In recent years, one sees a growing trend to look back on past ethnographic work and review the history of anthropology. This process, which can be termed the `anthropology of anthropology,' involves not only tracing the history of past ethnographies but also attempts to draw the latest selflportrait of anthropology and use it as a clue to identify the nature of anthropology. Since anthropology was born in Japan over a century ago, Jqpanese anthropology (also called ethnology) has produced original studies by rapidly adopting Western theories, and keeping pace with the expansion of the Great Japanese Empire. In this sense, reassessing the past accomplishments in anthropology andror ethnology in a historical context will help us realize their political implications. In the 1930s and thereafter, namely during the period of what is known as the `Fifteen Years War,' which started with the `Manchurian Incident,' original anthropological studies conducted by Japanese scholars through fieldwork were closely linked with the country's expansionist policies. Those studies were supported, both financially and logistically, by the administrative bodies in Japan's colonies and by the Military and its Intelligence Agency in the areas occupied by Japan. Furthermore, it is also essential, in describing the history of anthropology!ethnology in Japan, to examine how Japanese anthropologists catered in their ethnographic work to the political needs the military ones in particular of the country in those days. Recent studies on Japan's modern history have revealed the Military's intelligence activities in the Imphal Action, which sheds light on the contemporary situations in which Edmund Leach conducted research fbr his later work, 71he political systems ofHighland Burma (1954). As far as Japanese anthropologists are concerned, their ethnographic work was inevitably utilized for the purposes of war. It was fatal to wartime anthropological studies. In this paper, I fbcus on the anthropologist MABucm T6ichi (kewM--`), who earned a high reputation both at home and in the West after World War II. Some of his pupils reviewed his work and wrote detailed and interesting stories about his life (KuRATA 1992; NoGucHI 1980; OGAwA 1988). MuRATAKE Seiichi (Nlkre-), among others, outlined MABucHi's theoretical framewotks and evaluated his contribution as fbllows:


In cloud data centers, cloud providers can offer computing infrastructure as a service in the form of virtual machines (VMs). With the help of virtualization technology, cloud data centers can consolidate VMs on physical machines to minimize costs. VM placement is the process of assigning VMs to the appropriate physical machines. An efficient VM placement solution will result in better VM consolidation ratios which ensures better resource utilization and hence more energy savings. The VM placement process consists of both the initial as well as the dynamic placement of VMs. In this paper, we are experimenting with a dynamic VM placement solution that considers different resource types (namely, CPU and memory). The proposed solution makes use of a genetic algorithm for the dynamic reallocation of the VMs based on the actual demand of the individual VMs aiming to minimize under-utilization and over-utilization scenarios in the cloud data center. Empirical evaluation using CloudSim highlights the importance of considering multiple resource types. In addition, it demonstrates that the genetic algorithm outperforms the well-known best-fit decreasing algorithm for dynamic VM placement.


In this paper, the surface residual stress of spheroidal graphite cast iron was measured by using critically refracted longitudinal (LCR) ultrasonic wave, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and blind-hole measurement methods. The test specimens used in this study were cut from a practical forging roller made from spheroidal graphite cast iron. The measurement results were compared and analyzed. They indicated that the measurement results obtained by this LCR method were consistent with those of the other two methods, which verified that for spheroidal graphite cast iron material, LCR method was an applicable, effective and reliable test technology of surface residual stress measurement.


The Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 led to huge damage to land covers in northwestern Sichuan,one of the critical fragile eco-regions in China.In this paper,the soil physical and chemical properties at the landslide sites induced by the earthquake were assessed in a comparable framework which included three regions,i.e.eastern side,western side and the transitional zone of the Longmen Mountain,and represented different climate and vegetation background.Compared with the undisturbed area,the results indicated that soil sand content increased significantly on the landslide of all case-study areas(P0.05),while cation exchange capacity,organic matter,total nitrogen,total phosphorus,nitrate nitrogen,mineral nitrogen,silt content and clay contents decreased significantly(P0.05) in all three research regions.The soil pH,the ammonia nitrogen content,and the ratios of mineral nitrogen/total nitrogen and C/N did not show a regular trend.Moreover,the total potassium content did not change obviously(P0.05) in the three regions.In conclusion,most of the soil quality indices decreased significantly on earthquake-triggered landslides.


In view of the low service quality of China's general aviation industry policy, this paper combines the operational characteristics of the general aviation industry to construct a systematic and comprehensive evaluation system of general aviation industry policy service quality, and uses this index system to adopt the cloud model to general aviation industry policy service quality. Conduct an assessment and analyze the service quality of China's general aviation industry policy based on the results of the assessment, so as to provide a basis for policy formulation for general aviation industry.


Evidently Tuberculosis remains a major threat to public health globally. Latterly academia with exertion dedication has tried to extract the health related quality of life of the people with active tuberculosis. Meager studies in Pakistan have tried to explore the factors that influences patient's health related quality of life besides the disease. The intentions of this study were to scrutinize the factors that influences patient's quality of life with active tuberculosis in Pakistan. By using SF-36, 120 patients of tuberculosis were interviewed at TB hospital Sargodha. Results reveals that female patients are enjoying better quality of life as compared to male and rural patient's quality of life scores are better than urban patients. Multiple regression results show that disease severity, use of drugs and death threat are the factors that negatively affect the patients HRQOL.


With the acceleration of urbanization and the improvement of people's living standard,life-water quantity increased,lead to the increased amount of living sewage,Use the experience of international sewage treatment for reference,puts forward residential area sewage treatment and reuse dispersed is to improve the urban sewage treatment the efficient way and combined with engineering project made water balance,the processing technology choice and economy analysis,finally proposed conclusions and suggestions.


We present a model for the annotation of musical works, where the annotations are created with respect to a conceptual abstraction of the music instead of directly to concrete encodings. This supports musicologists in constructing arguments about musical elements that occur in multiple digital library sources (or other web resources), that recur across a work, or that appear in different forms in different arrangements. It provides a way of discussing musical content without tying that discourse to the location, notation or medium of the content, allowing evidence from multiple libraries and in different formats to be brought together to support musicological assertions. This model is implemented in Linked Data and illustrated in a prototype application in which musicologists annotate vocal arrangements of the Allegretto from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony from multiple sources.


The advantages of plasma atomization technology in comparison with other methods of powder production for additive technologies are shown in this paper. Investigations of powders obtained by plasma atomization from welding wire sv-08G2S (similar to ER70S-6) with a diameter of 0.8 mm have been carried out. The size of the powders, their shape, chemical composition, microstructure and microhardness have been investigated.


A closed-loop approach is adopted to implement strain rate control during the bulge test. Due to the difficulty of measuring strains directly, the technique is based on the conversion of displacement measurements to the corresponding strains using the plane-strain formulation. The necessary temporal evolution of the midpoint displacement of a rectangular diaphragm is derived under the condition of constant strain rate and is imposed as a control criterion. The technique is demonstrated on 500-nm-thick Au diaphragms by applying strain rates ranging from 2 × 10^−6 to 2 × 10^−4 s^–1. By measuring the corresponding yield strength values, a strain rate sensitivity of 0.11 is obtained, which is close to what was previously reported on similar specimens using the microbending test.


Presentation for the April 2018 Texas Digital Library (TDL) Forum. This TDL Forum featured Kristi Park providing an update on TDL staffing, documentation for the Texas Data Repository on Confluence, announced the TCDL program on Sched, and shared notes from the DuraSpace Summit 2018. Courtney Mumma and Dr. Nancy McGovern discussed the Digital Preservation Management Workshop. Lea DeForest discussed TDL's monthly Twitter chat, titled #MetadataMixer co-hosted with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).


The enormous successes obtained by the "hard" sciences (particularly physics) in interpreting and changing the world, have driven lots of "scholars" of the so-called soft sciences to believe that the methods and tools, which had proved so successful at the court of the "queen of science", could also be successful in the drawing-rooms of the social and behavioural sciences. From this stemmed the birth of "urban models", whose terminology revealed a sort of inferiority complex towards the "true" science. It is this set of issues that whoever deals with social "sciences" has to come to terms with. This applies specially to urban sciences as they must take into account both the social and the spatial (physical) dimension. Although it is true that Urban Gaming Simulation had somehow implicitly taken into account these issues by removing part of the closed simulation model from its algorithmic description, it is undeniable that the crisis involving "algorithmic models" of social systems backfired on them as well. The origin of this crisis could be condensed in the following question. Sic stantibus rebus: "can Urban Gaming Simulation be useful not only for training but also for experimenting and predicting?" Above all, can it be an effective tool in urban and environmental planning, not only with a heuristic and informative purpose, but as part of the planning process and as a technique of interaction between the actors of the planning process? It is obvious that what is needed in order to learn about a complex system has an inherent heuristic, and when it explains how a system works a forecasting function. Understanding, even partially, how complex systems work helps us to formulate "correct questions" and, consequently, to increase our ability to analyse. Claiming that gaming simulations in general are training and predictive tools is sensible and useful, even if they insufficiently map urban systems. Obviously it all depends on the questions: What are "good" urban gaming simulation models, considering the "mechanical" part, the part of roles? And what do we mean by "prediction"? Even if pessimism is reasonable (and it is), it is easy to see why and how Urban Gaming Simulation can be useful to experiment with, and to use as tools for prediction. They offer us clues to identify "sensitive points", the "right" direction, short-term and long-term contradictions, and the few effective policy changes. There is nowadays a renewed interest in "regulative" Urban Planning. The dynamics of urban development are now being accepted again, after the ideological excesses of deregulation. Gaming Simulation's "but" is the condition of being able to connect to new paradigms as Artificial Life and to new models as the models based on Cellular Automata and to new tools as telematic networks and to new goals as a prevision based on the scenario building or to new planning approaches as the ones that consider citizens' participation fundamental. The first section of the paper contains a treatment of these theoretical issues, also making reference to practical examples. This is not all. Among the consequences of the reflection that we have made is the fact that we need to reason in the perspective of a different way of conceiving the planning process. Without active involvement of the social subjects no effective planning is possible. The second part is a presentation of a project which is based on these theoretical considerations. It relies on a multiyear experience and attempts to propose a strategy of communication and participation, based on the application of gaming simulation technologies to a very wide and complex reality such as Greater London. This project is "AWIDe Artificial World for Improving Democracy", an "integrated 1 Several examples of such experiences can be found in a paper edited by Arnaldo Cecchini in 2001.


