The traditional evaluation method adopts maximum likelihood algorithm, minimum distance algorithm and spectrum angle match (SAM) algorithm to classify a remote sensing image, and then estimates wheat-planting area through computing pixels. This study puts forward a modified spectrum angle match (MSAM) algorithm combined with DEM to evaluate wheat-planting area. SAM algorithm only takes similarity of whole spectrum shape into account. Based on that, the authors introduces the MSAM algorithm. Because MSAM also covers the reflectance value, it adapts to identifying more detailed land surface object e.g. wheat. The effect of the mountain region is wiped off by DEM first; then two sample data groups of land surface measure are selected from spectral database, one of which is used to train the threshold of MSAM algorithm and SAM algorithm; the other is used to estimate partly the accuracy of both algorithms. The MSAM algorithm is superior to the latter one after comparing the result images and improves the accuracy of wheat-planting area evaluation


The stimulation of electrohydrodynamic instability and the focal conic (FC) to homeotropic (H) transition (F-H) v.v. in SA phase liquid crystals (LC) have been investigated. This processes are the reason of FC and H stable structure formation with maximum and minimum light scattering respectively. Data indicate that the media peculiarities and mechanism of the electrooptical effects enable to stimulate the structure transition by the anisotropy of LC cell surface relief. The relief anisotropy is the equidistant rectangular network of modulated layer disturbances similar to a square one is more energy advantageous. It determines the decreasing of the threshold voltage and LC response time. The obtained results will enable us to solve the boundary task by the constructive-technological methods of the LC display development having the regular matrix pixels and using the principle of the control field light scattering. It is possible to fabricate LC display without the alignment layers having the contrast over 40:1, the optical reaction time less than 50 ms and threshold less than 50 V.


The problem of determining the presence or absence of microorganisms in the interior of the large cavity (float, or pneumatocyst) present in bladder kelp (Nereocystis) is approached in this paper from the standpoint of its bearing on the metabolism of the plant, especially with reference to the large amount of carbon monoxide present in this cavity. Internal closed cavities of varying sizes are common in plants ranging from seed plants to algae. The large cavities of pumpkins and squashes are familiar. Langdon and Gailey (I920) have tested many such cavities in seed plants and have found neither carbon monoxide nor carbon dioxide in them. Among the kelps of the sea along the Pacific Coast of North America that have gas-containing cavities that serve to buoy up portions of the plant are Nereocystis luetkeana (bladder kelp), Macrocystis pyrif era, Pelagophycus porra (elk kelp), Egregia Meniziesii (feather boa kelp), and Alaria fistullosa. Lucas (I9I2) has also listed the following marine algae that have vesicles filled with gas: Sargassum, Carpophyllum, Turbinaria, Cystophora, Cystoseira, Scaberia, Phyllospora, and Hormnosira. There seem to be four possible sources of gases contained in internal cavities of marine algae: (i) atmospheric air, (2) gases dissolved in sea water, (3) the activities of microorganisms, and (4) the metabolism of the plants themselves. Lucas (I9I2) analyzed the gases from marine algae of several genera and found only nitrogen and oxygen, with the proportion of nitrogen always greater than that in atmospheric air. He rejects atmospheric air as a source of the gases since his analyses show a higher content of nitrogen than is present in the atmosphere and because the gases must be formed in the cavity pari passu with growth; otherwise the vesicles would collapse. He also rejects the metabolism of the plant as a source of the gas because " it is hardly conceivable that any process of metabolism should yield these two gases (nitrogen and oxygen) only without any carbon compounds." He accepts the gases dissolved in the sea water as a source of the gas in the vesicles, and believes that the gas enters, dissolved in the water by osmosis. He reasons by analogy


For an English translation of Chinese modern essay to be comprehensible and acceptable to English readers while exhibiting the particularity of Chinese essays, it's necessary to discuss the differences between the cognitive contexts in the mind of Chinese and English readers in their appreciation of Chinese modern essays in Chinese and English respectively. By dealing with such differences, this paper attempts to analyze the translation strategies adopted by Zhang Peiji in his translation of Chinese essay "巷" ( "The Lane"), which is also evaluated from the perspectives of rhythm, style and spirit in the end of the paper.


The Rubeosis Anti-VEGF (RAVE) trial is investigating intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech) for the treatment of eyes with ischemic central retinal vein occlusion. After receiving nine monthly injections, retinal edema was resolved in nine of 10 eyes, six eyes gained 4 lines in ETDRS visual acuity, and no eyes developed neovascular glaucoma.


