The observation of mass-independent compositions of quadruple sulfur stable isotopes (S-MIF) in Archean rocks and Martian meteorites provides a unique probe of the oxygen and sulfur cycles in the primitive terrestrial and Martian atmospheres, which are essential for understanding the origin and early evolution of life. The mechanistic origin of S-MIF however contains some uncertainties. Even for the modern atmosphere, the primary mechanism responsible for the S-MIF observed in nearly all tropospheric sulfates has not been identified. Without a complete understanding for the origin of S-MIF in modern atmospheric sulfates, interpretation of S-MIF signals preserved in geological and meteoritic samples possess embedded uncertainties. Here we present the high-sensitivity measurements of a fifth sulfur isotope, stratospherically produced radioactive 35 S, along with all four stable sulfur isotopes in the same sulfate aerosols to further define sources and mechanisms on a field observational basis. The five-sulfur-isotope approach provides strong observational evidence that S-MIF signatures in tropospheric sulfates are concomitantly affected by two processes: an altitude-dependent positive 33 S anomaly, likely linked to stratospheric SO 2 photolysis, and a negative 36 S anomaly mainly associated with combustion. Our first quadruple stable sulfur isotopic analysis in various representative Chinese coal samples (formed in the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic periods) and SO 2 emitted from combustion displays essentially normal 33 S and 36 S within analytical error, suggesting that the observed 36 S anomaly in tropospheric sulfates is originating from a previously unknown S-MIF mechanism during combustion instead of coal itself. In addition, we also present a 200-year atmospheric sulfur isotopic anomalies record from the Mount Everest. Along with previous field-based and chamber-based measurements, the first long-term atmospheric sulfur isotopic anomaly record obtained from a non-polar region indicates that a negative 33 S anomaly may originate from combustion processes as well.


The Australian Government is continuing to build on record levels of investment in mental health services with an additional $110 million to extend and expand mental health programs for young Australians.


Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of HIV / AIDS in the city of Parnaiba-PI, in the period 1980-2018. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out based on data reported in the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN), declared in the Mortality Information System (SIM). Results: 354 cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were registered in the municipality. Regarding the race / color variable, a higher prevalence of records can be observed in the brown population 61.5% (N = 134) followed by the white race 12.4% (N = 27). In relation to education, the incomplete basic level was evidenced 36.2% (N = 79). Another relevant factor concerns the number of pregnant women, about 12% (N = 15) of the women in the sample. Regarding AIDS deaths, between 1996 and 2018 the total number of 28% (N = 96) was recorded in the period. Conclusion: The study allowed discussions on the epidemiological profile of HIV / AIDS in the municipality of Parnaiba-PI, concluded the need for advances in public policies aimed at this public, such as improving the qualification of these


The importance of the role of tax revenue as a source of funding for the country's development , the government through The directorate general of taxes continuously making change legislation and bureaucracy reform taxation rules hoping to optimize appropriate tax revenue target. Dividend income tax which so far has not been developed optimally in order to support the tax revenues in KPP Madya Semarang based on the data, the realization of agency every year increased but are not followed by increase of income tax on dividends. Because of that is required strategy and an effort to increase tax revenue from income tax sector over the dividend in KPP Madya Semarang so can increase tax revenue to increase according target
The research is intended (i) To identify constraints that have been faced by agency taxpayers ( PT ) in performing a duty depositing income tax on dividends; (ii) Identify constraints that have been facing an officer of the tax In obtaining the data private ownership of capital and financial transactions agency tax payers; (iii) Using methods of calculation explore potential income tax on dividends to examine the potential income tax on dividends are still being quarried; (iv) identify the efforts that must be made in order to reduce barriers to explore potential income tax on dividends. The purpose of this research was accomplished by mix methods use data tax revenue in 2007-2011 published by KPP Madya Semarang.
The result of the analysis is known that (i) tax payers had a hard in reporting and tax payments because tax administration that is not easily; (ii) tax officers get the less complete information for tax payers activities; (iii) By looking at revenue from income tax agency ( PT ) contained net profit of a company that is a potential an income upon the dividend so that there are potential income tax over the dividend; (iv) Improving information for activities taxpayers will raise potential tax revenue


Agricultural subsidy policies in several devel oped countries are moving from price support to "decoupled payments"-subsidies that are not linked to production and instead are enti tlements based on, for example, historical land use. Since these entitlements are tradable and can only be used in connection with land, es pecially in EU countries, this shift in policies basically generates a new good traded in new markets: retiring farmers have an incentive to sell their entitlements, while farmers with expanding land but without the correspond ing entitlements have an incentive to buy. The determination of market prices, however, is complicated by uncertainties about the future legal status of entitlements and therefore their values, by their different forms and sizes, the uncertainty about whether entitlements are in excess supply or in excess demand, and the lack of existing market forms. How, and how well, the markets for enti tlements will work is of interest to farmers and policy makers who are dealing with chal lenges to traditional agricultural policies and must consider the effects of alternative poli cies. Since policies changed only recently, and the first attempts of trading have just started, real-world market evidence is spurious and anecdotal. Thus, controlled laboratory experi ments can give a first insight into potential mar ket outcomes and how they are influenced by the institutional rules. In two previous projects (Bahrs, Kroll, and Sutter 2008a, 2008b) we designed experimen tal markets that were based on institutional changes of agricultural entitlement policies in Germany. In Bahrs, Kroll, and Sutter (2008a), we studied modified posted-bid and posted ask markets, while in the second study (2008b) we focused on eBay-like markets. In all of our treatments, including those in the current paper, market participants did not know the true value of the entitlements but received in dependent private signals of the value; there were two different kinds of entitlements high-value and low-value, and there was ei ther an excess supply or an excess demand of entitlements. Results from the previous projects indicate that the institutional effect from posted-bid or -ask markets seems to outweigh the effect of the excess-supply or -demand condition (2008a). The eBay-like market institution, however, generated signif icantly higher prices and lower efficiency un der excess demand compared to excess supply (2008b). In this paper we study another real world market institution-decentralized bi lateral negotiations. The previous projects assumed that all participants had the op portunity to trade with everybody else in a centralized market. There is a good chance, however, that most trades, at least in early stages, will be conducted in a more private and therefore decentralized setting-for example, people in the same village trying to sell and buy entitlements to and from their neighbors. Our experiment reflects this situation by allowing subjects to trade with only one other subject at a time. The interesting efficiency problem with such an institution is, of course, based on a matching predicament-what if potential buy ers have problems finding potential sellers and vice versa? How large will the efficiency loss be compared to the previously examined in stitutions and will the negotiated prices reflect


Limited financial resources, declining enrollm.ants, changes in student demographics, calls for accountability, and collective bargaining have signalled a profound change in the role of the community college president. The greatest change during the last 20 years is that the decision-making process, once exclusive:17 the domain of the president, has evolved into a more democratic, participatory process. Trustees, students, and especially faculty have begun participating in decision-making. Shared author.l.ty and increasing government regulation mean that the president must now deal with state legislatures, finance committees, coordinating boards, and even local constituencies. One drawnack of this is that the president's role has become increasingly political. The community college nresident is still very much a leader, but a different kind of leader. Researchers have concluded that effective presidents, far from being autonomous and rigid decision-makers, are flexible, thoughtful, and strong visionaries. Collective bargaining is perhaps the most significant issue to affect community college leadership in the past 20 years, and literature on this subject has been almost unanimously negative. Claims have been made that unionism weakens administrative control, and that collective bargaining creates competition rather than cooperation between faculty and administrators. On the other hand, it is noted that a collective bargaining contract, which outlines the duties and responsibilities of faculty, can make faculty more accountable. Since it is unlikely that faculty will yield its newfound role in governance, community college presidents must adapt to their new role as managers of the decision-making process. (ALB) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * R from the original document. * ***********************************************************************


The absorption and emission spectra, emission lifetimes, luminescence quantum yields, and electrochemical behavior of the complexes Pd(Phpy)2, Pd(Thpy)2, and Pd(bhq)2 (Phpy−, Thpy−, and bhq−, and bhq− are the deprotonated forms of 2-phenylpyridine, 2-(2-thienyl)pyridine, and benzo[h] quinoline, respectively) have been studied, and the results obtained have been compared with those available for Pt(II) and Pt(IV) complexes containing the same ligands. The intense ligand-centered absorption bands below 340 nm are strongly perturbed by matalation, and the absorption features in the 340–450-nm region are likely to include contributions from formally metal-to-ligand charge-transfer transitions. The structured luminescence spectra observed at 77 K (lifetimes are 0.48, 0.28 and 2.6 ms for Pd(Phpy)2, Pd(Thpy)2, and Pd(bhq)2, respectively) have been assigned to transitions having mainly ligand-centered character, with an increasing metal-to-ligand charge-transfer contribution in going from Pd(bhq)2 to Pd(Phpy)2 and to Pd(Thpy)2. The complexes Pd(phpy)2 and Pd(thpy)2 show two reversible one-electron reduction waves, whereas reduction of Pd(bhq)2 is irreversible, as is the oxidation of the three complexes.


We have been developed P-CUBE2 which is a tangible programing tool intended to be suitable for beginners including visual impairments. This paper describes the system improvement and evaluation of P-CUBE2 using RFID system. P-CUBE2 enables users to make a program by an easy operation of set blocks on the mat. Since, we knew that visually impaired children felt difficulty on a process of transferring program to a controlled object, we adopt the Bluetooth module for improving the program transfer procedure easier for their.