The plastic container market has been busy in recent years, with manufacturers being taken over and the increase environmental awareness leading to a growth in recycling. This article reports.


The thesis presented here develops two lines of research on the teaching of physics in schools and colleges of the Union of the Comoros: First, an analysis of the curriculum prescribed in the official programs of the Comoros since 1994 to the present day, in order to identify and characterize the choices made bay the designers, lift the constraints and potential problems; Then the study of how teachers have taken over the curriculum. Questionnaires reveal what they say about their choice to implement in their classrooms and their teaching, epistemological and pedagogical and pedagogical options. To take into account the various dimensions, several theoretical frameworks mobilized sociology and educational curriculum, and the didactics and teaching practices. The analysis shows that the prescribed curriculum undergoes sometimes contradictory influences : first the French curriculum (in its older versions) mainly anchored on knowledge of academic knowledge to be acquired, then the recommendations of major international organizations focusing primarily on skills to master. Although the trend in France is now promoting more constructivist approaches (inquiry process), a continuing tension between these two poles that we find among teachers. In general objectives official is displayed the desire to promote a general rather than specialized teaching science education, but it is not visible in the contents of the program: they are indeed defined in terms of knowledge, skills and methods, but little tools are available for teachers to implement. Only very general advice is given as to promote the construction of knowledge by students or use the investigative approaches.


Circumstances, which could have decided about placing of dead into the settlement features, are evaluated in the study. Their assessment is based on the sites with greater amount of features, with several individuals in their filling and with preserved proofs of violent downfall of this settlement. It is possible to ascribe main portion of untraditional inhumation to various manifestations of unusual death recalled by violence which accompanied fighting actions according to this. These circumstances contributed to the considerable marginalisation of original social status of individuals. Proscribed individuals were laid into the inferior space of settlement features as a consequence of this events. Their bodies were arranged in the flexed position, prone position, their anatomical position was disturbed by intentional intervention on behalf of protection of local community from their negative influence.


Abstract We measured rates of mass change of eight species of migratory passerines in a New York City park during three consecutive spring and autumn migrations to evaluate the quality of an urban habitat as a stopover site. We also examined seasonal differences in body condition. Linear regressions of a condition index on time of day detected significant hourly mass gain by Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia), Black-throated Blue Warbler (D. caerulescens), Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla), and Northern Waterthrush (S. noveboracensis) during spring, and Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) during autumn. Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) showed significant mass loss during autumn. Significant spring mass gain rates ranged from 0.99 to 2.46% of mean body mass/hr. Common Yellowthroat gained 1.28% of mean body mass/hr during autumn. Most species were heavier and fatter in spring than autumn. The significant mass gain rates were comparable to those in similar studies in more pristine areas. Our results suggest the urban stopover site we examined is a place where migrants can sufficiently replenish energy stores. This highlights the importance of conserving and properly managing remaining green spaces in urban areas along major migratory bird flyways.


Poverty and unemployment are the major problems of under developed countries, to which India is no exception. Microfinance is a provision of thrift, credit and other financial services and products of very small amounts provided to the poor in rural areas, semi urban areas and urban areas. The important components of microfinance are Micro – savings, Micro – credit and Micro – Insurance. It is the extension of very small loans (micro loans) to the unemployed, to poor entrepreneurs and to others living in poverty. SHG is a media for the development of saving habit among the women. SHGs are a tool to promote rural savings and gain full employment. By keeping these in mind an attempt is made in this study to study how the SHG's members manage their micro credit loans in the study area. Objectives of the study are to Study the nature and size of loan availed by the sample SHG's Members and its utilization and to study the sources of repayment of loan. The study has been concluded that Micro finance programme has a significant role to play in Indian economy for boosting Women Self Help Group activities for creating productive assets coupled with employment generation.


The social media usage among the internet users has been increasing constantly, producing user generated logical data's such as textual posts and images through different sources. Everyday people express their immediate thoughts, emotions and beliefs by writing, posting and sharing content online which is viewable by user's online social network. Digital footprints serve as a key tool to trace the online activities, communication, and actions left behind as a result of extensive use of internet. Henceforth, the data of the user is collected in real time to analyse his state of mental behaviour based on certain parameters which would forecast his stage of addiction towards the internet world. We analyse five different traits namely openness to experiences, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. The digital footprints collected are thus processed to extract features to be employed in predictive model. Calculating the mean predictive value of the digital footprints lead to the required outcome. Meta-analyses of the acquired data were compared with the traits to bring out the predictive results.


Cellulose propionate (CP) and plasticized cellulose propionate (CP16) were blended, both in solution and by extrusion, with high molecular weight alternating propene-carbon monoxide copolymers (P-CO). Tensile testing was performed on injection molded blends with a P-CO content of up to 50 wt.-%. The phase behavior was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry and electron microscopy. The blends are miscible at compositions up to about 10 wt.-% P-CO. P-CO lowers the melt viscosity of both CP and CP16 and acts as a polymeric plasticizer. Higher amounts of P-CO result in phase separation with domains of P-CO-rich material in the dispersed phase and a continuous CP/CP16-rich phase with a T g even higher than that of pure CP. In this state toughness decreases slightly with increasing P-CO content, while modulus and yield stress increase. After transition into the bicontinuous phase, occurring at a P-CO-content of around 25 wt.-%, toughness and elongation at break increase significantly, while modulus and yield stress decrease.


The Russian stock market is one of the leaders in terms of dividend yield among developed and developing countries. Against this background, it is appropriate to study the determinants that affect the decisions on the implementation of payments and their amount. The literature on this topic in emerging markets in general and specifically in Russia has anumber of gaps and contradictions that determine the scientific novelty of the work – the analysis in regard to the impact on the probability of payments and on dividend yield is carried out simultaneously; contradictory determinants are examined.
In emerging markets, the relationship between dividends and the age of members of the Board of Directors and the personal income tax rate on dividends is taken into account, and specifically in Russia – their relationship to the number of members of the Board of Directors, the ownership stake of the CEO and institutional shareholders, the company's life cycle stage (LC), the dual role of the chairman of the Board of Directors and executive director. The study is conducted on the 2012–2019 data for a sample of 40 companies listed on the Moscow Exchange. The method incorporates two regression models – a linear one with random effects and a probit model. As a result of the analysis, the manifestation of the agencyeffect in the Russian market was confirmed by a significant positive dependence of the probability of payments on the dual role of the chairman of the Board of Directors and the executive director, the portion of shares held by the CEO, a significant negative relationship with the number of members of the Board of Directors and liquidity. The agency and behavioral effects are confirmed by a significant positive relationship between the probability of payments and the age of the members of the Board of Directors and a significant negative relationship with profitability. The influence of client effects is confirmed by a significant positive relationship between profitability and the personal income tax rate on dividends, as well as between the probability of payments and the share of institutions in ownership. It is also confirmed that companies that are mature in terms of the life cycle stage are more likely to pay dividends and do it more often. In general, there is a more significant influence of non-financial variables on the probability of payments and of financial variables on profitability.
The results of the study can be used by private investors, banks, investment funds and brokerage companies to form expectations for companies' dividend yield and the probability of payments with regard to the specifics of the Russian market.


Abstract : The design, fabrication, and measured results for a prototype, two-dimensional, ultrasonic imaging array are described. The active sensor consists of virtually three layers: (1) a piezoelectric 1-3 composite layer, (2) a flex-circuit component, and (3) a special adhesive that joins them. The sensor construction utilizes electroplated, injection-molded 1-3 piezocomposite as the active layer. Four multi-layer, acoustically thin flex-circuits provide the electrical connections required for addressing the 468 individual array elements. Of key importance to the fabrication process is the use of a composite, B-stage, adhesive film layer that combines both conductive and non-conductive regions in a pattern-specific orientation within the plane comprising the bond line interface. The conductive regions of the adhesive film are registered with respect to the electroplated sections on both the flex-circuit and the 1-3 piezocomposite substrate. The transducer array is a reciprocal device operable in both transmit and receive modes. Measured results include individual element and array calibrations (i.e., receive responses, beam patterns, and relative phase).