The proposed model foregrounds the category PERSON by following E. Benveniste as to the fundamental disparity between the first and second grammatical persons, on the one hand, and the third person, on the other. My argument runs as follows: A statement about reality is in the first person, that is, made by its author. Third-person narrative fiction is a legitimate notion, given the displacement it enacts between the author and a narrating agency that does not share its realm of existence with the narrated characters (F. Stanzel). Third — and firstperson narrative can be structurally differentiated as to qualitative scope ([un-]reliability) and quantitative reach. Basically, both narrative types show the same interplay of the registers of enunciation and illusion: the narrating agency dissolves in evoking a world and emerges by commenting on it (a "narrator" does not narrate, but, in H. Weinrich's sense of the term, comments). Comment (which is general in subject matter and abstract in manner), report (particular and abstract), scene (particular and concrete), and metaphor (general and concrete) demarcate a frame of reference for narrative discourse that subsumes description. With third-person narrative, this 24


This paper presents an extremely flat-beam cylindrical lens antenna with a 180 mm ( $36~\lambda$ ) diameter lens at 60 GHz. The parameters of lens antennas in the horizontal plane i.e. dielectric constants, radii, and focal length are optimized to widen beams in the vertical plane while obtaining pencil beams in the horizontal plane. The optimization procedure consists of a theoretical method and differential evolution (DE) algorithm. This beam-widening idea is analyzed and proved to be feasible owing to cylindrical apertures, which is quite different from the results of antennas with planar apertures. Then, the permittivity distribution which results in an extremely flat beam is investigated and shows a novel S-shape rather than following either the law of modified Luneberg lens or the Luneberg's Law. Finally, the proposed lens antenna is fabricated and measured. At the design frequency of 60 GHz, the measured 3-dB E- and H-plane beamwidths separately are 100.4° and 2.3°. As compared to the gain peak, the measured and simulated gain drop at ±60° in the E-plane are less than 4 dB and 5 dB, respectively. Measured results show good agreements with the simulated results, thus validating the extremely flat beam of the proposed lens antenna and the effectiveness of the optimization procedure.


Epitaxial ZnO thin films were grown on nitrided (0001) sapphire substrates with an intervening GaN layer by rf-plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. It was found that polarity of the ZnO epilayer could be controlled by modifying the GaN interlayer. ZnO grown on a distorted 3-nm-thick GaN interlayer has Zn-polarity while ZnO on a 20-nm-thick GaN interlayer with a high structural quality has O-polarity. High resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis indicates that the polarity of ZnO epilayer is controlled by the atomic structure of the interface between the ZnO buffer layer and the intervening GaN layer.


The present study aims to investigate the probable association between self-regulated strategies and self-identity changes among Iranian EFL learners. To achieve this purpose, 80 EFL students were selected according to convenience sampling from different language institutes in Mashhad. They were requested to complete the ' Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaires' (MSLQ) and 'Self-identity Changes' questionnaires. The findings yielded via correlation supported the theoretical expectation of a linkage between self-regulation and self-identity changes. The result revealed that there is a significant relationship between teachers' self-regulation high scores and self-confidence changes. Subsequent data from step-wise regression indicated that among sub-components of self-regulation, regulation, efficacy, and intrinsic value are the best predictors of learners' self-confidence changes. The conclusions and implications of the research are further discussed with reference to earlier finding.


The efficiency and precision of simulation of sheet metal drawing can be greatly affected by the selection of elements. In this paper,we first take ANSYS for a case study to give a systematic description of the solid elements and shell elements provided in the software and then present two simulations handled with SHELL93 and VISC0107 elements respectively.We finally give a comparison of the results of the two simulations in ANSYS through a case study.


Most road construction projects involve roadside revegetation to control soil erosion and improve road aesthetics. Using native species for roadside revegetation may reduce biodiversity losses and maintenance costs compared to traditional seeding of fast-growing species. We assessed the transplantation of large (> 50 cm diameter), fresh turfs for the revegetation of road verges at a high-elevation subarctic site in SW Iceland by comparing their vegetation composition to adjacent heathland. The road verges had 65% of the vegetation cover of adjacent heathland after two years and 93% after five years. Vascular heathland species had 85% transplant success after five years, but grasses were more abundant in the road verges than the heathland. The most common moss and lichen species survived the transplantation, but with reduced cover compared to the heathland. Thus, transplantation of fresh turfs can quickly establish vegetation cover and diverse plant communities, although the relative abundance of some species may diverge from the donor sites.


