Long are the times where businesses had to collect data from non-automated sources and lacked the computing resources necessary to analyze and make decisions based on it. Enterprise Resource Planning systems integrate several data sources and process them, greatly improving what is commonly referred as Business Intelligence. Its purpose is to collect, integrate, analyze and present data in order to support better business decisionmaking. Microsoft is currently on the ERP business with, among others, Microsoft Dynamics AX. The product covers a wide group of areas that range from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to production, human resources and more. Current ERP systems still, however, face some problems, being one of the most important ones the challenge of developing, deploying and maintaining customized solutions to customers. This is pointed out as one of the most important factors in these systems and having a flexible and easy to use way of doing it is increasingly becoming a key factor when it comes to choose one over another. The usage of mathematical models to describe some of the most common optimization and decision-making problems has been, for long, used and current systems use state-ofthe-art solvers to approach it. Partners and end-user customers haven't, however, always been empowered with an easy way of accessing such technologies and further customize the system. Not only because of code openness and copyrights but also because there isn't usually any easy way of doing it. Mathematical Modeling languages have been used for long and attempt to abstract away the implementation details of the underlying solver technologies and allow users to focus on the modeling part. There wasn't, however, a clear attempt to empower an ERP solution, right out-of-the-box, with such technologies, in a fully integrated way with its data sources and business logic. This report introduces this problem that spawned a quest for a solution, one that this project encompassed for a concrete product Microsoft Dynamics AX. It explores some of the various solver engine solutions and modeling languages available in the market today. It also goes beyond it by studying interchangeable document formats and overall ways of interacting with Microsoft Dynamics AX. It presents a new modeling environment, based on a modeling language, exposing the necessary requirements, while giving concrete examples of its usage in addressing real optimization problems in this system. Design and implementation details are also given, with a special focus on the interpreter implementation, which made use of the MPLEX/MPPG tools, the Microsoft Math SDK, the OpenXML SDK and the Microsoft Solver Foundation, as well as, the services it provides and its relation with the IDE project which has been tightly coupled with this project.


Two biochemical compounds of hydrogen peroxide and 24-epibrassinosteroid have significant biological effects on plant growth. In the present study, the effects of drought and its interaction with H2O2 and 24-epibrassinosteroid on the protein, sugars, essential oil percentage, photosynthetic pigments, phenols and flavonoids were investigated. For this purpose, a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three replications was conducted in a greenhouse of Agricultural Research. Plants were planted in pots. In the fifth week after germination, plants were treated under drought stress at three levels: 100% (control), 75% and 50% field capacity. The plants were sprayed with hydrogen peroxide and 24-epibrassinosteroid at concentrations of 0, 0.5 and 1 mM, sequentially in two steps: three days before stress and 15 days later. The results showed main effects of drought stress and spraying had a significant effect on the studied traits, so that with increasing stress level, the essential oil percentage, soluble sugars, carotenoids, flavonoids of the shoot increased, and the shoot protein and chlorophyll contents decreased. With increasing levels of H2O2 and 24-epibrassinosteroid, the contents of chlorophyll a and b increased, so that by spraying with 1 mM 24-epibrassinosteroid, chlorophyll a reached the highest level (10.90 mg mL-1). Spraying 24-epibrassinosteroid also increased the shoot phenol content (1.58 Obsarbance g) and decreased essential oil percentage (2.44%) under severe stress. The results showed hydrogen peroxide and 24-epibrassinosteroid acted as signal molecules at optimum concentrations and allowed the cumin plant to adapt to drought conditions by reducing membrane peroxidation and inducing physiological activities.


A novel method for tailoring organic nanoparticle colloids is described. Laser ablation of organic microcrystalline powders in a poor solvent has opened new horizons for the synthesis of nanoparticles because the powder sample is converted directly into a stable colloidal solution without additives and chemicals. By tuning the laser wavelength, the pulse width, and the laser fl uence, we can control the size and phase of the nanoparticles. We demonstrate examples of nanoparticle colloid preparation for various organic compounds and describe their characteristics. We discuss the formation mechanism in terms of the laser-induced fragmentation of organic solids and consider the potential application of aqueous organic nanocolloids free from any additives and chemicals.


Al doped zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film was fabricated on glass substrate using spin coating method at different rotation speed. Two samples were prepared at 2% Al with 4000 revolutions per minute (rpm) & 5000 rpm deposition speeds respectively. Then their structural, morphological and optical characteristics were investigated. The thicknesses for both were measured (100 nm) by using stylus profilometer. X-ray diffraction was used to determine the surface morphology and crystallinity. Grain size was also calculated from Bragg's angle. SEM image showedthat surface morphology was affected by doping concentration.From the SEM image rough surface with a few numbers of scattered grains was observed which proved the crystalline nature.Various optical parameters such as absorption coefficient, band gap, refractive index and extinction coefficient werestudied using transmittance and reflectance spectral data in the photon wavelength of 310 nm to 2500 nm. High transparency was found in visible and infrared regions in the range from 75% to 85%. Absorbance was shown as the opposite nature of transmittance response. Optical band gaps of 3.275 eV and 3.11 eVwere found respectively for sample-1 and sample-2.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalyst composition having the two-phase catalytic action, and an olefin oligomerization process using the catalyst composition. SOLUTION: This catalyst composition contains at least one halogenated lithium, at least one halogenated hydrocarbyl aluminum and at least one catalyst component compound, and the dimerization, co-dimerization, oligomerization or co-oligomerization of olefin are carried out by using the catalyst composition.


The use of preformed polymers for the preparation of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) multilayers is reviewed. Principles for polymer self-organization are outlined and the appropriate molecular designs are discussed. Recent developments in the different classes of polymers for LB multilayers are presented, and their outstanding properties highlighted.


Being an international organization, the United Nations has played an outstanding role in facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights and maintenance of world peace. The pursuit of human rights has been remained a focus point in the objectives of the UN. The atrocities of the World War II and genocide, highlighted the need that the new organization must work to prevent any similar tragedies, which would be expected in the future, So on the basis of early objectives, the UN has created legal framework for considering and acting on complaints about human rights violations. The UN has succeeded to promote peace as well as to ensure human rights at global level. The UN ensuring human rights and peace through a special mechanism, peace-keeping missions and forces, state to state contact and through its observers. The apartheid in South Africa is one of the most painful examples of the human rights violation in which majority of black inhabitants were curtailed extremely based on racial segregation. The apartheid was developed after World War II by the Afrikaner-dominated National Party, and the UN stimulated this issue immediately at its first gathering in 1946, placing South Africa on the agenda. The UN successfully resolved the issue of human rights violations in South Africa, but ultimately it take very long time to eradicate apartheid from South Africa and after forty years, South Africa was able to conduct fare and free elections with cooperation of the UN and other international communities


There are three general categories of techniques for the control of radon and radon progeny concentrations in indoor air -- restriction of radon entry, reduction of indoor radon concentrations by ventilation or air cleaning, and removal of airborne radon progeny. The predominant radon entry process in most residences appears to be pressure driven flow of soil gas through cracks or other openings in the basement, slab, or subfloor. Sealing these openings or ventilation of the subslab or subfloor space are methods of reducing radon entry rates. Indoor radon concentrations may be reduced by increased ventilation. The use of charcoal filters for removal of radon gas in indoor air by adsorption has also been proposed. Concentrations of radon progeny, which are responsible for most of the health risks associated with radon exposures, can be controlled by use of electrostatic or mechanical filtration. Air circulation can also reduce radon progeny concentrations in certain cases. This paper reviews the application and limitations of each of these control measures and discusses recent experimental results.


To estimate the internal pit depth growth and reliability of aged oil and gas pipelines, a Monte Carlo simulation approach was adopted. The average maximum pit depths of corroded pipelines were correlated with the operating parameters—temperature, CO2 partial pressure, pH, flow rate, sulfate ion concentration, chloride ion concentration, water cut, and wall shear stress via a multivariate regression analysis. Poisson square wave model was used to predict the time lapse of the pit depth growth using the statistical best fit of the maximum pit depth and operating parameters as boundary conditions. Weibull probability function was used to determine the failure intensity and survivability of the pipelines for different distribution types, whereas inspection data from a magnetic flux leakage in-line inspected transmission pipeline were used to test the application of the model. The future pit depth distribution, survivability, and failure rate of this transmission pipeline were also determined, with the result...


The paper deals with modern designs of crankshaft bushings used in internal combustion engines. It delineates the prospects of polymer coatings to ensure additional protection of lead bronze bushings in the event of emergencies associated with a temporary loss of lubrication. For this purpose, a polymer composition of silicone polyorganosiloxane and fluoro-epoxy lacquers is proposed. Tribotechnical results are provided for polymer-coated bushings: 1) in a full-film lubrication condition, 2) in boundary conditions (with lubricant residues once the unit has been switched off) and 3) in dry conditions (with no lubrication after a long standstill). A thin-layer (3...5 μm) polymer coating based on polyorganosiloxane and fluorine can be used on the bearing surfaces of the shells of highly loaded bearings in order to increase antifriction properties, especially with limited lubrication and possible scores in a bearing.