Political Stability At the heart of security matters are risks to political, economic and cultural stability. These risks are intertwined and underlie urgent decisions that individuals, institutions and governments make about allocating finite resources and assets. Like any environmental state-change, the transformation of the sea-ice boundary condition of the Arctic Ocean (Figure 3) introduces risks of instabilities. As noted by Javier Solana (then High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union) in March 2008: 'Climate change is best viewed as a threat multiplier which exacerbates existing trends, tensions and instability'. Some of the instabilities will be predictable and may even have positive features, such as opportunities to produce new energy, fishing or shipping industries. Other instabilities will be unanticipated and non-linear with negative consequences. The challenge in all cases is to thoughtfully consider the risks of instabilities with as much foresight as possible so that appropriate responses can be identified and then implemented.


The title compound can be described as a salt (HL)+(Gal)− (L = 1,3-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)propane (L); HGal = gallic acid) co-crystallized with a neutral molecule L. The crystal also comprises disordered solvent ethyl acetate molecules.


In this work, a text antenna based on a meandershapedipole structure is proposed. The use of text antennas canbring interesting technological advantages in terms of advertising,marketing and logistics. The proposed planar antenna operates atUHF band and its shape is designed to represent the name of theUniversidade Federal do ABC (i.e. Federal do ABC - UFABC).The performance of the antenna is evaluated by simulation andby measurements in a built prototype, considering its inputreturn loss and radiation pattern characteristics. The obtainedresults show the viability of using the proposed antenna in RFIDintegrated circuit transponders.


The high-risk, prosocial professional should score highly on sensation seeking, particularly on the thrill-and-adventure-seeking subscale (TAS). However, the TAS subscale will not permit di(cid:128)erential prediction of who will prefer which high-risk job. The cognitive style of field dependence–independence (FDI) could have predictive faculty. We compared a group of bomb-disposal experts to one comprising anti-terror operatives, examining both personality (sensation seeking and the Eysenckian Big Three) and cognitive style. Our prediction was that while both groups would score high on TAS, they would di(cid:128)er on FDI. For comparison, we provide relevant data taken from recently published norms [Glicksohn, J., & Abulafia, J. (1998). Embedding sensation seeking within the big three. Personality and Individual Di(cid:128)erences , 24 , 1–15]. The personality profile of the high-risk, prosocial, professional was found to conform to that of the nonimpulsive sensation seeker who is emotionally stable. As hypothesized, bomb-disposal experts were found to be markedly more field independent than were anti-terror operatives. # 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


Dynamic operating envelopes (DOEs), as a key enabler to facilitate DER integration, have attracted increasing attention in the past years. However, uncertainties, which may come from load forecast errors or inaccurate network parameters, have been rarely discussed in DOE calculation, leading to compromised quality of the hosting capacity allocation strategy. This letter studies how to calculate DOEs that are immune to such uncertainties based on a linearised unbalanced three-phase optimal power flow (UTOPF) model. With uncertain parameters constrained by norm balls, formulations for calculating Robust DOEs (RDOEs) are presented along with discussions on their tractability. Two cases, including a 2-bus illustrative network and a representative Australian network, have been tested to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach.


The invention discloses a hydrolysis-resistant nylon composite material and a preparation method thereof. The material comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 45-75 percent of nylon resin, 0.1-1 percent of hydrolysis resisting agent, 0.1-1 percent of heat stabilizer, 0.1-1 percent of antioxidant, 0.1-1 percent of coupling agent, 0.1-5 percent of lubricant and 20-50 percent of hydrolysis-resistant glass fiber. The hydrolysis-resistant nylon composite material solves the difficulties of the water assistance technique, improves the heat resisting temperature and the hydrolysis resistance of nylon, and maintains higher mechanical performance at the same time of obtaining high-temperature resistance and hydrolysis resistance.


The prevalence of hyperuricemia is increasing worldwide. The emergent concerns have provoked investigations into the management of AUH. While there are existing reviews discussing the pharmacological treatment of AUH based on randomized controlled trials, an updated review specifically focusing on the safety and effectiveness of pharmacological interventions in real-world settings for AUH is currently lacking. For that reason, the objective of this review was to provide a comprehensive summary of the existing evidence extracted from the available research studies that focused on the safety and effectiveness of the adopted medical treatment approaches for AUH in real-world settings. Based on the analysis verdicts, benzbromarone appeared to be the most effective urate-lowering therapy (ULT) in achieving the desired serum uric acid (sUA) levels and in lowering the incidence of initial gout flares. Febuxostat also demonstrated valuable effectiveness in our analysis. On the other hand, based on the safety of the popular allopurinol medication, one real-world study identified skin-related adverse effects associated with it. However, it is important to note that the studies included in the analysis were predominantly conducted in Japan and Taiwan, which limits the generalizability of these findings. To enhance the applicability of the review outcomes, future global studies should cover a wider assortment of populations from various countries and regions.


The main target of this article is to make an analysis of different Turkish contexts and institutions in which the perception of development by the categories of actors and groups is spreading out, is building up, in short, is being defined. In other words, it aims at wonder, by standing on a long-term historical perspective, about ownership, processing, and the use of concept of development in Turkey by different actors and on the conditions, reasons and consequences of these processes.


The economics of the gasohol subsidy program indicate that, contrary to general belief, the costs will far outweigh the benefits. Analyses overlook the cost of having subsidized alcohol fuel crops compete for agricultural resources. US food prices will destabilize and rise, and the anticipated balance-of-payments gains will be more than offset by the adverse effects on agricultural exports. The program is ill-advised because it will waste resources and increase inflation. The gasohol program has popular appeal because the technology is familiar and available and because farmers like the idea of higher grain prices. Documentation for the conclusions is presented in nine tables of cost comparisons. 26 references. (DCK)


The actions of affect are prominent in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and can be broken down for the purposes of education into two roles. The first alludes to the history of philosophy and the ways in which affect has been used by Spinoza (Deleuze, 1992) Nietzsche (Deleuze, 1983) or Bergson (Deleuze, 1991). In this role, Deleuze reinvigorates and challenges definitions of affect that would place them into systems of understanding that could take paths to metaphysics or to becoming paradigms for capture in any further theorisation of affect. For example, scholars might attest to the use of affect as defined by Spinoza in the Ethics. Deleuze (1983, 1991, 1992) attends to the ways in which scholarly understanding of affect has been broached in order to free the idea up for empirical studies and also to show that the power of didactic language may be subsumed and subverted. The second role of affect in the work of Deleuze comes about in his first two co‐authored books that he produced with Felix Guattari (...


Generally, the bimolecular nucleophilic substitution at the saturated carbon (SN2) and the mechanistically similar substitution at the vinyl carbon (SN2-Vin) cannot be quantitatively compared, because of the many interfering steric and electronic factors. The cis and trans rearrangements of trans c-2,t-3-di-tert-butyl-r-1-methylthiiranium ion 5a into thietanium ions 6a and 6b and that of 2,3-di-tert-butyl-1-methylthiirenium ion 7 into thietium ion 8 can be be compared both experimentally and computationally. They occur with intramolecular SN2 and SN2-Vin mechanisms respectively and are both almost exclusively governed by the nucleofugality of the sulfonium leaving group.


Federal Aviation Regulations state that systems must be designed so that the occurrence of any single failure condition which would prevent the continued safe flight and landing of the airplane is extremely improbable [1], where extremely improbable is quantitatively defined as less than 10 per flight hour. Qualitatively, such event is not anticipated to occur in the entire fleet operational life. Avionics systems are therefore designed and implemented following strict processes and subject to the most stringent verification to assess compliance with safety objectives.


Introduction There have been numerous scholarly approaches among archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians to prehistoric or the so-called "primitive" art of traditional societies. The basis of my project at the Italian Academy is to combine different approaches in order to better understand interconnected aspects of production, perception, and use of artworks in diverse prehistoric contexts. Early art is often understood as a unique window into prehistoric minds and their cognitive, creative, and aesthetic properties, and diverse sets of interpretations have been devised over the years. These have included early suggestions about sympathetic magic, later functional explanations in which depictions represent external information storage, explorations into the links between art and shamanic visions and practice, or more recent studies regarding the ontological basis of schemes of everyday practice that become reified through visual media. The proposed project is set to develop an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach to re-evaluate cognitive aspects of early art in a comparative perspective, and builds on the work of several previous studies with diverse theoretical and methodological backgrounds, which I will first review.


An audio fingerprint is a compact representation of the perceptually relevant parts of audio content. A suitable audio fingerprint can be used to identify audio files, even if they are severely degraded due to compression or other types of signal processing operations. When degraded, the fingerprint closely resembles the fingerprint of the original, but is not identical. We plan to use a fingerprint not only to identify the song but also to assess the perceptual quality of the compressed content. In order to develop such a fingerprinting scheme, a model is needed to assess the behavior of a fingerprint subject to compression. In this paper we present the initial outlines of a model for an existing robust fingerprinting system to develop a more theoretical foundation. The model describes the stochastic behavior of the system when the input signal is a stationary (stochastic) signal. In this paper the input is assumed to be white noise. Initial theoretical results are reported and validated with experimental data.


