A multi-lingual translation system that provides multiple output sentences for a given word or phrase. Each output sentence for a given word or phrase reflects, for example, a different emotional emphasis, dialect, accents, loudness or rates of speech. A given output sentence could be selected automatically, or manually as desired, to create a desired effect. For example, the same output sentence for a given word or phrase can be recorded three times, to selectively reflect excitement, sadness or fear. The multi-lingual translation system includes a phrase-spotting mechanism, a translation mechanism, a speech output mechanism and optionally, a language understanding mechanism or an event measuring mechanism or both. The phrase-spotting mechanism identifies a spoken phrase from a restricted domain of phrases. The language understanding mechanism, if present, maps the identified phrase onto a small set of formal phrases. The translation mechanism maps the formal phrase onto a well-formed phrase in one or more target languages. The speech output mechanism produces high-quality output speech. The speech output may be time synchronized to the spoken phrase using the output of the event measuring mechanism.


The significant advantage of using magnesium as a surgical implant is its ability to biodegrade in situ, eliminating the requirement for implant removal surgery. However, investigating biomedical implant fabrication processes required the study analyses from the perspective of the process plan and environmental impact for better sustainable solutions. In the present study, magnesium and hydroxyapatite-based composite material have been selected for fabricating the bio-medical implant. The real-time data has been observed in the production processes. The environmental impacts of the produced bio-implant material are compared with those of the bio-implant produced using friction-stir processing and laser-based powder metallurgy. It is observed from the analysis that conventional methods can be utilized for making bio-medical implants cost-effectively after careful modifications in the process sequence and parameters. The environmental impact analysis provided a detailed visualization of major hotspots and supported effective decision-making toward improving the production process. At the same time, the comparative analysis provides a clear picture of the hotspots in the bio-implant production processes. The study compared the environmental impact of two bio-implant production processes and provided valuable insights to reduce overall cost and improve environmental impact across the supply chain. A bio-implant prototype has been made with a cheaper alternative to additive manufacturing.


The biological uptake of heavy metals can be used as a potential technology for the treatment of heavy-metals contaminated solutions, due to its cost, usually smaller than the ones associated to conventional technologies, or due to its competitiveness in terms of efficiency and operational suitability. The recent literature reports a few examples of this biotechnology, with the use of plants (Drake et al., 1996)) seaweeds (da Costa and de FranCa, 1996a; Fourest and Volesky, 1996), yeast (Singleton and Simmons, 1996) and sewage sludge (Solari et al., 1996). The relevant parameters for the process are dependent on the accumulating material used, as well as the metal accumulated, and the process involved surface or intracellular uptake, precipitation, metallic nucleation, and so on. The suitability of the process, for the treatment of a specific solution, is dictated by the reaction apparatus used, being conventionally used fixed-bed reactors, such as conventional columns that use ion-exchange resins for the same purpose. However, when the specific purpose is to use microorganisms in the biosorption process, the use of such a type of reactor is very restricted, basically due to the necessity to immobilize the microbial cells in polymeric materials, probably not economically feasible for this sort of process. Based on this assumption, the purpose of the present work is to promote the immobilization of a cyanobacterium (S'irulina maxima) and a green microalgae (Tetraselmis chuii), both with a high cadmium uptake capacity, making it viable their use in fixed-bed reactors. The trial immobilization protocol is based on the adherence of the microbial cells on the surface of two selected seaweeds: the brown seaweed Sargassum sp. (a promising cadmium biosorbent material) and the green seaweed Ulva sp. (a poor cadmium biosorbent material). This association showed to be an useful tool for making it feasible the process in fixed-bed reactors, improving the uptake capacity of the non-inert immobilization supports for the accumulation of cadmium.


In this paper, we propose a parallel, unified model for the indexing and retrieval by content of multimedia data using a weighted cascade. [4] Each multimedia data type can be viewed as k-dimensional (k-d) data in spatiotemporal domain. [3] Each dimension of the data is separated into small blocks and then formed into a multidimensional tree structure, called a k-tree. Using the ktree structure, the retrieval time improves while the retrieval accuracy remains relatively constant. Moreover, since we can realize all types of multimedia data using the same ktree data structure, the data indexing and retrieval algorithms are uniform. In this paper, we demonstrate a parallel algorithm with a weighted cascade that can be used with the uniform model. The parallel processing and weighted cascade algorithm improve the retrieval time. We evaluated the performance results of multimedia database queries using a Beowulf-class cluster of workstations. [1] The experimental results indicate that the retrieval accuracy improves with the utilized tree depth, while the parallel processing minimizes the retrieval time.


Summary:  Purpose: To identify prognostic factors for freedom from seizures and long‐term retention of treatment in patients receiving lamotrigine (LTG).


Transformer inrush current can cause the voltage drop by source impedance. The accurate modeling and analysis for inrush current is first step to limit the inrush current and improve the power quality. This paper presents the modeling of transformer inrush current by EMTP-RV using Jeju power system, Korea. The method to model the hysteresis curve of transformer in EMTP-RV is discussed. Simulations demonstrate the verification of modeling of inrush current by comparing the data recorded in field with simulation values and analyzing the harmonics of inrush current.


—Various studies have been conducted to analyze social media data in real time and to extract events in the real world. A benefit of analysis using data with position information is that it can accurately extract the event from a target area to be analyzed. However, because the proportion of data with position information in social media data is small, the amount to analyze is insufficient in almost areas. In other words, the problem indicates that we cannot fully extract most events. Therefore, efficient analytical methods are necessary for accurate extraction of events with position information, even in areas with few data. For this research, we conducted an experiment using information interpolation to estimate the times for biological season observation using tweets with Twitter location information. Then we evaluated its effectiveness. Herein, we explain results obtained using interpolated information and analysis of cherry blossoms in Japan in 2016.


Full-wave simulations of 2D periodic arrays using the Method of Moments (MoM) are investigated. A method based on plane wave decomposition is used to fill the MoM impedance matrix. For pair of basis and testing functions that are close to each other, a singular term is removed before extrapolating the value of the impedance matrix using a Taylor expansion. The two main advantages of this method are the easy computation of the derivative of the impedance matrix involved in the Taylor expansion and the fact that the singularity extraction can be performed once for all phase shifts between consecutive unit cells. The latter property proves to be useful when the Array Scanning Method (ASM) is to be used.


Abstract : The primary objective of this investigation was to determine the feasibility of using conducting, iodinated polymers as cathode materials for high energy-density, high power-density electrochemical cells with lithium as the anode. The following nitrogen-bearing, conjugated polymers were either prepared or were purchased: 2-polyvinylpyridine, cyclized polyacrylonitrile, aniline black, paracyanogen, polyquinoxaline and polybenzimidizole. Only the first three polymers exhibited high electrical conductivity when reacted with iodine.


A technique for generation of three-dimensionally modified dark-hollow-beams has been reported here. Manipulation of the three-dimensional spatial frequencies for the dark-hollow-beams, its nature can be altered and theoretically it can be made any shape in space retaining its dark-hollow nature and the optical vortex. The mask needed to generate such a beam must be three dimensional one and can be achieved using stack of diffractive-optical-elements. Two different examples of such beams have been discussed. Use of such beam in optical tweezers can guide a particle to bend over an obstruction in its path.


Pelletization is an agglomeration process which converts fine granules or powders of bulk drugs into small, free-flowing, spherical units, known as pellets. The pelletization can be achieved either through agitation, compaction (extrusion-spheronization), drug layering and globulation. Among the various pelletization techniques extrusion–spheronization process is preferred over other methods for the preparation of pellets as it allows the incorporation of the higher amount of drug, modified physical characteristics of the drug (density, sphericity, narrow size distribution, smoother surface) and multiple drugs can be easily combined in the same unit. This current review summarizes the findings or investigations by the researchers on various variables, including process parameters, equipment parameters and formulation parameters influencing the quality of pellets. The article also focuses on process optimization and additives used in pellets formulation. To prepare the current review search criterion used was the parameters affecting final pellet characterization in the extrusion spheronization process. The sources were peer-reviewed relevant scientific articles of recognized journals.


The invention relates to a microwave plasma device for preparing a large-area solar battery piece silicon film. The microwave plasma device comprises an equipower narrow-slot panel, a reaction cavity, multiple circuits of microwave sources and multiple circuits of microwave transmission systems, wherein the top of the reaction cavity is provided with a quartz glass plate, the quartz glass plate is arranged below the equipower narrow-slot panel, the microwave sources and the microwave transmission systems are arranged above the equipower narrow-slot panel side by side, a battery piece driving system is arranged inside the reaction cavity, microwaves generated by the microwave sources can excite the surface wave plasma on the lower surface of the quartz glass plate below the equipower narrow-slot panel after passing through the microwave transmission system, and the reaction cavity is provided with a vacuumizing port and a working gas introduction port. The microwave plasma device is suitable for preparing a battery piece in a large area and can form a production line with other reaction cavities, so that the productivity of the large-area battery piece can be greatly improved.