Abstract We consider the following fractional Schrödinger equation involving critical exponent: { ( - Δ ) s  u + V  ( y )  u = u 2 s * - 1 in  ℝ N , u > 0 , y ∈ ℝ N , \left\{\begin{aligned} &\displaystyle(-\Delta)^{s}u+V(y)u=u^{2^{*}_{s}-1}&&% \displaystyle\text{in }\mathbb{R}^{N},\\ &\displaystyle u>0,&&\displaystyle y\in\mathbb{R}^{N},\end{aligned}\right. where N≥3{N\geq 3} and 2s*=2NN-2s{2^{*}_{s}=\frac{2N}{N-2s}} is the critical Sobolev exponent. Under some suitable assumptions of the potential function V(y){V(y)}, by using a finite-dimensional reduction method, combined with various local Pohazaev identities, we prove the existence of infinitely many solutions. Due to the nonlocality of the fractional Laplacian operator, we need to study the corresponding harmonic extension problem.


Richard Woodall meets Terry Virgo – one of the best known faces in the charismatic Church and an inspiration for thousands of church leaders seeking to break new ground and plant churches.


Abstract The reaction of n-Bu2ZrCp2 with nonconjugated dienes containing substituted vinyl groups can lead to either bicyclization or the formation of conjugated diene-zirconocenes via multipositional regioisomerization.


The study was realized in the Western Carpathians, in northern part of Slovakia, in Kysuce region. The main objective is to assess landslide hazard in the region, using a quantitative evaluation. For assessment two most used statistical analyzes had been applied: bivariate using the weights of input parameters and multivariate conditional analysis. In paper nine input parameters are evaluated which are presented within statistical processing in the form of parametric maps. Statistical evaluation was executed in environment of GRASS GIS. The output of this study are two prognostic landslide hazard maps constructed using the methods mentioned above. The results showed that the majority of the assessed area falls within the medium to very high degree of landslide hazard.


Green spaces in developing countries often are destroyed and degraded for other land uses. As increases in urbanization and population continue in Indonesia, it will be increasingly important to discuss green spaces around children. In this study, the actual use of urban green spaces by children were understood through questionnaires for children and their parents, and the strategy for increasing opportunity to use urban green spaces were discussed in Malang, a region of progressing urbanization in Indonesia. A total of 147 questionnaires were received from the children and 145 from their parents. While there were few green spaces around schools in Malang, especially in the center of the city, fortunately children liked to play in the outside more than other studies. However, children preferred to spend their time in well-maintained or level areas, such as parks and open fields. It might be important to provide parks with enough vegetation and attractive program within their living area in order to make them use green spaces. The cooperation with companies as CSR program for developing environmental education programs might be effective.


It is known from the principle that the pump-vessel combined ore lifting method has high head, large ores lifting capacity, and long-term working reliability. When applied to the deep-sea rigid pipe mining system, the main pump and power equipment installed on the mining ship is more convenient to operate and maintain. According to Bernoulli's equation and two phases of hydrodynamics theory, the ore lifting equipment parameters have been calculated and analyzed. It is known that the pump head H of 1000 m sea mining system is 124-172 m and that of 5000 m sea mining system is 652-760 m. It is known that the pump-vessel combined lifting method is feasible in both theory and practice, therefore it is an ideal ore lifting method for a deep-sea rigid pipe mining system.


For the linear difference equation (E) a rxn+r + ··· + a 1xn+1 + a 0xn = dn ,n ∈ N, sufficient conditions for the existence of an asymptotically periodic solutions are given. In the paper by N, R, R0 we denote the set of positive integers, real numbers, and nonnegative real numbers respectively. Definition. The sequence v : N → R is periodic (σ-periodic) if vn+σ = vn for all n ∈ N. The sequence v : N → R is asymptotically periodic (asymp- totically σ-periodic) if there exist two sequences u, w : N → R such that u is periodic (σ-periodic), lim n→∞ wn =0 , andvn = un + wn for all n ∈ N. We study the equation (E) when one of the coefficient a i is periodic or constant and the rest asymptotically approach zero. In the first theorem we give negative answer to the question: does the equation (E) possess periodic solution if all coefficients approach zero. Therefore looking for equations with periodic solutions we should turn our attention to these equations for which at least one coefficient a i satisfies lim n→∞ a i � 0 (or this limit does not exist). The second theorem gives answer why considering equations (with only one a i satisfying above mentioned conditions) our thesis can not have the form "all solutions are periodic".


Much less attention has been given to South Korea's more recent political economy, and even less to its financial liberalization and how that has impacted not only economic growth but also democratization and social equality. [...]this serious study based on careful examination of economic data has something new and important to add. Except for the insurance industry, the financial markets never really opened up much, and five big domestic banks still dominate the banking sector. [...]as every South Korean knows, the power of the major chaebols, such as Lotte, LG, Samsung, and Hyundai, and the families that control them has not been effectively curtailed.


the main objective of this works is to study and improve the performances of the Single hidden Layer Feedforward Neural network (SLFN) for the application of Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prediction of aircraft engines. The most common problems in SLFNs based old training algorithms such as backpropagation are time consuming, over-fitting and the appropriate network architecture identification. In this paper a new incremental constructive learning algorithm based on Extreme Learning Machine algorithm is proposed for founding the appropriate architecture of a neural network under less computational costs. The aim of the proposed training approach is to study its maximum capabilities during RUL prediction by reducing over-fitting and human intervention. The performances of the proposed approach which are evaluated on C-MAPPS dataset and compared with its original variant from the literature. Experimental results proved that the new algorithm outperforms the old one in many metrics evaluations.


Recently the semiconductor industry tends to develop a smaller volume device and system with lower power consumption, lower leakage current, and high speed performance. SOI technology has many unique characteristics, which is one of the most promising methods to the direction. As the semiconductor memory is concerned, the 1T-DRAM cell realized by the concept of floating body effect in a PD-SOI nMOSFET can allow the DRAM cell to be scaled down in depth with less area occupied. In this paper, we propose a new structure of 1T-DRAM cell, which has bottom buried oxide with the sidewall block oxide around its body, which can suppress the leakage current between the S/D and the body of the cell. In addition it can also improve the programming window of the 1T-DRAM cell more than 39% by utilizing its own structural characteristic


Department of Physics, The Ohio State Univ E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Department of Chemistry and Center for Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, Department of Chemistry, University of Nor † Electronic supplementary information ( and 1868490 for compounds 5, 6 and 7, re data in CIF or other electronic format see ‡ Current affiliation: The Scripps Resear Florida 33458, USA; Email: ygetmanenko@ Cite this: RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 36223


The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine for treating liver-stomach disharmony-caused reflux esophagitis. The traditional Chinese medicine is prepared from cystopteris japonica luerss, root-bark of Japanese plum, rhizoma corydalis, orange peel, phoenix-tail fern, Bambusa sinospinosa Mc Clure, anise, magnolia cortex, pinellia ternate and mica. The traditional Chinese medicine can be used for treating liver-stomach disharmony-caused reflux esophagitis.


Audio-visual emotion and mood disorder cues have been recently explored to develop tools to assist psychologists and psychiatrists in evaluating a patient's level of depression. In this paper, we present a number of different multimodal depression level predictors using a model fusion approach, in the context of the AVEC14 challenge. We show that an i-vector based representation for short term audio features contains useful information for depression classification and prediction. We also employed a classification step prior to regression to allow having different regression models depending on the presence or absence of depression. Our experiments show that a combination of our audio-based model and two other models based on the LGBP-TOP video features lead to an improvement of 4% over the baseline model proposed by the challenge organizers.


Fast active switches are required for the next-generation visible light communication by white LED lights in the ubiquitous network society. One candidate for the switching device is the plasmonic spectral filter [1] based on the meta-insulator-metal (MIM) structure using plasmonic materials such as silver and gold. (see Fig.1) Absorption dips are numerically predicted for the MIM structures even in the normal incidence. Since change in the absorption dip is expected if the refractive index or the thickness of the insulator layer changes, it would be useful as photonic devices for environmental sensing as well as for visible light communication. In order to realize the plasmonic spectral filter, we have reported fabrication of several prototypical samples of the MIM structure on glass substrates by conventional vacuum deposition method. [2] However, the thickness of the insulator layer must be controlled below the nanometer level. Figure 2 shows the calculated spectral reflectance for the metal-insulator (MI) structure with various thicknesses of the insulator layer at the incident angle of 60 degree into the metal surface inside the glass substrate. As shown in Fig. 2, linear change of the absorption dips for the MI structures was expected as a function of thickness of the insulator layer. The wavelengths of the measured absorption dips agree with the numerical predictions. This result indicates that the spectral monitoring for the MI structure is useful for the thickness monitoring of the deposition of the insulator layer. Fig.2. Calculated absorption dips for the MI structure at the incident angle of 60 degree inside the glass (BK7) substrate for the P-polarized light with the thickness of the insulator (MgF2) layer.


The Gamer's Private Network (GPN) technology improves and stabilizes latency of communication between players and servers in online video games, especially when players are distributed worldwide. Latency is known to be the most critical factor in gaming quality of experience. We investigate GPN latency improvement over normal internet and its relationship to player satisfaction using complex, massive data sets, machine learning techniques, and game genres or types. The conclusions confirm the added value of GPN technology for players but also quantify how it meets the exact needs of specific game types.


Turbulent convective heat-transfer characteristics in a concentric annular channel with both walls heated are theoretically modeled and numerically computed in this article. Generalized algebraic predictive models and equations for heating over a single wall are first reviewed by summarizing the well-known methods in the literature. These methods are then scrutinized according to the most recent investigations such that new viewpoints and corrections are introduced accordingly. Moreover, the application of superposition in temperature is used in the current work instead of the Nusselt number as seen in the literature. The numerical integration method is applied to the generalized equations to obtain the solutions, which are found to be in decent agreement with the direct numerical simulation (DNS) data in the literature. The results in this work also indicate that the wall heat flux density ratio and the annular radius ratio are two key factors that have a great influence on the heat-transfer characteristics of the case with both walls heated.


