour of the early year's workforce with a minimum of one-month follow-up. Randomised or quasi-randomised trials and before and after studies were included.

RESULTS
All six included studies showed improved knowledge and one of the five studies showed significant changes in behaviours of participants post oral health training. None of the included studies addressed changes in skills as an outcome.

CONCLUSION
This systematic review found evidence that oral health training of the early year's workforce is effective in improving their knowledge but not necessarily their behaviours delivering oral health advice. Although training of the wider workforce on oral health is recommended, high quality research is required with longitudinal follow-up to assess changes in behaviours and ultimately impacts on oral health.


This study was conducted to investigate the effect of sta-green and activated carbon on leaf and stem growth of Agastache rugosa as it is affected by different amounts of sta-green and activated carbon. The results obtained are summarized as follows. Growth characteristics including plant height and leaf number were the highest when treated with 30% of sta-green. The weight of fresh leaf and stem of Agastaches rugosa was very low in control. Also, fresh weight of Angelica acutiloba was higher in 10% treatment of activated carbon. However, when the plants were grown in 10% activated carbon, all these promoters were the biggest. Sta-green and activated carbon can be utilized as a soil conditioner in agricultural crop areas.


Ultra-Wideband (UWB) was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Mar. 2002 for unlicensed operation in the 3.1-10.6 GHz band subject to modified Part 15 rules. The rule limits the emitted power spectral density (p.s.d) from a UWB source measured in a 1 MHz bandwidth at the output of an isotropic transmit antenna at a reference distance to that shown in Figure 1. Further, the transmitted signal must instantaneously occupy either i) a fractional bandwidth in excess of 20% of the center frequency or ii) in excess of 500 MHz of absolute bandwidth to be classified as a UWB signal. The maximum allowable p.s.d for UWB transmission of 41.3 dBm/MHz corresponds to approximately 0.5 mW of average transmit power when the entire 3.1-10.6 GHz band is used, effectively limiting UWB links to short ranges. Nevertheless, the potential for exploiting such low power UWB links for high data rate wireless PAN connectivity (in excess of 100 Mbps) at ranges up to 10 m particularly for in-home networking applications has led to considerable recent interest in this technology. The combination of the ultra-wide bandwidths and low average transmitted power presents unique challenges for UWB radio design. Such large bandwidths imply highly frequency selective multipath channels, with a large number (order of hundreds) of resolved multipath components . Due to stringent limitations on average and peak transmit power, power efficient modulation schemes such as binary pulse (amplitude and/or position) modulation are typically used for UWB signaling; to increase data rate therefore requires scaling of the PRF which in turn leads to increased inter-symbol interference in a strong multipath environment that necessitates costly equalization and/or coding to meet performance specifications. An alternative for higher data rates is to employ power efficient M-ary orthogonal signaling schemes although they require higher bit SNR at the receiver input.


Critical Watershed in the Brantas Hulu, is constantly increasing. Its impact on the environment are various disasters and critical conditions such as erosion, flooding, landslides, until the loss of spring water sources, drought and land-use changes. It is necessary to plan the space in an area for the function of preservation area and development area. Analisys methods that had used are analyzing of erotion danger level (TBE), the determination of critical lands analysis with scoring techniques, analysis of land capability class classification with map overlay techniques, and analysis of existing land use suitability with land capability with matching methods. The results of this analysis show that the 4813,34 hectares or 27,75 % of the Sub DAS Brantas Hulu is a critical area. While the ability of land shows that the Sub DAS Brantas Hulu is on land capability class III to class VIII, is dominated by class VII (44,91%). The use of existing land in Sub Watershed Brantas Hulu that is not categorized according to the ability of the land area is 9984,89 ha (57,57 %). Spatial planning based on land capabilities in the Sub DAS Brantas Hulu is 2916,65 ha of preservation area, 964,54 ha of forest plantation, 399,53 ha of reforestation, 8724,32 ha of agroforestry ,1856,85 ha of settlement area, 606,66 ha of plantation, 824,92 ha of fields, and 710,14 ha of agricultural land. Keywords : DAS, Critical Lands, Land Capability


In this work, a novel sensing structure based on Au nanoparticles/HfO2/fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (AuNPs/HfO2/FDSOI) MOSFET is fabricated. Using such a planar double gate MOSFET, the electrostatic enrichment (ESE) process is proposed for the ultrasensitive and rapid detection of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ORF1ab gene. The back-gate (BG) bias can induce the required electric field that enables the ESE process in the testing liquid analyte with indirect contact with the top-Si layer. It is revealed that the ESE process can rapidly and effectively accumulate ORF1ab genes close to the HfO2 surface, which can significantly change the MOSFET threshold voltage (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{{\text {th}}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). The proposed MOSFET successfully demonstrates the detection of zeptomole (zM) COVID-19 ORF1ab gene with an ultralow detection limit down to 67 zM (~0.04 copy/<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{L}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) for a test time of less than 15 min even in a high ionic-strength solution. Besides, the quantitative dependence of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V} _{{\text {th}}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> variation on COVID-19 ORF1ab gene concentration from 200 zM to 100 femtomole is also revealed, which is further confirmed by TCAD simulation.


The objectives of this study were to identify polymorphisms in ovine K-casein gene exon 4 and its association with milk yield, percentage of protein and milk fat in sheep under extcnsif management at JASTRU (Jonggol Animal Studies Teaching and Research Unit) farm, Fact. of Anim Sci, Bogor Agric. University. The 83 blood sample from ewes which have record of milk production were used to determined polymorphism by using PCR-SSCP (Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism) methode. The research activities were carried out through blood collection, DNA isolation, and fragment DNA amplification by PCR and separation in electrophoresis with silver staining. Electrophoretic pattern (PCR-SSCP) revealed th rce types of K-casein gene were dcsignitcd A, Band C type. The highest proportion was A type 69.57% and followed hy B 28.99% and the lowest C 1.45%. The were no significant effect of types of of K-casein gene on milk production and milk quality (percentage of protein and fat) in local sheep from Jonggol. Keywords: .Jonggol sheep, K-cascin gcn, PCR-SSCP, polymorphism


There is justification for an integrated consideration of Nabokov and Bel? low. Both have secured reputations as among the acknowledged masters of prose fiction since World War II. Bellow's Nobel Prize and the number of recent books about Nabokov contribute to a confident impression that their works will survive the vagaries of political winds or the fickleness of college syllabi. At one time they each accepted, in the midst of their writing careers, formal teaching affiliations with major colleges and universities in the United States; it is also apparent that the heady climate of campus life has been conducive to the forging of their talents as novelists, just as it often has been catalytic in their frequent choice of academia as recurrent theme and locale in their work. Bellow and Nabokov are the precocious sons of persecuted Russian minorities. There may be little resemblance between a nineteenth-century family of impoverished Jews and the habits of comfortable aristocrats, but as ac? complished, middle-aged men they later echo a similar perception about their own quality of "exile"; they understatedly describe it as a species of writer's don? n?e, which they understand is rooted indelibly in the blood of their history, and which they portray in metaphors related to their craft as artists, as users of words. For instance, in Bellow's 1965 Paris Review interview, he makes a candid claim: "It was made clear to me when I studied literature in the university that as a Jew and the son of Russian Jews I would probably never have the right feeling for


Introduction Management of the ophthalmic surgical patient is a team effort with veterinary nurses, veterinary surgeons and owners all playing vital roles in ensuring a successful outcome. The role of the veterinary nurse extends from ensuring careful and appropriate restraint of the ophthalmic patient pre surgery to monitoring post-operative analgesia. Nursing the surgical ophthalmic patient requires specific considerations and often has rewarding outcomes.


ABSTRACT The European Landscape Convention marked an epistemological turn by emphasising the role of personal experience developed within socially constructed frames of reference. The landscape, therefore, should be regarded as a common good, crucial for personal and collective well-being, which implies a commitment of a political nature. This entails widespread awareness, as well as updated technical skills and appropriate politico-administrative actions. Landscape education must play a key role, therefore, but awareness-raising, cultural initiatives, and training processes require approaches and methods centred on experience, thus shifting from teaching to learning, from a passive to an active role of participants. This article analyses the experience of a 'school' of landscape education operating since 2009 in Trentino, Italy. It develops an analytical framework and a critical examination of the approaches applied. In particular, it discusses the 'learning devices' used to stimulate interest in the landscape and to develop participatory, cooperative and responsible attitudes.


Abstract  The Zebra chip (ZC) syndrome is an emerging disease of potato and a major threat to the potato industry. The potato psyllid, Bactericerca cockerelli (Sulc) is believed to be a vector of the ZC pathogen, which is now thought to be Candidatus Liberibacter, a bacterium. To further understand the relationship between potato psyllid infestation and ZC disease expression, healthy potato plants at different growth stages (4, 6 and 10 weeks after germination) were exposed separately to potato psyllids that were separately reared on four solanaceous hosts plants (potato, tomato, eggplant or bell pepper) for more than 1 year. ZC symptoms, leaf rates and total nonstructural carbohydrate accumulation in leaves and tubers of healthy and psyllid‐infested plants were monitored and recorded. Typical ZC symptoms were observed in leaves and tubers of all plants exposed to potato psyllids regardless of the host plant on which they were reared. This was also accompanied by significant reductions in net photosynthetic rate. Caged potato plants without exposure to potato psyllids (uninfested controls) did not show any ZC symptom in both foliage and in harvested tubers. Foliage damage and ZC expression were most severe in the potato plants that were exposed to potato psyllids 4 weeks after germination compared to plants infested at later growth stages. Tubers from potato psyllid‐infested plants had significantly higher levels of reducing sugars (glucose) and lower levels of starch than those in healthy plants, indicating that potato psyllid infestation interfered with carbohydrate metabolism in either leaves or tubers, resulting in ZC expression.