1978 Turkish Fertility Survey data were used in this study and the main findings were the following. The percentage of breastfed children born within the 3 years prior to the date of the survey was 89.1%. The percentage of second-to-youngest children who were breastfed was 92.66% while the same figure was 93.32% for the last child; the mean duration of breastfeeding was 11.91, 16.89, and 15.87 months, respectively. Unwanted children were breastfed for a longer period of time than those who were wanted because of the contraceptive effect of breastfeeding. Study results indicate that breastfeeding continued longer among those women with less education. The duration of breastfeeding gradually declined from East Anatolia to the west and from the villages to the cities. A positive relation was found between the duration of breastfeeding and mother's age and boys were breastfed for longer than girls. A statistically significant relation between breastfeeding duration and infant mortality was found in the closed interval but all other independent variables considered jointly, however, provided an explanation for only 13.6% of the changes in breastfeeding. It is suggested that many variables which could not be included in the scope of this survey affect the process of breastfeeding. (author's modified)


Periodontal disease is closely related to the pathogenesis of systemic diseases, including a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Many studies have shown that the determination of secretory immunoglobulin sIgA, total protein amount and concentration of proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β, is a crucial factor in establishing immunodeficiency state of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity. The aim – to explore the features of the performance of local immunity in oral levels of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β, containing sIgA and total protein in mixed saliva of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with generalized periodontitis. Materials and methods. The study involved 63 patients with COPD and 30 healthy individuals aged 40 to 80 years who underwent: questionnaire, clinical, functional, periodontal examination, multislice computed tomography (MSCT) maxilla facial area and immunological studies. Results. It was found that patients with COPD clinical groups B, C and D leading place among the ranks of dental diseases periodontal pathology, clinically manifested symptoms of generalized periodontitis II severity and its complications secondary adentia requiring treatment except sanifying oral widespread use of orthopedic care given patients. An additional adverse factor that suppresses the immune response in COPD is the use of inhaled corticosteroids, which on the one hand have a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, and on the other hand inhibit antibody synthesis and essential factors of local protection. Conclusions. Established that the lowest concentration of immunological markers of inflammation in the mixed saliva IL-1β and sIgA detected in the clinical group D, which is an unfavorable factor of generalized periodontitis and COPD, as evidenced by a decrease in the possibility of forming an adequate immune response to microbial antigens of the oral cavity, in turn leads to the colonization of pathogens bronchopulmonary system. In the studied patients deviation of immunological parameters in mixed saliva inflammation related diseases in both COPD and generalized periodontitis and age-related changes in the body, which showed the results of control studies in healthy individuals age group (40 to 80 years).


Cloud segmentation of remotely sensed multispectral images is an important topic not only for weather forecast but, more in general, for establishing when the sensed data actually relate to the soil so that can be reliably used for some monitoring purpose. In this work, leveraging on the capability of convolutional neural networks to accurately approximate complex relationships between raw data and higher-level products, we propose a U-Net-like solution conceived for Sentinel-2 images. In order to face the scarsity of training data, a proper domain adaptation strategy has been pursued, which resorts to a labeled Landsat-8 dataset. Preliminary results show a consistent improvement over standard tools.


Cookery books are governed by their own laws not only in the choice of vocabulary and fixed expressions, but also grammar and style. Their translations should accordingly not only be linguistically impeccable and technically accurate, but also read as if written by a professional. This paper discusses how the employment of corpus tools can help choose the most appropriate collocation or turn of phrase and validate hypotheses concerning crucial but nonsalient grammatical choices (such as the presence or absence of articles, or preference for singular or plural), stylistic, spelling and punctuation conventions. Several categories of snares lurking for the translator will be outlined with the help of a self-compiled corpus (1m tokens, <12k types), key characteristics of English-language recipes discussed, and numerous concrete examples vindicating the brownie points gained through analyses of recipe websites and cookery software in ways different from those envisaged by their creators in teaching ESP and specialized translation presented from the author's over decade-long experience.1 1 A shorter version of this paper was presented at engcorpora 2015: English Linguistics and Corpora: Research Issues and Language Teaching Innovations, Université Paris Est Créteil Val-de-Marne on April 9, 2015. Some of the examples and discussion had appeared in (Paradowski 2010). 1 Food and culture Food is perhaps the most distinctive expression of an ethnic group, a culture, or, in modern times, a nation. —A. Sonnenfeld, Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present (1999: xvi) Food constitutes an inextricable part of our lives; more than being a purely biological necessity, it has been claimed to play a central role in many cultures (Counihan & Van Esterik 1997). Roland Barthes went as far as to assert that "an entire 'world' (social environment) is present in and signified by food" (1961/1997:23), assigning to food a 'commemorative' function: when people prepare meals according to the customs prevalent in their society, they can experience the tradition and past of their country, which had been passed from generation to generation ensuring the continuity of culinary customs. Thus by connecting contemporary times with the practices of our ancestors, food can be viewed as a tool helping preserve the culture of a society (e.g. just like African Americans cultivate their roots and culture through their cooking traditions; Hughes 1980). Culture determines not only what, but also how people eat. In his influential work L'Origine des manières de table Claude Lévi-Strauss analysed "how the cooking of a society is a language in which it unconsciously translates its structure" (1968/1997:35) – in his view, similarly to language, cooking is a society's means of self-expression, and "in any cuisine, nothing is simply cooked, but


As a result of complex socio-economic pressures a new pattern of medical practice is emerging which promises to alter the entire scene, especially that of psychiatry. One facet of this pattern is the trend toward the organization of specialists into a collaborative clinical group, thus making available to their collective clientele expert medical and surgical care. This development of the medical group movement is in part a consequence of the increasing need and public demand for specialist care. In addition, physicians recognize the efficiency, economy, and professional advantages inherent in group practice. In an attempt to mitigate the rising and often prohibitive cost of specialist care, the health insurance principle has evolved, giving further impetus to the formation of increasing numbers of medical groups that offer a prepaid medical care program to their clientele. And now with the very real possibility of some form of national health insurance, the prospect of unprecedented acceleration to the group practice movement is seen. Psychiatrists would be included in these clinic groups, giving psychiatry a manifestly invaluable vantage point. But would the other consequences of statefinanced psychiatry outweigh this benefit? Since American psychiatrists have had no experience with psychiatry under a statesubsidized plan and since the Ewing plan has not specifically defined the role of psychiatry in the National Health Program, we can only inf#{231}r from whatever knowledge and experience we can collectively pool what the future might offer in this changing universe of medical practice, and then make some f ormal representation to the authors of S-1679, the National Health Bill. It can be categorically stated that the practice of medicine in this changing order must reflect the general economic flux, and that


: High resolution spatio-temporal observations of noise storms in the meter wavelength range show the existence of many center-limb effects. We show that these effects cannot be interpreted without appealing to scattering effects which must take place close to the primary source of electromagnetic radiation. This contradicts STEREO-1 observations of very directional radiation which require that the scattering takes place far from the primary source, in order to be consistent with the observed source sizes. Using other results of the STEREO-1 Experiment, we suggest a model for the noise storm region in which the Type I bursts are emitted by gyromagnetic radiation of elec tron packets. The emission is very directional and oriented in the di rection of the local magnetic field. The various center-limb effects and the spatio-temporal behavior can be explained using strong scatte ring effects in a fibrous medium. space time and 0.1s) the existence of "movin bursts" whose peak intensity move during their lifetime. These bursts on the It is possible to show that this is due to propagation effects that must take place very close to the primary source The STEREO-1 that the Type I beam is than about sets an upper limit the of classical isotropic angular scattering suffered the is + 12° overall. wider as scattered images of point sources, center-limb distribution of the moving bursts. We conclude


Car accidents are one of the major causes of death in modern society and sleepiness is identified as one major risk factor. The purposes of the present study were: (1) to relate the sleep loss and driving time to a performance indicator and (2) to identify risk factors of performance decrement. We investigated 294 drivers (age < 30 years, n=100; age ≥ 30 years, n=194) who drove into a rest stop area. All were asked to fill out a questionnaire about the drive and previous sleep/wake pattern, and to carry out a 10 min, simple reaction time (RT) test. The level of performance is identified by the 10% slowest RTs. Multiple regression analysis, with the mean of the 10% Slowest RTs as the dependent variable, showed that age, duration of drive, and duration (shortness) of previous breaks were the main predictors. Our study suggests that public awareness may need to be raised with respect excessive length of driving, especially in young drivers.


Birth defects are common, costly, and contribute substantially to infant mortality. The South Carolina Birth Defects Program (SCBDP) employs active population‐based surveillance to monitor major birth defects statewide. We evaluated SCBDP's system attributes using published CDC guidelines.


The invention relates to a method for treating wet paper by using a paper shredder with a touch protection function. The method comprises the steps that (A) when a user touches a touch sensing bar on the paper shredder while holding the wet paper in the hands and feeding the paper into a paper inlet of the paper shredder, a microcontroller in the paper shredder detects a human touch signal through a touch detection circuit, and controls a motor to be de-energized through a switching circuit; (B) after the human touch signal which is detected by the microcontroller through the touch detection circuit exists for a period of time, the microcontroller controls the motor to be energized to work through the switching circuit until a paper touch sensing circuit detects that the paper does not exist in the paper inlet, then recovers the touch protection function and controls the motor to be de-energized after time is delayed by 1-3 seconds.


Astronomical phenomena fascinate people from the very beginning of mankind up to today. They have a enthusiastic effect, especially on young people. Among the most amazing and well-known phenomena are the sun and moon eclipses. The impact factor of such events is very high, as they are being covered by mass media reports and the Internet, which provides encyclopedic content and discussion in social networks. The principal optics and photonics topics that can be included in such lessons originate from geometrical optics and the basic phenomena of reflection, refraction and total internal reflection. Lenses and lens systems up to astronomical instruments also have a good opportunity to be presented. The scientific content can be focused on geometrical optics but also diffractive and quantum optics can be incorporated successfully. The author will present how live streams of the moon eclipses can be used to captivate the interest of young listeners for optics and photonics. The gathered experience of the last two moon eclipses visible from Germany (on Dec, 21 2010 and Jun, 15 2011) will be considered. In an interactive broadcast we reached visitors from more than 135 countries.