It is well known that for a flexible polymer chain in dilute solution, two different types of motions mainly contribute: the translation motion of the centres of mass of individual polymer chains; and the internal modes generated from the motions of segments with respect to the centre of mass of the chain. During the past two decades, with the advances in light scattering instrumentation and sophisticated methods of data analysis, both types of motions can be distinguished in experiments and utilized for testing molecular theories of polymer chain dynamics in dilute solution. In this article, we first review some previous experiments, in particular the dynamical properties of polystyrene (PS) and polyisoprene (PIP) chains in good and theta (Θ) solvents, and then our own results, including a comparative study of the internal motions of poly(N-isopropylacryl-amide) (PNIPAM) linear chains and spherical microgels under good solvent conditions. The final part of this article deals with how the solvent quality (the solution temperature) affects the internal mobility of PNIPAM linear chains and microgels.


In Amy Powell's essay social death' offers a prism through which to analyse the said painting and specifically what it conceals – namely, the bodies of Black Africans sold into the transatlantic slave trade from storerooms located immediately beneath the sumptuous chamber depicted here. Wilre, portrayed as director of the WIC at the Dutch fort of Elmina on the 'gold coast' of West Africa, profited hugely from this trade even as he obfuscated the source of his wealth in images like this portrait. Powell's analysis asks us to consider how those basement storerooms, and victims of the slave trade they contained, are ever present in De Wit's painting, even as they are not figuratively represented. Her reading of two pictures within this picture draws attention to those who have suffered social death. The embedded pictures appear to reflect back to aspects of Wilre's experience at Elmina as well as the impossibility of fully seeing the bodies marked, dismembered, and ultimately annihilated through the slave trade.


An attempt has been made to obtain an accurate analytical solution to the equation of motion of an electron in a periodic electrostatic field. It has been shown that the equation is of the inhomogeneous Mathieu type. The general solution has been obtained and the effect of various parameters is discussed. It is hoped that this solution will find applications in many problems of particle dynamics.


Aims: This study investigated whether locally marketed rosuvastatin calcium tablets in Bangladesh have comparable physical and chemical attributes, including in vitro bioequivalence profiles, to the proprietary brand. Methodology: Nine generic products (G1-G9) containing 10 mg of rosuvastatin calcium were compared to the proprietary brand Crestor ® (R1) and an FDA approved generic rosuvastatin calcium tablet (R2). Weight variation, diameter, thickness, friability, drug content, disintegration time and dissolution profiles were tested according to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) guidelines. In vitro bioequivalence requirements were assessed by calculating difference (f1) and similarity (f2) factors. Original Research Article Monisha et al.; JPRI, 33(39A): 46-55, 2021; Article no.JPRI.71602 47 Results: The generic products complied with the pharmacopeial requirements for weight variation, disintegration time and friability. All the tablets had drug ranging between 92%-105% and released more than 80% of rosuvastatin within first 15-30 minutes. However, for brands G5, G7 and G8 the f1 values were 15.7%, 15.82% and 25.21% respectively and their f2 values were 41.8, 41.6 and 32.6 respectively whereas for G9 the f2 value was 43.4. These brands have thus failed to meet in vitro bioequivalence requirements. Conclusion: We conclude that few substandard generics of rosuvastatin calcium has somehow found its way to the market and further studies are required to ascertain their noncompliance.


This paper aims at the problem of intersection traffic oversaturation and the spillover of queuing vehicles caused by random fluctuations of traffic flow. A self-organizing control model with road capacity constraints and taking minimum expected traffic flow delay as the goal is established to realize real-time adaptive control of traffic signal phase duration. Taking the local intersection and its adjacent intersections as the basic unit of traffic signal control, defining the constraints of road space in queuing state and the equations of traffic signal control basic unit are established. According to the equations, an online method for solving the optimal phase duration of traffic signal is established to efficiently allocate intersection space resources, by which a rule-based real-time traffic signal control model is established. Through the interaction between adjacent intersections, the traffic inflow rate of oversaturated phase is automatically restricted to alleviate the queuing spillover problem. Computer simulation shows that the control effect is significantly better than that of SCATS under the same boundary inflow conditions. Compared with the traditional centralized coordinated control, the rule-based real-time traffic signal control model can better adapt to the fluctuation of traffic flow and effectively relief the problem of vehicle queuing spillover caused by fluctuations of traffic flow.


The first part of this paper sketches a generative theory of language and dialect, with special emphasis on the criterion of CONGRUENT REPRESENTATIONS. Parts Two and Three investigate selected features of Southern American morphosyntax (-all, -an-em, and the modal system) and their relationship to the phrase structure rules of other American English systems. It is concluded that Southern and other systems can be classified as dialects of one language on the basis of a purely structural criterion. Moreover, the Double Modal construction lends support to a reanalysis of modality along the lines of that proposed in Dillon 1975.*


Summary The after effects of three years' continuous cropping with sole millet, sole cowpea or a traditional millet/cowpea intercrop were compared using five levels of nitrogen fertilizer. The continuous sole cowpea system had reduced the carbon to nitrogen ratio more than the continuous sole millet or the traditional intercrop. The test crop millet yielded much more, and its uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus was greater, when it followed sole cowpea than when it followed sole millet or the traditional millet/cowpea intercrop. The three years' continuous sole cowpea had an effect equivalent to the application of 205 kg N ha−1 on the test crop of millet. It also caused the greatest reduction in Striga infestation in the test crop. It is therefore recommended that cowpea cultivation be increased in the Sahel.


The levels of double-strand DNA breaks as a severe disruption of genome integrity were studied using the neutral version of the comet assay in the sperm samples of the men of the Belarusian population with normozoospermia and pathozoospermia, including asthenozoospermia, oligozoospermia, oligoasthenozoospermia, and other combined forms of pathozoospermia. It was demonstrated that double-strand DNA breaks have a large proportion (about 44–50 % on average) of the total number of DNA damage (singleand double-strand breaks, alkaline-labile sites, etc.) analyzed with the alkaline version of the comet assay recommended by the World Health Organization. Higher levels of sperm double-strand DNA breaks were established in the pathozoospermia group and in asthenozoospermia subgroup compared to the normozoospermia group. It was also shown that the levels of double-strand breaks observed at pathozoospermia correspond to the mutagenic effect in vitro of high concentrations (10–30 μg/ml) of bleomycin sulfate that acts as a strong radiomimetic, which points to a significant disruption of the DNA integrity at pathozoospermia. In general, the data obtained demonstrate the usefulness of the sperm double-strand DNA break analysis for male infertility diagnostics.


Holographic optical sectioning using off-axis-image plane holography has been combined with microscopy. Various optical configurations have been used, including grating interferometers and Mach Zehnder forms of interferometers. Experimental results are presented, using various mounted specimens.


We review a case of cross-fertilization of two distinct areas of physics, namely, hadronic and electroweak theory. In hadronic physics, concepts like solitons, nonperturbative and nonlinear phenomena, and anomalies have found many applications in the Skyrme model of baryons. This has in turn given a large additional impetus to the studies of such concepts and phenomena in electroweak physics too. To close the circle, these studies give us clues how to represent the other kind of hadrons, namely mesons, as solitons of the Skyrme type.


This paper set up the determination of forsythin content in Xiaoer Ganmao Granules by high performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) method. The borax solution was chosen as buffer solution, and its concentration was 10 mmol at a constant voltage of 20kV and injecting time of 10s. The content of forsythin in Xiaoer Ganmao Granules was 0.699 mg/g (RSD = 6.04%) (n = 5). The recovery was in the range of 101.1% - 119.6% (n = 4). This method is suitable for the detection of the content of forsythin in Xiaoer Ganmao Granules.


CO2 laser cladding is a type of green remanufacturing technology, which is of many technical advantages in repairing and remanufacturing industry, especially for some large-scale key mining equipment or parts due to its characteristics of high quality, high efficiency and environmental protection (e.g. energy and material saving). In this paper, the chute plate of coal mining scraper is fixed and remanufactured by CO2 laser cladding technique. Ni60, WC, Ni35, IG55 and other composite powders are selected to design and build the gradient functional structure for chute plate in order to improve the reproduced lifetime. A lot of high power low cost CO2 laser cladding tests are carried out on the matrix material (AISI 1040 steel plate) of old attrite chute plate. The optical microscope, SEM, XRD, microhardness test and wear experiment are adopted to analyze the relationships among the laser cladding process, the overlaying composite material, gradient functional structure and mechanical properties of the remanufacturing scraper's chute plate. The research results show that laser power and scanning speed are the dominant cladding process parameters, which have a significant influence on the geometric dimension (including width and height), dilution rate and hardness of the deposited layer. These composite powders (especially including the rare earth metals) are the key factor to form the gradient functional structure. The laser cladding Ni60 + WC/Ni35/AISI1040 composite gradient functional structure has a reasonable toughness and strength of the transition layer structure, and a high hardness and wear-resistant surface functional layer, so the fixed and remanufactured product has formed good ductile plasticity and wear resistance properties as a result of the gradient functional structure. The unique Ni60 + WC/Ni35/AISI1040 gradient functional structure makes sure that the chute plate of mining scraper has excellent comprehensive performance, which is satisfied with the service requirements of mechanical parts or equipment in the harsh working environment of the mining industry. This research work provides technological guidance for the fix and remanufacturing chute plate, and achieves the goal of low cost, high efficiency and long life reproduced chute plate of mining scraper.