The density and the elastic stiffness coefficients of fcc solid argon at high pressures from 1 GPa up to 80 GPa are computed by the first-principles pseudopotential method with plane-wave basis set and generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The result is in good agreement with an experimental result recently obtained with Brillouin spectroscopy by Shimizu et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4568 (2001)]. Solid argon becomes very hard due to its closed-shell electronic configuration. The Cauchy condition is strongly violated, indicating a large contribution from a noncentral many-body force. The present result has made it clear that the standard density functional method with periodic boundary conditions can be successfully applied for calculating the elastic properties of rare gas solids at high pressures in contrast to those at low pressures where dispersion forces are important.


An analytic algorithm to estimate the tensile modulus of disk impact splitting test was presented.Combined the theoretical elastic solution of disk on cardiac force and the physical parameters obtained in actual measure of experiments,and based on the principle of calculus,the quantitative relationship between tensile modulus of rock specimen center and the total displacement of deformation on the direction of the vertical load was derived.The relationship between the deformation on the vertical-loading direction and that on the parallel-loading direction was analyzed;and there is a linear relation between two deformations and this relation can be expressed with a ratio function.At last,combined with split Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB) impact splitting test principle,measuring the deformation on the parallel-loading direction and obtaining the deformation on the vertical-loading direction by using that ratio function.And then the impact splitting tensile modulus can be obtained with a derivation function by substituting the deformation on the vertical-loading direction.Five physical parameters,including the impact loading power,sample diameter,sample thickness,rock Poisson?s ratio and the total deformation on the parallel-loading direction,were used in this derivation function.This derivation function has a clear meaning and easy to use,and provide a new approach to estimate the tensile modulus in Brazilian disk splitting test.


This article explores the comparisons of the important issues on application between Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code(Article 4A) and the Model Law on International Credit Transfers(Model Law)proposed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. The results of comparisons in connection with obligations and responsibilities parties concerned between Article 4A and Model Law are as follows: First, The Article 4A is enacted to apply both domestic and international fund transfers. On the other hand, the Model Law is intended to enacted by national legislatures exclusively for international fund transfers. Secondly, Most rights and obligations created by Article 4A can be varied with the agreement of affected parties. there are the exceptions. The exceptions include the money-back guarantee and a beneficiary's obligation to pay a beneficiary of the amount of an accepted. However, all the rights and obligations created by the Model Law can be varied with the agreement of an affected parties. Thirdly, The Article 4A Acknowledges the importance of special communications facilities by defining a fund-transfers system as a wire transfer network and by allowing funds-transfer system rules to vary most Article 4A rights and obligations. Model Law also contains reference to funds-transfer systems, but the term is undefined. Moreover, funds-transfer systems rules cannot deviate from the Model Law. Fourthly, The Article 4A admits consequence damages under exceptional circumstance. But Model Law prohibits perfectly them. Fifthly, The Article 4A imposes notice duty to originator with respect to an unaccepted order. However, the Model Law stipulates that receiving bank is obligated notice duty. Finally, While The Article 4A imposes duty to detect errors to originator in relation to the establishment of commercially reasonable security procedure, the Model Law imposes the duty to detect errors to receiving bank.


The marine environment continues to surprise us by producing novel bioactive substances with a wide range of benefits for humans. Materials and Methods: Marine bioluminescent bacteria Photobacterium leiognathi was isolated from pony fish, Secutorruconius which was confirmed with microscopic and molecular characterization. The secondary metabolite of the isolated bacteria was extracted with dichloromethane. The chemical fingerprinting of the isolated metabolite was analyzed through TLC, FT-IR, and HPLC. The nature of the compound present in the metabolite was identified in the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC - MS). The isolated extract was investigated for its antibacterial property against 10 human pathogenic bacteria and also its antioxidant activity using different assays such as 1, 1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, Phosphomolybdenum, Metal chelating, Hydroxyl radical scavenging and hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity. Results: The Presence of functional groups including phenols, sugars, and amino acids in the extracts were identified by TLC. Totally, nine peaks were obtained for the crude extract through the FTIR spectrum range of 400 to 4000 cm-1 for the active sample. The DCM extract showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity against the six human bacterial pathogens. Secondary metabolites from the bioluminescent bacteria, P. leiognathi, have strong antioxidant properties. These results will be instrumental in developing novel products with biosensors and bio-imaging applications using P. leiognathi.


One of the most crucial issues to judge image quality is the spatial resolution. Hyperspectral image (HSI) sharpening is the process of combining spatial information to enhance spatial resolution of HSIs. Huge volumes of HSI data cause difficulties during the sharpening process. This paper proposed a practical and effective strategy to deal with HSI sharpening. We utilized sub-block method and combined PCA and wavelet fusion approaches to achieve the proposed scheme. Sub-block method helped reduce the calculation complexity and promote the efficiency. PCA and wavelet image sharpening contributed to enhance spatial resolution of HSI with less spectral distortion. The experiment demonstrated an efficient processing result and a good visualized effect. Qualitative and quantitative assessments were both used to evaluate the proposed approach.


Prefilming air-blast atomizers are widely used in modern gas turbine combustors. Due to insufficient awareness of the coupling mechanism of multi-stage swirling flow in gas turbines, there is a lack of effective methods for flow field optimization in combustor. In this study, the effect of some critical parameters on the flow field of a prefilming air-blast atomizer was analyzed with CFD. The parameters include the angle and number of the first swirler blades, the angle of the second swirler blades and the angle of sleeve. Furthermore, the coupling mechanism of two-stage swirling airflows of prefilming air-blast atomizer was discussed. Moreover, the influence of the interaction between two-stage counter swirling airflows on the characteristics of flow field was explained. The results show that with the increase in SNi, the axial length of the primary recirculation zone decreased, while the radial width increased. The starting position of primary recirculation zone (PRZ) moves forward with the increase in SNo. Reducing the sleeve angle β helps to form the primary recirculation zone. The results indicate that it is the transition of tangential velocity of airflow to radial velocity that promotes the formation of the PRZ. These results provide theoretical support for optimization of the flow field in swirl combustor.


The continued shrinking of conventional CMOS devices to achieve enhanced performance has revealed limitations. Hybrid orientation technology (HOT) has recently generated a lot of interest in the CMOS device and technology community due to the significant performance boost provided by the use of (100)-oriented Si and (110)-orientated Si for nand pMOSFETs, respectively [1-2]. The amorphization/templated recrystallization (ATR) integration scheme which combines direct silicon bond (DSB) substrates technology and solid phase epitaxy (SPE) has been reported by fabricating devices on bulk-Si-like substrate to easily reuse circuit design libraries from the bulk CMOS environment [3-4]. However, even through a high temperature defect-removal anneal, ATR-induced defects are still existed and may introduce dislocation loops or threads leading to the degradation of gate oxide integrity for nMOSFETs [5]. In this work, we proposed a modified ATR process to improve the Si/SiO2 interface by using the extra anneal. The ATR'd material quality and Si/SiO2 interface properties are investigated by the atomic force microscope (AFM) and electrical characteristics simultaneously.


A powerful simulator highly decreases the need for real-world tests when training and evaluating autonomous vehicles. Data-driven simulators flourished with the recent advancement of conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGANs), providing high-fidelity images. The main challenge is synthesizing photorealistic images while following given constraints. In this work, we propose to improve the quality of generated images by rethinking the discriminator architecture. The focus is on the class of problems where images are generated given semantic inputs, such as scene segmentation maps or human body poses. We build on successful cGAN models to propose a new semantically-aware discriminator that better guides the generator. We aim to learn a shared latent representation that encodes enough information to jointly do semantic segmentation, content reconstruction, along with a coarse-to-fine grained adversarial reasoning. The achieved improvements are generic and simple enough to be applied to any architecture of conditional image synthesis. We demonstrate the strength of our method on the scene, building, and human synthesis tasks across three different datasets. The code is available https://github.com/vita-epfl/SemDisc.


The letter describes the construction of a four-element beam-forming antenna array operating at 10.5 GHz. Each element is connected to a microprocessor-controlled complex-weight circuit that can alter the amplitude and phase of a microwave signal. By proper selection of the complex weights, the antenna mainbeam can be steered in any direction, within limits, and null constraints can be applied. Some experimental results in beam forming are presented.


Within the framework of Bose-Einstein statistics, it is shown that the blackbody radiation, in addition to single photons, contains photon clusters, or coalescent photons. The probability to find a k-photon cluster versus radiation frequency and temperature is found, as well as the statistics of clusters. Spectra of photon-cluster radiation are calculated as functions of blackbody temperature. The Planck's radiation law is derived based on the existence of photon clusters. The possibility of experimental observation of photon clusters in thermal radiation is discussed.


This article systematises the framing of the terrorism issue in the programmatic agenda of the FN by focusing on nationalism. We argue that the FN's position on terrorism constitutes part of its strategy to justify its anti-immigrant agenda by offering ideological rather than biological rationalisations for national belonging. To test our argument empirically we operationalize four categories of nationalism, including ethno-racial, cultural, political-civic and economic, and code official FN materials published in reaction to seven terrorist attacks on French soil during the period 1986-2015. We find that while older documents draw on all four categories, Marine Le Pen documents draw almost exclusively on the cultural and political-civic categories, confirming our argument. Building on the 'normalization' or 'de-demonization' approach, our nationalism framework presents a distinct theoretical advantage by allowing us to conceptualise the shift in the party's programmatic agenda.