Body temperature is important in determining individual performance in ectotherms such as lizards. Environmental temperature decreases with increasing altitude, but nevertheless many lizards inhabit high-altitude environments. The 'thermal melanism hypothesis' proposes that a dark dorsal coloration enables darker individuals to heat up faster because they absorb more solar radiation and thus being darker may be advantageous in cold habitats. The aim of the present study is to evaluate how heating rate, cooling rate and net heat gain vary with body size and dorsal skin coloration in Sceloporus grammicus lizards along an altitudinal gradient. We measured these traits multiple times in the same individuals with a radiation heat source and spectrophotometry under laboratory conditions. Our results showed that S. grammicus lizards are smaller and darker at high elevations than at low elevations. In addition, the smallest and darkest lizards showed the greatest heating rate and net heat gain. Therefore, in S. grammicus, we suggest that small body size and dark dorsal coloration provide thermoregulatory benefits in high-altitude environments. Hence, this study supports the thermal melanism hypothesis in a lizard species under varied thermal environments.


Context: In medical education, statistics is part of the core training to enable the students to plan, design, analyze, and interpret the experimental data. It is believed that attitudes toward statistics play an important role in learning statistics. Aims: We conducted this study to assess the attitudes toward statistics among undergraduate medical and dentistry students. Settings and Design: This cross-sectional study was done among 3rd-year medical students and 4th-year dentistry students in a private medical college in Malaysia. Subjects and Methods: We employed purposive sampling and invited the 3rd-year medical students and the 4th-year dentistry students before the commencement of the biostatistics course. A total of 206 students participated in this study. We utilized SATS-36 scale which consisted of 36 items that were divided into six subscales such as affect, cognitive competence, value, difficulty, interest, and effort. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and Spearman's rho correlation. Results: The students had positive attitudes toward statistics in most of the domains of SATS-36 except difficulty. There were no significant differences of attitudes toward statistics between male and female students. However, male students had a significantly higher mean score in the interest domain (mean difference 0.40 [95% confidence interval 0.07, 0.74]). Conclusions: The undergraduate medical and dentistry students had positive attitudes toward statistics, but the students found that statistics is a difficult subject. Hence, the instructors need to understand the student's attitudes and create effective learning strategies which not only provide knowledge and skills but also change student's attitudes toward the desired direction.


The aim of this Paper is to bring some reflections on how the Vision / Approach of Interdisciplinar Education can help build the attitude necessary towards a new global Ethics for sustainable development. Reverence for Life and space for the creative aspects of the Being can bring innovations alined to the sense of sustainability beyond the mere need to comply with regulations, but rather, the spontaneous will to adopt Universal Ethical Principles. Research has shown that this attitude is the result of inner transformation, an opportunity which is offered to both, teachers and students, through Interdisciplinary Education, in an environment of mutual trust and respect, helping develop awareness of the Being during the creative process. This attitude will be carried to the personal, academic and professional performance in any field of knowledge, bringing long lasting effects for humanity, as a whole.


An axial-flow fan rotor was tested with four configurations of tip-annulus-area blockage to speeds as high as 0.8 of design speed. The rotor performance with the four blockage configurations is compared with the unblocked rotor performance and with blockage configurations previously investigated. The blockage configurations enable the rotor to operate in a stable condition, to much lower flows than the unblocked rotor, with no evidence of rotating stall. The blockage configurations were effective in reducing rotor torque and weight flow but were accompanied by reductions in pressure ratio and efficiency.


Microsoft recommends ActiveX as the method of access data.It is built as interface between OLE DB and high horizon data and can access all kinds of data.This paper mainly introduces the strong point of virtual instrument panel design,the characteristic of graphics language LabVIEW,the main properties and events,the characteristic of ActiveX,design steps and the application of ActiveX in virtual instrument panels design.


A fi stulous tract between the stomach and the spleen is a rare manifestation. Spontaneous gastrosplenic fi stula formation resulting from primary gastric lymphoma is extremely rare and should be managed as an emergency. To date, four gastrosplenic fi stulas originating from gastric lymphoma have been reported, of which three were spontaneous and one occurred following chemotherapy. We report a case of spontaneous gastrosplenic fi stula in a 35 years-old-man with gastric malignant B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who was diagnosed by computed tomography and endoscopically, followed by successful treatment with total gastrectomy and splenectomy.


Human tear lipocalin (TL), or von Ebner's gland protein, accounts for about 15–33% of the protein in tears.1–4 TL has been identified in lacrimal gland, von Ebner's gland, prostate, nasal and tracheal mucosa and skin.5–12 TL was recognized as a member of the lipocalin family when its primary sequence was determined.7,13,14 Lipocalins form a functionally diverse group of proteins with extremely varied amino acid sequences, yet some similar structural properties (Fig. 1). Eight strands (A-H) are arranged in a β-barrel and are joined by loops between the β-strands.15–19 Many of the lipocalins, including TL, are believed to function as dimers.20,21 There are highly conserved regions that are important to ligand affinity and lipocalin stability. Most lipocalins have 1–3 disulfides bonds and one in particular is conserved and may play a role in modulating ligand binding.15,22 A completely conserved tryptophan on the A strand is implicated in ligand binding and prevention of oxidation of retinol, as well as protein stability of various lipocalins.23,24


The present invention is ion-exchanged lithium form of the honeycomb-to having a spinel structure relates to a manganese oxide adsorbent and a method of producing the general formula (1) (I) Li Synthesizing a (wherein, 1≤n≤1.33, 0≤x≤0.33, n≤1 + x Im) of the precursor powder; Comprising: a binder was added to the precursor powders to form a mixture by mixing uniformly; A step of heat-treating the mixture was molded into a honeycomb shape; And the step of acid treatment of the formed mixture; ion exchange type of the honeycomb type comprising a lithium-process for producing a manganese oxide sorbent and manufactured according to such a method, a lithium ion only selective honeycomb form of ions to adsorb to exchange the lithium- It provides a manganese oxide adsorbent.


The aim of this article is to examine Frege's view of the context principle in his mature philosophical doctrine. Here, the author argues that the context principle is embodied in the contextual explanation of value-ranges presented in Basic Laws of Arithmetic. The contextual explanation of value-ranges plays essentially the same role as the context principle in The Foundations of Arithmetic. It is supposed to show how a reference to natural numbers is possible. Moreover, the author argues against the view that the context principle should be separated from the recarving thesis. This aspect of Frege's view leads the author to the rejection of the purely referential view of the context principle, which is fairly widely accepted in the current literature.


In this paper, we have examined how the South and North Korea Army were configurated and what characteristics they had in two Korean war novels so that we could find out the characteristics of those novels published during the Korean War. It was based on the idea chat examining how the South and Notth Korea Army were configurated in those novels could enable us to clarify the characteristics of works in this period since the novels were mostly about the South and North Korea Army. The South Korean war novels during the Korean War were characterized by diversity. It was true that many Korean war novels were written to raise the morale and fighting power for the victory, but we could find some other novels showing the reality of the war itself through the configuration of various characters. We could find a realistic description of the many-sided aspects on the South and North Korea military was made, which could be an important characteristic of the South Korean war novels. The characters of the North Korean war novels were ,in contrast, characterized by simplicity. Most of the works were given weight by the sole purpose of raising the morale. Characters were configurated according to a fundamental schema that the North Korea Army appearing in the novels was the good force and the South Korea Army as an evil one. Consequently, characters tended to be typed, with themes stereotyped, which led novels to monotony. It was ceratin that the North Korean works conformed the Kim, Il-sung's instruction thoroughly whose keynotes were 'to configurate the heroic deeds and stubbornness of the People's Army and to express abhorrence against enemy correctly.' This trait of the North Korean war novels
made a fundamental difference between two Korean literature. The characteristics of two Korean war novels have been compared and examined by the same criteria so far. This task enabled us, to some extent, to examine the effect that the Korean War had on two Korean literature and got us to realize the serious heterogeneity between two Korean novels. I will examine the characteristics and heterogeneous aspects of two Korean war novels by the study on how the works connected with the Korean War have been developed since the truce. This study could be an important job in preparing for the unification through the reconciliation and the improvement of the relationship between two countries.


Tbis article discusses tbe process and metbods of bistorical research in relation to occupational tberapy. Tbe paper reviews tbe process of writing bistory, including data gatbering, organization, and interpretation as well as tbe responsibilities of tbe bistorical researcber. Tbe authors propose tbat the metbods of bistorical researcb can be used by occupational therapists as a means to develop a body of knowledge ahout tbe profession's bistory.


Thin layers of lamellar-forming polystyrene-block-poly (methyl-methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) provide the templates for fabricating nanowires with a "fingerprint" morphology. The electrical characteristics of the nanowires were measured, and largely deviated from simulated devices due to high defect density. Their highly curved conformation makes the nanowires strong candidates for electrical testing on flexible substrates under compression and elongation. The wires' high transmittance on glass substrates reveals that they can function as transparent metal electrodes for use in electronic devices.


ABSTRACT This article describes the road to Transjordan's occupation of Jerusalem during the 1948 Palestine war. While King Abdullah wanted to invade and occupy the city as part of his grand political ambitions, his British military chief-of-staff, Glubb Pasha, objected to this move due to his fear that Transjordan's army (the Arab Legion) was not up to the task and that the occupation of Jerusalem, internationalised by the November 1947 UN partition resolution, would spark international outrage. Indeed, London responded to the move by joining the UN arms embargo and suspending military aid to Transjordan. This led to the kingdom's effective departure from the war with Israel in July 1948, only two months after it had begun.


