In living beings, there is a closed-loop system called sensorimotor transformation, in which the signals received by the sensory organs from the environment are processed in the nervous system, and the necessary motor signals are transmitted to the muscular system. Unfortunately, the closed-loop nature of the structure makes it difficult to decipher the relationship between inputs and outputs. Since the nodal point on the anal fin of the weakly electric fish (Eigenmannia virescens) may be an output of the sensorimotor control system, precisely monitoring its position is important. The method used in the literature to find the nodal point so far is to mark each video frame manually. However, manual marking creates a significant workload and causes a waste of time. This study aims to determine the position of the node that has been manually marked so far by using artificial neural networks more easily and effectively.


The effects of tea catechins on lead-induced lipid peroxidation damage in HepG2 cells and tea polyhenol on the content of lead in lead-exposed mice were investigated.HepG2 cell viability was determined using the MTT method,lipid peroxidation was assayed by detetmining the production rate of thibarbiturie acid reactive substance(TBARS)which was expressed as malondialdehyde(MDA)equivalents.The content of lead in lead-exposed mice was determined using hydride atomic fluorescence spectroscopic method. Results showed that tea catechins had protective effects on lead-exposed HepG2 cell viability and inhibitory effects on TBARS formation in HepG2 cells.All the indices of the mice in the exposed groups were significantly higher than those in the control.Tea polyphenol was able to accelerate the removal of lead from liver,but the same effects were not found in blood、kidney, brain and thigbones.


Wearable communication systems required high performance, compact and flexible antenna devices. In this paper, a flexible artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) reflector is designed using square patch array for wearable antenna application at the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency of 2.45 GHz. The proposed AMC reflector is composed of 3 × 3 squares patches with concentric slots to gain the wide bandwidth response. A flexible dielectric material of RO3003@ from Rogers Corporation with the relative permittivity of 3.0 and the thickness of 0.5 mm is used as a dielectric substrate for the reflector deployment as well as for the wearable antenna. The characterization results show that the integration of flexible AMC reflector with a wearable antenna has improved radiation characteristic and gain of the antenna. The results indicate that the proposed flexible AMC reflector has the feasibility for performance enhancement of wearable antenna especially in wireless body area network (WBAN) communications.


BACKGROUND Global warming is the rapid increase in earth's average surface temperature and the climatic change due to the greenhouse gases by burning of fossil fuels, high usage of electricity and use of plastics by the people. The study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices about the effects of global warming among school children aged between 11 – 15 years. METHODS: A cross – sectional study was conducted among the school – going children in a private school in Annai Sathya Nagar, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu from January 2020 to June 2020. A simple random sampling technique was employed and 215 children were identified for the study. Descriptive statistics were calculated for background variables and for the variables on knowledge, attitude and practices about the effects of global warming. RESULTS: In the present study, it was found that 168 (78.1%) subjects were aware that the effect of global warming can be reversed. With regard to the attitude, 163 (75.8%) felt that appropriate solutions can be found to resolve the environmental problems. With regard to the practice, it was found that 85.1% planted trees, 72.6% used energy efficient bulbs and reduced the use of electric gadgets, 76.3% used recycled bottles and avoided the use of plastics and 66.9% used public transport to alleviate the effects on global warming. CONCLUSION: Global warming is mainly due to the Lack of awareness among people, excess use of electricity, fossil fuels, pesticides and plastics which affects the environment and causes spread of diseases like malaria and changes the climatic condition. Global warming can be prevented by creating awareness among school children and by doing alternative procedure to save the community for our future needs.


Feminist research on non-Western/non-white women's sexual relationships and romantic desires for white Western men suggests they strategically engage a discourse glorifying white masculinity to resist 'ethnic patriarchy'. In this paper, I offer an intersectional method for analysing the limits of this form of resistance within the matrix of gender and racial oppression by posing the question: where is the complicity with racism in this resistance to male domination? An analysis of interviews with 128 second-generation Korean and Vietnamese American women finds those who express a desire for white men invoke racialised gender stereotypes of masculinity that idealise white Western men as romantic 'egalitarian knights' and denigrate Asian American men as inferior, domineering partners. Those respondents who prefer white men see it as a strategy for resisting Asian American men's gender oppression; however, they overlook white men's gender oppression and some Asian American men's commitment to gender egalitarianism. The analysis finds respondents commonly draw on four widely circulating ideologies promoting white men's racial and gender domination in explaining their romantic preferences, they are a belief in: (1) essential racial differences, (2) white male supremacy, (3) 'Orientalism' and (4) pro-assimilationism. These findings suggest that the intersectionality of gender, racial and other forms of domination requires the rejection of simplistic either/or models of resistance and complicity and the need to consider how resisting one form of domination can inadvertently reproduce another form.


This essay was based on the current outstanding problems in Mineral Processing and advanced vocational education theory, through a wide range of research in industries, enterprises and institutions, it aimed to build a system based on mineral processing issues and working process of the course design project; combined with cognitive rules for beginners, using project based teaching model and design a training model " do-learn-do" type; constructed by personnel training quality assurance system to ensure the quality of mineral processing technology professionals highly skilled talent training.


Wy14643 is a potent activator of peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor (PPAR) α and γ. The present study aimed to determine whether or not Wy14643 improved endothelial dysfunction in hypertension, and if so, the mechanism involved. Isometric tension in isolated thoracic aortic rings of spontaneously hypertensive rats was recorded. Wy14643 caused greater relaxations than fenofibrate (PPARα activator) or rosiglitazone (PPARγ activator). L‐NAME (nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) and ODQ (soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor) alone and in combination inhibited these relaxations to the same extent. Compound C (AMP‐activated protein kinase (AMPK) inhibitor) reduced Wy14643‐induced relaxations to the same extent as L‐NAME. Endothelium‐dependent contractions evoked by acetylcholine in the presence of L‐NAME were reduced by Wy14643, fenofibrate but not rosiglitazone. Moreover, Wy14643 and fenofibrate inhibited acetylcholine‐induced prostanoids release to the same extent. Our data suggests that the three PPAR activators induce nitric oxide‐mediated relaxation through activation of AMPK. This relaxing effect is more prominent with Wy14643. Together with the ability to reduce the release of endothelium‐dependent contracting factor, it appears that Wy14643 produces better protection against vascular diseases in spontaneous hypertension.


Optically pure protected L‐[3,4‐(1,4,7,10,13‐pentaoxatridecamethylene) phenyl] alanine, its dipeptide, diketopiperazine and homopolymer, protected L‐[3,4‐(1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexaoxahexadecamethylene) phenyl] alanine and its polymer have been synthesized and characterized. These crown ether derivatives complex the potassium and ammonium cations as well as protonated leucine and glycine in tetrahydrofuran and methanol. They are also phase‐transfer agents. The cooperativity of the crown units was studied in detail for the dimeric ligands.


In this paper, a neural network model is developed to calculate the effective dielectric constant of a two-layered microstrip transmission line. The neural network code is developed in Keras. The model is trained using effective dielectric constant of a two-layered dielectric substrate and dielectric values of substrates. The data required for the training of the network is obtained from a commercial EM solver TaraNG. The suitable network structure is 2-10-10-1. The predicted results are well matched with commercial EM TaraNG solver results.


In view of the deficiency of the traditional methods, based on the grey theory, GM (1, 1) model is established to predict the groundwater level. The proposed model was applied to predict the groundwater level in Xiaonanhai Spring. The prediction result was compared with that of the traditional method and the reported results in the Xiaonanhai Spring. It is indicated that the performance of the proposed model is practically feasible in the application of prediction of groundwater level and its application is simple.


Introduction: Ethics is concerned with moral principles for the members of the medical profession in their dealings with each other, their patients and the State. A physician must uphold dignity and honour of his profession. He must render service to humanity and should maintain good medical practices. A physician must provide highest quality assurance in patient care. Duties of physician towards sick include obligation to sick, must be patient while treating them. Its an era of litigation against medical professionals. Awareness, Knowledge of medical ethics during MBBS phase is need of the hour to prevent these. Aims & Objectives: • The study aims to assess Awareness, Knowledge and Attitude towards medical ethics among medical students in a teaching hospital. • To suggest and implement necessary changes in the medical curriculum like AETCOM module to train them & to focus on ethical practices. Materials and Methods : A Prospective, cross sectional questionnaire-based study was carried out among medical students of Saveetha Medical College hospital, Chennai. The Medical Students from Phase II & Phase III MBBS were approached and the questionnaires were sent to about 250 medical students, out of which 216 responses were recorded & included in the study. Received responses/results were tabulated and statistically analysed, depicted in observations. Conclusion: There are no potential risks in the study. Study helps to identify the amount of awareness of medical ethics among medical students and also to stress on the need for awareness programs on medical ethics. The medical students may not have sufficient knowledge towards medical ethics, need much training among medical students through Value added courses on Ethics and AETCOM module of CBME curriculum in future throughout the curriculum.


This article is devoted to a description and exploration of the symbolic meaning of the early Soviet urban space set aside for festivals in Kazan province/Republic of Tatarstan in 1917-1927. Particular attention is given to the center of the multinational, multiconfessional and multicultural Volga region - Kazan. While the Soviet festival practices created there displayed some local traditions and characteristics, they also depicted the pan-Russian features of Soviet holiday culture, along with this regional content. The symbolic appropriation of the city's central space, its short-term and long-term transformation, the creation of new sacred places and the granting of new symbolic meanings to the old monuments during these festivals are examined. The research is based on archival materials in the Russian Federation and Republic of Tatarstan, on contemporary periodicals and festival scripts.


