Micro-combustor can provide the required thermal energy of micro-thermal photovoltaic (MTPV) systems. The performance of MTPV is greatly affected by the effectiveness of a micro-combustor. In this study, a numerical simulation was conducted to explore the benefits of annular rectangular rib for enhancing the thermal performance of a nonpremixed micro-combustor. Based on the investigations under various rib heights, rib positions, and inlet mass flow rates, it is found that the addition of annular rectangular ribs in the micro-combustor creates a turbulent zone in the combustion chamber, thereby enhancing the heat transfer efficiency between the inner wall of the combustion chamber and the burned gas. The micro-combustor with annular rectangular rib shows a higher and more uniform wall temperature. When the H2 mass flow is 7.438 × 10−8 kg/s and the air mass flow is 2.576 × 10−6 kg/s, the optimum dimensionless rib position is at l = 6/9 and r = 0.4. At this condition, the micro-combustor has the most effective and uniform heat transfer performance and shows significant decreases in entropy generation and exergy destruction. However, the optimum l and r significantly depend on the inlet mass flow of H2/air mixture.


In Korea. the investigation were related of health promotion is actively expanded Since 1990. We analysed the characteristics of the theses for an academic degree. relate to lifestyle of health promotion. have published since 1980. According to age group. analysing causal factors affection the health-promotion and will sugesting for health promotion program strateges. The results were summarized as follows: 1. Health promoting caocept is related to health locus of control. self respect. perceived health status. self ifficacy and gender role. 2. Among health promoting lifestyle. emotional support, self-realizationhygienic lifestyle were significantly positive. and the older. the lesser health-promoting complicnce. 3. Causal factors affecting the health-promoting lifestyle were identified health promoting behaviors wire affected by demographic factors which were gender. age. marrige status. education level. relision. vocation. job satisfaction. economic status and by social support factors which were familiarity. family function personal relationship. gender role. 4. In school age. daily lifestyle behaviors were significantly positive. middle and high schllo age froup were affected by stress. nutrition. social support. self-realization were causal factors explaining health promoting behavior of middle age and old age but. there was problems of exercise behaviors. therefore. the need to develop a health education program for the all age group to improve the health-promoting lifestyle.


The ability of a reinforcer to maintain behavior decreases as a hyperbolic function of its delay. This discounted value can help explain impulsivity defined as the choice of an immediate, small reinforcer over a delayed, large reinforcer. Human operant studies using consumable reinforcers such as videos have found impulsivity with delays under 1 min . However, measures of discounting rates using questionnaires that dElscribe hypothetical amounts of monetary reinforcers and delays of days, months, or years have found discounting rates that are much too low to explain impulsive choice in operant procedures. A comparison of discounting rates across questionnaire and operant studies indicates that questionnaires produce slower discounting because of the absence of both reinforcement and consumption processes. Combining reinforcement with questions about future reinforcers could facilitate the integration of questionnaire research into a behavioral framework.


Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of CD34 in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Methods The expressions of CD34 in 54 specimens of HCC and tumor-adjacent liver tissues were detected by EnVisionTM immunohistochemistry.Microvascular density(MVD) in the CD34 positive cases was calculated and clinicopathological features of HCC were analyzed.Results The brown CD34 staining localized in the vascular endothelial cells,which was positively and diffusibly expressed in HCC tissues.The expression of CD34 in tumor-adjacent liver tissues was usually negative.MVD was significantly higher in HCC tissue than that in tumor-adjacent liver tissues(46.23±16.12 vs.18.15±5.92)(P0.01).CD34 expression was correlated to Edmonson grade Ⅲ+Ⅳ,vein invasion,metastasis and liver cirrhosis(P0.05).ConclusionOverexpression of CD34 relates with angiogenesis,metastasis and invasion of HCC.


The invention discloses a cigarette filter additive capable of lowering phenol content in mainstream smoke and a preparation method and application of the cigarette filter additive. The cigarette filter additive is a composite formed by loading curcumin formaldehyde resin on a solid carrier. The preparation method includes dispersing the curcumin formaldehyde resin in water and adding in the carrier for soaking prior to filtering and drying to obtain the cigarette filter additive. The cigarette filter additive is good in chemical stability and safe to human bodies, the phenol content in the mainstream smoke can be lowered effectively by adding the cigarette filter additive to a cigarette filter; in addition, the preparation process and operation of the cigarette filter additive are simplified, and industrial production is satisfied.


Mathematics is the descriptive language of engineering while physics provides the foundation for engineering. At many engineering institutions, mathematics and physics are frequently taught by departments other than the engineering department. This tradition often has the result that undergraduate students experience considerable difficulty in applying their mathematics skills in physics and engineering. Additionally, students infrequently learn the relevance and significance of several of the common fundamental mathematical relationships that underscore all technical fields of study. Two of the many important results from mathematics that are essential for all technically oriented students are Taylor's theorem and Fourier analysis. A working knowledge of the implications and consequences of these theorems serves as a unifying theme that underscores many aspects of the foundation of engineering. Students skilled in the use of these theorems develop deeper insights into many different fields of study and are able to quickly comprehend fundamental concepts in many seemingly unrelated technologies. The implications and application of Taylor's theorem and Fourier analysis as foundational concepts has been successfully incorporated into several engineering and physics courses. In this paper the fundamental importance of these two theorems is discussed. A method that has been used to incorporate fundamental concepts into existing courses is reviewed. And finally, the foundation for a new course based on this approach, titled "Introduction to the Physics of Engineering," is discussed.


The common goal of micro-mobility proposals is to minimise delay, signalling load and packet loss during handover. Most of the existing mobility management protocols rely on a hierarchical architecture, to reduce routing update latency. The main drawbacks of hierarchical architectures are their vulnerability to failures at higher levels of hierarchy and the increasing load of network nodes at these levels. The anycast-based micro-mobility protocol is not sensitive to node or link failure, since it contains no centralised database and the routing information is distributed among network nodes. Our solution is highly decentralised and uses an enhanced IP-based mobility detection method. The proposed scheme is independent of the radio layer and does not introduce any extra signalling load on the wireless interface. The signalling load introduced by the routing information updates is proportional to the number and speed of mobile nodes in the network.


ECG signal is an important human physiological signal,containing the human cardiac conduction system of physiological and pathological information.The ECG monitoring is an important method performed on the heart study and clinical diagnosis of cardiovascu lar diseases.Aiming at the weak low frequency characteristic of ECG signals,one kind of portable ECG monitoring system is proposed based on the MSP430 MCU,and the ECG monitoring terminal hardware structure of the framework is given.In this paper,the design of the signal processing circuit is focused on,including an amplifier circuit,filter circuit and the right leg drive circuit design.


A simple model for calculation of the birefringence in asymmetric isolated core PCFs employing approximation with an ellipsoid suspended in air is presented. Birefringence values in the order of 10/sup -2/ are obtained and comparison with both calculations based on a SEM picture of a real fiber and measurements performed on the same fiber are presented. In both cases good agreement is observed.


A new type of phased array configuration using the vertical strip transmission line radiator was investigated in viewpoint of the scanning range and low side-lobe level. The unwanted grating lobes were successfully suppressed by using the radio-wave absorber, and thus the direction of the main-lobe can be scanned at 1.6° by a phase difference between two adjacent radiators of 10° while keeping the first side-lobe level of less than -22.5 dB and the antenna gain of larger than 13 dBi.


The I-method in its first version as developed by Colliander et al. is applied to prove that the Cauchy-problem for the generalised Korteweg-de Vries equation of order three (gKdV-3) is globally well-posed for large real-valued data in the Sobolev space H^s, provided s>-1/42.


Elemental distributions in a post oak leaf was measured using the Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) technique and a proton microbeam at energy of 3 MeV with spatial resolution of 10 μm. The elements detected in this sample were Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Br, Rb, and Sr. Among them, spatial differences in the distribution of nine elements were observed between the vascular and mesophyll tissue. Si, Cl, K, and Ca were mostly accumulated in vascular tissue, while Mg, P, S, Cr, and Mn were for the most part accumulated in the mesophyll. The distribution of Ca appeared to follow cell wall contours. The distribution of some of these elements is compared to the function of the elements in living tissue and future possibilities for this type of investigation are discussed.


cDNAs encoding the entire coding regions of the precursors (p) of rat long chain acyl-CoA (LCAD), short chain acyl-CoA (SCAD) and isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase (IVD) have been cloned and sequenced. Three cDNAs for rat liver LCAD together cover a 1440-base pair region. These cDNAs encode the entire 430-amino acid sequence of pLCAD, including the 30-amino acid leader peptide and the 400-amino acid mature LCAD. A single 1773 base pair cDNA for rat SCAD covers the entire coding region (414 amino acids), including the 26-amino acid leader peptide and the 388-amino acid mature peptide. Four identified IVD cDNAs, when combined, encompass a 2104 base region, and encode 424 amino acids including a 30-amino acid leader peptide and the 394-amino acid mature peptide. The identities of all cDNA clones have been confirmed by matching the amino acid sequences predicted from the respective cDNAs to the amino-terminal and tryptic peptide sequences derived from the corresponding purified rat enzyme. Comparison of the sequences of four rat acyl-CoA dehydrogenases, including LCAD, MCAD, SCAD, and IVD, and two of their human counterparts (MCAD and SCAD) reveals a high degree of homology (57 invariant and 92 near invariant residues: 30.6-35.4% of identical residues in pairwise comparisons), suggesting that these enzymes belong to a gene family and have evolved from a common ancestral gene.