In DC microgrids (DCMG), the fast detection of accurate location of fault accelerates maintenance, supply restoration process, and decreases the duration of power outage. Protection system design is complicated for a DC microgrid with ring configuration due to bidirectional power flow. In this paper, an accurate fault location scheme for DC microgrid is proposed. This scheme derives the state space model of the RLC circuit formed by the probe power unit (PPU) and the faulty section of DCMG, from the damped probe current response. The eigen values of the system matrix are the poles of the system, whose real and imaginary parts are the attenuation constant and damped resonant frequency of the probe current. These values are used for calculating the distance of fault location. This method is simple, fast and it does not require much calculations. The proposed method is tested using MATLAB/Simulink simulations on a ring type five bus DCMG. Test cases are generated by varying the location of fault and the value of fault resistance. The results obtained for both line to line and line to ground faults are found to be more accurate than the comparable methods available in literature.


Uganda is transforming her leather value chain to a modern and competitive sub-sector, aiming at production of value-added leather materials and leather products from the abundant raw hides and skins at the slaughter houses and abattoirs. The challenge though is the exportation of about 95% of the wet blue product, which is the only processed leather material for export from Uganda. More still, the quantity of wet blue produced and exported from Uganda stands at 1.08 million pieces from hides and 2.01 million pieces from goats and sheep skins amounting to 17.28 m sq. ft and 7.04m sq. Ft, respectively. In total this translates to about 24.32m sq. ft of finished leather if it was to be processed from within Uganda. Taking an average square foot of 2.5 sq. ft per pair of shoes, then this output would give about 9.73m pairs of leather shoes. Since Uganda needs about 25 m pairs of leather shoes per annum, it implies that there would be a deficit of about 16.88 m pairs of shoes per annum. This deficit has been covered by importing about 0.5 m pairs of leather shoes per annum and about 23.5 m pairs of synthetic leather shoes and second-hand shoes combined. Now Uganda exports about 24.32 m sq. ft worth of leather (about 9.73m pairs of shoes) and imports about 0.5 m pairs of leather shoes which is a sixteenth of what is exported. Exportation of unfinished products for processing elsewhere goes with jobs and services as well. For this reason, wet blue product made in Uganda need to be further processed in the country to avail leather and leather products, service like Design Studios, facilities, e.g., incubation centers and jobs. The information about tanneries was obtained by use of a questionnaire in which respondents were tannery industry production managers. In addition, documentary review of the world population on Uganda, Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) abstracts and UBOS census 2014 reports were also used as the source of data. According to the Uganda census 2014, the country's primary and secondary going children are 10,113,201 students. If for example these students wear leather shoes at 35,000/= per pair per annum then the leather Sector would earn 353bn UGX per annum. This contribution would be about 56 times that which tourism is contributing towards the GDP of Uganda, implying that the leather sector in Uganda, if emphasised could stimulate economic growth of the country.


Today, the banking sector is changing rapidly in many aspects, such as profitability and risk management, customer satisfaction, product and services development, and predicting marketing trends. However, this raises an important question as to how quickly a bank can manage all aspects in response to market changes. This leads us to a deep analysis of current and historical banking data through advanced data science techniques. Moreover, banks play an important role in economic growth, financial stability, and the development of a country. The failure of one bank can lead to the failure of other banks, resulting in distress in the entire banking system. Sometimes, it can even have a greater impact internationally, as became evident with the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007–2009. A profitable banking system is better able to ensure the stability of the banking system and the country's economic growth, as it makes the economy more robust against negative and external shocks. This paper's aim is to undertake the deep analysis of Australian banks in the context of bank profitability and competitiveness.


Despite that fact that fat necrosis is an increasingly common complication of free tissue transfer and fat grafting, there has been no clear consensus on how to define and classify it in the plastic surgery literature.


The Illinois Natural History Survey celebrated its 125th anniversary in 1983 by hosting a series of special events for its friends and staff. Two of them were the 125th Anniversary Symposium and Luncheon held on 24 September 1983 at Urbana, and the contents of this commemorative bulletin are based on the papers and summary comments presented at those two functions. The proclamation from Governor James R. Thompson, recognizing the importance of the Survey to the people of Illinois (Frontispiece), was read at the luncheon. The papers contributed to the symposium were selected on the basis of recommendations solicited from the staffs of the Survey's research sections: Aquatic Biology, Botany and Plant Pathology, Economic Entomology, Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification, and Wildlife Research. The papers presented by Survey staff members do not adequately reflect either past or present programs in totol, i.e., they are indicative, not definitive.
Editorial Committee: George L. Godfrey, ChairmanJohn K. BousemanWilliam R. EdwardsKenneth R. RobertsonRobert M. Zewadski


Abstract : By means of design for testability (DFT) techniques, the NOSC Test Technology Office (Code 936) evaluated testability improvements in a state-of-the-art printed-circuit board. Data were gathered to provide a direct comparison among various testability figure of merit (TFOM) tools. Keywords include: Design for testability (DFT); Printed-circuit boards; MIL-STD 2165; STAMP; and LOGMOD.


Of the three superfamilies of Ostracoda present in fresh water, only the Cytheroidea had thus far no records in terrestrial environments. Here, we report on a new genus and species, Intrepidocythere ibipora n. gen. n. sp., of the ostracod superfamily Cytheroidea, from forest leaf litter in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Judging from morphological similarities, this new genus is believed to be closely related to the genus Elpidium. Possible pathways that led to the colonisation of terrestrial habitats are discussed, and an overview is given on the distribution of the known terrestrial ostracod lineages. The present findings strengthen the idea that terrestrial ostracods are more common than previously thought, at least in tropical areas.


where 3, Xj—Xj 9 ί =8 f y (Kronecker's delta) and 9£ 9 y =9, 9, . The ring Dn(K), called the local Weyl algebra, has the Σ-filtration {Σ,}^0 such that Έ,0=dn(K) 2inάτυ={τΛfΛd*\fΛSΞθn(K)znά 9-=9?i-9ϊ-with \a\=a1-\ \-an<v} and that the associated graded ring grΓ(Dn(K)) is a polynomial ring over On(K) in n variables. Moreover, Dn(K) has weak global dimension n, i.e., w.gl.dim(Z)Λ(i£)) = n. These are ring-theoretic, algebraic properties which the local Weyl algebra Dn(K) has. In the present article, we consider whether or not these properties are sufficient to characterize the ring Dn(K). For this purpose, we introduce the notion of pre-PF-algebra and PF-algebra (see below for the definition) and show that a PF-algebra, which satisfies the above-listed properties Dn(K) has and one additional condition, i.e., L=Σi/Σ 0 is essentially abelian, is realized as a subalgebra of some Dn(K). After all, we are successful only in the case n = l . We are, however, convinced that our approach of computing the weak global dimension of a PF-algebra will be useful to study locally a vector field at a smooth point on an algebraic variety. We employ the terminology and notation in [1],


This work studies the modelling and the optimization of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems through cascaded line-of-sight (LoS) links. In Part I of this work, we build up a new IRS-aided MIMO channel model, named the cascaded LoS MIMO channel. The proposed channel model consists of a transmitter (Tx) and a receiver (Rx) both equipped with uniform linear arrays, and an IRS is used to enable communications between the transmitter and the receiver through the LoS links seen by the IRS. When modeling the reflection of electromagnetic waves at the IRS, we take into account the curvature of the wavefront on different reflecting elements. Based on the established model, we study the spatial multiplexing capability of the cascaded LoS MIMO system. We introduce the notion of full multiplexing region (FMR) for the cascaded LoS MIMO channel, where the FMR is the union of Tx-IRS and IRS-Rx distance pairs that enable full multiplexing communication. Under a special passive beamforming strategy named reflective focusing, we derive an inner bound of the FMR, and provide the corresponding orientation settings of the antenna arrays that enable full multiplexing. Based on the proposed channel model and reflective focusing, the mutual information maximization problem is discussed in Part II.


Imperial University of Peking (p. 36). Sometimes the hard won over the soft, as in the cutting off of the ''pigtails'' of the urban poor (p. 258). Sometimes the softer elements of society gained power through hard means, illustrated here by the picture of little girls in the women's missionary school in Shanghai lifting heavy dumbbells (p. 14). Sometimes the revolutionary was literary, as in Sun Yat-sen's handwritten agenda of the Revolutionary Alliance (p. 59). Sometimes itwasmilitary:we find pictures of soldiers armed in preparation for battle inWuhan (p. 180). Pens could also be used as weapon, like Zou Rong's Revolutionary Army (p. 65), and civilians could defend themilitary, for example,with thework ofMrShenDunhe, the president of the Chinese Red Cross Association (p. 197). The revolution evoked a variety of emotions. It made people smile, as illustrated in a poster of soldiers and residents welcoming Huang Xing (p. 175). It also provoked sadness, as with the arrest of revolutionaries after the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising (p. 115). The revolution was as colorful as the five-color flags of the Republic that hung in the streets of Beijing (p. 272), or as the bloody-red remains of Wu Yue, who attacked Qing officials as a suicide bomber (p. 96). The image of revolutionaries may be elegant, like young Chiang Kai-shek's portrait, or may be disturbing like Yang Hongsheng's dead body (p. 170) and heads displayed in public prior to the Wuchang Uprising (p. 170). For the revolutionary martyr Xu Xilin (p. 99), the revolution was uncompromising, but for others, such as those in the revolutionary army who still kept their queues, the revolution was paradoxical (p. 185). Pictures of officers in the Shanghai revolutionary army show a more orderly side (p. 200), but there were chaotic elements too, like when the same army was recruiting new soldiers (p. 206). The revolutionaries included the old, like Qu Shiwen (p.89), while in opposition was the young Emperor Puyi (p. 121). Photos show that there were women in the revolution, fighting alone like Qiu Jing (p. 98) and fighting collectively like those in the Women's Branch of the Revolutionary Army (p. 212). There were sincere revolutionaries like Xiong Chengji (p. 110), and disguised ones like Yuan Shikai (p. 268). The revolution was destructive as illustrated by the image of damaged city after the Beijing Mutiny (p. 266), but constructive as in the picture of the first national day of the Republic (p. 274). In short, the approximately 400 pictures in this book record the history around the year of 1911 in tangible details. Both historians and ordinary readers will find interesting things in this book and perceive the Chinese society a century ago from a range of viewpoints. Such images will no doubt evoke a variety of emotions amongst readers.