Experiments with a series of y-oxygen substituted crotonaldehyde derivatives, bearing different substituents in cu, /I and y-positions, and designed to determine the structural factors enabling, in fermenting baker's yeast, transformation pathways involving either decarboxylative incorporation of pyruvate (Scheme 2) or stereospecific water addition-reduction (Scheme 3), indicate that the latter events are possible only with y-benzoyloxy and y-benzyloxy crotonaldehyde.


The carbon fiber reinforced plastic(CFRP) reinforced concrete columns is mainly studied to improve its capacity.First,the CFRP strengthened concrete columns reinforced by the force derived mechanism to improve the theoretical foundation of the bearing capacity.By the theoretical analysis,on this basis,study of eight reinforced concrete columstest the actual capacity reinforcement component results comparison of the theoretical and experimental results summarized the law of the CFRP reinforced small concrete columns with.The result can references for project.


.— The discipline of dendrochronology, that is, development and use of time series of annual growth rings of trees, is a set of techniques by which the annual growth layers of trees may be assigned to definite calendar years. The history of changes in the trees' environment may be reconstructed using various properties of tree rings. In this paper we will discuss how tree- ring measurement series can be used to reconstruct past river flow, precipitation, and forest fires over time spans of several centuries and occasionally over millennia. With an understanding of these variables, land and water resource managers will be able to reduce the risk of failure in planning.


e20045 Background: Expanded Access Programs (EAP) for ipilimumab (IPI) were established around the world in order to provide appropriate drug access. This abstract reports the experience with IPI in major melanoma treatment centers in Brazil. Methods: Patients (pts) with unresectable stage III/IV melanoma who had either failed or were intolerant to previous therapy were eligible to receive intravenous IPI therapy (3mg/kg every 3 weeks for 4 cycles), in an open-label, multicenter prospective program. Re-induction was allowed. Data on demographics, survival, and safety were collected. Results: From March 2011 to November 2012, 450 pts across 11 centers were included and treated with at least 1 IPI dose in Brazilian EAP. This analysis includes data until database lock in October 2013 (maximum follow up: 30 months). Median age was 56 years (min-max: 18-88), 59.1% were males, 19.3% had brain metastases, 8.4% ocular melanoma and 8.0% mucosal melanoma. In total, 58.0% presented drug-related adverse event (AE) of...


The area around Beijing is the first one in excution of national monitor system of resources and eco-environment, and it lay a foundation to China monitoring system. In the article, the monitoring contents are proposed, including land use and land cover change, land degradation and land eco-environment construction. And the extraction methods of monitoring information and the interpretation reference are proposed to improve the image interpretation.


Based on the balance equations for enthalpy, mass and momentum a theoretical model of a refrigerant evaporator has been developed. The distributed parameter process is approximated by several lumped parameter models. The model is completed by equations for the expansion valve, the compressor and the superheater. Various effects, e.g. the random fluctuations of the liquid-dry-out-point can be explained by the model. The dynamic behaviour of the evaporator is investigated as a function of the manipulating signal UEV (position of the expansion valve) and various disturbances (air temperature ¿A, condenser pressure PCd and compressor rotation speed nC), considering the superheating temperature ¿s as control variable and the evaporator performance QE, which has to be optimized. Two controllers are considered. First, the control behaviour with a conventional thermostatic expansion valve is shown, which often operates unstable. The control performance can be considerably improved by a controller whose structure and parameters are better adapted to the evaporation process. For the experiments a process computer is connected on-line to the process. It will be demonstrated that the efficiency of the evaporator can be increased by at least 5%.


This book is an exception. Written by a scholar who is a member of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana at Legon, who has published many papers on more narrowly linguistic aspects of Ga culture, it is satisfying to a social anthropologist. Most of the ' right' anthropological questions have been considered and the account is based on highly competent linguistic research and an intensive knowledge of Ga culture from many years' regular visits to Accra. The Ga of Accra are a people with a complex and disturbed history of contact with the outside world. It might be assumed that they would long ago have fallen into a condition of anomie, a self-destructive adaptation to the wider world. In fact they have done nothing of the kind : they have maintained their sense of identity and reality while making full use of the opportunities for wealth and advancement in the ' modern ' world into which they have been thrown. I mention these facts because this is a book about a culture that has proved difficult to analyse in the past: but Dr. Kropp Dakubu has done so very well indeed. The book is essentially an account of how Ga view their history and how they see themselves, as individually named and identified persons, within the framework of their historical experience. Definitions of the identity of self, one's group, and others are crucially important, and the various chapters deal with various means of making and validating them. The book begins with accounts of the local lineage that the author selected for intensive study, and of Ga history, economy, and social organization. It is followed by a chapter on the language and the phenomenon of polyglottism that is so important among the Ga. There follow the central and detailed chapters on personal names, appellatives and titles, with many examples that show us just how important is an analysis of names if we are to understand in any society how people regard their own and other's identity and moral status. It is rather a pity that any structural analysis (in the Levi-Straussian sense) is lacking here, as that approach to naming systems has proved useful elsewhere, and the author clearly has the requisite level of understanding of the meanings of the various names. There are then sections on patterns and occasions of formal speech in stories, riddles, proverbs, and prayers; on songs; and on ' speaking instruments ' (drums and horns). Excellent use is made of Ga texts, in the original and in translation, and there are adequate genealogies of the selected lineage.


Despite the multiplicity of the adopted solutions, a general overview of the national systems of public financing of the religious phenomenon makes it possible to affirm that, in the juridical space of the countries of the European Union, except for some exceptions, the support for religious communities is considered a constant of the different national ecclesiastical law systems. However, while it is true that there is a common substratum of principles in this matter, it is equally true that each European country has a specific history and evolution which, inevitably, has involved differences in the interpretation and the application of the financial support for the spiritual groups. Thus, the subject of funding faiths is bound to be closely linked to the relations that States have maintained over time with the religions present on their territory. A reflection on these issues can be useful to verify the adequacy of the adopted financial solutions with respect to the chosen model of relations between the State and the religious communities, to identify others that are theoretically consistent with the system of the existing relationships, to trace their evolution on the basis of the different experiences, and finally to envisage the institutional repercussions of the different adopted solutions.


Previous models of the Instrumental Polarisation (IP) have been derived from multiple observations of a bright unpolarised point source (Uranus). However, the measurement of the IP produced by Uranus at 450 um is difficult because of the high noise at 450 and the low level of IP. The current model (known as "JAN2018" see IP model without the wind blind) has been shown to be inaccurate. For instance, Q and U maps of DR21 at 450 um show significant variation in brightness and morphology as the azimuth and elevation of the observation changes (see my report attached to the minutes of the 20190219 BISTRO DR telecon, available on the BISTRO wiki).


When a buried pipeline undergoes the different additional pressure,it will distort and become deformed due to the pressure difference.The induced bending moment may lead to destructibility of the pipeline.According to the trait of strength that the pipeline undergoes all around,the solutions of initial point parameters of the elastic foundation beam is taken to analysis the stress of the pipeline.According to conditions that the pipeline is buried in the soil,boundary conditions are dealt with correctly.The equations of displacement,shear force and bending moment of the pipeline are obtained,and the characteristic curves are drawn.The calculation results show that the curves are related well with one another.The results can be consulted by the engineers for pipeline protecting.


Concern with declining enrollment and commitment in Seventh-day Adventist schools in the United States and Canada led to one of the largest studies ever undertaken by any church group. The research involved nearly 11,000 sixth- through twelfth-grade youth and another 2,300 parents, teachers, and pastors. The findings both encouraged and challenged the Church and underscored the cumulative roles that homes, schools, and churches play in nurturing faith and loyalty among Christian youth.


The Mechanical Testing Facility, which is a division within TT Pty (Ltd), provides component mechanical testing to other divisions tasked with implementing new components in the railway system. The records over seven years show a steady increase in the number of tests delivered late to clients. In this paper, the background to the facility is provided, which extensively details the processes and relationships between the resources involved in the process. An analysis of the root causes for the late delivery of tests shows that lack of training and ineffective management were among the most significant reasons for late delivery. Recommendations for improvement include more active accountability of all resources, enforcement of standard operating procedures, and technical training for each resource specific to their tasks. Quick wins identified to drive these improvements included the implementation of key performance indicators for each resource, improvement of storage methodologies, and agreement of standard service levels with partners.


A styrene-2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine copolymer was prepared and the methyl group was then converted into a carboxyl group by the rearrangement of the N-oxide. The formation constants of the copolymer-metal complexes were determined and compared with those formed by picolinic acid.


In order to demonstrate the uncertainties in authentication system and the importance of different authentication mechanisms, this paper imports the uncertainty reasoning in expert system field, puts forwards the authentication trustworthiness factor model, then, this paper associates the authentication trustworthiness with PAM framework, puts forwards the authentication trustworthiness-based PAM (AT-PAM) framework. By authentication trustworthiness computing in AT-PAM framework, the framework gives the user his authentication trustworthiness. By comparing this value with the system logging trustworthiness threshold, the framework gives the final authentication decision. The framework keeps the advantages of PAM framework, solves the uncertainty problem in authentication system, and gives finegrained authentication control.


Vacuum Train refers to a proposed means of high speed long-haul transportation involving the use of Magnetic Levitation Trains in an evacuated tunnel. Our project was aimed at investigating the idea in more detail and quantifying some of the challenges involved. Although, several studies on similar ideas exist, a consolidated report documenting all past research and approaches involved is missing. Our report was an attempt to fill some of the gaps in these key research areas.