Provided is a method for evaluating inner insulation performance of a monolithic suspension insulator by testing direct-current leaked currents, which comprises the steps of first establishing a direct-current leakage current testing system: utilizing a direct-current generator to serve as a test power supply, utilizing a connecting wire to add direct-current high voltage to two ends of the insulator, and connecting a microammeter for measurement into the system; then utilizing shielding measures to shield leaked currents on the surface of the insulator: arranging a shielding ring on an insulation material of a tested insulator and enabling the shielding ring not to have any contact with a metal bowl head of the insulator; connecting a shielding line of equal potential onto the shielding ring; after voltage adding, enabling the leaked currents on the surface of the insulator to pass through the shielding ring to perform short current but not to flow through the microammeter; and then performing voltage raising test: raising the voltage of the direct-current generator, enabling the microammeter to read the leaked currents in the insulator, and when large leaked currents appear, determining inner insulation defects exit in the insulator. The method for evaluating the inner insulation performance of the monolithic suspension insulator by testing the direct-current leaked currents can achieve evaluation on the inner insulation performance of the monolithic suspension insulator, has the advantages of being simple and easy to implement, high in sensitivity and good in measurement repeatability, and can serve as one of basic detection methods for detecting the insulation performance of the suspension insulator.


Chelsea Quake explores the role of story in learning and engagement and considers how teacher-librarians can utilise this invaluable teaching tool.


Objective: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by variable degrees of lymphocytic infiltration and thyroid gland destruction, often leading to hypothyroidism. This purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of a herbal formula named Buqi Huatan (BQHT) on HT. Methods: The current study involved experimental and clinical investigations. For experimental investigation, experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) mice were treated with vehicle or various doses of the herbal formula by oral administration once daily for 8 weeks (n = 8 per group). Thyroid function was evaluated by assessing the following parameters: thyroid histopathology, serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid autoantibodies (TPOAb and TgAb), and inflammatory cytokines. For clinical investigation, therapeutic effects of BQHT combined with levothyroxine (LT4) for treatment of patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis were observed according to clinical guidelines. Results: In EAT mice, compared with the vehicle group, the level of FT4 was significantly increased while TSH, TPOAb, and TgAb were reduced in the treatment groups (P < 0.05). Thyroid histopathology analysis demonstrated that BQHT protected the integrity of the thyroid cell and decreased the extent of lymphocyte infiltration. It also regulated the immune response to obtain a balance, which reversed the levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) both in serum and thyroid tissue of EAT mice. In Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients, compared with the LT4 only group, combined BQHT with LT4 treatment significantly decreased TSH and enhanced FT4, and slightly suppressed the titers of TPOAb and TgAb. Conclusion: The results from experimental animal and pilot clinical studies indicate that formula BQHT displayed potential therapeutic effects against HT, and this study provides a basis for the further development of Chinese medicine formula BQHT.


In recent years, there has been a change in the agricultural area of Geographic Mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Parnaiba. The main factors of this transformation were the cultivation of various crops and the most diverse species of animals. The


Mid-air interaction involves touchless manipulations of digital content or remote devices, based on sensor tracking of body movements and gestures. There are no established, universal gesture vocabularies for mid-air interactions with digital content or remote devices based on sensor tracking of body movements and gestures. On the contrary, it is widely acknowledged that the identification of appropriate gestures depends on the context of use, thus the identification of mid-air gestures is an important design decision. The method of gesture elicitation is increasingly applied by designers to help them identify appropriate gesture sets for mid-air applications. This paper presents a review of elicitation studies in mid-air interaction based on a selected set of 47 papers published within 2011–2018. It reports on: (1) the application domains of mid-air interactions examined; (2) the level of technological maturity of systems at hand; (3) the gesture elicitation procedure and its variations; (4) the appropriateness criteria for a gesture; (5) participants number and profile; (6) user evaluation methods (of the gesture vocabulary); (7) data analysis and related metrics. This paper confirms that the elicitation method has been applied extensively but with variability and some ambiguity and discusses under-explored research questions and potential improvements of related research.


Music belongs to the field of appreciation of the beauty.It is an important via of quality education.Through the investigation of music knowledge in universities,it appears the problem existing in the music teaching in primary and high schools.We will strengthen the quality education of music in order to change the present situation lacking music knowledge.And we will give them opportunity to enjoy classical music and folk music to improve the ability of appreciation of beauty.


Alternative management practices need to be developed to improve the sustainability of intensive vegetable production in peri-urban areas. A field trial was established in 2005 at Camden, near Sydney, Australia to evaluate the effect of garden organic compost on vegetable production and soil quality relative to conventional practice and under low and high soil P status. The trial comprised seven treatments; compost (garden organic), conventional practice (fertiliser and poultry manure) and a mixture of compost and inorganic fertiliser, all replicated at high and low soil P, plus a nil control. Compost was applied once at the beginning of the trial and again before the 6th crop (125 dry t/ha/application). Results are reported for 7 consecutive vegetable crops: broccoli, eggplant, cabbage, capsicum, leek, capsicum and broccoli. Production and crop quality parameters were recorded. Soil samples were collected and chemical, physical and biological properties analysed at the time of planting all crops and prior to harvest for crops 4 to 6. Soil biological indicators measured include basal respiration, microbial biomass carbon, hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) and fungal DNA. Compost application significantly increased soil respiration in the first crop but the benefit was diminished in subsequent crops. The response was more pronounced in the crop soils following the second compost application with respiration, biomass and FDA higher in the compost treatments. Preliminary DNA analysis of soil samples collected in the second capsicum crop found a greater diversity of fungal organisms in the low P compost treatment. Future work will look at expanding the assessment of soil biological indicators and the potential for pathogen suppression.


Abstract Modern controlling is an interdisciplinary field that allows management to manage properly, thereby creating the basis for good decision-making. Logistics operations in smart companies need to be not only properly set up, but also properly controlled and improved. The purpose of the article is to analyze the controlling environment in a selected company and point out possible improvements in logistics activities and devices, with a view to preventing different types of problems. For this purpose, observations of the internal logistics processes in a selected company were used and quantified to assess its internal state. On the basis of the data, controlling measures are put forward to improve the management of the company's logistics activities. The results of the research highlight the opportunities that exist through controlling activities to collect and analyze information about the logistics activities of a company. By doing so, employees can be given greater responsibility for the fulfilment of their tasks and contribute to the streamlining of logistics processes. For managers, the implementation of controlling represents a change in the way of thinking and managing a company.


This chapter looks at the origins, history, and present-day status of the Italian Constitutional Court. It argues that the theme of the Italian constitutional jurisdiction's Europeanization and internationalization relies on two premises. First, the indispensable interaction between the Constitutional Court, the ECJ, and the ECtHR shakes the premises and foundations of the centralized review of legislation. Second, the process of Europeanization and internationalization of constitutional justice is an ongoing process that is far from having reached a stable end. Today, the chapter shows how the Court seems to have embarked on a new 'path' of European multi-tier constitutionalism. Although the path's end is neither in sight today nor devoid of contradictions, three possible scenarios regarding Italian constitutional jurisdiction emerge from the current jurisprudence of the Court.


Background: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and the sixth common cause of mortality in Indonesia. The diagnosis of breast cancer may be established by physical and imaging examinations, but definitive diagnosis should be verified by histopathologic examination. Mammography is an easy non-invasive imaging method to detect breast cancer with good accuracy. The lack of uniformity in mammography reporting has led to confusion as to the interpretation and management recommendation. The American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) has provided a standardized reporting system for mammography. The validity of this system at Dr Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta has not been evaluated. Objective: To know the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy of the BI-RADS System Mammography in diagnosing breast cancer. Methods: This study was a diagnostic test with cross sectional design on breast cancer diagnosis based on BI-RADS system mammography. All medical record files of patients with breast lump who underwent mammography and histopatologic examination, at Dr Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta between December 2003-March 2008, were included in the analysis. Results: BI-RADS System Mammography at Dr Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta had sensitivity of 87.5%, specificity of 93.7%, positive predictive value of 96.5%, negative predictive value 78.95%, positive likelihood ratio 14, negative likelihood ratio 0.13, prevalence 66.6%, and accuracy 89.6%. Conclusion: Mammography examination using BI-RADS System in Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta was favourable in detecting breastcancer. Key words: breast cancer - BI-RADS mammography - histopathology - diagnostic value


In this note we review the iteration-complexity of a relaxed Hybrid-Proximal Extragradient Method under the large step condition. We also derive some useful proprieties of this method.


NEUTRON RADIATIVE CAPTURE FOR 241 Am IN THE ENERGY RANGE 1 keV-20 MeV. Production of high actinides leads to many technological problems in the nuclear power. The 241 Am(n, ) 242 Am reaction is one of the sources of high actinide buildup. So a knowledge of the radiative capture crosssection of 241 Am for neutron energies up to 20 MeV is of considerable importance for present day fission reactors and future advanced reactors. The main goal of this paper is the evaluation of the excitation function for the reaction 241 Am(n, ) 242 Am in the energy range 1 keV-20 MeV. The evaluation was done on the basis of analysed experimental data, data from theoretical model calculations and systematic predictions for 14.5 MeV and 20 MeV. Data from the present evaluation are compared with the cross-section values given in the evaluations carried out earlier.


New measurements of the neutron and gamma-ray emission spectra from materials of interest to thermonuclear reactors with a 14 MeV neutron source were done during 1986 and 1987. These measurements characterized by better resolution than those reported in the Summary published in 1982, were performed using the pulsed sphere and time-of-flight techniques. The detector used in these measurements was a NE-213 cylinder, 5.08 cm in diameter by 5.08 cm thick. The new measurements include the following materials: Be, C, N, H/sub 2/O, C/sub 2/F/sub 4/ (teflon), Al, Si, Ti, Fe, Cu, Ta, W, Au, Pb, /sup 232/Th, and /sup 238/U. For all these materials, both the neutron and gamma emission spectra were measured. A complete tabulation of all the measurements done under the Pulse Sphere Program is presented. 37 refs., 1 tab.