Electrochemical detectors were fabricated to consist of two electrodes with raw silk and purified water in a Teflon container. The detectors generated output voltage through copper conduction wires in the environmental neutrino circumstances. The influences of electrode gold purity, conduction wire materials and fast-reactor neutrino irradiation were studied on the output voltage of the detectors. The detectors with higher-purity gold electrode promoted the faster time-evolution of the output voltage. Use of wire materials of gold produced the highest output voltage, while that of iron gave the almost half voltage. The irradiation of fast reactor neutrinos reduced the output voltage to an half level.


A battery protection system is provided for a rechargeable battery (6). The system (4) has a switch module (16) that selectively interrupts battery current based on a control signal, a battery voltage sensor that senses battery voltage, a battery temperature sensor that generates a battery temperature signal, and a control module (26) that generates said control signal based on said battery temperature signal and said battery voltage.


Background: In 2004, Taiwan experienced a dramatic increase in number of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in the HIV/AIDS epidemic because IDUs shared syringes, needles, washing water, and diluted liquid. After July 2006, Taiwan implemented a nationwide harm reduction program (HRP). The Public Health Bureau of the Taoyuan county has also started to administer a quiz to arrested drug addicts to assess their knowledge about AIDS prevention. After filling out the quiz, the addicts were given leaflets about AIDS prevention and the HRP in the hope that accurate information about AIDS prevention and the HRP could be shared among drug users and their networks.Aims: This study aimed to investigate AIDS prevention knowledge among drug users arrested by police in Taoyuan during the first two years of implementation of a HRP and to evaluate the effect of giving out the AIDS leaflets.Methods: Mean and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the rate of correct answers by time were calculated to assess their AIDS prevention knowledge. Comparison of AIDS prevention knowledge among repeatedly arrested drug users were also made.Results: Between July 2006 and February 2008, 1,828 arrested drug users filled out the AIDS knowledge quiz, and the mean proportion of correct answers was 52.1% (95% CI=51.4%-52.8%). This proportion of correct answers remained the same over the two-year period. Most respondents (95.0%) answered the questions about pen-washing water and diluted liquid can transmit HIV correctly, and this correct answer rate remained stable throughout the study period. The repeat-arrested drug users (n=153) were found to have worse AIDS knowledge at the second arrest than at the first arrest (P<.0001).Conclusion: The results indicate that during the first two years of the HRP, most respondents already knew that washing water and diluted liquid can transmit HIV, indicating the HRP had successfully promoted safer drug injections. However, for arrested drug users, simply giving out a leaflet about AIDS prevention is insufficient and different education methods is worth trying.


Abstract This paper presents a longitudinal study of domestic travel by residents of Southeast Queensland, Australia. It is framed within the distance decay concept. Two major findings emerged from the study. First, people who were most likely to forsake travel as a result of COVID-19 generally did not value it very highly, while those who continued to travel saw it as an important part of their lifestyles. Second, applying the distance decay concept revealed no change in destination choice in intra-destination movements over time, although the volume of tourists was substantially lower as a result of COVID-19. This findings suggests a degree of habit persistence prevails even in times of crisis.


[1] Volcanic ash is thought to comprise a large fraction of the Martian equatorial layered deposits and much new insight into the process of faulting and related fluid flow in these deposits can be gained through the study of analogous terrestrial tuffs. This study identifies a set of fault-related processes that are pertinent to understanding the evolution of fault systems in fine-grained, poorly indurated volcanic ash by investigating exposures of faults in the Miocene-aged Joe Lott Tuff Member of the Mount Belknap Volcanics, Utah. The porosity and granularity of the host rock are found to control the style of localized strain that occurs prior to and contemporaneous with faulting. Deformation bands occur in tuff that was porous and granular at the time of deformation, while fractures formed where the tuff lost its porous and granular nature due to silicic alteration. Non-localized deformation of the host rock is also prominent and occurs through compaction of void space, including crushing of pumice clasts. Significant off-fault damage of the host rock, resembling fault pulverization, is recognized adjacent to one analog fault and may reflect the strain rate dependence of the resulting fault zone architecture. These findings provide important new guidelines for future structural analyses and numerical modeling of faulting and subsurface fluid flow through volcanic ash deposits on Mars.


The system of "classificatory particles" in the Kilivila language of the Trobriand Islands (originally described by Malinowski in 1920) is examined in detail. The 88 particles studied can be seen as operating dynamically within 20 semantic domains, with much potential for substitution of particles within and between domains available to speakers in discourse. Variable rules are developed with relative frequencies for the choice of individual particles in a given domain. When the substitution possibilities are plotted in two dimensions, a type of network results. The question as to whether there is a valid hierarchy of domains and whether the network might consist of more than two dimensions is also considered.


We report a liquid–solid-solution assemble strategy to fabricate Fe2O3@graphene (Fe2O3@rGO) composites at the oil/water interface, where the Fe2O3 nanoplates with thickness of about 100 nm are anchored on crumpled graphene sheets. The in situ nucleation and growth process can ensure intimate contact between Fe2O3 nanoplates and graphene sheets, while the oil shell on Fe2O3 can prevent the aggregation of the Fe2O3@rGO composite. The crumpled structure and the relatively thin Fe2O3 nanoplates can shorten the electron diffusion path and enhanced the utilization rate of the active material. When used as the anode material, the Fe2O3@rGO anode shows a high reversible capacity of 1160 mA h g−1 at 0.2 A g−1 after 100 cycles, as well as a high cycling stability (101.3% capacity retention after 300 cycles at 1 A g−1). Moreover, with ∼156 s charging time (at a current density of 12.8 A g−1), the anode can deliver a significant capacity of 552 mA h g−1, indicating its promising application as a high-rate lithium ion battery anode.


This paper presents a further innovation of the collaborative decision support network LENVIS, developed in the homonymous European FP7 project (Localized ENVIronmental Services for all, www.lenvis.eu). The system is aimed at supporting water and air quality management and assessing the impact on health computed as emergency hospital admissions. LENVIS has been designed according to the Internet of Services paradigm: several web services, such as sensors data integrators, geographical information systems, predictive and simulation models, and data analytics tools, have been suitably combined to provide complex applications to different stakeholders. LENVIS has been already integrated with popular social networking platforms as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin ensuring that its information can be assessed seamlessly during a user's regular internet browsing activities and that the user generated contents can be processed by LENVIS analytics. The experiences referred to in this paper are from Milan, a city in Northern Italy with severe pollution problems, mostly due to Particulate Matters (PM), and three cities in Portugal, where the quality of bathing water affects the way in which population uses water resources.


Drilling engineering has great uncertainty and it always involves huge investment and high risks. If the potential risks can be predicted in advance, various risk factors can be taken into consideration in the drilling proposal and the proposal can be revised in accordance with the on-site situation, the risk can be minimized. The traditional appraisal method can not well evaluate the risk quantificationally. Based on the drilling risk identification, it concluded that the drilling risks lie in three aspects of design, geology and engineering. The hierarchical structure of drilling risk factors was established. The drilling risk factors were appraised quantificationally with AHP and overall fuzzing evaluation based on the drilling features. In addition, the integrated drilling risk evaluation model was established, which can evaluate the drilling risk objectively and quantificationally.


AbstractThe electronic absorption spectra of 29 phenyl-ring substituted chalcones have been investigated with the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and polarizable continuum TD-DFT (PCM-TD-DFT). It turns out that the hybrid PBE1PBE functional with the 6-31G basis set provide reliable λmax when the solvent effects are included in the model. Comparisons with experimental values lead to a mean absolute error of 12 nm (0.136 eV). Moreover, the observed substituent effects are reproduced by calculation qualitatively. The λmax of substituted chalcone in phenyl ring A is less sensitive to substitution than that in ring B. The linear correlation of Hammett's substituent constants (σP) with LUMO energies is better with respect to HOMO energies. The calculation reveals that the maximum absorption band mainly results from the π→π* transition from HOMO to LUMO. The analysis of the electron density plots of frontier molecular orbitals show that most transitions should be of valence excitation nature.


In 50 men with suspected asthma analysis of diagnostic power of duration of forced expiratory noise (DFEN) in revealing bronchial obstruction was conducted. A group of 52 healthy volunteers was recruited as the control one. Based on ROC-analysis the cutoff point DFEN > 1.86 s was chosen as a sign of bronchial obstruction. Areas under ROC-curves of DFEN and baseline spirometric index FEV1/FVC (VC) did not differ significantly. The intrasubject variability of DFEN constituted 8.3% in the control group. Thus DFEN is a reasonably sensitive, specific and quite repeatable test of bronchial obstruction in young men.


Objective: To review the incidence, nature and importance of calcification in urinary tract tuberculosis.
 Method: The cases of urinary tract tuberculosis from Jan. 1995 to June 1998 were reviewed. 10 out of 32 patients showed evidence of calcification with the incidence of 31.2%. All the patients had renal parenchymal calcification with two cases associated with ureteral calcification.
 Results: We performed nephroureterectomy in 4 cases who had putty kidney. 2 patients were subjected for polar nephrectomy, 1 for showing increase in size on follow-up and the other for associated destruction of polar parenchyma. One of these patients showed evidence of active tuberculosis on histopathology. 4 patients with small areas of calcification are being followed with yearly x-ray.
 Conclusion: Calcification in urinary tract tuberculosis can increase in size leading to destruction of parenchyma even on treatment. It may also be associated with active tuberculosis. Hence patients should be treated with surgery or followed up intensely with the aim of retaining as much of parenchyma as possible.