Oil industry has produced an important income for Ecuador, nevertheless pollution of the biosphere is a direct consequence of the exploitation. Remediation biotechnological techniques apply biological fundaments to treat polluted environments, they appear more practical when compared with physicochemical techniques because of the lower costs and less unitary operations during the process. The aim of this project was to isolate and characterize crude oil degrading bacterial strains, obtained from crude oil contaminated samples from the treatment platform "El Salado" (Napo, Ecuador). To attain this, the strains were selected from a formulated media containing crude oil as the only carbon source. Samples were diluted and inoculated in media with crude oil (0.5 por ciento and 0.7 por ciento). All the strains that grew were isolated in nutrient agar. Gram stain and observation of the cell morphology were useful into defining the tests for biochemical characterization (growth on TSI agar, growth on MacConkey agar, oxidase y catalase). The results showed that microbial growth from analyzed samples was not significantly different between the two different crude oil concentrations used neither between locations. Nine strains were isolated and the obtained data was used to determine the possible genera these crude-oilmetabolizing bacteria could belong to. The bacteria found might have high degradation rates using biostimulation or by themselves, being suitable for the remediation of polluted environments.


Object Recently, endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES) has been introduced in the management of skull base tumors, with constantly improving outcomes and increasing indications. The authors retrospectively reviewed the effectiveness of EES in the management of olfactory groove meningiomas. Methods Between February 2003 and December 2012, 50 patients (64% female) with olfactory groove meningiomas underwent EES at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The authors present the results of EES and analyze the resection rates, clinical outcome, complications, and limitations of this approach. Results Forty-four patients presented with primary tumors, whereas six were previously treated elsewhere. The patients' mean age was 57.1 years (range 27–88 years). Clinical presentation included altered mental status (36%), visual loss (30%), headache (24%), and seizures (20%). The mean maximum tumor diameter was 41.6 mm (range 18–80 mm). All patients underwent EES, which was performed in stages in 18 giant tumors. Com...


The title compound, C3H2Cl3N3, crystallizes as the Z isomer with respect to the C=N bond. The –C(NH2)=NCN functional group is effectively planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.016 Å), with only the three Cl atoms out of the molecular plane. A strong network of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds forms dimers which are associated into ribbons in the crystal structure. Hydrogen bonding is suspected to be the cause of the near-equivalence of the formal C—N and C=N bonds (ΔCN = 0.008 Å)


Objective: To estibalish the rats model of high-altitude pulmonary edema by putting Wistar rats in hypobaric chamber,and compare the severity of pulmonary edema in different hypoxia time.Methods: Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups: control group,24 h hypoxia group,48 h hypoxia group.Except for the control group,rats in the other groups were put in hypobaric chamber for 24 h and 48 h to produce a rat model of high-altitude pulmonary edema(HAPE).The wet to dry ratio(W/D),lung oxide synthase(NOS),lung endothelin(ET-1) and histological measurements were conducted on each animal.Results: Compared with the control group,the W/D ratio and the ET-1 had significantly increased,the activity of NOS was lower significantly in the 24 h hypoxia group and 48 h hypoxia group,and they all had statistically significant differences(P0.05).The interstitial pulmonary edema performance of the alvedar interval widened and interstitial hyperemia were found in the 24 h and 48 h hypoxia group.Comparied with the 24 h hypoxia group,the wet to dry ratio and the endothelin had significantly increased,the activity of NOS were significantly lower of the 48 h hypoxia group,and there was a statistically significant difference(P0.05).Conclusion: The model of high altitude pulmonary interstitial edema is successful set up by putting the Wistar rats in hypobaric chamber for 24 h and 48 h,the severity of pulmonary edema in the 48 h hypoxia group is more serious than the 24 h hypoxia group,which is more suitable for reality research.


BACKGROUND
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) reduce a newborn's risk of group B streptococcal infection (GBS) but may lead to an increased childhood body mass index (BMI).

METHODS
Retrospective cohort study of infants (n=223,431) born 2007-2015 in an integrated healthcare system. For vaginal delivery, we compared children exposed to GBS-IAP and to any other type or duration of intrapartum antibiotics to no antibiotic exposure. For Cesarean delivery, we compared children exposed to GBS-IAP to those exposed to all other intrapartum antibiotics, including surgical prophylaxis. BMI over 5 years was compared using non-linear multivariate models with B-spline functions, stratified by delivery mode and adjusted for demographics, maternal factors, breastfeeding and childhood antibiotic exposure.

RESULTS
In vaginal deliveries, GBS-IAP was associated with higher BMI from 0.5 to 5.0 years of age compared to no antibiotics (P<0.0001 for all time points, Δ BMI at age 5 years 0.12 kg/m 2, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.16 kg/m 2). Other antibiotics were associated with higher BMI from 0.3 to 5.0 years of age. In Cesarean deliveries, GBS-IAP was associated with increased BMI from 0.7 years to 5.0 years of age (P<0.05 for 0.7-0.8 years, P<0.0001 for all other time points) compared to other antibiotics (Δ BMI at age 5 years 0.24 kg/m 2, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.34 kg/m 2). Breastfeeding did not modify these associations.

CONCLUSION
GBS-IAP was associated with a small but sustained increase in BMI starting at very early age. This association highlights the need to better understand the effects of perinatal antibiotic exposure on childhood health.


This paper presents a machine learning approach to explore the phenetic relations of historical scripts and their glyphs. Its first step is the identification of the observable topological transformations in the development of the glyphs, and with the use of these transformations, the method collects the possible cognate glyphs by minimizing the necessary topological transformations between the glyphs. In these investigations, the phonetic properties of the graphemes were consistently considered. The second step of our method is selecting similarity groups of possible cognate glyphs by minimizing the differences of their topological properties. The third step is multidimensional scaling and different cluster analyses based on the similarity groups of the glyphs of the historical scripts in order to explore the phenetic relationships between these scripts. The resulting phenetic structure of the scripts could be used for paleographical research, especially in deciphering ancient hard-to-read inscriptions.


state of modern society as well as about the organisation of work. They differ in some obvious ways: Sennett and Putnam – both academics – are profoundly critical of modern life while Welch offers an unapologetic, autobiographical celebration of the way we live now. There are, however, some rather surprising similarities. Sennett and Welch rely heavily on personal observation and anecdote, while Putnam bombards the reader with a staggering range of data. All have illuminating things to say about work, business and social relationships.


Primary myelofibrosis is a malignant clonal myeloproliferative neoplasm. In spite of some recent advances in our knowledge about primary myelofibrosis, the few treatment options available still leave this disease as the "classic" BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm with the highest mortality rate. Primary myelofibrosis is molecularly and clinically heterogeneous; treatment decisions are based on risk-stratification scores, of which Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System Plus is the most recent one. The JAK2 V617F mutation, described in 2005, was the first to be associated with the pathogenesis of the BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms, including primary myelofibrosis. Many other mutations have been identified in smaller subgroups of patients. However, a significant portion of patients remained without molecular characterization until the discovery of calreticulin mutations in 2013, essential for an earlier diagnosis and with an impact on disease progression and prognosis. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation remains the only disease-modifying, potentially curative therapy. The search for drugs that would interfere with the molecular pathogenesis of primary myelofibrosis led to the development of JAK inhibitors, effective even in patients with unmutated JAK2. Within these, ruxolitinib is the only one approved. Several studies demonstrate its effect on splenomegaly reduction and symptomatic improvement; whether it significantly increases survival is still a matter


In the process of fluorine material research and development, the traditional "manual" analysis method can no longer meet the needs of large and complex high-dimensional data analysis. This paper proposes DecisionVis, a multi-attribute correlation visual analysis decision method based on the data of multi-attribute influencing factors of fluorine chemical products, which supports the user to design and implement a multi-attribute correlation visual analysis decision system to explore the correlation between multi-attribute influencing factors of fluorine chemical products through the visual analysis of high-dimensional data and the visual analysis results of market price uncertainty using the 3D parallel coordinate technology with the premise of node connection. The system is designed and implemented to explore the correlation relation-ship between the factors influencing fluorine chemical products. Finally, case studies and interviews with experts from fluorochemical companies demonstrate the effectiveness and ease of use of this method for visual analysis of multi-attribute correlations of fluorochemical products.


Because of the different accuracy of information confirmation,investors who have different degrees of overconfidence may have different opinions,thus produce heterogeneous beliefs,which will lead investors to undervalue or overvalue stock prices.On this basis,this paper regards the earnings announcement information as positive or negative news,and studies the influence on stock prices of heterogeneous beliefs under variable circumstances in China.The empirical results show that: no matter in a bull market or in a bear market,share prices will be overvalued or undervalued due to heterogeneous beliefs.That is to say,when the earnings announcement turns out to be good news,the overvalued degree of current share prices will become more notable with the higher level of heterogeneous beliefs;On the contrary,when earnings announcement appears to be bad news,the undervalued degree will become more significant.In addition,this study also finds out that investors have reacted before surplus announcement,but the reaction to good and bad news is not symmetrical.


From 1972 to 1981, Mr. Urban was a design engineer and Branch Head in the Microelectronics Division at the Naval Ocean Systems Center (now NRad). He later became Deputy Director of the Navy manufacturing Technology Program at the Naval Air Systems Command. Mr. Urban served as the Deputy for Electronics and Physical Sciences in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering, and Systems). Prior to joining DARPA, he was Chief of the VHSIC and Electron Devices Division (DTAO) in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering.


