Inflation is generally defined as the rate of change of some price index. Well known examples are the Consumer Price Index, Wholesale Price Index and the personal consumption expenditure price Index. Measurement and forecasting of these indices has been a subject of ongoing debate and research in recent years. This paper attempts to contribute to the debate within the limits of an empirical and country specific. Section 1 deals with the transmission of Monetary policy to growth. Section 2 examines a simple model of inflation forecasting. Section 3 addresses the unfinished debate on Prices and Monetary management.


The accounting information is accompanied by the rapid development of information technology; the development is the further deepening of computerized accounting. The large-scale enterprises put more emphasis on development of accounting information, while accounting for the majority of SMES in China because of many problems, there is no implementation of the accounting information or the results are poor, which for economic development of China is a significant impact, thus improving the level of accounting information of SEMS is very necessary. This paper describes in detail the problems faced by accounting information of SEMS and how to resolve these issues to make it a betterservice for SMES


ABSTRACT In the present study, laboratory-scale experiments and thermodynamic calculation between the mould slags and the steel were performed to investigate reaction performances of mould slags during continuous casting (CC) of 321 stainless steel. The results show that in the final Slag1 (traditional mould slag), SiO2 decreased by 3.86 wt-% and TiO2 increased by 4.85 wt-%, whereas the melting temperature, viscosity and crystallization rate increased noticeably. Perovskite (CaTiO3) and TiN were precipitated during the steel-slag reaction. Compared to Slag1, both properties and constituents of Slag2 (newly developed) with low SiO2 changed moderately, despite TiO2 in the final Slag2 increased by 3.96 wt-%. The precipitation of TiN and the reactivity between steel and slag were evaluated by the thermodynamic method. A comprehensive enthalpy change of steel-slag reaction was estimated to elucidate the formation of frozen steel or clogging based on the experimental results and the thermodynamic calculation.


Background: The study aimed to compare the outcome of pregnancies in a primigravida with multigravida.
Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Skims Medical College, Srinagar between May 2020 to December 2021 in which hospital records of 135 patients who delivered during the study period were analysed.
Results: Majority of primigravida mothers falls in 21-30 years of age group 34 (54.83%), whereas 46 (65.75%) of multigravida were in 31-40 years. Incidence rate of gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, post-partum haemorrhage, placenta previa, oligohydramnios, pre term labour, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) was higher in primigravida when compared to multigravida.
Conclusions: Despite the fact that primigravida had the majority of the issues, both groups experienced considerable issues. Therefore, in order to promote maternal health, women should get information about appropriate medical care as well as counselling. It will help to prevent unfavourable pregnancy outcomes.


The paper studies the bearing of the construction idea in Derrida's deconstructionism theory on translation studies from the following aspects: 1.The bearing of the traits of the origin and the creativity in Derrida's deconstructionism theory on translation studies. 2.The bearing of Derrida's signing and resigning on translation studies. 3.The bearing of Derrida's reflection on the finality and the origin on translation studies. 4. The bearing of Derrida's comment on Hussel's expression and indication on translation studies. 5. The bearing of Derrida's absorption of and his criticism on Levina's center on "other" on translation studies. 6.The bearing of Derrida's theory of supplement on translation studies.


The embodiment of the invention discloses a reading prompt method in an electronic reading terminal and the electronic reading terminal, and relates to the field of electronic processing. In order to lessen the damage to the eyes of a reader reading under over-strong or over-weak light, the embodiment of the invention provides the following technical scheme that: the reading prompt method comprises the steps of acquiring an external light intensity value; and prompting a user to determine whether the light is suitable for reading when the light intensity value is greater than a first predetermined threshold or less than a second predetermined threshold. The method and the terminal are suitable for screen processing.


The present invention relates to an image and image processing and medical software integration. Patient medical information is displayed on the medical record and clinical trials software running in the local device (MRCS), medical information including medical treatment history of the patient. Displayed patient medical information is sent to the medical image processing server on a network, medical information to be transmitted includes a patient identifier of the patient. Both patient medical information and one or more even number of medical images are displayed in MRCS, medical image, associated with the patient, is rendered by the medical image processing server. Set of icons representing a set of image processing tools are displayed in MRCS, it makes it possible to operate the image by the image processing server when invoked by the user. .Field


This paper introduces design patterns and pattern languages as conceptual tools to support educational design in the context of networked learning. The patterns-based approach has origins in the work of the architect and mathematician Christopher Alexander. More recently, others have developed ideas about the use of patterns in software engineering, pedagogy and online learning. This paper goes back to Alexander's work and rediscovers some neglected aspects of the approach, that can be particularly helpful in encoding, sharing and using knowledge for educational design.


To explore the biological and morphological differences between large Cushing's adenomas and small adenomas, we investigated the clinical, endocrinological, neuroradiological, and histological features of patients with large Cushing's adenomas and compared them with patients with small Cushing's adenomas.


A hysteresis in the relationship between zonal flows and electron heating is observed numerically by using gyrokinetic simulations in fusion plasmas. As the electron temperature increases, a first transition occurs, at a given electron/ion temperature ratio, above which zonal flows are much weaker than before the transition, leading to a poorly confined plasma. Beyond this transition, even if the electron temperature is lowered to a moderate value, the plasma fails to recover a dynamic state with strong zonal flows. Then, as the electron temperature decreases further, a new transition appears, at a temperature lower than the first transition, below which the zonal flows are stronger than they were initially. The confinement of the plasma and the heat flux are thus found to be sensitive to the history of the magnetized plasma. These transitions are associated with large exchanges of energy between the modes corresponding to instabilities ( 0 $ ?>m>0) and zonal flows (m=0). We also observe that up to the first transition it is possible to use a control method to stimulate the appearance of zonal flows and therefore the confinement of the plasma. Beyond that transition, this control method is no longer effective.


Local treatment over the heart and such manipulations as pressure on the vagus nerve and posterior spinal nerves have been included in the medical gymnastic treatment of heart disease, as far as Sweden is concerned, ever since the days of P. H. Ling (1776-1839). Certain modifications of the original methods were made in the course of time by Ling's successors, notably by Branting (1799-1881) and H. Kellgren (boi-n 1837), and to the latter are due not only many improvements in the technique of the older manipulations, but several new ones. In


"The intrinsic magnetic properties (magnetic moments, magneto-crystalline anisotropy, Curie temperatures) of the Fe5-x-yCoyWxSiB2 alloys have been calculated using the spin-polarized relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (SPRKKR) band structure method. Our calculations show that for several compounds with x ≥0.5, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) became axial. Also, theoretical calculations for Fe4WSiB2 compound found a magnetization decrease (with about 20%), a Curie temperature decrease of about 30% but an increased axial magnetocrystalline anisotropy compared with the corresponding values for Fe5SiB2. Several Fe5-xWxSiB2 alloys (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1) have been prepared by arc melting of corresponding high purity elements in Ar controlled atmosphere. Composition analysis of the Fe5-xWxSiB2 alloys found an impurity phase along with the tetragonal I4/mcm phase of pure Fe5SiB2. The magnetic measurements found the decrease of the magnetization any significant increase of the coercivity due to W doping. Keywords: ab-initio calculations, B. magneto-crystalline anisotropy, C. magnetization, D. rare earth free magnets. "


Vulnerability management is the detailed, cyclical process of identifying and remediating weaknesses in an information technology system. It includes skills, processes, standards, and technologies combined to appropriately address the most relevant vulnerabilities in the target environment. While many standards and technologies exist, their selection and application are unique to the organization and threat environment.


So-called non-local boxes, which have been introduced as an idealization n different respects - of the behavior of entangled quantum states, have been known to allow for unconditional bit commitment between the two involved parties. We show that, actually, any possible non-local correlation which produces random bits on both sides can be used to implement bit commitment, and that this holds even when the parties are allowed to delay their inputs to the box. Since a particular example is the behavior of an EPR pair, this resource allows for implementing unconditionally secure bit commitment as long as the parties cannot entangle their Qbits with any other system


The term 'vicarious learning' was introduced in the 1960s by Bandura, who demonstrated how learning can occur through observing the behaviour of others. Such social learning is effective without the need for the observer to experience feedback directly. More than twenty years later a series of studies on vicarious learning was undertaken in the context of technology-enhanced learning in mass higher education. These studies employed the idea in a rather narrower sense, defining it as learning through observing others in the act of learning, focusing in particular on the kind of conceptual learning that is typical in higher education and is best observed in tutorial settings. The key proposal was that multimedia recorded versions of tutorial dialogues could be chosen for their effectiveness in revealing the way concepts are grasped, questions posed and problems solved, from the perspective of real learners rather than from that imagined by teachers. These recorded dialogues could be linked to the primary subject matter and, it was hoped, would constitute a powerful resource for new students who would otherwise not have the opportunity to benefit from a teaching method which, if restricted to the original participants, simply does not scale. This paper reviews the subsequent research that has continued to explore this idea. Overall, the potential importance of vicarious learning in various kinds of subject matter has been confirmed. Research on vicarious learning continues to resonate with fundamental issues of the design of higher education in a digital world.


The titanium nitride(TiN)ceramic surface layers were in-situ prepared by nitrogen arc melting on the surface of pure titanium substrates.The formation mechanism of the ceramic layers,the growth morphologies and mechanism of the TiN phase were investigated.The results show that the nitrogen arc melting is a non-equilibrium rapid cooling process and the cooling rate can be as high as 102~103 K/s.The micro growth modes of the TiN phase in ceramic surface layers exhibit the diversity.The TiN crystal grows up by the spiral dislocation lateral growth mode at the location of low undercooling in the molten pool.Because of the undercooling increased at the bottom of the molten pool,the micro growth mode changes to the alternating between the continuous growth and the lateral growth.