At present, the construction of teaching staff in higher vocational college faces many difficulties and problems, such as insufficient members, low quality, improper structure and inadequate fund etc. In order to meet the rapid development of higher vocational education, higher vocational college should start with the learning of the theories, training in practice, doing scientific research and setting up a check-up system, then arrange them orderly and perform them step by step, so as to accelerate the training process of teaching staff.


Preamorphising implants (PAI) in Silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) compared with bulk silicon substrates have been shown to improve junction properties. This paper studies the optimization of electrical behavior of this process in SOI. We will show that the deactivation caused by end‐of‐range (EOR) defects is vastly reduced in SOI by positioning the EOR band as close as possible to the buried oxide (BOX) interface while still allowing crystal regrowth to occur. Results show a 3% deactivation in SOI compared to 10% in bulk Si.


Charles White set the scene for the insertion of Jews, blacks, and black Jews into the great origin debate from a polygenist perspective. The polygenist "American School" of race theorists tried to destroy the monogenist argument based on the existence of a color change among Jews by arguing that all black Jews were racially not Jews at all. The immutability of race became a key feature of polygenist thinking. One of the proofs for immutability was perceived in the images found in ancient Egyptian and Assyrian art. Nott's Types of Mankind analyzed not only black but also Jewish racial specificity. The Jews had a mark on them, and blacks were marked by the "mark of Cain"—their color. The heresy of the black Jew was attacked time and again by the polygenists. Agassiz agreed that Jews and blacks were marked out and distinguished from other races. In France Joseph Arthur, "Comte" de Gobineau combatted the idea that black Jews proved the impact of climate on racial groups, and the single origin of humankind. Gradually the polygenist argument started to suggest that purity of race among Jews could be shown by the fact that all Jews were of a dark, dusky coloring. Beddoe developed an index of nigrescence, on which the Jews scored 100 percent. Russell, co-creator with Darwin of the concept of natural selection, took issue with the concept of multicolored Jews and so, more ambiguously, did Richard Burton. Burton thought that the Jews were racially unique, like blacks.


Coupled cavity TWT performance has been modeled using 1D (CHIRISTINE-CC) and 2D (TESLA-CC) approaches. The codes' predictions have been compared in detail for regimes for which application of both codes is valid. It was found that the level of code agreement depends primarily on beam current (beam perveance). The codes predict almost identical gain for the small current regime while differences in gain might reach 10% for high perveance CC-TWTs. The main reason for these differences is non-uniformity in distribution of the RF field associated with the bunched beam. RF space charge effects together with the focusing magnetic fields are major sources of differences between predictions of 1D and 2D codes, while other 2D effects make small contributions.


Since reform and opening up,particularly China-ASEAN Expo's setting its permanent site in Nanning and the establishment of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area,there has been an ever-increasing trend in terms of Guangxi border trade,personnel exchanges and border crossings,which brings about development opportunities as well as unprecedented challenges for border management in Guangxi border areas.Based on the grim situation for Guangxi border management,the article suggests that great efforts should be made to pioneer a new route for border management,upgrade the overall competence to maintain national security and border stability so as to develop secure,harmonious and prosperous border areas.


Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MAP) was administered at daily doses of 2000 mg every 12 hours for 30 days to 2 premenopausal and 8 menopausal patients suffering from advanced breast cancer. The average age was 59 years and the range was 42-70. Measurements were carried out on plasma luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), somatotropin (GH), and prolactin (PR) by radioimmunological assay, and on 17-ketosteroids (17-KS) and 17-hydroxycorticoids (17-OCHS) in 24 hour urine samples. In 6 patients, steroid levels were measured for 2-7 months after treatment. 17-KS values dropped considerably during the 1st week of treatment but were higher than the basal values at the end of treatment, although the difference was not significant. A significant increase was observed in urinary 17-OHCS due to MAP metabolites having dihydroxyketonic side-chain. Values were also higher than basal levels in the 6 patients followed for 2-7 months. LH and FSH plasma levels dropped significantly during treatment and remained low throughout the administration periods, and values for 3 patients checked after 3-5 months were still lower than basal levels. Plasma GH, already at low basal levels, decreased further during treatment and showed no further significant changes during or after treatment. MAP at massive intramuscular doses is absorbed, metabolized, and excreted mainly by a urinary route as steroids with a dihydroxyketonic side-chain, and to a lesser extent as 17-KS. Clinically observed hypercortisonism can be explained by transformation of the steroid administered to corticord. MAP caused a strong inhibition of the pituitary, as shown by LH and FSH levels. The results of the study, while not definitive, demonstrate that the antiblastic effect of the drug can be at least partially explained.


This paper probes the collective wisdom,the passing of life rites,the colorful history of culture,some special techniques in art and the literary translation of folk songs of Songs of Carrying-baby Straps,from the viewpoint of the folk oral literature,approving its social value and artistic status.


A standard protocol for quality control of membrane filters for bacteriological examination of water is presented. It is based on the screening test proposed by Brenner and Rankin (1990) making use of Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 49701 as a test strain and tryptone soya agar as medium for incubation. The protocol is standardized to achieve adequate statistical power. A diluted culture of the test strain is filtered through samples of 20 filters of a test batch and a reference batch. Filters and colony morphology are screened for visual defects and criteria for acceptance are given. Variation in the colony counts within the batches is checked for randomness, because filters of a batch must be of equal quality and must not cause overdispersion. The protocol requires that the mean count of the reference batch should lie between 50 and 80 cfu. Homogeneity of the counts (i.e. variation no greater than random) between the batches is tested at a 99% confidence level. In this way an actual difference in recovery between filter batches of 13% to 16% can be detected with a probability of 90%. Results of several tests within this laboratory show good reproducibility.


In this paper,the accuracy of remote sensing image mining and locating was researched. In remote sensing image acquisition,a large number of low-quality images will blur the features of images really need to be located. This paper presented low-quality images combined mining method based on a two-dimensional space-time. First,the time dimension and spatial dimensions were integrated into the Apriori algorithm. Then,in a different time period and spatial layer,by minimizing energy consumption monitoring unit,we shaped timeshare and hierarchical data mining model,and dug out more images related knowledge. Finally,an adaptive genetic method was utilized to optimize the mining process of the algorithm to avoid the partial optimal solution. Simulation results show that the excavation time overhead and space overhead of the proposed method are superior to the decision tree method,capable of low-quality remote sensing images for fast and accurate excavation,and has a high application value.


Salmonella enterica Ituri is an uncommon serotype associated with poultry disease. One of the serotype isolated from a poultry disease in Nigeria was characterized by serotyping and screening for the presence of Salmonella genomic island 1(SGI1) as a possible factor responsible for its involvement in a poultry disease outbreak. Despite the similarities in the antibiotic sensitivities patterns of the Salmonella Ituri serotypes with some SGI1-bearing serotypes, it does not bear the SGI1. This is the first report of association of this Salmonella serotype with avian paratyphoidal disease. Keywords : Salmonella enterica Ituri, serotype, Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(16), pp. 2125-2128


Abstract In modeling of a stochastic nonlinear dynamic system from input-output data, it may be of interest to model uncertainty in the underlying system besides predicting a most likely or average response of the system. Due to stochasticity in the system behavior, the data obtained for identification can be considered as one realization of the underlying stochastic phenomenon. In order to effectively deal with the identification of such systems, it may be advantageous to repeat the identification experiment multiple times under similar conditions. The multiple input-output time series generated in this way thus contain information about stochastic variations within the system. This paper presents one of the possible approaches to effectively deal with identification in such scenario in the framework of Nonlinear Output Error (NOE) Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy models. Based on extended Chebyshev's inequality for finite samples, the lower and upper boundaries of the output time-series are obtained using (1-α) confidence interval (envelops of the response). The proposed identification algorithm provides a model for predicting the most likely value as well as the boundary models for predicting the envelops of the output signal. The experimental results for an electro-mechanical throttle shows the applicability and validity of the proposed approach.