The 40 painted clay statues of arhats in Thousand Buddha Hall of the Lingyan Buddhist Temple at Changqing, Shandong Province were highly appraised by the Chinese celebrities. Meanwhile, the provenience of these statues were paid extensive attentions by both Chinese and overseas scholars. Omura Seigai (1868-1927) in Japan and some Chinese & overseas scholars hold the belief that these Statues correlate with the 500 statues of arhats first carved in the temple in the Song Dynasty. By literature reviews and several field investigations for evidences, we finally concluded that some of the present statues in Thousand Buddha Hall were carved in the 3rd year of Zhiping Emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty (1066), and they were placed in Bozhou Hall, west of Thousand Buddha Hall. Later,the Hall was abandoned because of the destruction by the torrential floods. In the 15th year of Wanli Emperor in the Ming Dynasty (1587), the remaining 32 Statues were moved into Thousand Buddha Hall. And additional 8 statues were carved and placed there successively based on the Hall's spatial arrangements. The original 500 statues of arhats in the Lingyan Buddhist Temple were completed in the 6th year of Xuanhe Emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty (1124). A Fengyilang (a civil official rank) named Qigu Song donated to sculpture them by craftsmen in Fujian Province. Although the two groups of arhats statues were carved not far from each other in the time of sculpture, they do not correlate with each other.


The vertical dynamics of half car models riding on irregular road surfaces is characterized by base excitations with time delays determined by the ratio of the car speed and the axle distance between front and rear wheels. Root mean square values of the stationary car vibrations are analytically investigated to derive closed-form results by means of symbolic programming software packages. In particular, the paper discusses modelling aspects when noise filtering and time-delay shifts are interchanged in order to obtain more simple calculations in the frequency domain and in the time domain, as well.Copyright © 2003 by ASME


Today, applications that take the congestions caused by traffic jams into account already exist. During rush hour, it is common that multiple congestions occur on the road network. If the number of traffic jams is too big, the radio stations that transmit TMC messages to the end user often only report the longest traffic jams. Those applications use the Traffic Message Channel (TMC) technique to calculate a route around the congestion whenever the application receives a message about a traffic jam being present. The study for finding the optimal shortest path on graphs with nonnegative weights has taken many forms. The weights of a road network are usually either the length of the arcs or the time it takes to traverse the arc from one vertex to another. The latter depending on the length of the arc and the speed a vehicle is allowed to travel. The majority of route planning applications use the shortest path as a synonym for the fastest path. The Multi Constraint algorithm uses three arrays to calculate the shortest path. The first one contains the neighbors of each node. The second array stores the number of neighbors each node has, and the third contains the link weights. In order for the algorithm to work, the road network has to have all these arrays available.


The Schiff base ligand derived from the condensation of 3,5-dibromosalicylaldehyde and 1,2-phenylenediamine, in the presence of dimethylformamide, forms the centrosymmetric title neutral binuclear distorted complex, [Cd2(C20H10Br4N2O2)2(C3H7NO)2], with the two octahedral Cd atoms linked by two O atoms. All bond lengths and angles show normal values.


We present a new method that checks Query Containment for queries with negated derived atoms and/or integrity constraints.
Existing methods for Query Containment checking that deal with these cases do not check actually containment but another
related property called uniform containment, which is a sufficient but not necessary condition for containment. Our method can
be seen as an extension of the canonical databases approach beyond the class of conjunctive queries.


This paper explores the possibility of using grid side inverter as an interface to connect energy storage systems. A dual inverter system, formed by cascading two 2-level inverters through a coupling transformer, is used as the testing model. The inverters are named as "main inverter" and "auxiliary inverter". The main inverter is powered by the rectified output of the wind generator while the auxiliary inverter is attached to a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). If there is a surplus of wind power compared to the demand, then that would be stored in BESS while if there is a deficit in wind power then the demand will be satisfied by supplying power from the BESS. This enables constant power dispatch to the grid irrespective of wind changes. Novel modulation and control techniques are proposed to address the problem of non-integer, dynamically-varying dc-link voltage ratio, which is due to random wind changes. Furthermore, a maximum power tracking controller for this unique system is explained in detail. Simulation results verify the efficacy of proposed modulation and control techniques in suppressing random power fluctuations


(1) National Central University, Earth System Science, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Taipei, Taiwan, (2) Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, (3) Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, (4) Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, (5) Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan


Hygroscopic polymers absorb water and bind it within; therefore an effective drying down to an acceptable moisture level is essential for a successful production. If not dried properly, the residual moisture can cause major problems for converting and also significantly affect the product quality. Usually, data sheets give standard recommendations for drying temperatures and times; however, these do neither take into account the actual current moisture up-take of the plastic pellets, nor the current conditions. In this work, a simulation model is presented, calculating the heat and mass transfer within the polymer pellet in order to predict the drying progression. In addition to approaches from the literature describing the diffusion coefficient of water in plastic with a complex function and a high number of material parameters, a linear function was used to model the dependence of diffusion from moisture and temperature. Moreover, the effect of microwave application for an accelerated drying was included by calculating the resulting temperature rise from dielectric heating. The simulation of the drying process shows a very good conformity with experimental results. The linear approach used in this work leads to good results and allows to reduce the complexity of the whole model compared to approaches from the literature. The calculation of a temperature rise through dielectric heating also shows satisfying agreement with that measured in the real process from a prototype for microwave drying on an industrial scale. Therefore, the model is a reliable tool to predict required drying times for different polymers and under variation of drying conditions.Hygroscopic polymers absorb water and bind it within; therefore an effective drying down to an acceptable moisture level is essential for a successful production. If not dried properly, the residual moisture can cause major problems for converting and also significantly affect the product quality. Usually, data sheets give standard recommendations for drying temperatures and times; however, these do neither take into account the actual current moisture up-take of the plastic pellets, nor the current conditions. In this work, a simulation model is presented, calculating the heat and mass transfer within the polymer pellet in order to predict the drying progression. In addition to approaches from the literature describing the diffusion coefficient of water in plastic with a complex function and a high number of material parameters, a linear function was used to model the dependence of diffusion from moisture and temperature. Moreover, the effect of microwave application for an accelerated drying was include...


In one embodiment, the device comprises a laser unit and a slider (slider), a laser unit is configured to generate a laser beam having a laser resonator (laser resonator) having a length in the direction parallel to the laser light emission, the slider by the perpendicular to the medium facing the slider surface (media-facing surface) direction, have a length, the slider, heat the localized region of the self-configured to write data to the media, the main magnetic pole (main magnetic pole), a magnetic medium to the magnetic medium to assist the main pole of data at the time of recording radar light is configured to guided to the near field light generating element, and the laser light to the near-field light generating element configured to generate a near-field light (near-field light) when provided there core and the surround includes a waveguide having a cladding (cladding), portrait (longitudinal mode of the laser resonator, when ) Of the interval is not more than about 5% of the optical constant multiplier of the interference interval (integer multiplier) of the wave guide.


Pestronk and colleagues1 first reported antibodies to GMl ganglioside in a treatable form of multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) in 1988. In subsequent years, anti-GM1 and other ganglioside antibodies were reported in a variety of other disorders, including motor neuron disease (MND), Guillain-Barre syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), monoclonal gammopathy–associated neuropathy, and, occasionally, idiopathic neuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex, radiculopathy, and plexopathy.2,–,4

In MMN, the prevalence of anti-GM1 antibodies ranges widely from 20% to 85%,2,–,6 in part because there is no consensus on the most reproducible assay for this antibody, prompting different investigators to use different ELISA techniques. The prevalence of anti-GM2 antibodies is less well-studied but is generally considerably lower than that of anti-GM1, and many of those patients with MMN having anti-GM2 antibodies also carry anti-GM1.3,7 Anti-GM2 antibodies are found in other neuromuscular disorders as well, including MND, …


The invention relates to a synchronous clock provider, which comprises main and backup units. Wherein, each unit comprises E1/T1 chain interface unit to supply the interface with external BITS/SSU, with SSM information extraction and insertion functions and outputting synchronous reference clock and SSM message; it also comprises digit latch ring and local crystal vibrator for detecting the signal quality of input reference clock, tracking and locking the selected reference clock resource, an generating output clock frequency; and it comprises a microprocessor for controlling and managing the main/backup unit; and it comprises a distributing module and a driving module for distributing and driving the output clock. The invention provides a synchronous method with complete function, synchronous chain expandable function, and high accuracy over than Stratum-4/4E and Stratum-3. The invention has low cost, simple structure and complete main/backup switch ability, to be used in TDM remote exchanger or access gateway. The invention can be used as electric module or sub board to combine the main control circuit, etc.


An investigation was conducted to study the combined application of inorganic and water soluble fertilizers on growth parameters of chilli hybrid ( Capsicum annuum L.) was carried out during 2015-2016 in the Pudhukuraipettai village at Virudhachalam Taluk in Cuddalore district. Foliar feeding of water soluble fertilizer NPK (19:19:19, 18:18:18, 13:40:13) at 0.5 per cent and 1per cent with 5 sprays each starting from 30 DAT at 15 days interval, along with 100 and 75 per cent recommended dose of NPK (120:80:80 kg ha -1 ) formed thirteen treatments in chilli hybrid cv. SIERRA. The experimental plots were laid out in Randomized Block Design and replicated thrice. The observations on various growth parameters were recorded and subjected to statistical analysis. The results obtained showed that 100% RDF + WSF 1.0% NPK @ 13:40:13 recorded the highest plant height, number of primary branches, stem girth, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, leaf area index and dry matter production.