The invention relates to an LED street lamp metal connecting device, in which wire is put into a metal hose, thereby protecting the wire from exposing to the sun and rain, prolonging the service life, making the aging of the metal hose difficult, and well solving the seal problem of the LED street lamp. One end of the metal hose is provided with a screw joint which makes the disassembly convenient during maintenance.


This paper discusses the potential and the methodological challenges of analyzing computer conference transcripts using quantitative content analysis. The paper is divided into six sections, which discuss: criteria for content analysis, research designs, types of content, units of analysis, ethical issues, and software to aid analysis. The discussion is supported with a survey of 19 commonly referenced studies published during the last decade. The paper is designed to assist researchers in using content analysis to further the understanding of teaching and learning using computer conferencing. SCENARIO Professor Jones has just completed her first university course delivered entirely on- line. The 13-week semester class has left Jones in a state of mild exhaustion. However, the course is finished, the marks have been assigned, and now, thinks Jones, time for some reflection, analysis and perhaps a publishable paper. Jones smiles, confident in the knowledge that the complete transcript of messages exchanged during the course has been captured in machine-readable format. She feels that this accessible data will confirm her hypothesis that students in the on-line course had engaged in much higher levels of discourse and discussion than any she had experienced in ten years of face-to-face instruction. Further, she is interested in investigating the impact of the collaborative learning activity that she instituted in the middle of the course. Jones is quickly disappointed. The 13-week discussion generated 950 messages. Merely reading them takes her four days. Attempts at cutting and pasting illustrations of higher level thinking into a word processor, have resulted in a hodge-podge of decontextualized quotations, each disparate enough to have Professor Jones questioning her own definitions of higher order thinking. Realizing that the analysis is going nowhere, Professor Jones goes back to the literature and finds a set of criteria laid down by an expert in the field that define the broad areas of thinking skills she sees being developed in the transcripts. Heartened, but now running out of time Professor Jones hires two graduate students to review the messages and identify the incidents of higher order thinking as defined by the expert. Two weeks later, the students report their results: not only have they failed to agree on 70% of the categorizations, but one student has identified 2032 incidents in the transcript, while the other has found only 635 incidents. To add to her misery, Professor Jones also learns that her University's ethics committee, concerned with the large increase in use of computer conferencing for credit courses, has ruled that without informed consent from students, her analysis does not conform with the guidelines of the university's ethical research policy. Feeling overwhelmed and depressed, Professor Jones returns to the educational literature once again, only to find that most of the methodological issues she has been dealing with have not been addressed by major researchers in the field. She also finds that


The increasing of energy demand and the decreasing of fossil fuel cause the
energy crisis. Therefore, the innovation is needed to invent an alternative energy. One
of the alternative energy is biogas which can be produced from solid waste of tofu
production (SWTP). The SWTP utilizing to produce biogas can reduce the fossil fuel
consumption and reduce the environmental pollution because the majority of SWTP
directly discarded to environment. The decreasing of pH biogas production process
from SWTP cause the methanogen cannot be survive therefore it needs buffer, one of
material that can be used as buffer is cow manure. The biogas is produced trough
organic compound cracking which employ anaerobe microorganism activity in a biodigester.
The experiment was done in a batch anaerobic reactor. As many as 800 ml of
sample was entered to the reactor with the capacity of 1 L, then incubated in an
anaerobic condition in the room at the temperature of 25-30o
The experiment result shows that the composition of cow manure and SWTP
at VS of 3% KS:AT = 50:50 shows the highest methane concentration compared to
the other compositions. The mathematic model as first order of reaction rate equation
can approach the experiment result.


Retraction: "Long noncoding RNA LINC00052 inhibits colorectal cancer metastasis by sponging microRNA‐574‐5p to modulate CALCOCO1 expression," by Gangfeng Yu, Dongmei Xiong, Zhengshu Liu, Yongguo Li, Ke Chen, and Hua Tang, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 17258‐17272: The above article, published online on 19 May 2019 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley. com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.28988), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed after the authors asked to correct the article. An investigation revealed several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described. Thus the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.


In this paper dental treatment of a 10-year-old male patient with ectodermal dysplasia was presented. A 10-year-old male patient with ectodermal displasia referred to Gulhane Medical Academy, Department of Pedodontics. Radiographic evaluation revealed that several teeth germs were absent. The treatment was planned by a multi-disciplinary team of pediatric dentist, orthodontist and prosthodontist. At first the conical central incisors were reshaped with direct composite restorations. Minimal orthodontic intervention was applied to close the diastema. To improve his facial esthetics, speech and oral function, removable prosthesis were applied. The results were significant improvements in speech, masticatory function, and facial esthetics, contributing to the development of normal dietary habits, and the improved and more rapid social integration of the patient. (J Int Dent Med Res 2010; 3: (3), pp. 141-145 )


We consider two classes of higher order proximity graphs dened on a set of points in the plane, namely, the k-Delaunay graph and the k-Gabriel graph. We give bounds on the following combinatorial and geometric properties of these graphs: spanning ratio, diameter, chromatic number, and minimum number of layers necessary to partition the edges of the graphs so that no two edges of the same layer cross. 1 Introduction and basic notation Let S be a set of n points in the plane in general position (no three are collinear and no four are concyclic). A proximity graph on S is a geometric graph where two points are adjacent if they satisfy some specic proximity criterion. Proximity graphs have been widely studied due to their theoretical interest and to their applications in situations where it is necessary to extract the \shape" of a set of points (see [10] for a survey). Adjacency in many proximity graphs is dened in terms of an empty region associated to any pair of points. To provide more exibility the denition of the graphs can be relaxed to allow up to k points to lie in the neighborhood region. This gives rise to higher order proximity graphs. In this paper we deal with two such graphs. We consider the k-Delaunay graph of S (denoted k-DG(S)), where a straight-line segment connects points pi;pj2 S if there exists a circleC(pi;pj) throughpi and pj with at most k points of S in its interior. The standard Delaunay triangulation corresponds to 0-DG(S) and will be denoted by DT(S): We also study the k-Gabriel graph of S (denoted by k-GG(S)), where a straight-line segment connects points pi;pj2 S if the closed disk centered at the midpoint of


Centering round the "main melody"historical fiction,the subtle dialogue and interaction has occurred between the real politics and historical imagination. The influence of the mainstream ideology on the historical narrative is embodied in all aspects of the historical novel texts with the "main melody",which include the shift of hero models,the vision of reconciliation,the reiteration of patriarchal order and the expression of nationalism. The textual presentation of all these also reveals the changes of the social transformation and value system in the 1990s.


This paper seeks to explain how important it is that performance artists have the opportunity to perform regularly and venues in which to do so. It is a crucial factor in preventing traditional performance arts from dying out. Spectators thus learn to understand, enjoy and appreciate the dances and the music, and it is helpful for the performers to have the sense of importance that they get from performing in public. I use one of the Japanese performing folk arts, Ishiokabayashi, as a case study. This paper is divided into two sections. Firstly I try to illustrate what Yanagita Kunio describes as 'festivalism' by explaining how relatively minor rituals have developed into full blown festivals. Secondly, I investigate the background of Ishioka-bayashi, and how it was created. This particular case study demonstrates what can happen when a group of performers is unable to practice their art.


The present work was conducted at Kom Ombo Agricultural Research Station (latitude of 24o 28′ N and longitude of 32o 57′ E), Aswan Governorate, in the 2020 and 2021 harvesting seasons. This work aimed to study the effect of storage period before processing (0, 2, 4, and 6 days) and root pile coverage (covered with its top leaves or without cover) on yield and technological characteristics of three sugar beet varieties, i.e., Oscar poly, Ravel, and Francesca. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) arranged in a split-split plot with three replications was used. Sucrose, purity, quality index, sugar recovery percentages, roots, and sugar yields were significantly decreased by prolonging the storage period, while root fresh weight loss and impurities were increased. The decreases in root yield at 2, 4, and 6 days after harvesting compared to the control (0 day) were 3.122, 6.908, and 9.179 ton/fad in the 1st season, and 4.041, 6.032, and 8.595 in the 2nd. The decreases in sugar yield at 2, 4, and 6 days after harvesting compared to the control (0 day) were (30.9%, 48.5%, 59.3%) and (25.3%, 37.4%, 52.0%) in the 1 st and 2 nd seasons, respectively. Results showed that covering with its top leaves during storage significantly affected all studied traits except sucrose% at the first season. Roots and sugar yields were increased by 3.495, 1.642, and 0.559, 0.457 in the 1 st and 2 nd seasons, respectively, with leaves covered compared to without covering. The evaluated varieties differed significantly in respect to the studied traits except for the root fresh weight loss and sucrose percentage in both seasons, as well as the sugar recovery percentage in the first season only. All studied traits were significantly affected by the interactions among the three studied factors in both seasons. Under the conditions of the present work, results indicated that beet roots should be delivered for processing as early as possible to minimize root and sugar yield losses.