The invention relates to a novel wireless sensor network energy-saving routing algorithm based on the node echelon movement. Firstly, an independent redundant node in the internet is selected, and then a bottleneck node in the internet is selected. On the basis of the previous work, the best path for the movement of the node is selected, that is, the proper independent redundant node is selected for the movement and is moved to the periphery of the bottleneck node. After the movement, a gateway node can monitor HELP information which is sent out by the bottleneck node. If the residual energy of the bottleneck node is lower than a threshold, nodes which are moved to the periphery of the bottleneck node are aroused to substitute invalid nodes. Therefore, the network works normally. The algorithm can find the best moving node and the best moving path under the conditions that the bottleneck node is invalid and a plurality of condition constraints of saving the energy consumption for the movement of the node, and the like, are satisfied, thus the normal work of the network is guaranteed and the effective working time of the network is prolonged.


Objective:To study the method of inducing human adipose-derived stem cells(ADSCs) into osteoblasts directionally and to identify osteogenesis characteristics.Methods:ADSC was isolated from liposuction aspirates using digestion method by I type collagenase and passage 2 cells were cultured in conditioned medium containing 0.01μM dexamethasone,10 mMβ-glycerophosphate,50μM ascorbate-2-phosphate and 10mM 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.The induced cells were chosen to check osteogenesis characteristics,including alkaline phosphatase quantitative assay,osteocalcin,osteopontin and collagen_I assay by immunoflurorescence,and calcium nodes assay with Alizarn Red staining.RT-PCR was used to assay alkaline phosphatase and osteopontin.Results:The expression of AKP is positive at several detecting times,and the osteopontin,collagen_I,and osteocalcin were positive by immunoflurorescence method in experimental group after induced 14 days,and calcium nodes were seen by Alizarn Red staining in induced cells.AKP and OPN expression or experimental group were detected by RT-PCR method.Conclusion:The induced human ADSCs had typical osteogenesis characteristics.


The data for this research is compiled from the records of hourly rainfall between 1993 to 2014 which was generated from several. Automatic Rainfall Stations namely; Ayong-Bumbung Climatology Station, Sangkub-Huntuk climatology station, and Sangkub-Pangkusa Climatology Station. The data was then analyzed using statistical methods. Rainfall distribution pattern is based on heavy rainfall recorded by automatic rainfall measuring device. The rainfall data used here are the ones with rainfall depth of more than 50mm. All the data are then analyzed to obtain the frequency of occurrence of each of the rainfall duration. From the result of frequency analysis, it is then determined that certain rainfall duration represents the general rainfall condition in the research area. Research will show that rainfall pattern on the Northern Coast of Bolaang Mongondow, for heavy storm have a tendency of 7 hour duration, with 22% distribution for the first hour, 28% distribution for the second hour, 19% distribution for the third hour, 15% for the fourth hour, 7% for the fifth hour, 6% for the sixth hour, and 3% for the seventh hour.


As a critical component in rotating machinery field, rolling bearings are prone to damage under the working conditions of high speed, heavy load and strong impact, resulting in the reduction of production efficiency or even production outage. Therefore, fault diagnosis of rolling bearing plays a significant role in improving the availability of the rotating machinery equipment. The fault recognition rate of the existing fault diagnosis techniques of wavelet packet energy feature is low. Thus, a fault diagnosis approach of bearing is proposed to address this issue in this paper. First, in view of the non-stationary and non-linear properties of the rolling bearing vibration signals, namely, time domain features, frequency domain features, time-frequency domain features and entropy feature are selected to form high-dimensional feature vectors. Second, principal component analysis (PCA) technique with dimension reduction ability is adopted to process high-dimensional features to further remove noise and redundant features and prevent over-fitting. Third, BP neural network is utilized to perform fault diagnosis. Finally, the rolling bearing vibration data of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is applied to verify the proposed approach. The diagnosis results shows that the proposed approach has higher fault recognition rate than the traditional wavelet packet energy features based fault diagnosis approach.


1.0. The present paper' is concerned with the phonology of Northern Arapaho, the Arapaho dialect habitually spoken by about 1000 persons2 residing on the Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyoming). Hereafter, this dialect will be referred to as Arapaho. In order to provide Algonquianists with a readily usable Arapaho lexicon, I am departing from the usual practice of listing illustrative forms throughout the text; instead, I am appending most of them with numerical identification in a separate section (1.6). 1.1. The stream of speech in Arapaho may be described as a succession of phrases which are delimited by pauses and consist of one or more accentual contours. The extent of a contour is determined by the style of delivery. Thus, utterances forthcoming under circumstances of formal nature-e.g., during ceremonies, deliberate storytelling (such as of an old Arapaho to his grandchildren), or controlled linguistic inquiry-are broken up by junctures into


ground of social responsibility on organisations for those who work for them.Organizations need highly performing employees in order to meet their goals to deliver the products and services they specialize in and hence achieve competitive advantage. According to Gayle and Brock (2004) Organizations provide welfare facilities to their employees to keep their motivation levels high. The employee welfare programs can be classified into two categories viz. statutory and non-statutory welfare schemes. The statutory schemes are those schemes that are compulsory to provide by an


《The Tale of Riverside》by Shi Naian and 《Three Kingdoms》by Luo Guanzhong are the represntatives of Chinese novel in 14th century with their serial struefures and features of grand era history poems make the European long fictions of the same period fade in color.


Abstract Enhalus acoroides is the largest tropical seagrass species. It is common and highly productive in coastal ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate temporal growth and reproduction of E. acoroides in Haad Chao Mai National Park, Thailand, which is located on the eastern shore of the Indian Ocean. Growth of E. acoroides was significantly different among months. Average leaf elongation rate was 2.07±0.04 cm day-1 and the average leaf plastrochrone interval was 26.1±0.6 days. New leaf production, leaf elongation rate and leaf surface area tracked definite patterns of seasonal change. There were two peaks of growth during the transitional season. All growth variables correlated with water temperature. Recruitment rate of new shoots was low from January to March (0.009–0.007 shoots shoot-1 day-1). Flower production was low, with male and female flowers occurring at densities of 0.10±0.05 m-2 and 0.13±0.10 m-2, respectively. No fruits were found in experimental plots throughout the study.


Our objective was to investigate the compensatory effects of water stress and re-watering on varieties,yield and water use efficiency(WUE) in winter wheat cultivars 'Shijiazhuang 8'(drought resistant) and 'Yanmai 20'(drought sensitive) in North China during jointing stage.The results indicated that,the physiological indexes of the water resistant cultivar 'Shijiazhuang 8' could compensate rapidly after re-watering.Compensatory effects or even extra compensatory effects could happen and WUE was higher than that of CK after mild water stress and re-watering.For drought sensitive cultivars 'Yanmai 20',the effects of stress levels and stress time on water consumption,yield and WUE were great.Compensatory effects of 'Yanmai 20' was lower than 'Shijiazhuang 8'.after re-watering.From the compensatory effects of water stress and re-watering,drought resistant cultivars 'Shijiazhuang 8' in North China was under mild water stress during jointing stage,which is beneficial to yield WUE increased.


The implementation of the hardware circuits on the communication of single-board computer network is presented. And then, the implementation of the lower three layers of ISO seven-layer model in the network are discussed. At last, the communication software in the network is chiefly introduced in flowchart.


Beauty of Cloud Computing is its Simplicity. A lot of visions exist for Cloud computing terminology. Here is a re-collection of facts about cloud computing. Basic approach for understanding CC technology Interview of cloud technology as well as proposal for further empirical work in modeling cloud computing technologies


e12543 Background: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression is a predictive marker for HER2-targeted therapy in breast cancer patients. Interobserver variation in the interpretation of HER2 levels exists among pathologists, thus a method to increase the consistency of evaluation is needed. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the artificial intelligence (AI)-based Lunit SCOPE HER2 in assisting pathologists to evaluate HER2 expression levels in breast cancer. Methods: Lunit SCOPE HER2 was developed with a 1.04 x 1010 μm2 area and 7.31 x 105 tumor cells from 1,133 HER2 immunohistochemistry stained whole-slide images (WSI) of breast cancer, annotated by 113 board-certified pathologists. The AI model was developed based on a semantic segmentation algorithm, which consists of two atrous spatial pyramid pooling blocks for tissue level classification and for tumor cell level classification. To validate the model, a total of 209 HER2 WSIs diagnosed with breast cancer were obtained from Kyung Hee University Hospital in Korea and were assigned as an external validation set. Three board-certified pathologists evaluated slide level HER2 expression (3+, 2+, 1+, and 0) twice, first without AI assistance and second, with it. The second reading was performed for WSIs where the pathologist's reading showed discrepancy with the AI model. Results: In the external validation set, all pathologists scored the same HER2 grade in 103 WSIs (49.3%), and the Fleiss kappa value was 0.512. The HER2 grade from the AI model and pathologists was the same in 151 WSIs (72.2%), and the weighted kappa value was 0.844. The pathologists re-evaluate 43, 63, and 83 WSIs, respectively. After AI assistance, all pathologists scored the same HER2 grade in 156 WSIs (74.6%), and the Fleiss kappa value increased to 0.762 (Table). Conclusions: This study demonstrates that an AI-powered HER2 analyzer can help achieve consistent HER2 expression level evaluation in breast cancer by reducing interobserver variability. Thus, the AI model can be applied as an assistance tool for pathologists in HER2 grade evaluation.[Table: see text]


The main objective of this research is to know whether: (1) PBLT approach is more effective than 3P approach to teach speaking to the second semester students of Nursing Department; (2) the students having high risk-taking have better speaking skill than those having low risk-taking for the second semester students of Nursing Department; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching approaches used to teach speaking and students' risk-taking for the second semester students of Nursing Department.This experimental research was conducted at University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in the academic year of 2016/2017. The sampling used in this research was cluster random sampling. The sample of this research was 60 students including 30 students of experimental class and 30 students of control class. Each class was divided into high and low levels of risk-taking. To collect the data, there were two instruments used in this research namely speaking test and risk-taking questionnaire. Speaking test was used to find out students' speaking skill, while risk-taking questionnaire was conducted to know students' risk-taking levels. After treatment was given to both classes in eight meetings, the researcher conducted a post test of speaking to get the data. The data were analyzed by using 2x2 Multifactor Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey test.Based on the summary of multifactor analysis of variance, it can be concluded that: (1) PBLT approach is more effective than 3P approach to teach speaking; (2) students having high risk-taking have better speaking skill than those having low risk- taking; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching approaches and risk-taking to teach speaking. It means that the use of PBLT approach is effective to teach speaking for the second semester students of Nursing Department of University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. Therefore, it is recommended for the English teacher to apply PBLT approach in speaking activity, to promote an effective teaching speaking skill.