The emergence of private digital currencies has inspired discussion over the possibility of central bank-issued digital currencies. While privately issued currencies are not new, the rise of digital currencies has highlighted both concerns and opportunities for central banks.


Objective: To determine whether a hospital's ability to rescue patients from major complications underlies variation in outcomes for elderly patients undergoing emergent surgery. Background: Perioperative mortality rates in elderly patients undergoing emergent general/vascular operations are high and vary widely across Michigan hospitals. Methods: We identified 23,224 patients undergoing emergent general/vascular surgical procedures at 41 hospitals within the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative between 2006 and 2011. Hospitals were ranked by risk- and reliability-adjusted 30-day mortality rates and grouped into tertiles. We stratified patients by age (<75 and ≥75 years). Risk-adjusted major complication and failure-to-rescue (ie, mortality after major complication) rates were determined for each tertile of hospital mortality. Results: Risk-adjusted mortality rates in elderly patients varied 2-fold across all hospitals. Complication rates correlated poorly with mortality. Failure-to-rescue rates, however, were markedly higher in high-mortality hospitals (29% lowest tertile vs 41% highest tertile; P < 0.01). When compared with younger patients, overall failure-to-rescue rates were almost 2-fold greater in the elderly (36.1% ≥75 vs 18.7% <75; P < 0.01). Conclusions: A hospital's failure to rescue patients from major complications seems to underlie the variation in mortality rates across Michigan hospitals after emergent surgery. Although higher failure-to-rescue rates in the elderly may signify their diminished physiological reserve for surviving critical illness, the wide variation across hospitals also highlights the importance of systems aimed at the early recognition and effective management of major complications in this vulnerable population.


Batch-mode retrieval evaluation relies on suitable relevance judgments being available. Here we explore the implications on pool size of adopting a "query variations" approach to collection construction. Using the resources provided as part of the UQV100 collection [Bailey et al., SIGIR 2016] and a total of five different systems, we show that pool size is as much affected by the number of query variations involved as it is by the number of contributing systems, and that systems and users are independent effects. That is, if both system and query variation are to be accommodated in retrieval experimentation, the cost of performing the required judgments compounds.


This thesis discusses the efficient numerical modeling of self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations. On the one hand two different types of hybrid CFD/low-order models are investigated. These models resolve the flame with reactive flow simulations. The acoustic field is modeled via a coupled acoustic low-order model. On the other hand, a methodology which allows to deduce nonlinear low-order models from a transient CFD simulation is investigated. The results of the different approaches are compared.


This work is an attempt to highlight the specific features of nationally oriented and transnational prose texts. Nationally oriented texts reflect history, culture and identity of one nation (e.g. prose by Solzhenitsyn and Krištúfek), transnational texts compound two or more national culture codes (e.g. prose by Brežná, Kaminer, Moníková and Škvorecký). The goal of this study is to identify specific difficulties in the process of their translation and transfer of imagos, that is stereotypical images of other identities. With the use of stylistic method, some typical ways of transmitting these imagos in literary texts are demonstrated.


In this paper, we present a case in which we integrated an intelligent tutoring system- ITS- in a basic mathematics course. The proposed ITS â??PrivateTutor- is dynamic, web-based, adaptive, and interactive. It is composed of six different modules; each has a distinct function: student, domain, question, communication, expert, and controller modules. The purpose of this system is not to eliminate the role of human teachers, but to complement their effort in reaching all students and having one-to-one tutoring approach instead one-to-many. An experiment was conducted in order to study the effectiveness of PrivateTutor on class achievement. Students who were enrolled in a â??Basic Mathematics


available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29846604 Editorial Comment: Testosterone increases skeletal muscle mass and strength but the long-term effects of testosterone supplementation on aerobic capacity (V̇O2peak) in healthy older men with low testosterone have not been evaluated. Healthy men older than age 60 years with total testosterone levels of 100 to 400 ng/dl (3.5 to 13.9 nmol/l) or free testosterone less than 50 pg/ml (174 pmol/l) were randomized to either 1% transdermal testosterone gel adjusted to achieve serum levels of 500 to 950 ng/dl or placebo applied daily for 3 years. Change in V̇O2peak was the main outcome measure. Mean 3-year change in V̇O2peak was significantly less in testosterone treated men than in those receiving placebo and was associated with increases in hemoglobin. These are interesting data and further study is warranted. Allen D. Seftel, MD Suggested Reading Ring J, Welliver C, Parenteau M et al: The utility of sex hormone-binding globulin in hypogonadism and infertile males. J Urol 2017; 197: 1326. Rao PK, Boulet SL, Mehta A et al: Trends in testosterone replacement therapy use from 2003 to 2013 among reproductive-age men in the United States. J Urol 2017; 197: 1121. Re: Satisfaction Rate at 1-Year Follow-up in Patients Treated with Penile Implants: Data from the Multicentre Prospective Registry INSIST-ED P. Capogrosso, E. Pescatori, E. Caraceni, N. Mondaini, L. Utizi, T. Cai, A. Salonia, A. Palmieri and F. Deh o Universit a Vita-Salute San Raffaele and Division of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Area Vasta 3, Civitanova Marche, Ospedale S.M. Annunziata, Florence, Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Regional Hospital, Trento and Universit a Federico II, Naples, Italy BJU Int 2018; Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/bju.14462 Abstract available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29956870available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29956870 Editorial Comment: These investigators wished to tally scores and assess predictors of patient satisfaction at 1 year after penile prosthesis implantation using the validated QoLSPP (Quality of Life and Sexuality with Penile Prosthesis). Analyses were performed for 142 patients prospectively included in INSIST-ED (Italian Nationwide Systematic Inventarization of Surgical Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction), the national multicenter registry, using 1-year followup data. Postoperative patient satisfaction was assessed using QoLSPP. The authors report high functional and patient satisfaction scores at 1 year following penile prosthesis implantation using a dedicated tool for the first time. Better outcomes should be expected for patients 14 MALE AND FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION; ANDROLOGY Copyright © 2019 American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. treated by surgeons with greater experience. These are important data and longer followup would be welcome. Allen D. Seftel, MD Suggested Reading Lopategui DM, Balise RR, Bouzoubaa LA et al: The impact of immediate salvage surgery on corporeal length preservation in patients presenting with penile implant infections. J Urol 2018; 200: 171. Re: Biomechanical Comparison of Inflatable Penile Implants: A Cadaveric Pilot Study J. J. Wallen, E. V. Barrera, L. Ge, A. W. Pastuszak, R. E. Carrion, P. E. Perito and T. S. Hakky Florida Hospital Tampa Urology and University of Southern Florida Morsani COM, Tampa and Perito Urology, Coral Gables, Florida, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Advanced Urology, Atlanta, Georgia, and Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico J Sex Med 2018; 15: 1034e1040. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.05.014 Abstract available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29960627available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29960627 Editorial Comment: This was a biomechanical study of the 3 most commonly used inflatable penile prostheses (IPPs), the AMS 700 CX and LGX and the Coloplast Titan , based on column compression, modified cantilever deflection and 3-point bending methods. The IPPs were surgically placed into 3 fresh cadavers via an infrapubic technique by a single large volume implanter. Biomechanical evaluation of the properties of each IPP inside the fibroelastic tunica albuginea was performed in blinded testing, and analyses were based on industry standard methods for assessment. The results of this study support the conclusion that all devices are capable of functionally restoring erectile capacity. However, it was observed that the 2 circumferentially expanding penile prostheses generally showed greater resistance in biomechanical testing compared to longitudinal and circumferential expanding devices. These are interesting observations that may have clinical impact. Allen D. Seftel, MD Suggested Reading Lopategui DM, Balise RR, Bouzoubaa LA et al: The impact of immediate salvage surgery on corporeal length preservation in patients presenting with penile implant infections. J Urol 2018; 200: 171.


The objectives of this research are to know (1) motivation to achieve in creating design construction, (2) Sewing achievement, (3) the correlation between motivation to achieve creating design construction and sewing achievement. The type of the research is ex-post facto. Data are collected by questionnair and documentation. Data analysis techniques: descriptive analysis and hypothesis test uses product moment correlation begun by pre-requisite analysis, that is, normality and linearity examination. The results show that  motivation to achieve in creating design construction  is categorized high by relative frequency  48.38% and the sewing achievement is fair by relative frequency  61.29%. Based on correlation test, the result of rxy 0.550 >r tabel 0.254. It means that there is positive and significant correlation between motivation to achieve in creating design construction and sewing achievement.


In the same way as the realization of some of the famous gedanken experiments imagined by the founding fathers of quantum mechanics has recently led to the current renewal of the interpretation of quantum physics, it seems that the most recent progresses of observational astrophysics can be interpreted as the realization of some cosmological gedanken experiments such as the removal from the universe of the whole visible matter or the cosmic time travel leading to a new cosmological standard model. This standard model involves two dark components of the universe, dark energy and dark matter. Whereas dark energy is usually associated with the cosmological constant, we propose to interpret dark matter in terms of a pure vibration energy due to positive curvature and held by quarks and/or by a gluon Bose Einstein condensate accompanying baryonic matter at the hadronization transition from the quark gluon plasma phase to the colorless hadronic phase. Such an interpretation, partially based on mass formulae in terms of energy and spin in de Sitter and Anti de Sitter respectively, would comfort the idea that, apart from the violation of the matter/antimatter symmetry satisfying the Sakharov's conditions, the reconciliation of particle physics and cosmology does not need the recourse to any ad hoc fields, particles or hidden variables.