This paper presents that the consistency test with consideration of a tolerance deviation in fuzzy AHP proposed by L. C. Leung and D. Cao 2000 is not efficient and has some errors, hence a new method of fuzzy consistency test by direct fuzzification of Quick Response QR algorithm-which is one of numerical methods for calculating eigenvalues of an arbitrary matrix-has been proposed.


The extent to which entrainment – the phenomenon in neuroscience where neurons synchronize their firing patterns to external stimuli with rhythmic or periodic features – occurs in response to aperiodic or irregular flutter stimuli remains debatable. It has been proposed by Mountcastle et al. that information is processed in a periodic manner; however, more recently, Romo et al. challenged Mountcastle's theory and proposed that flutter stimulus was encoded based on the rapidly adapting fibers, not the periodicity.1-5 Therefore, if Mountcastle et al. is correct, the brain should be more adept at discriminating frequency between periodic stimuli than between aperiodic stimuli; conversely, if Romo et al. is correct, the brain should be equally good at discriminating frequencies between periodic and aperiodic stimuli. In this study, a two-point vibrotactile stimulation device (The Brain Gauge, Cortical Metrics, USA) was used to stimulate digits II and III of 43 participants' preferred hand to determine their difference limen (DL) for both amplitude (AD) and frequency (FD) discrimination tests, given aperiodic or periodic stimuli. The tests were performed in the following order: periodic AD, aperiodic AD, periodic FD, and aperiodic FD. The results suggest that the periodicity of the stimuli affects frequency discrimination more than amplitude discrimination and the participants were significantly better at discriminating stimuli with periodic frequencies than aperiodic frequencies. A paired, one-tailed t-test indicated that the subject DLs resulting from periodic stimuli were significantly different (p<0.05) from that resulting from aperiodic stimuli for frequency discrimination, while it was not statistically significant for amplitude discrimination. The results were in favor of Mountcastle's theory; however, more trials with a more controlled experimental environment may be needed to definitively conclude.


The high speed railway track has been provided with visible infinite periodic characteristic. As for the calculation of infinite periodic track structure,the finite element method and the formula suggested by the code are both approximated methods. However,U- transformation is an exact method which is put forward to solve the infinite periodic track structure. Based on the U- transformation,the exact solutions of two types of track model with infinite periodic structure characteristics under static load have been studied in this paper. Through the comparison with the finite element method and the formula of code. The results indicate that: the solution of U- transformation are very promising with the finite method and code. It could be verified that the U- transformation is an efficacious method for the calculation of infinite periodic track structure.


MARSILIO FICINO'S thought may be said to be made up, essentially, of these two themes: light and love. Light is he splendor of the divine beauty. It penetrates the whole creation, and all created things, therefore, partake of it. Whenever man casts his eyes into the beauty of the universe and considers it, he sees and loves everywhere a beam of the supreme light, and is turned upward to the intuition of its pure essence.1 Love is the vital principle of universal existence, because love is in all things and for all things, indissolubly embracing them all: "Since they are the work of a single artificer, all the components of the world, as parts of the same machine, similar to one another in essence and life, are bound together by a certain reciprocal affection. Hence rightly may love be called the everlasting knot and bond of the world, the immovable support of its parts and the firm foundation of the whole machine."2 Reality is seen through the eyes as form, and is felt through love to be love.


A new approach to hydrocarbon separation has been discovered as a result of tests on a high-pressure condensate well with a controlled-flow vortex tube. The latest tests showed that condensable gases were separated not on the cold side of the vortex tube, as expected, but on the hot side. The quantity of condensate was twice as much as in the normal low-temperature separation processes. The conclusion from these tests is that the vortex-tube separator could be used as a practical gas-processing tool. The essential feature of the vortex tube as a centrifugal separator is the supersonic speed of the vortex, which may be achieved with a minimum pressure ratio of about 1:2. When a gas mixture is introduced into a vortex tube and accelerated to supersonic speeds, the centrifugal force attains several million times the earth's gravity. If no turbulence was present, gas mixtures would be easily separated by the very large centrifugal force. The strong turbulence acts against the separation. Good separation of gaseous components may be achieved in the vortex tube only when the molecular weight of the component to be separated is very different from the average.


This article presents one of the ramifications of affirmative actions, the quota policy, investigating its possibilities. The objective was to investigate possible interference in the use of the racial and social quotas. To this end, a data collection was carried out through semi-structured questionnaires concerning black students from the pedagogy course of a Higher Education Institute, located in the interior of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Through the interviewees' reports, it was possible to verify the importance of affirmative actions not only as a tool of diversity, but also as a guarantee of social justice.


Namibia have been in negotiations concerning the genocide committed by imperial German forces in what is present-day Namibia. Between 1904–1908, tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama were killed—in response to their resistance to colonial violence and land grabs by German settlers. The declared aim of the current negotiations was to establish Germany's role in the genocide and seek reconciliation. Ovaherero and Nama communities, in turn, demanded reparations. Bilateral talks, in consultation with selected representatives of the descendants of the victims, led to the publication of a "Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Namibia" (Joint Declaration) in May 2021. In this declaration, the German government acknowledges the events that "from today's perspective, would be called genocide" and "apologizes and bows before the descendants of the victims." In addition to this acknowledgment, Germany agreed to pay a sum of 1.1 billion euros over a period of 30 years that would be dedicated to aid and development programs. The Joint Declaration sparked fiercely negative reactions in Namibia. Many Ovaherero and Nama criticized the bilateral format of the negotiations from the start and then continued to demand that they be fully included in the process. A discussion concerning the Joint Declaration in the Namibian National Assembly ended without a resolution in September 2021. Currently, a court case against the Namibian government is in preparation. The German commentators, in contrast, generally welcomed the Joint Declaration and rejected, in part, the Namibian criticism. Throughout the negotiations, the German government maintained that these proceedings were not of a legal but, rather, of a political or moral nature. In addition, the German government held that international legal standards prohibited them from engaging in negotiations with any partner other than the government of Namibia. On various levels, this approach seems to have hindered the fostering of dialogue—an essential ingredient in addressing such a complex history with the appropriate level of nuance. A lot could be—and already has been—said about this intergovernmental process. Instead of presenting detailed criticism of the negotiation process, this paper aims to highlight select aspects of the process, which may also provide useful insights for future efforts to address the legacies of racism and colonialism in diverse contexts. To this end, it will describe the relevance, and also illuminate some of the potentials, of what has been labeled a human rights-based approach to reparations in colonial contexts. The general obligations of states in cases of massive human Repairing the irreparable? Tackling the long-term effects of German colonialism in Germany & Namibia


The authors have identified in an automatic way 56 life science subject fields by clustering 25 citing journals for each of 306 journals in life sciences. Core journal lists were also created and ranked by importance in each field. Two mapping procedures are presented based on the overlaps of these lists. The journal collections subscribed for in Hungarian medical universities are very similar to each other, both in their magnitude and in their topics. Though the mean subscription number for a title is 2.3, there is no possibility, according to the data, to reduce multiple subscriptions and to widen the range of journals.


Through bibliometric tools obtained from SCImago Journal & Country Rank, ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus, we analyze the international and national academic production, and dynamics of research in economics between 1996 and 2008. Also, we identify recent trends in the economic research in Colombia, between January 2009 and June 2010.


As the destruction and division of habitats has increased, habitat fragmentation has become a major environmental reality and concern. Multiple investigations have shown that the division of habitat area results in greatly negative consequences for the species inhabiting that area. Most widely accepted is the observation that species richness will decrease with decreasing habitat size. We designed an experiment to determine if the Maple River diatom community will adhere to this basic assumption in the concept of habitat fragmentation. Diatom colonization occurred at the University of Michigan Biological Station Stream Lab, where we submerged three different-sized groups of tile substrates of equal area in three artificial streams. The collection and identification of 500 diatom valves in each stream plot provided enough data to surmise that neither species diversity nor richness between tile size proved to be statistically significant. This withstanding, the smallest tiles consistently held the smallest mean number of species, total unique species, and the least amount of diversity as defined by the Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index. The large and medium tiles competed for greatest species richness and diversity, suggesting that the size of the medium tiles, though considerably smaller than the largest substrate, may have been enough to fill the requirements of a diatom community's minimum viable area.


Modern computer scaling trends in pursuit of larger component counts and power efficiency have, unfortunately, lead to lessreliable hardware and consequently soft errors escaping intoapplication data ("silent data corruptions"). Techniques to enhance system resilience hinge on the availabilityof efficient error detectors that have high detection rates, low false positive rates, and lower computational overhead. Unfortunately, efficient detectors to detect faults duringaddress generation have not been widely researched (especially in the context of indexing large arrays). We present a novel lightweight compiler-driven technique called PRESAGE for detecting bit-flips affecting structured address computations. A key insight underlying PRESAGE is that any address computation scheme that propagates an already incurred error is better than a scheme that corrupts one particular array access but otherwise (falsely) appears to compute perfectly. Ensuring the propagation of errors allows one to place detectors at loop exit pointsand helps turn silent corruptions into easily detectable error situations. Our experiments using the PolyBench benchmark suite indicate that PRESAGE-based error detectors have a high error-detection rate while incurring low overheads.