In the present study, metal nitride based sputtered thin film coatings such as Mo/Si, CrN/Si, and Mo:CrN/Si were investigated for their solar selective surface and mechanical applications. Despite a large number of literature is available in the area of solar selective applications of metal nitride based thin film coatings, these materials are still to be commercialized for their practical device applications. In view of this, we chose metal nitride based thin film coatings e.g., Mo, CrN and Mo:CrN to realize their structural, morphological, elemental compositions, optical, dielectric and mechanical properties in as-deposited, and annealed conditions. Detail analyses of these features were carried out using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-Ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-Vis spectroscopy and FTIR, nanoindentation and finite element modeling (FEM). In addition to these, the first principle based density functional theory (DFT) integrated with the B3LYP hybrid functional plus LANL2DZ basis sets based infrared (IR), Raman and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) analysis were also carried out to probe the electronic structural and optical properties of pristine and Mo-doped CrN clusters in the non-crystalline phase.

Optical analysis showed that in the visible range of the solar spectrum, the CrN coatings exhibit the highest solar absorptance of 66% while the lowest thermal emittance value of 5.67 was recorded for the CrN coating doped with Mo. As a result, the highest solar selectivity of 9.6, and the energy band-gap of 2.88 eV were achieved with the Mo-doped CrN coatings. On the other hand, optical studies of the annealed coatings showed that with the rise in annealing temperature up to 700 °C, the solar absorptance of CrN coatings increased from 61% to 89% and slightly decreased at 800 °C, while the optical band-gap energy dropped from 2.62 to 1.38 eV but slightly increased to 1.48 eV at 800 °C. Nanoindentation results indicated that as the annealing progresses, the hardness and elastic modulus values of CrN coatings are lowered. Further optical studies of Mo-doped CrN coatings showed that as the annealing temperature increased up to 700 oC, the solar absorptance is increased from 55% to its maximum value of 86%, and the optical band-gaps were dropped from 2.48 to 1.14 eV. Nanoindentation and finite element modeling studies of Mo-doped CrN coatings indicated that as the annealing progresses, both the hardness and elastic modulus values of these coatings reduced. A first principle based DFT simulation on Cr4N4, Cr4MoN3, Cr4Mo2N2, Cr3MoN4, Cr3Mo2N3, and Cr2Mo2N4 clusters indicated that the Cr4Mo2N2 structure was chemically and energetically the most stable species among the six clusters considered. The DFT based electronic analysis revealed that Cr4MoN3 and Cr3Mo2N3 clusters possess magnetic susceptibility while the infrared (IR), Raman and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) studies indicated that the clusters formed by Cr4N4 and Cr4Mo2N2 are naturally stable and able to function as light harnessing materials to be used in solar selective surfaces.


Historically, women have been invisible in the energy sector and energy infrastructure and services are often and incorrectly considered to be `gender neutral'. The role of women in energy development is a recent area of study that emerged in the 1980s and a substantial body of feminist research has been built up since then. With 675 million people in developing Asia having no access to electricity, the gender analyses of energy access finds that this `energy poverty' is a gender biased poverty, with poor women bearing much of the burden of limited access to electricity and modern energy services. In rural Asia women and men in poor communities continue to rely predominantly on traditional biomass, such as wood, charcoal, straw and dung, for cooking and indoor heating, which are very inefficient and a significant health risk due to indoor air pollution, especially for women and children. A key challenge is the provision of energy in an environmentally sustainable manner based on renewable energy sources and applications. It has been argued that ignoring the social context determining energy access, characterised by gender roles and traditions, can negatively affect the potential of renewable energy as a sustainable and alternative energy resource. This paper looks at the linkages between gender and clean and renewable energy. Its conclusions suggest that while there are no purely technological solutions to achieving progress on gender equality and women's empowerment, nevertheless, in the context of South Asia (and especially in rural South Asia) where women's lives are marked by gender inequalities, access to clean and renewable energy services, if also targeted at improving women's access and welfare, can catalyse economic, social and cultural processes that improve gender equality and women's empowerment. This study does not include an analysis of specific renewable energy technologies or applications. It is based on findings in existing research on the subject. While there is no standard definition of clean energy or technologies, for the purpose of this study clean energy can be considered to be zero or low carbon technologies that do not have significant environmental or social impact. Renewable energy can be defined as clean energy coming from naturally replenished resources, i.e. solar, geophysical or biological sources.


SUMMARY An overview is given of the development of Danish organic dairy farming with special emphasis on udder health and handling of mastitis during the past decade. Risk factors and challenges, which exist within the organic production system, are discussed. Treatment strategies are discussed briefly. It is concluded that the mastitis situation in organic herds does not


migrate with changing conditions. I am amazed at the statement that the burrowing habits of the squirrel, mole, and pocket gopher are "similar." I cannot name three better examples of diametrically different uses of the earth by digging animals. The ground squirrel lives in colonies, burrows only for protection, and forages above ground by day. It has good eyesight, moderately developed nails for digging, and does not use its teeth for digging. The spoil is deposited at the mouth of the unplugged burrow. The mole, nearly blind, possesses a remarkably specialized body for forcing its way along under the sod in search of worms and insects. It seldom burrows, does not leave spoil dumps along its unplugged tunnel, and does not forage above ground. The pocket gopher plugs his burrow and can feed only over a radius of his body length around a forage hole-never completely emerging. (The young and males do travel above ground at certain seasons at night to start a new territory or to find a mate.) Its teeth and toenails are modified for digging and its pouches for carrying soil.


Livestock Recovery Programme on Merapi Disruption Area A series of volcano eruption of Merapi on October and November 2010 was one of the biggest eruptions since 1872 with around 275 people died, 576 people in hospital and 287.131 people were evacuated. This disaster has impacted to the threatened livestock subsector that cannot be from farmers in the rural areas, especially in the Merapi surrounding areas. The proportion of livestock to total population was 14, 39 and 21,5%, for beef cattle, dairy and buffaloes respectively. Total of cattle died were 2.907 heads and the district of Sleman suffered the highest loss in livestock deaths in which 43% of the threatened dairy population died. A various action program has been carried out to recovery, i.e. supply of concentrate and wafer plus, knock down barn innovation for dairy, along with supply of medicine and services for better life of livestock. Recommendations of medium and long terms action programme for rehabilitation and reconstruction of livestock farming include: repair on water supply, innovation of complete feed, forage rehabilitation plantation, composting management and biogas usage, knock down for dairy barn to anticipate the Merapi eruption in the future, and surveillance on the possibilities of contamination and strategic animal diseases. Rehabilitation and reconstruction effort may recover the farmer economic livelihood that has been devastated in a liable period of time. Key words: Merapi disruption, livestock recovery


The standard therapies for benign gastrointestinal stenosis are endoscopic balloon dilation or surgery; each have their advantages and disadvantages. In contrast, radial incision and cutting (RIC) is a novel approach for such stenosis. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of RIC.


Although some breast cancer therapies reduce the primary tumor, they may trigger unwanted metastasis. When Treatment Promotes Metastasis In cancer, therapy aims to kill the primary tumor and prevent metastasis. Truong et al. found that although strategies blocking β1 integrin are effective at treating primary breast tumors, they may cause metastatic disease in certain patients. In E-cadherin–positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines, blocking β1 integrin function by gene silencing or with antibodies induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)–associated signaling and the loss of E-cadherin, enabling TNBC cells to migrate individually and invade a three-dimensional collagen matrix in culture. When injected into zebrafish, the β1 integrin–deficient cells disseminated further than the parent TNBC cells. When implanted in mice, these cells formed more lung metastases, despite producing smaller primary tumors compared with those produced by implanted parent cells. Thus, therapies targeted against β1 integrin may not be suitable for some TNBC patients. Interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM) through integrin adhesion receptors provide cancer cells with physical and chemical cues that act together with growth factors to support survival and proliferation. Antagonists that target integrins containing the β1 subunit inhibit tumor growth and sensitize cells to irradiation or cytotoxic chemotherapy in preclinical breast cancer models and are under clinical investigation. We found that the loss of β1 integrins attenuated breast tumor growth but markedly enhanced tumor cell dissemination to the lungs. When cultured in three-dimensional ECM scaffolds, antibodies that blocked β1 integrin function or knockdown of β1 switched the migratory behavior of human and mouse E-cadherin–positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells from collective to single cell movement. This switch involved activation of the transforming growth factor–β (TGFβ) signaling network that led to a shift in the balance between miR-200 microRNAs and the transcription factor zinc finger E-box–binding homeobox 2 (ZEB2), resulting in suppressed transcription of the gene encoding E-cadherin. Reducing the abundance of a TGFβ receptor, restoring the ZEB/miR-200 balance, or increasing the abundance of E-cadherin reestablished cohesion in β1 integrin–deficient cells and reduced dissemination to the lungs without affecting growth of the primary tumor. These findings reveal that β1 integrins control a signaling network that promotes an epithelial phenotype and suppresses dissemination and indicate that targeting β1 integrins may have undesirable effects in TNBC.


The utility model relates to an improved turbine stirrer, which belongs to the improvement of a device, and a rotating stirring device is arranged in a fixing container of the device. The lower end of a main shaft of a stirrer arranged in a vertical fermentation cylinder is provided with a bending blade-shaped turbine, and the middle part and the upper part of the main shaft are respectively provided with inclined blade-shaped turbines. The bending blade-shaped turbine is that bending blade-shaped blades are evenly distributed on a circular-shaped spoke, and the oblique blade-shaped turbines are that oblique blades which and a plumb line are at an oblique included angle are evenly distributed on a circular-shaped spoke. The utility model has the advantages that shear force is little, power consumption is little, dissolved oxygen increased in fermentation liquid is much, and fermentation intensity of the fermentation liquid is enhanced.