Who of us would not be glad to lift the veil behind which the future lies hidden; to cast a glance at the next advances of our science and at the secrets of its development during future centuries? What particular goals will there be toward which the leading mathematical spirits of coming generations will strive? What new methods and new facts in the wide and rich field of mathematical thought will the new centuries disclose? History teaches the continuity of the development of science. We know that every age has its own problems, which the following age either solves or casts aside as profitless and replaces by new ones. If we would obtain an idea of the probable development of mathematical knowledge in the immediate future, we must let the unsettled questions pass before our minds and look over the problems which the science of to-day sets and whose solution we expect from the future. To such a review of problems the present day, lying at the meeting of the centuries, seems to me well adapted. For the close of a great epoch not only invites us to look back into the past but also directs our thoughts to the unknown future. The deep significance of certain problems for the advance of mathematical science in general and the important rôle which they play in the work of the individual investigator are not to be denied. As long as a branch of science offers an abundance of problems, so long is it alive; a lack of problems foreshadows extinction or the cessation of independent development. Just as every human undertaking pursues certain objects, so also mathematical research requires its problems. It is by the solution of problems that the investigator tests the temper of his steel; he finds new methods and new outlooks, and gains a wider and freer horizon. It is difficult and often impossible to judge the value of a problem correctly in advance; for the final award depends upon the grain which science obtains from the problem. Nevertheless we can ask whether there are general criteria which mark a good mathematical problem. An old French mathematician said: "A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man whom you meet on the street." This clearness and ease of comprehension, here insisted on for a mathematical theory, I should still more demand for a mathematical problem if it is to be perfect; for what is clear and easily comprehended attracts, the complicated repels us. Moreover a mathematical problem should be difficult in order to entice us, yet not completely inaccessible, lest it mock at our efforts. It should be to us a guide


The 1987 mine workers' strike was obviously a major confrontation between the National Union of Mineworkers and mine management. This article, however, seeks to demonstrate that divisions within management (especially in the Anglo-American Corporation) had important implications not only for the outcome of the strike but also for the potential for institutionalisation on the mines of an industrial relations system based on negotiation rather than confrontation. Disagreement about management styles ran through Anglo-American Corporation from head office down to individual mine managers and their respective industrial relations staffs. While the settlement of the 1987 strike represented a short-term victory for authoritarian mine managements and defeat for the union, in the longer term it kept open the possibility of an industrial relations system with full union participation.


In order to detect the radiation sensitivity of tumor cells, the methods of single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) and 3H-TdR incorporation were applieded to determine effects of radiation on single strand breaks of DNA in K562 ?SMMC-772 and HOS8603 cell lines . The experimental results proved that the cell migration distance was prolonged, DNA syntheses was restricted and the 3H-TdR incorporation rate was decreased in the above-mentioned 3 tumor cells lines after irradiation by 60 Co γ rays(1-20 Gy).


Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the development of the Mmamabula Coal Fired Power Station (MCFPS). Gaborone, 18 August 2006


Objective To investigate the therapeutic mechanism of extract of human amniotic cells in treating rabbit corneal alkali burn and to provide the rational evidence for its clinical application. Methods The rabbit model of corneal alkali burn was established by 0.5mol/L sodium hydroxide to one eye of each rabbit. All 72 rabbit models were randomly divided into 3 groups as control group,0.1% Dex group and human amniotic cells extract group.TNFα, IL1 were detected in aqueous humor at day 1, 3, 7, 14 after burn.Results As compared with control group,the expression of TNFα, IL1 were obviously lower in the groups treated with (0.1%) Dex or human amniotic cells extract(P0.01).There was no statistical difference in TNFα, IL1 levels between (0.1%) Dex group and human amniotic cells extract group. Conclusion Inhabiting the biosynthesis and release of TNFα, IL1 is the possible mechanism of human amniotic cells extract in managing the rabbit corneal alkali burn.


Abstract Lissodesmuspiscatorsp. nov. differs from the 30 previously described Lissodesmus species in the form of the femoral process of the gonopod telopodite, which is tripartite with an erect distal branch and two posteromedially curving basal branches. Despite careful searching, the new species has only been collected by pitfall trapping and may have a very small range in the northwest corner of the Central Plateau in Tasmania, Australia.


An ICA-based method is proposed to quantify the single-trial response of beta-band activities of sensorimotor rhythm in the right index finger lifting task. The magnetic fields of four right-handed subjects (2 males and 2 females) were recorded by a whole-head magnetoencephalography. ICA was applied to separate each rhythmic epoch into temporally independent components by means of an un-mixing matrix. According to the temporal and spatial characteristics of the decomposed components, task-related ones are selected for data reconstruction. Compared with the conventional Amplitude Modulation (AM) method with 100 averaged trials, the ICA-based method not only preserved the trial-by-trial variabilities of rhythmic activities, but also significantly improves the decreased amplitudes in event-related desynchronization (ERD) and the rebounds in event-related synchronization (ERS).


Hypothesis / aims of study Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) becomes a problem when patients are accompanied by consequent lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), leading to impaired quality of life (QOL), even though it is not life-threatening. Due to significant complications associated with transurethral prostatectomy (TURP), the reference standard for surgical treatment of LUTS/BPH, a variety of minimally invasive surgical treatment modalities have been developed. Photoselective laser vaporization of the prostate (PVP) has gained popularity as a valid alternative of TURP. Recently, it has been suggested that applied laser energy might be beneficial with respect to hemostasis but some patients may suffer postoperative storage symptoms or dysuria [1]. Thus, dysuria or storage symptoms may influence on surgical outcome in the postoperative period after PVP. The presence of pyuria after BPH surgery is a common finding and may be a possible cause of dysuria or persistent LUTS after the surgery. A minority of studies reported that the postoperative pyuria could persist during 1to 3-months after TURP [2,3]. Therefore, the presence of postoperative pyuria may affect surgical outcomes in the early postoperative period after the PVP. To date, however, there have been very rare data on serial changes in the incidence of postoperative pyuria after the PVP and on whether the presence of postoperative pyuria can have an impact on surgical outcomes in the short-term period after the PVP. The aim of this study was to identify serial changes in the incidence of postoperative pyuria after the PVP, to determine whether the presence of postoperative pyuria could be correlated with surgical outcomes after surgery and to identify predicting factors that influence on persistent pyuria after the PVP.


This study focuses on a new methodology to model a complex process of fuzzy rule acquisition from GIS data. The proposed method of neural fuzzy network described in this paper differs from the other methods in construction of the network by a simple representation of specific knowledge. Our goal is to use semantic If-Then rules instead of numerical values in the analytical models when uncertainty is involved in data. Such a method is expected to solve realistic problems in natural resource analysis and management. This paper discusses an adaptive neural network based on a fuzzy inference system that is able to learn fuzzy sets and fuzzy rules from data by the algorithm of steepest gradient descent. The fuzzy rules that are created by this approach can be very well interpreted to support decision-making. The method is tested in a case study of land suitability assessment. The result shows that the neural fuzzy network successfully extracted fuzzy rules with multidimensional spatial features obtained from GIS and simulated the decision process.


Background and Objectives: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) ameliorates the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality attributed to various risk factors. It is unclear whether the cardioprotective effects of CRF extend to attenuating the mortality risk associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS), which comprises a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors. The purpose of this study was to examine the individual and joint associations of CRF and MetS with the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. Methods: This prospective study was based on a general population sample of 1,711 men in the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease cohort study. MetS was defined using the National Cholesterol Education Program criteria. CRF was directly measured as peak oxygen uptake during maximal exercise testing. Results: During a median of 26 years follow-up, 799 all-cause mortality and 376 cardiovascular mortality events occurred. Men with MetS had a 41% increased risk of all-cause mortality and 76% increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in multivariable analysis, while men with upper levels of CRF demonstrated a 41% and 50% decreased risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality, respectively, following adjustment for potential confounders. For the joint associations of MetS and CRF with the risk of outcomes, fit with MetS were at increased risks of death (all-cause mortality, hazard ratio [HR], 1.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.42–2.11; cardiovascular mortality, HR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.71–3.07) compared with fit without MetS. Conclusions: Although these results suggest that MetS and CRF were each independently associated with the risk of death, the latter did not eliminate the heightened risk of death associated with the former.


Participation are referred to as means by which people who are not elected officials of government influence decisions on programs and policies that later affect their lives. Over the last two decades, researches on public participation have extensively amplified. In instilling and enhancing transparency in government, public participation is utmost important. In Malaysia, our government had been committed in improving the quality of public services as it falls under the fundamental condition in achieving our National Mission. Local authorities in Malaysia are the third tier of government which is also the closest to the people and are having difficulties in getting the community to participate in decisions-making. This study scrutinizes the factors that lead to public non-participation in local government. The researchers analyzed on the association between public awareness, bureaucracy red tape, information gap and level of transparency towards public non-participation in local government. The research is carried out on individual public who resides in Bukit Baru, Melaka. A stratified sampling technique is used in dividing the respondents into 10 groups that come from different roads in Taman Indah, Seksyen 3, Bukit Baru. Unsurprisingly, it is gathered that factors such as awareness, bureaucracy and transparency indeed contributes to the non-participation of the people in local government planning activities. The study provides evidence that there exist a significant relationship between the independent variables and public non-participation thus urging the government to work in getting more participation over at local government through the elimination of the lengthy processes, enhancing transparency of the government and the likes.


