The aim of the publication is the justification of the approach to assessing the degree of formation of special competencies. Methodology and research methods. The methods of analysis and synthesis are used in the work. Results and scientific novelty. Various interpretations of special competence due to their compliance with the actual contents of the Federal State Educational Standards (FSES) are considered. The requirements to the characteristic are determined, adequately reflecting the formation of the special competence. The compossibility of the level of assimilation to these requirements is justified. The features of the level of assimilation as a measurement object are considered. The correspondence between levels of assimilation and those kinds of tasks that can be used for their assessment (identification) is established. The model of measurement of special competences is proved. The types of tasks corresponding to the diagnosed levels of assimilation of professional abilities, skills and abilities are  emphasized. Practical significance. The approach to the choice and development of tools for identification of formation of special competences is offered.


Language development and reading in children is still at a low level. This is seen from observations in the field. The purpose of this study is to improve reading and listening skills in children with the method of fairy tales and play in kindergarten Pembina Lubuk Basung. In conducting this research using observation techniques and assessment formats. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the method of fairytale and play can improve language and reading skills in early childhood in TK Pembina Lubuk Basung. Keywords: Language Development, Reading, Fairy Tales, Play


This article addresses the design and control of optimal scan trajectories, which is important in applications such as the imaging of nano-scale surface phenomena using scanning tunneling microscopes (STM), quick-return mechanisms and cam used in manufacturing, and general repeating processes. In this article we pose the problem of designing the output trajectory for a scanner such that the input energy is minimized. The problem is solved by first integrating optimal control techniques with a model-based inversion approach. After this integration, the input-energy for the entire scan is then minimized to solve the optimal scanning problem. Additionally, the method is applied to high-speed scanning of an STM, which is a key tool in emerging nanotechnologies. Simulation and experimental results are presented to illustrate the technique and its advantages.


We report a major outburst from the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 2259+586, in which over 80 X-ray bursts were detected in four hours using the Rossi Xray Timing Explorer. The bursts range in duration from 2 ms to 3 s and have fluences in the 2–10 keV band that range from 3×10 to 5×10 erg cm. We simultaneously observed increases of the pulsed and persistent X-ray emission by over an order of magnitude relative to quiescent levels. Both decayed significantly during the course of our 14 ks observation. Correlated spectral hardening was also observed, with the spectrum softening during the observation. In addition, we observed a pulse profile change, in which the amplitudes of the two peaks in the pulse profile were swapped. The profile relaxed back to its pre-outburst morphology after ∼6 days. The pulsar also underwent a sudden spin-up (∆ν/ν = 4 × 10), followed by a large (factor of ∼2) increase in spin-down rate which persisted for >18 days. We also observed, using the Gemini-North telescope, an infrared enhancement, in which the Ks (2.15 μm) flux increased, relative to that measured in a observation made in 2000, by a factor of ∼3, three days postoutburst. The IR counterpart then faded by a factor of ∼2 one week later. In addition, we report an upper limit of 50 μJy on radio emission at 1.4 GHz two days post-outburst. The X-ray properties of this outburst are like those seen only in Soft Gamma Repeaters. This conclusively unifies Anomalous X-ray Pulsars and Soft Gamma Repeaters, as predicted uniquely by the magnetar model. Department of Physics, Rutherford Physics Building, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T8, Canada Department of Physics and Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 Canada Research Chair Space Science Research Center, National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA; Universities Space Research Association Gemini Observatory, 670 North A'ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720


The present invention provides a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission method, user equipment and a base station for, and the signaling indication that the method further support the use of the user layer indicator transmitted from the base station to the user equipment s include those received by, and the signaling indication is user equipment claim comprises a first layer index and the number of layers used in, and in accordance with a first layer index and the number of layers used in the user equipment, and if the received resource demodulation resources in uses the data is a continuous layer the index corresponding to the same user equipment. The invention according to further restrict and optimize the mapping mode of the floor from the code words, the feedback overhead, and obtains a more favorable compromise between the accuracy of the feedback system and the signaling overhead. The invention also discloses a different transmission method and user equipment for the MU-MIMO, and the method further includes providing a feedback information to the user equipment is used to provide a correlation interference information based on the location of the user equipment.


This paper considers the robustness issue on switching time of switched systems, in which each switching point has perturbation for a small variation. Our goal is to find optimal switching instants such that the system's performance being resistant against perturbations. By using the integral averaging technique and combining with optimal control theory, the derivatives of the cost function with respect to the original switching times are derived. We focus on the fixed switching mode sequences and use a gradient-descent algorithm to find the optimal switching instants. The efficacy of the proposed method is illustrated via numerical examples.


Acute inflammation and its resolution are essential processes for tissue protection and homeostasis. In this context, specialized proresolving mediators derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids are of interest. In this study, we report that resolvin E2 (RvE2) from eicosapentaenoic acid is endogenously produced during self-limited murine peritonitis in both the initiation and resolution phases. RvE2 (1–10 nM) carries potent leukocyte-directed actions that include: 1) regulating chemotaxis of human neutrophils; and 2) enhancing phagocytosis and anti-inflammatory cytokine production. These actions appear to be mediated by leukocyte G-protein–coupled receptors as preparation of labeled RvE2 gave direct evidence for specific binding of radiolabeled RvE2 to neutrophils ( K d 24.7 6 10.1 nM) and resolvin E1 activation of recombinant G-protein–coupled receptors was assessed. In addition to the murine inflammatory milieu, RvE2 was also identified in plasma from healthy human subjects. RvE2 rapidly downregulated surface expression of human leukocyte integrins in whole blood and dampened responses to platelet-activating factor. Together, these results indicate that RvE2 can stimulate host-protective actions throughout initiation and resolution in the innate inflammatory responses. The Journal of Immunology , 2012, 188: 000–000.


The studied results of regional geology,seismic,logging and core analysis data in the J1b1 sedimentary microfacies of the Badaowan formation in the Di-12 wellblock of Dishuiquan oilfield located in slope area of eastern Junggar basin show that the J1b1 is alluvial fan deposit,which could be further divided into 3 sub-facies of the top fan,middle fan,edge fan and 8 microfacies.The vertical variation of lithology and lithofaceies reflect that the target zone with the backfill characteristic on the Carboniferous is the earliest low-stand system tract of the Jurassic in this study area.The sedimentary environment of the J1b1 is transited from the top,middle fans up to the edge fan,showing such a period is in retrograding alluvial fan deposit under transgression environment.The identification of alluvial fan sedimentation microfacies of the Badaowan formation in Dishuiquan oilfield has a reference to prospecting the reservoirs related with the fans in eastern Junggar basin.


Abstract This article considers the recent upsurge of interest in workplace spirituality through an analysis of three cultural movements – late 19th-century spiritualism, early 20th-century surrealism, and late 20th-/early 21st-century 'spirituality at work'.These movements share a common interest in harnessing the power of the human spirit in the transformation and 'betterment' of social life. It is argued that these movements have successively adopted and de-radicalized invocations of the spirit world such that the proto-feminism and utopianism of spiritualism and the revolutionary pretensions of surrealism have been usurped by a strongly managerialist discourse of workplace spirituality. The paper ends with a consideration of the implications of these developments for the critical study of spirituality, management and organization.


The car pulls into the curb near the start of Wendywood Lane. "I'll drop you here Kate. Have a good game." With the slam of the car door and a yell of "Thank you Mrs Thompson," I hurtle off down the street. Why am I am always running late? Earlier that morning dad told me he was heading into town early to collect a few things and would then drive straight to my game. "I'll be there after I've picked up the trees from the nursery," were my father's final words as he drove off. Cool, no worries. I'll ride my bike in, meet him at the game and then get a lift home. This thought was followed by the stomach-sickening feeling of going out to the garage and seeing the rubber tread of my bike tyre as flat as a pancake underneath the rim of the wheel. A flattie on my usually reliable HMX 1000. Damn. Luckily Mrs Thompson hadn't left for work. Mrs Thompson speeds off and my attention turns to my destination. The sound of my Adidas sprigs scratching and clawing at the concrete as I sprint down Wendywood Lane towards the school draws attention and interested looks, not to mention amusement, from the early morning gardeners and people shuffling out to collect the paper. With lungs nearly bursting and my breath heaving painfully in my chest, the picket fences and hydrangeas blur beside me as I eventually round the corner to the back of the school fields. I scan the horizon for my school colours. I can just make out the yellow and blue strip of my hockey team as they gather together by the dug outs. Parents are starting to gather on the sideline and joust for the position closest to the coach. I search along the line for a glimpse of my father. Not there yet. I know that he'll be there soon. "Sorry I'm late Mr Richards, my bike had a flat tyre and I had to ask my neighbour for a ride on her way to work." Tall and towering, wearing three-stripe tracksuit pants and a big warm overcoat, Mr Richard's daunting figure overlooks a huddle of excited and twitching potential Tina Bells and Mandy Smiths. He turns towards me. As I look into his mirror aviator sunglasses, a gangly, blond, wide-eyed girl, her cheeks flushed from running, her warm breath visible in the cold morning air stares back at me. I hesitantly smile up at him. "Glad you could make it Kate. Today is going to be a big one." "Yes, I know, even my Dad is coming," I declare.