Within the context of current world development, pedagogical models implemented in the education institutions are required to Benedit autonomous work done by the students on the traditional and single protagonist, the teacher. Essentially, a transmitter should be passed on where the teacher must focus in the creation of scenarios in which the student will be able to find and generate conditions that will in turn create intellectual, emotional, and physical growth. The new pedagogical tendencies are rich in the realization of activities on the part of the student, which impact and are impacted by the conception of evaluation of the learning process. In this work, we bear closely the elements already mentioned and under the motto that evaluation is not the end of education in the process nor in itself. It proposes that we center on the academic production of the students. The proposal described here, incorporates the analysis of the so called evaluative moments, the importance of comprehensive evaluation and boards the relationship between measurement- evaluation-grading and it calls for the necessity of giving meaning to the number as an element of certification of the acquired knowledge.


This study aims at the effects of active immunization against chicken Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (chVIP) on plasma prolactin (PRL) concentration, concentration of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) profile its interval and duration, progesterone (P ), estradiol (E s), intersequence pause days and egg production in 4 2 birds during the initial stages of egg production from 20-36 weeks of egg lay in PB3 birds. Twenty-four PB3 birds of same age group were divided into two groups of twelve in each. Birds in control group were administered s/c with placebo. Equal volume of chVIP immunogenic protein was administered to treate d group from 17th week of age to 36 weeks of age at an interval of four weeks. Hormonal profiles of immunized and control birds were quantified at weekly intervals from 17th to 36th weeks of age in both the groups for prolactin, LH, estradiol, progesterone. Egg production and pause days were recorded in both the groups. At 31st weeks of age, blood samples from chVIP immunized and control birds were obtained every 4 h for 48 hours to study the surges of LH. In immunized PB3 birds (against ch VIP) plasma PRL concentration was lower (p<0.01) with high concentrations of E s, P , LH and, its 4h LH surges, in plasma (p<0.01). Significantly 2 4 higher egg production (9.71%), less pause days were observed in chVIP immunized birds. It is mainly attributed due to low PRL concentration, associated with high concentrations of LH (with regular interval and duration of LH surges), E s and P concentration required for egg formation and subsequent ovulation. In 2 4 conclusion, chVIP immunization advanced the LH surges, for release of matured oocyte, egg formation and egg lay enabled the birds to lay eggs at regular intervals due to active immunization against chVIP. Results indicate that control of chVIP may lead to more egg production with shorter duration of LH surges.


The invention relates to an intelligent robot search method for a content-based Tibetan language website Tangka image search engine, which belongs to the image content search engine field. The search method is characterized in that the method provides a W.M.A search proposal that: a Tangka search sample image is portioned; wavelet frame packet decomposition of each subblock is performed and various sub-band channels are obtained; the distance between various subblocks is calculated; distance values the distance difference values of which are less than threshold values are classified as the same type and marked; binary quantization is used for forming a matching-pair list and a color-pair column diagram, and matching is performed by adoption of the column diagram method; the multithread model Tangka image search engine intelligent robot search method which is suitable for self characteristics of the Tibetan language website and the Tangka images and based on multitask is constructed by adoption of a knowledge base and an image database as background and through combination with Tibetan language text characteristics. The method automatically searches the Tangka images in the content-based Tibetan language website Tangka image search engine system and automatically performs similarity classification, with the recall ratio reaching 89.6 percent according to experimental statistics.


Wearing black stockings, belt and dowdy dress, I feel like a Victorian chambermaid. I also feel self conscious about the kind of sexual fantasies that I could appeal to dressed like this.


Some full scale tests were made by an earthquake on a good many bridges in the Inangahua area. Five have been selected for close study. Unfortunately the impact forces are not known in these cases, but by making simplifying assumptions and where possible, analyzing concrete sections for ultimate strength, it is possible to deduce reasonable values of the equivalent static loads for the earthquake input forces. The dynamic action of the earthquake creates loading on the structures for only a very short time duration, but this can still be disastrous. The most significant factor is the force from the dynamic pressure generated in the earth fill at abutments and this appears to relate very closely to the area of earth retaining face of the abutments; no other factor correlates so closely with the damage. When abutments are restrained or propped by beams and superstructure, damage must occur to holding down systems and abutments, unless the high earth pressure can be relieved in some way. The pressures were found to be 3.5 to 4.5 times the normal active soil pressure. In this context whenever a structure does not behave as the designer intended it has "failed" although it may not have structurally collapsed. The mechanism of the bridge failures appears to include a longitudinal oscillation which creates plastic hinges at the top and bottom of piers. By profiding for this action under ultimate load conditions much of the earthquake damage could be reduced or made easily repairable. /AUTHOR/


Objective To analyze the correlation of mental health and personality characteristics of Chinese peacekeepers stationed in Liberia in the initial stage.Methods 463 Chinese peacekeepers chosen from transporting units and engineering units were surveyed with 90 symptoms check list(SCL-90)and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ).Results ①SCL-90 all factor scores of the two units in Liberia were significantly lower than that of Chinese PLA normals(P0.01).②Mental health and personality characteristics of peacekeepers in Liberia was correlative,extraversion and introversion of personality showed a negative correlation with obsessive-compulsive,depression,phobic anxiety,paranoid ideation and psychoticism factor(P0.05,P0.01),but it had a positive correlation with interpersonal sensitivity,anxiety and hostility factor(P0.05,P0.01),neurotic trait dimension had a positive correlation with SCL-90 all factors(P0.05,P0.01),in addition obsessive and somatization factor,psychoticism dimension had a positive correlation with SCL-90 all factors(P0.05,P0.01),concealed dimension had a positive correlation with depression and anxiety factor(P0.05,P0.01).③Obsessive-compulsive,depression,anxiety and phobic anxiety factor scores of transporting unit were higher than that of engineering unit,and the difference was significant(P0.05).Conclusion The mental health of Chinese peacekeepers stationed in the initial stage in Liberia tends to be better than that of Chinese PLA normals,the mental health of peacekeepers has a correlation with their personality characteristics and the mental health of engineering unit is better than that of transporting unit.


Recent observations with wide field-of-view CCDs have shown that over 20 Herbig-Haro flows extend for more than one parsec from their driving sources. We review the observed properties of these giant HH flows and discuss the physical consequences for star formation, and for the physics and chemistry of the surrounding interstellar medium.


In the last two decades, the glycobiology field, which comprises the study of
carbohydrates, glycopeptides and glycoproteins, has attracted considerable
attention due to these molecules are involved in many fundamental
processes of the life. One of these processes is known as molecular
recognition of ligands by receptors. In particular, this interaction is tightly
related to the 3D structure they adopt.
In this context, this Thesis focuses on searching new non?natural
glycosylamino acids that display different conformations from those that
adopt glycosylated natural amino acids. In this sense, several glycosylamino
acids have been synthesized, which incorporate ?,??disubstituted amino
acids. The structural preferences of these new compounds were elucidated,
combining NMR experiments and Molecular Dynamics simulations. As a
result, the synthetic modifications made in the amino acid moiety can be
regarded as a tool to develop glycosylated derivatives with conformations a
la carte.
Another issue which this Thesis focuses on, is to find out why glucose only
appear linked to serine, when it is incorporated in a certain peptide sequence
(consensus sequence). In particular, in this work, we studied the consensus
sequence for ??O?glycosylation with glucose. For this purpose, two peptides
and one glycopeptide were synthesized. As a first approaching, we calculated
the spatial distribution of the hydroxyl group of serine, that later will be
glycosylated, and interestingly it is exposed to the solvent, therefore the
glycosylation would be easier.
On the other hand, this Thesis tries to shed some light to the controversial
about the role that peptide moiety plays in the molecular recognition of
glycopeptides by lectins. In this regard, two glycine rich glycopeptides were
synthesized, Gly?Gly?Xxx?Gly?Gly, where Xxx was replaced by Thr/Ser(??OGalNac).
Besides, conformational studies both in the free and bound?states were developed. In addition, thermodynamic parameters corresponding to
molecular recognition of each glycopeptides by two specific lectins were
obtained by microcalorimetry. All this work shows the importance of the
amino acid linked to the carbohydrate plays in the molecular recognition
process. In fact, it is not a mere spectator but it develops a role as modulator
agent.


Twenty-one sea urchins were recorded in this paper, eleven of them are recorded for the first time in China. All the samples were collected from the continental shelf area of the East China Sea by the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1958 to 1982. The twenty-one species of the sea urchins belong to 7 orders,11 families and 17 genera. The following is the name list, those with an asterisk are the species recorded for the first time in China.CIDAROIDACIDARIDAEGoniocidaris biserialis (Doderlein)Stylocidaris bracteata (A. Agassiz)Stylocidaris ryukyuensis ShigeiStereocidaris indica philippinensis MortensenRhopalocidaris gracilis Doderlein LEPIDOCENTROIDAECHINOTHURIDAE Araeosoma owstoni Mortensen Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara STIRODONTAARBACIIDAECoelopleurus maculatus A. Agassiz et H. L. ClarkCoelopleurus undulatus Mortensen AULODONTADIADEMATIDAE Chaetodiadema japonicum MortensenPEDINIDAECaenopedina mirabilis (Doderlein) CAMARODONTATEMNOPLEDRIDAE Temnopleurus hardwickii (Gray) Temnopleurus reevesii (Gray) Temnopleurus apodus (A. Agassiz et H. L. Clark) Temnotrema sculptum (A. Agassiz)Prionechinus forbesianus (A. Agassiz) CLYPEASTEROIDACLYPEASTERIDAE Clypeaster virescens DoderleinLAGANIDAEPeronella pellucida DoderleinSCUTELLIDAEScaphechinus mirabilis A. Agassiz SPATANGOIDALOVENIIDAELovenia triforis KoehlerSCHIZASTERIDAESchizaster lacunosus (Linnaeus)Among the species reported, the following species are simply described.Stylocidaris ryukyuensis Shigei: Medium-size, with chocolate-colored scrobicular spines. Ambulacra with two regular vertical series of tubercles in the interporiferous zone, and with semilunar elevations of the wall in the pore zone. Interaambulacra with non-crenulate tubercles. The areoles round. Ocular plates all exserted. peristome distinctly smaller than the apical system. Primary spines tapering, with 10 series of thorns or ridges on the shaft.Rhopalocidaris gracilis (Doderlein): small, usually high. Ambulacra with a regular vertical series of marginal tubercles. The pore-zones sunken. Interambulacra primary tubercles non-crenulate, the areoles deep. Apical system moderate in size, slightly raised towards the apex. Peristome nearly as large as apical system. Primary spines long and slender, with some thorns and long hairs in the basal part. With numerous large globiferous pedicellariae.Coelopleurus maculatus A. Agassiz et H. L. Clark: Medium to rather small, lowhemispherical. Ambulacra as broad as interambulacra. Primary tubercles and their areoles very large. Median spaces narrow, with scattered small tubercles. Pores small. Interambulacra with a series of 6-7 primary tubercles in each column. Oculars widely exsert. Four anal plates leaning towards anal opening. Primary spines long, slender and curved. Surface of shaft shiny.Peronella pellucida Doderlein: Medium-sized, thin and fragile, rounded polygonal in outline. Ambulacral petals not prominent, very short. Pore-pairs not conjugate. Ambulacral furrows short, inconspicuous. Tubercles fine and dense. 4 genital pores.Scaphechinus mirabilis A. Agassiz: Medium-sized, broader than long, rounded pentagonal. Greatest width usually in the postero-lateral interambulacra. Oral side flat. Petals not short, about half the test length and broad. Tuberculation dense on the aboral side. Apical system subcentral, with 4 genital pores. Primary spines of the aboral side thickened and curved.