In the near future, robots would be seen in almost every area of our life, in different shapes and with different objectives such as entertainment, surveillance, rescue, and navigation. In any shape and with any objective, it is necessary for them to be capable of successful exploration. They should be able to explore efficiently and be able to adapt themselves with changes in their environment. For successful navigation, it is necessary to recognize the difference between similar places of an environment. In order to achieve this goal without increasing the capability of sensors, having a memory is crucial. In this article, an algorithm for autonomous exploration and obstacle avoidance in an unknown environment is proposed. In order to make our self-learner algorithm, a memory-based reinforcement learning method using multilayer neural network is used with the aim of creating an agent having an efficient exploration and obstacle avoidance policy. Furthermore, this agent can automatically adapt itself to the changes of its environment. Finally, in order to test the capability of our algorithm, we have implemented it in a robot similar to a real model, simulated in the robust physics engine simulator of Gazebo.


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This article put forward that doing manual work promote land transfer large-scale agriculture management in place of production of paddy and cotton, A type enterprise select organization modle of leading enterprise add farmer family in place of local specialty , B and D type enterprise reconstruct according to industrial cluster , country cooperating economic organization rectify according to four item principle.finaly put forward adjustment system of country privately owned economy.


The invention provides an environment-friendly phosphate-free corrosion inhibitor, which is prepared from raw materials of lignose and tannin through chemical modification. The corrosion inhibitor can replace inorganic and organic phosphorous compounds causing natural water eutrophication. The phosphate-free corrosion inhibitor has excellent corrosion and scale inhibition properties, has good compounding property with other common water treatment agents, has no influence on the environment because the raw materials are regenerative and nontoxic, and is an environment-friendly water treatment agent.


The invention relates to a method for preparing tellurium dioxide from tellurium slag. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises the following steps of: adding tellurium slag to sulfuric acid solution, stirring at normal temperature, adding 10% oxydol at the temperature of 30-40 DEG C, and then heating to 80-90 DEG C, and leaching under normal pressure; adding copper powder to leachate, carrying out replacement reaction at the temperature of 90-95 DEG C for 2 hours, and carrying out solid-liquid separation to obtain copper telluride slag; adding copper telluride slag to sulfuricacid solution, adding 10% oxydol, stirring at the temperature of 90 DEG C for 1 hour, and filtering; adding sodium carbonate to filtrate for neutralizing the filtrate till pH of the filtrate is 3, and filtering; adding NaOH to filter residue, carrying out alkali leaching and stirring at the temperature of 85-95 DEG C for 1 hour, and filtering; and adding H2SO4 to filtrate for neutralizing the filtrate till pH of the filtrate is 6-7, filtering, washing and drying to obtain a product. The method has the characteristics that: low-grade tellurium-containing material discarded by a copper anode mud production enterprise is used as a raw material to produce high-purity tellurium dioxide, the process is reasonable and pollution-free, and the recovery rate of tellurium is high.


A solid-state high voltage pulse generator with multipulse burst capability, very fast rise and fall times, pulse width agility, and amplitude modulation capability for use with high speed electron beam kickers has been designed and tested at LLNL. A control system calculates a desired waveform to be applied to the kicker based on measured electron beam displacement then adjusts the pulse generators to provide the desired waveform. This paper presents the design of the control system and measured performance data from operation on the ETA-II accelerator at LLNL.


Abstract:  The carrot psyllid (Trioza apicalis) is a serious pest in carrot‐growing areas in northern and parts of central Europe. The psyllids overwinter as adults on conifers and during summer feed and lay eggs on carrot plants (Daucus carota ssp. sativus), thereby destroying the crop. To investigate the migratory capabilities and preferences for different shelter plant species of the carrot psyllid, we made an inventory study of its winter habitats in three carrot‐growing regions in southern Sweden. Norway spruce (Picea abies) was the preferred conifer over Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and juniper (Juniperus communis). We found psyllids on trees up to 1 km from the carrot fields, which was the largest distance sampled. The regression of catch numbers over distance was non‐significant, however all samples containing more than seven psyllids were collected within 250m distance from the fields. There was no obvious pattern between catch directions and the prevailing wind directions of the preceding migratory period. Our study did not show any differences between males and females with respect to migration or shelter species preferences.


This thesis provides the first comprehensive study on the character and roles of the prehistoric roundhouse. As well as providing a history of roundhouse studies, the thesis also discusses those methodological and theoretical issues associated with the subject. The research focuses, however, on the analysis of a database holding c. 1200 circular structures — all excavated, published examples in Britain, north of a line from Aberystwyth to the Wash. The data spans the period from the later Neolithic until the end of the Roman Iron Age (c. 2500 BC — AD 500). Main themes addressed include: construction techniques, structural principles, structure function, use of space, house lifespans, maintenance, abandonment, and decay. From these topics come evidence for changes in house design, craft activities, domestic economy, daily routines, subsistence economy, use of landscape, social organisation, and ritual practice. Both regional and chronological trends are identified, allowing a securely based insight into everyday life in Prehistoric Britain, alongside the characterisation of regions and a broader narrative of social change. It is hoped that the thesis will encourage a return to data in prehistoric studies with a move towards an informed social archaeology.


Objective To study the effect of using high quality nursing mode in patients with type 2 diabetic osteoporosis. Methods From January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2014 in our hospital 120 cases of type 2 diabetic osteoporosis were randomly divided into the study group and the control group, the control group were given routine care, patients in study group were given high quality nursing mode. Results The study group patients in nursing after the body mass index, self rating anxiety scale, self rating depression scale were significantly better than the control group(P0.05); the difference of the study group patients after care at the time of hospitalization and the control group had statistical significance(P0.05). Conclusion Type 2 diabetic osteoporosis patients with high quality nursing, application effect is remarkable, can effectively improve the patients with anxiety, depression and other negative emotions, shorten the hospitalization time, improve the quality of life of patients, it is worth widely used in clinical nursing.


Partial table of contents: Structural and Functional Aspects of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Its Receptors (B. Westermark, et al.). Construction of Mammalian Cell Lines with Indicator Genes Driven by Regulated Promoters (J. Meinkoth, et al.). Molecular Biology of the hst-1 Gene (T. Sugimura, et al.). Role of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases During Drosophila Development (E. Hafen & K. Basler). Cellular Proteins that Are Targets for Transformation by DNA Tumor Viruses (K. Buchkovich, et al..). Index of Contributors. Subject Index.


Vaccination is one of the most important and cost-effective methods used for prevention from the infectious diseases. Inactivated and live-attenuated commercial vaccines are efficient tools to combat infections specific to both the industry of animal husbandry having a financial importance and the zoonotic diseases. However recently, important investigations for the development of more effective and safe vaccines due to the progress in molecular biology and immunology have been performed and products based on the new technologies are presented to the commercial use. In this frame, biotechnological vaccines developed in the last years are native and recombinant protein subunit, DNA and vector vaccines. Subunit vaccines like the other inactivated ones require appropriate adjuvants for efficient induction of the protective immune response and multi-component vaccines consisting of more than one immunogens are recommended. DNA vaccines induce stronger cell-mediated immune response and generally can be used without adjuvant addition. Recombinant subunit, DNA and vector vaccines are efficient with low reactogenicity and have the potential of being used as marker. The most important benefits of the marker vaccines are their ability to insure discrimination of the vaccinated and infected animals in control-eradication programmes. In particular, protective antigens, vaccines and adjuvants based on the new technologies to combat endemic infections constitute one of the most important scientific, technological and economical scopes of today and future decades. In this sense, vaccine development and production activities of efficient, safe, easily applicable and cost-effective vaccines are very important for both veterinary medicine and public health.


In the majority of devolved County Governments, there has been an increased focus on employee well-being compared to previous years. However, it is crucial to acknowledge the significant impact of the trauma experienced by employees, as they continue to face exceptional demands in order to meet organizational expectations. Consequently, there has been a corresponding rise in performance expectations placed upon employees. The study focused on investing the relationship between job stressors and employee performance in Kenya. The study was anchored on the following specific objectives; -to explore the influence of workplace conflict stress, work ambiguity stress, time stress and workload stress on employee performance in Kenya. The study adopted Hertzberg Two Factor Theory, Mwelford's performance and Demand theory, Relational theory and Michigan theory. The study targeted 166 employees from selected County Governments. The unit of observation was chief officers, and selected public service board members. The unit of analysis was 166 employees. The study adopted Yamane and stratified random sampling technique to get a sample size of 177 respondents. The researcher used questionnaires as the research instrument. Then data was analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively according to the study objectives. Qualitative data was presented in a descriptive form while quantitative data through statistical tables of percentages and frequency. Data analysis was conducted using the statistical programme SPSS V.22. The study results established that workplace conflict stress have a statistically significant and positive effect on employee performance. The results of the regression analysis that are provided that work ambiguity stress has a statistically significant positive effect on employee performance. The findings of the regression analysis indicated a statistically significant positive effect of between time stress and employee performance. The study findings of the regression analysis, there is a statistically significant and positive association between workload stress and employee performance. The study recommends that several factors that contribute to stress, as highlighted in the study. These factors include workplace conflict stress, work ambiguity stress, time stress and workload stress. The study recommends that the provision of assistance and encouragement from head of departments, supervisors and coworkers plays a significant role in mitigating stress related to management and work relationships. This study recommends that using formal corporate communication practices might effectively reduce relationship strain and alleviate management stress by minimizing work ambiguity. The presence of open communication offers a distinct advantage in the resolution of conflicts that may arise between supervisors and subordinates.