The reliability of system and rapid correspondence to users' claims in hospital is seriously considered as an important aspect of occupants' comfort and medical care. The purpose of this study was to perform reliability assessment of failure history data of facilities using trend analysis and to evaluate maintenance management characteristics using analyzing state of users' claim and service time of maintenance system in hospital building. System's failure trend and MTBF(mean time between failures) through reliability assessment of failure history data in hospital was analyzed. As a result of distribution of service time of user's claims in plumbing system, service time was under 30 minutes in 62.9 % of all cases, whilst 37.1 %. of all cases took over 30 minutes. And, through a result of relationship between service time and claim's occurrence frequency, using degree of busyness of inter-claims, there was a trend of delaying in maintenance system's service time when claims were happened at short intervals.


In the present study we analyzed the cytotoxicity on RAW and HT-29 cell lines by MTT assay and antiprotozoal activity on Trypanosoma, Leishmania and Plasmodium parasites of different flavonoids isolated from three species of Tephrosia, T. calophylla, T. pulcherrima and T. pumila . Pulcherrimin exhibited toxicity towards RAW and HT-29 cell lines at low concentrations. Candidone, millettone and pongachin showed toxicity towards HT-29 cell lines at low concentrations. The isolated compounds were characterized by spectral data, including 2D NMR, 1 H- 1 H COSY and 13 C- 1 H COSY experiments.


The automatic detection of animal movement behaviours in response to disturbances is considered an efficient tool for the bio-monitoring of ecosystems. Behaviours, however, can be difficult to analyse, due to complexity of the data. In this study, we characterised the movement patterns of medaka (Oryzias latipes) in response to low concentrations (1 mg/L) of copper ion (Cu) using a self-organising map (SOM) with movement parameters. Test specimens were observed individually in an aquarium (40 cm × 20 cm × 10 cm), and their position was detected from the side at 0.25-sec intervals using a television camera. Movement parameters such as speed, angle, and distance were calculated for 3 different segment lengths, with 3, 6, and 12 points indicating the duration of observation of 0.5 sec, 1.25 sec, and 2.75 sec, respectively. The effects of copper treatment on movement patterns of medaka were evaluated with different segment lengths, and the discrimination efficiency was compared. Our results showed that the movement activity after Cu treatment decreased, and changes in movement tracks caused by Cu treatment were identified with segmentation using SOM. These computational approaches could be used for in situ bio-monitoring and early warning systems.


We consider how to optimize memory use and computation time in operating a quantum computer. In particular, we estimate the number of memory quantum bits (qubits) and the number of operations required to perform factorization, using the algorithm suggested by Shor [in Proceedings of the 35th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, edited by S. Goldwasser (IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, 1994), p. 124]. A K-bit number can be factored in time of order K3 using a machine capable of storing 5K+1 qubits. Evaluation of the modular exponential function (the bottleneck of Shor's algorithm) could be achieved with about 72K3 elementary quantum gates; implementation using a linear ion trap would require about 396K3 laser pulses. A proof-of-principle demonstration of quantum factoring (factorization of 15) could be performed with only 6 trapped ions and 38 laser pulses. Though the ion trap may never be a useful computer, it will be a powerful device for exploring experimentally the properties of entangled quantum states.


Device for controlling or regulating the regeneration of an NOx storage catalytic converter in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, - said induced with rich exhaust gas regeneration of a monolith (3) in a housing (4) disposed NOx Speicherkats (2) is terminated controlled by a downstream provided by this oxygen probe (5) over the oxygen-deficient, rich exhaust gas / regulated . characterized, - that the NOx storage catalytic converter (2) has a three-way coating (7) having a relatively high oxygen storage capacity in the downstream end region (6) and - the oxygen probe (5) in or on the housing (4) the free end face (8) of the downstream end region (6) is arranged in relatively close proximity, wherein - upstream in the projection of the oxygen probe (5) from the free end face (8) of the downstream end region (6) of the monolith (3) a converting section of the three-way coating (7) shortening inactive disposed catalytically zone (9 ').


The acoustic radiation pressure resulting from a plane wave incident on spherical shells and cylindrical shells immersed in a fluid is investigated theoretically in relation to the thickness of the shell and the contents of the hollow region. The results for the frequency dependence of acoustic radiation pressure computed on the basis of the theory are demonstrated for stainless shells with the hollow region filled water or air. Significant differences in acoustic radiation pressure occur when the interior region is changed from water to air.


The importance of the Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) to systematically review quantitative and qualitative research results, and to critically develop new theory is increasingly recognized, as evidenced by the recent increase in published review articles applying CIS. This paper seeks to determine the extent to which published CIS reviews are transparent in describing their methodological decisions. We analysed 77 CIS review articles published between 2006 and 2018. Overall, our findings indicate that reporting practices of CIS key features in extant reviews are still far from optimal. We recommend that authors better document their CIS design to increase transparency of their study and suggest to develop a uniform reporting standard for CIS reviews to assist authors, journal editors, and reviewers in their evaluation of the scientific quality of CIS studies. The list of key features identified in this study could serve as an initial framework to augment reporting standards of CIS.


Secondary infections of skin grafts pose a continuous problem in burn patients, very often leading to loss of transplanted skin grafts and making multiple surgical revisions necessary. We present a case report about persisting Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in burn patients with known diabetes. The burn wounds in lower extremities required repeated debridements, multiple skin grafting attempts and finally an application of the dermal scaffold NovoSorb BTM. With these measures, we managed to undertake a successful reconstruction of infected burn defects and pre-vent an amputation. We concluded that the NovoSorb BTM could be seen as an additional promising tool in a burn surgery armamentarium. In cases where radical surgical wound decontamination is not possible without risking the loss of the limb, the application of NovoSorb BTM over a contaminated field can win extra time for topical infection treatment and additionally provide an excellent skin grafting ground.


The study of a Guatemalan sugar company focuses on management's role in implementing of information technology in less-developed countries. The study shows that even where the intellectual skills required to use IT are very scarce, in the long run the company may gain more from "informating" its environment than from merely "automating" its production processes. But the study also shows that managers must consciously and actively develop these intellectual skills in workers.


In this note we introduce Baxter integral Q-operators for finite-dimensional Lie algebras gll+1 and so2l+1. Corresponding Whittaker functions are eigenfunctions of the Q-operators with the eigenvalues expressed in terms of Gamma-functions. This property is one of the manifestations of an interesting connection between MellinBarnes and Givental integral representations of Whittaker functions. The two types of integral representations appear to be dual to each other and allow a family of mixed Mellin-Barnes-Givental integral representations introduced in this note. We use this duality to provide a simple proof of the Bump conjecture for G = GL(l+1) and discuss a relation with the proof given previously by Stade. We also identify eigenvalues of the Baxter Q-operator acting on Whittaker functions with local Archimedean Lfactors and stress an analogy between Q-operators and certain elements of the nonArchimedean Hecke algebra H(G(Qp), G(Zp)). Thus Baxter Q-operator should be naturally considered as an element of the Archimedean Hecke algebra H(G(R),K), K being a maximal compact subgroup of G. E-mail: email@example.com E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


A key concern of the public, that needs to be addressed by all proposed schemes for utilizing wireless power transmission, is the "Fear –of-Frying". High-intensity beams can cause harm to persons and property if not properly engineered for beam safety. A technique to promote beam safety is to make the beams visible. Not all power beams are at frequencies or wavelengths where human vision can detect them. Also, if the beam wavelength falls within the range of human vision, particulate that could scatter the beam and render it visible may not be in the beam transmission path, especially in space. To aid in providing high-power beam safety, the lasers or microwave beams should be rendered visible to the unaided human eye. The optimum WPT beam frequency depends upon the propagation medium and other characteristics of the system. Lasers are preferred for space-to-space links while cm-wavelength microwaves are best for traversing the Earth's atmosphere, due to gaseous absorption and atmospheric meteor scattering of the shorter wavelengths. _________________________________ A proposed technique is outlined for rendering high-power WPT beams visible. The technique involves use of a particularly shaped power beam profile, having a null in its center. Into this hollow-core area are introduced particles that fluoresce at visible wavelengths, when excited by a fraction of the energy of the power beam. The lightweight particles are driven along the beam axis by photon pressure and are contained by the power density gradient therein. Coding by color and spatial attributes of the marks and spaces of the glowing particles is proposed to further identify the beam intensity and usage. Careful engineering and public outreach are ways to mitigate the "Fear-of-Frying" and to bring the benefits of WPT to various beamed power applications for the benefit of society.


The key to realize long‐life high energy density lithium batteries is to exploit functional electrolytes capable of stabilizing both high voltage cathode and lithium anode. The emergence of localized high‐concentration electrolytes (LHCEs) shows great promise for ameliorating the above‐mentioned interfacial issues. In this work, a lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate (LiDFOB) based nonflammable dual‐anion LHCE is designed and prepared. Dissolving in the mixture of trimethyl phosphate (TMP) /1,1,2,2‐tetrafluoroethyl‐2,2,3,3‐tetrafluoropropylether (D2), the continuously consumption of LiDFOB is suppressed by simply introducing lithium nitrate (LiNO3). Meantime, as most of the TMP molecular are coordinated with Li+, the electrolyte does not show incompatibility issue between neither metal lithium nor graphite anode. Therefore, it demonstrates excellent capability in stabilizing the interface of Ni‐rich cathode and regulating lithium deposition morphology. The Li||LiNi0.87Co0.08Mn0.05O2 (NCM87) batteries exhibit high capacity retention of more than 90% after 200 cycles even under the high cutoff voltage of 4.5 V, 1 C rate. This study offers a prospective method to develop safe electrolytes suitable for high voltage applications, thus providing higher energy densities.