Objective:To assess the clinical effects of distal based medial antebrachial neurocutaneous flap.Methods:According to the relationship between the nutrient vessels around medial antebrachial nerve and the vascular net in fasciocutaneous layer of medial forearm,the distal based medial antebrachial neurocutaneous flap was designed for repairing the soft tissue defects on hand,wrist and distal part of forearm.Results:All of 14 flaps survived and healed primarily.The follow-up results among 3~30 months proved that flaps was good in shape accompanied with satisfied functional recovery of hands.Conclusions:The distal based medial antebrachial neurocutaneous flap has advantages of constant nerve and vessels distribution and sufficient blood supply.It is an excellent donor site for hand and forearm reconstruction.


This investigation worked with West Sussex Trading Standards Service to investigate
and identify what performance management challenges exist at the organisation
that prevents them from being able to effectively provide evidence of their impacts
and outcomes. To find this information, different sources of data were used
including staff interviews, document analysis and observations of Trading Standards
work. The research findings showed that there were several difficulties, some
general to Trading Standards nationally and public sector organisations, and some
that were specific to West Sussex Trading Standards. One of the main problems was
the complex nature of work. Along with other issues such as stakeholder conflict
and diminishing resources, there is a build-up of evidence of challenges for the
organisation. Research into the work carried out and how the organisation operates
was carried out to enable the researcher to make assumptions and
recommendations. The Balanced scorecard was the main tool that was assessed for
its suitability at the organisation. The findings showed that with some modifications,
the organisation could use this method to ease their problems by deriving useful
data from this performance management tool. Issues that were also addressed in
this research is the gap between capability and expectations which has shown to be
a problem in the service sector, recommendations have been made to solve this
problem, including pooling resources and working collaboratively with other Trading
Standards organisations.


: For university level computer teachers assignment verification and validation uses disproportionate amount of time. This leaves them with little time to help struggling students or for newer teaching techniques. We set out o automate the tedious work, and incorporate instant feedback and narrative gamification mechanics. During our semester long study our solution freed up a lot of time. The result suggest that more research, and more gamification mechanics are warranted.


The purpose of this paper has been to observe and compare similarities and differences in approaches to work and providing for themselves amongst two groups of young people between the ages of 19-24, the so called generation Y, one including people who were currently out of work and therefor involved in jobseeking activities and another group who were undergraduate students of social work. We wanted to see if there were any differences between the groups in how they valued work and if this in any way coincided with their position on the job market. We also wanted to know if education gave safety and if there were any disparities in how they viewed work in terms of their coming of age. The research methods used to arrive at our results have been group interviews with young people and comparing the results with sociological theory. This is not a representative study but a small study of tendencies in two groups of young adults. We found that there were no certain differences between our two chosen groups. Education does give a certain safety but it depends on what line of education you choose, no distinction appeared to exist in values and attitudes towards work, though the young adults that were out of work had somewhat different experiences of the job market than the students did.


Yeast colonies contain an outer layer of autolyzed cells, and this layer is the region in which sporulation occurs. Autolysis of yeast cells probably provides a substrate favorable for sporulation. Legroux and Magrou showed that in bacterial colonies a similar structural (one might almost say histological) differentiation exists. The bacterial cells in the outer layer of the colonies produced tetrads, which may possibly be homologous to the ascospores of yeasts.


The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a specific composition (matrix) thin aqueous cataplasm prepared by laminating on a support, the support is made of soft plastic resin by hot-melt through the natural fiber and a soft plastic woven fiber wound on a composite fiber prepared by a film made of the composition of fibers, or the support body is formed by both a soft portion and a hard plastic resin melt portions of the composition in both the soft portion and the hard portion preparation of fibers made of a plastic fiber membrane composition. The thin aqueous cataplasm having a skin moisturizing effect and a comfortable feel in use.


IN Migne's edition of the Epistles of Peter the Vener able the X X V I I I t h Epistle of the First Book is addressed to St Bernard. I t meets the general objection of the Cistercians that the Cluniacs ignore the Rule of St Benedict, and it meets this objection in considerable detail. T h e detailed treatment is evi dently founded upon the prescriptions of the Charta Charitatis, of the Consuetudines Cistercienses and of the Exordium Parvum, which are taken to be a challenge, as indeed they were, to the Black Monks. T h e edge of the Cistercian objection was that the Cluniacs, while professing to follow the Rule of the founder, as is plainly evidenced by their long reforming record, have in fact gone their own way along paths unknown to St Benedict and to his first disciples. Peter feels that he can open his mind freely to St Bernard ; he would prefer to do so by word of mouth, but distance, affairs and the tribula tions of life prevent it . He enumerates in order the Cistercian charges, almost all of which reflect the familiar severity of the Monachi Grisei; and then he turns upon them with the cry : 'O generation of Pharisees again come back to earth !' Whereas in humility our fathers chose to clothe themselves in long black robes, befitting this vale of tears, the Cistercians have adopted a short habit of unwonted colour, white, forsooth ; thus at once making themselves singular and suggesting that they alone are candid ! 3 L e t us consider some of the Cistercian charges and the way in which Peter meets them.


Bioelectronics is defined as a combination of electronic principles and biological phenomena. While many major fields such as Medical treatment, technology advancement, healthcare are increasing its demand for bioelectronic circuits. And the bioelectronic circuits have developed rapidly during recent years. To develop bioelectronics, it can be divided into two fields: One is Cryptomorphic electronics which is electronics inspired by cellular and molecular biology. And the other one is Neuromorphic electronics which is electronics inspired by neurobiology, which are cable to implement the electronic equivalent of learning, adaption and memory algorithmic efficiently. And in this paper, we will focus on the neuromorphic electronics, especially on the Neuromorphic Computing of neurons, synapses circuits and the spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) scheme in detail based on memristors. And Simulation of several memristors circuits will present.


Abstract In this article, the buckling and post-buckling behaviours of a laminated composite spherical shallow shell panel embedded with shape memory alloy (SMA) fibres are studied under a thermal environment. System equations for a laminated composite spherical shell panel embedded with SMA fibres are for the first time derived by modelling the geometric non-linearity in the Green—Lagrange sense and the material non-linearity in SMA fibres in the framework of the higher-order shear deformation theory. The shell panel model is discretized by using a non-linear finite-element approach. The governing algebraic equations are then derived by the variational approach and solved using a direct iterative technique. Influences of the thickness ratio, boundary condition, aspect ratio, curvature ratio, lamination scheme, SMA volume fraction, percentage of prestrain, and amplitude ratio on the buckling and post-buckling temperatures of a laminated composite shell panel with and without SMA have been examined in detail. The results are computed using the present model and compared with those available in the literature.


Objective To study the clinical manifestations,diagnosis,therapeutic method and efficacy of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma(ChRCC).Methods The clinical data of 11 patients treated with retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery during 2008-2010 were retrospectively analyzed.All these 11 patients were diagnosed as ChRCC by pathological examination.Their clinical symptoms,imaging features,findings of pathological and immunological examinations were collected,all these patients were followed-up.Results Eleven patients with no obvious features of imaging finding were diagnosed by pathological examination and all of them got good prognosis.Conclusion Minimally invasive surgery would be the best therapeutic method for ChRCC at early stage,and retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery will be the best choice for treatment and targeted therapy for advanced patients may have definite effect.


Multiwalled carbon nanotubes/ZrO2-Pt(MWCNTs/ZrO2-Pt) composite was synthesized by a chemical route. The structure and composition of the MWCNTs/ZrO2-Pt composite were confirmed by means of transmission electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. Due to the good electrochemical activity property of MWCNTs/ZrO2-Pt composite, a glucose biosensor was constructed by absorbing glucose oxidase (GOD) on the hybrid material. A direct electron transfer process is observed at the MWCNTs/ZrO2-Pt/GOD-modified glassy carbon electrode. The glucose biosensor has a linear range from 4.0 to 24.0 mM, which is suitable for glucose determination by real samples. It should be worthwhile noting that, from 4.0 to 12.0mM, the cathodic peak currents of the biosensor decrease linearly with increasing the glucose concentrations in human blood. Meanwhile, the resulting biosensor can also prevent the effects of interfering species. Moreover, the biosensor exhibits satisfying reproducibility, good operational stability and storage stability. Therefore, the MWCNTs/ZrO2-Pt /GOD biocomposite could be promisingly applied to determine blood sugar concentration in the practical clinical analysis.


As demonstrated by the 2014 MV Sewol incident, the prevention of top heavy ship capsize is necessary to protect life and property aboard a ship. The goal of this paper is to prevent the capsize of ships, which lack a restoring torque about the roll axis, by using a feedback-controlled pendulum actuator. A seven degrees-of-freedom (7DOF) model is developed for a ship equipped with a pendulum actuator. The model is used to conduct parameter analyses on the pendulum length, pendulum mast height, pendulum mass, ship center of mass (COM) height, and the pendulum controller's proportional feedback gain. The results of these analyses are depicted via time responses and phase plots. Key points for designing a pendulum actuator summarize simulation results, stating that the pendulum mass should be 3–7% of the total ship mass, and the pendulum moment of inertia should be 0.5–1.0 times the roll moment of inertia of the ship.


Objective:To evaluate the effect of noninvasive bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation in the treatment of AECOPD combined with respiratory failure Ⅱ.Methods:90 cases of patients with AECOPD and respiratory failure Ⅱ were divided into treatment group (46 cases) and control group(44 cases).Control group was treated by conventional drugs combined with oxygen uptake by nasal catheter.Treatment group was treated by conventional drugs combined non-invasive BIPAP breath machine.The respiratory rate,heart rate,blood were conpared and analyzed.Results:After treatment 3 hours and 24 hours,the respiratory rate,heart rate,PaO2 of treatment group were down,PaO2,pH increased,there were significant differences compared with those of control group(P0.05).The treatment rate,the mortality,the average length of hospital with control group were apparent lower(P0.05).Conclusion:Early stage,we used non-invasive BIPAP to treat AECOPD combined with respiratory failure Ⅱ patients,the effect is sure and less complications and adverse reactions.