When cultured endothelial cells (ECs) are exposed to shear flow, initially cobblestone-like ECs spontaneously elongate and align along the flow direction, acquiring a similar architecture to that of native endothelium in blood vessels. Though previous works have revealed how individual cells sense and respond to shear flow, little is known about the contribution of cell–cell interaction to this phenomenon. Here, we reveal that the response of ECs to shear flow is cell density-dependent, and therefore possibly mediated by collective cell behavior (i.e. cell–cell interaction). A cell density threshold was identified, below which ECs never formed an aligned structure by shear flow exposure. This threshold cell density corresponded to the two-dimensional percolation threshold, suggesting that the aligned structure formation requires a connecting network of ECs. We also observed an optimum cell density at which both elongation and alignment were completed within a minimum time period. A possible mechanism of the EC response to applied shear flow is discussed.


We prove a conjecture of Widom (2002 Int. Math. Res. Not. 455–64 (Preprint math/0108008)) about the reality of eigenvalues of certain infinite matrices arising in asymptotic analysis of large Toeplitz determinants. As a byproduct, we obtain a new proof of Okounkov's formula for the (determinantal) correlation functions of the Schur measures on partitions.


BACKGROUND
We assessed the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and genital human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence, incidence, and clearance among female participants of the HITCH cohort study.

METHODS
We genotyped HPV DNA in vaginal samples and quantified baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels using Roche's Linear Array and Total vitamin D assay, respectively. We used logistic and Cox proportional hazards models to respectively estimate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and hazards ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

RESULTS
There was no association between vitamin D levels (every 10ng/mL increase) at baseline and HPV prevalence (OR=0.88, CI:0.73-1.03) or incidence (HR=0.88, CI:0.73-1.06), but we observed a modest negative association with HPV clearance (HR=0.76, CI:0.60-0.96). Vitamin D levels <30ng/mL, compared to ≥30ng/mL, were not associated with HPV prevalence (OR=0.98, CI:0.57-1.69) or incidence (HR=0.87, CI:0.50-1.43), but were associated with a marginally significant increased clearance (OR=2.14, CI:0.99-4.64). We observed consistent results with restricted cubic spline modelling of vitamin D levels and clinically defined categories. HPV type-specific analyses accounting for multiple HPV infections per participant showed no association between vitamin D levels and all study outcomes.

CONCLUSION
This study provided no evidence of an association between low vitamin D levels and increased HPV prevalence, acquisition, or clearance.


The invention discloses an organic light-emitting device (OLED), a manufacturing method thereof, and a display method, and relates to the technical field of display. The luminous efficiency of the OLED can be improved. The OLED comprises a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and an interface modification layer arranged between the hole transport layer and the light-emitting layer. The material interface modification layer comprises a material having a hole transporting capability. The energy level of the interface modification layer is between that of the hole transport layer and that of the light-emitting layer.


The past twenty years have seen considerable changes in the management of hearing impairment. Cochlear implantation has transformed the outlook for the profoundly deaf, and the way in which the outcomes have been monitored in the UK is a model for evidence-based practice. Hearing aid technology is changing, although there is so far no clear information on which patients will benefit from digital processing of sound. Important developments in screening of infants for hearing loss are currently being implemented. A new edition of Deafness, previously edited by John Ballantyne, is therefore welcome. The book is aimed at a wide readership including various professionals who encounter hearing-impaired people, individuals with hearing impairment and those who have a hearing-impaired relative. Topics include the structure and function of the ear, causes of hearing impairment and its assessment, its impact on mental wellbeing and the role of hearing aids of various sorts. The chapters are concise, well laid out and illustrated with clear line diagrams.

This type of book is much more difficult to write than one aimed at the authors' peers, since even basic concepts must be adequately explained and jargon studiously avoided. Most of the authors have succeeded but an exception is the chapter on acquired sensorineural hearing loss, which does not seem to have been written with a lay readership in mind. The opposite pitfall, of simplifying the content so much that it is of no value to professionals in related disciplines, does seem to have been avoided. In the chapter on the management of deafness in childhood the abbreviation SPL (sound pressure level) is used without explanation. Certain areas could have been covered better. The section on middle ear implants is somewhat out of date and not very informative. An account of the potential advantages of implantable hearing aids and the limitations of those currently available would have been more useful than the description of individual devices. These devices are not as yet part of the mainstream management of hearing loss, but patients and healthcare professionals will read about them in the press; a more authoritative account of their present status would have been helpful.

Overall my feeling is that this book will be of considerable use to a range of healthcare professionals and to deaf individuals and their relatives. It is therefore a worthy successor to previous editions.