By introducing numerical manifold method with two sets of analytic grid, i.e., the net of mathematics and physics covers and making use of its maneuverability for disposing of the question of simulation of excavation, this paper emphatically solved numerical manifold method in simulation of excavation. Then, the evaluating method of the stability of karst roof in roadbed had been established by combining with strength reduction technique and numerical manifold method. On scuh a basis, the determination method for safe thickness of karst roof in roadbed was proposed by studying the relationship between karst roof stability and depth or geometry shape. The method was applied to a practical engineering project and had been proved successful.


In the present work, a novel series of platinum(II) complexes of some bioactive thiosemicarbazones derived from 4-aminoantipyrine, viz., 4[N-(benzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (BAAPT-H), 4[N-2-hydroxybenzalidene) amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (HBAAPT-H), 4[N-(4-dimethylaminobenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (DABAAPT-H), 4[N-(2'-nitrobenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (2'-NO 2 BAAPT-H), 4[N-(3'-nitrobenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (3'-NO 2 BAAPT-H), 4[N-(4'-nitrobenzalidene)amino] antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (4'-NO 2 BAAPT-H), 4[N-4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (HMBAAPT-H), 4[N-(2-hydroxy-1-naphthalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (HNAAPT-H) and 4[N-(cinnamalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone (CAAPT-H), with the general composition Pt(LH)X 2 has been synthesized and characterized through various physico-chemical studies. The infrared and electronic spectral studies reveal that the ligands behave as N, N, S donors and the diamagnetic complexes have square planar geometries.


AbstractSeven cope chests in English churches are described and illustrated. Changes in construction techniques are described, particularly with regard to the use of boards. The chests date to between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries.


Bioactive dihydrobenzofuran neolignan Balanophon in 1 was synthesize d,and the route as follows: start from vanillin and malonic acid and via knoevenagel rea ction, esterification, biomimetic oxidative coupling, reduction and oxidation i n five steps with 22% overall yield. The reaction condition of the biomimetic ox idative coupling reaction was optimized.In the biomimetic oxidative coupling rea ction Ag2O was used as catalyst. The Ag2O-catalyzed biomimetic oxidative coupli ng of methyl ferulate 5 into its dimer 6 was used as the key step with 48% yield . UV,IR,NMR and MS characterized the target molecule′s structure.


Computational modeling and simulation have become invaluable tools for the biological sciences. Both aid in the formulation of new hypothesis and supplement traditional experimental research. Many different types of models us- ing various mathematical formalisms can be created to represent any given biological system. Here we review a class of modeling techniques based on particle-based stochastic approaches. In these models, every reacting molecule is repre- sented individually. Reactions between molecules occur in a probabilistic manner. Modeling problems caused by spatial heterogeneity and combinatorial complexity, features common to biochemical and cellular systems, are best addressed us- ing Monte-Carlo single-particle methods. Several software tools implementing single-particle based modeling techniques are introduced and their various advantages and pitfalls discussed.


This paper introduces the functions and partitions of the indoor separate mode and the standards of the lighting and venting,and expounds the requirements for the optical environment,acoustic environment,air environment and visual environment.


Incidence of oral cancer is higher above 40 years of age. There is a rising trend in young adult specially in western world due to change in human behavior and life style. HPV induced cancer is more common in young adults. But increased habit of tobacco consumption, starting from early childhood is the major cause oral cancer in young adults in India. We Conducted a retrospective study in the patients of oral cancer in young adults below 35 years, reporting to our hospital between January 2013 to December 2017. 271 (7.64%) patients below 35 years were found with oral cancer among total 3545 oral cavity cancer patients in all age group registered between this periods.Carcinoma buccal mucosa is the most common site (37.64%) followed by tongue (35.52%). Majority were in age group 25-29 years (45.4%).They started tobacco consumption early in teenage, mostly addicted to two forms of habit for at least four to six years.


With the advent of the era of mobile Internet, various short video platforms are rising day by day, and the short video of urban cuisine is also born. This paper collects urban food videos for statistical analysis, and finds out the most popular urban food in Tik Tok. Then, based on the 5W theory, it analyzes the communication status of Tik Tok city food short videos, and finally proposes the development strategy of short food videos, so as to inspire the long-term operation of relevant accounts.


This paper is an examination of the medical activities of Taoists during Eastern Han, Wei-Chin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, and of the healing arts which they employed. It also examines the relationship between Taoism, in its formative and early stages, and Chinese medical culture. Relying on 'hagiographic' material and related records, we find that many Taoists functioned as medical practitioners during the Eastern Han and Six Dynasties period (ca. 2^(nd)-6^(th) century AD). Moreover, in the case of some Taoist lineages, medical practice was not merely a matter of individual interest but was of long standing and regular concern to the lineage itself. A number of Taoist scriptures are devoted to medical practice, providing detailed discussions of causes for disease as well as methods for healing, A number of Taoists depended on medical practice for their livelihood, either as a source of income or as a means of attracting donations from Taoist adherents. Healing methods practiced and advocated by Taoists, generally fell into four types: physicians' methods, methods of "nurturing life," shamanistic methods and healing rites developed by Taoists themselves. Although these four types of practice were not completely synthesized into a single system and Taoists held differing views concerning their respective uses, we may generally conclude that Taoism, since first forming a distinct medical system, influenced the development of Chinese medicine and of medical culture more generally. Taoists were successful in attracting numerous adherents and disciples through their healing arts during periods of "severe plagues" in medieval China. The establishment of some Taoist sects and lineages was based on the success of such practices. In conclusion, medical practice was one of the primary methods of Taoists for spreading their beliefs, converting disciples, attracting adherents and forming religious communities in medieval China.


Mehakulanthaka Rasa ( M KR ) is a herbo mineral compound used in the management of Diabetes mellitus . The formulation is mentioned in one of the latest classics, Bhaishajyaratnavali . It is prepared by the trituration of Abhra ka Bhasma , Vanga Bhasma, Parada, Gandhaka , Shilajatu and around 15 herbal in gredients . Till date no standards are available for the above drug . Consideri n g this fact an attempt wa s made to validate the pharmaceutical preparation of Mehakulanthaka Rasa and at the same time develop the analytical profile of the drug by assess ing its organoleptic as well as physico chemical parameters including hardness, disintegration time, pH, loss on drying, ash value etc . It was found that the formulation was having a pH o f 3 . 90 , hardness 3 . 5 to 4 . 0 kg / cm 2 and disintegration time 60 . 0 min to 65 . 0 min while the p h y tochemical analysis revealed the presence of flavonoids , coumarins etc. in the sample .


A frequently encountered scheduling problem is to determine simultaneously a material and job ready time and production sequence based on customer-specified due dates. Each job has a stochastic production time and a deterministic due date. The ready time is constrained in that the probability that each job will be complete by its due date must meet some minimum level of confidence. The objective in such an instance is to postpone the ready time as late as possible without violating these constraints. The steps and effort necessary to determine the maximum ready time and optimal production sequence, and cases in which this effort may be significantly reduced are presented. The resulting model is applied directly to single-facility and flow-shop production environments. Methods are shown for scheduling in a dynamic environment.


The sport tourism is most important and most developed sector of tourism industry. The first step for development of this white industry is analyzing the potentials and capabilities. The present study has prioritized the sport tourism potentials of the Hormozgan Province. To achieve this purpose, a population of 150 people including tourism agencies experts (n = 50), sports experts (n=50) and sport tourists (n=50) were studied based on a five-choice Likert scale (very small= 1 to very much= 5). Accordingly, six dimensions of potentials with 22 sub- scales were examined using a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed by experts and Cronbach's alpha (α=0.81), respectively. According to the results of factor analysis, 79% of the subjects believed that beach and aqua sports (boating, swimming, diving and scuba diving, beach volleyball and futsal and surfing) have the capability of sport tourism development in the Hormozgan Province. Also, 77% of respondents believed that that desert trekking sport (motorcycle, car and truck rallies and camel riding) have the capability of sport tourism development considering the semi-arid climate of the Hormozgan Province. The results showed that the traditional sport of camel riding as major sport attractions has a high potential for the development of the sport tourism in Hormozgan Province.


Brain medical imaging is a main diagnosis method for Alzheimers disease (AD). But the method relies on the physicians manual analysis which is subjective and time consuming. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been widely applied in clinical diagnosis. This thesis is about the deep learning model to be designed to realize the computer-aided diagnosis of medical images. A model of densely connected network (DenseNet) as an AI technology, automatically learns the semantic features related to AD diagnosis on the brain MRI images from ADNI data. At the same time, for solving the limited medical image samples problem, the effective transfer learning technology was applied in the experiment. The final model result achieves 90.8% accuracy, 82.2% sensitivity and 96.1% specificity on the diagnostic task of AD, and the diagnostic accuracy is better than prevailing methods. Besides 80.4% accuracy, 52.2% sensitivity, and 84.8% specificity are achieved in the task of distinguishing progressive from stable MCI patients. This method can provide more accurate diagnosis results of Alzheimers disease expected for the clinical early auxiliary diagnosis.


The invention discloses a method for manufacturing a transistor with a lightly doped drain structure. The method comprises the following steps of: forming a gate oxide layer and a gate on a substrate; performing ion implantation by using the gate as a mask to form a lightly doped drain region; forming a spacer insulating layer on the side walls of the gate oxide layer and the gate and on the substrate respectively; forming a spacer layer on the spacer insulating layer; performing dry etching on the spacer insulating layer and the spacer layer to form a spacer on the side wall of the gate, wherein etching gas used in the dry etching comprises HBr and CF4; cleaning the surface of a wafer and removing residues in the etching step; and performing the ion implantation to form a source and a drain by taking the gate and the spacer as masks. By the method, the phenomenon that a byproduct for blocking the ion implantation is produced on the surface of a silicon nitride layer due to over-long waiting time is eliminated by changing the components of the etching gas used in the dry etching, so that the yield and the electrical property of the wafer are improved.