The present invention relates to a hand machine tool, and two separate disks (11, 12) which rotates in the opposite direction directly adjacent to each other, the housing (102), which can be driven in opposite directions, the housing (102) a concentrically rotating bearing one another projecting at the end side beyond the two driving spindles (15, 16) is provided, projecting end portions of the drive spindle (15, 16) (151, 161) but relating of the type formed each one separating disks (11, 12) for mounting a rotationally fixed manner. To achieve inner sufficiently large diameter of the drive spindle (16), the inner drive spindle (16), of one of the separation disc (12) is suitable for your Keru and secure attachment of the trust , inner drive spindle (16) is a pushable projecting end portion of the outer drive spindle (15) from (151) on the outside of the drive spindle (15), and with respect to the outer drive spindle (15) it is formed so as to be immovably positioned in relative axial.


Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) on the level of fatigue and Quality Of Life (QOL) for women with Ca. Mammae after undergoing chemotherapy
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Fatigue is a side effect of chemotherapy that often appears in patients after undergoing chemotherapy. Increased fatigue can worsen the quality of everyday life. This study aims to determine the effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) on the level of fatigue and Quality of Life (QOL) for women with Ca. Mammae after undergoing chemotherapy.This study used a quasi experimental research design with pre and post test with control group. Samples were taken by consecutive sampling according to inclusion criteria (ages 25-60years, stage I to III, long-term duration of chemotherapy, cooperative, compostment, and undergoing chemotherapy cycle I to IV, with a duration of 2 weeks) and criteria exclusion (experiencing musculoskeletal weakness, blindness, and decreased hearing). The total sample was 68 people, divided into 34 respondents in the intervention group and 34 respondents in the control group dividedby random allocation. Instruments for measuring fatigue was FACIT FS(Functional Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue Scale), and for measuring QOLwas EORTC QLQ C30 BR23 (Europian Organization of Research and Treatment of Quality of Life Cancer30 and Breast 23).The results of statistical tests using paired t test for fatigue variable in the intervention group showed p <0.001, whereas in the control group, using the Wilcoxon test found p = 0.473. In the QOL variable, the intervention group using the Mc.Nemar statistical testshowed p <0.001 and in the control group p = 1,000. The conclusion of this study is that PMR exercises can reduce fatigue levels and improve the QOL of patients with Ca. Mammae undergoing chemotherapy.

Keywords:Chemotherapy, Fatigue, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Quality of Life
Bibliography: 55 (2002-2018)


The mechanism of wave sources, characteristics of wave spectra and the endemic differences of gravity waves during the 23 September 1987 annular solar eclipse were investigated byusing the data of microbarometer, sounding and solar radiation. Some results were compared with the data of ionospheric disturbances observed at the same time. It was shown that gravity waves occurred really during the solar eclipse, its periods were obviously interrelated with the oscillation periods of the solar direct radiation. Gravity waves from solar eclipse originated from both coercive oscillation produced by the variations of solar direct radiation and buoyance oscillation. The former has long wave period and strong amplitude. The later is related to conditions of local stability and humidity of atmosphere, it has shorter period and weaker amplitude. It was found that there are two direct radiation oscillations which excite atmospheric gravity waves during solar eclipse. One is in the stage from first to last contact, its period is related to the local time of eclipse beginning (solar elevation). The other is after last contact, its period is related to the local magnitude of eclipse. The correlation coefficients of both the above relationships are more than 0.99
Basing on the analysis for local atmospheric effects of solar eclipse, we put forward a mechanism of occurring of gravity waves and suggest important amendments to Chimonas model.
The relations between ionospheric disturbances and gravity waves were also discussed. In connection with dispute about whether atmospheric gravity waves occur during solar eclipse, we pointed out a simple and important conclusion, that is, gravity waves possessing long period (30-150 min.) and large amplitude (10-101 Pa) will occur where solar eclipse begins in the morning, and it would not present where eclipse occurs in the afternoon.


This paper deals with amorphous structures in the laser cladding. A kind of Ni-Cr-Al alloy was sprayed on the substrate, which was ZL111 alloy, to be the coating material. The coating was clad by 5 kW transverse flow CO2 laser. The observation of SEM and TEM revealed that in the laser cladding there were amorphous structures which appeared two different morphologies: one was space curved flake-like, which existed in the white web-like structures; the other was fir leaf-like, which existed in the grain-like structures. Differential thermal analysis (DTA) was used to semi- quantitatively determine the content of the amorphous structures. A curve relation was obtained between the content of amorphous structures and the dimensionless laser cladding parameter C. The changes of the amorphous structures after annealing were also shown.


T HIS is the second of two articles reporting on the validation of two types of data collected in the 1963 Survey of Financial Characteristics (SFC), a study conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Federal Reserve Board [6]. The SFC was designed to obtain information on the complete financial positions of a national probability sample of families, with over-representation from the high-income groups. Earlier, small-scale studies had indicated that data such as those collected in the SFC might be subject to large errors of response [2, 4, 5]. Hence, the Inter-University Committee for Research on Consumer Behavior and the Bureau of the Census, with the cooperation of the Federal Reserve Board, undertook to validate two assets collected in the SFC-savings accounts and common stock. The approach was to compare household interviewer reports of these two types of assets with institutional records for the same assets. The household interviews were carried out using identical questionnaires and interview procedures to those of the SFC, and with the same interviewing organization. Hence, in addition to providing information on the accuracy of the data that were collected, the results should help in the development of models and procedures to yield more accurate statistics in future financial surveys. It should be stressed that the data in the study do not provide direct estimates of response or nonresponse errors in the corresponding national study of consumer financial characteristics. This is because the validation study differed from the national study in five major respects, as follows:


Harvey Cushing suspected that the clinical syndrome that now bears his name was caused by a secretory pituitary tumor. In 1935, when one of his patients with evidence of the disease died, Cushing w...


The O-arm (Medtronic Inc.) is a multi-dimensional surgical imaging platform. The purpose of this study was to perform a quantitative evaluation of the imaging performance of the O-arm in an effort to understand its potential for future nonorthopedic applications. Performance of the reconstructed 3D images was evaluated, using a custom-built phantom, in terms of resolution, linearity, uniformity and geometrical accuracy. Both the standard (SD, 13 s) and high definition (HD, 26 s) modes were evaluated, with the imaging parameters set to image the head (120 kVp, 100 mAs and 150 mAs, respectively). For quantitative noise characterization, the images were converted to Hounsfield units (HU) off-line. Measurement of the modulation transfer function revealed a limiting resolution (at 10% level) of 1.0 mm-1 in the axial dimension. Image noise varied between 15 and 19 HU for the HD and SD modes, respectively. Image intensities varied linearly over the measured range, up to 1300 HU. Geometric accuracy was maintained in all three dimensions over the field of view. The present study has evaluated the performance characteristics of the O-arm, and demonstrates feasibility for use in interventional applications and quantitative imaging tasks outside those currently targeted by the manufacturer. Further improvements to the reconstruction algorithms may further enhance performance for lower-contrast applications.


The rise of the Omicron variant has been studied in the state of Karnataka in India for the period March 2021-June 2022. The % contribution of the Omicron rose from 1.5% to 99.2% as time passed. Delta variant which was the major strain before Omicron emerged was completely replaced. The pathogenicity and virulence of all three variants were also compared. The rate of spread of more transmissible variant Omicron has been compared with surge in the daily caseload.


The paper introduced the design and construction of comprehensive information system in Zhangjiamao coal mine.The application of the comprehensive information system has an important role for achieved information office of mine other business systems,constructing the high level digital mines,promoting the integration of management and control,reducing the operating costs and strengthening the competitive advantage of modern coal enterprises.


Methods We did this phase 2b study of bactericidal activity—defi ned as the decrease in colony forming units (CFUs) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum of patients with microscopy smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis—at eight sites in South Africa and Tanzania. We enrolled treatment-naive patients with drug-susceptible, pulmonary tuberculosis, who were randomly assigned by computer-generated sequences to receive either 8 weeks of moxifl oxacin, 100 mg pretomanid (formerly known as PA-824), and pyrazinamide (MPa100Z regimen); moxifl oxacin, 200 mg pretomanid, and pyrazinamide (MPa200Z regimen); or the current standard care for drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis, isoniazid, rifampicin, PZA, and ethambutol (HRZE regimen). A group of patients with MDR tuberculosis received MPa200Z (DRMPa200Z group). The primary outcome was bactericidal activity measured by the mean daily rate of reduction in M tuberculosis CFUs per mL overnight sputum collected once a week, with joint Bayesian non-linear mixed-eff ects regression modelling. We also assessed safety and tolerability by monitoring adverse events. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01498419.


The Mammogram image segmentation and feature extraction techniques still need improvement in tumor detection and play a vital process of diagnosing. This paper optimizes the novel approaches of hybrid feature extraction technique for mammogram tumor detection with implicit knowledge. The main objective of this paper is to apply the double threshold segmentation (DTS) with a new hybrid feature extraction called Histogram oriented gradients with Hough transform (HOGHT) and PCA Algorithm. This Extraction can be classified in to benign, normal and malignant. This approach consists of a better result and reduces the Computation time. Quality measure can be done by using this predictive accuracy and no one can be applied for this combination of work. This technique ensures that decision is taken ahead of tumor detection rather than the existing system. The experiments have been made from the dataset taken from MIAS. The obtained results by using this method are highly encouraged.


Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex and progressive disease of the central nervous system. In Italy, prevalence of MS ranges from 198 (continental Regions) to 370 (Sardinia) per 100,000. Despite a National Health System, differences among Regions cause inequalities in access to and quality of care, also involving chronic diseases and disabilities, including MS.