Objective: To explore the improvement effect of early infusion of high-dose amino acid on nutritional status of premature infants during hospitalization,evaluate its safety and effectiveness. Methods: A total of 118 premature infants whose birth weight was within 1 000-2 000 g from January to December in 2012 were selected from the hospital as study objects,then they were divided into high-dose group,middle-dose group and low-dose group according to venous nutritional therapy situation; 42 premature infants in high-dose group were treated with intravenous injection of amino acid( 3 g·kg-1·d-1) within 24 hours after birth,38 premature infants in middle-dose group were treated with intravenous injection of amino acid( 2 g·kg-1·d-1) within 24 hours after birth,38 premature infants in low-dose group were treated with intravenous injection of amino acid( 1 g·kg-1·d-1); the percentages of weight decrease,the times for weight return to normal,the changes of haematological indexes and nutritional statuses at one week after intravenous injection in the three groups were compared and analyzed. Results: Compared with middle-dose group and low-dose group,the percentage of weight decrease,the time for weight return to normal,and the mean hospitalization time in high-dose group decreased significantly,there was statistically significant difference( P 0. 05). There was no statistically significant difference in biochemical indexes among the three groups( P 0. 05); at one week after treatment,the intake of amino acid by intravenous injection,the intake of total protein,and the mean intake of liquid in high-dose group was statistically significantly higher than those in middle-dose group and low-dose group( P 0. 05). Conclusion: Early infusion of high-dose amino acid can effectively improve the nutritional status of premature infants,which is safe and reliable.


The present invention relates to a warming of fertilization and preparation method and application for vegetable cultivation. After fertilization of the warm resistance is to add organic materials and inorganic nutrients from the manure, was added a mixed solution prepared by the fermentation of microbial agent; wherein the total nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of 25-45wt%, organic matter content of 20-35wt% , amino acid content of 8-15wt%. Due to its comprehensive and balanced nutrient content, it contains more beneficial microbial activity and organic matter, for the loose soil, improve soil fertility, improve soil microbial environment has a significant effect. It can be adjusted according to different ratios for different crops and different vegetable growth. Nutritious, with a reasonable, balanced supply, at different times to meet the growing demand for vegetable crops. This method is widely sources of raw materials, production process is simple, easy operation, low production cost, the effect is significant with the application.


Objective: Measuring the endosteal geometry of proximal femur to select and design the suitable hip prosthesis for Chinese. Methods: X-ray radiography was made on 129 adults and CT scan was made on 20 of them. The width of marrow cavity (at the plane of lesser trochanter, 2 cm above and below the lesser trochanter) and anteversion were measured. Results: The width of bone medullar cavity at the plane of lesser trochanter was 24.85±2.94 mm, 42.47±5.14 mm at the level of 2 cm above the lesser trochanter and 17.87±3.04 mm below it. Heterogeneity was evidently existed. The results showed no significant difference between the X-ray and CT scan. Conclusion: The anatomical results can be used to design the hip prosthesis for Chinese.


This paper is based on the main difference between conceptual and theoretical frameworks as well as literature review of comparative studies of two multi-criteria decision making methods: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Conjoint analysis. The AHP method represents a formal framework for solving complex multiatributive decision making problems, as well as a systemic procedure for ranking multiple alternatives and/or for selecting the best from a set of available ones. Conjoint analysis is an experimental approach used for measuring individual's preferences regarding the attributes of a product or a service. It is based on a simple premise that individuals evaluate alternatives, with these alternatives being composed of a combination of attributes whose part-worth utilities are estimated by researchers. Bearing in mind the quality of desired results, it must be dependent on the problems and aspects of research: knowledge of the methods, complexity (number of attributes and their levels), order effects, level of consistency, chooses the appropriate method.


Objective Through 7 cases of Ureterocele sonographic findings,explore the ultrasound diagnostic value of the Ureterocele.Methods Patients with bladder moderate filling condition,supine position,the pubic symphysis region of abdominal ultrasound,to observe the Ureterocele morphology and dynamic change characteristics.Results Ultrasound can clearly display the ureterocele location,morphology and image characteristics,the diagnosis of Ureterocele of the specificity of 100%.Conclusion The Ultrasound diagnosis of ureterocele sensitivity,high accuracy,with an undiagnosed value.