1. Relative viscosity was determined by (a) change in percentage of eggs zoned to a fixed standard, at constant centrifugal force and time; (b) change in time at a given force to produce same percentage of equally zoned eggs.2. Ageing unfertilized eggs manifested five major phases in viscosity, viz.(a) Unripe eggs. No trace of zoning could be induced. They were at least eleven times more viscous than mature eggs.(b) All mature eggs were readily zoned at much lower forces and duration. Maturation is accompanied by profound and apparently rapid liquefaction.(c) During the first ca. 35 hours after shedding, ripe eggs progressively increased in viscosity, 2 to 3 x. At constant force and time, the zoned eggs decreased with age from 85 to 0 per cent. To produce the same percentage of equally zoned eggs, the centrifuging time increased from ca. 2 to 5 minutes. Similar results were obtained when eggs were centrifuged in isosmotic sugar solution.(d) With further ageing, viscosity was reversed. There was progressiv...


This material presents an introduction to high-voltage technologies: theoretical description of technological equipment of medium-voltage distribution network and practical operation procedure assignments. The methodological guidelines have been developed for regular, external, and part-time students of electrical power engineering studies. This material includes the assignments, methodological materials, final examination materials developed and col-lected by the Department of Electric Power Supply. field and high voltage technologies (LitLatHV)".


s of talks by Invited Speakers Cecilia Diniz Behn (Colorado School of Mines) Oral Minimal Model protocol duration affects estimates of insulin sensitivity in obese adolescent girls Abstract: Insulin sensitivity (SI) decreases during adolescence and is prevalent in obese adolescent girls. In order to study SI under physiological conditions, researchers have developed a method using glucose and insulin concentrations obtained from an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in conjunction with the Oral Minimal Model (OMM), a differential-equations based mathematical model of glucose-insulin dynamics that estimates SI. To assess SI in adolescents, we administered a frequently sampled OGTT to a cohort of 75 obese adolescent girls in the 95th percentile or higher body mass index (BMI) with an average age of 16 years. The OMM-based method for estimating SI was developed in adults where glucose and insulin levels typically return to baseline within two or three hours following ingestion of the drink. In our highly insulin resistant adolescent population, it was necessary to extend the standard two hour OGTT protocol up to six hours to allow participants' glucose and insulin concentrations to return to baseline. To investigate how measures of SI change with protocol duration, we compared SI values computed using an OMM fit to six hour OGTT data to SI values computed using OMMs fit to data collected over shorter durations. Specifically, we considered two, three and four hour implementations of OMMs. We found that although SI estimates are correlated across protocols, shorter protocols produce SI values that may overestimate SI as computed with a six hour protocol with a bias up to -73.5%. Our results suggest that OGTT-OMM protocol duration affects SI estimates. Future work may exploit these insights to establish methodologies to reliably estimate SI in adolescents from shorter OGTT protocols that are less time and resource intensive. These methodologies will facilitate characterization of SI in individual patients as well as in different disease conditions, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and may support the development of targeted therapeutic approaches. Insulin sensitivity (SI) decreases during adolescence and is prevalent in obese adolescent girls. In order to study SI under physiological conditions, researchers have developed a method using glucose and insulin concentrations obtained from an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in conjunction with the Oral Minimal Model (OMM), a differential-equations based mathematical model of glucose-insulin dynamics that estimates SI. To assess SI in adolescents, we administered a frequently sampled OGTT to a cohort of 75 obese adolescent girls in the 95th percentile or higher body mass index (BMI) with an average age of 16 years. The OMM-based method for estimating SI was developed in adults where glucose and insulin levels typically return to baseline within two or three hours following ingestion of the drink. In our highly insulin resistant adolescent population, it was necessary to extend the standard two hour OGTT protocol up to six hours to allow participants' glucose and insulin concentrations to return to baseline. To investigate how measures of SI change with protocol duration, we compared SI values computed using an OMM fit to six hour OGTT data to SI values computed using OMMs fit to data collected over shorter durations. Specifically, we considered two, three and four hour implementations of OMMs. We found that although SI estimates are correlated across protocols, shorter protocols produce SI values that may overestimate SI as computed with a six hour protocol with a bias up to -73.5%. Our results suggest that OGTT-OMM protocol duration affects SI estimates. Future work may exploit these insights to establish methodologies to reliably estimate SI in adolescents from shorter OGTT protocols that are less time and resource intensive. These methodologies will facilitate characterization of SI in individual patients as well as in different disease conditions, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and may support the development of targeted therapeutic approaches. Ana Berrizbeitia (Colorado Mesa University) Invariants Of Hopf Actions On Path Algebras Of Quivers Abstract: Invariant theory has its roots in groups acting on algebraic varieties, where the goal is to describe the polynomial functions that are fixed by the group action. A classic question in the study of group actions is whether the invariant ring is finitely generated, and if so, can we find a nice description for a minimal set of generators. Actions, however, are not limited to group actions, and in this talk, we will show under which circumstances a Hopf Algebra, namely a Taft Algebra, can act on the path algebra of a quiver, extending the work of Kinser and Walton published in 2016. Furthermore, given an action where the group like element g ∈ T (n) acts transitively on Q0, we provide a description of the invariant ring of the action. Invariant theory has its roots in groups acting on algebraic varieties, where the goal is to describe the polynomial functions that are fixed by the group action. A classic question in the study of group actions is whether the invariant ring is finitely generated, and if so, can we find a nice description for a minimal set of generators. Actions, however, are not limited to group actions, and in this talk, we will show under which circumstances a Hopf Algebra, namely a Taft Algebra, can act on the path algebra of a quiver, extending the work of Kinser and Walton published in 2016. Furthermore, given an action where the group like element g ∈ T (n) acts transitively on Q0, we provide a description of the invariant ring of the action. Janet Best (Ohio State University) Biological variation stimulates new questions in dynamical systems Abstract: Biological variation creates the need to study families of dynamical systems in which the coefficients have large variation. The study of such systems has revealed special mechanisms that keep certain important biological variables homeostatic, and understanding such mechanisms has stimulated new research in bifurcation theory. Large biological variation means that experiments on cells and animals often produce a wide variety of responses to external stimulation. A difficult fundamental problem is how to use that variety of responses to gain information about the internal biological mechanisms. Biological variation creates the need to study families of dynamical systems in which the coefficients have large variation. The study of such systems has revealed special mechanisms that keep certain important biological variables homeostatic, and understanding such mechanisms has stimulated new research in bifurcation theory. Large biological variation means that experiments on cells and animals often produce a wide variety of responses to external stimulation. A difficult fundamental problem is how to use that variety of responses to gain information about the internal biological mechanisms.


Excerpt Hypogonadism in the male has long been recognized. However, it is only in recent years, with the use of hormonal assays and testicular biopsy, that a more rational approach to the etiology ...


A novel core-shell design for nano-structured electrode materials is introduced for realizing cost-effective and high-performance supercapacitors. In the proposed core-shell design, thin shell-layers of highly pseudo-capacitive materials provide the platform for surface or near-surface-based faradaic and non-faradaic reactions together with shortened ion-diffusion path facilitating fast-ion intercalation and deintercalation processes. The highly-conducting core serves as highway for fast electron transfer toward current collectors, improving both energy and power performance characteristics of the core-shell structure in relation to pristine component materials.Furthermore,useofcarbon(C)-basedmaterialsasashelllayerineitherelectrodenotonlyenhancescapacitiveperformancethroughdouble-layerformationbutalsoprovidesenoughmechanicalstrengthtosustainvolumechangesinthecorematerialduringlong-cyclingofthesupercapacitorimprovingitscyclelife.Inordertoenhanceelectrochemicalperformanceintermsofspecificcapacitanceandratecapabilityviacore-shellarchitectureandnano-structuring,anasymmetricsupercapacitor(ASC)isassembledusingZnO/ α -Fe 2 O 3 and ZnO/C core-shell nanorods as respective negative and positive electrodes. The ASC exhibits a specific capacitance of ∼ 115 F/g at a scan rate of 10 mV/s in a potential window as large as 1.8 V with a response time as short as ∼ 39 ms and retains more than 80% of its initial capacitance after 4000 cycles. Interestingly, the ASC can deliver an energy density of ∼ 41 Wh/kg and a power density of ∼ 7 kW/kg that are significantly higher than those reported hitherto for iron-oxide-based ASCs.


The corrosion behaviour of steel in concrete was studied under the interaction of carbonation and chloride ion.The electrochemical parameters of corrosion potential(Ecorr)and corrosion current density(Icorr)were tested in the corrosion process of steel by electrochemical instrument.The effects of carbonation and chloride ion on the steel corrosion behaviour were analyzed combined with the variation of chloride ion concentration and pH value in mortar around the steel.The results show that the aggressive chloride ion can accelerate the steel corrosion process;while the carbonation can retard the steel corrosion process in the interaction of carbonation and chloride ion.