AIM To study stress fractures in CRPF recruits . ETIO PATHOGENESIS By convention, stress fractures occur in normal bone when that bone is subjected to abnormal or unaccustomed repeated stresses. This condition is distinct from insufficiency fractures, wherein normal stresses applied to abnormal bone produce fracture.Stress fracture incidences evade precise determination in athletic populations because of variability in training programs and a lack of standardized reporting. MATERIALS AND METHODCRPF Male recruits were referred to our institution for the complaint of pain on strenuous professional physical activity. 10 cases of stress fractures . age 22-24 yrs. (avg 23)All fractures were low risk ie on compression side, and Grade 2 according to Fredericson et al classification. TREATMENT AND RESULTS                      Sub trochanteric stress fracture protected weight                   bearing for 3 weeks , till the pain subsided , followed by full wt bearing walking , and cross training, no running or jumping .  atient returned to his routine after 3 months. Tibial , fibular and calcaneo-cuboidal stress fractures were put on Patellar tendon bearing cast for 3 weeks , cross training for 8weeks 12 weeks as per patients comfort. Patients returned to routine in 12 weeks .DISCUSSION Patients were referred to three  different city hospitals hence the incidence could not be           estimated. Treatment is modified according to subjective symptoms. Considering alternative training regimen for           patients with stress fractures (cross training) Sensitizing army medical officers about stress fractures so as to pick it up at the earliest.


Experimental studies on the dynamic sorption of model mixtures containing petroleum products were performed. The subject of the study was the modified sorbent from the ash-and-slag wastes accumulated in the ash dump of the Novocherkassk State District Power Plant (SDPP) (Russia, Novocherkassk, Rostov Region), obtained using the method of ash removal. The quantity of the sorbent for each model solution was fixed at 5.0 g. The model solutions in the amount of 1 dm3 were passed through a column filled with the modified sorbent at constant filtration rate w = const with filtrate takeout of 0.1 dm3/min. The pH value of the solution, which is advisable for extracting petroleum products, was determined experimentally. For this purpose, the model solutions, containing 100 mg/dm3 of petroleum products with pH = 1.65, 4.01, 6.86, 8.12, 9.18, and 11.34, were prepared. The optimum pH value of the solution was considered pH = 7.5. The content of petroleum products in the filtrate in all experiments was determined using IR spectrometry. The working range of water pollution with petroleum products was determined on a series of model solutions containing petroleum products in the range between 0.5 and 10 mg/dm3 with the increment of 0.5, between 10 and 100 mg/dm3 with the increment of 10, and between 100 and 1,000 mg/dm3 with the increment of 100. The maximum extraction of petroleum products from the solution was 88.23%. The applicability of the Henry's law to the range of petroleum products concentrations in the filtrate of 50 mg/dm3 was confirmed. The adsorption equilibrium constant (Henry's law constant) was determined experimentally. The effect of the natural freshwater matrix on the degree of petroleum products extraction was studied; no significant effect on petroleum products sorption was found. A conclusion was made that the sorbent can ensure the efficiency of water purifying from petroleum products of no less than 85% in the range of pollution between 5 and 300 mg/dm3.


Porous fibrous membranes having multiple scales geometries and tailored properties have become attractive microfabrication materials in recent years. Due to the feasibility of incorporating graphene in electrospun nanofibres and the growing interest on these nanomaterials, the present paper focuses on the electrospinning of Poly (ε-Caprolactone) (PCL) solutions in the presence of different amounts of Graphene platelets. Electrospinning is a process whereby ultrafine fibers are formed in a high-voltage electrostatic field. The morphological appearance, fiber diameter, and structure of PCL nanofibers produced by the electrospinning process were studied in the presence of different concentration of graphene. Moreover, the effect of a successful incorporation of graphene nanosheets into PCL polymer nanofibers was analyzed. Scanning electron microscope micrographs of the electrospun fibers showed that the average fiber diameter increases in the presence of graphene. Furthermore, the intrinsic properties developed due to the interactions of graphene and PCL improved the mechanical properties of the nanofibers. The results reveal the effect of various graphene concentrations on PCL and the strong interfacial interactions between the graphene platelets phase and the polymer matrix. The functional complexity of the electrospun fibers provides significant advantages over other techniques and shows the promise of these fibers for many applications including air/water filters, sensors, organic solar cells, smart textiles, biocompatible scaffolds for tissue engineering and load-bearing applications. Optimizing deposition efficiency, however, is a necessary milestone for the widespread use of this technique.


In the present study, a simple trigonometric shear deformation theory is applied for the bending, buckling and free vibration of cross-ply laminated composite plates. The theory involves four unknown variables which are five in first order shear deformation theory or any other higher order theories. The in-plane displacement field uses sinusoidal function in terms of thickness co-ordinate to include the shear deformation effect. The transverse displacement includes bending and shear components. The present theory satisfies the zero shear stress conditions at top and bottom surfaces of plates without using shear correction factor. Equations of motion associated with the present theory are obtained using the dynamic version of virtual work principle. A closed form solution is obtained using double trigonometric series suggested by Navier. The displacements, stresses, critical buckling loads and natural frequencies obtained using present theory are compared with previously published results and found to agree well with those.


Clinically, foreign body ingestion and aspiration can be difficult to differentiate from one another. Distinguishing the nuances in clinical presentation is important. Misdiagnosis can lead to catastrophic outcomes. Objects in the aerodigestive tract can become easily dislodged and travel into the airway if the wrong therapeutic intervention is performed. A few necessary definitions will be elucidated below.


It is always one of the most challenging problems to control an underwater robotics due to the complex external forces in an underwater environment. It is difficult to obtain an ideal control performance using linear control technologies due to highly nonlinear properties of system. A valid method of linearization for nonlinear system is provided in this study. Based on this linearized system, the linear control theories were therefore employed for the tracking control of underwater robotics. The panning and tilting motions of this underwater robotics can basically track two given sinusoidal references based on the simulation results. In order to achieve a high-speed manipulation of this underwater robotics, fluid forces have to be considered and modeled. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology is adopted in order to obtain more precise hydrodynamic models for simulation at the design stage. Two torque models that represent the degree of freedoms (DOFs) of panning and tilting respectively have been developed using the CFD software. The dynamic model of this robotics used in this paper is the one by Ji, et al [1].Copyright © 2010 by ASME


This study focuses on the development of method to spatially analyze the environmental impact caused by Hazardous Noxious Substances (HNS). HNS discharged from marine industrial facilities may cause hazards to human health, marine life and coastal ecosystem, resulting in economic, social and environmental damage. However, contamination of HNS is insufficiently recognized and inefficiently controlled in South Korea. Korean government has conducted an R&D project "Development of Technology for Impact Assessment and Management of HNS discharged from Marine Industrial Facilities" since 2021 to manage HNS discharged into sea. As part of the R&D project, the study has been conducted. First, we created three vulnerability maps divided into legal protected areas, habitats, and species. Each vulnerability map has various spatial data, and these data are classified by evaluation factors. For example, evaluation factors in the legal protected areas consist of World Heritage Sites, environmental conservation areas, special management areas, national park, fishing protection zones, etc. The habitat vulnerability map includes wetland, tidal flats, sand beaches and seagrass areas, and the vulnerability map for species consists of various birds and fish. We selected Gwangyang Bay as a study area, which is a national marine industry cluster and emits harmful chemical substances. Spatial and temporal vulnerability was analyzed by four seasons and four spaces (surface, column, seabed, atmosphere) in the study area.


Forty-one teachers who had experience with LD preassessment procedures responded to a 25-item questionnaire regarding their attitudes toward the preassessment process. The results suggested that while the teachers were pleased with the preassessment team members themselves, they did not agree that their teams' intervention recommendations were successful in correcting the referral problem. It was not clear that the teams provided any new intervention ideas or whether the teams explored a sufficient variety of intervention options. As a result of their experiences with their teams, about as many teachers reported that they will continue to refer cases to the preassessment teams as those who will not. Suggestions for improving the preassessment team process are offered.


The paper presents an optimal control scheme based on moving optimization principle of model predictive control for linear system with constraints.The scheme with infinite prediction horizon and finite control horizon can guarantee nominal asymptotic closed loop stability.The simulation results applied to a laboratory setup Three Tank System demonstrate effectiveness of the proposed scheme.