A 51-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of worsening fever, chills, and low back pain over the previous 6 hours. Vital signs showed temperature of 38.3 °C, pulse rate of 120 beats per minute, blood pressure of 140/72 mmHg, and respiratory rate of 24 per minute. Physical examination revealed a large mass occupying the middle and lower portions of the abdomen, which had been diagnosed as uterine myoma one month before. Blood tests on admission revealed that her white cell count was 15,900/μL with left shift, C-reactive protein was 13.1 mg/dL, and serum creatinine level was 0.71 mg/dL. The patient became anuric on the day of admission. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen was performed to investigate a focus of infection. The CT scan showed a large cystic mass with ring enhancement originating from the uterus, suggesting pyomyoma, a fatal complication of uterine myoma (Picture 1A). The CT scan also showed diffuse and bilateral cortical hypodense areas surrounded by capsular enhancement in both kidneys, diagnostic finding of bilateral renal cortical necrosis (Picture 1B). Total hysterectomy was performed on the 3rd day of admission. Gram stain of the abscess contents revealed numerous white blood cells and gram-negative rods, but culture of the abscess contents showed no growth, probably due to prior use of antibiotics. General improvement was noted after surgery. Her daily urine output has increased up to 500 to 750 ml, but she remained dialysis-dependent. Bilateral acute renal cortical necrosis is a rare but severe form of acute tubular necrosis characterized by necrosis of the renal cortex but sparing of the medulla. It accounts for only 2-4% cases of acute renal failure in western countries (1, 2). It is usually associated with obstetric complication, but other disorders, such as poisoning, acute pancreati-


Theoretical calculations for the closed‐shell ground state of arsine (AsH3), trimethylgallium (TMG) [Ga(CH3)3], and the arsine–TMG adduct [H3As⋅Ga(CH3)3] are carried out at the self‐consistent field (SCF) Hartree–Fock level of theory. In addition, the SCF results are compared with theoretical predictions obtained at the coupled cluster level of theory including all single and double excitations (CCSD). The equilibrium structure of arsine is found to be of C3v symmetry, while TMG and the adduct are found to be of C3 symmetry. Ab initio calculations are also performed on D3h gallane (GaH3) and the gallane–arsine adduct (H3Ga⋅AsH3) of C3v symmetry. The adduct binding energies and vibrational frequencies (SCF) are also obtained resulting in two stable bonded adduct species—arsine⋅TMG and arsine⋅gallane. Finally, our theoretical predictions support a slightly exothermic gas‐phase reaction yielding GaAs through a TMG⋅AsH3 adduct which is formed without an activation barrier.


The solution of a convolution-type integral with Gauss-Laguerre functions has turned out to be wrong due to a misprint. So far as we know this error appears in the tables of Gradstein and Ryžik, Magnus et al., Oberhettinger and Prundnikov et al. We did not succeed in proving the correct formula in all generality, but we have demonstrated with four special cases the correct structure of the solution.


Critical analyses of gifted education arc not new; many authors have debated such issues as who should be admitted to these programs, what kinds of services should be provided, how such programs should be financed, and so forth. This kind of discussion and debate, however, is self-limiting because it asks questions based on certain assumptions, presumably shared by all the participants. This article will consider the assumptions underlying gifted education, how these have shaped the direction of the field, and what other kinds of questions these assumptions raise.


To validate the efficacy of the history, electrocardiogram, age, risk factors, and troponin (HEART) and history, electrocardiogram, age, and risk factors (HEAR) scores in a Japanese cohort.


Since the classical age the West has undergone a profound transformation of these mechanisms of power. 'Deduction' has tended to be no longer the major form of power but merely one element among others, working to incite, reinforce, control, monitor, optimize, and organize the forces under it: a power bent on generating forces, making them grow, and ordering them, rather than one dedicated to impeding them, making them submit, or destroying them. (Foucault 1980, 136)


Abstract We focused in this paper on the importance of punctuation marks and its teaching methods in Romanian language, underlining those cases when incorrect punctuation can even change the whole meaning of a sentence. We also illustrate some situations of incorrect use of comma and exclamation mark and we suggest some possible solutions to the problem of incorrect punctuation such as revision lessons, more applications on different texts, tests.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of consumer-related and bank-related characteristics on the knowledge of the total cost of consumer loans paid by consumers and test the hypothesized relationships between them.

Design/methodology/approach
In order to identify the proportion of consumers who do not know the total cost of consumer loans and reasons for it in the Chilean consumer loans industry, an empirical study using a survey administered through personal in-home interviews was carried out.

Findings
Results show that knowledge of a consumer loans total cost is positively associated with product satisfaction as well as recent and infrequent purchases. This study also shows that a big market segment, comprising 37.2 percent of the probability sample, represents vulnerable consumers with high self-reported knowledge but low actual knowledge of the total costs of consumer loans. This study shows that this market segment has a higher use of the price-quality cue and a higher purchase frequency of consumer loans.

Originality/value
The present study contributes to the existing literature in the following ways. First, while previous research measured only self-reported knowledge for financial services, the present study examines actual knowledge of the total cost of consumer loans. Second, while previous research for financial services only examined the effects of the use of the price-quality cue and price advertising exposure, the present study also examines 11 other determinants, which are relevant for managers, regulators and researchers.


The objective of this study is to develop a cost-effective and environmentally friendly synthesis using soft chemistry based on Chemical Solution Deposition (CSD) using ink-jet printing for the deposition of ceramic thin films. The main advantages are the lower investment, the faster deposition with higher yield and the processing under ambient pressure enabling a complete continuous processing. The materials chosen for this study are TiO2 for development of photocatalytic layers; Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is chosen as electrolyte material for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC's) and for production of Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC's); Lanthanum-Strontium-Manganese-Oxides (LSMO) magneto-resistive systems have been developed for obtaining functional magneto-resistive patterns.


In the thesis some techniques of discontinuous differential equations and nonsmooth analysis are developed in order to deal with the stabilization problem of nonlinear systems.


Herein we report the intramolecular arene C-H and C-F bond oxygenation by tetranuclear iron complexes. Treatment of [LFe3(PhPz)3OFe][OTf]2 (1) or its fluorinated analog [LFe3(F2ArPz)3OFe][OTf]2 (5) with iodosobenzene results in the regioselective hydroxylation of a bridging pyrazolate ligand, converting a C-H or C-F bond into a C-O bond. The observed reactivity suggests the formation of terminal and reactive Fe-oxo intermediates. With the possibility of intramolecular electron transfer within clusters in 1 and 5, different reaction pathways (Fe(IV)-oxo vs Fe(III)-oxo) might be responsible for the observed arene hydroxylation.


This is the fourth and final volume in a series begun by Isobel Murray and Bob Tait in 1984. Authors covered in previous volumes include: 1. George Mackay Brown, Jessie Kesson, Norman MacCaig, William McIlvanney, and David Toulmin. 2. Iain Banks, Bernard MacLaverty, Naomi Mitchison, Iain Crichton Smith,Alan Spence. 3. Janice Galloway, John Herdman, Robin Jenkins, Joan Lingard, Ali Smith. Extracts from Reviews for Volume 3 Murray is a fine interviewer as well as an incisive critic, academic and biographer. These aren't the kind of interviews that merely gift-wrap the books under discussion; here she's putting whole careers up for lively discussion, and unless she has read every word she wouldn't dream of pressing the tape recorder's "on" button. This is one book it would be impossible to read without wanting to re-read at least half a dozen more straight away. David Robinson, The Scotsman One woman has for several years been circumventing the tired old restrictions and distortions of the formula. Isobel Murray, Honorary Professor in Modern Scottish Literature at Aberdeen University, has been getting writers to talk, at length, on tape ...It is an utterly gripping collection. Because the writers are allowed to express themselves without being manipulated or paraphrased, their conversation evolves into real revelation. Murray's consummate skill as an interviewer. She never intrudes, or interrupts, or postures. Her deep knowledge and understanding of literature and writing act as a sort of psychological water diviner, drawing out descriptions and confidences that a less clever interrogator would never bring to the surface. The obvious luminaries of this series may be the writers, but the pole star is Murray. Most other interviewers are mere astral dust by comparison. Rosemary Goring, The Herald Simply indispensable. Hugh MacDonald, The Herald


In this dissertation, we explore sensitivity analyses under three different types of incomplete data problems, including missing outcomes, missing outcomes and missing predictors, potential outcomes in Rubin causal model (RCM) . The first sensitivity analysis is conducted for the missing completely at random (MCAR) assumption in frequentist inference; the second one is conducted for the missing at random (MAR) assumption in likelihood inference; the third one is conducted for one novel assumption, the "sixth assumption" proposed for the robustness of instrumental variable estimand in causal inference.


The oxidation rate of the molten steel covered with the tundish cover powder and the molten stee] being teemedwasmeasuredand the reaction mechanismwas investigated as a basic study to quantify the oxidation rate of molten steel at different parts in an actual tundish. Theoxidation rate of the molten steel covered with the tundish cover powder is proportionai to the partial pressure of 02 gas in the gaseous phase and the reciprocal numberof thickness of tundish cover powder and can be explained by masstransfer control mode[ of 02 gas in the layer of tundish cover powder. The oxidation rate of stirred molten steel and molten steel being teemed is proportional to the partia] pressure of 02 gas in the gaseousphase and the 0.45th power of the stirring energy per unit area and can be rationally explained by a control model of masstransfer of 02 gas in the gaseous phase in which an increase in the reaction interface area due to stirring is considered.