The effect of aging time on physicochemical and catalytic properties of CuO-ZnO-Al2O3/HZSM-5 nanocatalyst for direct conversion of syngas to dimethyl ether (DME) has been investigated. Nanocatalysts were synthesized using co-precipitation method in which the aging time varied from 0 to 6 h. The physicochemical properties of the nanocatalysts were studied by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray, transmission electron microscopy, FTIR, and temperature-programmed reduction by hydrogen (TPR-H2) techniques. Results showed that the crystallinity of CuO-ZnO-Al2O3 has been increased significantly by increasing of aging time. FESEM analysis showed that, with extension of the aging time, the aggregation of CuO-ZnO-Al2O3 over HZSM-5 has been increased. The size of the particles in the active phase was between 25.0 and 127.1 nm with an average size of 48.36 nm. TPR-H2 profiles indicated that reducibility of nanocatalysts was enha...


1. Dentistry Librarian, Indiana University School of Dentistry 2. Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, Dental Hygiene, Indiana University School of Dentistry 3. Educational Development Librarian, University Library, IUPUI ABSTRACT A faculty member and librarian collaborated to adapt a new programmatic IUPUI Bridge/FYS information literacy curriculum to a highly disciplinary, pre-professional course (Dental Hygiene). Development of information literacy instruction that met all the needs of students in the first year experience was only allowable through the close collaboration and multiple levels of library intervention during curriculum scaffolding.


Growth of Internet and explosive development of mobile communications has given high demand to multimedia applications. Data explosion and the need for real time processing has resulted in requirements like large disk space and reduced transmission time. These key requirements have given rise to data compression technology. Data compression is a science of representing information in a compact form. The key factor in compression is to remove redundancy of data present within a data set in order to reduce its size without affecting the essential content in it. Lossless compression format is basically defined by characteristics such as bit rate, PSNR etc. This paper is an effort to evaluate different lossless compression techniques available which are used in applications where integrity of the data is maintained with high quality.


Pt/{gamma}- Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} ceramic membranes have been prepared for their use as combustors of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in diluted streams. The membranes operate in the Knudsen regime, which gives a highly efficient contact between the feedstream and the catalytic material on the membrane. This has led to essentially complete combustion of VOCs at temperatures below 190{degrees}C.


The first meeting of specialists from different fields relating to research on the Roman army in Hispania took place in Segovia in 1998 under the title "Roman Military Archaeology in Hispania". Its aim was to gather within one forum different experts working in this field.1 The term "military archaeology" was provocative in the Spanish academic world of the late 1990s, as military studies were viewed with slight suspicion in some quarters, both by those researching indigenous contexts and by those who remained anchored in a classical concept of Romanisation which rather neglected the contribution of the army to the process of assimilating Hispania into the Roman world. In Anglo-Saxon scholarship other terms with more historiographic tradition (e.g., "Roman army studies" or "Roman frontier studies") were preferred. The goal in choosing the title of the 1998 congress was to create debate around a topic on which research efforts were becoming increasingly focused. Despite its limitations,2 the term "military archaeology" since then has become for many Spanish scholars the methodological basis for material-based and topographic studies of the military world and of war in its widest sense. As archaeology in the Iberian peninsula becomes increasingly open to new methodologies and practices being adopted elsewhere (especially in the Anglo-Saxon world), similar terms such as "conflict archaeology" or "battlefield archaeology" are appearing, which all form part of the conceptual frame of reference of military archaeology. In the last 15-20 years, research in this field has increased exponentially in the Iberian peninsula, particularly in the north and northwest where the Roman army had a much longer-lasting presence. This has allowed scholars, for example, to begin interpreting episodes such as the Cantabrian Wars, practically unknown from an archaeological perspective until very recently. In the last few years, progress has extended to earlier periods, affecting other regions such as the peninsula's northeast, southeast and E coast, where military topics are starting to be differentiated into Republican and indigenous contexts. A new generation of congresses and their resulting proceedings have generated some of the most significant contributions. The Segovia congress of 1998, its follow-up at León in 2004,3 the Roman Frontier Congress held at León in 2006,4 thematic French-Spanish congresses such as the meetings of the project "La guerre et ses traces dans la péninsule Ibérique" (2007, 2009 and 2010),5 and recent colloquia on the Republican period6 and on the Cantabrian Wars,7 have all become reference works. Coinciding with the first occasion upon which the Roman Frontier Congress was held in Spain, the first monograph — still an essential reference work — on the archaeological evidence for the Roman army in the peninsula was published.8


In the area of the Semantic Web, RDF datastores are required to search for metadata quickly from large scale RDF data, such as Wikidata and DBpedia in the Linked Open Data (LOD). This paper presents compressed index structures and URI dictionaries of RDF data in order to develop a fast in-memory RDF database system (called FROST). Instead of the complete six types of indexes SPO, SOP, PSO, POS, OSP, and OPS in RDF triples, FROST employs the two types of indexes SPO and OPS that enable us to compactly store RDF triples in the memory. Using the compressed index structures, we develop a fast search method in the datastore system FROST that solves SPARQL queries and returns the query answers from RDF graphs. Our experiments show that (i) FROST outperforms the inmemory RDF frameworks Jena and RDF4J with respect to both fast query processing and saved memory, using the datasets and queries of the LUBM (a benchmarking framework for semantic repositories) and BMDB (RDF Store Benchmarks with DBpedia) benchmarks, and (ii) FROST outperforms the on-disk RDF store Virtuoso with respect to fast query processing, using the LUBM benchmark.


Understanding the space‐time variability of runoff has important implications for climate because of the linkage of runoff and evapotranspiration and is a practical concern as well for the prediction of drought and floods. In contrast to many studies investigating the space‐time variability of precipitation and temperature, there has been relatively little work evaluating climate teleconnections of runoff, in part because of the absence of data sets that lend themselves to commonly used techniques in climate analysis like principal components analysis. We examine the space‐time variability of runoff over North America using a 50‐year retrospective spatially distributed data set of runoff and other land surface water cycle variables predicted using a calibrated macroscale hydrology model, thus avoiding some shortcomings of past studies based more directly on streamflow observations. We determine contributions to runoff variability of climatic teleconnections, soil moisture, and snow for lead times up to a year. High and low values of these sources of predictability are evaluated separately. We identify patterns of runoff variability that are not revealed by direct analysis of observations, especially in areas of sparse stream gauge coverage. The presence of nonlinear relationships between large‐scale climate changes and runoff pattern variability, as positive and negative values of the large‐scale climate indices rarely show opposite teleconnections with a runoff pattern. Dry soil moisture anomalies have a stronger influence on runoff variability than wet soil. Snow, and more so soil moisture, in many locations enhance the predictability due to climatic teleconnections.


compare its action to those of dopamine, applied to the same neurone. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (150-300 g), anaesthetized with urethane (1.2-1.5 g/kg), were used. Five-barrelled micro-electrodes, with an additional single recording barrel attached, the tip of which extended 15 1L beyond the tips of the drug-containing barrels (Crossman, Walker & Woodruff, 1974) gave improved signal/noise ratio and reduced currentinduced alteration of neurone firing rate. The cortex overlying one caudate nucleus was exposed and the electrode passed through the cortex into the caudate (stereotaxic co-ordinates: A 8.5, L 2.0-2.5, V + 2.0-0; atlas of Konig & Klippel, 1963). Drugs used were: dopamine-HC 1 (0.5 M, pH 4.5, Sigma), morphine-HC 1 (0.031 M, pH 4.5, Macfarland Smith Ltd.), levorphanol tartrate (0.026 M, pH 4.5, Roche), dextrorphan tartrate (0.026 M, pH 4.5, Roche), naloxone-HC 1 (0.021 M, pH 4.5, Endo), a-flupenthixol (0.04 M, pH 4.0, Lundbeck), and DL-homocysteic acid (0.2 M, pH 8.0, Koch-Light). Out of 94 neurones tested, dopamine depressed the activity of 85 and morphine depressed 45; dopamine excited 8 cells, of which morphine excited four. Naloxone antagonised the depressant effect of morphine on 14 out of 15 cells while having no effect on the response to dopamine. Levorphanol depressed the activity of all cells to which it was applied (13) and naloxone blocked this effect in 11 (out of 13). Dextrorphan produced depression of 14 out of the 20 cells on which it was tested, but this effect was not modified by naloxone. The dopamine antagonist, aflupenthixol, was tested on 4 cells; in three cases it blocked the effects of dopamine but it had no effect on responses to morphine. In a few cases dopamine responses appeared to be reduced following application of morphine. Since the depression of rat caudate neurones produced by iontophoretic morphine and levorphanol could be reversed or prevented by naloxone, whereas that produced by dextrorphan was not, this action of morphine may be stereo-specific. On the other hand the finding that opiateor dopamine-antagonists selectively blocked the response to either morphine or dopamine, respectively, without modifying the response to the other compound applied to the same neurone, suggests that separate receptors may mediate these effects.


Bassett relates the story - probably apocryphal - of the American visitor to Haiti who, upon meeting Jean-Paul Duvalier, the legendary (if notorious) dictator popularly known as Papa Doc, asked him 'So, how many whites live in your country?'