Zhang Guruo lists few systematic theories on translation; however, he has unique insight into translation. From four aspects his views will be illustrated in this paper: on faithfulness; on idiomaticness; on notes; on readers. On faithfulness, Zhang's view is that "the content is like the matter and substance while the form like the words and expression. " He has been in pursuit of idiomaticness for all his life. From the perspective of translation, he advances translating idiomatic originals into idiomatic Chinese. From the perspective of humanity, he advocates the translator must be a genuine person first in order to do the genuine translation. Notes are important parts of Zhang Guruo's translation works. Notes should be done before translation and used to resolve those unsettled or puzzling problems; Notation is also research work. The more important is that what Zhang Guruo pursues goes beyond being faithful to the text. He takes much more consideration on TL readers. The ultimate aim of "faithfulness", "idiomaticness" and "notation" all serve the target readers.


Risk modelling studies in blood safety play an important but occasionally misunderstood role. These studies are intended to quantify and contrast risks and benefits. This information is critical for policy development and intervention decision‐making. The limitations of risk modelling should be considered alongside the results obtained.


Abstract This paper provides a psychoanalytic counterpoint to the cognitive neuroscience perspective on confabulation. It argues that the clinical phenomena of confabulatory states should be interpreted as both negative and positive symptoms (as both deficits of higher cognitive functions and releases of deeper, normally inhibited cognitive modes). The functional characteristics of some of these deeper cognitive modes, as revealed by confabulatory states, are explored briefly in this paper.


Abstract Scholars struggle to delineate the differences between the middle and passive voice. This is particularly apparent in scholarship on the Niphal (Biblical Hebrew). Using recent linguistic research (Ágel 2017; 2007), this article attempts to assist Hebraists and exegetes by distinguishing the passive and middle Niphal. Applying the concept of linguistic perspective, the categories of endoactive and exoactive predicates are illustrated on mlṭ and nṣl. In sum, this article demonstrates that linguistic perspective is able to clarify semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic complexities of the Niphal.


Ferrite toroidal phase shifters in both rectangular and ridge waveguide were studied theoretically and experimentally. The influences of various parameters on the performance of the phase shifter are calculated and discussed. Theoretical analysis shows that, with proper choice of dimensions, the phase shifter may be made very broadband and the loss of the phase shifter may be reduced 16% when compared to the case using rectangular waveguides. The phase shift versus frequency characteristics of these two models are shown graphically. The loss factors are approximately 0.8-1.0 dB/360 degrees . The experimental results are in good agreement with theory. >


In this report we demonstrate that a 42 kDa actin-like protein filament may exist in mung bean seedling mitochondria. The results of a fine structure study. immunogold localization. immunoblot, fluorescent microscopy, and flow cytometric analyses all point to the existence of this actin-like protein inside mung bean mitochondria.


Objective To explore the surgical skills in orthotopic liver transplantation in rats(ROLT), analize the cause of death after operation, and prevention of long-dated bile duct complication.Methods The model of ROLT were established by improved "double cuff-technic", and the "phrenic ring" of donor liver was reserved.Results On the basis of skilled operation, 130 models were established. The successful rate of operation was 91.5%(119/130), the 7-day survival rate was 83.2%(99/119) and 3-month survival rate was 77.3%(92/119).Conclusion The microsurgical techniques require gentle and careful operation in the establishment of ROLT. The rate of hemorrhage was very slow by reserving "phrenic ring" in the anastomoses of suprahepatic inferior vena cava.


Objective To explore the effects of immunologic intervention on the Th1/Th2 immunologic derangement and relapse gasp in acute bronchiolitis.Methods 50 infants less than 6 months with acute bronchiolitis were randomly divided into 2 groups: the experimental group and the control group.Meanwhile 15 normal infants served as the blank control.The control group was treated with routine therapies and the experimental group was treated with polysaccharide nucleic acid fraction of BCG for one year besides routine therapy.The levels of serum IL10 and IL-12 were determined by using ELISA before and after the treatment.Also, times and duration of gasping were followed up for 2 years.Results The IL10 level was significantly higher in the experimental group than that in the blank control group,however the IL-12 level was significantly lower in the experimental group than that in the blank control group(P0.001).After polysaccharide nucleic acid fraction of BCG treatment,the IL-10 level was significantly decreased and the IL-12 level was significantly increased(P0.01,also,the times of gasping in 2 years decreased(P0.001) and the duration of gasping was obviously shortened.Conclusion Immunologic intervention can improve the immunologic derangement of Th1/Th2 in bronchiolitis and prevents the development of asthma.


Changing illumination condition can change the result of image segmentation algorithm and reduce the intelligent recognition rate. A novel color image segmentation method robust to illumination variations is presented. The method is applied to the skin segmentation. Based on the hue preserving algorithm, the method reduces the dimensionality of the red-green-blue (RGB) space to one dimension, while keeping the hue of every pixel unchanging before and after space transformation. In the new color space, the skin color model is established using Gaussian model. Experimental results show that the method is robust to illumination variations, and has low computational complexity.


For conventional power plants, regenerative reheat steam turbines have been accepted as the most practical method to meet the demand for efficient and economical power generation. Recently the application of reheat steam turbines for combined cycle power plant began according to the development of large-capacity high temperature gas turbine. The two casing double flow turbine has been applied for this size of reheat steam turbine. The single casing reheat turbine can offer economical and compact power plant. Through development of HP-LP combined rotor and long LP blading series, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. had developed a single casing reheat steam turbine series and began to use it in actual plants. Six units are already in operation and another seven units are under manufacturing. Multiple benefits of single casing reheat turbine are smaller space requirements, shorter construction and erection period, equally good performance, easier operation and maintenance, shorter overhaul period, smaller initial investment, lower transportation expense and so on. Furthermore, single exhaust steam turbine makes possible to apply axial exhaust type, which will lower the height of T/G foundation and T/G housing. The single casing reheat turbine has not only compact and economical configuration itself but also it can reduce the costmore » of civil construction. In this paper, major developments and design features of the single casing reheat turbine are briefly discussed and operating experience, line-up and technical consideration for performance improvement are presented.« less


INTRODUCTION Banking institutions today must create a perception of uniqueness in the mind of the customer to gain an advantage in the marketplace. The evolving customer base brought about by geographic, demographic, and life-style variances must be monitored to maintain and enhance market position. Of utmost importance is to estimate the changing nature and scope of financial markets from a customer-directed focus. The interrelationships of variables defining the antecedents and also the consequences of customer satisfaction have been studied extensively in the consumer research literature (e.g., Anderson and Sullivan 1993; Bearden and Teel 1983; Bolton and Drew 1991a, 1991b; Cardozo 1965; Churchill and Suprenant 1982; Cronin and Taylor 1992; La Barbera and Mazursky 1983; 6 and Peat 1979; Oliva, Oliver, and MacMillan 1992; Oliver 1977, 1980; Oliver and Bearden 1985; Oliver and DeSarbo 1988; Oliver and Swan 1989; Tse and Wilton 1988; Westbrook 1981; Yi 1990). However, there appears to be conflicting evidence as to the nature of the linkages between the antecedents and consequences of satisfaction. For example, Cronin and Taylor (1992) report structural modeling results which indicate perceived service quality is an antecedent to satisfaction. However, Bolton and Drew (1991a, 1991b) give conceptual representations where the satisfaction construct is an antecedent to a service quality construct. Yi's (1990) review reports some of the conflicting findings that exist in different studies. One of the most important directions for future research is to shed more light on which paradigm may best model customer satisfaction judgments in various applications (Erevelles and Leavitt 1992). The use of methods that incorporate structural information in an adaptive manner, using or capitalizing on it to the extent that observed data are consistent with that information, may be especially useful in modeling customers' preferences. Prior structural information plays an important role in this context, even when relevant prior information is vague in form. In relation to structural equation systems in the literature which assume a priori knowledge concerning the linkages between constructs, adaptive methods are less likely to suggest knowledge where it may not exist, especially in situations where the investigation is genuinely exploratory. This is consistent with the recommendation by many researchers to use methods that account directly for the conditions that characterize a specific problem (cf. Laughlin 1986). The purpose of this study is to present a Bayesian Structural Regression (BSR) paradigm for modeling customers' perceptions of banking services and identifying the important determinants of preference for a particular banking institution. Unlike previous research in the literature, this study uses adaptive structural methods to model customer preference data. These methods are based on conjugate Bayesian theory discussed by Dempster (1969) and made operational by Chen (1979) using the EM method (Dempster, Laird, and Rubin 1977). The Bayesian approach provides a mechanism for incorporating prior structural information into covariance estimation. This information can be either vague or specific and is used only to the extent that it reflects worthwhile information about as many interrelationships among variables as possible. Exploratory common factor models are used here to represent vague prior knowledge about covariance structure. It will be shown below that common factor models are particularly useful in applications where there are substantial measurement errors in the variables. The current situation in the banking business is one of increased complexity in terms of customer, distribution, and product (Kimball and Gregor 1995). The industry can be characterized by changes in customers' preferences and rising competition among banks and between banks and nonbank service providers. Customer satisfaction with the services of banks is a moving target; banks must continually monitor the rapidly changing marketplace and strive to understand and become more responsive to their customers' needs and preferences (Chakravarty, Feinberg, and Widdows 1995; Glassman 1995). …


This paper presents the ground surface potential rises caused by a counterpoise buried in two-layered soils. To propose fundamental data relevant to the risk reduction of electric shock of human beings, the ground surface potential rises near the counterpoise were computed by CDEGS program. Touch and step voltages are calculated on the basis of the distribution of the ground surface potential rises. As a result, touch and step voltages, ground surface potential rises depend on the soil resistivity of installation point of counterpoise in the two-layered soil structure.