Given the high accessibility of reactants to the active metal sites of fibrous catalysts, in this research, an electrospun silica fiber was applied as a support of nickel catalysts (Ni/SF) for the partial hydrogenation of palm oil fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) in a fixed-bed reactor. The textural properties, reducibility, Ni dispersion and morphology of Ni/SF catalysts were characterized and compared to those of a Ni/porous silica ball (Ni/SB). Under 1 bar H2 pressure at 140 °C, the 30 wt% Ni/SF catalyst exhibited a high turnover frequency (TOF) of 1396 h−1 to convert methyl linoleate (C18:2) to more saturated structures. On the other hand, the system using Ni/SB catalysts showed a TOF of only 141 h−1. This result was due to the effect of the higher acidity of the silica fiber, which promoted the higher adsorption of polyunsaturated portions in FAME. The non-porous characteristics and open morphology of the Ni/SF catalysts also allowed FAME and H2 molecules to easily access the Ni active sites deposited on the surface of the silica fiber and suppressed the selectivity to cis–trans isomerization. Stability testing of the Ni/SF catalyst showed that the C18:2 conversion decreased from 71% to 60% after long-term operation for 16 h possibly due to the weak metal–support interaction that facilitated Ni particle loss from the catalyst surface.


Population growth is increasingly anxious for developing countries including Indonesia. The government has programs related to the population sector such as the empowerment of the population including the Family Planning (KB) program which is currently underway. This study aims to evaluate the communication program BP3AKB Boyolali District in disseminating family planning programs to the community. This study uses a quantitative approach that describes or explains a problem and emphasizes the breadth of data so that the extent or outcome will be able to answer the problem formulation. The population in this study is all residents in Ngemplak District Boyolali District who in the productive age and follow the family planning program amounted to 1227 Heads of Families. The result of the calculation shows that the number of sample is 92 head of household. Data collection method of this research using structured questionnaire method. Based on the research results can be seen that the program communications BP3AKB Boyolali District in disseminating the program KB to the community in District Ngemplak Boyolali run effectively with the nature of respect, humble, empathy, audible and clarity.


in the library elements and using this information to ensure that no new hazards are introduced during the mapping process. The resulting mapped network will then have no new hazards. We proved that in characterizing the hazard behavior of the mapped and unmapped network that only logic hazards must be taken into account. Based on that information we presented efficient algorithms for hazard detection, and incorporated these algorithms into an existing technology mapper to produce an asynchronous technology mapper that works well for generalized fundamental-mode asynchronous designs. A crucial part of the algorithm assumes that the library is properly characterized, and its hazard behavior is properly expressed through the structure of a Boolean factored form. We are currently looking into more detailed analysis of the transistor level hazard-behavior of library cells. In particular, we are developing a model for the representation and hazard analysis of pass-transistor networks, such as those employed in MUX-based FPGA's such as the Actel Act1, which do not exhibit the same hazard behavior as complementary CMOS networks. We are also exploring the use of hazard don't care information during technology mapping as a means to improve the quality of the mapped circuit. [6] F. Mailhot, " Algorithms for technology mapping based on binary decision diagrams and on boolean operations, " IEEE Transactions on CAD/ICAS, in press. [9] J. Bredeson, " Synthesis of multiple input change hazard-free combinational switching circuits without feedback, " A multiple-level logic optimization system, " IEEE Transactions on CAD/ICAS, Exact two-level minimization of hazard-free logic with multiple-input changes, [17] J. Bredeson and P. Hulina, " Elimination of static and dynamic hazards for multiple input changes in combinational switching circuits, " Information and Control, Figure 7: Illustration of procedure findMicDynHaz2level. and form the minimal function hazard-free transition space which contains it, which will give us the dynamic hazards (if any) for that cube intersection. This leads to the more efficient procedure described below: procedure findMicDynHaz2level(f) f hazards = ;; I = f irredundant cube intersections of f g; for all c 2 If /* complement one variable at a time in c */ Jc = fcubes adjacent to cg; c = ;;c = ;; for all d 2 Jc f if (f (d) == 0) c = c [ d else c = c [ d g /* hazards are defined by all possible pairs of c and c */ hazards = hazards [fT[i; …


A process for preparing a foam product comprising the steps: (A) admixing a mixture foamable of (1) an alkenyl aromatic polymer and (2) a blowing agent comprising a major amount of carbon dioxide under a pressure sufficient to prevent prefoaming of the mixture; (B) heating to a first temperature Tg to form a mixture which plastified foamable; (C) cooling said mixture foamable to a foaming temperature, and (D) extruding said mixture into a region of reduced pressure to form said foamed product, characterized in that the difference between Tg and the foaming temperature is between 0 and 62 ° C.


Introduction: Despite advances in accelerated imaging techniques, patient motion remains a problem in many MR acquisitions due to long acquisition times. Blurring, ghosting, and other motion related artifacts force repeat scans. Quantitative phase contrast (PC) imaging requires reference data for background phase subtraction, imposing a four-fold increase in sampling requirements to measure the 3D velocity vector in each voxel. PC MR images typically have to be cardiac-gated in order to provide information on flow throughout the cardiac cycle, further extending scan time. These increased sampling requirements result in additional challenges for otherwise effective motion compensation techniques such as PROPELLER [1]. We adapted our previously proposed 3D rigid body motion correction scheme [2] for use in 3D cranial PC flow MRI.


ABSTRACT Over ten years before the deadly 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Japan was reckoning with its own wave of Internet-fueled xenophobic activism in public spaces. Amid a second decade of recession in the early 2000s, nationalist activity coalesced in anonymous chat rooms and message boards in Japan. In contrast to the surprisingly inclusive space that prior rightist generations had inherited from imperial pan-Asian ideology and post-World War II experiences of shared social marginality, a new activist movement that came to be known as the Action Conservative Movement (ACM) pursued an aggressively xenophobic, racially framed form of nationalism, based not on the social margins but rhetorically grounded in the center of Japan's middle-class society. This article identifies the centrality of self-made digital media and three genres of video work facilitating ACM mobilization of supporters from the virtual to the physical public sphere and explores issues around anonymity and truth telling such video work entails.


Due to the introduction of field winding, the doubly salient electromagnetic (DSEM) machine is featured with good torque production capability. However, this capability is limited by the problems of the phase current reversal and excessive back- electromotive force with traditional control methods. In this paper, a new control method, namely asymmetric current control (ASCC), is proposed to further improve the output torque. Two control angles α and γ are introduced to implement the current-angle control. Simultaneously, the pulse width modulation control is utilized to shape the waveform of phase current. Consequently, the torque is increased drastically because of more effective phase current waveforms, which presents the asymmetry of positive and negative half period. Furthermore, the reluctance torque resulting from the interaction between self-inductance and asymmetric phase current exerts favorable effects on the torque output. By field-circuit-coupled analysis, the ASCC method for a 1.3 kW prototype is analyzed and compared with other traditional control methods. Laboratory testing of the 1.3 kW DSEM machine driven by the new control method confirms the validity of theoretical analysis and simulation improvement of torque. The simulation and experimental results show that the torque and power density can be improved to 1.5 times by the proposed control method.


In order to improve the protection of the environment, the safety of the working place and the product properties, there is a need to evaluate solvents according to their risk potential. This article describes a practical approach to this problem. It includes dibasic esters (DBE), which have a low health and environmental impact.


We consider111An extended abstract appeared in "Proceedings 5th Annual ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures", 1993.shortest-paths and reachability problems on directed graphs with real-valued edge weights. For sparser graphs, the knownNCalgorithms for these problems perform much more work than their sequential counterparts. In this paper we present efficient parallel algorithms for families of graphs, where a separator decomposition either is provided with the input or is easily obtainable. (A separator is a subset of the vertices that its removal splits the graph into connected components, such that the number of vertices in each component is at most a fixed fraction of the number of vertices in the graph. A separator decomposition is a recursive decomposition of the graph using separators.) LetG=(V,E), wheren=|V|, be a weighted directed graph with ak?-separator decomposition (where subgraphs withkvertices have separators of sizeO(k?)). We present anNCalgorithm that computes shortest-paths fromssources to all other vertices usingO(n3?+s(n+n2?)) work. A sequential version of our algorithm improves over previously known time bounds as well. Reachability fromssources can be computed usingO(M(n?)+s(n+n2?)) work, whereM(r)=o(r2.37) is the best known work bound forr×rmatrix multiplication. The algorithm is based on augmentingGwith a set ofO(n2?) edges such that in the augmented graph, all distances can be obtained by paths of sizeO(logn). The above bounds, with ?=0.5, are applicable to planar graphs, since ak0.5-separator decomposition can be computed within these bounds. We obtain further improvements for graphs with planar embeddings where all vertices lie on a small number of faces.


. Being able to teach complex capabilities, such as folding garments, to a bi-manual robot is a very challenging task, which is often tackled using learning from demonstration datasets. The few garment folding datasets available nowadays to the robotics research community are either gathered from human demonstrations or generated through simulation. The former have the huge problem of perceiving human action and transferring it to the dynamic control of the robot, while the latter requires coding human motion into the simulator in open loop, resulting in far- from-realistic movements. In this article, we present a reduced but very accurate dataset of human cloth folding demonstrations. The dataset is collected through a novel virtual reality (VR) framework we propose, based on Unity's 3D platform and the use of a HTC Vive Pro system. The framework is capable of simulating very realistic garments while allowing users to interact with them, in real time, through handheld controllers. By doing so, and thanks to the immersive experience, our framework gets rid of the gap between the human and robot perception-action loop, while simplifying data capture and resulting in more realistic samples.