ABSTRACT Introduction: Individuals who have deep and periventricular white matter hyperintensities may have a higher risk for suicidal behavior. There are mixed results in the literature regarding whether unipolar or bipolar patients who have attempted suicide have more deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMH) or periventricular hyperintensities (PVH) relative to those who have no history of suicide attempts. Methods: A meta-analysis of studies examining white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in mood disorder patients with and without a history of suicide attempts was performed. Results: Four studies, including a total of 173 patients who attempted suicide and 183 who did not attempt suicide, were included. A significantly higher number of attempters were found to have WMH than non-attempters. Unipolar depressed patients who had attempted suicide had 1.9 times more DWMH and 2.1 times more PVH than those who did not. Bipolar patients who had attempted suicide had 5.4 times more PVH than those who had not. Taken together, unipolar and bipolar patients who had attempted suicide had 2.8 times more DWMH and 4.5 times more PVH than those who had never attempted suicide.


In the last 21 years the Lamont-Doherty Observatory has studied and monitored seismicity in the northeastern US for the purpose of understanding tectonic processes responsible for seismogenesis in this intraplate area. Central to this effort has been a seismic network covering most of New York State, northern New Jersey, and northern and central Vermont. Temporary networks of portable stations have also been deployed to study aftershocks or other earthquake sequences of special significance. This program has been supported primarily by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and by the US Geological Survey. Five digital strong ground motion accelerographs are also operated as part of a Program sponsored by the National Center for Earthquake Engineering. The previously centralized network has been transformed into four cost effective sub-networks with seismic field stations radio telemetered to ``smart`` recording stations. The major research effort during this year was related to an m2.8 earthquake which occurred on October 25, 1990, near Bridgeton, N.J. The earthquake provided a more accurate velocity model for central New Jersey and additional information regarding the Newark Basin Seismic Zone.


Dual-k convolutional codes are codes in the alphabet of M = 2k that provide good performance when used with M-ary signaling and soft-decision Viterbi decoding. The purpose of this paper is to consider Dual-k codes applied to frequency hopping (FH) communication systems using M-ary FSK channel modulation. The bit error rate performance (upper bound) is evaluated and compared for several alphabets (values of k) and a range of code rates. This is done for a selection of channels, including nonfading and Rayleigh fading in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN), and fraction-of-the-band multitone interference. The performance is based on noncoherent square-law detection followed by soft-decision Viterbi decoding. The results should be an aid to performance/complexity trade-offs for such coded systems that must operate in the environments considered.


Purpose

This paper aims to facilitate verification of computer modelling techniques for complex structures exposed to fire and to test the effect of some steel beams being left unprotected.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper describes a fire test conducted on a large-scale structure representing four corner bays of a typical multi-storey steel-frame office building.

Findings

A new and unexpected mode of damage occurred.

Originality/value

The test results indicate that an alternate reinforcement detail should be used in combination with unprotected beams.


The trajectory tracking control for coordinated motion of free-floating space manipulator system with an attitude controlled base is discussed.According to the geometrical relationship and law of conservation of momentum,the dynamic equations of space manipulator system are constituted through Lagrange equation of the second kind.Based on the above,a fuzzy wavelet neural network scheme is designed to control the base attitude and the joint angle of manipulator to track desired trajectories synchronously in joint space on condition that system parameters are unknown.The control scheme needs neither linearly parameterize the dynamic equations of the system,nor know any system parameters.Further more,its network weights are learning online based on errors by back propagation algorithm so the self-learning and self-adapting ability of fuzzy neural network is enhanced and meantime the offline training time is saved.Numerical simulations are presented to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.


A study the effect of time of half shoot pruning on yield and quality in meadow orchard of guava was conducted after subjecting it to different time of shoot pruning and their combination. Findings revealed that half shoot (50%) pruning significantly influenced yield and quality attributes of guava. Half shoot pruning in April results in equal yield in rainy and winter season crop during both the year. Lowest yield recorded in unpruned control in winter season crop. However, highest total yield per year was recorded in unpruned control during both the year with inferior fruit quality. Winter season crop obtained with increased TSS, ascorbic acid and total sugars.


Early identification of emerging technological opportunities is crucial for companies to formulate technology strategies that can provide a core competitive advantage over competitors in the future. It is required to have an effective approach to support industrial practitioners to identify and analyze technological opportunities, especially for a new emerging technology-enabled market. This research develops an outlier-based patent analysis approach to explore potential technological opportunities for the telehealth industry. The proposed methodology applies text mining based on the vector space model (VSM) to represent patent documents as a term-document matrix. Latent semantic analysis (LSA), a technique in natural language processing, is used to transform the original term-document matrix into a lower dimensional space to alleviate the problem of curse of dimensionality. Then, the angle-based outlier detection (ABOD) method is applied to determine outlier patents that provide fresh ideas for new technological opportunities. Several potential opportunities are identified from the experimental results, such as new material, unified data transmission hub, new indicators for more accurate data collection, and facilitating coordination among care team members. The research finding may help Taiwans telehealth firms identify potential opportunities and improve their product strategies.


Industrial restructuring and upgrading has a crucial effect on a country's economic development.Building a relatively reasonable industrial structure,promoting industrial growth and industrial relations are the key to ensure sustained,stable and harmonious national economic development.At present,China's industrial structure is changing slowly from labor-intensive domination to capital-intensive and technology-intensive domination.Listed companies are an important part of each industry sector,so it's the first target.From the view of empirical(using 2001 and 2008 listed companies' trade data in Shanghai),by applying Industrial Connection Analysis,this paper calculates and analyses influence coefficient and Sensitivity coefficient of all kinds of industrial sector so as to distinguish types of industrial linkage,analyses industrial linkage characteristics of China's Listed companies' industrial structure,reveals changes in industrial structure and existed problems,analyses policy guidelines of the industry,delisting and Business Transformation of listed companies' impact on industrial restructuring.


The problem of a personality's professional establishment is very acute nowadays. The pedagogical terms of a high school seniour students' professional self-identification are considered in this article.


The Wolff–Parkinson–White (WPW) syndrome is very rarely complicated with a complete atrioventricular block (AVB). In this case, the ventricle is activated entirely through the accessory pathway and the QRS complex is wide and exhibits maximum pre-excitation features. This case report describes a history of a 68 years old male with symptomatic WPW syndrome, episodes of rapid atrial fibrillation and complete atrioventricular block. Complete heart block in WPW syndrome should be suspected in the presence of a very wide, torn QRS, PJ interval > 0.27 s and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation without atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia episodes


The present invention relates to novel ritonavir analogous compounds exhibit very good activity in the inhibition of HIV protease. Further, the present invention is a drug, especially relates to the ritonavir analogous compound of the present invention, or a salt thereof, in combination with ester or prodrug alone or with other anti-HIV agents used as therapeutic agents for HIV infection.


AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF CEMENT PASTE LOADED IN AXIAL COMPRESSION AND THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF THE PASTE WHEN DILUTED WITH AGGREGATE. CEMENT PASTES WERE MADE WITH WATER-CEMENT RATIOS OF 0.70 AND 0.45 BY WEIGHT AND THESE SAME WATER-CEMENT RATIOS WERE USED IN CONCRETES CONTAINING NATURAL AGGREGATES AND CONCRETES CONTAINING SYNTHETIC AGGREGATES. CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS, 2 IN . IN DIAMETER BY 4 IN. IN HEIGHT, WERE USED FOR EVALUATING THE CONCRETES. SPECIMENS WERE TESTED IN A SATURATED CONDITION AND AT MOISTURE CONTENTS LESS THAN SATURATION. OVER 500 SPECIMENS WERE TESTED STATICALLY IN UNCONFINED COMPRESSION AND OVER 150 SPECIMENS WERE TESTED IN UNCONFINED COMPRESSION AT SPECIFIC STRESS LEVELS AT A SPEED OF 1000 CPM . IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF CEMENT PASTE IS SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN THE WATER-CEMENT RATIO OF THE PASTE AND TO CHANGES IN THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE PASTE. WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF PLAIN CONCRETE ARE APPARENTLY GOVERENED PRIMARILY BY THE FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CEMENT PASTE. THE FATIGUE MECHANISM PROPOSED FOR CEMENT PASTE AND PLAIN CONCRETE IS BASICALLY THE SAME; I.E., FATIGUE FAILURE OCCURS BECAUSE SMALL CRACKS FORM AND PROPAGATE IN THE CEMENT PASTE UNDER REPEATED APPLICATIONS OF LOADS LESS THAN THE STATIC FAILURE LOAD. THE RESULTING CRACK PATTERN WEAKENS THE SECTION TO THE POINT WHERE IT CANNOT MAINTAIN THE APPLIED LOAD. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DAMAGING CRACK PATTERN DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON THE WATER-CEMENT RATIO OF THE CEMENT PASTE AND THE PRESENCE OF SHRINKAGE STRESSES IN THE CEMENT PASTE. /AUTHOR/


With aniline and salicylaldehyde as main materials, a new collector for wolframite slime was synthesized. In a pulp of natural pH value, this collector can collect wolframite effectively. Its selectivity is similar to that of benzyl arsenic acid and better than that of sodium oleate.With this collector, a wolframite rough concentrate with grade 30.12% WO 3 and recovery 91.50%, and a concentrate with grade 58.66% WO 3 and recovery 85.00% were obtained respectively from a wolframite ore containing 4.08% WO 3.


Introduction: the fecundity of a normal couple is about 20-25 % of ovulatory cycles, and out of them, 90 % achieved pregnancy within one year. 10-15 % of couples need specialized care to conceive pregnancy and this percentage increases significantly with woman ́s age. It can be up to 50 % from age 37, because the reproductive function physiologically declines. Objective: To determine the causes of infertility in patients over 35 years of age. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional descriptive study, 172 patients with a history of infertility, attended in consultation at Dr. Luis Díaz Soto Central Military Hospital from 2004 to 2010. These patients completed the study. Group I was formed by patients aged 21 to 35 and group II was formed by patients aged 36 to 40. These patients underwent the necessary additional test to reach the definitive diagnosis of their infertility cause, and treatment was indicated according those results. Results: 51.1 % of patients older than 35 years had infertility due to tubal condition, and 32.8 % due to anovulatory cycles. Pregnancy rate was 19.4 % after treatment. Conclusions: in both study groups, secondary infertility prevailed due to peritoneal tube. It was higher in patients older than 35 years.