The authors have formulated a numerical approach for application to micromagnetics problems and have implemented the corresponding three-dimensional finite element code. The program has been applied to the study of hysteretic behavior and domain walls in a variety of samples. The authors discuss the numerical method and give results of its application to small, rectangular Permalloy particles. >


The aim of this study is to develop a relevance vector machine-a RVM classifier for trend prediction of the BELEX15 index of the Belgrade Stock Exchange. In addition, the RVM model is compared to two `similar' methods: support vector machines - SVMs and least squares support vector machines - LS-SVMs to analyze their classification precisions and complexity. The test results indicate tha tRVMs outperform benchmarking models and are suitable for short-term stock market trend predictions.


The present invention is directed to a method of starting the synchronous machine, wherein the setting the setting rotational torque M_V1 advance, adapt after starting the rotational speed of the synchronous machine. Wherein the adaptation, in the first step to set the torque M_H1 higher than the setting rotational torque M_V1, subsequently, is performed by reducing the rotational torque M_H1 set torque M_V1 in the second step. The present invention is directed to a method of starting the synchronous machine, wherein the setting the setting rotational torque M_V1 advance, adapt after starting the rotational speed of the synchronous machine. Wherein the adaptation is performed by the first step to set the torque M_H1 higher than the setting rotational torque M_V1. In a second step following this, the relatively high rotational torque M_H1, reduced to the setting rotational torque M_V1 positive value less than M_H1a, increasing in the third step to the setting rotational torque M_V1.


Microbial rhodopsins are photoreceptive membrane proteins, which are used as molecular tools in optogenetics. Here, a machine learning (ML)-based experimental design method is introduced for screening rhodopsins that are likely to be red-shifted from representative rhodopsins in the same subfamily. Among 3,022 ion-pumping rhodopsins that were suggested by a protein BLAST search in several protein databases, the ML-based method selected 65 candidate rhodopsins. The wavelengths of 39 of them were able to be experimentally determined by expressing proteins with the Escherichia coli system, and 32 (82%, p  = 7.025 × 10 −5 ) actually showed red-shift gains. In addition, four showed red-shift gains >20 nm, and two were found to have desirable ion-transporting properties, indicating that they would be potentially useful in optogenetics. These findings suggest that data-driven ML-based approaches play effective roles in the experimental design of rhodopsin and other photobiological studies. (141/150 words). Inoue, Takeuchi and colleagues propose a machine learning-based protocol to screen rhodopsins for their likelihood to be red-shifted. After experimental verification, their tool shows remarkable success at identifying rhodopsins that showed red-shift gains.


The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) cysLT1 is expressed in CD34+ cell lines and immature hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC), while its ligand leukotriene D4 (LTD4) is produced by bone marrow endothelium and stromal cells when deprived of hematopoietic cells. In the present study, we analyzed the signal transduction pathways of cysLT1 in progenitor cell lines and primary CD34+ HPC isolated from the mobilized peripheral blood. Of note, the effects of LTD4 on intracellular calcium fluxes, a typical event related to signaling of Gi-coupled GPCR, were substantially stronger than those observed after stimulation of the HPC-associated chemokine receptor CXCR4 with optimal doses of the corresponding ligand stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1, CXCL12). In cytokine-supplemented liquid cultures in vitro (containing interleukin-3, stem cell factor, and FLT3-ligand), addition of LTD4 resulted in a significantly greater expansion of both, committed and immature CD34+ progenitors. The effect of LTD4 in these cultures was comparable to that induced by the early acting hematopoietic growth factor FLT3-ligand, whereas the CXCR4 ligand SDF-1 (CXCL12) was unable to expand the number of CD34+ HPC when added to similar cytokine-supplemented liquid cultures. In both, CD34+ cell lines and primary CD34+ progenitor cells, LTD4 induced a rapid phosphorylation of ERK/MAP-kinase, a signaling step related to cell proliferation, and Pyk2, which is connected to downstream signaling pathways resulting in cell migration. Signaling through NF-kappa B, representing an alternative pathway of GPCR signaling associated with cell proliferation, was unaffected. In conclusion, the GPCR cysLT1 activates multiple signal transduction pathways in CD34+ HPC leading to cell migration and proliferation. In contrast to the CXCR4 ligand SDF-1 (CXCL12), the effect of the cysLT1 ligand LTD4 on cell proliferation was more pronounced and even comparable to that induced by early acting hematopoietic growth factors.


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The Stripe Disease and the Grand Rapids Disease of tomato are distinct diseases caused by two bacterial parasites, Bacillus lathyri and Aplanobacter michiganense.

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The yellow organism, Aplanobacter dissimulans n.sp. (Paine and Bewley), which is frequently found associated with Bacillus lathyri is not identical with Aplanobacter michiganense.


Let $n>1$ be an odd integer, and let $\zeta$ be a primitive $n$th root of unity in the complex field. Via the Eigenvector-eigenvalue Identity, we show that$$\sum_{\tau\in D(n-1)}\mathrm{sign}(\tau)\prod_{j=1}^{n-1}\frac{1+\zeta^{j-\tau(j)}}{1-\zeta^{j-\tau(j)}}=(-1)^{\frac{n-1}{2}}\frac{((n-2)!!)^2}{n},$$where $D(n-1)$ is the set of all derangements of $1,\ldots,n-1$.This confirms a previous conjecture of Z.-W. Sun. Moreover, for each $\delta=0,1$ we determine the value of $\det[x+m_{jk}]_{1\leqslant j,k\leqslant n-1}$ completely, where$$m_{jk}=\begin{cases}(1+\zeta^{j-k})/(1-\zeta^{j-k})&\text{if}\ j\not=k,\\\delta&\text{if}\ j=k.\end{cases}$$


In the 1960s Derek made many very important contributions showing that acute inflammation could be quantified. Was this the embryogenesis of pathometrics, thereby paving the way for investigating mechanisms of anti-inflammatory drugs? Much of this early work was summarised in the book "The Pharmacology of Inflammation" by W.G. Spector and D.A. Willoughby, finally published by the English Universities Press in 1968. Though mainly concerned with mediators, it contained a chapter on testing anti-inflammatory drugs, a section on salicylates and (last but not least) on page 1, the famous cartoon of 'the Greeks had a word for it' showing the sign of inflammation being upheld by heat, redness, swelling, pain and not upheld by loss of function (Fig. 1). Also in the 1960s he was instrumental with Jack Houck (a biochemist at Georgetown University (Washington, DC, USA), later at the Virginia Mason Institute (Seattle, WA, USA)), J.-P. Giroud (Paris, France) and Gerry Weissman (NYU, New York, NY, USA) in setting up informal associations of inflammalogists in Europe and North America. One important outcome was the publication and distribution of a newsletter cum broadsheet called Inflo, edited by Derek and others, generously supported by the then Upjohn Company (Kalamazoo, MI, USA), which gave reports of meeting past and to come. Subsequent recognition that inflammation physiology was a growing science led to the founding of more formal organisations such as IRA in North America, EBRA in Europe, and the Inflammopharmacology consortia which promoted excellent inter-disciplinary meetings and publication of the proceedings therefrom as intermittent source books.


The evolution to Industry 4.0 the Bulgarian business needs to improve not just innovations and human resources, but to change their "software" to manage their own business. Thus, the change of business requires a next generation of marketing and respectively, a brand new marketing organization. The main purpose of the paper is to open a discussion where is a need of new marketing organization as well as does it possible to change the existing marketing or to evolve it. So, the paper is based on the good practices of the world leading companies and explore the opportunities to introduce them to the Bulgarian industrial business. The methodology approach of the paper is based on the theoretical and methodological research of the contemporary marketing literature and lessons learnt from the business. The structure of the paper is:


Spin polarization effects in metallocenium complexes across the transition metal series Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni are discussed in a qualitative fashion using a restricted open‐shell Hartree–Fock approach. The spin polarization is taken into account by a limited configuration interaction (CI) with singly excited configurations. In Fe(C5Me5)+2, Mn(C5Me5)+2, and Cr(C5Me5)+2, the unpaired electrons are localized in molecular orbitals with predominant metal 3d character. The polarization of the metal–cyclopentadiene π bonds then leads to a negative spin density on the cyclopentadiene (Cp) rings. The amount of negative spin density on Cp increases with increasing spin on the metal (S=1/2, S=1, and S=3/2 for ferrocenium, manganocenium, and chromocenium, respectively). The Cp spin density of nickelocenium on the other hand is positive because there is a direct delocalization of spin density to the Cp rings due to the considerable Cp contributions to the e*1g molecular orbitals in which the unpaired electron of nickeloc...


We present a new visual paradigm for Visualization Systems, inspired by stack-based programming. Most current implementations of Visualization systems are based on directional graphs. However directional graphs as a visual representation of execution, though initially quite intuitive, quickly grow cumbersome and difficult to follow under complex examples. Our system presents the user with a simple and compact methodology of visually stacking actions directly on top of data objects as a way of creating filter scripts. We explore and address extensions to the basic paradigm to allow for: multiple data input or data output objects to and from execution action modules, execution thread jumps and loops, encapsulation, and overall execution control. We exploit the dynamic nature of current computer graphic interfaces by utilizing features such as drag-and-drop, color emphasis and object animation to indicate action, looping, message/parameter passing; to furnish an overall better understanding of the resulting laid out execution scripts.