The proton spin is determined by the spins of the constituent quarks and gluons and their orbital angularmomenta. Earlier experiments on deeply inelastic lepton±proton scattering have demonstrated that the quark spins only explain about a quarter of the proton spin magnitude. The preceding data also pointed out that, even if nonzero, the gluon polarization in the proton (the averaged resultant value of their spins) is insignificantÐ that is, the contribution from gluon spins to the total proton spin is small. However, D de Florian (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and colleagues utilized the large statistical array of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion ColliderÐRHIC (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) and applied a newmodified method of analysis to obtain evidence of the fact that gluons in the proton composition still have general nonzero polarization and, hence, make a considerable contribution to the total proton spin, the contribution of quark and gluon orbital momenta to the proton spin being less than was believed earlier. Source: Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 012001 (2014) http://arXiv.org/abs/1404.4293


This is the write-up of a talk given in honour of Prof. Ihara's 80th Birthday conference in Kyoto in 2018. After briefly reviewing the work of Ihara on the projective line minus 3 points, I outline the main ideas in the proof of the Deligne-Ihara conjecture and provide an update on recent progress in this area and raise some new questions.
The second part of the talk outlines the main features of the corresponding theory in genus one, i.e., on the moduli stack of elliptic curves. It contains many concrete and elementary examples to illustrate the main features of the theory and to make it more widely accessible. In particular, the case of non-abelian cocycles associated to a pair of modular forms of level one is discussed in some detail. It also contains some new conjectures which have not previously appeared in print.


Abstract Polystyrene resins having pendant nucleic acid bases were prepared. They were found suitable for high performance liquid chromatography to separate N-substituted nucleic acid bases effectively. From the measurements of retention times and peak resolution values, it became evident that the specific base-base interaction between the solutes and the resin plays an important role in the separation purpose.


Walser's first novel, Ehen in Philippsburg, is often dismissed as the work of a novice and generally passed over in discussions of his other novels, Halbzeit and Das Einhorn.' The reason for its exclusion is the apparent lack of similarity of this initial novel to his later works: it is narrated continually in the third person singular; there is no interplay of fictional levels which in subsequent novels is related to the use of the first person; the portrayal of character and plot lacks the complexity and ambiguity of the later works. Closer examination, however, reveals that features which are dominant in the other two novels are prefigured in Philippsburg.2 This work contains tentative indications of techniques which are to become characteristic of the following novels and incorporates devices which later reappear in variant forms.


This edited volume speaks of learning, healing, spirituality, transformation, walking in two worlds, resilience, hard work, and the translation of rage into action for change. And these feelings and processes are inseparable. They are part of an Aboriginal adult education rooted in culture and the language. These are powerful contributions to the continuing evolution of a social movement adult education. One element of the Winnipeg stories that I would have like to have seen developed a bit more is the question of the loss of, preservation of, and revitalization of Indigenous languages. While it may be implicit in many of the stories, bringing that struggle, an adult education task of historic proportions to a brighter light is critical. Perhaps the Adult Education Quarterly should have asked a non-Canadian to do the review of these books! I feel much pride to be counted as part of the Canadian adult education movement when I read these three books. I strongly commend these books to adult educators everywhere. While the contributors may be Canadian, the context of Canadian politics and culture, it may be argued, are such that reflections on the practices of adult education, lifelong learning for critical action, and Aboriginal adult education have resonance in many different jurisdictions and settings. As Grace says in his closing poem, adult education has the power to help us "do something to lift us out of the vortex" (p. 254).


The transport stream detector is used to detect the transport stream in digital TV.This article introduces the design of transport stream detector based on NIOS.It describes the hardware design in detail which takes the design of continuitycountererror module and PMTerror module as example,introduces the software design in brief and explains the detecting principle of TS and the character of design based on SOPC.


In recent years brain ultrasonography has become a simple, useful and almost indispensable examina-tion for the neurological diagnosis of newborns and young infants. A pulsatility index (PI) calculated from the formula (S-D) /S for the cerebral arteries such as basilar artery (BA) or anterior cerebral artery (ACA) decreased at the stage of elevated intracranial pressure in the infants with acute encephalopathy and subdural hemorrhage. Using two-dimensional Doppler ultrasonography (color flow mapping system), the blood flow of BA or ACA was observed as a continuous line of warm color along the course of the arteries. To obtain PI of these arteries, the sampling site could be easily decided using this system. Brain ultrasonograms of 515 cases of 1-month-old infants whose birth weights were more than 2500gm. were observed at their health 1-month-examination. Subependymal cysts (SEC) were observed in 51 infants (9.9%), and choroid plexus cysts (CPC) in 31 infants (6.0%) . Since the rate of neonatal asphyxia was 15.7% in SEC, 0% in CPC and 1.9% in normal controls, SEC was correlated with neonatal asphyxia statically. SEC was suspected of subependymal hemorrhage (SEH) and the occurrence of SEH in mature neonates was indicated in this study.


Reversible data hiding in encrypted images (RDHEI) can serve as a technical solution to secure data in applications that rely on cloud storage. The key features of an RDHEI scheme are reversibility, security, and data embedding rate. To enlarge the embedding rate, this paper proposes a novel RDHEI scheme based on the median edge detector (MED) and a new proposed hierarchical block variable length coding (HBVLC) technique. In our scheme, the image owner first predicts the pixel values of the carrier image with MED. Then, the prediction error array is sliced into bit-planes and encoded plane by plane. By leveraging the inherent features of the prediction error bit-planes, the image owner adaptively decomposes a bit-plane into blocks of different hierarchical levels based on its local smoothness and encodes the blocks with a variable length coding method. As a result, the carrier image is efficiently compressed to provide spare room for data embedding. The encoded carrier image is then processed with the conventional steps of an RDHEI technique. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme not only can restore the secret data and the carrier image without loss but also outperforms state-of-the-art methods in the embedding rate for images with various features.


Network communication technology is one of the key technologies that decide seismic scale and seismic exploration system performance.At present,the digital seismometers according to the data transmission ways can be divided into three classes:the cable telemetry seismometers,wireless telemetry seismometers,cable-less seismic acquisition system.This paper gives examples about seismic network transmission technique's application in the introduced three types of seismic exploration classical instruments,their design ideas,network transmission principle,communication structure,communication protocol are analyzed and compared.for cables management difficulty of the cable seismic instrument,poor stability of the wireless data transmission and lack of monitoring method of cable-less seismic acquisition system,we discuss the seismic network transmission technology solution based on wireless monitoring and the local store and put forward the wireless and cable-free mixed seismometer assumption based on the broadband wireless communications technology.


We reported that persistent cannabis use was associated with neuropsychological decline, from adolescence to midlife (1). Two commentators suggested alternative explanations; we tested these and report the results here.


Trajectory prediction is important for trajectory-based operations in the next generation air transportation system. The intent of an en-route aircraft can benefit significantly the performance of trajectory prediction. An intent based trajectory prediction (IBTP) algorithm for civilian aircraft is proposed in this paper. The predictor based on the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) algorithm is guided by the spatial and temporal information in the intent. First, the trajectory is predicted based on IMM prediction, where the dynamic model with a heading angle closer to the intended direction is assigned a larger weight. Second, a pseudo-measurement based on the spatial information (e.g., position and speed) in the intended waypoint is generated to update/smooth the predicted trajectory. An illustrated example is provided and results are evaluated by Monte Carlo simulation.


The effects of treatments of lake water with lime and acid on the availability of 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl to aquatic organisms were studied. A closed laboratory system with hexane-filled dialysis bags of two pore sizes was used, in combination with a 14C-labeled PCB isomer and liquid scintillation counting. Although the dialysis concentration factor remained relatively low throughout the experiment, a significant relationship was found between the bioavailability of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content of the lake water. The availability of PCB was raised by acid and lime treatment for lake water with low DOC content, whereas both treatments lowered the availability of PCB in water from lakes with high DOC content, compared to untreated water. The liming of the lake water did result in a significantly higher bioavailability of hexachlorobiphenyl in five of the 10 tested lakes. The acidification of the lake water had a significant effect on the bioavailability of PCB in some, but not all, of the lakes. The uptake of PCB in the hexane was inversely related to the DOC concentration of the water phase. The pH does influence the bioavailability of PCB in aquatic systems with various concentrations of humus.


It is truly a pleasure to be with you at Nova Southeastern this week. I want to thank my friends, Dean Joseph Harbaugh and Professor Bruce Rogow, for all their efforts in making my visit possible.


The article briefly describes the concept of "industry" in the example of fashion 70s - 80s. Also it carried out the historical aspect of fashion 80 members and its main idols in music. We consider the classification of goods in the example of fashion women's and men's fashion 80s. In addition, the article discusses the economic outlook and fashion trends, which are actively used in the period of 80 years in already modern social strata of society, as is well-established classics.


With increasing realization of the extent and consequences of depressive comorbidity in epilepsy, much human and animal research has focussed on its explanation. Recent studies tackle all three explanatory possibilities: that epilepsy leads to depression; that depression contributes to causation of epilepsy; or that shared causal factors or processes lead to both epilepsy and depression. These are not mutually exclusive; all three probably contribute. Animal models have provided many insights into the interplay between epilepsy and depressive-like behaviours, both associations and mechanisms. Notably, experimental stress potently affects epilepsy endpoints, as well as depressive-like behaviour, having actions at multiple relevant biological levels. Current general (nonepilepsy) depression modelling is biopsychosocial in nature, integrating insights from genetics, epidemiology, psychology and neurobiology; and takes a lifespan developmental perspective, as the causation of depression is a multistage process with origins in early life - as is the case for many epilepsies. These perspectives need to be more fully adopted in the epilepsy/depression fi eld.


The control of the Melusine and Triton is obtained principally by a series of measurements of the neutron flux and by a system of manual or automatic operation of the absorbing rods in the core which permits the neutron flux to be stabilized at a predetermined value. A general description is given of both controls. A theoretical study is given of automatic operation. The classical measurements for the control of the coolant and purification circuits are then discussed. The radiation monitoring and safety devices of the reactors are described. (J.S.R.)