Generic or non-proprietary drugs play an increasing part in the French pharmaceutical market. These copies of the original brand name medicines are available once drug patents have expired. They do not bring any pharmacological advantage but are cheaper than their original counterparts, so generic substitution is strongly supported by health authorities. The induced costeffectiveness thus should however not be detrimental to the quality of treatment. Is this always the case? We would like to show that substitution may sometimes induce adverse effects.


The concept of isolationism hovers like a pall over histories of American political culture between the world wars. Few historians really believe in the term's utility anymore, and many simply ignore it in their pursuit of new, internationally oriented studies of the period. Yet others continue to use it halfheartedly for want of a better way to explain Americans' prickly stance toward foreign affairs before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This article assesses the merits and pitfalls of relying on isolationism, as well as its imagined opposite internationalism, to explain popular thought about foreign relations in the 1920s and 1930s. It argues that as historians move transnational actors to the center of their stories, they should not underestimate important currents in American life that have been traditionally subsumed under the heading isolationism. Simply resurrecting the label isolationism, however, will not do justice to these currents. Instead, neutrality—both as a theory in foreign relations and international law and as it was actually practiced by the United States as well as other nations—offers a more useful framework for understanding those fierce debates about what role Americans should play in a dangerous world. The point here is not to relabel people or groups by substituting, say, neutralists (or noninterventionists or unilateralists) for isolationists. Rather, it is to redirect attention toward the central foreign relations problem that consumed Americans across the political spectrum during the interwar years, namely how the old fail-safe strategy of neutrality should be redefined in an age of total warfare. Textbooks often rely on isolationism to evoke a standard narrative for the period between 1919 and 1941. Beginning with Woodrow Wilson's failure to ensure the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, this story line highlights


1. The velocities of absorptions of carbon dioxide by the granular and the powder charcoals have been measured. 2. The velocity of absorption by the granular charcoal is smaller than that by the powder one. 3. It was confirmed that the absorption amounts by the granular and by the powder charcoal are the same. 4. The solubility of carbon dioxide in one gram of pure cane sugar charcoal at 25.0° and under 760 mm. has been determined to be 54.0 c.c. (N.T.P.). 5. The amounts of absorptions of carbon dioxide by various kinds of charcoals have been measured. Most of them absorb nearly equal amount of the gas, notwithstanding the divergence of the materials from which the charcoals were made. 6. The amounts of absorptions of carbon dioxide by bamboo charcoal at various temperatures and pressures have been measured. 7. The fact that the amorphous substance absorbs more gas than the crystalline one has been interpreted. 8. All of the facts mentioned above favoured the dissolution theory for the sorption of gas by ...


THE population of Ireland has decreased steadily from I84I to the present day. One of the main exports of the country has been men and women, especially to the United States until I93I and to Great Britain up to the present.' In this paper the character of some of the poorest regions in the country, known since I89I as the "congested districts," will be discussed, and it will be seen that the loss of population bears no general correlation with poverty in natural resources. The 26 counties that form Eire had a population of 6,528,799 in 1841 and 2,968,420 in I936, a decrease of 54.2 per cent. Only one area showed an increase, Dublin, city and county, with I57 per cent of its I84I population; and only two counties, Kildare and Louth, both in the east, had in I936 more than half their I84I popula-


We develop a practically implementable particle filtering (PF) method called "PF-EIS-MT" for tracking on large dimensional state spaces. Its application to tracking the shape change of a large number of "landmark" (feature) points from image sequences is shown. Two issues common to most large dimensional problems are (a) observation likelihood is often multimodal and the state transition prior is often broad in at least some dimensions and (b) direct application of PF requires an impractically large number of particles. PF-EIS-MT combines the advantages of two recently proposed ideas which address both of these issues. Improved performance of PF-EIS and PF-EIS-MT over existing PF algorithms is demonstrated for landmark shape tracking.


One of the greatest benefits of liposomal encapsulation of therapeutic drugs is the tendency for these carriers to accumulate in sites of disease. In the case of a solid tumor model employed here, it was the goal of this thesis to maximize the drug delivery to this site. This requires an understanding of the major factors governing tumor delivery. Of central importance to liposomal delivery to solid tumors is the circulation lifetime of the carrier. In the first section of experiments, factors influencing the use of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-lipids to increase the circulation lifetime of liposomes was examined. Second, the observation that drug loaded liposomes last significantly longer in the circulation was more fully examined. And finally, the delivery of drug to a murine solid tumor was assessed and the influence of PEG-lipids in the drug carrier and the effect of entrapped drug has on its delivery determined. PEG-lipid anchor conjugates can prolong the circulation lifetimes of liposomes following intravenous injection, but this can depend upon the nature of the lipid anchor and the chemical link between the PEG and lipid moieties. Incorporation of various PEG-lipids into large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) composed of distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC) and cholesterol (chol) (DSPC/chol/PEG-lipid, 50:45:5 mol/mol) results in differing liposomal circulation lifetimes in mice. This is shown to be due to differential removal of the hydrophilic coating in vivo that arises from exchange of the entire PEG-lipid conjugate from the liposomal membrane, although chemical breakdown of the PEG-lipid conjugate is also possible. This work establishes that DSPE is a considerably more effective anchor for PEG 2000 than POPE and that the chemical stability of PEG-PE conjugates is sensitive to the nature of the linkage and exchangeability of the PEG-PE complex. It is suggested here that retention of the PEG coating is of paramount importance for prolonged circulation lifetimes.


We describe FACTORBASE , a new framework that leverages a relational database management system (RDBMS) to support multi-relational graphical model learning. The basic insight behind our approach is that an RDBMS can be leveraged to manage not only big data, but also to manage big models [1, 2]: First, model structure and model parameters can be managed efficiently without having to be stored in main memory. Second, the Structured Query Language (SQL) supports constructing, storing, and transforming structured statistical objects. The FACTORBASE system uses SQL as a high-level scripting language for statistical-relational learning of a graphical model structure. Our implementation shows how the SQL constructs in FACTORBASE facilitate fast, modular, and reliable program development. Empirical evidence from six benchmark databases indicates that leveraging database system capabilities achieves scalable model structure learning.


Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains a significant issue to farming around the world. Technology is now available that can be used to improve the speed and accuracy of detection, and it is impo...


Silica fumes are used many parts of the world to improve the desirable qualities of concrete such as strength, impermeability, abrasion resistance and pumpability. However, it has not been used in Sri Lanka so far in a significant scale. Therefore, it is useful to investigate the effect of silica fume with commonly used aggregate in Sri" Lanka. With a detailed experimental study, it was shown that 5% to 10% silica fume by the weight of cement could improve the strength while reducing the sorptivity. Thus, silica fume could be used in Sri Lanka to enhance the desirable properties of concrete with commonly used aggregate.


Abstract The Sri Lankan construction industry has experienced rapid development in the post-war era due to new trends in the country. Currently, the construction industry in the country is experiencing difficulties due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, the industry has been struggling due to issues that affect its productivity, such as lack of skilled labourers and low levels of health and safety in sites. In such a context this paper aims at identifying and evaluating the challenges posed by the pandemic. Seventy responses were obtained from officials in the top and middle levels of management in different construction companies in the country through an online survey. Challenges and solutions have been identified and analysed under four key areas namely, workforce management, health and safety, welfare facilities, and emergency preparedness. The findings of the study can aid construction professionals with shaping up construction projects beyond COVID-19. Accordingly, the industry needs several efforts in regard to legislative enactments, administrative support, education and training, and review and evaluation.


Urban water shortages continue to pose a threat to the livelihoods of many people in most
developing countries including Malawi. In the past few decades, researchers and policy
makers have focused on improving the performance of water utility infrastructure in order to
eliminate this threat. However, little efforts have been made to understand social issues to
water shortage and how people respond to them. Using a cross sectional survey and
interviews in 11 townships in three cities of Malawi, the water supply disruptions and the
study population's coping mechanisms to water shortage and frequent disruptions were
investigated. This study aimed at understanding water shortage coping mechanisms and the
implication on the income and health of the affected populations. The results suggest that
while some people in areas affected by water disruptions spend huge sums of money to get
water from alternative sources, others are exposed to health hazards. That is, circumstances
force them to draw water from unsafe sources, hence, exposing themselves to diseases. The
results imply that there is an urgent need to address water supply systems in order to prevent
people from impoverishment and water borne diseases.