Background: Rendu Osler Disease is an autosomal dominant disease characterised by multiple telangiectatic lesions on the skin and mucosa. Pathogenesis of hemorrhagic diathesis in patients with Rendu Osler Disease is li�4 le understood. It may be due to both mechanical fragilities and haemostasis or aggregation platelet alterations. Design and methods: We studied the platelet aggregation pa�4 ern for ADP, collagen, epinephrine and ristocetin in 4 patients with Rendu Osler Disease who were admi�4 ed in University Emergency Hospital Bucharest. All tests were performed on a Chrono-log aggregometer using optical method. Results: The analysis of the graphic curves reveals a marked alteration of platelets' function in patients with Rendu Osler disease versus control, with a marked decrease in slope and amplitude. Regarding the lag phase's amplitude and duration, there were no modifi cations when compared to control. The analysis of the graphic curves for ristocetin and epinephrine reveals a severely altered response. Blood coagulation tests, Quick Test, APTT and fi brinogen were within normal limits for all patients. The results were similar for blood glucose, renal tests and the lipid profi le. Regarding the complete blood count, normal values were obtained excepting haemoglobin, which was constantly low in all patients, that being associated with low serum iron and morphologic abnormalities of the erythrocytes. Conclusions: Patients with Rendu Osler Disease have severely altered platelet functions. Our results were similar with other reports, which indicated severe alterations of platelet aggregation.


Abstract Objective To compare the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), the US Food Security Survey Module (US FSSM) and a modified version of the US FSSM in which references to buying food were changed to references to getting food, in terms of their classification of food security levels among homeless individuals, and to determine which of these instruments was most preferred by homeless individuals. Design A cross-sectional survey. Setting Recruitment of participants took place at seven shelters and from three drop-in programmes that serve homeless individuals in Toronto, Canada. Subjects Fifty individuals who were ≥18 years of age, able to communicate in English and currently homeless. Results The modified US FSSM assigned 20 % of participants to a lower ordinal food security category compared with the US FSSM, and only 8 % to a higher food security category. The HFIAS assigned 30 % of participants to a lower food security category compared with either the US FSSM or the modified US FSSM, and only 10–16 % of participants to a higher food security category. When asked to compare all three instruments, the majority of respondents (62 %) selected the HFIAS as the best instrument for people who are homeless. Conclusions A majority of homeless individuals selected the HFIAS as the best food security instrument for people who are homeless. Our findings suggest that the HFIAS is a more appropriate instrument than the US FSSM for measuring food security in the homeless population.


The author reveals the problems of youth "identity crisis" under the conditions of the social-cultural transformation of the Russian socium, pays special attention to the social-cultural factors that have positive influence on the processes of identification, and undertakes an attempt to develop recommendations for the formation of youth social-cultural identity.


Perhaps we may ask finally what were the factors that hindered development and discovery. First we must place the psychologtcaf barriers; the fact that the undiscovered is also the unimaginable; and that emotional factors, as in the case of neurosis, may corrupt the clarity of our vision and thought. Next we must place the factor of human authority like that of Galen in breeding complacency and forbidding reexamination of the facts as heretical. Next we must recognize that the tool of the scientific approach must be in well-trained hands to give results.


Steplike contrast structures for a diffusion equation with advection and generation are considered in a nonlinear medium with a smooth inhomogeneity. An equation for the location of an internal transition layer is derived, and a stability condition for a stationary contrast structure is established.


Two cases of high-renin renovascular hypertension, one due to Takayasu's arteritis and the other to a hypersensitivity vasculitis, are described. Both were resistant to maximal standard therapy but responded to treatment with captopril, the orally active angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.


There's a fantastic line up of local Pride events in the borough taking place in the coming days including the Royal Borough's specially commissioned Pride event, 'Out in the Streets'.


Abstract A life-cycle assessment of commuting alternatives is conducted that compares six transportation modes (car, bus, train, subway, motorcycle, and bicycle) for eight impact indicators. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions and health impacts are incorporated in the assessment using intake fractions that differentiate between urban and nonurban emissions, combined with an effect factor. The potential benefits of different strategies for reducing environmental impacts are illustrated. The results demonstrate the need for comprehensive approaches that avoid problem-shifting among transportation-related strategies. Policies aiming to improve the environmental performance of urban transportation should target strategies that decrease local emissions, life-cycle impacts and health effects.


Under the current conditions of market economy a higher education institution must increase considerably the efficiency of its educational activities control to improve its competitive ability. At present one of the most promising methods for educational process control reorganization is a business-process re-engineering. It is necessary to carry out a profound analysis of technologies for educational activities control and determine certain business-processes which require re-engineering. In the Bryansk State Technical University there is carried out a re-engineering of basic business processes of the admission campaign: a school leaver invitation, documentation reception, entrance examina-tions carrying out and their analysis, an enrollment for training.
To solve this problem there was used IDEF0 methodology and developed a functional model mani-festing a structure and functions of an information sys-tem, and also information flows connecting these func-tions. A decomposition of a complex system into more simple automated processes and sub-processes in order that each of them could be designed independently is carried out. The work fulfilled allowed realizing the re-engineering and automation of the admission campaign business-processes of the Bryansk State Technical University and ordering qualitatively the activities of the entrance commission that decreased labor expendi-tures at all stages of the admission campaign increased the effectiveness of the entrance commission activities and allowed making qualitative decisions affecting institution functioning on the whole.


When designing an evolving software system, a researcher must set many aspects of the representation and inevitably make arbitrary decisions. Here we explore the consequences of poor design decisions in the development of a virtual in- struction set in digital evolution systems. We evaluate the introduction of three different severities of poor choices. (1) functionally neutral instructions that water down mutational options, (2) actively deleterious instructions, and (3) a lethal die instruction. We further examine the impact of a high level of neutral bloat on the short term evolutionary poten- tial of genotypes experiencing environmental change. We observed surprising robustness to these poor design deci- sions across all seven environments designed to analyze a wide range challenges. Analysis of the short term evolution- ary potential of genotypes from the principal line of descent of case study populations demonstrated that the negative ef- fects of neutral bloat in a static environment are compensated by retention of evolutionary potential during environmental change.


According to the present examinations it is pretty probable that already in early histological forms of the carcinoma of the urinary bladder the EM-test is able to indicate immunologically malignity, i.e. that the papillary non-infiltrating carcinoma of the transitional cell as well as the carcinoma in situ of the urinary bladder (23) also immunologically behave like tumors of the bladder. In differential-diagnostic questions concerning the organ localisation of the primary tumor the EM-test seems to give valuable references. Histologically not unequivocally malignant tumors of the bladder with positive results in the EM-test should be submitted to an exacter examination and control.


In the following, we summarize the details of generating the proposed adversarial patches. We use the output of 1, 000th epoch as the final patch. The weight of total variation loss is λtv = 0.1, and the batch size of training is 8 for all detectors except for YOLOv4. The batch size of YOLOv4 is 4 because the weight consumes more memory than other detectors. As for the physical evaluation, our generated adversarial patches are printed on Cotton T-shirt using commercial heat transfer. In addition, we also print the patch on the paper. The printer is RICOH MP C2004ex. We use Logitech V-u0015 Webcam Camera (720p/30fps) to record the videos.


Nurses are best placed to develop a rapport and communicate with patients at risk of suicide, a leading mental health nurse said.


PURPOSE: A method for producing semiconductor wafers composed of a silicon is provided reduce a time for sliding a semiconductor wafer from increased monocrystal. CONSTITUTION: In a method for producing semiconductor wafers composed of a silicon, a crucible(4) is mounted in a support crucible(5) which includes a melting material which is comprised of silicon. The crucible and the support crucible are surrounded by a side heater(6). A fixed bottom heater(7) is arranged under the support crucible of around a furnace shaft. The Interval between free surface of a melting material and the bottom boundary(3) of a heat shield(2) is 20mm~30mm.


This paper develops a new approach for understanding the explosion of laws regulating politics in archaic Greece. Typically, scholars in this area have adopted a functionalist approach that explains, at best, why certain types of substantive law would have been desirable. By contrast, my approach focuses on procedural design to examine what drove specific design choices about a law's substance, penalty, and procedure. I use Athens' first bribery law - a Solonian law prohibiting compensatory gifts (bribes) to archons - to illustrate how norms and existing institutions shape a law's design. I show how the substance, procedure, and penalty of Solon's law reflected a nascent idea of bribery as a kind of elite rent-seeking. Solon chose legal process - prosecution before the Areopagus - because it was best-suited to inculcate among elites more civic-oriented norms on rent-seeking. Though likely ineffective, his law helped establish that elites should channel rent-seeking into a public sphere regulated by law.


Let $X$ be a Banach space and $f,g:X\rightarrow X$ be contractions. We investigate the set $$ C_{f,g}:=\{w\in X:\m{ the attractor of IFS }\F_w=\{f,g+w\}\m{ is connected}\}. $$ The motivation for our research comes from papers of Mihail and Miculescu, where it was shown that $C_{f,g}$ is a countable union of compact sets, provided $f,g$ are linear bounded operators with $\pa f\pa,\pa g\pa<1$ and such that $f$ is compact. Moreover, in the case when $X$ is finitely dimensional, such sets have been intensively investigated in the last years, especially when $f$ and $g$ are affine maps. As we will be mostly interested in infinite dimensional spaces, our results can be also viewed as a next step into extending of such studies into infinite dimensional setting. In particular, unlike in the finitely dimensional case, if $X$ has infinite dimension then $C_{f,g}$ is very small set (at least nowhere dense) provided $f,g$ satisfy some natural conditions.