For many NLP applications that require a parser, the sentences of interest may not be well-formed. If the parser can overlook problems such as grammar mistakes and produce a parse tree that closely resembles the correct analysis for the intended sentence, we say that the parser is robust . This paper compares the performances of eight state-of-the-art dependency parsers on two domains of ungrammat-ical sentences: learner English and machine translation outputs. We have developed an evaluation metric and conducted a suite of experiments. Our analyses may help practitioners to choose an appropriate parser for their tasks, and help developers to improve parser robustness against ungrammatical sentences.


The leaching of soluble compounds reduces the efficiency of chemical indices for freshness when fish is stored in ice. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether chemical indices for freshness evaluation of squid (Loligo plei) could be improved by expressing their contents as percentages of the non-protein nitrogen (NPN). The contents of NPN, free amino groups (FAG), trimethylamine oxide (TMA-O), trimethylamine (TMA), volatile basic nitrogen (VBN), ammonia (AMM), urea and free tryptophan (FT) were periodically determined in squid muscle during 16 days of storage in ice. The VBN, AMM, TMA, urea and FT contents in squids, when expressed as mg/100 g, did not distinguish between squids stored in ice for 1 or 2 weeks. However, when the contents of VBN and AMM were expressed as percentages of the NPN, it was possible to distinguish between squids stored for 1, 4 and 7 days. Free tryptophan was the most efficient quality index for L. plei, allowing accurate discrimination of squids stored in ice for 02-...


The paper aims to study the properties of various local and imported terrazzo tiles manufactured by ten different factories. Five of the terrazzo tile samples are local while the others are imported from Turkey and Iran. Thirty samples have been tested for each factory with total number of 300 tiles. Samples of tiles have been randomly selected from local market and then tested according to the testing methods of terrazzo tiles and ordinary tiles (31, 1989) and compared with Iraqi specification (1042, 1984). Tests result showed that all local samples conform to the specification while imported samples do not conform to Iraqi specification. The Turkish samples were out of tolerances in thickness (-15, -13 mm) for both samples. The Iranian samples were out of limits in total absorption test (10.4, 11.6 %) for both sample. The higher modulus of rupture was 7.22 MPa in a Turkish sample. The best abrasion resistance was 1.87 mm average thickness reduction in an Iranian sample. The best result of SO3 content was 0.274% in local sample Kamalyah factory. Over all, according to the adopted specification all local samples can be classified as conformable to specification limits.


Abstract : In this paper, the effect of atmospheric turbulence on laser beam propagation between tops of the high building and the hill behind our university campus at the distance of 1500m is discussed. The typical range of measurable C(n) values, curvature of the laser beam propagation and the focal spots diameter of the laser beam are given, which are agreement with the theory analysis.


Octonionic root system of E8 is decomposed as the 9 sets of Hurwitz integers, each set satisfying the binary tetrahedral group structure, and the 12 sets of quaternionic units, each set obeying the dicylic group structure of order 12. This fact is used to prove that the automorphism group of the octonionic root system of E7 is the finite subgroup of G2, of order 12 096, an explicit 7×7 matrix realization of which is constructed. Possible use of the octonionic representation of the E6 root system as orbifolds and the relevance of the binary tetrahedral structures with the statistical mechanics models are suggested.


Objective To analyze clinical features and treatment of patients with late-onset injuries in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.Methods Clinical data of three patients with late-onset injuries were analyzed retrospectively.Results The first patient was compromised with late-onset traumatic diaphragmatic hernia complicated with shock.The second and third patients were suffered from late-onset traumatic hepatic rupture.After prompt surgery operation,the first and second subjects survived.Unfortunately,the third patient died of severe abdominal infection despite successful operation.ConclusionLate-onset organ injuries must be recognized and treated promptly.


In the first decade of the 21st century, British policing faced two new challenges in how it responded to social diversity: As well as instituting reforms in response to a highly publicized report describing the British police as 'institutionally racist' (Macpherson, 1999), they faced challenges associated with rapid increases in numbers of immigrants into the UK. Studying social representations at such times of change allows access into processes, themes and value systems that may otherwise remain hidden. This paper uses social representations theory to explore interview accounts provided by regular police officers of interactions with members of minority groups. Empirically, we focus on an area of diversity policing that has received relatively little previous attention: Police work in a rural context that has recently played host to large numbers of migrant workers. Our analysis shows that interviews operate as a site of resistance in which respondents attempt to rework hegemonic representations of the police as prejudiced and to re-present themselves and their work as able to respond appropriately to diversity. Fairness as a defining characteristic of good police practice is a central representational theme that links identity construction processes to police work with minority groups. Recent immigrant groups are represented as both needing and deserving help to assimilate into British culture: Their lack of acculturation and language difficulties provide additional challenges to police work and to how this is judged as 'fair'. We discuss the broader origins and implications of police officers' understandings of fairness and the use of social representations theory to study representational fields within organizational settings. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


By means of measuring worksite equipments of the heat rolling sheet steel factory and acquainting technique parameters of the electric joint slack,a kind of simple process equipment and cutting tool has been designed and made for purpose of online process.


Long before the thunderheads towered high above the nearby mountain peaks, the crisp, clear morning air in northern New Mexico reverberated with the sounds of a unique geophysical program. Voice transmitted by radio signaled vibroseis operators to move to the next flag, while freshly acquired seismic records were greeted with excited debate. It was all part of Sage, more formally known as Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience—which is, for budding geophysicists, the equivalent of an immersion course in a foreign language for a diplomat.


This paper aims to analyze microbial diversity of tobacco rhizosphere soil at different growth stages. With tobacco rhizosphere soil as the research object, high throughout sequencing was carried out on DNA of 16S rDNA-V4 region and fungi of ITS1 region in rhizosphere soil of tobacco. Soil samples were collected at different growth stages. Qiime and Mothur software were used to collate and count Operational Taxonomic Unit (OTU) in samples; the abundances and Alpha diversities of species were analyzed. The results showed that the order of bacterial diversity was squaring period> decaying period > resettling stage > mature period > vigorous growing period. The diversity of fungi was highest at the mature period, and showed declining trend. At the level of genus, the most dominant bacteria at resettling stage were Pseudomonas, accounting for 2.70%; the most dominant bacteria at vigorous growing period were Alcanivorax, accounting for 15.55%; the most dominant bacteria at mature period were Candidatus Nitrososphaera, accounting for 20.16%; the most dominant bacteria at decaying period were Streptomyces, accounting for 5.16%; the most dominant bacteria at squaring period were Marinobacter, accounting for 14.24%. The diversity analysis showed that dominant bacteria in rhizosphere soil varied greatly at different growth stages. The diversities and abundances of bacteria at the mature, vigorous growing and squaring periods were higher than those of resettling and decaying periods. The most dominant fungi at resettling period were Aspergillus, accounting for 12.19%; the most dominant fungi at vigorous growing period were Mortierella, accounting for 4.29%; the most dominant fungi at mature period were Un--s-Fungi sp, accounting for 2.91%; the most dominant fungi at decaying period were Chaetomium, accounting for 3.87%; the most dominant fungi at squaring period were Un--s-Tremellomycetes sp, accounting for 10.24%. The diversity analysis showed that dominant fungi in rhizosphere soil varied greatly at different growth stages. The species diversities and total abundances of fungi at the resettling period were higher than those of squaring, decaying, mature and vigorous growing periods. Fungal diversity also declined with the passage of time.


A structured light pattern can be used to acquire the range data of an object from a single camera for 3-D imaging systems and it can be used for practical applications in a dynamic environment, i.e., a scene with moving objects. This paper illustrates the generation of a class of distinct structured light patterns with various sizes (range image points).


We generalise the concept of duality to lattice equations. We derive a novel 3-dimensional lattice equation, which is dual to the lattice AKP equation. Reductions of this equation include Rutishauser's quotient-difference (QD) algorithm, the higher analogue of the discrete time Toda (HADT) equation and its corresponding quotient–quotient-difference (QQD) system, the discrete hungry Lotka–Volterra system, discrete hungry QD, as well as the hungry forms of HADT and QQD. We provide three conservation laws, we conjecture the equation admits N-soliton solutions and that reductions have the Laurent property and vanishing algebraic entropy.