Objective:To construct the eukaryotic expression plasmid carried mouse S100A16 gene short hairpin RNA(shRNA),and to investigate the silencing effect of shRNA on the S100A16 gene in mouse 3T3-L1 cells.Methods:siRNAs were designed according to the S100A16 cDNA sequence in GenBank,and inserted into plasmid PLKO.1-sP6-GFP.The recombinant plasmids were identified by PCR and sequence analysis,and transfected into 3T3-L1 cells with LipofectamineTM 2000.The transfection efficiency was reported by green fluorescence protein expression and gene inhibition efficiency was analyzed by realtime RT-PCR.Results:The correct sequences of recombinant PLKO.1-S100A16-GFP-shRNAs were confirmed by DNA sequencing.Green fluorescence observed by fluorescence microscope showed that shRNAs had been transfected into 3T3-L1 cells(transfection rate was 90%).And the expression of S100A16 mRNA was effectively down-regulated by PLKO.1-S100A16-GFP-shRNA2(inhibition rate was above 70%).Conclusion:The eukaryotic expression plasmids of S100A16 shRNAs were constructed successfully.The PLKO.1-S100A16-GFP-shRNA2 could down-regulated the expression of S100A16 gene effectively.This is fundamental for the study on the function of S100A16 gene.


Small and medium enterprises are mostly considered as key elements of a market economy. Their share is 99% of a total number of all enterprises in Slovakia on average. The aim of the paper is to identify regional disparities of the SMEs development in Slovakia. As methods, we used chain indexes to compare the changes among numbers of small, medium and large enterprises, time series analysis, non-parametric method for investigation of the statistically significant differences and correlation analysis. According to the results we expect increasing numbers of SMEs in Slovakia in the next four years, mainly an increasing of small enterprises. The development of SMEs is very different in particular regions of Slovakia. The number of enterprises in remote rural areas grow less rapidly then the number of those in more accessible rural areas of Slovakia. The strong correlation between SMEs and large enterprises indicates suitable conditions for doing business in rural areas for SMEs as well as for large enterprises. The support policy of SMEs should be more intensive, especially in the rural areas that are not suitable for a large scale business.


This study investigates a novel streaming architecture consisting of home-to-home online (H2O) devices that collaborate to provide on-demand access to a large selection of audio and video clips. An H2O device consists of a high bandwidth wireless communication component, a powerful processor, and gigabytes of storage. This study investigates three families of replication strategies for a H2O cloud. We evaluate these using analytical models. The obtained results demonstrate the superiority of one strategy that determines the number of replicas for a clip i based on (a) the bandwidth required to display clip i> proportional to the bandwidth required by the other clips in the database, and (b) the square root of the frequency of access to the clips.


The invention discloses a kilometers-deep thick coal seam narrow coal pillar gob-side entry supporting process which is characterized by comprising the following steps: first, after a gob-side entry is dug according to the designed cross section, the roof and the two sides are supported in an 'anchor + band + net'-based supporting mode; second, the roof and the two sides are supported in a reinforced manner; and third, the gob-side entry is fore-poled. By combining 'anchor + band + net'-based supporting and anchor beam-based supporting, entry deformation can be effectively controlled, and the entry can meet the production needs of next working face. Unit-support forepolings are adopted in the gob-side entry in front of the working face to provide support in advance, and the amount of entry surrounding rock is significantly reduced. Compared with supporting based on single props, the average deformation of the two sides is reduced by 566mm, the convergence of the roof and the floor is reduced by 767mm, and the amount of floor heaving is reduced by up to 473mm.


The amplitude of buccal opening was limited due to fibrosis of the middle pterygoideus muscle two months after a patient had undergone anaesthesia of the lower dental nerve trunk. Surgery was required. A physiological explanation was attempted based on other cases reported in the literature.


Since 2012, several European countries (among others Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia or Slovakia) have seen the rise of conservative and, in part, fundamentalist social movements against the perceived threat of what they call (depending on the context) 'gender ideology', 'gender theory', or 'genderism'. The movements mobilizing against 'gender ideology' are frequently understood as a conservative backlash against achieved levels of equality between women and men and/or LGBTQ rights. This perspective of 'the patriarchy/heteronormativity fighting back' seems as tempting as it is simplifying. I discuss the transnational movements against 'gender ideology' in the context of the rise of right-wing populism and on the basis of considerations seeking to explain their demand side. On one hand, I argue that the study of this phenomenon provides important clues for understanding the reasons behind the rise of populist forces in Europe and beyond. On the other hand, I propose that 'gender' is not the final target for these movements and that they should not be understood primarily as mobilizations against equality. Rather, I see the emergence of these movements as a symptom of a larger systemic crisis. 'Gender ideology' in this sense embodies numerous deficits of the so-called progressive actors, and the movements or parties that mobilize against the perceived threat of 'gender ideology' react to these deficits by re-politicizing certain issues in a polarized language. Based on Chantal Mouffe's critique of the established hegemonic idea of consensus in liberal democracy, I discuss two consensuses that are characteristic of the so-called progressive actors (including the feminist and LGBTQ actors), namely, the neoliberal consensus and the human rights consensus, and their contribution to the rise of the movements against 'gender ideology'.


With the rising population in India, an increase in requirement of fresh water for agricultural, industrial and other purposes is being witnessed. As such fresh water management has become the need of the hour. In this model automated evaluation of water quality such as its ph value, turbidity and temperature is done. For underwater communication, ESP32 is being used because of its inbuilt Wi-Fi and low power consumption. Machine to Machine communication (i.e. devices communicating with each other and accordingly processing the data efficiently), pH sensor and turbidity meter have been integrated in developing this IoT based project. Adding to this, machine understanding algorithm using K Means has been used in analyzing the water quality based on predefined standards. This project has been developed as a small prototype consisting of low-cost embedded devices such as ESP32, Arduino Uno.


This study examines the influence of four selected soft factors (management commitment, employee involvement, training and education, and reward and recognition) on quality improvement within 255 Malaysian electrical & electronics (EE it was associated with significant improvements in firms' quality improvement. This study contributes to a better understanding of the influence of soft factors on organizational quality improvement among firms within the context of the Malaysian E&E sector. Suggestions for future research are discussed.


Second, it is proved in [2] that P5(1) is homeomorphic to del Pezzo surface of degree 5. Third, when n is odd, the integral cohomology ring H∗(Pn(1);Z) was determined in [3]. We refer to [4] for other properties of Pn(1), which is an excellent survey of linkages. In another direction, we consider the space of n-tuples of equiangular unit vectors in R. More precisely, we define the following: We fix θ ∈ [0, π] and set An (θ) = {(a1, . . . , an) ∈ (S2)n | ⟨ai, ai+1⟩ = cos θ for 1 ≤ i ≤ n − 1, ⟨an, a1⟩ = cos θ} , (3) where ⟨,⟩ denotes the standard inner product on R. Using (3), we define Mn (θ) = An (θ) SO (3) . (4)


There are a wide variety of formalisms for defeasible reasoning that can be seen as implementing concrete argumentation on defeasible rules. However there has been little work on the relationship between such languages and Dung's abstract argumentation. In this paper we identify two small fragments on which many concrete defeasible formalisms agree. The two fragments are closely related, as we show. The fragments arise as ways to express abstract argumentation frameworks in the concrete formalisms. Our results enable us to transfer complexity lower bounds from abstract argumentation to concrete formalisms.


This research is case study approach in Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Setia Bhakti Nganjuk Kabupaten Nganjuk with title "An Analysis of Financial Performance on Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Setia Bhakti Nganjuk"
The Problem statement would be whether financial performance of Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Setia Bhakti Nganjuk Kabupaten Nganjuk?. The analysis tool used in order to find out financial performance of Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Setia Bhakti is financial ratio among them liquidity ratio, solvability ratio, equity on liability ratio, Asset Turn Over (ATO) ratio, solvability ratio, rentability, Return on Asset (ROA), while analysis technique uses time series and cross sectional approach.
Based on result from time series calculation, it revealed that financial performance in Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Setia Bhakti Nganjuk Kabupaten Nganjuk from 2007 to 2008 was not healthy. In line with calculation of cross sectional approach method, the performance of Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Setia Bhakti Nganjuk Kabupaten Nganjuk period 2007 to 2008 was not healthy or including in D classification. It also met the constitution of State Minister in Coorperation and Small and Mid-Company no: 129/KEP/M.KUKM/XI/2002.
Based on the data above, the writer implicates that in estiamte the financial performance, it suggest that the cooperate should and consider in managing finance specially in developing usage of fund matching with requirement, and also and effectiveness of effciensy in managing co-operation managing finance. During the the time co-operation which only using four ratio. Hence from that need the existence of additional need the existence of addition of finance ratio to assess performance of co-operation, to be more knowing any kind of finance ratio to assess performance of co-operation, to be more knowing any kind of which need to be improve to come and make better condition again.


There are several collections of Chinese popular woodblock prints nianhua in the fund of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences (the Kunstkamera) acquired from different collectors. The paper addresses the so-called Okulich collection (MAE No. 3676) consisting of 250 original titles, most of which possess undoubted artistic value. According to the dated sheets, the prints were produced in the last years of the 19th century, and no later than 1904. We only know that, in 1928, a man named Okulich donated these prints to the Kunstkamera. Two groups of paintings from this collection are discussed in more detail: a series of prints that represent illustrations for the main Chinese textbook The Thousand Character Essay (Qian zi wen), and those named xiaojiaochang nianhua printed in Shanghai in the early 20th century. Their scrutiny allows us to conclude that the collector was both serious and skillful in selecting sheets for this collection: apart from being fluent in Chinese, he was a connoisseur of Chinese traditional culture and lived in China for a long time. We discovered a large family with surname Okulich who lived in China in the first half of the last century, and contacted a member of this family, but she was unable to help us with identifying the potential collector.