 Interviews and focus groups involving persons with MS, caregivers, institutions, patients association and other stakeholders were conducted in 2019, to evaluate MS policy landscape, existing services, guidelines and care pathways regarding diagnosis, therapy, follow up, strenghts and weaknesses.

 600 MS specialized neurologists and 350 MS nurses operate in 240 MS Centers located in hospital neurology departments providing clinical care, disease modifying drugs (DMDs), interdisciplinary care. 13 Regions on 20 approved a PDTA (Diagnosis, Therapy, Care Pathway), other are due by 2020. A reference national PDTA has been already discussed by Regional Health Authorities Conference and Ministry of Health. Regional multistakeholder observatories will be organized. A national MS registry started in 2017, at present involving over 140 Centers and including data of 50% (60.000 patients) of estimated prevalence.

 MS specialized centers are recognized as the key component of MS care in Italy and the main refererral for 80% of patients, also taking in account that over 60% of patients receive a DMD. Access to rehabilitation is lacking and hospital, community and primary care linkage is needed, also considering transition from early stages to severe disability. Access to psycological support is variable and cost containment strategies restrict drug access and symptomatic care in some areas along with lacking of interdisciplinary management. It is mandatory to integrate health and social care pathways accordingly with the National Plan for Chronicity in which MS has to be included.

 MS specialized centers are the backbone care network in Italy. Integrated care pathways (PDTA) stated as National Health System rules define the right for the patients to receive the proper care.


Cerenkov radiation can be observed easily as a shimmer of blue light from the water in boiling- and pressurized-water reactors, or spent fuel storage pools. In this research, we fabricated the fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor using a Gdfoil, rutile crystal and optical fiber for detecting neutrons. Also, the reference sensor for measuring background gammarays was fabricated with the rutile crystal and optical fiber. The neutron fluxes could be obtained by measuring the signal difference between two sensors. To characterize the fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor, we measured neutron fluxes using a Cf-252 neutron source according to depths of polyethylene. As the results, the counts of fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor were higher than those of reference sensor due to additional interactions between Gd-foil and neutrons. Also, the counts of Cerenkov radiation decreased with increasing polyethylene thickness. It is anticipated that the novel and simple fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor using the Cerenkov effect can be widely used to detect the neutrons in hazardous nuclear facilities.


We systematically evaluated the frequency of neurological disorders and muscle and neural autoantibodies in 177 patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and in 250 control subjects (173 healthy; 77 multiple sclerosis, MS, patients). An excess of myasthenia gravis (MG, 2%), and muscle‐type acetylcholine receptor antibody (11%) was detected among NMO patients. The presence of neural or muscle autoantibodies was more common in NMO patients (34%) than in MS patients or healthy controls (7%), P < 0.0001. The coexistence of NMO and MG should be considered in atypical or refractory presentations of either disorder. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Muscle Nerve 39: 87–90, 2009


The prion gene was amplified and cloned into the pSos plasmid.After being verified by endonucleases digestion analysis,the recombinant bait vector pSos-prp23-231 of yeast double-hybrid system was obtained.The prp23-231 domain of mouse was not toxic to cdc25H and had no self-activation.


Describing the spatial and temporal occurrence of turbulent mixing and the mechanisms of turbulence production are fundamental problems in physical limnology and oceanography. Here we present results from Mono Lake, California, that illustrate pronounced steepening of the pycnocline upon cessation of strong wind forcing and the enhanced turbulence resulting from this nonlinearity. Three events occurred with wind speed of .10 m s21. Upwind, the upper pycnocline upwelled, but on relaxation of the wind, it downwelled 6–10 m and compressed. The similarity of wave amplitude during compression to mixed layer depth and Lake numbers ,4 were indicative of significant nonlinearity. Energy in the internal wave field increased by two orders of magnitude, but ,50% of the energy was lost within 24 h. The largest energy losses occurred at low frequencies rather than via an energy flux from low to moderate and high frequencies. Eddy diffusivities, computed over 6-d intervals using the heat budget method, averaged ,1026 m2 s21 in the energized pycnocline but were five to 10 times higher during the initial upwelling and downwelling periods. Microstructure casts, taken 1–2 d after the first event, revealed that the percentage of the pycnocline that was turbulent varied with bottom slope, being 80% turbulent where bottom slopes were up to 10%, 60% where bottom slopes were 3%, and less than 7% where bottom slopes were ,0.1%. The threshold for turbulent transport was exceeded only 10% of the time and only where bottom slopes were highest. Knowing when and where turbulent mixing occurs in the water column is essential for a wide diversity of limnological and oceanographic problems. For instance, nutrient fluxes through the pycnocline support new production in the upper water column (Lewis et al. 1986), and the meridional overturning circulation in the ocean depends on mixing occurring in the abyssal ocean (Munk 1966; Munk and Wunsch 1998). Linking enhanced turbulence to the internal wave field has been a major advance (Saggio and Imberger 1998; MacIntyre et al. 1999; Rudnick et al. 2003). It is now well established that considerable turbulence occurs near lateral boundaries. For instance, recent oceanographic and limnological studies have demonstrated enhanced turbulence near sloping boundaries and rough topography near seamounts and ocean ridges (Toole et al. 1994; Lueck and Mudge 1997; Polzin et al. 1997) and near the benthic boundary (Wuest et al. 1996; Goudsmit et al. 1997) and rough topography in lakes (MacIntyre et al. 1999). Considerable effort is now being expended to link turbulence production with different types of nonlinear waves. Steepened internal waves with amplitude similar to the thermocline depth have long been noted as a striking feature of long, narrow lakes (Thorpe et al. 1972; Hunkins and Fliegel 1973; Farmer 1978). Thorpe et al. (1972) and Mortimer and Horn (1982) identified these waves as surges; they form after metalimnion compression and propagate as progressive waves across a lake. Their role in turbulence generation has been unclear. Hunkins and Fliegel (1973) noted isotherm deepening in conjunction with surges and attributed the deepening to intense mixing. Surges also occur in small lakes (Lemmin 1978; Weigand and Chamberlain 1987), but the Richardson numbers calculated from estimated current speeds have been above the threshold for inducing turbulence. Horn et al. (1986) found that the enhanced current speeds associated with surges lowered Richardson numbers to values close to critical. In response to strong wind forcing in a much larger lake, Lake Biwa, Saggio and Imberger (1998) and Boegman et al. (2003) noted the steepening of the basin-scale Kelvin wave, an order-of-magnitude increase in energy in the basin-scale waves, but a two–order-of-magnitude increase in energy at higher frequencies. The energy in the internal wave field rapidly dissipated, and they hypothesized that the higher frequency waves shoaled nearshore and contributed to enhanced mixing near the boundary. Lorke (2007) has demonstrated enhanced turbulence due to the breaking of high-frequency waves at the boundary. At present, however, field studies have not quantified the turbulence associated with large nonlinear internal waves. Laboratory and modeling studies have demonstrated several types of internal waves that form after wind forcing and illustrate the energy transfers when waves become nonlinear (Michallet and Ivey 1999; Boegman et al. 2005a). After an impulsive wind, several different mechanisms may distort the internal wave field. The standing wave may reflect from the boundary with no change in shape or the thermocline may steepen and become a surge, after the wind ceases or after one or more reflections of the standing wave, with a train of solitons forming on its rear face (Horn et al. 2001; Boegman et al. 2005a). For strong tilting, supercritical waves known as internal bores or hydraulic jumps may form. The degree of thermocline tilting as a function of stratification, wind forcing, and basin geometry can be predicted from the Wedderburn number (W) (Monismith 1986; Imberger and Patterson 1990). For large W (W . 10), the thermocline does not tilt. For 1 , W , 10, partial upwellings occur; for W < 1, the pycnocline * Corresponding author: email@example.com Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(6), 2009, 2255–2272 E 2009, by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.


This paper deals a tracking trajectory controller design of a tricycle robot as a non-holonomic system with a piecewise multi-linear (PML) model. The approximated model is fully parametric. Input-output (I/O) dynamic feedback linearization is applied to stabilize PML control system. We also apply a method for a tracking control based on PML models to the tricycle robot. Although the controller is simpler than the conventional I/O feedback linearization controller, the control performance based on PML model is the same as the conventional one. Examples are shown to confirm the feasibility of our proposals by computer simulations.


This work provides an attitude solution for a high-speed vehicle using plasma aerodynamic control called "plasma virtual flap" manipulation. This paper describes the concept of using plasma active control as plasma virtual flap for off-design attitude manipulation problem. Design of an attitude controller considering plasma aerodynamic effects for the high-speed vehicle is presented. The aerodynamic lift and drag force features in the high speed, long duration cruise flight with plasma actuator effect are introduced, where the estimated models and attitude controller are established. This paper documents the development and capabilities of plasma virtual flap attitude control authority. Simulation results are presented to exhibit the effectiveness of the proposed method.


The Interactive Minority Game (IMG) is an online version of the traditional Minority Game in which human players can enter into competition with the traditional computer-controlled agents. Through the rich (and, importantly, analytically understood) behaviour of the MG, we can explore humans' behaviour in different kinds of market--crowded, efficient, critical--with a high degree of control. To make the game easily understandable even to those who are encountering it for the first time, we have presented the game with a rather simplified interface; in this working paper we explain the underlying technical aspects for those who have experience with the traditional MG.