Osmophobia accompanies migraine attacks in more than half of migraine patients, and odorants are known to trigger migraines in many patients. The mechanisms underlying these observations are not well understood. A recently published case report described cessation of migraines in a woman who became anosmic secondary to severe rhinitis. We present here a case we encountered with persistence of odorant-induced migraines despite acquiring anosmia due to olfactory neuropathy, allowing for further refinement of the putative localization. We report a 52-year-old woman with a history of episodic migraine without aura since childhood, occurring at a frequency of 2–4 migraine days per month. She reported that 50% of her migraines would be triggered by volatiles, reporting associations most closely with gasoline, perfumes, and paints. At age 51, she underwent resection of a 2 cm olfactory groove meningioma at an outside center through a bi-coronal incision. Immediately following this surgery, the patient developed bilateral anosmia, which had not improved at the time of our visit. Interestingly, she reported that despite having anosmia, she had continued to experience migraines following exposure to volatile odorants. For example, every time she would go to fill her car's gas tank, she would develop a migraine. She learned to hold her breath and walk away while the tank would be filling to avoid the migraine attack. She also reported migraines at work in the context of soldering materials, requiring the placement of a special fume hood which resolved the issue. Finally, she reported an instance of developing a migraine upon walking into a waiting room, prompting her to ask if there were any strong smells nearby, only to learn that others in the room were also being troubled by a strong perfume. Her neurologic examination was normal, except for a Brief Smell Identification Test score of 2/12, which requires forced answer choice. She denied being able to identify any odor, but became nauseated during the odor panels prompting recognition of "chocolate" and "soap," although these were not typical triggers for her. Strengths of our report include objective documentation of anosmia, a clearly defined etiology for the anosmia, and a descriptive clinical history in a patient with a predominance of odorant-triggered migraines. Limitations include the possibility that she may have had some residual olfactory function sufficient to mediate the effect of odorants. It is also possible that she may have misinterpreted the causality of odorant exposure and migraines in the setting of premonitory osmophobia. Finally, it is possible that her post-surgical attacks had been conditioned on the basis of prior exposure-responses. Our case demonstrates that migraine attacks can continue to be triggered by odorants even with diminished or in absence of olfactory chemoreception, suggesting a possible alternative mechanism. It has been shown that photophobia remains prevalent in blind migraineurs, likely due to a non-image forming neural pathway, converging with trigeminal afferents at the level of the thalamus. Odorants may also be transmitted through more than one pathway, either through the olfactory nerve, or volatile compounds may stimulate the trigeminal nerve via chemesthesis. This latter process is preserved in patients with anosmia, with some additional areas of brain activation in anosmic patients versus controls. We propose that the trigeminal pathway may be an alternative mechanism by which olfactory triggers may trigger migraine in at least some migraineurs, which would explain persistence of migraines stimulated by odors in our patient with olfactory neuropathy.


The fully nonlinear notion of resonance -$\textit{geometrical resonance}$- in the general context of dissipative systems subjected to $\textit{nonsteady}$ potentials is discussed. It is demonstrated that there is an exact local invariant associated with each geometrical resonance solution which reduces to the system's energy when the potential is steady. The geometrical resonance solutions represent a \textit{local symmetry} whose critical breaking leads to a new analytical criterion for the order-chaos threshold. This physical criterion is deduced in the co-moving frame from the local energy conservation over the shortest significant timescale. Remarkably, the new criterion for the onset of chaos is shown to be valid over large regions of parameter space, thus being useful beyond the perturbative regime and the scope of current mathematical techniques.


The existence of massive galaxies with strongly suppressed star formation at z ∼ 2.3, identified in a previous paper, suggests that a red sequence may already be in place beyond z = 2. In order to test this hypothesis, we study the rest-frame U − B color distribution of massive galaxies at 2 < z < 3. The sample is drawn from our near-infrared spectroscopic survey for massive galaxies. The color distribution shows a statistically significant (>3 σ) red sequence, which hosts ~60% of the stellar mass at the high-mass end. The red-sequence galaxies have little or no ongoing star formation, as inferred from both emission-line diagnostics and stellar continuum shapes. Their strong Balmer breaks and their location in the rest-frame U − B, B − V plane indicate that they are in a poststarburst phase, with typical ages of ~0.5-1.0 Gyr. In order to study the evolution of the red sequence, we compare our sample with spectroscopic massive galaxy samples at 0.02 < z < 0.045 and 0.6 < z < 1.0. The rest-frame U − B color reddens by ~0.25 mag from z ∼ 2.3 to the present at a given mass. Over the same redshift interval, the number and stellar mass density on the high-mass end (>1011 M☉) of the red sequence grow by factors of ~8 and ~6, respectively. We explore simple models to explain the observed evolution. Passive evolution models predict too-strong Δ (U − B) and produce z ∼ 0 galaxies that are too red. More complicated models that include aging, galaxy transformations, and red mergers can explain both the number density and color evolution of the massive end of the red sequence between z ∼ 2.3 and the present.


At the Health Foundation, we know that genuine patient involvement in their own care requires a fundamental cultural shift in the relationship between patients and clinicians. We have conducted research and designed and delivered improvement programmes that promote these new relationships. In 2012 we will open up a wide-ranging discussion about the practical implications of the challenges and opportunities for the doctor-patient relationship.


Preface Abbreviations List of Entries Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Basketball, Revised and Expanded Edition Appendix 1: Alphabetical Listing of Entries Appendix 2: Entries by Place of Birth Appendix 3: Women Basketball Players and Coaches Appendix 4: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Members Index Contributors About the Editor


The design principle and method of aviation frequency power is proposed,by compounding the three-phase voltage source PWM rectifier,high frequency link and cycloconverter,which make the circuit realize soft switching to the utmost extent and solve the problem current commutation of cycloconverter.The results of experiment verify the aforementioned control methods are right,more reliable,and high power factor.


IntTQdtfction The set of lines of three-dimensional projective geometry PGg usually called the line geometry (cf.[2]) is always considered in the projective space which is treated as the theory of the universe of points and planes, with e.g. an incidence relation. The set of lines has a well-known interpretation in five-dimensional projective geonetry (so-called the geometry on Plucker' quadric). It would be interesting to define the line geometry as the axiomatic theory of the lines with certain relation. An attempt of the axiomatic approach of such a theory was shown below and this paper stands for the first part of research of axiomatic theory (designed by LGg in this paper) for the set lines mentioned above. Next it was shown that in LGg can be built the projective geometry PG^Irepresentation theorems) and. that set of lines built in such a way geometry with the properly defined relation is isomorphic with LG^. This isomorphism allows to treat LG~ as axiomatics of geometry on PIucker'quadric.


Today, the outcome for patients with anorexia nervosaseems to have worsened since Gull's time. Thus, patientshave less than a 50% chance of recovery within 10 yearsand a 6·6 to 15% risk of dying 10–20 years after the onsetof the disorder. Also, in many patients the disorderbecomes chronic with frequent episodes of relapse, andthere is no effective treatment. In fact, of only two studiespublished in which a treatment was evaluatedscientifically, one reported a minor effect,


This article introduces the special issue that seeks to spur the debate on the challenges of managing people in organizations in Africa. The debate on HRM in Africa has proceeded with tentative steps and now clearly needs to be located firmly within the international management context. It is not the purpose of this special issue to discover or develop an over-arching model of HRM. That has been attempted elsewhere. Our purpose is to bring together the various threads that characterize the on-going debate and hopefully move towards a more specific research agenda which captures the complexity of managing on the African continent. Some of these threads include the formulation of new perspectives on HR research, finding common ground with diverse disciplines and tackling enduring problems like ethnicity and discrimination.


In this paper, an error bound analysis is performed for 2x thru de-embedding methods: AFR (Automatic Fixture Removal) and SFD (Smart Fixture De-embedding). Basically, a certain amount of error is assumed to exist in S11 of 1x. This error will cause the de-embedded results to vary within a certain range. The upper bound and lower bound of the magnitude of the de-embedded results are given.


ABSTRACT Our everyday practices are increasingly mediated through online technologies, entailing the navigation and also oft-simultaneous creation of large quantities of information and communication data. The scale and types of activities being undertaken, the data that are being created and engaged with, and the possibilities for analysis, archiving and distribution are now so extensive that technical constructs are necessarily required as a way to manage, interpret and distribute these. These constructs include the platforms, the software, the codes and the algorithms. This paper explores the place of the algorithm in shaping and engaging with the contemporary everyday. It does this via an exploration of some particular instances of algorithmic sorting and presentation as well as considering some of the ways these contribute to shaping our everyday practices and understandings. In doing so, it raises questions about understandings of agency and power, shifting world views and our complex relationship with technologies.


The extant sources for the songs in MGM's The Wizard of Oz— draft lyrics, studio piano-vocal manuscripts, early screenplays, production records, etc.—afford fascinating insight into their creation. Drawing from such largely untapped archival materials, this chapter reveals that each song within the completed film—as an individual, fixed "work"—was created via cumulative authorship along a figurative assembly line. To demonstrate this phenomenon, the evolution of the songs is traced through their successive developmental stages over the course of the film's three production phases: Pre-Production (genesis of the songs by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, arrangement by MGM staff, orchestration by yet different studio personnel, prerecording with orchestra); Production (shoot-to-playback); Post-Production (underscoring by MGM music director Herbert Stothart and staff, continued development of the songs by Stothart and staff, previews and musical editing, final cut released).


An experimental study on the influence of a pulsed magnetic field (PMF) on the unidirectional solidification of pure aluminum is reported. The forced convection induced by PMF encourages a thermal homogenization of the liquid zone ahead of the solidification front. Meanwhile, synchronous solidification occurs under high magnetic intensity to form fine equiaxed grains in the entire ingot. The solidification time exhibits a trend of going from initial ascent to subsequent decent with increasing magnetic intensity. Finally, the solidification times of various temperature measurement points in the casting approach a convergence point at a magnetic intensity of 0.154 T, at which the finest grain size appears in the ingots. A thermodynamic expression with the application of PMF is discussed.