O. Henry was a well-known American writer in the world literature history. His writing is vivid and he is good at using irony, paronomasia, metaphor, metonymy and exaggeration to make the story full of fun. He is a master of surprising endings, and he usually design story plots dramatically, and makes some unexpected changes at the end, which is quite out of readers' expectations. Another writing style of his novel is tearful smile, and it is the combination of comedy and tragedy. In a word, O. Henry's typical writing styles can be concluded as follows: humorous language, surprising endings, and tearful smile.


New observations of IRAS 14348 - 1447 were made with a near-infrared long-slit spectrograph, high spatial and velocity resolution making it possible to study the nature of the two distinct nuclei based on the line profiles, and to understand the three-dimensional geometry. The detection of a previously unknown emission feature at the rest wavelength 1.890 microns, and the possible identification of an allowed C II line are reported. The rather small radial-velocity difference of the two nuclei and optical morphology of the galaxy may indicate a near head-on collision of two spirals, viewed face-on. 19 refs.


Water resources development is key to the improvement of both rural and urban communities. However, access to adequate supply of water by these communities has increasingly become a challenge in many parts of the world, mainly in the arid and semi- arid regions. To alleviate problems associated with water scarcity, most Governments have embarked on dam construction among other water development projects as a way to ensure availabillity of water to their citizens. In most cases, the development of dam water resources have remained the sole responsibility of central governments. However, central governments are under pressure to deliver social services with ever shrinking budgets and as a result, they have reduced funding for dam construction and water resources management. This has led to the failure of many Government initiated and financed projects. Additionally, these projects have often been viewed as Government projects and have resulted in lack of will by other stakeholders to sustainably utilize and manage water resources. Given that there are diverse players in the water sector, water resources development planning, implementation and management should no longer be the preserve of a few stakeholders as all have different roles to play to ensure sustainability of dam projects. This paper assessed the contribution of stakeholder participation in the planning, development, utilization and management of water resources with special attention to Mutasa Dam. This dam was constructed with full participation by all the key stakeholders who include the Government through different departments, a Non-Governmental Organization - Africare, the private sector, and Ward 6 community members. It was observed that the concerted efforts by all stakeholders have led to the successful development and sustainability of Mutasa Dam water resources project.


Copyright held by the owner/author(s). CHI'20,, April 25–30, 2020, Honolulu, HI, USA ACM 978-1-4503-6819-3/20/04. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.XXXXXXX Abstract Digital pens are capable of recognizing handwritten characters or words using various sensors. Since handwriting is very unique, individuals can be identified by written characters or signatures. However, current sensor technology is not yet able to provide error-free identification. Nevertheless, the use of handwriting for authentication can be advantageous in certain environments. This paper discusses office environment as possible use case and points out the challenges of different sensors that could be possibly integrated into digital pens.


Inthispaper, we present ananalytic modelfor radioaccessunitselection indistributed radiosystem.The selection strategy is basedon received signalstrength measurements anddescribed asamultiple state Markovchain. Performance analysis results showthatnumericdataachieved fromthemodelareingoodagreement withsimulation results, whichverifies thevalidity ofthemodel.Thismodelishelpful in designing seamless handoff schemes indistributed radio system. I INTRODUCTICN A general distributed radio system (DRS) mobile network composed ofgeneralized cells (GN-Cells) ispresented in(1), whichhasbeenproposed asapromising altemative tothe conventional wvireless accesssystem employed centralized antennas infuture wireless communication network. Inthis network, eachgeneralized cell ismadeupofseveral radio access unlits (RAUs) with oneormoreantenn-as. Moreover, this netvork structure ismoregeneric thantraditional distributed antenna network. An integrated performance analysis of distributed antenna system isgiven in(6), andaslide window group cell structure inmulti-antenna system isproposed in(7). Infact, these distributed antennas system canbetreated asa logical extent structure ofsoft handoff (HO)scheme. Some analytic HO models about centralized basestation havebeen developed in(8-1 1). Manyliteratures haveproved that soft handoff canextend thecell coverage andimprove theup-liink qualitT (2, 3).However, unlike theup-link, soft HO onthe down-link requires additional resources suchaschaimel codes andtransmits power, andalso causesadditional interference to other user(3,4). Inorder toreduce suchdisadvantage, transmit andreceive antennas should becontrolled, andin(5), itis verfited that thenwuiber ofusers inthesystem canbeincreased b}y Saennaselection. However, therearefewliteratures studying onalntenna selection schemes recently indistributed antenna system. Inthis paper wepropose ananalytic RAUsselection model based onsoft HO indistributed radio system. Inthemodel, eachMS cancommnuicate withseveral selected RAUs simultaneously. Tomanagethese comections betweeni RALs andMS,eachMShasatype ofRAUlists denoted asactive set (AS), whosemembers depend onacertain threshold criteria based onreceived signal strength (RSS) measurements. The active setcontains RAUstheMS currently used, andonly whentheRAU isselected inAS,canitbeemployed to


The facility receivers of the CSO are in the process of being replaced by broadband (no-tuners), wide IF (4-8 GHz) state-of-the-art versions. The standard version will use a balanced mixer input, simplifying the LO input and canceling LO amplitude noise. Design and fabrication of the many individual components, e.g. mixers, low noise amplifiers, SIS junctions, optics etc. is now complete. A second style mixer, a 2 element balanced correlation receiver with one pixel on-source and one pixel off-source, has also been delivered. This instrument will be constructed after the facility receivers are upgraded.


Topical toxicity, lethal time, and bait acceptance of two slow-acting toxicants, mirex and sulfluramid, were determined for the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, and the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar). When topically applied to C. formosanus , mirex was slightly less toxic (LD50 = 9.14 μ/g) than sulfluramid (LC50 = 6.95 μ/g). but mirex was approximately 34 times more potent (LD50 = 1.78 μ/g) against R. flavipes than sulfluramid (LD50 = 60.64 μ/g). Mortality of R. flavipes as a function of time was fastest for mirex and slowest for sulfluramid. Lethal time (time to kill 90% of test insects) was similar when C. formosanus was treated with either mirex or sulfluramid. Results of a choice bioassay indicated that concentration thresholds of 10 or 30 ppm in wood treated with sulfluramid were acceptable to C. formosanus and R. flavipes , respectively. These treatments also produced significant mortality (≥68% mortality at ≥4 ppm for C. formosanus , ≥80% mortality at ≥18 ppm for R. flavipes ) after an 8-wk exposure. Wood blocks treated with ≤90 ppm mirex were accepted by C. formosanus . Mirex concentrations of ≥10 ppm produced ≥68% mortality. R. flavipes accepted blocks treated with up to 15 ppm of mirex and were killed at significantly higher rates (≥80%) when exposed to blocks treated with ≥9 ppm of mirex.


The subsidization of corn-ethanol has proven to not live up to the original promises made when it was promoted as gasoline additive. With research pointing to ethanol as a source of increased greenhouse gases emissions and other pollution while merely changing energy consumption, not decreasing it, an alternative that achieves the original goals of ethanol policy is sought. I propose that sustainable farming practices have the ability to decrease the United States' dependence on fossil fuels while decreasing emissions and pollution related to farming. By looking at the adoption of 3 year rotations, fertilizer banding, and zero tillage farming in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Minnesota, I find a significant decrease in energy consumption and pesticide, herbicide, and synthetic fertilizer use through decrease in field operations and conservation of soil tilth. The adoption of these sustainable practices in these four states has the ability to conserve the energy equivalent of over 1.5 billion gallons of diesel fuel per year. Current promotion of diverse cropping systems and minimal tillage through policy by the United States Department of Agriculture shows that these sustainable farming practices are applicable in other regions throughout the United States.


Objective. Surgical therapy remains the treatment of choice for resectable non-small-cell ung cancer (NSCLC) . However, postoperative survival is far from acceptable, except for patients with stage IA tumors. Furthermore, the efficacies of postoperative adjuvant therapies have not been well established. Under these circumstances, induction chemotherapy has attracted widespread attention from clinicians and several comparative clinical studies on induction chemotherapy have reported favorable results. Therefore, the authors decided to conduct a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of triple induction chemotherapy for NSCLS using two new anti-cancer drugs, vinorelbine 1東 京医科大学八王子 医療セ ンター胸 部外科;2東 京医科大学外 科 第1講 座. 別刷請求先:平 良 修,東 京医科大学八王子医療セ ンター胸部外 科,〒193-0944東 京都八王子市館 町1163. 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hachioji Medical Center of Tokyo Medical University; 2Department of Surgery , Tokyo Medical University, Japan. c 2003 The Japan Lung Cancer Society 882 Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer-ol 43, No 7, Dec 20, 2003-ww.haigan.grjp TripleInductionChemotherapyfortheTreatmentofNSCLC-Tairaeta1 (VNR) and docetaxel (TXT), plus cisplatin (CDDP). Methods and Results. Thirty-three patients with unresectable NSCLC, who underwent triple chemotherapy and 25 patients with resectable NSCLC, who underwent induction chemotherapy (IC) , were enrolled in this study. The overall NSCLC histological types consisted of 24 adenocarcinomas (Ad.), 28 squamous cell carcinomas (Sq.) , and 6 large cell carcinomas (La.). The clinical stages of the patients were as follows: stage IIA, 3 patients; stage IIB, 8 patients; stage IIIA, 14 patients; stage IIIB, 18 patients; and stage IV, 15 patients. Among the IC cases, 9 patients had Ad., 13 patients had Sq., and 3 patients had La.. The clinical stages of the patients who underwent IC were as follows: stage IIA, 3 patients; stage IIB, 7 patients; stage IIIA, 12 patients; and stage IIIB, 3 patients. The IC regimen consisted of VNR (25 mg/m2) administered on day 1, and TXT (60 mg/m2) administered on day 2; to ameliorate the adverse effects of these drugs, a total of 80 mg/m2 of CDDP was administered for 5 consecutive days beginning on day 2 (25 mg/day for first 4 days and the remainder on day 6). The overall response rate was 46.6% (4 complete responses and 23 partial responses) , and the number of chemotherapy courses was 104 (1.8 courses per person, on average). In 14 of the 25 IC subjects, down-staging was observed; 20 cases subsequently received curative resections. The resected primary lesions and dissected lymph nodes were histologically evaluated to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment. Based on this evaluation, the histopathological effects of Ef.3 and Ef.2 were reported to be 10% and 40%, respectively. However, in 4 out of 12 cases, where metastasis to the lymph nodes decreased after chemotherapy, residual cancer was histologically observed in the lymph nodes. The median survival time for the 33 patients with unresectable NSCLC was 6.4 months. The 1-year and 2-year survival rates were 31.2% and 13.4% respectively. Among the 25 patients who underwent IC, the 1-year and 2-year survival rates were 95.2% and 67.9%, respectively. The main adverse reaction related to hematological toxicity among these subjects was leukocytopenia. Grade 3/4 leukocytopenia was observed in 93.0% of the patients, but was ameliorated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) treatment. Other nonhematological toxicity-related adverse effects were nausea and vomiting. Grade 3 nausea and vomiting was observed in 28.1% and 24.6% of the patients, respectively. These adverse reactions were ameliorated by the administration of antivomiting agents (5-HT3, metoclopramide) and liquid perfusions. No significant nephrotoxicity was observed. Conclusion. Triple chemotherapy using VNR, TXT, and CDDP was tolerated by subjects witha good performance status who were under the age of 70 years; this therapy might be effective for preoperative induction chemotherapy. (JJLC. 2003; 43:882-893) KEY WORDS-Induction chemotherapy, Triplet, Non-small-cell lung cancer, Surgery