Abstract This paper is concerned with predictive control combined with set–point optimization in the case of fast changing disturbances. The problem is encountered in many practical applications. Because of high computational complexity, nonlinear economic optimization cannot be repeated frequently. Therefore, in practice an additional steady–state target optimization repeated as often as the MPC (Model Predictive Control) algorithm is used. Typically, the steady–state target optimization is based on a linear steady–state process model. Unfortunately, in some cases, as the one studied in the paper, the target set– point optimization based on linear or linearized models fails. It is demonstrated in the paper that a solution to this problem can be the piecewise linear approximation of the nonlinear steady–state process model in the target optimization. The research is done for the control system of a MIMO chemical reactor. The presented results clearly show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


An object of the present invention is to provide a low-directional tensile strength and elongation for ease of non-woven fabric. The fiber surfaces a high acid 6 and the fiber surface the nonwoven fabric in a density of the lower valley (7) extending in parallel in one direction (1) density, peaks 6 and the valleys adjacent to each other crossing the one direction, the direction a bridge portion 8 that extends through 7 is formed.


Chromium isotopes were fractionated by the liquid-liquid extraction system using dicyclohexano-18-crown-6. We found a mass-independent isotope effect that the intermediate isotope of 5 2 Cr was enriched in the organic phase. Because of its magic number neutrons N = 28, 5 2 Cr has the smallest nuclear charge distribution in naturally occurring chromium isotopes. The enrichment property gives the confident experimental fact of the nuclear field shift effect in the new Bigeleisen theory.


ABSTRACT Developing latent fingerprints with silica nanopowder is strategically beneficial due to its synthetic simplicity, low production cost, high surface area and easy tailoring of surface phenomena. However, it is necessary to optimize the surface amphiphilicity of silica nanoparticles for their use in a powder dusting method. In this work, we demonstrate the tuning of amphiphilicity of silica nanopowders (average size 135 ± 10 nm) by modifying hydrophilic silica surfaces with different alkyl chains (e.g. –C5H11, –C11H23 and –C17H35). This structural amendment maximizes the efficacy of silica nanopowder for developing latent fingerprints. It was also observed that –C11H23 and –C17H35 containing amphiphilic silica nanopowders perform very efficiently for latent fingerprint development under visible light. To produce a luminescent silica nanopowder with a similar surface character, a Pt(II)C^N^N–C12H25 luminophore with long hydrophobic aliphatic chain (–C12H25) was introduced to the silica surface. This fluorescent and amphiphilic silica nanopowder performs very efficiently for developing latent fingerprints on various surfaces under illumination with 365 nm wavelength UV light. Graphical Abstract


The dependence of calculated static space-charge-induced negative resistance, in avalanching silicon diodes, upon the form of the ionization rate function is investigated. It is shown that the conversion efficiency calculated using a commonly employed function for the ionization rate is greatly overestimated. It is concluded that the mechanism of static space-charge-induced negative resistance is not the origin of high efficiency modes of oscillation.


Based on the SCI-E databases in ISI Web of Science,China and world outputs of scientific papers in the atmospheric science field,which are a measure of ST competition ability,are analyzed using bibliometric method.The increase in output of scientific papers from China in the field of meteorology and atmospheric science over the past decade has been phenomenal,rising from 176 papers in 2000 to over 1000 papers in 2010,ranking third in the world.The number also means that the output of scientific papers from China in the field of atmospheric science has reached the world advanced level in the late 20th century.


Background  Bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) have been feeding on sleeping human beings since prehistory. In Europe, bed bugs were common and endemic until World War II when improved body and home hygiene, and widespread use of insecticides led to almost complete eradication. Current evidence indicates that bedbugs are making a comeback in Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. In our practice in Southern France, we observed several cases within a period of only 1 year.


When a web browser is used to read documents which consist of multiple long pages, such as technical documentation, today's browsers only offer inadequate support for users to orient themselves within these pages. Even if a table of contents is present, no information about the size of individual sections is available. Furthermore, when jumping to different parts of a document, there is no way to find sections that have been visited earlier -- the browser's history functionality only works on the level of URLs, not within pages. In this paper, we introduce a tool that increases users' awareness of the organization of long HTML pages and visualizes their own navigation movements within these pages. Our JavaScript prototype uses a simple user interface concept which concentrates on automatic collection of information. It visualizes section sizes in a table of contents which is generated for all pages. Additionally, a heatmap highlights those parts of each page which have been viewed for extended amounts of time. In a user study, our concept is compared to the predominant existing in-page navigation aid, a fixed table of contents at the top of the page.