High‐performance, coplanar amorphous In0.5Ga0.5O (a‐IGO) thin film transistor (TFT) on a polyimide (PI) substrate deposited by spray pyrolysis (SP) is reported. The SP a‐IGO film deposited at 370 °C has less than 8% nanocrystalline‐In2O3 dots and a mass density of 6.6 g cm−3. The a‐IGO TFT on PI exhibits linear mobility over 30 cm2 V−1 s−1 and a negligible shift in threshold voltage (ΔVTH = <0.3 V) under positive bias (+20 V) at 60 °C for 1 h. The TFT performance is stable even when bent to a radius of ≈1 mm. The X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy results of the SP a‐IGO deposited at 370 °C indicate the O‐vacancy (Vo) related defects of 25.79% and hydroxyl (OH) at less than 3%, indicating a good active/gate insulator interface. A seven‐stage ring oscillator made of SP a‐IGO TFTs exhibits a high oscillation frequency (>2.3 MHz) with a low propagation delay time of ≈30 ns per stage at a supply voltage (VDD) of 15 V. The fabricated gate shift register circuit works up to the last stage without any decrement of the input voltage (15 V) with rising and falling times less than 0.8 µs. Therefore, the coplanar a‐IGO TFT by SP deposited at 370 °C is a promising candidate for low‐cost, flexible TFT backplanes of foldable electronics.


Current natural language generation or machine translation systems cannot distinguish among near-synonyms—words that share the same core meaning but vary in their lexical nuances. This is due to a lack of knowledge about differences between near-synonyms in existing computational lexical resources.
The goal of this thesis is to automatically acquire a lexical knowledge-base of near-synonym differences (LKB of NS) from multiple sources, and to show how it can be used in a practical natural language processing system.
I designed a method to automatically acquire knowledge from dictionaries of near-synonym discrimination written for human readers. An unsupervised decision-list algorithm learns patterns and words for classes of distinctions. The patterns are learned automatically, followed by a manual validation step. The extraction of distinctions between near-synonyms is entirely automatic. The main types of distinctions are: stylistic (for example, inebriated is more formal than drunk), attitudinal (for example, skinny is more pejorative than slim), and denotational (for example, blunder implies accident and ignorance, while error does not).
I enriched the initial LKB of NS with information extracted from other sources. First, information about the senses of the near-synonym was added (WordNet senses). Second, knowledge about the collocational behaviour of the near-synonyms was acquired from free text. Collocations between a word and the near-synonyms in a dictionary entry were classified into: preferred collocations, less-preferred collocations, and anti-collocations. Third, knowledge about distinctions between near-synonyms was acquired from machine-readable dictionaries (the General Inquirer and the Macquarie Dictionary). These distinctions were merged with the initial LKB of NS, and inconsistencies were resolved.
The generic LKB of NS needs to be customized in order to be used in a natural language processing system. The parts that need customization are the core denotations and the strings that describe peripheral concepts in the denotational distinctions. To show how the LKB of NS can be used in practice, I present Xenon, a natural language generation system that chooses the near-synonym that best matches a set of input preferences. I implemented Xenon by adding a near-synonym choice module and a near-synonym collocation module to an existing general-purpose surface realizer.


In this paper, a second-order hyperbolic equations with initial boundary value problems are solved by using a few new three level methods based on parametric cubic spline in space and in time. Truncation error and stability analysis of the methods have been carried out. It is shown that by suitably choosing the parameters most of the previous known methods can be derived from our method. We also obtain a new high accuracy scheme of . Finally, the numerical solutions are compared with other published numerical solution.


Crushed concrete (CC) is one of the most abundant waste materials generated from construction industry. This material is widely recycled and used in various applications like pavement, concrete aggregates and backfilling. Crushed concrete is mixed with any of virgin soil to increase the engineering properties of soil. In the present study, a sample of crushed concrete is collected from demolished buildings at Secunderabad and the material is segregated according to gradation for the present study. The index properties of crushed concrete like pH, specific gravity, water absorption, particle size distribution are obtained. Locally available soil is partially replaced i.e., 30%, 50%, and 70% with crushed concrete fine aggregates and its compaction characteristics and shear strength parameters are determined. In the continuation of the study, a numerical model is developed using a finite element software i.e GeoStudio Sigma/w. Mesh and boundary extent convergence studies are done for the model. The top 1m virgin soil is replaced with the mixture of CC and soils. Settlements for various percentages of CC and for different width of footing are obtained for a uniform stress of 200kPa. The stress is applied in 5 stages in order to simulate real field conditions. It was observed that 30% replacement of CC have given the least settlement for all widths of footing considered in the study


that utilize artificial intelligence. Chung proposes for AI-powered tools to effectively support artistic processes, they must seamlessly integrate into existing workflows and enable the expression of subtle intentions through gradual changes. For Chung, designers hold, therefore, a crucial role, as these tools will influence whether such technologies benefit or harm society. Professor Lydia Chilton's examines the use of AI in the design process, which provides further insights into this topic. She analyzes both the successes and failures of designing with AI and concludes that, while AI can be helpful, it requires human guidance to truly become a powerful creative tool. To reach this conclusion, she shares her journey in demystifying the "magic" of the design process and the role generative AI systems can play in that process. Chilton describes neither of these is magical, but instead requires work to execute or understand. She identifies the "flare" portion of the design process as a place where AI can support the design process by providing access to a wide range of inspiration. T he advent of machine learning models, such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and ChatGPT, has prompted artists and researchers to revisit the concept of creativity. As with any new technology being introduced in practice, reactions diverge, ranging from the enthusiastic embrace of new possibilities to apprehensive avoidance. This current time exacerbated by social media echoes Walter Benjamin's criticisms regarding reproduction technologies such as photography and film [1]. With the democratization of art-making through these technologies, will art lose its "aura," its uniqueness? Of course, it won't! Art is founded on human expressivity and spirituality and its value is ultimately validated through its potential to create emotional connections between artists and audiences. While tools like machine learning models can certainly support artistic expressiveness, art transcends mere tool usage and remains a testament to human creativity. In this issue, we explore the various ways in which computation can assist in creating media, art, design, and craft. With our selection of authors, we wished to encompass a broad spectrum of computational support that ranges from practitioners manually creating most of the outcome with light forms of computer automation to practitioners minimally guiding the outcome with fully generative computational processes. To examine this spectrum, we have brought together artists, designers, and researchers with diverse expertise to discuss their respective practices, spanning digital fabrication to support craft practices, human-robot collaborative performance, and AIgenerated visual design. The objective is to present perspectives acknowledging both the potential advantages and drawbacks of integrating automation to support creativity. These perspectives are presented with a focus on understanding how artists and researchers define their interactions with computers and how these interactions affect their creative process. Specifically, these articles will investigate the different roles taken by computational technologies within this creative spectrum: a tool for reducing tedium, a guide for exploring a creative space, a creative medium for enabling new forms of art, a collaborator with its own intentions, or a nuanced combination of these different roles. Our investigation starts with discussing the role and implication of AI for creativity support. Our first article, authored by Dr. John Chung, draws parallels between AI-powered tools for art production and the introduction of technology (AI or not) in creative domains. They democratize both the distribution and production of creative outputs. He further delves into the crucial role of designers of creativity-support tools Exploring the Horizon of Computation for Creativity


Objective To determine the content of flavonoids and study the extraction of Alfalfa.Methods Based on comparison of 3 kinds of heating reflux,Soxhlet' s extractor,ultrasonic extraction,with total flavonoids as index.the parameters of ultrasonic extraction on the basis of flavonoids were performed and comfirmed by orthogonal design.Results The order of factors which affected the flavonoid extraction was ratio of liquid to solidextraction timesextraction timeethanol concentration,and the best match was A3B2C1D1.Conclusion The optimum extraction conditions for Alfalfa flavonoids were established as follows: ultrasonic extraction,60% ethanol(v/v) as solvent,ratio of liquid to solid 30∶1(V/W),reflux extraction 3 times and 1 h for each time.The content of flavonoids in Alfalfa was 3.75%,and in leaves of Alfalfa was 4.85%.


Sequential colonization by various kinds of microbial populations in the rumen of calves was investigated. Four calves were fed with colostrum for 3 days and thereafter fed with 4l of cow's milk daily until 4 weeks of age. They had access ad libitum to a good quality hay from 10 days of age and to a concentrate from 2 weeks of age. The rumen was rapidly colonized by microbes immediately after the birth of the animals. The first bacteria which developed most abundantly in the rumen were Escherichia coli and streptococci. The numbers of E. coli, which were high in 1-day-old calves, decreased gradually to reach a constant level within 6-8 weeks of age. The numbers of streptococci, which were high during 8 weeks after birth, decreased in a 10-week-old calf. The numbers of lactobacilli, which were high in a 1-day-old calf, increased in a 2-week-old calf, and thereafter remained constant. Amylolytic bacteria were present abundantly in 1-day-old calves. The numbers which increased in 3-day-old animals remained constant thereafter. The numbers of sulfate-reducers, lactate-utilizers, xylan-fermenters and pectin-fermenters which were low in 1-day-old calves, increased within 3 days after birth, and thereafter the levels remained constant. The cellulolytic bacteria which began to appear in animals 3-5 days of age, became abundant in calves 2-3 weeks old. The methanogenic bacteria which were present in calves 1-2 weeks of age became abundant when the animals were approximately 3 weeks old. The abundant appearance of sulfate-reducers, xylan-fermenters and pectin-fermenters in 3-day-old calves was new observation. The constitution of the anaerobic bacterial population in generic level in the rumen of a calf changed with age after birth. The constitution of predominant bacteria in the rumen of a calf at both 1 day old and 10 weeks old was similar to that of mature cattle. The composition of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the rumen contents of calves changed with age after birth. The colonization by protozoa was observed in 8- to 10-week-old calves. Also, the importance of microbial interaction in the colonization by microorganisms in the rumen of calves is discussed in this report.