Summary Two lactation experiments were conducted with 12 cows in each test, fed concentrate mixtures containing corn gluten feed, corn distillers dried grains, or cocoanut oil meal at a level of 40% of the mixture. The feed containing cocoanut oil meal resulted in a highly significant increase in the fat content of the milk. Cows receiving corn distillers dried grains produced more total milk (P


This paper describes a numerical model for simulating electroosmotic flows (EOFs) under non-Boltzmann equilibrium in a micro- and nanochannel. The transport of ionic species is represented by employing the Nernst–Planck equation. Modeling issues related to numerical difficulties are discussed, which include the handling of boundary conditions based on surface charge density, the associated treatment of electric potential and the evasion of nonlinearity due to the electric body force. The EOF in the entrance region of a straight channel is examined. The numerical results show that the present model is useful for the prediction of the EOFs requiring a fine resolution of the electric double layer under either the Boltzmann equilibrium or non-equilibrium. Based on the numerical results, the correlation between the surface charge density and the zeta potential is investigated.


Experimental and observational science pipelines are increasingly turning to supercomputing resources to handle their large-scale data analysis. Many of these pipelines serve experiments that are running 24/7, and must shutdown or find alternatives for their real-time data analysis during outages. Workflows from experimental and observational facilities are usually architected with a specific network and computing facility in mind, and are very difficult to switch between compute resources. What's more, the assumptions built into the architecture of most high-performance computing (HPC) centers makes moving workflows to new locations more complicated. By carefully targeting well-understood cosmology and genomics pipelines, we have researched the capabilities needed to run these workflows at multiple computing sites. In this process, we have identified several of the pain points and key future research topics for automated workflow migration, and have made substantial progress towards a future where fully automated workflows can run across the Department of Energy (DOE) complex.


Background: Orbital metastases are rare in pulmonary adenocarcinoma and can be manifested as glaucoma. Case : A 64-year-old male patient complained of swelling, redness, painful and protruded left eye. Physical and radiological examination revealed mass in the right lung, retrobulbar intraconal mass of the left oculi, and metastases in the ribs, liver, brain, and vertebrae. Result of bronchial mucosal biopsy showed adenocarcinoma. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation examinations detected exon 19 deletions, therefore Gefitinib was given. Left orbital exenteration was performed and obtained a biopsy result of adenocarcinoma metastases. Conclusion : Orbital metastasis occurs by hematogenous pathway due to direct access of systemic circulation to left orbital blood flow. Glaucoma as a symptom of orbital metastases can appear before primary tumor symptoms, because lung cancer often does not show specific symptoms until advanced stage. Definitive treatment consists of targeted therapy and surgical management for metastases.


This review based upon empirical research findings examines the prevalence, dynamics, and short- and long-term effects of sexual exploitation of missing children. Three categories of missing children are studied: runaways, the largest group of missing children; victims of parental kidnapping; and victims of family abductions. Between 11 and 23 percent of runaways become involved in prostitution; once involved in prostitution, runaways are more vulnerable to rape and pornography. Runaways at the most risk of engaging in prostitution are those who leave home frequently and longer each time, those with a history of serious sexual abuse, those from dysfunctional families, and males who describe themselves as homosexual or bisexual. There is no evidence that victims of parental abduction are at greater risk of sexual exploitation than children in the general population. Sexual abuse sometimes accompanies nonfamily abductions, but public fears may have exaggerated this connection; when sexual abuse does occur during nonfamily abduction, the effects on these children are probably quite severe and long lasting, with the presence of many symptoms more than 4 years later.


It is shown that the water adsorption isotherm of type IV, observed for a number of carbons near room temperature, can be decomposed into two contributions of types I and V. The corresponding isotherms can be treated as Dubinin–Astakhov equations. The initial section suggests the presence of sites with characteristic energies, E, in the range of 5–8 kJ mol–1 and similar contributions to the molar enthalpy of immersion of the carbons into water. Similar values are obtained from the analysis of earlier data of Dubinin. The second part of the isotherm, of type V, is compatible with the earlier model of Dubinin and Serpinski. A satisfactory agreement is also found in most cases between the enthalpies of immersion calculated on the basis of the DA model and the experimental values.


The Great Recession manifested itself mostly as a decline in hours and employment in the US, but a decline in Total Factor Productivity in the UK. Why did these two economies experience the crisis differently? I argue that a third fact, that real wages fell further during the crisis in the UK, may provide an explanation. I show that how a financial crisis manifests in the real economy in standard heterogeneous firm models depends crucially on assumptions on wage adjustment, and use this result to explain the divergent experiences of the two countries during the recent financial crisis. Theoretically, while a decline in wages protects the labour market, I show that, in the presence of financial frictions, it also causes a fall in TFP by misallocating resources across firms. Financially unconstrained firms are able to take greater advantage of a decline in wages than constrained firms, leading to a relative reallocation of resources towards the unconstrained, which I show must always reduce TFP in my model. On the other hand, if wages are fully rigid, I show that a financial crisis will have no effect on TFP. Quantitatively, the model is able to explain the greater fall in hours during the crisis in the US, the lack of a significant fall in TFP in the US, and 1/3 of the UK's TFP decline, or "productivity puzzle".


Summary form only given. Recording the information is a habit that goes back in time about 100,000 years, when humans produced apparently their first ornaments. Many global changes have taken places since then and have affected the way we handle the analog and later the digital information. The CD and DVD represent exponents of wonderful technologies we experience daily, but where is optical storage heading to? Will the DVD be replaced? Will holographic storage prevail? We might have some of the answers, but questions like these keep inevitably recurring.


While the recent literature acknowledges the importance of performance appraisal fairness in high-performing organizations, one of the major challenges facing human resource management (HRM) is establishing both an effective and a fair performance appraisal system; yet little is known about the key organizational and psychological factors that affect employees' perception of performance appraisal fairness, especially in public organizations. In regards to employees' perception of performance appraisal fairness, most studies have focused on the structural factors rather than the cognitive or psychological perspectives. Particularly, one of the key overlooked factors driving employees' perceived fairness of performance appraisal is psychological contract fulfillment, which describes the expectations between an employee and the employer and what each gives and expects in return from the other. This study examines whether psychological contract fulfillments are associated with employees' perceived fairness of performance appraisals in U.S. federal agencies. Using the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, this study finds that psychological contract fulfillments have a positive impact on federal employees' perceived fairness of performance appraisals.


Dinghy sailing performance is related to hiking endurance (Blackburn & Hubinger, 1995; Tan et al., 2006; Vangelakoudi et al., 2007). However, there is no clear understanding of the underlying physiological mechanisms of hiking. Previous studies established during upwind sailing a significant disproportionate increase in heart rate (up to 75 % HRpeak) and oxygen uptake (up to 40 % VO2peak), reflecting the isometric tension on the anterior body muscles (Vogiatzis et al., 1995). Furthermore, significant increases in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure indicate the isometric nature of this exercise (Blackburn, 1994). However, lactate concentration ([La]) during upwind sailing does not exceed 4 mmol·l-1 which suggests only a small oxygen and energy deficit during upwind sailing (Vogiatzis et al., 2008). Consensus was reached to use the term quasi-isometric to categorise the hiking exercise (Spurway, 2007). In the mean time, the cardiorespiratory, -vascular and metabolic demands during upwind sailing have been thoroughly investigated whereas the muscular mechanisms have only been superficially studied. This research enhances our understanding of dinghy sailing performance by pursuing 3 research aims, that is: (1) investigating the determinants of dinghy sailing performance, (2) developing a sailing ergometer which accurately represents the physiological responses during on-water upwind sailing, and (3) exploring the physiological mechanisms during submaximal (quasi-)isometric knee extension exercise (as a part of upwind sailing exercise) with a distinct focus on the muscle level. To achieve these goals, five studies with each their own purpose and design have been conducted. The illustration (A) above demonstrates the different study populations, designs, methods and aims.
Results and conclusions: The determinants of dinghy sailing performance include motor coordination skills and incremental knee extension strength. Motor coordination skills for Optimist sailors (i.e. ≤ 15 years) were highly related to sailing level, whereas incremental knee extension strength endurance (i.e. measured by bucket test) for dynamic hikers (i.e. > 15 years) was related to sailing level. The contribution of incremental knee extension strength endurance to performance for Optimist and Laser sailors was related to a delay in muscle fatigue. The muscle fatigue for Laser sailors was clearly related to maximal quadriceps strength. This result emphasizes the importance of implementing dry-land motor coordination skill training for Optimist sailors and dry-land maximal strength training for Laser sailors. In addition, an innovative biologically validated upwind sailing emulation ergometer was developed by applying a biofeedback system to measure the hiking moment. As such, the researcher can impose a certain quasi-isometric upwind sailing protocol to several subjects or to one subject on different occasions. The emulation ergometer can be implemented as tool for sailing performance diagnostics and training follow-up. Optimist and Laser sailors' quadriceps muscle fatigue (as indicated by a decrease in mean power frequency an increase in root mean square) increased throughout submaximal (quasi-)isometric knee extension exercise (as a part of upwind sailing exercise). However, after an initial increase, a steady state phase was observed, presumably due to compensation strategies (e.g. tacking, fore and aft movements, and alternate-legs-strategy) conducted by the sailors to delay exhaustion. This results in a momentary relaxation of the quadriceps muscle causing a rapid outflow of deoxygenated blood and inflow of fresh oxygenated blood. Optimist sailors possess other fiber recruitment or O2 extraction patterns, probably to postpone exhaustion and increase knee extension strength endurance, than untrained controls.