The invention relates to a gantry welding machine which comprises a gantry frame, wherein the gantry frame comprises a supporting leg A, a supporting leg B and a top plate; a driving wheel is arranged at the bottom of the supporting leg A; a driven wheel is arranged at the bottom of the supporting leg B; a driving device is arranged outside the lower part of the supporting leg A; a welding wire reel holder A, a welder A, a welding wire reel holder B and a welder B are arranged on the upper end surface of the top plate; the welding wire reel holder A comprises a fixing frame, a moving frame and an inflatable shaft; the welder A comprises a welder body and a welding gun; a partition plate is arranged at the middle of the lower end surface of the top plate; a motor is arranged on the left side of the upper part of the supporting leg A; an output shaft of the motor is connected with an input shaft of a reduction gearbox; and a ball screw is arranged between an output shaft of the reduction gearbox and the partition plate. The gantry welding machine provided by the invention has the advantages of being simple in structure, reliable in running, high in degree of automation and good in economy.


This study aims to determine the effect of Total Quality Management (TQM) Implementation on Informa Samarinda Square Customer Satisfaction, Samarinda either partially or simultaneously. This research uses a quantitative approach. The population and samples used by the researchers were consumers who were visiting Informa Samarinda Square Samarinda which numbered 100 respondents. The data collection in this study used questionnaires. Data analysis tools used validity test, reliability test, classic assumption test, multiple linear regression test, determination coefficient test, F test and T test. From this study it was concluded that there is a strong positive relationship between variable focus on customers (X1), obsession with quality (X2), teamwork (X3), andemployee engagement and empowerment (X4), to customer satisfaction (Y). This is evidenced by the correlation coefficient value of r 0.696 or 6.96%. The results of this study concluded that customer focus variables (X1), obsession with quality (X2), teamwork (X3), andemployee engagement and empowerment (X4), partially had a significant effect on customer satisfaction (Y). This is evidenced by the t calculated value of 9,605 with a significant rate of 0.000 < 0.05.


Isothermal adsorption experiments of methane on Lower Cambrian Niutitang black shales from the south of Sichuan Basin at 35℃ and 65 ℃ have been conducted. Five different adsorption models( Langmuir,Freundlich,Langmuir-Freundlich,D-R and Toth adsorption equations) were used to fit the experimental data,and fitting degree of these models were investigated. The results showed that all these models fit the experimental data well,and the more parameters were used in these models,the better matching results could be obtained. The Toth and Langmuir-Freundlich equations with three parameters fit better than Langmuir,Freundlich and D-R equations which all had two parameters. The composition of shale was complex,resulting in energy heterogeneity of the adsorption sites on the surface of shale,which affected the fitting results in low pressure,and Toth equation could describe methane adsorption in shales with heterogeneous surface very well.


The purpose of this paper is to describe the work being performed at Combustion Engineering to establish appropriate frequencies for performing tests. This methodology can be used to provide confidence that the surveillance test intervals (STIs) in the technical specifications of a nuclear power plant are adequate to ensure safe operation of the plant, while optimizing their impact on the facility. The methodology is being employed in the reformatting of the standard technical specifications as part of the industry effort to improve technical specifications.


The Japanese Tian Biao Culture evolved its style under the economic prosperity, stable policy in Age of Na La, the policy of learning from Tang Dynasty and of the culture encouraging promotion. Tian Biao Culture feature mainly displays as follows: the spread of Buddhism in Japan strengthened the centralized state power of Kou Kin Tian Nao. The Japanese architecture, literature and art, science and technology, education and medical science reached its summit. Tian biao Culture laid foundation for the evolution of Japanese folk customs and national characters and symbolized a milestone of the Japanese national culture. Many features of the Japanese culture built up its embryonic form in Tian Biao times, Tian Biao Culture promoted the new development of Hei An Culture.


Analyzing the causes of academic failure of the first class pupils, the child's inability to get involved in the mainstream class is often mentioned as one of them which comes along with low self-esteem and mistrust in his/her intellectual abilities. Therefore in recent years, one of the research fields of social pedagogues is child's adaptation in the first class. This study analyzes the knowledge of various authors on factors that determine the psychological and social adaptation of the child in socio-pedagogical perspective. Theoretical aspects of adaptation are explored in order to determine the causes which hinder successful adaptation, and socio-pedagogical theories are analyzed elaborating support models for the whole class, teachers, parents and individual children.