Narrative theories emerge from inquiries just as surely as do historical investigations. Therefore, understanding a particular theory requires that we attend to the questions it puts to narrative. Expressed another way, we cannot fully appreciate the terms of a narrative theory unless we also appreciate its purpose. Hempel's covering-law models provided history with a singular function: to serve as explanations (or explanation sketches) of crucial events. Hayden White's pivotal studies of historical narrative as a literary entity support the values (and dangers) of history's creative functions. Ricoeur's mimetic dialectic develops narrative's function to configure time in human experience. However, all of these (and other) theories are incomplete in some cases, justifiably so. For example, in the interests of literary criticism, White would leave to epistemologists "the question of the veracity of a given kind of discourse, with respect to the 'object-world' of which it speaks."' Likewise, in their concentration upon history's explanatory function, Hempelians largely ignored everything in historical narrative that they could not translate with ease or by force into causal statements. We have made some recent inroads into the connecting ground between these seemingly polar perspectives. Nonetheless, we must also record two major difficulties that remain: the denigration of epistemology and its interests and the failure to develop a comprehensive view of what a theory of narrative should contain in its finished state. Although White's remark on epistemology's task seems innocent enough, it reflects a more general view that epistemology deserves little place within contemporary narrative theory. Ricoeur echoes this idea, despite his appreciative critique of Anglo-American analyses of narrative. In characterizing such work as the epistemology of the historical sciences, he absorbs what he calls White's first presupposition, the setting aside of methods in which objectivity and proof determine the criteria for classifying modes of discourse. White and Ricoeur fall into this shared view by equating questions of objectivity and proof with ques-


To counter contemporary discourses of terrorism and racism there is a pressing need to develop the intercultural capacity of our university students as future community leaders with global, open-minded perspectives, and the ability to relate interculturally. Institutions of higher education can respond by foregrounding opportunities for intercultural learning which increase students' awareness and valuing of non-essentialist discourses, meaningful interactions, and relations with cultural others. Study abroad is seen as offering productive opportunities for engaging students in intercultural learning within tertiary education. Whilst study abroad is a term which can attract a number of different definitions (Coleman 2013), in this chapter, it refers to 'a temporary sojourn of pre-defined duration, undertaken for educational purposes' (Kinginger 2009: 11). Engaging in study abroad has been shown by research to result in students' personal development, expressed as increased self-confidence, self-reliance, and openness (Potts 2015), along with intercultural learning including deeper understanding of their own culture and identity, greater awareness and acceptance of cultural differences, and increased intercultural communication skills (Jackson 2008). As graduates, their study abroad experiences have the potential to open diverse career pathways at home and abroad and contribute to their working effectively in international and intercultural contexts (European Commission 2015a).


In this paper necessary changes, to a recently developed non-communication adaptive single pole auotreclosure scheme based on adaptive cumulative sum method (ACUSUM), are proposed. The work intends to design a real time implementable, simple and effective single pole adaptive autoreclosing scheme for extra high voltage (EHV) transmission line. A proposed change provides necessary immunity against noise. Also, the concept of deionization time is introduced to achieve successful reclosure. The computational redundancy is avoided to an extent by reducing monitored output variables, coupled with a simple hardware inclusion. Steps are incorporated against possibility of maloperation during non faulty condition of power system under consideration. The suggested changes are required to be incorporated for successful implementation of the method.


The present work was to construct a roflumilast (ROF) cream for the treatment of psoriasis and clarify the dual roles of propylene glycol monocaprylate (PGM) in both molecular mobility of the cream, and drug-skin miscibility via drug-PGM-ceramide and drug-PGM-collagen intermolecular interaction. The cream formulation was screened through the stability study and in vitro skin administration study, optimized by Plackett–Burman and Box-Behnken design, and finally verified by the in vivo tissue distribution study. PGM demonstrated a significant drug skin retention enhancement effect (Rmax in vivo = 19.5 μg/g). It increased the molecular mobility of the oil phase of the cream by decreasing the molecular interaction of oil molecules proven by the rheology study (Ec = 3.73 × 10−4 mJ·m−3). More importantly, because of the good stratum corneum (SC) compatibility (∆H =  − 403.88 J/g), PGM promoted an orderly flow of SC lipids (X-ray scattering, ΔLPP = 1.18 nm) and entered the viable epidermis/dermis (VE/DE) in large quantities (RPGM = 1186 μg/g), acting as a bridge to connect the drug to collagen through two H-bonds (LengthH-bond = 2.846 Å and 3.313 Å), thus increasing the miscibility of drug and VE/DE significantly (∆H =  − 310.10 J/g, Emix = 21.66 kcal/mol). In this study, a ROF cream was developed successfully and the effect of PGM on the skin retention was clarified at molecular level.


After research the total nature gas resources in Sichuan Basin, we can see that the ratio of proved reserves is only seven point seven five percent, and the exploration potential is large. There are six exploration areas of major gas fields in Sichuan Basin. First is the Precambrian weathered residuum on the leshan-longnushi uplift in the middle of Sichuan Basin, second is the Alexandria xiaoheba sand in the east southern of Sichuan, third is the caboniferous structural slope traps, fourth is the ochoan continental shelf margin
reef around kaijing-liangping trough in the east of Sichuan, fifth is the Scythian feixianguan Oolite beach in east Sichuan, sixth is the Jurassic and the Rhactic exploration areas in the west of sichuan. There are much natrue gas resource in these six exploration areas, but the major gas exploration traps in no enough and exploration technology need to be improved for the next five to ten years, so the author draws out three exploration strategies how to keep the development ratio of nature gas industry in sichuan basin.


Lu Xun's literature is realistic in that it uses modern techniques to describe the modern life for the modern people. This article analyzes three realistic feathers of his works: his unique aesthetic features, tragic flavor with modern sense, the artistic technique that combines impressionism and realism.


Paclitaxel (PTX) is one the most potent and commonly used chemotherapies for breast and pancreatic cancer. Given the potency of this drug for glioblastomas (GBM) several ongoing clinical trials are investigating means of enhancing delivery of PTX across the blood-brain barrier for this disease. In spite of the efficacy of PTX, individual tumors exhibit variable susceptibility to this drug, with response rate in the range of 30%-60%. To identify predictive biomarkers for response to PTX, we performed a genome-wide CRISPR knock-out screen using human glioma cells. The most enriched genes in the CRISPR screen underwent further selection based on their correlation with survival in the breast cancer patient cohorts treated with PTX and not in patients treated with other chemotherapies, a finding that was validated on a second independent patient cohort. This led to the discovery of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein SSR3 as a putative predictive biomarker for PTX. SSR3 protein levels showed positive correlation with response to PTX in breast cancer cells, glioma cells, in multiple intracranial glioma xenografts and in GBM patient derived explant cultures. Knockout of SSR3 turned the cells resistant to PTX while its overexpression sensitized the cells to PTX. In gliomas, SSR3-mediated susceptibility to PTX relates to modulation of phosphorylation of ER stress sensor IRE1α. Thus, by using genome-wide screen combined with patient response data, we discovered a biomarker that demonstrates causal and correlative relationship with response to PTX in breast cancer and GBM. Prospective validation of this biomarker is warranted for its broad implementation for precision oncology.


THE mechanism by which cortisol or any other adrenocortical hormone fulfills its physiological function is unknown. It appears reasonable to assume that the active principle is being attached to the protein structure of the target tissue prior to its specific action; such possible combinations with protoplasmic receptors have been discussed for steroid hormones in general (1). Labeling with radiocarbon or tritium has been used to follow in the rodent the metabolic fate of testosterone (2), progesterone (2, 3, 4), cortisone (5, 6) and cortisol (7). In most of these studies the steroid doses administered exceeded physiological concentrations and the time periods investigated were generally of the order of hours or days. The present study was undertaken in order to elucidate the fate of cortisol-4-C14 during the first hour after administration. The doses given were near the physiological level of the 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (8). The first phase of this investigation is concerned with the distribution of co...


Social Networking is a buzzword in modern communication for eradicating the distance barrier. Due to the advancement in Information and Communication Technology, peoples can communicate with each other from anywhere in anytime. Different way of communication tools exits; Social networking is one of them. Through social networking, users can share their thinking, values, emotions, insights and so on with others. However, their behaviour of the social networking sites (SNS) users is influenced by different factors. This paper aims at identifying those determinants, specially the socio-technical determinants of knowledge sharing behaviour among the user of SNS. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was conducted on the primary data collected through the survey. Therefore, the outcome of this study shows that ethical culture, social ties, sense of belonging, knowledge self-efficacy, information privacy and structural assurance are all significant variables as socio-technical factors.


There are very limited data concerning survival from prostate cancer among Asian subgroups living in the U.S., a large proportion of whom reside in California. There do not appear to be any published data on prostate cancer survival for the more recently immigrated Asian subgroups (Korean, South Asian [SA], and Vietnamese).