The paper indicates the value engineering is the modern management scientific measures by combining techniques and economy,analyzes the reconstruction scheme for the existing masonry houses by adopting the value management method according to the various structural safety and architectural consumption of masonry houses by combining with the theory of value engineering,and indicates the best scheme can accomplish the reconstruction of masonry houses by the minimal life cycle cost.


The electrolytic separation factor ( alpha ) for hydrogen on Fe, Cu, Ni, Ag, Pt, Au, Fb, Hg, and Sn in 0.2N H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ containing 0.2 at.% deuterium was measured. Time varlation of alpha for Pt, Ni, and Cu suggests that the hydrogen evolution takes several paths. A change of the reaction process which follows the change in electrode surface conditions is indicated. (T.R.H.)


Dynamic Generalized Linear Models are generalizations of the Generalized Linear Models when the observations are time series and the parameters are allowed to vary through the time. They have been increasingly used in diierent areas such as epidemiology, econometrics and marketing. Here we make an overview of the diierent statistical methodolo-gies that have been proposed to deal with these models from the Bayesian viewpoint. Also, we present some of the challenges involved in the estimation process. Finally, two applications in epidemiology are presented showing the power of MCMC-based methodologies.


Knowledge structure is the key factor to achieve the goal of non-major pedagogy,which is a required course in teachers'colleges.The paper analyses some problems and present state of the pedagogy textbooks for non-majors and makes some suggestions on the optimization of the knowledge structure from the point of curriculum significance.


Innovativeness is a critical aspect for the survival and success of the company in the long term. The purpose of this paper is to study how the density of the network in which the company is immersed influences the relationship between environment, dynamism and innovativeness. More specifically, the authors analyse whether the network density acts in a heterogeneous way, worsening or improving the effects of technological and market dynamism on innovativeness, respectively.,The empirical study was conducted on a sample of 292 companies in the agri-food industry in Spain. In order to test the proposed model, the authors used partial least squares.,The results show that technological dynamism has a positive effect on the generation and development of a firm's innovativeness. However, market dynamism does not influence innovativeness. The authors also observe that the interactive effects between network density and dynamism are significant, but in a divergent way. Whereas the interactive effect between density and technological dynamism is negative, the interaction between density and market dynamism is positive.,The main contribution of the study is to show how the level of network density alters the effect of technological and market dynamism on innovativeness. The authors highlight the relevance of network theory to explain the contextual background to innovativeness. The authors also stress the importance of differentiating between the market and technological components of dynamism to further elucidate their effects.


To explore the CT features of malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). A total of 15 cases with malignant GIST pathologically was retrospectively analyzed. The tumors originated from the stomach (n=6), small bowl (n=4), esophagus (n=1), colon(n=1), small intestine mesentery (n=1), colon mesentery (n=1). All of them underwent CT study before operation. Twelve cases were scanned with contrast enhanced scanning, but 3 cases without enhanced scanning. All lesions revealed more than 5cm in diameter. Eleven lesions showed heterogeneous soft-tissue masses round in shape, 4 lesions showed thickening of bowl wall. The lesions revealed middle or marked enhancement after injection with contrast medium. [Conclusion] CT is valuable in diagnosing of malignant GIST.


One of the most prominent process non-linearities, which are summarized under 'proximity effects' is line-shortening. Line- shortening is poorly modeled by phenomenological lithography simulation -- even when resist models are used, which deliver reasonable results for process windows and resist edge profiles. So the challenge for a simulation-based OPC tool is not only the required speed, but also a lack in thoroughly understanding the processes involved. The OPC tool OPTISSIMO describes optical pattern transfer primarily by simulation of the aerial image according to a phenomenological model. Differences from the actual measured dimensions (either after resist processing or after etching) are described as corrections to the aerial image simulation results. These corrections are fitted by an empirical model. We show in this paper, that this model is not only able to explain the linewidth changes due to proximity effects, but also to describe line-shortening effects with reasonable accuracy. Further we show, that using a 'hammerhead design approach' (a rectangle placed over the end of each line) is a very effective way to compensate line-shortening This technique does not require an increase of resolution at mask fabrication and increases the data volume of the corrected design only moderately. Therefore, the addition of hammerheads to the line-mode of OPTISSIMO is a very promising method to perform OPC at full-chip designs and with available mask manufacturing techniques.


For many infections acquired during travel, skin lesions may be the only visible clinical findings that provide important diagnostic clues. The evaluation of dermatologic maladies in the recently returned traveler often presents a diagnostic dilemma. The differential diagnosis for skin lesions is greatly expanded in patients who have traveled, especially if the travel involved prolonged stays in tropical and developing countries. Although the frequency of skin lesions after travel is unknown, a recent prospective study' assessed the frequency and types of skin lesions in persons who visited a tropical disease clinic in Paris over a 2-year period and found that, among the Z69 patients with skin lesions, the most common diagnoses were cutaneous larva migrans, pyodermas, arthropod-reactive dermatitis, myiasis, tungiasis, urticaria, fever and rash, and cutaneous leishmaniasis. While the differential diagnosis of infectious skin lesions is vast, with many different presentations and morphologies (Tables 1-4),^ not all skin lesions that appear during and after travel to exotic locations are caused by unusual infections. Staphylococcal and streptococcal skin infections are more common in tropical areas than in temperate regions. These common bacterial infections, however, may be superimposed on an unusual process (e.g. leishtnaniasis). Insect bites and stings alter skin integrity and predispose to bacterial infection. Travelers also return from vacation with a multitude of noninfectious skin problems, including miliaria rubra, sunburns, and phototoxic and photoallergic reactions, as well as eruptions secondary to therapeutic or prophylactic medications. Hot and humid climates "may result in an exacerbation of underlying skin diseases, such as acne and atopic dermatitis. The physician should inquire about travel when taking a history and assessing skin lesions, as patients will not necessarily offer this information. Physicians must be aware that some skin lesions may develop weeks or months after the patient has returned from a trip. The approach to the recently returned traveler must commence with detailed travel and dermatologic histories (Table 5) and a complete physical examination. Unusual or atypical dermatologic manifestations of infections can occur in persons who are immunocompromised by HIV or other diseases. This paper focuses on the usual manifestations of infections in immunocompetent hosts.


Stephen harper is not a killer robot," claims a Tumblr blog that was active in 2011 to 2012. The subheader stresses the blog's ironic tone: "Why would you even think that?" (Caribou). In popular culture and public discourse, especially on the Internet, the image of Canada's former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is conspicuously characterized and caricatured as robotic and sinister. The critical popular representations of Harper that have proliferated in memes, social posts, and websites, as well as citizen journalism and mainstream news media, have prominently featured tropes of automation and automatism: zombies, Frankenstein monsters, cyborgs, and, above all, robots. Amidst popular culture's hordes of anthropomorphized robots, Harper attained a peculiarly converse characterization as a robotized anthropomorph. Whether it is made of metal, flesh, plastic, or software, the robot in popular culture is often characterized by two recurring features: first, it is manufactured by humans; second, it lacks human feeling or is even more radically non-human in its subjectivity. Take, for instance, the replicants devoid of empathy in Blade Runner; the relentlessly genocidal machines of The Terminator; the coolly dispassionate Star Trek android character, Data; the Cylons whom humans denigrate as "toasters" in Battlestar Galactica; and the renegade artificial intelligences (AIS) in 2001, The Matrix, Her, Ex Machina, and Transcendence--while some of these latter AI figures evince or simulate affect, they more importantly behave in ways radically unknowable to humans. Furthermore, many robot figures in popular culture uncannily resemble humans, even as their radically non-human subjectivity threatens humankind (Vint 119). Since the period of the Luddite revolts, when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein (1818), the figure of the automaton has furnished a cultural touchstone for popular anxieties about labour under industrial capital--about both the dehumanization of labour and the threat of its usurpation by automation. Frankenstein's monster stands at the head of a long line of successor automaton figures in popular culture, including the zombie as a vapid, automaton-like figure of alienated labour (McNally 258) and the robot, which, as Susan Tyler Hitchcock reminds us, Karl Capek's 1920 play R. U.R. introduced to popular culture as a specific adaptation of Frankenstein's creature (Hitchcock 136), and which, as Sherryl Vint reminds us, Capek named with a word derived from the Czech word for "worker" (120). Since that introduction and coinage, popular culture has produced generations of variously mechanical, organic, and hybrid humanoid simulacra, androids, automata, replicants, and clones. In something of a departure from the tradition in which the robot represents socio-economic anxieties about the automation of labour and ensuing loss of livelihood (Vint 119, McCutcheon and Barnetson 152), the image of Stephen Harper as killer robot figures anxieties about the automation of governance and ensuing loss of democracy. The image of Harper as robot provides a suggestive case for analyzing Canadian popular culture and the spectre of an automated body politic. This essay documents and theorizes the pattern of critical representations of the Harper government of 2006 to 2015 in popular culture, especially in digital media. Focusing on critical popular representations of the Harper government means simply focusing on texts, statements, and other cultural productions of criticism of and opposition to that government. (1) The popular image of Harper as a robot arose in satirical representations of his public persona as awkward and distant. This image also represents a critical response to Harper's particular brand of conservatism, which combined "disciplinary neoliberalism" (Smith, "The Rise" para 14) and its established prioritization of corporate business interests (interests that are exclusively profit-oriented and consequently devoid of empathy; see Achbar and Abbot), and a correspondingly austere fiscal conservatism, with an evangelical-populist social conservatism characterized by an unsympathetic intolerance for minoritized and marginalized groups, an intolerance fomented amidst the Orwellian "war on terror" of the early twenty-first century. …