Scheduling of Real Time Embedded Systems for Resource and Energy Minimization by Voltage Scaling by Naveen Babu Anne Dr. Venkatesan Muthukumar, Examination Committee Chair Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Nevada, Las Vegas The aspects of real-time embedded computing are explored with the focus on novel real-time scheduling policies, which would be appropriate for low-power devices. To consider real-time deadlines with pre-emptive scheduling policies will require the investigation of intelligent scheduling heuristics. These aspects for various other RTES models like Multiple processor system. Dynamic Voltage Sealing and Dynamic scheduling are the focus of this thesis. Deadline based scheduling of task graphs representative of real time systems is performed on a multiprocessor system A set of aperiodic, dependent tasks in the form of a task graph are taken as the input and all the required task parameters are calculated. All the tasks are then partitioned into two or more clusters allowing them to be run at different voltages. Each cluster, thus voltage scaled results in the overall minimization of the power utilized by the system. With the mapping of each task to a particular voltage done, the tasks are scheduled on a multiprocessor system consisting of processors that can run at different voltages and frequencies, in such a way that all the timing constraints are satisfied.


foliar sprays of 2.0% FeSO4 and 3 foliar sprays of 2.0% FeSO4 at maximum tillering, pre-flowering and flowering in sub-plots, replicated thrice in a split plot design. Transplanted rice (Paddy control) was found to be superior for improving Fe concentration and their uptake in grain and straw of rice compared with other treatments. Application of mulch increased Fe concentration and uptake in grain and straw in aerobic rice compared to no mulch aerobic rice treatment. Application of 3 foliar sprays of 2.0% Fe SO4 recorded higher Fe concentration and with significant improvement in uptake in grain as well as in straw of aerobic rice. Fe application increased the Fe concentration 5.4 to 19.9% and 5.8 to 13.3% in grain and straw of aerobic rice. Besides that, methods of rice production increased the Fe concentration 5 to 11% and 4.1 to 6.3% over bare soil (no mulch) in grain and straw, respectively. Transplanted rice produced more yield compared to all aerobic rice treatments. But application of wheat straw/Sesbania mulch recorded significant higher yields compared to no mulch aerobic rice treatment. Application of Fe fertilizer increased the grain and straw yield 4 to 8.2% and 2.7 to 6.7% over control, respectively. Our study showed that, growing of aerobic rice with Sesbania mulch and Fe fertilization produced higher grain and straw yield of aerobic rice with sufficient Fe nutrition.


Diarrhea is a disease characterized by an increase in the frequency of bowel movements more than usual (usually this frequency more than three times per day) accompanied by changes in the shape and consistency of stool, vomiting, muntaber or usually once a day but characterized by snot or blood. Diarrheal disease is still a public health problem, some of the factors that cause diarrheal disease are caused by germs through contamination of food or drinks contaminated with feces and or direct contact with sufferers, while other factors include devotee and environmental factors. This study aims to find out the relationship of environmental sanitation with the incidence of diarrhea in the community of Kaofe Village kadatua district buton regency in 2010. This type of research is analytical survey research. The population in this study were all heads of families in Kaofe Village, the number of samples studied was 157 samples. Data collection techniques by random sampling are equipped with questionnaires to find out the relationship of environmental sanitation (provision of clean water, provision of family latrines, solid waste management, liquid waste management) with diarrheal events. The data is processed using SPSS 16.0 and presented in the form of a frequency distribution table and analysis between variables that comes with an explanation. The results showed there was a relationship of clean water supply with diarrhea incidence with a value of P = 0.000, there was a relationship of providing family latrines with diarrhea incidence with a value of P = 0.001, no relationship of solid waste management with the incidence of diarrhea P = 0.296, there was a relationship of liquid waste management with diarrhea incidence with a value of P = 0.003. Seeing the still high incidence of diarrhea in the community of Kaofe Village kadatua subdistrict, it is advisable to the community to improve environmental sanitation by improving clean water facilities, have qualified latrines, and have qualified SPAL.


It is often rather difficult, in cases of iridocyclitis glaucomatosa, to obtain a reduction of a raised intraocular pressure, and in individual cases it is not easy to decide whether one should use miotica or mydriatica or, perhaps, even to resort to operative action. The advantage of the reduced and less dangerous tendency towards synechia which one gets from using mydriatica must be weighed up against the better pressurereducing effect eventually obtained by using miotica. Operation, consisting usually of repeated chamber punctures or iridencleisis, are generally resorted to only when other media have not helped. By degrees it was noticed that in most cases the best pressure-reducing effect was perhaps obtained by using adrenalin preparations, and, in this respect, Glaucosan, which was originally launched by Hamburger, has become most used. Adrenalin preparations on the whole, and glaucosan in particular have, however, certain disadvantages attached to them. It is true, that the latter does not cause a rise in blood pressure as is the case with adrenalin and ephedrine, but, in many cases, the patient may feel his heart affected or show signs of uneasiness from its use, not to mention the fact that the dropping of it into the conjunctival sac is somewhat painful (Hamburger, de Grdsz, Wegner, Archangefsky) . This means, of course, that one is not willing to use it many times a day for any length of time, but only administer it as some sort of shock treatment in connection with the patient's visit to the con-


The first part of this review describes, in terms intended for the general reader, the physical basis of amorphous semiconductors and their use in switching devices. The second part is devoted to a more critical appraisal of current thinking on conduction and switching mechanisms and recent advances in the technology and applications of amorphous semiconductor devices.


In this paper a tunable waveform generator (WFG) architecture is presented. This architecture provides wide frequency tuning range and consumes less power, which makes it useful for low frequency instrumentation applications. The proposed WFG is designed in UMC 180-nm CMOS process technology with a single supply voltage of 1.8 V. Though the architecture utilizes conventional OTA based Schmitt trigger and gm-C integrator, it provides independent control over amplitude and frequency tuning. The amplitude tuning is also symmetric around the mid-rail voltage. The proposed scheme achieves peak to peak amplitude tuning of 0.35 V to 1.17 V and frequency tuning from 6.3 kHz to 2.7 MHz.


Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Background and Upbringing 2. Coming of Age 3. Political Apprenticeship 4. A Man with a Future 5. Arrival 6. The King's First Minister 7. A Confident Start 8. The East India Company 9. The Good Years 10. The Thirteen Colonies. 11. The Gathering Storm 12. Wartime Prime Minister 13. After Saratoga 14. The Road to Yorktown 15. The End of an Era 16. The Coalition and the Last Decade 17. Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.


A comparative study was carried out on two grape varieties for making red and white wines. The results showed that the concentrations of medium were different when the accumulation of dry weight reached the maximum. The concentration of white grape is higher than that of red one, and the growth rate, rate of phosphorus absorption, concentration of phosphorus in plant, as well as the rate of root to crown were significantly different. The depending-rate of red-grapes was lower than that of white one, but higher in the rate of phosphorus adsorption. Phosphorus can effectively influence the characters of the plant, such as weight of plant, root length, root number, weight of hundred grains, rate of fruit bearing branch. It also can increase the contents of sugar and alcohol as well as rate of juice, and decrease the total acidity.


Variations in the etch depth and refractive index of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) films of different molecular weights after synchrotron radiation (SR) irradiation are investigated. Reduction of the PMMA film molecular weight, density and thickness are observed after SR irradiation. The amount of film thickness loss depends on not only initial molecular weight but also film density. The PMMA density difference at the start of SR exposure affects the etch depth after SR ablation.


Mishrif Formation is considered the most important between the reservoirs formations in the south of Iraq because of its geographic extent. The facies were predicted in Ratawi oilfield from wireline logs that divided Mishrif Formation into two main reservoirs separated by a barrier member. So the formation is almost cupped with shale intervals in both contacts of Rumaila Formations in the bottom and Khasib Formations in the top. While the reservoir characteristics were calculated using the log set in terms of petrophysical properties. The reservoir characteristics destroy and decrease to the south of Ratawi area because of the abundance the facies of the deep marine environments. Furthermore, it was predicted that Mishrif Formation has good reservoir characteristics to the other directions, especially to the east, contrary to the previous expectations.


View of the current mine rescue emergency communication there are some prolems such as not high degree of system integration,equipment heavy,real-time poor and so on,proposes a program of the design of multimedia emergency communications receiving terminal based on WinCE environment.The program uses the S3C6410 microprocessor based on ARM11 as hardware development platform,embedded WinCE5.0 as a system software platform,and WiFi wireless communication technology,and gives the system hardware circuit and software development process.The system is simple,with a high performance,small size,Micro-power,portable and so on.


Dataset containing several area-level or school-level variables that were merged into the fifth sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) in order to examine the uptake and impact of Bikeability cycle training.


Over the past several years, considerable studies have been made to understand the mechanisms of failure of composite structures and the effect of these mechanisms on the performance of structures components made of composite materials. The compressive response of composite materials has received considerable attention due to their significance in the aerospace industry and the complexity associated with compressive failure. Failure criteria for anisotropic composite materials, which have different strengths in tension and compression, have attracted numerous researchers over decades and it is still today an important research topic. The goal of this study is to create a validated model to evaluate the effect of cutout shape, size, and the lamination angles of layers on the failure criteria of the fuselages. To achieve this objective, finite element method and statistical analysis have been used. The results show that the various analytical and empirical approaches have been used to study the failure capability of the fuselage structure. The model is applicable to the air transport industry. The proposed model has been validated against the known shape of an aircraft.


type cultures deposited by Carol Shearer and J. H. Van Emden. Although the names of both species were effectively and validly published in the same year, the specific epithet regenerans is evidently preceded by varia by a few months. It is therefore proposed that Cylicogone regenerans Van Emden & Veenbaas-Rijks (Acta Bot. Neerl. 22: 637, December, 1973) be regarded as a later, faculative synonym of Conioscypha varia Shearer (Mycologia 65: 133, February, 1973). Since Cylicogone regenerans is the type species, the generic name Cylicogone Van Emden & Veenbaas-Rijks, 1973, thereby becomes a synonym of Conioscypha H6hnel, 1904. This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health contract 2158 to ATCC.