Professor Feiling tells us in his preface that he has laid emphasis on the period within which Britain became a great power; and the post-1760 part of his volume takes up 437 of the 1120 pages of his text. It is in this later complex period, about which materials are so abundant, that it becomes most difficult to present history as narrative. How weave the story together so as to keep it still a story of real concrete human beings and not let it decline into the abstract analysis of the economist and the sociologist? Mr. Feiling has brought out very well the profound changes which the new forces of industrialism and democracy made in nineteenth-century society. But his determination to keep his story to individuals and away from "-isms" makes his pages overcrowded. It seems to me that he devotes too much space to the details of party politics and foreign policy. The gradual liberalizing of nineteenthcentury England and the richness of its civilization strike the reader's attention. Nevertheless it is mainly in politics that the author is interested; and the writers, philosophers, scientists, industrialists, and trade unionists who fill the Victorian scene do not quite come alive in his pages unless they are political in some sense. Most English historians are still Whigs; and the most notable recent general histories of this period--the two volumes in the Oxford series which cover the years from 1832 to 1914•are undoubtedly in the Whig tradition. This volume could hardly be called a Tory history, but it is interesting to observe how careful the author is to bring out the achievements of the Tory r•gime of Pitt's successors from 1806 to 1830, of Balfour's Government before 1905, and of the Baldwin-Chamberlain r•ime of the nineteen-twenties and thirties ("a Conservative administration using all the means of nineteenth-century Socialism"). He is always impressed by the unity of Britain rather than by its party or class divisions, and dwells on the continuity of foreign policy (under Castlereagh "Britain was taking up her usual role of mediator, refusing to be imprisoned within any ideology"). He emphasizes the difficulties of Whig-Liberals as well as of Tory-Conservatives in adjusting themselves to democracy; and the successes of the latter as well as of the former in this process. Altogether Mr. Feiling's presentation of modern Britain is a mature and subtle one which is more likely to be appreciated by readers who already know a good deal about the subject than by newcomers. B. W•,.K•NSON


Abstract:  Background:  A cleansing baby wipe with sufficient pH buffering capacity may help to restore the pH balance of skin following exposure to urine and feces in the diaper environment and maintain skin health.


This paper proposes a motion-based region growing segmentation scheme, which incorporatesluminance and motion information simultaneously and uses morphological tools such as open-close byreconstruction and the region-growing version of the watershed algorithm. The main advantage of this scheme is thatthe resultant objects ore characterized by a coherent motion and foe moving object boundaries are precisely located.Simulation results demonstrate the effiency of the Proposed scheme.


Federation Abstract In the article it is considered the net on-line associations, which can be interpreted as a new form of sociality from the point of view of structure-functional characteristics of the net on-line societies, of organizational forms of the net on-line societies as factors of self-organization and self-management of the net on-line societies. The main research goal of this article is to study the self-management of online communities, which, in our opinion, is based on a new type of social subjectness – virtual subjectness on the coordination of network community relations, their horizontal self-organization and fundamental trans-borderness as well as on such specific forms of global information – communication interaction, as matrix-cellular network links between the actors, members of network communities which expresses their decentralization. The main thesis of this article is the following: a lot of networked communities are a form of information society manifestation, i.e. a new kind of sociality, digital, virtual, information and communication sociality, which self-organize and self-manage. One of the conclusions is that a poly-haul structure is typical for multiple networked communities in which each node (cell) is connected by a number of information highways while each information highway includes a multitude of alternative logistic vectors of actual and virtual information


General aesthetics is the science of the aesthetic in general, and its domain comprises aesthetic phenomena both in art and nature according to the monistic principle. However, from the viewpoint of its history, aesthetics has not always been defined as the science of only beauty. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, following the intellectual trends amid the rapid progress of the natural sciences, the need to treat art as an general science was advocated on the grounds that art could be clearly understood as consisting of concrete and empirical facts rather than as an abstract and ambiguous concept of beauty. The controversy continues to this day. Therefore, this article compares the classic definitions of beauty and art in the Orient and the West and examines the aesthetic meanings of beauty and art. And point out that art is also a medium for communicating aesthetic value, which has a social function. And during the phase of its enjoyment, art is an activity involving the contemplator's inner re-creation that allows for social participation through the subjective emotional self-expression of its aesthetic value.


Many studies reported that membrane potential of a neuron fluctuates between two stable states (depolarized 'up' state and hyperpolarized 'down' state). A neuron fires at the up state but rarely fires at the down state. Thus, the two states fluctuation is likely to influence information processing in the brain, because spike activity of a neuron conveys information in the brain. In this review, I will discuss possible functional roles and underlying mechanisms of the two states fluctuation.


Introduction The aim of the study was to examine basal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and to determine associations of various covariates (gender, sleep-wake rhythm, demographic, academic, life style and health-related characteristics) with altered daily salivary cortisol profiles in late adolescence. Materials and methods The total analytic sample consisted of 903 Croatian secondary school students aged 18 - 21 years (median 19 years). Salivary cortisol was sampled at home at three time points over the course of one week and its concentrations were measured by using the enzyme immunoassay. Results In comparison to males, female students had a higher cortisol awakening response (CAR) (median 4.69, IQR 10.46 and median 3.03, IQR 8.94, respectively; P < 0.001), a steeper ("healthier") diurnal cortisol slope (DCS) (median 0.51, IQR 0.55 and median 0.44, IQR 0.51, respectively; P = 0.001), and a greater area under curve with respect to ground (AUCG) (median 206.79, IQR 111.78 and median 191.46, IQR 104.18, respectively; P < 0.001). Those students who woke-up earlier and were awake longer, had a higher CAR (P < 0.001), a flatter ("less healthy") DCS (P < 0.001), and a greater AUCG (P < 0.001), than students who woke-up later and were awake shorter. Less consistent but still significant predictors of salivary cortisol indexes were age, school behaviour, friendship, diet healthiness and drug abuse. Conclusion Gender and sleep-wake up rhythm were major determinants of the altered daily salivary cortisol profiles in late adolescence. The predictive power of other covariates, although less clear, has a potential for identifying vulnerable subgroups such as male drug users and females without a best friend.


This study evaluated fluctuations in the output signal of a densimeter, an in situ suspended-sediment measurement device based on a very sensitive differential pressure transducer. Although the densimeter produced accurate (less than 10% error) results in the laboratory for concentrations of 10-1,000 mg/L, there was a much larger fluctuation in the field test output signal. These fluctuations were hypothesized to have originated from fluctuations imparted by movement of bed material on the channel bottom. Measuring root mean square and mean velocities and corresponding pressure differences at locations in front of and behind a bluff body simulated movement of a body/bed form past a sampling point in a quasistatic manner. Position of the bluff body relative to the sample port resulted in differential pressure swings equivalent to 65,000 mg/L sediment concentration. Turbulent structure changed dramatically with position of the bluff body. Thus, pressure densitometry using a differential pressure transducer is likely not a reliable system for measuring sediment concentration under in-stream conditions, particularly near the channel bottom where bed forms and large objects may pass between the sample ports.


Feminist science studies is a relatively new and exciting field, Women, Science and Technology will fast become the definitive choice for readers seeking an introduction to the way feminism is changing science studies. These are republished essays from some of the top names in feminist science studies, including Sandra Harding, Evelyn Fox Keller, Ruth Hubbard, Emily Martin, Helen Longino, Bonnie Spanier, Ruth Perry and Rachel Maines.


Currently, the development of the chemical sensors applied in particular in the automobile industry to control the combustion process, becomes more and more important for economic reasons and to abate the atmospheric pollution. Several sensors are applied to detect different gas molecules produced or consumed during the oxidation of the combustibles materials like: O2, CO, CO2, H2O, SO2, SO3, Nox, CHx, etc. In order to realise the sensors controlling the volume of NO2 of the exhaust fumes in the exhaust pipe, we decided to study and characterise the basic materials used for this purpose, namely: WO3 and WO3/TiO2 thick layers with a thickness of 100-200 micrometers. The morphology, composition and the size of the sensor, from the viewpoint of its application, vary with different parameters, particularly with the variation of the elaboration conditions of the gas sensitive layer. The correlation between the experimental results allows us to understand the general behaviour of the WO3 and WO3/TiO2 thick layers from the aspect of the interaction of the two material types (WO3 and TiO2) on the one hand, and on other hand the sensing behaviour of these sensors in the presence of NO2. The spectroscopic and thermal studies allow us to recognise the importance of the TiO2 addition for the sensitivity of WO3 to NO2 and its stabilisation effect for the structure of the tungsten trioxide. On the basis of these results, we propose a microstructure for these mixed layers. Indeed, the layers are composed of polycristallin grains of WO3 interacting with the TiO2 grains forming chemical bonds at the domain of the interface. In this case, the addition of TiO2 leads to the structural stabilisation of the WO3 and increases the sensitivity of the layer for NO2.