Abstract. A vector field on a Riemannian manifold (M,g) is called con-circular if it satisfies ∇ X v = µX for any vector X tangent to M, where∇is the Levi-Civita connection and µ is a non-trivial function on M. Asmooth vector field ξ on a Riemannian manifold (M,g) is said to definea Ricci soliton if it satisfies the following Ricci soliton equation:12L ξ g + Ric = λg,where L ξ g is the Lie-derivative of the metric tensor g with respect to ξ,Ric is the Ricci tensor of (M,g) and λ is a constant. A Ricci soliton(M,g,ξ,λ) on a Riemannian manifold (M,g) is said to have concircularpotential field if its potential field ξ is a concircular vector field.In the first part of this paper we determine Riemannian manifoldswhich admit a concircular vector field. In the second part we classify Riccisolitons with concircular potential field. In the last part we prove someimportant properties of Ricci solitons on submanifolds of a Riemannianmanifold equipped with a concircular vector field. 1. IntroductionA. Fialkow introduced in [13] the notion of concircular vector fields on aRiemannian manifold M as vector fields which satisfy(1) ∇


The invention relates to a converter coal gas high-temperature bag-type dust removing system which comprises a converter, a high-temperature evaporative cooling tower, a high-temperature bag-type dust remover, a coal gas blower, a changeover valve station, a blow-off chimney, a spectacle valve, a coal gas cooling tower and an automatic control system which are connected in sequence through pipelines. The high-temperature evaporative cooling tower substitutes an evaporative cooling tower in an LT system or substitutes a sizing or manual diameter-regulating overflow venturi tube or a saturated spraying tower in an OG system; and the high-temperature bag-type dust remover substitutes an electrostatic dust remover in the LT system or an automatic diameter-regulating venturi tube or a circular seam washer in the OG system. The invention is called as a converter coal gas BG dry-method remover for short, has the advantages of high coal gas dust removing efficiency, lower system operation resistance and energy consumption, high coal gas recovery rate, and the like, has no problems of system blockage and secondary pollution of water, is not only in accordance with the strict environment protection requirements, but also can reclaim coal gas and realize converter negative-energy steel making.


The utility model discloses a membrane electrolytic tank for electrolyzing gold in cyanide pregnant solution. The membrane electrolytic tank comprises a tank body, cathode frames, an anode plate, and cationic exchange membranes. The electrolysis tank is provided with three chambers, the cathode chambers are arranged at two ends, and the anode chamber is arranged in the middle, and the cathode chambers and the anode chamber are separated through cationic exchange membranes. By adopting the membrane electrolytic tank, the anodic current efficiency is high, the phenomenon of CN-destruction and product mechanical mixing are eliminated, and the electrolyzing lever of gold (Au(CN)2-) in the cyanide pregnant solution is improved.


Explain a working principle of WZY1400 horizontal vibrating centrifuge,analyze technical qualification and mechanism that effect dehydration,summarize the main technical feature,generalize the matters need attention in application in order to assure using impact and longevity of centrifuge,analyze the extension prospect by comparing like products.


The author, Jerry Spangler, is a professional archaeologist who has spent over 20 years researching the history and prehistory of Nine Mile Canyon. He is the director of the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance, a non-profit organization that works with government, industry, and conservation groups to protect cultural resources. Nine Mile Canyon is "situated on the northern edge of the West Tavaputs Plateau" along which a number of canyons drain into the Green River (p. 1). The canyon is about 45 miles long from the confluence with the Green River to where it diverges into two separate branches and another 20 miles or so to its headwaters. All but the lower 10 miles of the canyon are accessible by car and the "16-wheeler semi-trucks servicing gas wells on the plateau above" (p. 2). The author compiles the history of the expeditions that explored the canyon or passed nearby and summarizes the contributions of generations of archaeologists who conducted research in Nine Mile Canyon and were puzzled by its archaeology. The first expedition of Dominguez-Escalante in 1776 "compared prehistoric remains of the northern Colorado Plateau" to those of Native people living in the Tavaputs Plateau area (p. 20). John Wesley Powell, Clarence King, and Ferdinand Hayden conducted US government surveys in the 1870s and 80s, but whether or not they surveyed Nine Mile Canyon is unknown. Spangler details the contributions, or lack thereof, of generations of museum and exposition collectors and researchers, some of whom had backgrounds in the natural sciences, prior to the emergence of archaeology as a professional occupation. He explores the numerous legends of how Nine Mile Canyon received its name. By 1892 "the canyon had already become know as Nine-Mile Canyon" (p. 15).


Received September 28, 2017; revised manuscript received October 29, 2017; accepted November 6, 2017; released online December 6, 2017 Time for primary review: 18 days Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Mailing address: Toru Adachi, MD, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten-nodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ISSN-1346-9843 All rights are reserved to the Japanese Circulation Society. For permissions, please e-mail: email@example.com Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmia Following Exercise-Induced Vasospastic Myocardial Ischemia at the Site of a Myocardial Bridge With Progressive J-Wave Manifestation


Through performance comparison and analysis,the application range for three types of compressors is introduced,the screw compressor is widely used in chemical,food,pharmaceutical,textile and other industries due to its superior performance and high efficiency.In addition,in the work of design of overall air compressor station and selection of gas tank,filter,cold and dry machine and other equipments,the energy saving technology should be considered.The compressed air solution and energy saving design has great significance in the lowering cost and enhancing efficiency.


In this paper, nanostructured platinum-stannum (PtSn) dispersed on a series of composites of grahene oxide (GO) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), denoted as PtSn/G-CNT have been prepared. Tunable size and distribution of the PtSn nanoparticles was achieved by adjusting the ratio of GO and MWNTs in the composites. The synthesized PtSn/G-CNT, single graphene (PtSn/G) and MWNTs (PtSn/CNT) were applied as anode catalysts for ethanol oxidation. The surface morphology and microstructure of as-prepared catalysts were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The electrocatalytic performance for ethanol oxidation has been estimated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry in acid media. The PtSn/G-CNT catalysts exhibit higher electrocatalytic activity and stability compared to the PtSn/G and PtSn/CNT. Among all the PtSn/G-CNT catalysts, the optimal PtSn/(2/3G+1/3CNT) catalyst with narrower size, more uniform distribution and higher content of PtSn nanoparticles exhibited higher electrocatalytic activity and stability, which implied the application prospect in the field of ethanol fuel cells.


Two hundred and sixty six species coastal vascular plants distributed along the Minjiang River Estuary in Fujian are recorded. Among them,herb accounts for 70.2%, frutex accounts for 21.4%, vine and arbor account for 8.4%.Salt loving species distributed along the inner, middle and outer estuary account for 5.7%, 6.8% and 11.8% ,respectively. Ipomoea pes-caprae,Suaeda australis,Tetragonia tetragonoides are saline alkali indictor. Near fresh waters in the inner estuary there are rankness of Cyperus malaccensis var. brevifolius,Arundo donax and Phragmites communis.


.................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................... XI LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... XIII ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................... XIV CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Pharmacogenetics and Warfarin maintenance dose ..................................................................... 3 1.2.1 CYP2C9 and Warfarin maintenance dose................................................................................. 4 1.2.2 CYP4F2 and Warfarin maintenance dose ................................................................................. 5 1.2.3 VKORC1 and Warfarin maintenance dose ............................................................................... 5 1.2.4 Clinical Implications of the Genetic Mutation .......................................................................... 7 1.3 Problem Statement ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.4 Justification ................................................................................................................................ 11 1.5 Aim ............................................................................................................................................. 11 1.6 Specific Objectives..................................................................................................................... 11 University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh


To the Editor: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disease that typically affects the elderly, with an incidence of approximately 7 new cases per million.1 The pathogenesis of BP involves autoantibodies to BP antigens 180 and 230 at the dermoepidermal junction. Bullous pemphigoid has been associated with the use of multiple medications; vaccines; and physical damage to the skin, including trauma, radiation, and surgery.2 Several classes of medications may cause BP; one study described an association of BP with loop diuretics,3 while others found higher incidences of BP in patients taking aldosterone antagonists and neuroleptics.4 We describe a case of drug-triggered BP to liraglutide, a glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. A 75-year-old man presented to dermatology for evaluation of a vesicular eruption on the head, neck, trunk, and arms of 6 months' duration. The eruption developed 2 weeks after starting liraglutide 1.2 mg subcutaneously daily for diabetes mellitus. The patient had a medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, stroke, and prostate cancer treated with prostatectomy, and he also was taking insulin. Liraglutide was discontinued shortly after the onset of the eruption. Physical examination revealed annular plaques on the head, neck, trunk, and arms with central hypopigmentation and hyperpigmented borders (Figure 1). Two tense bullae were evident on the left flank (Figure 2). Histopathology revealed a subepidermal blister, mixed perivascular infiltrate with numerous eosinophils, and pigment incontinence (Figure 3). Direct immunofluorescence showed linear deposition of IgG and C3 along the basement membrane zone that was localized to the roof of the blister on salt-split analysis. No microorganisms were identified on periodic acid–Schiff, GrocottGomori methenamine-silver, acid-fast bacilli, and Fite stains. The patient initially was treated with clobetasol ointment 0.05%, leading to marginal improvement. He declined treatment with prednisone or dapsone, and he was started on doxycycline. Seven months after stopping liraglutide and starting doxycycline, the patient had no blisters, but residual pigmentary changes remained. Two types of BP have been described in response to medications: drug-induced BP and drug-triggered BP. Drug-induced BP presents as an acute, self-limited eruption that typically resolves after withdrawal of the offending agent. It tends to involve a younger population and may present with mucosal involvement and target lesions on the palms and soles. Direct immunofluorescence shows linear IgG and C3 deposition at the basement membrane zone. Patients tend to respond quickly to systemic corticosteroids and have low recurrence rates. Drug-triggered BP is a chronic form of BP that is caused by a medication and is not resolved with removal of the offending agent.5 Therefore, drug-triggered BP is Bullous Pemphigoid Triggered by Liraglutide