Sales of chicken pieces At "UD. Abdul Aziz" is one of the business entities engaged in sales or referred to as self-employed, sales serving customers, especially in the service sector, still use the manual method. This goods sales information system is made using PHP, HTML and MYSQL. This program allows admins to input data, edit reports, delete data, search transactions. The data inputted are chicken data, chicken type data and chicken sales data. This chicken sales information system can be a solution that can be used to facilitate sales in processing chicken sales data, making it easier, faster and more efficient.


The law of recapitulation ("ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny") is discussed. A historical view of its application is given, and several examples of vertebrates are cited to show the limitations and difficulties of its application, as a guide in the study of invertebrates.


The human bitter taste receptor gene family (hTAS2R) consists of 25 members, which are responsible for the detection of thousands of bitter compounds. The identification of agonists for most of the hTAS2Rs demonstrated that each receptor recognises numerous substances, thus explaining how such few receptors may suffice for the detection of so many different bitter compounds. Compared to most other G protein-coupled receptors, which interact very specifically with single or few high affinity ligands, the agonist interaction mode of hTAS2Rs must be different. In order to elucidate the structure-function relationships of human bitter taste receptors, we focused on a subfamily of the closely related hTAS2R43-50 genes. Although the amino acid sequences of these receptors are highly similar, their agonist spectra vary considerably. By functional heterologous expression of chimeric and point-mutated receptors in mammalian cell lines we identified regions influencing interaction with agonists. Interestingly, a limited number of amino acid positions appear to determine agonist specificity profoundly.


The article summarized the hospital health care performance and experience in recent years.The author put forward the conception of 'three forces',which means comprehensive support force,brand influence,and full-dimensional protection force.Some measures and thoughts were provided to improve the standard and quality of medical service level.


s:For the subjectivity in weight evaluation which is in the methods of Analytic Hierarchy Process,Factor Analysis and Fuzzy Cluster Analysis,etc widely used during the evaluation of enterprises' independent innovation,the Catastrophe Progression Method(CPM) is introduced to evaluate the capacity.The evaluation process of CPM is given and then an empirical research with large medium-sized industrial enterprises of the 29 provinces in China is made.Empirical results show that the capacity distribution in the 29 provinces is uneven which mainly concentrated in three different areas.Meanwhile,improving paths of enterprises' independent innovation are proposed according to the empirical.


In today's digital world, it has become an irksome task to find the content of one's liking in an endless variety of content that are being consumed like books, videos, articles, movies, etc. On the other hand there has been an emerging growth among the digital content providers who want to engage as many users on their service as possible for the maximum time. This gave birth to the recommender system comes wherein the content providers recommend users the content according to the users' taste and liking. In this paper we have proposed a movie recommendation system. A movie recommendation is important in our social life due to its features such as suggesting a set of movies to users based on their interest, or the popularities of the movies. In this paper we are proposing a movie recommendation system that has the ability to recommend movies to a new user as well as the other existing users. It mines movie databases to collect all the important information, such as, popularity and attractiveness, which are required for recommendation. We use content-based and collaborative filtering and also hybrid filtering, which is a combination of the results of these two techniques, to construct a system that provides more precise recommendations concerning movies.


Social work professionals rely on claims of exclusive knowledge expertise and a code of ethics to exercise professional power and autonomy. Yet they may find themselves in organizational settings that diminish their professional power. In this case study of a supportive housing program for chronically homeless persons, we find that the professional social workers lost their power to property managers in critical decisions about their clients. Using a power relations perspective, we show that the social workers' inability to use their professional power can be explained by the dominance of external stakeholders whose interests gave primacy to property management over social services. We use the case study to demonstrate that a power relations perspective, often overlooked in research on human service organizations, provides a strong explanatory model that can be harnessed to understand the organizational conditions that affect the power of social workers to exercise their professional knowledge.


The conventional multilevel inverters (MLIs) have the disadvantages of numerous devices, incapacity of boost, unbalance for capacitor's voltage, high complexity for control, and so on. Motivated by this issue, a seven-level boost inverter (7LBI) based on switched capacitor is presented for single-phase applications in this paper. The proposed 7LBI using only seven transistors can achieve seven output levels, 1.5 voltage gain, and natural balance of capacitors' voltages without sensors or other auxiliary methods, which illustrates its suitability for the applications of renewable energy generation. The configuration of topology and operating principles are illustrated detailedly. The natural balance of capacitors and capacitance calculation are deduced as well. Moreover, the comparative study is conducted for different types of MLIs. The results illustrate the merits of the proposed 7LBI with respect to reduced devices, lower voltage stress, and less power loss. Finally, the simulation for the proposed 7LBI with PWM modulation is realized based on the theoretical analysis; the experimental prototype has been also implemented, verifying multilevel output, boost ability, natural balance for switched capacitors, and performance of transient response.


Investigation of film formation of cationically charged nanolatexes comprised of terpene-derived monomer synthesized with emulsion and RAFT-mediated polymerization induce self-assembly on cellulose.


s | 45 Abstract Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of blonanserin compared with other antipsychotics in the management of patients with schizophrenia. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing blonanserin head-to-head with other antipsychotics in schizophrenia were conducted. Embase, PubMed, the Cochrane Library databases, Clinicaltrials.gov, and UMIN were searched up to December 2015. The risk ratio (RR) and standardized mean difference (SMD)±95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using random-effects models. Results: Results: Nine studies (total n=1,491) were identified (vs. risperidone [3 studies, n=775], vs. haloperidol [2 studies, n=572], vs. aripiprazole [2 studies, n=70], vs. amisulpride [1 study, n=56], and vs. paliperidone [1 study, n=18]). Comparing blonanserin with other pooled antipsychotics, there were no significant differences in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score (p=0.84), PANSS positive (p=0.94), PANSS negative (p=0.24), and PANSS general psychopathology subscale scores (p=0.48), and response rate (p=0.92). However, blonanserin showed greater efficacy in PANSS total and positive subscale scores compared with aripiprazole (SMD=-0.83, CI=-1.36 to -0.30, p=0.002 and SMD=-0.82, CI=-1.35 to -0.28, p=0.003, respectively). No significant differences were found in treatment discontinuation between blonanserin and other pooled antipsychotics (due to any cause: p=0.375, inefficacy: p=0.15, adverse events: p=0.75). Blonanserin was significantly lower risk of hyperprolactinemia (RR=0.64, CI=0.51 to 0.80, p<0.001) and was associated with significantly less blood prolactin increase (SMD=-0.57, CI=-0.86 to -0.29, p<0.001) than the other pooled antipsychotics. Blonanserin also caused significantly less fatigue (RR=0.71, CI=0.51 to 0.98, p=0.035) and greater use of antiparkinsonian drugs (RR=1.34, CI=1.12 to 1.62, p=0.002). Conclusion: Our results suggest that blonanserin has a more beneficial effect on total and positive symptoms than aripiprazole and that there are significant differences in the safety profile between blonanserin and other antipsychotics. Policy of full disclosure: K Hagi is an employee of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma.Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of blonanserin compared with other antipsychotics in the management of patients with schizophrenia. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing blonanserin head-to-head with other antipsychotics in schizophrenia were conducted. Embase, PubMed, the Cochrane Library databases, Clinicaltrials.gov, and UMIN were searched up to December 2015. The risk ratio (RR) and standardized mean difference (SMD)±95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using random-effects models. Results: Results: Nine studies (total n=1,491) were identified (vs. risperidone [3 studies, n=775], vs. haloperidol [2 studies, n=572], vs. aripiprazole [2 studies, n=70], vs. amisulpride [1 study, n=56], and vs. paliperidone [1 study, n=18]). Comparing blonanserin with other pooled antipsychotics, there were no significant differences in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score (p=0.84), PANSS positive (p=0.94), PANSS negative (p=0.24), and PANSS general psychopathology subscale scores (p=0.48), and response rate (p=0.92). However, blonanserin showed greater efficacy in PANSS total and positive subscale scores compared with aripiprazole (SMD=-0.83, CI=-1.36 to -0.30, p=0.002 and SMD=-0.82, CI=-1.35 to -0.28, p=0.003, respectively). No significant differences were found in treatment discontinuation between blonanserin and other pooled antipsychotics (due to any cause: p=0.375, inefficacy: p=0.15, adverse events: p=0.75). Blonanserin was significantly lower risk of hyperprolactinemia (RR=0.64, CI=0.51 to 0.80, p<0.001) and was associated with significantly less blood prolactin increase (SMD=-0.57, CI=-0.86 to -0.29, p<0.001) than the other pooled antipsychotics. Blonanserin also caused significantly less fatigue (RR=0.71, CI=0.51 to 0.98, p=0.035) and greater use of antiparkinsonian drugs (RR=1.34, CI=1.12 to 1.62, p=0.002). Conclusion: Our results suggest that blonanserin has a more beneficial effect on total and positive symptoms than aripiprazole and that there are significant differences in the safety profile between blonanserin and other antipsychotics. Policy of full disclosure: K Hagi is an employee of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma. PM398 Fluctuations in hallucinatory experiences within a day in relation to dopamine D2 receptor blockade with antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia Teruki Koizumi,M.Da,b, Takefumi Suzuki M.D,PhDa,c, Robert R.Bies, PharmD, PhDd,e,f, Bruce G.Pollock,MD,PhDd,h, Aki Endoa, Ai Ohtania, Masaru Mimura,M.D,PhDa, Hiroyuki Uchida,M.D,PhDa,d a. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan b. Department of Psychiatry National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center, Chiba, Japan c. Department of Psychiatry, Inokashira Hospital, Tokyo, Japan d. Geriatric Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada e. Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA f. Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA g. Schizophrenia Division/Complex Mental Illness Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada h. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Abstract Objectives: Dosing schedule of antipsychotics has conventionally aimed at assuring constant delivery of the drug. However, there has been no study to examine fluctuation in positive symptoms within a day in relation to dopamine D2 blockade with antipsychotic drugs in patients with schizophrenia in their chronic phase of the illness, which was addressed in this study. Method: Patients with schizophrenia (ICD-10) who had auditory hallucination and were receiving monotherapy with risperidone or olanzapine were included. Subjects were asked to record the time, frequency, and duration during 8 time periods (i.e. 00:0003:00, 03:00-06:00, 06:00-09:00, 09:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00, 15:00-18:00, 18:00-21:00, and 21:00-24:00) for 3 days. Time and degree of peak and trough dopamine D2 receptor blockade with antipsychotics were calculated from 2 sparsely collected plasma drug concentrations for each subject, using our D2 prediction model. Frequencies and durations of auditory hallucinations were compared between the peak and trough time periods, using a paired t-test. Result: 21 patients have participated in this study as of 31st Jan 2016; the preliminary analysis included the data from 11 participants (11 inpatients; 7 men; age, 61.5 ± 9.2years; duration of illness, 36.4 ± 61.3 years; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale total score, 70.2 ± 20.8). No significant difference was found in the frequency or duration of auditory hallucinations between the peak and trough time periods (frequency, 0.36 ± 0.50 vs. 0.45 ± 0.52; duration, 21.8 ± 30.3 vs. 27.3 ± 31.3 mins). A  chisquared test revealed that auditory hallucination occurred most frequently during the time period of 18:00-21:00 at 63.3% (p=0.03) Conclusion: The results suggest that occurrence of auditory hallucinations was not related to dopamine D2 receptor blockage with antipsychotics within a day in patients with schizophrenia; rather, it seems to be associated with circadian rhythm. If this finding is confirmed in further investigations, it will have huge impact on the design of dosing schedule in the treatment of schizophrenia.Objectives: Dosing schedule of antipsychotics has conventionally aimed at assuring constant delivery of the drug. However, there has been no study to examine fluctuation in positive symptoms within a day in relation to dopamine D2 blockade with antipsychotic drugs in patients with schizophrenia in their chronic phase of the illness, which was addressed in this study. Method: Patients with schizophrenia (ICD-10) who had auditory hallucination and were receiving monotherapy with risperidone or olanzapine were included. Subjects were asked to record the time, frequency, and duration during 8 time periods (i.e. 00:0003:00, 03:00-06:00, 06:00-09:00, 09:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00, 15:00-18:00, 18:00-21:00, and 21:00-24:00) for 3 days. Time and degree of peak and trough dopamine D2 receptor blockade with antipsychotics were calculated from 2 sparsely collected plasma drug concentrations for each subject, using our D2 prediction model. Frequencies and durations of auditory hallucinations were compared between the peak and trough time periods, using a paired t-test. Result: 21 patients have participated in this study as of 31st Jan 2016; the preliminary analysis included the data from 11 participants (11 inpatients; 7 men; age, 61.5 ± 9.2years; duration of illness, 36.4 ± 61.3 years; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale total score, 70.2 ± 20.8). No significant difference was found in the frequency or duration of auditory hallucinations between the peak and trough time periods (frequency, 0.36 ± 0.50 vs. 0.45 ± 0.52; duration, 21.8 ± 30.3 vs. 27.3 ± 31.3 mins). A  chisquared test revealed that auditory hallucination occurred most frequently during the time period of 18:00-21:00 at 63.3% (p=0.03) Conclusion: The results suggest that occurrence of auditory hallucinations was not related to dopamine D2 receptor blockage with antipsychotics within a day in patients with schizophrenia; rather, it seems to be associated with circadian rhythm. If this finding is confirmed in further investigations, it will have huge impact on the design of dosing schedule in the treatment of schizophrenia. PM399 Attitudes toward antipsychotic long-acting injections among patients with Schizophrenia in Japan. Shuhei Kudo, Masamichi Isioka, Kazutosi