The integration of sustainable practices into construction processes and activities are imperative for achieving the greening agenda of the construction industry. However, there has been a proliferation of several sustainable construction practices (SCPs) with biomimicry standing out among them. As a novel approach that studies and emulates nature's forms, processes, and strategies to proffer sustainable solutions to human challenges, biomimicry is beginning to gain momentum in its application across different sectors. This research sets out to identify what constitutes the barriers to the application of biomimicry. A structured questionnaire survey was conducted to establish the perception of construction professionals on the significant barriers to biomimicry adoption and implementation. A quantitative approach to data analysis was employed using the mean scores of the identified variables. Lack of awareness, lack of professional knowledge, and lack of training and education are identified as the top three barriers to biomimicry adoption and implementation. The study recommended that government, relevant professional bodies and stakeholders should encourage and embrace the adoption of biomimicry through awareness, education, training, and inclusion in the curriculum of institutions of higher learning. These will maximise the potential of biomimicry to aid innovative and sustainable outputs in the construction industry.


ABSTRACT This paper examines collaboration among geographically close neighborhood associations to determine whether they share similar priorities, if they have collaborated on specific projects, and to what extent they desire collaboration to help achieve their goals. Structured interviews/questionnaires were used to gather information about ten neighborhood associations clustered within an urban community. Results show that all ten associations are struggling to address the same community issues with a small number of active members. There is no evidence of joining forces with each other to resolve their common problems. The data illustrate that even when members of community associations recognize the value of collaboration and express interest in collaborating with others, they have difficulty translating that desire into actual collaborative projects.


This research is motivated by the weak ability of students in writing activities. One of the internal factors is the laziness that mounts to start writing, the rigidity of words, and confusion in writing. The purpose of this research is to apply a psychotransmitter communication technique in learning writing to foster writing intelligence. The psychotransmitter technique is a communication technique built through subconscious communication. Psychotransmitters are another name for subjective terms of communication (one-way communication) or telepathy where we can convey a message to someone we want to address so that what we want to convey enters the human subconscious mind. According to research, the subconscious mind affects 80% of the human mind. One of the benefits of this technique is that it can change a person's ego, self-esteem, emotions so that he will be cheated by his ego. Thus we can influence his thoughts with established communication. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method, the writer will explain clearly the steps to develop the intelligence to write short stories. The steps are clearly described based on the theory of NLP, hypnosis, and communication techniques. The results of this study are expected that students can change bad habits into good habits, namely writing skills or writing intelligence. The results of this study will produce writing stages using psychotransmitters.


The novel dithiatetraphospha-macrocycle 4,7,13,16-tetraphenyl-1,10-dithia-4,7,13,16-tetraphosphacyclo-octadecane (L2) has been synthesised in 14% yield via a one-step procedure. All of the five possible diastereoisomers were isolated, and two of them (α and β) used to form cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes. The compound [Ni(β-L2)]Br2·2H2O crystallises in a triclinic unit cell (P space group) with lattice Constants a= 9.645(3), b= 10.159(3), c= 10.869(3)A, α= 68.07(4), β= 78.09(4), γ= 84.69(4)°, and Z= 1. Least-squares refinement gave R= 0.059 for 1 395 observed reflections. The X-ray diffraction study of this complex shows that the nickel atom is six-co-ordinated by two sulphur and four phosphorus atoms of the macrocycle forming an elongated trans-octahedral geometry. The stereochemistry of the β isomer is 4RS,7RS,13SR,16SR. The 4RS,7RS,13RS,16SR isomer (α isomer) has been identified by 31P n.m.r. spectroscopy.


Studies detecting land use/cover change (LUCC) in large scales are increasing in number, and so are the studies identifying spatial determinants of these changes and creating their models. Raster datasets derived from digital elevation models (DEM) belong to a limited group of determinants that are relatively available for LUCC modelling in large scales. This study compares the performance of 12 DEM-derived determinants in models of six distinct land cover changes: urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural intensification and extensification, afforestation, and deforestation. The changes were identified in the 1949-2010 period in a reference scale of 1:10 000 on a total area of 176 km2 of 12 municipalities systematically selected to partially represent Western Carpathians in Slovakia. Nearly 45% of the area changed; afforestation, agricultural extensification and intensification were the most prevalent changes. Logistic regression and hierarchical partitioning were used to quantify the influence of the determinants on them. Among other commonly used determinants (elevation, slope, cost distance), vertical dissection and duration of solar radiation had an unexpectedly high influence, mostly on agricultural intensity and forest changes. However, further research is needed to verify these influences in other areas and to provide their sufficient causal interpretation.