The non-point source pollution is the key and difficult point in recovery of Dianchi lake pollution,a considerable amount of research has been done about non-point source pollution in Dianchi watershed since the 1980s.These research has mainly involved the pollutant sources and pollution load estimates,the loss of pollutants in different kinds of land use,contamination control methods and measures.The on-site inspection,investigation and the monitor,experimental and the model simulation,3S and the computer technology and so on is the main research technique and method.For the future,research should be focused on the non-point source pollution caused by non-agricultural production,establishing integrity monitoring system and integrated non-point source pollution modelling,controlling of aggregated water pollutants,and policy guidance,environmental protection supervising and managing,etc.


European measures and agreements regarding language policy within Europe and its member states have benefited many language communities, but many linguistic issues within the European Union remain unresolved. The European language policy involves many political, cultural and economic challenges for the Union. It is therefore important to not only point out the significance of a European language policy, but also to examine its result in practice and on a national level. In this thesis, we use the method of critical discourse analysis to r esearch Europeanisation of language policy in the Netherlands. The analysis is carried out on a wide range of materials, such as Dutch senate and parliamentary debates, videos, opinion pieces and newspaper articles. The discourse research demonstrates that Europeanisation can have positive effects on regional and minority languages, such as an increasing use in administration and jurisdiction. However, it also points out the negative consequences that might be related to Europeanisation, such as inequality and hierarchisation of languages and language communities. This research demonstrates that the European language policy sometimes obtains results that are quite the opposite of its initial principles, for example inequality instead of equality and linguistic convergence instead of diversity. (Less)


It is essential for universities to accredit their programs to be recognized locally and globally and to maintain the quality and credibility of educational programs. For programs to become accredited, they must meet predefined quality standards for the intended accreditation institution. These quality standards are applied to program courses, and each course covers some requirements from the accreditation requirements, such as Student and Course Learning Outcomes, based on their specific accreditation commission. As programs and courses are added frequently at university programs, information about accreditation mapped to each course syllabus and program description is becoming more complicated. It must be maintained automatically since program accreditation must be renewed on a regular basis to guarantee the program's quality. In addition, supporting Curriculum Designers in finding gaps and imbalances in the proposed programs and courses is becoming necessary to alleviate the management of accreditation related tasks. In this paper, we propose a knowledge graph-based system that supports the development of balanced educational programs and helps detecting gaps and redundancies within the same university programs. The system provides an attractive graphical user interface that visualizes the curriculum components and accreditation requirements as interactive graphs. The system has been implemented using the graph database Neo4j and the results are analyzed using the Cypher query language


'Sweet Red' is a moist-type sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.)] developed at North Carolina State Univ. in 1976. It was evaluated as NC727 in regional yield trials by the National Sweet Potato Collaborator Group in 1981 (observational test), 1982, and 1983 (advanced tests). The release of 'Sweet Red' provides the industry with a high-yielding, high-quality, red-skinned sweet potato.


AbstractA large aperture scintillometer (LAS) observes the intensity of the atmospheric turbulence across large distances, which is related to the path-averaged sensible heat flux H. In this paper, two problems in the derivation of continuous series of H from LAS data are investigated and the importance of nighttime H fluxes is assessed. First, as an LAS is unable to determine the sign of H, the transition from unstable to stable conditions is evaluated in order to make continuous H series. Therefore, different algorithms to judge the atmospheric stability for an LAS installed over a distance of 9.5 km have been tested. The diurnal cycle of the refractive index structure parameter, , results in the best suitable, operational algorithm. A second issue is the humidity correction for LAS data, which is performed by using the Bowen ratio (β). As β is taken from ground-based measurements with data gaps, the number of resulting H values is reduced. Not including this humidity correction results in a marginal er...


Objective To investigate the role of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in epirubicin-induced apoptosis and anti-proliferation of human T-cell lymphoma cell line Jurkat.Methods The effects of 0,1.25,2.5,5,10μmol/L epirubicin and 0,0.25,0.5,1,2μmol/L dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor(NVP-BEZ235) on human T-cell lymphoma cell line Jurkat proliferation after 48h was assessed by CCK8.The apoptosis of Jurkat cells with 0,1.25,2.5,5,10μmol/L epirubicin after 48h,5μmol/L epirubicin and 2μmol/L NVP-BEZ235 after 0,12,24,36 and 48h was detected by Annexin Ⅴ/PE double staining flow cytometry.The effects of 5,10μmol/L epirubicin at 0,6,12,24,48h and the change of combining 2μmol/L NVP-BEZ235 at 24,48h with 5μmol/L epirubicin on the expressions of Akt,p-Akt,mTOR,p-mTOR,p70s6k and p-p70s6k were detected by Western blotting method.Results Epirubicin could inhibit proliferation of Jurkat cells and induce its apoptosis.When Jurkat was treated by 5μmol/L epirubicin,the apoptosis rate was 57.72%.The apoptotic effect was concentration-dependent.Epirubicin-induced apoptosis of Jurkat cells was along with the changes of Akt,mTOR,p70s6k and their phosphorylation levels.NVP-BEZ235 reduced the phosphorylation levels of Akt and p70s6k in Jurkat cells,which significantly improved the apoptosis of Jurkat cells.The apoptotic rate rose from 57.72% to 78.31% because of 2μmol/L NVP-BEZ235 combining with 5μmol/L epirubicin after 48h.Conclusion Epirubicin-induced apoptosis of Jurkat cells has a relation with PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway,when the pathway inhibitors combined with epirubicin,the cells sensitivity of epirubicin has improved to some extent.


The paper focuses on understanding the mechanism of force production on a hover-capable flapping-wing system by using a combination of direct force measurements and flowfield studies. The experiments were conducted in air at a Reynolds number of approximately 25,000 (based on mean chord and maximum tip speed), which is the typical operating regime of small flapping-wing micro air vehicles. The forces and moments were measured using a miniature six-component force transducer installed at the wing root. The wing was flapped in air and vacuum at the same frequency and wing kinematics, and the vacuum forces were subtracted from the total forces to obtain the pure aerodynamic forces. Flow visualization and particle image velocimetry were used to characterize the formation, strength, and structure of the leading-edge vortex on the flapping wing. A rapid increase in wing lift coefficient was associated with the growth of the leading-edge vortex and a progressive reduction in lift coefficient with the convection ...


. The few lignin biomarker studies conducted in tropical environments are hampered by having to use references signatures established for plants and soils characteristic of the temperate zone. This study presents a lignin biomarker analysis (vanillyls (V), p-hydroxyls (P), syringyls (S), cinnamyls (C)) of the dominant plant species and soil horizons as well as an analysis of the interrelated terrigenous organic matter (TOM) dynamics between vegetation and soil of the Tapajós river region, an active colonization front in the Brazilian Amazon. We collected and analyzed samples from 17 fresh dominant plant species and 48 soil cores at three depths (0-5 cm, 20-25 cm, 50-55 cm) from primary rainforest, fallow forest, subsistence agriculture fields and pastures. Lignin signatures in tropical plants clearly distinguish from temperate ones with high ratios of Acid/aldehyde of vanillyls ((Ad/Al)v) and P/V+S. Contrary to temperate environments, similarly high ratios in tropical soils are not related to TOM degradation along with pedogenesis but to direct influence of plants growing on them. Lignin signatures of both plants and soils of primary rainforest and fallow forest clearly distinguish from those of non-forested areas, i.e., agriculture fields and pastures. Attalea speciosa Palm trees, an invasive species in all perturbed landscapes of the Amazon, exhibit lignin signatures clearly distinct from other dominant plant species. The study of lignin signatures in tropical areas thus represents a powerful tool to evaluate the impact of primary rainforest clearing on TOM dynamics in tropical areas.


Living in harmony with nature, human society has seen various types of advancements using nature. Since man began to live as an individual, he has upheld society due to his hard work. Also, when an individual comes into a society, he has certain values. Such values are changeable according to each society and period. In this way, Mahakavi Bharatiyar is notable among the poets who made the glory of the Tamil language known to the world. He is a social thinker. His record as a social thinker, freedom fighter, spiritual erudite, woman revolutionary, reformer, and so on is compelling. However, his approach and vision were far broader. Although he is understood in various dimensions like politics, spirituality, literature, and reformation, he also shines as a human being and a saint. Bharathiyar sang many songs for India's independence. He used the doctrine of "Religious Unity" for the freedom of India to unite the people in the freedom war. He removed the evils seen in old age and drew people to innovation. In this way, the aim here is to explore various platforms such as Bharathi's sense of national freedom, unity, and women's liberation through Bharathi's works.