We are currently investigating the viability of many-core architectures for the acceleration of wavefront applications and this report focuses on graphics processing units (GPUs) in particular. To this end, we have implemented NASA's LU benchmark – a real world production-grade application – on GPUs employing NVIDIA's Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA).

This GPU implementation of the benchmark has been used to investigate the performance of a selection of GPUs, ranging from workstation-grade commodity GPUs to the HPC "Tesla" and "Fermi" GPUs. We have also compared the performance of the GPU solution at scale to that of traditional high perfor- mance computing (HPC) clusters based on a range of multi- core CPUs from a number of major vendors, including Intel (Nehalem), AMD (Opteron) and IBM (PowerPC).

In previous work we have developed a predictive "plug-and-play" performance model of this class of application running on such clusters, in which CPUs communicate via the Message Passing Interface (MPI). By extending this model to also capture the performance behaviour of GPUs, we are able to: (1) comment on the effects that architectural changes will have on the performance of single-GPU solutions, and (2) make projections regarding the performance of multi-GPU solutions at larger scale.


The journal includes articles which are reflecting the materials of modern scientific researches in the field of physical culture and sports. The journal is intended for teachers, coaches, athletes, postgraduates, doctoral students research workers and other industry experts. Purpose: to determine the model characteristics of psychophysiological indicators of qualified kickboxers. Material and methods: analysis of scientific and methodological information, Internet sources and generalization of leading practical experience, psychophysiological research methods, methods of mathematical statistics. The study involved 30 qualified kickboxers who train in Kharkiv sports schools and are members of the Kharkiv Regional Kickboxing Federation WPKA. The participants aged 18 to 22 years old. Athletes are qualified as Masters of Sports and Candidates of Master of Sports. Results: based on the analysis of scientific and methodological information, Internet sources and generalization of best practical experience, it was found that the specifics of competitive activities in martial arts affects the level of psychophysiological reactions that provide high sports results. The evaluation of simple, complex motor reactions and specific perceptions of qualified kickboxers is performed. The results of the study show the homogeneity indicators of simple and complex reactions, as the coefficient of variation is in the range from 5,48 % to 10,07 %, except for the indicator of complex reaction to a moving object that has a high coefficient of variation (26,10 %). Indicators of specific perceptions have a high coefficient of variation (from 14,02 % to 39,01 %). This is due to the fact that specific perceptions reflect, to a greater extent, the individual, genetically determined, characteristic of a particular athlete psychophysiological state. Based on the obtained results, the model characteristics of sensorimotor reactions and specific perceptions of qualified kickboxers are determined. Conclusions: the analysis and the presented models became the basis for the development of evaluation criteria for sensorimotor reactions and specific perceptions of qualified kickboxers. Model characteristics of psychophysiological indicators of qualified kickboxers are developed and can be the basis for the selection of athletes in the formation of the team.


Aiming at the complex hydrological environment and limited waterway in the river bridge waters, calculate the turbulence width of the pier as the safety distance between the ship and the pier. Calculate the dangerous area of the ship in the bridge waters according to the ship out-of control theory, and combined with the actual situation of the ship sailing in the river bridge waters, the navigation rules of ships in bridge waters are constructed. Through the analysis of the example, the correctness and usability of the above model are verified, which provides a theoretical basis for the real-time manipulation of the ship.


The construction of Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Scheme (BSHS) in the Sabor River (located in northeast Portugal) without fishways has blocked fish migration. However, the Vilariça River, a tributary of the Sabor River, located downstream of BSHS represents an alternative habitat for fish, especially for specie more abundant in this river, the potamodromous cyprinid Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei). This way, to replace the spawning grounds lost in Sabor River, several compensation measures were implemented in a 2 km long river stretch of the Vilariça River. The measures included restoration activities like bank reinforcement, boulder placement, river water profile increase, and placement of submerged weirs with fish ramps to increase the lotic/lentic sequence. The river water profile increase was done with an adductor system constructed to transfer water from the BSHS to upstream the 2 km long river stretch during spawning. In the river stretch, a River Connectivity Index (RCI) was used and sampling sites of the Iberian barbel were set on to assess the effect of the compensation measures. The RCI and the wetted perimeter method showed that the water velocity of 1.5 m3/s provides good longitudinal connectivity. The results showed that barbel spawns preferentially in a coarse substrate with shallow water and moderate water velocity. The monitoring of the effectiveness of restoration measures during the first 6 years of exploration (2016–2020) showed that the major actions were well achieved, such as the importance of adductor system for attracting the breeding barbels to the river, the stabilization of the riverbank and the increase in the habitat heterogeneity. However, some structures must be intervened, like the replacement of the stone weir destroyed, replantation of native species, and the removal of exotic plants.


The Mach IV scale and the Mehrabian test of achievement orientation were administered to 185 students in two accredited programs for Masters of Business Administration. Of these, 70% were from foreign countries. An across-countries analysis of scores on both tests was applied to students from Algeria, Iran, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States. An analysis of similarities and differences based on cultural factors is provided. Predictions for each of the five countries derived from hypotheses generated on the basis of cultural background were confirmed more often for Mach scores than for achievement scores.


Data of IR, UV, NMR (31P, 1H, 13C) spectra, x-ray crystallography, and quantum chemical calculations are presented for phosenazid and CAPAH molecules demonstrating psychotropic effects. In comparison with phosenazid, CAPAH exhibits a broader spectrum of neurotropic activity, which can be related to the presence of P1-O3 polar ester bond and therefore of higher reaction ability in metabolic processes.