A legged mobile every leg body of the robot 1 (2, 2) to the gait generating a target for alternately repeating an air tile landing to landing, at least one bridge member (2) walking to levitate generation device, at least when implementing a group of landing from a public group, the land party and create a ground speed, yet the desired gait such that the ground acceleration to approximately zero at the moment of landing of the leg member distal end portion 22 that. After the both of the ground speed and ground acceleration at the landing of the leg member distal end time determined to be approximately 0, the horizontal component of the moment of the resultant force of the gravity and the inertial force that acts on the robot (1) generated about the desired ZMP is about 0 the so determined the movements of the robot in a walking target upper body. Thus, the landing impact will be eliminated. The legged mobile robot leg body, the air exchanger, becomes complex, the gait generating device, a target ZMP, moment, the inertial force


This paper investigates the unique challenges of an expanding group of stakeholders making demands upon shared geospatial data resources: non governmental organisations participating in local governance. In spite of efforts to improve local data integration in spatial data infrastructures and development of strategies from public participation GIS to expand access to geospatial data and technologies, grassroots data users still experience difficulties with the accessibility, quality, and usefulness of local government data resources. Drawing from extended ethnographic research conducted in Chicago, Illinois, I illustrate these problems and how they are shaped by grassroots groups' resource constraints, knowledge systems, and socio‐political positions; and assess the feasibility and impacts of proposed alternatives for better meeting grassroots spatial data needs. I contend that the needs and challenges of these stakeholders are unique from those of other users, but are nonetheless rooted in central dilemmas of spatial data handling, and so might be addressed through stronger engagement with GIScience research in this arena.


The influence of parasitic capacitances and of the output load on the ZVS behavior of a resonant wireless power transfer system is analyzed in this work. For this, the charging process of the output capacitors of a GaN-based inverting half bridge is described in detail. Furthermore, the influence of the parasitic capacitances and of the load on the resonant current is discussed. The analyzed system has a peak efficiency of 92.9 % at 500 W with an operating frequency of 2 MHz. Based on the ZVS analysis, an adaptive dead-time control is presented to raise the average efficiency. For example, the efficiency can be raised by 0.5 % while transferring 250 W.


Elastomeric robots are a new generation of robots that are composed of flexible silicone polymers and actuated by air. Aquatic elastomeric robots have the potential to serve in several real-world applications ranging from underwater rescue to military reconnaissance. The robot developed in this project was modeled after the motion of cnidarians, specifically the jellyfish. In its most basic form, this motion is a repetitive contraction and expansion of a dome-shaped body. Through three generations of design, a prototype of an aquatic robot was successfully developed, which was able to swim with a relatively large range of motion. This design is a proof-of-concept of an underwater elastomeric robot.


Objective The purpose is to analyse the treatment and outcome of patients with intestinal fistula after different gastrointestinal surgery,and to discuss the rationality therapy opportunity and method. Methods 967 patients were retrospectively analyzed,and the therapy and the prognosis of 40 cases( 4. 1%) with intestinal fistula after operation in our study were summarized and analyzed. Results 21 cases( 52. 5%, 21 /40) were small bowel fistula. Theses patients were performed early surgical intervention. Among these 21 patents,15 cases underwent intestinal partial resection and intestinal anastomosis,14 cases were cured. 19 cases were diagnosed as colorectal fistula cases( 47. 5%,19 /40). 15 cases were performed conservative treatment. 11 cases were selfhealed,and other 8 cases performed deterministic operation after six months. Conclusion To small bowel fistula,small intestinal partial resection with intestinal anastomosis is safe and effective. To colorectal fistula,should first be treated with conservative treatment,emphasized on sufficient drainage. When combined with diffused peritonitis or SIRS,it is effective to perform early control surgery,then the deterministic operation is performed when abdominal inflammation relieved.


THE AIM OF this study was to examine discussions of assigned readings in content area classrooms at the high school level, and to attempt modifications of these discussions so they would reflect more higher-order thinking and critical reading. The 6-month intervention study began with observation and analysis of existing discussion patterns in five classrooms in the Southeastern United States, focusing on the types of references teachers and students made to the texts they discussed (e.g., literal retellings, inferences, etc.). These five teachers, the authors of the study, and two research assistants then cooperated in planning instruction aimed at modifying the kinds of verbal exchanges between teachers and students, and among students. Videotaped discussions, field notes, teacher-student conferences, and student questionnaires were analyzed. Although teachers and students exhibited a marked stability in their verbal exchange patterns, there were changes in the types of references they made to the materials they were reading. All of the teachers whose goal was to elicit from students more inferential responses in discussing a text achieved that goal, even though they did not effect substantial and lasting changes in classroom interaction patterns.


Background and Objectives : Nucleotides such as adenosine thphosphate (ATP) and uhdine-5-thphosphate (UTP) Playfundamental roles in the early stage of secretion in nasal epithelial cells via P2Y receptor. In the present study, we examined theexpressionpattem of P2Y subtypes and their functions on inf1ux() in normal human nasa1 epithelial (NHNE) cells.We also examined the effect of UTP (agonist for P2) and ATPS (agonist for P2) on mucin secretion and mucin geneexpression. Materials and Method : The expression pattern of P2Y receptors and mRNA levels of MUC5AC, MUC5B andMUC8 were examined after treatment with UTP and ATPS by RT-PCR. Mucin was quantitated by immunoblotting assay. Wemeasured the []: in NHNE cells with a double perfusion chamber. Results : Two uracil-sensitive receptors (P2 P2)and two adenine-sensitive receptors (P2, P2) were expressed in NHNE cells. UTP and ATPS increased [], viacaffeine-sensitive pathways, and these two agonists stimulated niucin secretion to a similar magnitude without their gene enhan-cement. In addition, the mucin stimulatory effects subsided when the intracellular was removed by 2-bis (2-aminophenoxy)efhane-N,N,N\N'-tetraacetic acid-acetoxymethyl ester. Conclusion : Our study showed fhat P2 and P2 receptors wereexpressed in NHNE cells and that their agonists, UTP and ATPS, act as secretogogues on mucin secretion via -dependent pathways


Using graphs of dependence of change of optimal diameters from change of ratio of weight coefficients, mass, geometric, soil characteristics, general equation of change of diameter of adaptive propulsor of mobile robotics complex is revealed.


The present research was conducted to choose an ideal storage condition for cattle sera samples meant for the assay of hepatobiliary enzymes viz., Alanine aminotransferases(ALT), Aspartate aminotransferases (AST), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and Gamma glutamyltransferases (GGT). The study was performed in adult healthy female crossbred cattle, during the period of April to October 2008. Stabilities of enzymes in serum stored at room temperature (22 to 27 oC), 4 oC and -20 oC were compared with the enzyme activities of fresh sera samples (day 0) on day 1, 2, 5, 8, 11 and 14. Alanine aminotransferase was found to be sufficiently stable up to the study period of 14 days at 4 oC, whereas it was unstable at room temperature and -20 oC. Aspartate aminotransferase was stable both at 4 oC and -20 oC up to14 days whereas at room temperature stable only up to 2 days. Alkaline phosphatase showed great variation upon storage as compared to other hepatobiliary enzymes and it is suggested that its estimation should be performed in fresh serum samples to get an accurate result. Cattle serum showed a lesser stability for GGT activity at -20 oC as compared to 4 oC where the observed stability period was 8 days and 11 days, respectively and at room temperature the enzyme was stable only for one day. From these results it is therefore advisable to consider stability of each serum hepatobiliary enzymes for different animals separately before preserving sera samples to get more valid and reliable result.


A survey is offered of the results of a five years old experimentation carried out at the Space Propulsion Laboratory of Politecnico di Milano in the field of nanoingredients insertion inside rocket motors propellants (mainly solid): in the recent years, in fact, a great interest arose in replacing commercial microaluminum with nanoaluminum inside solid propellants compound, which has proved to increase the regression rate significantly. In this work a complete characterization of several nanoaluminum propellants compositions, in comparison with standard microaluminum formulations, both with AP and AN as oxidizer, will be given: both the steady and transient burning behavior will be considered. Moreover, a nanometric positive catalyst (Fe 2 O 3 ) has been tested in comparison with standard micrometric ones in our laboratory. All the results seem to state a positive effect of nanoingredients in solid propellants performance and a different flame structure compared to standard microsized ingredients.


By using an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics model we study the effect of density-dependent symmetry energy on nuclear stopping. Reactions are carried out for Ca + Ca, Ni + Ni and Sn + Sn for different isotopic compositions. Our aim is to pin down the influence of density-dependent symmetry energy on nuclear stopping. The nuclear stopping is found to decrease with an increase in stiffness of density-dependent symmetry energy. The mild sensitivity of nuclear stopping to different forms of density-dependent symmetry energy is due to the small variation in the density.


Abstract Information on the Web can be reached using different paths. Search engines, directories, bookmarks are usual methods to access information but they don't take into account the "natural" way by which content is organized in the Web: linking. Documents with related information often refer to each other, building Web domains with a common subject. Given the actual linking model of the Web the creation of such domains is fully delegated to the authors of each single document, which often results in sub-optimal coverage of the subject. XLinkProxy combines external links databases, a filtering proxy, dynamic HTML, XLink and XPointer to provide a solution that encompasses the limitations of the current linking model allowing the definition of multidestination custom links that can be associated to any HTML or XML document published on the Web.


The possibility of personality's psychological problems creation, as well as methodological questions of investigation and teaching of that system within the framework of "Psychotherapy" and "Psychological consultation" courses are discussed in the article. The classification system of psychological problems of the personality is offered by the author.