The authors use the Tsyganenko (1987; 1989) magnetic field models to map the electric field distribution of Heppner and Maynard (1987) into the geomagnetic tail and infer the velocity of the CPS convective flow. They obtain qualitatively different convection patterns from the two Tsyganenko models. Results obtained with the 1987 model predict a narrow jet of earthward moving plasma in the center of the CPS, while the 1989 model predicts relatively uniform earthward convection throughout the CPS. Based on in situ observations of CPS convection, they conclude that the 1989 model provides the most realistic mapping. They also suggest that the effects of field-aligned currents should be incorporated into the magnetic field models to improve mapping.


In recent years, numerous algorithms have been proposed for incremental view maintenance of data warehouses. As a matter of fact, all of them follow almost the same general approach, namely they compute the change of a multi-source view in response to an update message from a data source, following two steps: (i) issue a set of queries against the other data sources, and (ii) compensate the query result due to concurrent updates interfering with the first step. Despite many recent improvements, the compensation approach needs precise detection of interfering updates occurring remotely in autonomous data sources and the assumption that messages are never lost and are delivered in the order in which they are sent. However, in real networks, loss and misordering of messages are usual. In this paper, we propose a maintenance algorithm that does not need the compensation step and that applies to general view expressions of the bag algebra, without any limit on the number of base relations per data source.


Abstract : A description is given of a pump for the pumping of amalgam in which the principle of airtight shaft packing of original construction was employed. Data on testing shaft packing of this pump are given. The construction of shaft packing for a centrifugal pump was made for the purpose of eliminating contact between the amalgam and atmospheric air and a test was made to determine the efficiency of pump shaft packing. The obtained results were satisfactory. (Author)


This report documents the assessment of baseline energy use at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), a US Air Force Materiel Command facility located near Macon, Georgia. This is a companion report to Volume 1, Executive Summary, and Volume 3, Integrated Resource Assessment. The US Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) has tasked the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), supported by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL), to identify, evaluate, and assist in acquiring all cost-effective energy projects at Robins AFB. This is part of a model program that PNL is designing to support energy-use decisions in the federal sector. This program (1) identifies and evaluates all cost-effective energy projects; (2) develops a schedule at each installation for project acquisition considering project type, size, timing, and capital requirements, as well as energy and dollar savings; and (3) targets 100% of the financing required to implement energy efficiency projects. PNL applied this model program to Robins AFB. The analysis examines the characteristics of electric, natural gas, oil, propane, and wood chip use for fiscal year 1991. The results include energy-use intensities for the facilities at Robins AFB by building type, fuel type, and energy end use. A complete energymore » consumption reconciliation is presented that accounts for the distribution of all major energy uses and losses among buildings, utilities, and central systems.« less


This is the user manual for the hybrid code XTANT-3, simulating intense femtosecond X-ray irradiation of matter. The code combines a few models into one with feedbacks: transport Monte Carlo simulation, Boltzmann collision integrals, and tight binding molecular dynamics. Such a combination allows the simulation of nonequilibrium, nonadiabatic, and nonthermal effects in electronically excited matter, and the synergy and interplay of these effects. This text contains a description of the theoretical basis of the model and the practical user manual. The detailed description should allow new users, students, and non-specialists to access the ideas behind the code and make the learning curve less steep.


The results reported in this paper are part of a study of the biology and control of black flies in the forests of Eastern Canada conducted on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, near Baie Comeau, Quebec, during 1954, 1955, and 1956. Reference to this study is made in a review by Peterson and Wolfe (1958). The identification and biology of the black flies of this region has been reported on by Wolfe and Peterson (1959) who also describe the topography of the region. The important feature of this rugged area is an abundance of fast-flowing streams which provide highly suitable environments for the development of black-fly populations.


Direct against the state of the influence on sensitive district from plain expressway traffic noise at present .The problem is that the great deviation of the fruits of the appraise and prediction of environmental impact. Use the dissemination theory of sound ,has calculated the decay of the plain expressway traffic noise ,and prove with the practice measuring data. The fruits offer corresponding reference to the control and administration of plain expressway traffic noise.


The possibilities offered by biotechnological processes are utilized in various applications. Some applications with industrial importance are listed in TABLE 1. Although the processes listed are very different, they have one thing in common: any biochemical step to build up a product or, with regard to the last item in TABLE 1, to remove harmful products from the environment is catalyzed by enzymes. The enzymes that are used as biocatalysts in different processes are produced in most cases by microorganisms. Because it is difficult and expensive to carry out the isolation, handling, and recovery of native enzymes, suitable techniques are required to ensure stable working conditions and a good process efficiency. In general, there are two different methods to deal with this problem. One possibility is to work with immobilized enzymes; the other is to work with whole cells, free or immobilized as well. In this report, different techniques to immobilize enzymes and cells are compared and bioreactors are introduced that are suitable for the biocatalysts obtained by different immobilization procedures. Once a product is obtained from a biotechnological process, the most timeconsuming and cost-intensive factor is the purification of the product. Crossflow membrane techniques seem to be a promising step to improve downstream processing. Thus, in the second part of this report, some of the latest developments in this field will be reviewed.


The main objective of the study to review the published literature on propaganda against Islam on social media. However, a detail review of literature has been conducted, in this regard, this study has reviewed the journals publications, websites, social media platforms such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp. Anyhow, there are very few studies to do the systematic literature review on title of propaganda against Islam on social media, this is main source of motivation for current study. After careful review of literature, this study concluded that western media has portrayed the negative image of Muslims. Anyhow, we also have found that most of studies have conducted in western countries rather Muslims countries media. Some of studies also suggested that Muslims should use social media to answer and defend their point of view and give the clear and positive picture of Islam to non-Muslims. This study also proposes that Muslims should respond to any anti-Muslims post positively with constructive justification. Moreover, this is responsibility of Muslims countries to give the clear image of Islam to other world rather overlock the social media posts. Anyhow, this is literature-based study, the future study should conduct empirically. Besides, the future studies should compare the non-Muslim countries social media with Muslims countries social media to overcome the distance between these two communities.


Indonesia is the largest Muslim population globally, but literacy of Islamic finance and banking is still limited, which impacts the development of sharia banking in Indonesia, including literature on Profitability and Stabil-ity in Islamic Banking. The aim of this study was to determine the profitability and stability of 34 Islamic banks in Indonesia for the period 2010-2017. This study analyzes the factors that affect Islamic banking's profitability and stability using panel data regression with fixed effect techniques. The results showed that Is-lamic banks' profitability is determined by capital, credit risk, operational efficiency, liquidity risk, asset size, stability, GDP, and inflation. The results showed that Islamic banks' profitability is determined by capital, credit risk, operational efficiency, liquidity risk, asset size, stability, GDP, and inflation. The results of Islamic banking stability found that profitability and credit risk impact bank stability, while the Asset Size, liquidity, Operating Effectiveness, inflation, and GDP do not affect the Islamic banks' stability. These findings are sig-nificant for the growth and development of Islamic banks in Indonesia


This article deals with analytical approaches to the problem of change and persistence in party ideologies. After examining a number of theoretical perspectives, the article suggests an additional approach and argues that one of its major advantages is that it offers a possibility to combine significant features of several existing perspectives. The proposed approach focuses on the functions of party ideology. The thesis here is that the development of an ideology is shaped by its functions. Contrary to numerous writers who view ideological functions in dichotomous terms, I argue that the functions of ideology are multiple. The possible functions of party ideology are outlined, and a distinction is introduced between the intellectual and tactical functions of ideology. The article then comments on how tactical functions contribute to ideological change and persistence by examining the case of Swedish Social Democratic ideology.


The work presented in this paper has two main objectives. The first objective was to determine if fully related siblings have similar fingerprints due to genetics. The data showed that only one sibling set had less than 40% similarity. The right index finger of all sets had a median of 40%, even within one set of siblings that had only a 20% match on the right thumb. The mode for the left index fingers was 40% with twelve of the fifteen sibling sets being at that level. The majority of the sets were at 33% or higher, yet two sets had no matching major classifications and the mode for ridge classifications was 80%. Arches were the least found major classification and loops were the most popular major classification. The hypothesis was that fully related siblings would have similar fingerprints. The results support the hypothesis even though the fingerprints may have slight differences within some classifications, all sibling sets having at least an 80% similarity. The second objective was to determine if fully related siblings have similar toeprints. The data from toeprint collections showed that most of the sibling sets ridge classifications being 80% similar and three of them 90% similar. While the similarity of the ridge classifications did not vary much, the similarity of the major classifications varied. KeywordsFingerprints; Toeprints; Biometrics; Security;


Recent advances in coherent manipulation and control have led to new opportunities to study non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum many-body systems. Using a variety of experimental platforms ranging from cold atoms and ions to solid-state spin defects, small building blocks of fully controllable quantum systems can be assembled into a strongly interacting many-body system. With this approach, one can gain new insights into fundamental questions in basic science such as the mechanism of quantum thermalization or the existence of exotic phases of matter out of equilibrium. At the same time, a fully controllable large-scale quantum device has promising applications for high precision sensing, secure communication, and quantum information processing. This thesis describes recent progress in engineering quantum dynamics that is robust against various imperfections such as environmental noise, disorder, or imprecise controls. We find that non-equilibrium quantum states of strongly interacting systems can be protected from imperfections upon appropriate external manipulations such as time-dependent periodic controls, engineered coherent or dissipative interactions, or an introduction of strong quenched disorder. Furthermore, under certain conditions, these imperfections can be utilized to stabilize non-trivial quantum states. Our results challenge conventional wisdom of statistical mechanics, shedding light on the microscopic mechanisms of thermal-


The worldwide economic crisis of 2007/2008 popularised the ethical questions within economics. Currently, few mainstream economists tackle these questions and the typical curriculum of economics often lacks input on philosophy, ethics and the history of economic thoughts. However, economists confronted with ethical questions believe themeslves capable of answering them. As a result, the popular discussion about ethics and economics becomes a discussion about regulations. In contrast to that, in the context of the "Economics and Ethics" discussion in Germany, the article shows an alternative approach, which concentrates on the question of why something is to be labelled as "moral". On the base of Peter Ulrich's integrative economic ethics, the relevance of the right of subsistence on the ethical legitimacy of economic decisions, recommendations etc. is explained. The insights are discussed with respect to labour market theories and the German labour market reforms of 2005. Finally, the question of ethical legitimation is connected to the question of democracy and economics.