In case that few information about hydrogeologic condition of coal roof is available and and the regularity of roof water gush is not obvious in coal mine, the key factors affecting roof water gush are analyzed. The influential factors involving faults and folds are quantified by using fractal theory and are used in multi-factor analysis as well. In the ArcGIS, the fractal dimension value of folds and faults, and the thickness of sandstone in the breaking zone of roof are firstly interpolated into raster respectively, and then the multi-factor analysis of GIS is used to imitate practical water gush area; lastly, a function used to express spatial variety of fissured water is proposed to indirectly predict roof water hazards of unknown area, which gives a new method of predicting roof water hazards. The result shows that this new method is more effective than traditional qualitative methods.


The controllability of discrete-time non-linear systems is studied through the use of Ritt's formal differential groups which were introduced thirty years ago. A condition for weak local controllability is given in terms of Lie algebra. It is very similar to the one obtained in the continuous-time case. In the case of regular (or bilinear) systems this analysis leads to Lie group techniques. Various examples are discussed.


There are three critical aspects of cyber security: authentication, safety, and secrecy. Consumers have access to a wide range of alternatives for improving the safety of password-based login systems. With two-factor authentication, the majority of this was done. Two-factor authentication combines single-factor authentication processes. Two-factor authentication is becoming increasingly common and widely accepted in today's technological age due to the growing need for privacy and security. Customized security measures are more effective and bought if they are easy to use and implement. For increased website and mobile app security, this study examines the consequences of using a three-factor authentication scheme. This post will present an app we built that might provide a good three-factor authentication approach without losing the convenience.


A 43-year-old man presented with dysphagia, fever, and a generalized skin rash (Figure 1A). Chickenpox was suspected according to the presence of typical vesicles and absence of previous varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection. Blood tests revealed abnormal liver function and immunoglobulin M antibody positivity (1.59 NovaTec Units [NTU]) and immunoglobulin G antibody negativity (0.98 NTU) against VZV. Upper endoscopy was performed because of persistent dysphagia. Multiple small target-like lesions were detected in the hypopharynx and larynx (Figure 1B). After administering antiviral agents, the symptoms improved and the patient was discharged from the hospital. Chickenpox, which is prevalent globally, is caused by primary VZV infection. It is highly contagious and can be transmitted through contact with fluid from the skin vesicles of infected individuals. It is also an airborne disease, which is spread through coughing and sneezing. The clinical manifestations of chickenpox generally develop within approximately 2 weeks from exposure and include a prodrome of fever, malaise, and/or pharyngitis, followed by skin rashes, with small and itchy vesicles. In some cases, the mucous membranes in the mouth may be involved. Oral mucosal lesions begin as small vesicles, that quickly rupture and transform into slightly painful or painless, flat-based ulcers with erythematous halos, and a whitish/yellow or brown ulcer bed. They can be seen on the lips, tongue, buccal mucosa, gingival, palate, and pharynx in small numbers (usually 1 to 7), with the vermilion of the lips and palate as the most common locations. One study revealed that the prevalence and number of oral lesions are related to the severity of chickenpox. All severe cases, which were defined Figure 1. A, Vesicles are typical of infection due to varicella zoster virus. B, Upper endoscopy shows multiple small target-like lesions in the hypopharynx and larynx, which may cause dysphagia.


Corporate identity can set a company apart from competition in a way that is hard to duplicate. The result can be a host of profitable benefits.


It is becoming abundantly evident that art instruction in New Zealand high schools must concern itself with something more than the practice of drawing and its allied crafts if pictorial Art is to play its proper part in the life of the community. The fact that a very large number of so-called "well-educated" people disclaim any real knowledge of pictorial art shows how ineffective our system of art education has been in the past.


Objective To study the looks following plastic treatment of facial malignant tumor.?Methods From 1998 to 2005,69 patients with basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma were treated in our department.Primary suture(14 cases), local skin flap(31 cases),skin graft(11 cases) and skin flap plus skin graft(13 cases) were used to repair the wounds after extensive resection.?Results The skin graft and various skin flaps all surived.The facial appearance and function were satisfactory after the surgery.?Conclusion Extensive resection of facial malignant tumor in early phase and suitable repair technique may help to preserve the appearance.Skin flap is the method of choice.


The study is devoted to the study of the role of paradoxes in the novels written by I. Ilf and Eu. Petrov «The Little Golden Calf» and «The Twelve Chairs». In this aspect, the novels that have become world classics have not yet been the subject of detailed scientific study; an attempt to fill this gap determines the relevance of this article. The concepts of «antinomy», «dichotomy», and «intentionality» are considered. The study of the elements of paradoxes, their step-by-step tracing allows to reveal hidden meanings, the vertical context provides a better understanding of the linguistic personality of the characters and the author's message. The paradoxical nature of evaluative characteristics can manifest itself not only in a horizontal context, but also in a vertical, diachronic one. The contexts containing the paradox extracted from the texts of the indicated novels were selected as the material of the study. The article concludes that in the language of literary works the paradox is used expressly, intentionally, it reflects the linguo-creative thinking of the authors, used as a stylistic device to create the image of a character, as an individualization of his speech, and also performs numerous other functions. It was revealed that the paradoxes used for the image of the main character, O. Bender, who is a strong linguistic personality, represent one set of qualities, and for Panikovsky - another. The paradoxical statements coming from Bender and the speech of other characters in the novels by I. Ilf and Eu. Petrov are psychological, they become persuasive arguments for situation awareness, a means of calming, creating the appearance of a lack of violence against the victim to cover up their own plans.


This letter addresses the various practical design issues of a continuous-time time-delayed control (TDC) and proposes a new controller to make the TDC more suitable and applicable for real-life systems. While TDC has been renowned for its robust performance and simplicity in form, it requires state-derivatives feedback which may not be available explicitly in practice; and multiple numerical differentiations of the noisy state data deteriorate performance by invoking measurement error. In this letter, position-only time-delayed control (POTDC) has been proposed for a class of Euler–Lagrange systems which encompasses a large class of practical systems such as robotic manipulators and unmanned mobile robots. Contrary to the conventional TDC, the proposed POTDC eliminates explicit requirement of velocity and acceleration feedbacks and uses only position information of present and past instances to estimate the velocity and acceleration terms. It thus alleviates the measurement error arising from a numerical computation of state-derivatives. Moreover, based on the Razumikhin theorem, continuous-time stability is rigorously analyzed with consideration of the time-delay element in POTDC, which indeed establishes a selection criterion for the sampling interval and provides the designer a range of sampling intervals for same choice of controller gains. This allows POTDC to be suitable for systems which specifically operate with high sampling intervals due to application requirement. Accordingly, experimental validations of POTDC are provided in comparison with TDC under various sampling intervals, using a wheeled mobile robot.


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 In contemporary times, the wave of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) classified by the World Health Organisation as global pandemic has unravelled systems and processes including health, economic and social. In the case of the Kingdom of Jordan, the COVID-19 crisis illustrated for the need and ability of the policy making institutions and ministries to take many effective policies, initiatives and procedures that were met with marked approval as the opinion polls conducted by government and private institutions showed. The success of these interventions during the crisis calls upon the country's health system to take advantage of this experience in the next stage of recovery and resilience to develop, maintain its sustainability, as well as the improvement of a number of hubs to assist the Kingdom in facing the challenges resulting from any future health crisis such as epidemics or natural disasters. The viewpoint interventions that are the most paramount given the current situation as public health evidence must inform activities in seven priority health system areas to manage during and after the pandemic includes factors on: (1) governance and management; (2) service delivery and research; (3) human resources; (4) health information systems; (5) technology and medicine; (6) health financing; and (7) citizens, refugees and communities.


Twenty white families and twenty black families were interviewed following completion of treatment in a child guidance clinic, to determine in what ways expectations and experience of treatment differed for two such groups matched for family composition, income, and child's age. Findings, consistent with earlier studies, suggest difficulties attendant to black patient-white therapist interaction, but differences between the black and white patient groups were less than had been previously postulated.


The article proposed some personal views,based on the existing problems among institution construction,charging standards and trade administration of present forestry judicial identification,and by combining working practices.


109Background: This ongoing, double-blind, randomized, global clinical trial (NCT02364999) evaluated the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of PF-06439535 vs. reference bevacizumab sourced from t...


right heart catheterization. Results: TNFa and IL-6 were detected in 8 and 6 patients in CS respectively with absence in PV. IL-6 and TNFaR1, 2 level in PV was significantly correlated with that of CS(r=O.92, 1.0, t .0:p<O.001). The level of IL-6 and TNFaR1, 2 in CS have positive correlations with the sevedty of decompensetion(r=0.47, 0.49, 0.52:p<0.001), along with trans-myocardial gradient of IL-6 (r=0.58: p=0.01). Conclusion: The magnitude of a trans-myocardial gradient of cytokines depends on the sevedty of heart failure decompensation and therefore, increased plasma level of cytokines in heart failure might be the result of myocardial production. Mean±SEM, "13<0.05 compared to peripheral vein.