Since architecture lies on the border of science and art, the preparation of students to their future professional work requires not only refinement of their artistic skills and techniques but also teaching them how to operate computer software and how to use the best of its potential. Both traditional and modern artistic tools play a significant role in future architects' communication with the recipient and therefore their complementarity is extremely important. Properly organized drawing education may help develop architect's imagination, consciousness and skills. And such has been the assumption of the team of lecturers who conduct classes in freehand drawing under the supervision of Prof. Joanna Sto ek for 1st grade students of Landscape Architecture at Faculty of Architecture Krakow University of Technology in the Department of Freehand Drawing. Their goal is to improve students' skills necessary in their future professional career: communication with the language of the drawing, writing down their thoughts, awareness of the composition and of the effects of colours. Another purpose of these classes is to shape artistic consciousness of students, develop their imagination, facilitate their creative search and work out a certain level of independence from computers which should be treated as a tool and not as a library of subjects and motives. This purpose is to be achieved with the help of carefully selected subjects with clearly specified tasks which require from students conducting deeper analysis, trying to reach the essence, and evolution of thoughts through sketching. All this is based on the assumption that the work of a future architect requires unification of thinking and drawing – conscious drawing of every single line. University education is the time of idealism and rejection of any compromises, however, the subsequent professional work verifies unfeasible ideas and teaches architects how to adapt their projects to investors' and contractors' requirements. In this extremely important period of unrestricted, creative drawing students can discover their potential and find pleasure in creative work.


A self-regulating business model that is use to help public, a company be socially accountable—to itself and its stakeholders is known as Corporate social responsibility (CSR). By rehearsing corporate social duty, additionally called corporate citizenship, organizations can be aware of the sort of effect they are having on all parts of society, adding environmental, economic, and social. To take part in corporate social responsibility implies that, in the standard course of business, an organization is working in manners that improve society and the earth, rather than contributing adversely to them.


A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to faun a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed from multiple conductive layers. The conductive layers are movable relative to each other at at least one end. A dielectric layer or flexible printed circuit board may be disposed between the conductive layers.


The fact remains that Mr. Crisp's book is the first full-length, critical evaluation of a democracy of special interest to political scientists because it combines "responsible government," which it brought from England, with the institutions of federalism and judicial review, borrowed from the United States. To these institutions have been added a party system, certain features of which are distinctively Australian. In ten compact chapters the author discusses the framing of the constitution, the electorate, the Labor party, the "Parties of Town and Country Capital," the Cabinet, the Governor-General, the public service, and the High Court. The text of the Commonwealth Constitution and a bibliography are appended. The writer illumines many obscure corners of Australian politics and the volume is packed with interesting and significant comparisons with Britain, the United States and New Zealand. The material is rich and the text is punctuated with pithy, often witty remarks. In the space of a brief review it is impossible to attempt a summary of so meaty a volume, but the discussion of judicial review deserves special note. Although clearly in general sympathy with Labor, the author's treatment of his subject is objective and the Labor Party will find plenty of pointed, constructive criticism in his pages. American readers with scant knowledge of Australian history may find the treatment of conflicting social forces too brief for an understanding of the significance of some issues and political alignments. The battle over the "Pledge" within the Labor Party merits fuller discussion, and in the opinion of this reviewer the reorganization of the major wing of the anti-Labor side as the Liberal Party in 1945 was of more importance than the author's brief reference suggests. It is regrettable that the chapters dealing with Parliament could not have been revised after the legislative changes of 1948, and that discussion of these important changes in the size of the House and Senate, and in the method of electing the latter body, has been limited to a brief addendum. To quarrel with a point here and there serves to emphasize rather than detract from the importance of the author's work, however. His study of the national government of the Australian Commonwealth is of permanent value, and contributes much to an understanding of political processes and the relation of the party system to other institutions of democratic government.


A follow‐up schedule to detect asymptomatic cancer recurrence is offered to all patients with laryngeal cancer. In this study, the therapeutic options, prognosis, and morbidity of patients with total laryngectomy, who were found to have cancer recurrence during this follow‐up schedule were determined.


The invention discloses a casement window opening inwards. The casement window comprises a window frame and a wind sash, wherein the wind frame comprises an outer frame, an inner frame and heat insulating strips positioned between the inner frame and the outer frame; an inner construction cavity and an outer construction cavity are formed in the window frame; a water inlet opening is formed on the top of the inner construction cavity of the window frame; an opening is formed on the bottom of the window frame; a communicating vessel which is matched with the opening is arranged in the opening; a communicating groove is formed in the center of the communicating vessel; a ring-shaped connecting groove is formed on the periphery of the communicating groove; the groove wall of the communicating groove is higher than that of the connecting groove; connecting holes are also formed on the communicating vessel; the communicating vessel is in threaded connection with the heat insulating strips of the window frame through the connecting holes; the communicating groove of the communicating vessel is positioned on the bottom of the inner construction cavity and the outer construction cavity of the window frame to enable the inner construction cavity to communicate with the outer construction cavity through the communicating groove; the connecting groove of the communicating vessel is filled with a sealant and forms a sealed connecting structure with the bottom structure of the window frame; and a second drain hole is formed on the bottom of the outer side surface of the outer construction cavity of the window frame. The casement window opening inwards solves the problem of leaking rainwater inwards.


The rat is a suitable model to study human rotator cuff pathology owing to the similarities in morphological anatomy structure. However, few studies have reported the composition muscle fiber types of rotator cuff muscles in the rat. In this study, the myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms were stained by immunofluorescence to show the muscle fiber types composition and distribution in rotator cuff muscles of the rat. It was found that rotator cuff muscles in the rat were of mixed fiber type composition. The majority of rotator cuff fibers labeled positively for MyHCII. Moreover, the rat rotator cuff muscles contained hybrid fibers. So, compared with human rotator cuff muscles composed partly of slow‐twitch fibers, the majority of fast‐twitch fibers in rat rotator cuff muscles should be considered when the rat model study focus on the pathological process of rotator cuff muscles after injury. Gaining greater insight into muscle fiber types in rotator cuff muscles of the rat may contribute to elucidate the mechanism of pathological change in rotator cuff muscles‐related diseases. Anat Rec, 299:1397–1401, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


An account is given of an investigation in which ampholytes of suint from degreased Australian merino wool were isolated by ion-exchange chromatography and the free amino acids were separated from the peptides by chromatography on Sephadex impregnated with cupric ions. Suint contains 21 free amino acids, of which nineteen have been identified. Possible sources of free amino acids are considered; they are probably ovine metabolic products, but there is some evidence to suggest bacterial contamination.


Recently, Design Thinking (DT) has become a widespread concept, heavily promoted for improving a firm's innovativeness. Yet, our understanding regarding the potential value of DT is still limited, in both design and innovation research. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate how companies that are using DT in practice perceive the value and the effects it creates in their organizations. The paper builds on a study of large organizations in Germany and the US, including 51 semi-structured interviews in 6 large firms. Early findings indicate that although many firms pointed at the expected outcome-related values (such as new ideas, better products), some also underlined other benefits, more related to effects on the innovation process, collaboration practices and company culture. It is thus argued that in addition to known short-term benefits, DT may also contribute to the strengthening of the long-term innovativeness of firms.


The problem whether patients with sickle cell anemia have not only a pathologic (type S) hemoglobin, but also an abnormal myoglobin, was investigated by means of spectroscopic and electrophoretic methods. Purified, hemoglobin-free met-myoglobin preparations, obtained from normal adults and from individuals with sickle cell anemia, were compared. No differences could be detected with either technic. The electrophoretic studies revealed that adult met-myoglobin moves faster in an acid than in an alkaline buffer. Regardless of the buffer used, adult met-myoglobin moves always slower than either met-hemoglobin A or S. The met-compounds of hemoglobin A and S move faster than their respective oxy-compounds in an acid medium, but slower in an alkaline medium.


In this paper, the numerical models are selected to simulate the hydrothermal plume based on the water temperature observation data of the Longqi hydrothermal field in the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR). Then, the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations are solved to evaluate the performance of the Realizable k-ε (rke) model and the SST k-ω (sst) model in hydrothermal plume simulation. By comparing the calculated results with the Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) observation data and the literature results, the difference in prediction performance between the two models is evaluated. Before the numerical simulation, the optimal mesh parameters are determined by considering the grid independence test. The results show that the relative difference of the maximum plume height calculated by the two models is within 5%. Compared with the CTD 05-2, the rke model calculates the root mean square error of the velocity is 0.5081, which is smaller than that of the sst model. In terms of turbulent viscosity, the rke model is in good agreement with reference value in predicting turbulent viscosity. Therefore, the turbulent viscosity distribution calculated by the rke model is more consistent with the plume development process than that calculated by the sst model. In addition, the two models have the same effect on the prediction of turbulent kinetic energy and plume temperature.


PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addresses by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spectra in cosmic rays, the hunt for anti-nuclei as well as the determination of light nuclei fluxes from hydrogen to oxygen in a wide energy range and with very high statistics. In this paper the charge discrimination capabilities of PAMELA for light nuclei, determined during a beam test calibration, will be presented.


As a type of airtight equipment, vertical gas tanks are prone to accumulations of toxic and harmful gases due to their poor ventilation and narrow space. This poses many safety hazards. Therefore, we conducted a FLUENT simulation for vertical gas tanks with different diameters. The results indicated that the larger the diameter, the longer the required ventilation time. It was necessary to monitor the gas concentration after ventilation for at least 6 h when the tank diameter was 2.6 m, after ventilation for at least 24 h when the tank diameter was 5.2 m, and after ventilation for at least 80 h when the tank diameter was 7.8 m. To ensure comprehensive monitoring, at least one monitoring point was required to be placed at the upper and lower ends of the vertical gas tank, respectively. Monitoring was initiated after these requirements were reached. A theoretical numerical analysis and an experimental verification analysis were conducted on the simulation results. The variation trend of the simulation value, the theoretical value, and the experimental test value were the same. The measured value of the ventilation duration was greater than the theoretical value of the ventilation duration and the simulation value of the ventilation duration. Therefore, the simulation results and theoretical analysis could be used for a risk analysis of gas tanks. The determination of ventilation characteristics via a simulation of vertical gas tanks has a practical significance when guiding on-site operations.