Due to their speed and precision, industrial robots are used in a wide range of tasks in modern factories. Already, there exist simulation tools to plan kinematically admissible movements for this kind of robots. However, such tools do not take deformation of the wiring mounted on robots' links into consideration, although damage of the wiring during robot motion can interrupt the whole process. In this thesis, the elastic behavior of the wiring and its contact interactions with the robot links are modeled to define critical stress and deformation states during the robot movement. Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis is used to compute deformation of the wiring. The wiring is modeled as a beam structure which undergoes large deformations during the robot motion. However, its inertia effects are neglected. Also, due to its low slenderness ratio, shear deformations are not considered. A geometrically Exact beam element of Kirchhoff type is utilized to model the nonlinear beams. This type of element is based on the nonlinear sheardeformable Simo-Reissner beam theory, and shear deformations are excluded by enforcing the Kirchhoff constraints. Additionally, due to low torsional stiffness of cables, a simplified version of the element which excludes torsional deformations is applied. Furthermore, in the contact model, since friction effects between the wiring and the robot arms are negligible, it is not considered. Also, the robot links are assumed as analytic surfaces. The non-penetrating contact condition is enforced using the penalty method and discretized by the Gauss Point to Analytic Surface approach. To solve the resulting nonlinear system of equations, the Newton-Raphson method with the displacement control path-following technique is employed. Numerical examples showcase the robustness and computational efficiency of the proposed method. Acknowledgment During my bachelor studies, I had the opportunity to do an internship in a group who was designing a 6R industrial robot. At the final stages of the design process, a question arose that took much longer time to answer than we first thought. The question was how the wiring should be mounted on the robot arms so that it does not get damaged during the robot motion. Because there was no well-known engineering tool to assist us to deal with this problem, we had to go through a long try and error process and use our "engineering senses" to come up with a good answer. Since then, I was curious about a systematic approach to deal with this problem. After some time, in my master studies, when we had to choose a topic for a course project named "software lab", one of available options was to work on a code to deal with the exact same problem using computational mechanics approach. As a result, I jumped for the topic, and had the chance to work on it with two hardworking and smart teammates. The project was successful as a proof of concept. Hence, I was interested to continue working on this topic as my master research project in order to further improve the idea. I would like to express my gratitude to all the amazing teammates with whom I had the opportunity to work during this journey. For sure, I have learned a lot from them, and this work was not possible without them. I am thankful to Prof. Ernst Rank who accepted to supervise and examine this work at the chair of "Computation in Engineering". Also, I would like to thank "Tebis AG" for their partnership in both projects, the software lab and the master thesis, specially the colleagues at the "Manufacturing Technology" department and head of the department Dr. Alexander Muthler, for providing an inspirational and supportive working environment. My special thanks go to my two supervisors Dr. Tino Bog and Mohamed Elhaddad for their support and patience during the both projects. All the parts of their supervision were interesting for me, but if I had to pick one, I would refer to the discussions at our meetings and their aspiration to help me to understand all aspects of the topic. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family for their unconditional love. My strongest hope in life is to know that I have two wonderful parents who have supported me in all steps of my life. You two are the best parents I could ever ask for. Finally, I would like to ask the dear readers not to hesitate to contact me if they have any points to mention regarding the content of this work. Although this project has been finished, my learning journey continues. I would appreciate such points and feedbacks.


Ant-based clustering is a biologically inspired data clustering technique. In this technique, multiple agents carry the information to be clustered, and make local comparisons. In this work we use genetic algorithms to improve the implementation and use of ant-clustering techniques.


This paper examines the role of risk management within the training system segment of major weapon system development organizations. Too often the risks associated with the training system are overlooked because the same criterion is used to evaluate all program risks. This approach prohibits technical and programmatic problems associated with the training system from being adequately identified and mitigated early in the weapon system life cycle; thus, adding cost and eliminating technical solutions. The intent of this paper is to increase awareness of the Risk Manager, Systems Engineering Manager, Training System Manager and Program Manager as to the typical approach of training system risk management. Risk management solutions that address training system risk management problems are provided within this paper.


In this paper, a dual-band antenna for reader of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications is proposed, which operates at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz. This antenna is excited by a 50Ω microstrip feed line, fabricated on Rogers RT/duroid 5880 substrate with dimensions 33x25 mm, dielectric constant of 0.0009 and thickness of 1.6 mm. The main objective of the slots U-shape inverse included on the front side of antenna is to get a dual-band frequency (2.45-5.8 GHz) and improve radiation characteristics in term of gain, reflection coefficient. The structure design, optimization and simulation results analysis were performed under simulator electromagnetic HFSS (high-frequency structure simulator), and focused on the return loss, bandwidth, gain and directivity. The proposed antenna has a simple design and a miniaturized size compared to the patch antenna. It exhibits broadband impedance matching, consistent omnidirectional radiation patterns and appropriate gain characteristics in the applications of RFID. Keywords— Antenna; RFID (Radio Frequency Identification); slots; U-shape inverse; dual-band; HFSS


The invention discloses an electric fluid type double-running driving system which comprises a battery set. The battery set is connected with a current converter, the current converter is connected with a driving motor, the driving motor is connected with a speed reducer, the speed reducer is connected with a double-acting liquid booster pump, a liquid outlet end of the double-acting liquid booster pump is connected with a load hydraulic motor, the load hydraulic motor is connected with a main driving shaft by a planetary speed reducer, another liquid outlet end of the double-acting liquid booster pump is connected with a driving hydraulic motor, the driving hydraulic motor is connected with a first T-shaped speed reducer, the first T-shaped speed reducer is provided with power generators, the power generators are connected with IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) switching power supplies, the IGBT switching power supplies are connected with first intermittent discharge units, the first intermittent discharge units are connected with a Faraday module capacitor, the Faraday module capacitor is connected with a second intermittent discharge unit, and the second intermittent discharge unit is connected with the battery set. The electric fluid type double-running driving system has the advantages that currents of the storage battery set for providing power can be compensated, accordingly, the balance of the storage battery set can be improved, and the endurance mileage of the storage battery set can be increased.


The present investigation was undertaken in order to assess arteriographically the response of aneurysms arising from the internal carotid artery to treatment by occlusion of the carotid artery in the neck. Since the natural history of these aneusysms, when treated conservatively is difficult, if not impossible, to assess, it was considered that reduction in size of the aneurysm following upon carotid occlusion represented a favourable response to treatment.


adaptation at each phase of reform, she does not explore the importance of continuity. She notes, however, that an enduring lesson of education reform is the importance of long ministry tenure (191). While reform success may hinge on varying political strategies, ideological continuity at the Ministry of Education may also be essential. The role of a consistent yet evolving set of ideas surrounding education policy may be the next subject for political economy research to explore.


Complexes of NiII, CuII, ZnII and CdII metal ions with a novel Schiff base ligand 4-(((3-ethyl-5-mercapto-4H-1,2,4triazol-4-yl)imino)methyl)-2-methoxy-6-nitrophenol (HTNP) were synthesised, thoroughly characterized by spectral techniques i.e. IR, 1H-NMR, fluorescence, electronic spectra and also structurally examined by elemental analysis, thermal analysis and magnetic moment measurements. A significant enhancement in the fluorescence intensity of HTNP was observed after complexation. Comparative in vitro antimicrobial activities of HTNP and its metal complexes were studied and these novel compounds were found to show moderate to significant antibacterial activity. The results also indicated that antimicrobial activity of the Schiff base ligand (HTNP) gets considerably increased on complexation.


Summary Simultaneous shooting greatly improves seismic acquisition productivity, but poses great challenge to the separation of interfering sources in the highly-blended land data. We proposed an inversion-based deblending method applied on 3D common receiver gathers. First, seismic data is transformed into frequency-wavenumber-wavenumber(FKK) domain. Then, coherent signals are estimated by imposing sparse constraint on the transformed data. After that, interference noises are predicted using the estimated signals and then subtracted from the original input. Driven by data residuals, signals are iteratively updated with shrinking thresholds until fully separation of the signal and noise. Test on 3D real land data shows that the proposed method can separate highly-blended seismic data in an accurate, stable and fast way.


According to Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction formula,it gets the light intensity distribution formula about single slit Fresnel diffraction.Based on the formula,it makes numerical calculation and analyses the result of calculation.The result indicates that the width of the single slit has great influence on light intensity distribution of single slit Fresnel diffraction.


List of figures List of tables List of conventions Preface 1. Principles of numerical calculations 2. How to obtain and estimate accuracy 3. Series, operators and continued fractions 4. Interpolation and approximation 5. Numerical integration 6. Solving scalar nonlinear equations Bibliography Index Online appendix A. Introduction to matrix computations Online appendix B. A MATLAB multiple precision package Online appendix C. Guide to literature.