From the point of view of the curriculum system, objective system, and studying fields in the criterion of P.E. and health, as well as the unbalance of regional development of our country, and the multi-functions of the folk sports, the author points out the necessity and feasibility for the folk sports to enter the curriculum system of P.E. and health. The approaches and strategies to effectively take advantage of the folk sports resources for this course are also analyzed and elaborated. They are: to understand the exact connotation of the curriculum standards in order to lay the foundation of the folk sports being part of the curriculum; to establish the teaching content system of the folk sports in accordance with the curriculum criterion; to reinforce the training of teachers in order to raise their ability of teaching; to explore、establish and perfect the evaluating and checking methods for the sports studies; to standardize the criterion of fields and equipment for the folk sports.


abstract:This article examines the healing of Caílte in the late twelfth- or early thirteenth-century text Acallam na senórach from a medieval medical perspective. According to the text, Caílte suffers from long-lasting injuries, particularly from mobility issues caused by a poisoned spear. The healing itself, performed mainly by Bé Binn, a female member of the Túatha Dé Danann, takes place in three stages: (1) healing through vomiting; (2) curing Caílte's head afflictions with a head rinse; and (3) extracting the poison and other gore from his legs. After this, as a parting gift, Bé Binn provides Caílte with a potion that restores his memory. This article argues that the healing sequence shows familiarity with medieval medical practice derived from European and Arabic medical sources up to two centuries before the appearance of the earliest medical manuscripts.


Meat is a nutrient-dense food, and its quality depends on various factors that range from pre- to post-harvest. Any alteration in the conversion of muscle to meat can impact product quality and consumer acceptance. Hence, elucidating the factors that can influence meat quality such as tenderness, water holding capacity, flavor, and color are essential to understand quality defects, limit meat wastage, and ensure consumer satisfaction. The aspects involved in meat quality changes are complex and interrelated. Hence, traditional wet-laboratory techniques may not be able to provide global changes in biomolecular interactions. In recent years, a systems biology approach utilizing genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics has been incorporated into basic meat science research to understand the mechanistic basis of meat quality and the potential development of biomarkers. The overall goal of this review is to give an outline of various omics techniques and their application in meat science research.


Significance Marine fronts, where two different water masses meet, are characterized by high biological productivity. Determining which organisms are able to thrive in these environments is crucial to understanding ocean ecosystems. However, many questions about how natural selection functions in an advective environment remain unanswered. We study flows with sources and sinks to model the upwellings and convergences experienced by plankton at marine fronts. Remarkably, even when the flows are so weak that they cannot significantly alter the spatial distribution of organisms, they substantially affect genetic outcomes. The flow reduces the effective population size and makes the fate of organisms strongly dependent on local flow conditions. In particular, organisms born in upwelling regions experience a considerably enhanced probability of survival. Competition between biological species in marine environments is affected by the motion of the surrounding fluid. An effective 2D compressibility can arise, for example, from the convergence and divergence of water masses at the depth at which passively traveling photosynthetic organisms are restricted to live. In this report, we seek to quantitatively study genetics under flow. To this end, we couple an off-lattice agent-based simulation of two populations in 1D to a weakly compressible velocity field—first a sine wave and then a shell model of turbulence. We find for both cases that even in a regime where the overall population structure is approximately unaltered, the flow can significantly diminish the effect of a selective advantage on fixation probabilities. We understand this effect in terms of the enhanced survival of organisms born at sources in the flow and the influence of Fisher genetic waves.


In this article we have shown that for every prime number p , irreducible, homogeneous locally nilpotent derivations of rank 2 and degree p − 2 are triangularizable. Also we have given the structure of the kernel of irreducible, non-triangularizable, homogeneous locally nilpotent derivations of rank 2 and degree pq − 2, where p, q are prime numbers. Further we have given a different proof of the freeness property of certain homogeneous locally nilpotent derivations of rank 2.


R eligion is one of the most powerful, deeply felt, and influential forces in human society. It has shaped people's relationships with each other, influencing family, community, economic, and political life. Religious beliefs and values motivate human action, and religious groups organize their collective religious expressions. Religion is a significant aspect of social life, and the social dimension is an important part of religion. Sociologists are interested in studying religion primarily for two reasons. First, religion is very important to many people. Religious practices are important parts of many individuals' lives. Religious values influence many people's actions, and religious meanings help them interpret their experiences. Sociologists seek to understand the meaning of religion to believers themselves. Second, religion is an important object for sociological study because of its influence on society and society's impact on religion. Analysis of this dynamic relationship requires examining the interdependence of religion and other aspects of society. Often this means questioning taken-for-granted ways of understanding social action. From the earliest foundations of the discipline, sociologists have sought to understand the larger society through examining religion and its influence.


This article provides an analysis of China 's initiative called the New Silk Road, which involves stimulating the economy of the People 's Republic of China by accelerating the delivery of goods to Europe and generally improving the transport situation. It is noted that the strategy for Russia to realize its transit potential could be the operational preparation of international transport corridors on its territory and effective diplomacy to convince neighbouring rival countries to join Russian projects, to develop proposals for them on favorable conditions of foreign trade relations and transportation of goods through the territory of the Russian Federation.


Distinct differences exist between public-private sector organizations with respect to the market environment and operational objectives; furthermore, among private sector businesses, organizational structures and work conditions often vary between large- and small-sized companies. Despite these obvious structural distinctions, however, sectoral differences in employees' psychosocial risks and burnout status in national level have rarely been systematically investigated. Based on 2013 national employee survey data, 15,000 full-time employees were studied. Sector types were classified into "public," "private enterprise-large (LE)," and "private enterprise-small and medium (SME);" based on the definition of SMEs by Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the associations of sector types with self-reported burnout status (measured by the Chinese version of Copenhagen Burnout Inventory) were examined, taking into account other work characteristics and job instability indicators. Significantly longer working hours and higher perceived job insecurity were found among private sector employees than their public sector counterparts. With further consideration of company size, greater dissatisfaction of job control and career prospect were found among SME employees than the other two sector type workers. This study explores the pattern of public-private differences in work conditions and employees' stress-related problems to have policy implications for supporting mechanism for disadvantaged workers in private sectors.


According to one widely held opinion, we are currently going through a "crisis of politics." But this diagnosis is doubtful. The extraordinary success of economic liberalization and globalization is decisively due to the support powerful states have given and continue to give to supranational corporations. This kind of support, however, threatens to undermine the democratic legitimacy of states. Modern democracy presupposes more or less just redistribution of goods, opportunities and power. A lack of willingness or capacity to meet this demand is provoking a crisis in democratic politics. The antistatist ideologies of conservative or libertarian free-market theorists as well as of right-wing populists contribute to an aggravation of this crisis. To deal with this challenge, democratic politics needs enlightened and well-informed citizens who are able to judge the social and global effects of economic strategies and recognize the requirements of equal freedoms for all inhabitants of the world. It has, in o...


The low field spin-lattice relaxation time T 1 ρ of protons has been calculated in the rotating frame considering the effect of the quantum rotation of NH 4 -ion. The weak collision case i.e. γ H L τ r ≪1 has been treated, where H L is the local dipolar field and τ r the correlation time. The transition rates were calculated by using the phenomenological model of Clough and Punkkinen. It is shown that the temperature dependence of T 1 ρ Shows a frequency independent minitnum clearly when \(\varLambda _{0} \gg \gamma H_{1}\), which is in agreement with the experimental results, where Δ 0 is the tunneling frequency of NH 4 -ion and H 1 the strength of rf field. Since the frequency independent minimum is easy to observe, the measurement of T 1 ρ is useful to determine the tunueling frequency of NH 4 -ion.


The energy levels, selection rules, transition probabilities, spectra and spectral line intensities of an atom with a charged magnetic monopole as its nucleus (known as "monopole hydrogen atom") are calculated. The intensity ratio of three characteristic absorption lines (2774 A, 2734 A, 2191 A) is 37:50:6.


Red mud waste material generated by the Bayer Process widely used to produce alumina Bauxite throughout the world. The aim of the present research work of investigates the possibility of replacing Portland cement by red mud. Because of storing issue, the waste negatively affects the environment. To solve this problem, Portland cement was replaced up to 40%of red mud by weight of cement. And evaluating its compressive and tensile and flexural of red mud concrete. This study examines the effect of red mud on the properties of hardened concrete. Keyword: Red mud, Portland cement, Fine aggregate, Coarse aggregate, water, super plasticizer.


Current American Plywood Association standards for plywood panel products are based on structural performance and allow hardwood veneers to be included in southern pine plywood. However, the American Wood Preservers' Association's (AWPA) standard for permanent wood foundations requires that plywood be made only of softwood plies. Hardwoods are generally more difficult to protect from decay using waterborne preservatives than are softwoods. The objective of the study reported herein was to document field performance of plywood composed of both hardwood and softwood veneers treated with waterborne preservatives and to determine if AWPA requirements are warranted. Results are given for hardwood- and softwood-treated plywood tests after 10 years of ground exposure in southern Mississippi. With reference to southern pine plywood and the current AWPA standard for preservatively treated wood used in permanent foundations, we conclude that the requirement that plywood be composed only of softwood plies is prudent.


These studies brought up the topic of food estate programs in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which was conducted by the central government. This study aims to describe how news regarding the food estate program is packaged on the online portals Tempo.co and Pikiran-Rakyat.com in the middle of the Covid-19 outbreak. In this study, the time interval has been chosen news broadcasted from August 22, 2021 to August 25, 2021. The framing analysis of the Zhongdang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki models was applied in this investigation. According to the findings of this study, the news from two web portals has advantages and disadvantages for the organizers of the food estate program, notably Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of PUPR (Public Works and Housing) and the supervisory party, namely DPR (People's Representative Council) of the Republic of Indonesia. Tempo.co report constructs reality by highlighting the facts on the program running according to the target set for 2024, while the Pikiran-Rakyat.com news report does not work effectively and only wastes the state budget.