In the paper is described the integrated measurement system designed for the cooperation with the UAV's control system and also for another research with flying vehicles. The presentation mainly considers the measurement accuracy and the calibration considering temperature effect. On the example of the pressure sensors the calibration of many systems is presented. The results show effectiveness and also time reduction. Presented methodology is better in comparison to traditional solution of this problem.


Onion bulbs were treated by spraying with three concentrations of hydrochloric acid two weeks before harvest.The results showed that different concentration hydrochloric acid decreased content of soluble protein, soluble sugar and total amylase activity and increased IAA oxidase activity, so the germination percentage of onion bulbs was inhibited.Among the three concentrations HCl 2100 mg/L got best result.


Introduction: Adult Emergency Departments (EDs) in Calgary are facing a crisis of boarded patients admitted to psychiatric in-patient units. In psychiatric emergency care, "boarding" describes the holding of patients in the ED after the decision to admit has been made by a staff psychiatrist and a bed request has been submitted. Literature review suggests psychiatric patients face exorbitantly higher boarding times than any other service in the hospital however little is published on the nature of these adverse events. Examples of adverse patient events from a psychiatric perspective could include: the need to initiate mechanical and/or chemical restraints after admission and while still in the ED, attempts to self-harm, and verbal and physical assault on ED staff. Methods: This study quantifies the incidence of adverse events experienced by psychiatric patients while boarded in the ED. It uses a retrospective chart review of all adult psychiatric patients, age 18 - 55yo, who presented to one of four adult EDs and who were admitted to a psychiatric in-patient unit in the Calgary Zone between January 1, 2019 and May 15, 2019. A randomly generated convenience sample identified 200 patients, 50 from each site, for in-depth review. Results: During the study time period, 1862 adult patients were admitted from emergency departments to the psychiatry service across all four sites. Of the 200 charts reviewed, patients ranged in age from 26-41 (average 34). 52.5% were male with the majority being admitted to a non-high observation bed. The average boarding time was 23.5 hours with an average total ED length of stay of 31 hours for all comers. Those who experienced an adverse event while boarded in the ED experienced a significantly prolonged average boarding time (35 hours) compared to those who did not experience an adverse event (6.5 hours) (p = 0.005). Significant adverse events were associated with the specific hospital site and the type of admission bed needed (high observation versus normal versus short stay) (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Psychiatric patients boarded in Calgary EDs experience a number of significant adverse events. The importance of understanding the reality of the conditions that psychiatric ED patients face while waiting for in-patient placement cannot be overstated. This study is important to emergency medicine as it will allow for deeper understanding of the patient experience while in the ED and identifies areas that may require further advocacy amongst ED staff and our psychiatry colleagues.


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The problem in this study is how the influence of Integrity, Objectivity,and Competence of auditors simultaneously on audit quality and how the influence of Integrity, Objectivity, and Competence of auditors simultaneously on audit quality and partially against audit quality. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of auditor'sIntegrity, Objectivity,and Competencesimultaneously and partially on audit quality. The type of research used in this study is associative research. This study was conducted at the Registered Public Accountants in Palembang. The data used in this study was primary data. The technique of collecting data is questionnaire.The technique of analyzing the data were quantitative and qualitative analysis.
The results showed that simultaneously Auditor'sIntegrity, Objectivity,and Competence have an effect on audit quality of28,064 % while 71.936 % is explained by other variables that have not been studied. The auditor Integrity partially influences audit quality of47,39%auditor Objectivity partially influences audit quality of32,09%, then auditor Competency influence audit quality of 21,51%.
Keywords: Integrity, Objectivity, Competence, Audit Quality


With the introduction of strategic thoughts and the change of competitive situation in the markets, corporate strategies and the focus of corporate strategic management is shifting from the emphasis on the external environment in which the corporations operate to the emphasis on internal situation, and eventually to resource dependent approach with integration of internal and external orientation and to theories of strategic alliance and its clustering.


Everyone knows how to do it, but not everyone knows how it works. In this analysis of the motion of a playground swing, it is shown that, under conditions of constant pumping, the stored energy increases approximately exponentially with time. A comparison is made between this system and other parameteric amplifiers in various fields of physics, and the problem of starting a swing from rest is discussed.


burning ofsurrounding chemical propellant intheround. Thissequence ofcascaded chemical reactions maytake Recentdevelopments inhigh-energy capacitors and between 20and50milliseconds toachieve projectile exit, other high-voltage components haveallowed practical withasignificant variation inlaunch times. Consequently, demonstration ofa pulsed powersupply suitable for accuracy, particularly whenthegunbarrel isvibrating due integration intoa combatvehicle tosupport electro- tovehicle motion, isdetrimentally affected. thermal ignition (ETI), alow-energy variation ofelectro-Inelectro-thermal ignition, theconventional ignition thermal chemical propulsion. A programmable high-cartridge isreplaced byaplasma injector. Theplasma voltage charger, basedonstandard commercial power injector houses awireattached totwoelectrodes. Whena electronic building blocks, offers alow-cost meansof high-current, high-voltage pulse isapplied, thewirebursts charging thesystem fromvariable-voltage primepower intoa high-temperature plasma thatventsintothe sources, suchasavehicle battery packorbattery-to-bus surrounding chemical propellant intheround.The converter. A flexible control schemeallows forremoteelectrically conductive plasma transfers energy intothe control overfiberoptics, ordirect interface withahostpropellant, initiating itsbum muchmorequickly and vehicle fire control system. repeatably thandoesaconventional ignition cartridge. Thepulsed powersystem wasinstalled inacombat vehicle andusedtofire overtwenty 120mm ETIroundsB. Benefits ofETI under remote control. Inaddition, thesystem wasusedto ETIpresents several benefits overtheperformance fire into anin-chamber dummyround while controlled by achieved withconventional primers, themostsignificant a maninthecommander's seat. Experimental resultsofwhichisprecision ignition/improved accuracy. Figure shownegligible interaction ofthepulsed powersupply1 presents chamberpressure vs.timedata(which withvehicle electronic systems, andgoodconfinement of corresponds toinitiation ofprojectile motion within the electromagnetic fields inside thehigh-voltage pulsegunbarrel) for11conventional gunshots compared with output cable andfiring pin. Thiseffort, funded inpart by 10ETIgunshots. US ArmyARDEC,Picatinny Arsenal, hasproven out several concepts that contribute toward fielding acompact 600 pulsed powersupply, andsuggests areaswherefurther 10ETI 1conventional sht . ...nnffi ffshots development would prove beneficial tofuture systems. 500 shots


Heat treatment of cold headed wires can be performed in hood type furnaces and in roller hearth conveyor furnaces. This article reports on the current stage of development of such furnaces. The annealing results achieved with both furnace types meet the required quality standards. With regard to investments and flexibility, there are advantages of hood type furnaces in certain cases. The ease of operation and quality control of these furnace systems are ensured by modern automation systems, to which greater attention is paid using the example of the roller hearth furnace.


Abstract The Amazon is one of the few independent centres of plant domestication in the world, yet archaeological and ethnographic evidence suggest a relatively recent transition to agriculture there. In order to make sense of this time lag, the authors propose the use of the concept of 'familiarisation' instead of 'domestication', to explain Amazonian plant management, and the long-term relationship between plants and people in the region. This concept allows them to cast a fresh eye over ancient and contemporary patterns of plant cultivation and management that may be distinct to the ones described for the Old World.


Women presenting at the genitourinary medicine clinic with signs and symptoms of VVCwere recruited to the study (n = 121). A vaginal washing, high vaginal swab (HVS) and rectal swabwere taken and the women treated with a single 500 mg clotrimazole pessary.Women were asked tore-attend after 1,4,and 12 weeks,or when the VVC recurred,when vaginal washings and HVS wererepeated.


The propagation of long and short waves over long distances has been extensively studied, and the underlying principles are, to a large extent, understood. The question of the propagation of medium waves by direct ray, which forms the subject of the following paper, has not previously received so much attention. The paper is written with a view of enabling predictions to be made as to the field strength of direct-ray transmission on wavelengths between 60 meters and 2000 meters. The main part of the paper is concerned with daylight transmission. The question of night transmission and the influence of the Heaviside layer is considered briefly at the end.