So maybe you saw this cartoon that was drawn by Glenn McCoy for the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat under the headline "Trying to Trash Betsy DeVos." If you didn't, take a look. In the cartoon, of course, you see little Betsy DeVos walking to school, book in hand, surrounded by faceless men who are there to protect her. It seems to barely be working: there is profanity scrawled on the wall ("NEA"!; "Conservative"!; an anarchy symbol) and what appears to be a really juicy, nasty tomato thrown against the wall. For context, you might also be interested in looking at this painting, because it's the one that obviously inspired McCoy to draw his. [excerpt]


Progress in the development of tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) is updated. Selected experimental demonstrations and simulations of sub-60-mV/decade TFETs are compared. A universal SPICE model is discussed which allows the unique attributes of the TFET to be represented across material systems and gate geometries to enable circuit design, with the intent of better informing the device development.


In this paper, we present a high-angular-resolution data-set created using a turntable arrangement. Seven distinct objects, positioned on an automated turntable, were captured from three camera positions for every half degree of rotation, generating 720 images for each camera position. For each object, the camera positions were registered to the coordinate system of the middle camera. Intrinsic parameters of the camera were also estimated. A data-set of this kind is instrumental for research in a variety of areas, such as light field visualization, manifold learning, visual quality assessment, evaluation of preferred object orientation etc. Due to the availability of three-view stereo, this data-set could be useful for studying view interpolation techniques.


This book traces the evolution of John Barton, one of this century's most important directors, from his days as a Cambridge student and scholar through his career with the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company. Two lengthy interviews with Barton are included, as well as a number of rare pictures of his Cambridge work and representative pictures from his Royal Shakespeare Company productions.


The objectives of the paper are to examine the determinants of interregional labour migration for German regions using the data on gross flows of labour movements across regions. This is one of the few studies where data on labour migration is used. There also was a wage convergence after reunification between regions of East and West Germany and this to a certain extent provides an explanation for non-linear relationship between wage differences among regions and migration. As the study distinguishes the blue-collar and white-collar wage difference between regions, different relationships between migration and blue and white-collar workers' wage differences can be assessed. We also test the hypothesis whether highly skilled workers migrate to the regions where inequality is greater while less skilled workers tend to migrate to the regions where inequality is low.


Poly(urethane/crown ether rotaxane)s 7c−g were prepared from bis(p-tert-butylphenyl)bis[p-(2-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy)phenyl]methane (diol BG 4), tetrakis(ethylene glycol) (5) and 4,4'-methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) (MDI) (6) using 30-crown-10 (30C10) as solvent. It was found that threading efficiencies (m/n value, average number of cyclics per repeat unit) of 7c−g increased with the feed proportion of diol BG 4. Compared to poly(ester rotaxane)s in which the crown ethers can freely move along the backbone, the dethreading rate during polymerization is slow due to the H-bonds between in-chain NH groups and threaded crown ethers. In poly(urethane rotaxane)s, crown ethers are localized at the NH sites by H-bonding in chloroform, locked translationally and perhaps rotationally, to afford a well-defined microstructure. However, the cyclics tend to be in the vicinity of BG units in DMSO, which disrupts the H-bonding. Induction of shuttling between the two sites is caused by the use of mixtures of DMSO and CHC...


The first section of this paper reviews briefly guidelines included in the manual of environmental appraisal for evaluating pedestrian impacts resulting from new road schemes. It demonstrates that the definition of pedestrian amenity is simplistic, taking no account of the different problems experienced by different types of pedestrians in different locations, and that there is no sound basis for the guidelines to evaluate significant changes in amenities. The second section considers the difficulties in defining amenity and describes a research study of pedestrians' perceptions of traffic related environmental traffic conditions to separate locations in one town. This study involved interviewing nearly 400 pedestrians in knaresborough, North Yorkshire, to determine the range and priority of environmental factors perceived by pedestrians and the relationship between the reactions to specific disturbances, overall satisfaction and traffic conditions. A comparison of the different emphasis on pedestrian problems elicited by different methods of questioning is given. The third section of the paper reports on the findings of this study. It is shown that traffic flow is not an adequate surrogate for the different types of nuisances experienced in the pedestrian environment and that there is a wide range of sensitivities and tolerances to the conditions experienced. This provides a basis for developing an assessment method which is capable of incorporating and evaluating the range of responses to improve on existing applications for assessing amenity changes.(a) for the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 813541.


The paper explores Simmel's writings explicitly dedicated to the war and uses them as sources for investigating the underlying social and cultural context with which Simmel interacted. In particular, it takes into account possible links between Simmel's considerations on the relationship between war and the crises of modern culture and the multifaceted life-reform movements developed in pre-war Germany. The latter movements, which arose in the last decades of the 19thcentury, expressed a critical reaction to the negative characteristics of modern German society and a search for alternative lifestyles. The paper also investigates the sense of a few inconsistencies found when comparing specific passages that Simmel wrote on the same topics during the war. In the second part, the author considers how the development of Simmel's narrative on the war affects several key elements of his thought such as qualitative individualism, subjective culture, identity and/or the issue of a new order of values. The author suggests that all these elements become part of an intertwined tissue of arguments which delineate Simmel's attempt, as an individual, to react to a widespread cultural and spiritual distress.


Crossed molecular beam experiments on state‐resolved vibrational excitation of S0 p‐difluorobenzene show only v=0→1,2 excitation of mode 30, the in‐phase bend of the fluorine atoms perpendicular to the benzene plane. This high degree of mode 30 selectivity in transitions from the rotationally cold vibrational ground state suggests that efficient and mode‐specific transfer of vibrational energy in collisions of polyatomic molecules need not depend strongly on intramolecular level mixing.


In the present research thesis, we have obtained various and interesting mathematical connections with the Ramanujan's numbers 1728, 1729, 728, 729 and some sectors of Particle Physics and Supersymmetry


AbstractInfluence of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) on the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) and its statistical significance are examined for austral summer (DJF) in neutral ENSO events during 1979–2013. The amplitude of the OLR-based MJO index (OMI) is typically larger in the easterly phase of the QBO at 50 hPa (E-QBO phase) than in the westerly (W-QBO) phase. Daily composite analyses are performed by focusing on phase 4 of the OMI, when the active convective system is located over the eastern Indian Ocean through the Maritime Continent. The composite OLR anomaly shows a larger negative value and slower eastward propagation with a prolonged period of active convection in the E-QBO phase than in the W-QBO phase. Statistically significant differences of the MJO activities between the QBO phases also exist with dynamical consistency in the divergence of horizontal wind, the vertical wind, the moisture, the precipitation, and the 100-hPa temperature. A conditional sampling analysis is also...


ion in the coastal zone Where groundwater could release of toxic vapours The aquifer is the only, or a significant, water supply source The hydrogeological assessment should address the baseline characteristics of the system, responses to key issues and concerns, comparisons of alternative approaches, recommendations for management actions and for monitoring programmes. Components of a well executed hydrogeological assessment include: Summary impact assessment table using the defined impact assessment and significance rating criteria; Clear indication of whether impacts are irreversible or result in an irreplaceable loss to the ecosystem and/or society. Statement of impact significance for each issue specifying whether level of acceptable change has been exceeded and whether the impact presents a potential fatal flaw; Identification of beneficiaries and losers from the proposed development. Specification of key risks and uncertainties that may influence the impact assessment findings Degree of confidence in the impact assessment prediction. Summary of key management actions that fundamentally affect impact significance. Identification of the best practicable environmental option, providing reasons.


. Because of the complex nature of modern technology, it is now rarely possible for an individual to tackle design and development of a major new product single-handed. In order to increase the probability of success of a new venture, the design process must be planned carefully and executed systematically. In particular, an engineering design method must integrate the many different aspects of designing in such a way that the whole process becomes logical and comprehensive [1]. In order to solve a technical problem we need a system with a clear and easily reproduced relationship, between inputs and outputs (Fig 1). To that


This study discusses the semantic structures of the verbs "touch" in Indonesian and Batak Toba Language. This study applied the Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory by Wierzbicka. The data were collected through observation and interview methods. The findings are four parts of the verbs "touch" found in Indonesian and Batak Toba Language, they are: a) touch – feel; b) touch – press; c) touch – beat; d) touch – rub. The semantic structures of the verbs "touch" in Indonesian and BTL are mostly similar. However, there are three verbs which are different in the semantic structures, they are: meremas (mamisat) 'squeeze', menepuk (manompuk) 'pat' and mencubit (manggotil) 'pinch'. The semantic structure differences in Indonesian and BTL occur because the two societies are distinctive and the different use of the language is diverse.


The invention belongs to the technical field of membrane preparation and particularly relates to a method and a device for preparing a lipid bilayer membrane in situ in a liquid phase. Different from the common vesicle fusion method, the in-situ high-temperature vesicle fusion method adopted by the invention is characterized in that: 1, a sample introduction device is designed by combining an atomic force microscope (AFM) liquid tank needle holder to prepare a bilayer membrane in situ on a sample table; and 2, the fusion process is implemented at the temperature higher than a room temperature, so the process is accelerated. The formed bilayer membrane can be used for the observation of and study on an atomic force microscope (AFM). The method not only enables the forming process and surface topography of the membrane to be monitored by the atomic force microscope in real time, but also can change the liquid-phase environment of the membrane in situ by controlling the sample introduction device so as to control chemical and physical adsorption, chemical reactions, crystal growth and the like on the surface of the membrane. The method also can be used for preparing and modifying other amphiphilic membranes.