Cleopatra has come, weeping, to the conclusion that her protector and lover Antony is dead. His body lies behind her on a grey bier, and his silent image hangs on screens throughout the space. Her rages, which have been the true squalls and tempests driving this naval drama to its tragic conclusion, begin to subside. She gathers her women around her to tell them that the time has come for suicide. Charmian, her trusty handmaid, is sent in search of the asp. Which, suddenly, she can not find. As Charmian runs laughing around the cavernous space, calling red-faced for the snake, Cleopatra and her remaining serving women dissolve in giggles. The actress Marieke Heebink dashes from staging area to staging area in the open-plan set, shifting our attention cinematically up and away from the intense zone around Cleopatra to a wide "shot" of the hangar-sized environment. The moment is suspended. It's an electrifying moment in Ivo van Hove's epic compilation Roman Tragedies as we realize, suddenly, that no death is free of absurdity. [Photo 1] And yet, this startling moment-and cause of moderate nervousness about a certain snake perhaps rustling under our seats-was itself a mistake. In a press conference the day after the performance, van Hove would cheerfully admit that the snake's box had gone missing in the universal way of wayward props, and the handler had discovered it in the time-honored tradition of nick-of-time technical saves. And yet, the director assured us, "We never worry, because there is nothing that can disturb this show." Van Hove can be confident because his Roman Tragedies, an edited marathon of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, has been constructed to be radically flexible. Ordinary rules of audience-performer interaction have been suspended, and with them go the fragility of a performance based on illusion. The Toneelgroep Amsterdam production at the Dialog Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, held hundreds of audience members in thrall-but not (and this is the crucial distinction) in the captivity we usually associate with the performing arts. On entering a cavernous space (in Wroclaw, an empty film studio), the audience sits on an immense bench of bleacher-seating, facing a floor covered in a maze of couches facing every which way. Among the sofas are desks and stepped platforms-all covered in ubiquitous flat, grey carpeting-and television sets and potted plants dot the floor. [Photo 2] Far in the back sits a television anchor's desk. We seem to be in either a soulless hotel lobby, a massive greenroom for a television news show, or an Ikea. Running down the extreme stage right and left sides of the stage, where wings would be in a conventional production, are long tables. Stage right are the make-up tables and video staging areas (we can tell because we see immense signs above each table); stage left is a long set-up that looks like a snack bar or cafeteria line, as well as a table with laptops and another with magazines. In nests quite near the audience on both sides are percussionists, ringed with gigantic tympani. The stage picture is flattened into a long "letterbox" rectangle by a huge screen, which hangs over the stage. From our perspective in the bleachers, fully half of our visual space is taken up by that screen, while along its bottom edge runs a red "ticker," the digital newsscroller familiar from the sides of buildings eager to let us know the latest DOW gains. Things begin conventionally enough. Shakespeare's Coriolanus gets off to its usual rollicking start, with the percussionists providing an aural din to simulate Rome's battles with Aufidius's forces. Women are occasionally cast in men's roles, although men and women alike stride about in terrifying, grey power suits. Fedja van Huet sulks beautifully as the moody general, and the stunning Frieda Pittoors rips into her speeches as his mother, Volumnia, her hair frozen in a Thatcherite swoop. …


1. Characteristics of the Korean language 2. Production of sounds 3. Basic concepts of phonology 4. Consonants 5. Vowels 6. Frequency trends of Korean sounds 7. Prosody 8. Phonological rules of Korean (I) 9. Phonological rules of Korean (II) 10. Loanword phonology.


Objective To study the effects of circadian mPeriod2(mPer2) gene over-expression on radiosensitivity of Lewis lung cancer cells(LLCs)in vitro.Method Lipofectamine-mediated gene transfection method was used to transfect mPer2 into LLCs.The expression of mPer2 was determined by PT-PCR and flow cytometry(FCM).After single 4 Gy~(60)Co-γ ray radiation,the distribution in cell cycle and apoptosis were analysed by FCM.PCNA protein expression was detected by immunohistochemistry and the colony-forming assay was used to show the cell proliferation and survival.Result mPer2-transfected Lewis lung cancer cell revealed such characteristics after~(60)Coγ ray radiation as followed: remarkable G_2/M phase arrest,decreasing the rate of apoptosis(pcDNA3.1-mPer2: 4.40±0.02;pcDNA3.1-vector: 11.20±0.07;control: 8.10±0.03;P0.05),increasing colony formation on plate(pcDNA3.1-mPer2:32%;pcDNA3.1-vector:11%;control:14%,P0.01)and strong expression of PCNA in immunohistochemistry(pcDNA3.1-mPer2:+++,pcDNA3.1-vector:+,control: +,P0.05).Conclusion Circadian mPer2 gene over-expression in Lewis lung cancer cell can decrease the rate of apoptosis,increase the cell proliferation,as a result,decrease the radiosensitivity of this cell line to radiation damage in vitro.


The present study aims at methodological grounding of the specific types of foreign language competences for non-philology faculty students enrolled in the First Foreign Language (English) course taught within the first (bachelor) level of the academic professional program 0.32 History and Archaeology. The suggested methodological and conceptual basis outlined in the research has a concrete practical application to address university language teachers in non-philology faculties, curricula designers, professionals, researchers or practitioners in the field of foreign language teaching. The competency-based foreign language author methodology is practically exemplified in the study as a collaborative teacher-student(s) foreign language learning experience to reinforce cognitive competences through brainstorming, intellectual communication and research via formative e-learning educational and methodological complex, its development and implementation. An overall history study is essentially focused on the concept of historical thinking, specifying such cognitive skills as significance, primary source evidence, continuity and change, cause and consequence, historical perspective-taking, the ethical dimension as key research matters of academic history discourse. The fundamental meaning-making aspects of historical accounts theoretically and empirically substantiate that history and historical knowledge are always culturally predetermined, dynamic and open to contestation and discussion. Within the conceptual-methodological model, the issue is open to a broad scientific analysis in terms of cognitive competences in professional history and archaeology settings as well as in the field of competency-based foreign language learning deploying spoken and written discourse for special purposes. Pragmatic competence encompasses discursive strategies of organizing and structuring the general and professional or specialised discourse in terms of its coherence, cohesion, thematic organization, logical reasoning, as well as functional action-oriented knowledge via general or professional-oriented communicative functions performing. From the foreign language studying perspective multimodality approach has clearly envisaged as progressive constituent for further research under the competency-based foreign language learning methodology to apply in non-linguistic specialties.


In order to reduce weight, steel materials are increasingly being substituted with aluminium materials. This is a tendency that has even expanded to use in safety devices. Therefore, aluminium products produced by massive forming gain more importance because of their high reliability. Nowadays, only few companies have the experience to forge aluminium alloys on mechanical presses at high deformation rates or know how to handle the problem of adhesion. Mechanical presses offering high deformation rates however are representative for the machine capacity of European SME forging shops.


Do international human rights treaties constrain governments from repressing their populations? Government authorities routinely ignore their international obligations, and countries with poor human rights records join international treaties and yet continue to violate rights. Contentious Compliance presents a new theory of treaty effects founded on the idea that governments repress as part of a domestic conflict with potential or actual dissidents. By introducing dissent actions like peaceful protests, strikes, boycotts, or direct violent attacks on government, Contentious Complianceimproves understanding of when states will violate rights-and when international laws will work to protect people. Formal theory and extensive data analyses show that when political leaders have the highest incentives to repress-namely when political leaders receive large benefits from retaining power and domestic courts are relatively poor at constraining the executive-human rights treaties alter the structure of the strategic conflict between political authorities and potential dissidents, significantly decreasing government repression and increasing the likelihood of mobilized dissent actions.


Accurate evapotranspiration data are needed to help deal with present and future water supply problems in Idaho and other areas of the western US. The Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and the University of Idaho developed procedures to compute and map evapotranspiration from Landsat satellite images. Landsat is used because it is the only operational satellite that collects thermal data and has a pixel size small enough to map individual agricultural fields. IDWR uses Landsat-based evapotranspiration data in hydrology, water resources planning, and water administration. Landsat thermal data are a critical part of the process for developing evapotranspiration data.


This paper describes a model for a virtual community of practice (VCP) to support faculty efforts to adopt research-based instructional strategies. The VCP was built on published recommendations for successful faculty development programs. The two leaders had expertise in the technical focus areas of chemical engineering and material science, as well as in engineering pedagogy. The participants were were full-time faculty members with a range of teaching experience and pedagogical expertise. Workshops were held using Internet conferencing software: the first 8 weekly workshops provided training in research-based pedagogy, and the second 8 biweekly workshops supported faculty efforts to implement chosen strategies in their courses. Significant improvement was measured via pre/post survey in the areas of familiarity and use of research-based pedagogy, as well as in perceived student motivation.


The influence of thermophysical properties of wall materials on energy performance and comfort in traditional building was investigated. The clay is the most commonly used sustainable building material. The study looked at the effects of the addition of pomace olive on the thermophysical properties of clay bricks to improve the energy efficiency of this ecological material. An experimental measurement of thermal properties of clay mixed with pomace olive was carried out by using the transient and steady state hot-plate and flash methods. The experimental methods are applied to measure the thermal properties of the composite material. The estimation of these thermal characteristics is based on a one dimensional model and the experimental errors are found less than 3%. The composite samples were prepared with different granular classes and mass fractions of the pomace olive in the mixture. The results show that the density of the new material was not substantially influenced by the size of the pomace olive. However, the thermal conductivity and diffusivity decrease from 0.65 W.m -1 .K -1 and 4.21×10 -7 m 2 .s -1 to 0.29 W.m -1 .K -1 and 2.47×10 -7 m 2 .s -1 , respectively, according to the variation of the volume fraction of pomace olive from 0 (pure clay) to 71% showing that the olive pomace can be used as effective secondary raw materials in the making of clay bricks.