This study was designed to re-evaluate the dietary methionine requirement by means of the plasma methionine and ammonia concentrations in surgically modified rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. A total of 35 rainbow trout averaging 505±6.5 g (initial body weight, mean±SD) were randomly distributed into seven groups with five fish in each group. After 48 h of feed deprivation, each group of fish was fed one of seven L-amino acid based diets containing 0.5% cystine and graded levels of methionine (0.25, 0.40, 0.50, 0.60, 0.70, 0.80 or 0.95% of diet, dry matter bases) by intubation at 1% body weight on dry matter basis. Blood samples were taken at 0, 5 and 24 h after intubation. Post-prandial plasma free methionine concentrations (PPmet, 5 h after intubation) and post- absorptive plasma free methionine concentrations (PAmet, 24 h after intubation) of fish fed diets containing 0.60% or higher methionine were significantly (p<0.05) higher than those of fish fed diets containing 0.50% or lower methionine. PPmet and PAmet in fish fed diets containing 0.60% or higher methionine were not significantly different except PPmet of fish fed diet containing 0.95% methionine. Post- prandial plasma ammonia concentrations (PPA, 5 h after intubation) of fish fed diets containing 0.70% or higher methionine were significantly higher than those of fish fed diets containing 0.60% or lower methionine, and PPA of fish fed diets containing 0.25 and up to 0.60% methionine were not significantly different from each other. Broken-line model analyses on PPmet, PAmet, and PPA indicated that the dietary methionine requirement of rainbow trout was between 0.59 (1.69) and 0.67 (1.91) % of diets (% dietary protein bases) when the diets contained 0.5% cystine. (Key Words : Methionine, Rainbow trout, Requirement, Intubation, Plasma, Ammonia)


The utility model discloses a racket frame with pre-force effect comprises a head frame, a triangular part, and a handle section. The right and left yokes of the triangular part form two long hollow holes receptively on the front side and on the back side. Each long hollow hole is provided with a prestress rod with two ends of the prestress rod sustaining the two ends of the long hollow hole. When hitting a ball, the racket has a lower rigidity at the beginning and becomes harder at the end, thereby showing excellent ball hitting handing, and simultaneously absorbing shock of ball hitting and improving product quality.


Caption title. "November 1972." Includes bibliographical references (p. 69). Also available on the World Wide Web. Also available in microfilm under: State agricultural papers.


According to Codex Alimentarius Standard 118-19179, gluten-free products intended for consumption by celiac disease patients must not exceed gluten contents of 20 mg/kg. The most commonly used tests to analyse gluten contents in foods are enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). ELISAs based on the R5 monoclonal antibody (mAb) are used most frequently, because this method is endorsed by Codex Alimentarius. However, the R5 method has some limitations. First, gluten from rye and barley is overestimated when using a wheat-based calibration, because the main R5 epitope QQPFP is more abundant in gluten proteins from rye and barley compared to gluten proteins from wheat. Second, the R5 mAb shows little affinity to glutelins, so that the prolamin content detected is converted to gluten using a factor of two (Codex Alimentarius), which leads to overestimation of gluten in many cases, but can also lead to underestimation. To


PurposeThis paper empirically investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the UK money demand stability during the inter-war period (1920–1938). Both a narrow definition (M0) and a broad definition (M3) of money are investigated.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical investigation is conducted by employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration.FindingsResults presented indicate a stable demand for both definitions of money only when EPU is included as one of the determinants of demand function. The EPU imposes a negative effect on the demand for both definitions of money. The causality test results further indicate long- and short-term causality from the determinants (including EPU) to both forms of money demand.Practical implicationsSignificant presence of the economic uncertainty weakens the effects of the monetary policy on the economy.Originality/valueThis is a historical economics paper. Given the turmoil and uncertainty associated with the inter-war period, an empirical investigation of UK money demand is an interesting exercise. This is the first such paper.


We address an arithmetic problem in the ring F2[x] related to the fixed points of the sum of divisors function. We study some binary polynomials A such that σ(A)/A is still a binary polynomial. Technically, we prove that the only (unitary) perfect polynomials over F2 that are products of x, x+1 and of Mersenne primes are precisely the nine (resp. nine "classes") known ones. This follows from a new result about the factorization of M2h+1 + 1, for a Mersenne prime M and for a positive integer h.


Risks and uncertainties represent an integral part of the construction process that negatively affects executed projects, contracting parties, and the industry as a whole. In fact, natural hazardous events become extremely important at construction developments that allow low or zero tolerance levels. Concerns regarding catastrophic losses have limited the commercialization of certain projects and activities. This paper proposes a financial model for insuring against catastrophic storm risks that affect construction projects through a cost-benefit analysis. The challenge with modeling such severe conditions is that they are so rare that it might take thousands of years of experimental data to ensure that all possible events have been properly measured and captured. Under this study, the historic data in relation to storm events in Mississippi between 5/31/2006 and 5/31/2008 was analyzed using Chandler et al. (2001) technique to estimate loss parameters. This dataset was then bootstrapped using Iman and Conover technique to impose correlation and generate simulated dataset of 5,000 points. Finally, the bootstrapped data was modeled using a Monte Carlo simulation that is based on option theory to calculate the fair-valued premium for an interrelated insurance policy. This insurance product would: (1) fund any destructive effect in connection with construction projects; (2) allow comparing catastrophic risks against benefits by putting a dollar value to such risks; and (3) solve the non linearity problem between wind speed and associated losses. It is the author's hope that the developed model could be extended to form a nationwide insurance policy against catastrophic storm risk. Furthermore, the same principles exploited under the model beforehand could be slightly modified in order to be applied on other extreme weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes.


The content of Li+ in the cathode materials of LiFePO4 was determined by the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry.The experiments showed that iron ions did not affect the determination of Li+ in nitric acid medium and KCl as a deionization agent.When the amount of phosphate ions was lower than 50% of the theoretical value of Li+,it did not interfer the determination.This method Had been applied to determine three LiFePO4 samples,the result is close to theoretical value,and the recovery is above 99.86%.Therefore,this method is selective and accurate.


The study of water treatment agent formula containing polyethers phosphonic acid is presented in the paper The application characteristics of the formula are summarized,and its in situ operation results are illuastrated,too


PART I CULTURE AND THE EDUCATIVE PROCESS Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Culture, Education, and Schooling PART II CULTURE AND THE AMERICAN SCHOOL Chapter 3 Schooling as Americanization: 1600's-1970's Chapter 4 Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, and Multicultural Education: 1970's-2000's PART III CULTURE, SCHOOLING, AND THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chapter 5 Culture and the Role of Schooling Chapter 6 Culture and the Educational Development of the Learner Chapter 7 Culture and the Learning Process Epilogue Glossary of Key Concepts


Issues such as gender stereotyping, devaluation, marginalization, silencing of women perpetuated by television advertisements, the impact of male gaze on the visuals and the audiences are discussed scientifically in this paper. Hence the paper is about the portrayal of women in advertisements in television by looking into various issues of women like gender stereotyping, devaluation and marginalization perpetrated though the constructed depiction of women in the Television advertisements. The purpose of this study is to assess the portrayal of women in advertisements in the television. This paper centers on the current scenario with regard to the perpetuation of stereotypes in images and representation solidifies women's traditional roles and unequal gender relations in multiple ways in the advertisements of television in terms of male gaze.


Two hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers who had antibodies to HBV surface antigen (anti-HBs) were studied. Case 1 was a 47 year old woman positive for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), and case 2 was a 61 year old man positive for antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) and DNA-polymerase (DNA-p). Neither case had received the HBV vaccine. The nucleotide sequences of the HBV-DNA extracted from the patients' sera were determined within the pre-S2 and S genes. Seven out of nine S gene clones from case 1 and six out of nine S gene clones from case 2 had an amino acid replacement from Thr or Ile to Ser at codon 126 in the alpha-determinant of the S gene. Amino acid substitution of codon 145 of the S gene previously reported was not observed. Although two previous reports on HBV escape mutant carriers with both anti-HBs and HBeAg described some deletions in the pre-S2 gene, our cases did not show these deletions. Our analysis indicated that carriers with the HBV escape mutant did not always have pre-S2 gene deletions. We found two HBV escape mutant carriers who had amino acid substitutions at codon 126 in the S gene due to point mutation without any deletions in the pre-S2 gene.


Acquisition of images from electronic devices or Transmission of the image through any medium will cause an additional commotion. This study aims to investigate a framework for eliminating impulse noise from grayscale and medical images by utilizing linear regression and a mean filter. Linear regression is a supervised machine learning algorithm that computes the value of a dependent variable based on an independent variable. The value of the recuperating pixel is measured using a curve-fitting, direction-based linear regression approach or applying a mean filter to the noise-free pixels. The efficiency of the proposed technique experiments with benchmark test images and the images of the USC-SIPI and TESTIMAGES data sets. Peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index metrics are determined to prove the performance of the proposed method. The evaluated results, when compared with the seven recent state-of-the-art techniques, show the superiority of the proposed method in terms of visual quality and accuracy. The proposed model achieves an average PSNR value of 65.21dB and an SSIM value of 0.999 for the reconstruction of medical images, proving its accuracy and efficiency. The impulse noise restoration process helps the radiologist get a clear visual clarity of the DICOM image for diagnosis purposes.


The suspension of sediment particles by turbulent eddy diffusion in a nonuniform flow region was studied, using the convective-diffusion equation as a mathematical model. A simplified form of the equation, for which mixing characteristics and flow velocities was assumed uniform, was found to accurately describe the sediment concentration profiles which had been measured in a 24-ft-long flume. Although diffusivities in the nonuniform region tended towards uniformity with downstream distance, the vertical diffusive transport rate was related to depth as a power law function. Measured diffusion coefficients were found to depend on the relative roughness of the mobile bed.