The vanadium nitride complex [Na][NV(N['Bu]Ar) 3]
reacts with CO to produce the vanadium tris-anilide complex
V(N['Bu]Ar)3 and NaNCO. This is the first example of complete
denitrogenation of a termainal nitride complex with generation of a
lower coordinate metal complex. This reactivity contrasts sharply
with the reactivity of the niobium analogue, where the nitride
anion complex [Na][NNb(N['Bu]Ar) 3] is synthesized from the
reductive decarbonylation of the niobium(IV) isocyanate complex
(OCN)Nb(N['Bu]Ar) 3. Electrochemical studies of the niobium(IV) and
vanadium(IV) isocyanate (OCN)V(N['Bu]Ar) 3 complexes are presented.
The reactivity of the vanadium carbamate complex [(THF)
2Na][O2CNV(N['Bu]Ar) 3] with electrophilic reagents is presented.
The carbamate complex reacts readily with silylation and alkylation
reagents to form the carbamate ester complexes of the type
ROC(O)NV(N['Bu]Ar) 3. The vanadium carbamate complex reacts with
SO2 via a decarboxylation pathway to produce the sulforyl imido
complex [Na][O 2SNV(N['Bu]Ar)3], the solid-state structure of which
is presented. The reactivity of the vanadium carbamate complex with
typical dehydrating reagents, e.g organic acid anhydrides, is shown
to proceed cleanly when cobaltocene, acting as an in situ
reductant, is present to form the vanadium(IV) isocyanate complex
(OCN)V(N['Bu]Ar) 3. The synthesis and structure of the bimetallic
complex (TPP)MnOC(O)NV(N['Bu]Ar) 3 (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin) is
presented. Although thermally stable, the complex undergoes a
photochemical transformation that forms the vanadium isocyanate
complex and putative OMn(TPP), which reacts with triphenylphosphine
in the reaction mixture to produce triphenylphosphine oxide. The
synthesis the niobium carbamate complex [Na][O 2CNNb(N['Bu]Ar) 3]
from the reaction of [Na][NNb(N[Bu]Ar) 3] with CO2 is presented.
Its solid-state structure in the form of the ionpair [(12-crown-4)
2Na][O2CNNb(N['Bu]Ar) 3] has been determined. Reaction of the
niobium carbamate complex with organic acid anhydrides results in
the production of five-coordinate carboxylate, acetate complexes
(RC(O)O)(OCN)Nb(N['Bu]Ar) 3. The reduction of these complexes by
two electrons results in the regeneration of the niobium nitride
complex (60-80% yield) with concomitant release of CO (30-60%
yield). This three-step process represents a highly controlled
conversion of CO2 to CO via a ligand-based strategy. The reactivity
of CO2 with anionic complexes featuring terminal multiply bonded
ligands is extended to the oxo anion complex [(Et
2O)2Li][OTi(N['Bu]Ar) 3] resulting in the formation of the
carbonate complex ([Li][O 2COTi(N['Bu]Ar) 3]) 6. The binding of CO2
to the oxo complex is reversible when 12-crown-4 is bound to the
lithium countercation or if the complex is dissolved in THF. The
thermodynamic parameters for the CO2 binding equilibrium have been
measured. Exchanging the lithium countercation for sodium or
potassium results in a significant weakening of the CO2 binding
ability of the oxo complex.


To compare the sonographic results, clinicopathologic characteristics, and biomarkers in pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast and DCIS with microinvasion.


A methyl ester of cottonseed oil was prepared and blended with diesel in four different compositions varying from 5% to 20% in steps of 5%. Tests were conducted in a single cylinder variable compression ratio diesel engine at a constant speed of 1500 rpm. Highest brake thermal efficiency and lowest specific fuel consumption were observed for 5% biodiesel blend for compression ratio of 15 and 17 and 20% biodiesel blend for compression ratio of 19. The 20% biodiesel blend at a compression ratio of 17 had maximum nitric oxide emission as 205 ppm, while it was 155 ppm for diesel. Substantial reduction in Carbon monoxide emissions and smoke in the full range of compression ratio and loads was observed. Improved heat release characteristics were observed for the prepared biodiesels. The results reveal that the biodiesels can be used safely without any modification to the engine.


The use of geopolymers as matrix in composites with syntactical fibers have been studied and proposed in the literature. Nonetheless, for the best know of the authors, there are no researches about the use of geopolymers as matrix in composites with natural fibers. The use of natural fibers is increasing in the automotive industries. One of the problems to expand the use of natural fibers in composite materials is the low fire resistance of the classical type of polymers. In this sense, geopolymeric matrices open up horizons for this type of application. This paper studies composites with geopolymeric matrices reinforced with two types of natural fibers: sisal (Agave Sisalana) and pineapple leaf fiber (PALF-Ananas Comosus). The mechanical properties of these new composites are investigated by mechanical tests. The results confirm the increasing in the mechanical performance whenever the fibers are under traction stress.


The development of tourism in ethnic areas has not only created job opportunities for the female and increased their economic income but also brought obvious changes in their ideas about their own gender.Their understanding of their potentials has improved remarkably.Traditional and modern ideas coexist while their self-reliance has been enhanced in general.


Good audit quality can improve the quality of financial statements and the trust of the users. This study aims to analyze the effect of Audit Fee (FEE), Audit Tenure (TNR), Audit Rotation (ROT), and Public Accounting Firm Reputation (RPT) on Audit Quality (QLT) and analyze the effect of the Audit Committee (CMT) in moderating FEE, TNR, ROT, and RPT on QLT. The research sample used purposive sampling method in financial sector service companies listed on the IDX in 2017-2022 and there were 36 companies with 216 data. The data analysis method used SPSS 25 and Eviews 13. The results showed that FEE and ROT had no effect on QLT. TNR has an effect on QLT. RPT has a negative effect on QLT. CMT strengthens the effect of TNR on QLT. CMT cannot moderate the effect of RPT on QLT. The novelty of this research is that it modifies the audit committee measurement from previous research. This research has implications for financial sector service companies so that the Audit Committee in appointing Public Accounting Firm should consider the length of time Public Accounting Firm has been engaged with the same company in a row.


WHAT obligation does a stepfather have for his stepchild? This question, raised from time to time by a case worker in planning for the treatment of one of her families, calls for a study of the legal position of the stepfather in relation to his stepchild. Although social workers are usually informed about the relation between the parent and his child, as to the stepparent?his obligations and his rights regarding his stepchild?their knowledge is usually vague. The question may be raised as to why such information has any value for a case worker. The problem arises so seldom that many case workers have not even become aware of it. There is little demand for this information. While it is no doubt true that in a large number of cases the legal position of the stepfather in relation to his stepchild is not important, in certain ones exact knowledge as to the stepfather's obligation becomes fundamental in planning for the family. In one situation, mentioned by a worker who was giving service to a family, a middle-aged colored woman complained that her "no 'count" second husband just never gave her money, or at least not more than a dollar or two a week, and she and her two boys couldn't get along on that. These two sons were both in school; one, age eleven, was about to finish grammar school and just had to have "nice clothes for junior high." The mother had suffered from heart trouble for several years and had been receiving help from the relief agency prior to her marriage to her second husband. She and her two sons got along comfortably then with a regular income, even though small. However, when Mr. Black joined the family while he was temporarily out of work, and married the mother, the relief


A new monitoring instrument (automatic GPS) was used to understand the relationship between the stability of landslide and the hydrological triggering factors in the process of reservoir filling. These factors were drawn from a study that reported on the relationship between surface movement and hydrological triggers of a typical reservoir landslide (Yanziping landslide) in Jiudian Gorge Reservoir (JGR). A Fast Moving Zone (FMZ) can be spatially identified from the Main Deformation Zone (MDZ), and the temporal evolution of the landslide consists of a progression in time with short periods of Fast Movement (FM) and longer periods of slower movement. The results indicate that three FMs could be identified, which are triggered by different factors. The continuous rapid water rise will definitely trigger FMs with the rainfall being the secondary role and the longer duration of rapid water rise is not conducive to the stability of landslide in the phase of 70 similar to 100 m. Rapid drawdown of reservoir water level also triggers FMs from 100 to 130 m. Besides, there is a lag time of approximately 5 days between FMs and rapid water rise. A most dangerous water level for the landslide movement also can be identified approximately 80 m. The sliding mode was changed by reservoir water storage. Near-real-time monitoring by GPS can provide more reliable and timely data, which is significantly important for disaster prevention and mitigation.


DESCRIPTION: Medieval commentaries typically included an accessus, a standardized introduction to an author or book. In the twelfth century these introductions were anthologised, referred to now as Accessus ad auctores. They served as the first handbooks of literary criticism. The earliest and most comprehensive example, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 19475, saec. XII,is presented here for the first time in a faithful critical edition, with a new translation and explanatory notes addressing different aspects of the text. This book's aim is to present an accurate version of the text while respecting the arrangement and integrity of the anthology as a whole, and includes previously unpublished material from the anthology.


Three new complexes BPh2(mqp) (1), Al(CH3)(mqp)2 (2), and Al(mqp)3 (3) have been synthesized and characterized, where mqp = 2-(4'-methylquinolinyl)-2-phenolato. The mqp ligand in compounds 1 and 2 act as a chelate ligand, while in compound 3 it acts as both a chelate ligand and a terminal ligand. The boron center in 1 has tetrahedral geometry, while the aluminum ion in 2 and 3 has trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. In CH2Cl2 solution, these compounds emit a green, a green-blue, and a whitish blue color (λ = 514, 515, 497 nm), respectively, when irradiated by UV light. In the solid state, these three compounds emit a green, a blue, and a whitish blue color, respectively (λ = 520, 474, 500 nm). Electroluminescent devices using compound 3 as an emitter have been fabricated.


In consideration of the combined present research situation of vegetable oil as minimum quantity lubrication( M QL) base oil domestically and abroad,the lubricating property of palm oil as base oil in comparison w ith liquid paraffin w as explored. In the experiment,a numerical control precision surface grinder w as used for plain grinding on a nickel base alloy w orkpiece. The effect of adding M o S2 nanoparticle w ith a particle size of 50 nm w as studied. Four types of grinding w orking conditions w ere applied: dry grinding,flood lubrication,M QL,and nanoparticle jet M QL. Grinding force,particle size,viscosity of nanofluids,and w orkpiece surface roughness w ere measured. The experimental results indicate that palm oil-based nanofluids added w ith M o S2 nanoparticles produce the best lubricating property in the nanoparticle jet M QL condition because of the high saturated fatty acid and high film-forming property of carboxyl groups in palm oil.


The coronavirus (COVID-19), which arrived in early 2020, is transforming the way people live and work, as well as affecting businesses and organizations in every industry. In the hospitality sectors, employees play a decisive role in ensuring that guests have an enjoyable stay. Therefore, it is essential for each employee to strive for work improvement. This study looked at how job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior were affected by green human resource management and quality of life at work. There were 149 responses to the survey. Instrumental tests like validity and reliability and hypothesis testing with SPSS and SEM program analysis were used to analyze this research. In order to confirm the instrument's validity and dependability, this study examines employee perceptions at Hotel Mercure Jakarta. The findings demonstrated that job satisfaction, quality of work life, and organizational citizenship behavior are all positively impacted by green human resource management.