"Employees hold the competitive edge in the emerging scenario", "Our employees are our assets". These and similar statements are commonly heard in today's corporate sector. One manifestation of this management philosophy is the subject of Human Resources Management whose supporters argue that it ensures a marriage of maximum output with maximum job satisfaction. However experience shows the existence of both positive and negative effects in HRM strategies. While mountains of literature exist to help employers devise innovative HRM initiatives to be put into practice, nothing much is known about the recipients of such ingenious HRM practices. This book is a collection of articles seeking to probe the perspective of the employees in an organization on whom such experiments are being tried ous In addition, the concept of HRM is critically assessed as to its effectiveness in delivering the promises made and the extent to which it is the cause of the changes taking place in organizations. The articles cover a wide range of topics and sectors of work and the canvas even goes beyond the authors' British experience, which makes the book relevant to a variety of readers.


The Tijuana (Mexico) - San Ysidro (San Diego County, CA) international border is the world's busiest port of entry. The US Customs and Border Protection Agency hires over 60,000 employees, 21,000 of whom are agents in the US Border Patrol. Several steps must be taken to become a border patrol agent, but being bilingual is not a pre-requisite. In order to communicate with detainees, and interrogate them, the US Border Patrol Agency hires the services of Telephone Interpreting Companies. In this study I present segments of a 2 hour and fifty minute transcript that captures a typical border patrol agent /detainee interaction facilitated by an ad-hoc interpreter. I examine the power differentials between the interlocutors and the role played by the telephone interpreter in mitigating or reinforcing such power. After analyzing the interpreter's credentials and the border patrol linguistic needs, I specifically look at interpreter's linguistic behaviors that lead to a detention reversed during the trial. This study calls into question the construct of justice when serving the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse populations.


This paper describes an approach to contextual reasoning for interpretation of spoken multimodal dialogue. The approach is based on combining recencybased search for antecedents with an object-oriented domain representation in such a way that the search is highly constrained by the type information of the antecedents. By furthermore representing candidate antecedents from the dialogue history and visual context in a uniform way, a single machinery (based on reduction in lambda calculus) can be used for resolving many kinds of underspecified utterances. The approach has been implemented in two highly different domains.


Abstract Poster session 1, September 21, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Objective To evaluate the in vivo efficacy of HPLC–purified antifungal lipopeptides (AF4 and AF5) in a murine model of disseminated candidiasis. Methods C. albicans AMR16294 isolate was used for all the in vivo experiments. A total of 6-week-old pathogen-free, female BALB/c mice, weighing 20-25 g were used for all animal experiments. For Kaplan-Mier analysis, mice were rendered neutropenic by a loading dose of 200 mg/kg cyclophosphamide three days prior (D-3) to infection and 150 mg/kg (D + 1) maintenance dose on day 1 post-infection (D + 1). A total of 60 mice were randomized into 8 different groups with 5 or 6 animals in each group. Animals were infected with 100μL of ∼ 1 × 10⁵ blastospores (corresponding to LD90) via the lateral tail vein. AF4 and AF5 were formulated in sterile PBS and administered intraperitoneally at doses of 5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg body weight and compared with a clinically-relevant human equivalent dose of caspofungin. AF4, AF5, caspofungin, or vehicle were administered at 1 h and 24 h post-infection. The survival of the mice was monitored for 14 days post-infection. For organ fungal-burden assessment, mice from each group were euthanized by CO2 inhalation, and the organs were aseptically removed, homogenized, and cultured on SDA. Results Both the doses of AF4 significantly reduced the mortality of mice compared to vehicle-treated mice. The survival over 2 weeks in 5 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, and caspofungin arms were similar and no death was reported in the three groups (P <.01). In contrast, the mortality in-vehicle- administered group was 80% with a median survival of 8 days. A similar survival benefit was observed in AF5-treated mice. While the median survival in the vehicle-treated arm was 5 days, the 2-week survival in 5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg arms was 80%-100%, comparable to that in the caspofungin arm (P <.01) (Fig. 1). The median CFU/g kidney tissue in 5 mg/kg arm of AF4 was 1.3 × 10⁴ equivalent to a 4-log reduction compared to the vehicle arm (3.8 × 10⁸ CFU/g kidney, P <.0001). The in vivo efficacy was higher at a higher dose with the kidney homogenates of 10 mg/kg arm yielding sterile cultures comparable to that of CAS arm (Fig. 2). Similar organ fungal-burden reduction was noted in heart and splenic tissues with a median cfu/g tissue of 1.3 × 10⁴ in 10 mg/kg, while CAS arms yielded sterile cultures. In AF5 treated groups, the median cfu/g kidney tissue in 5 mg/kg arm was 1.3 × 10⁴, however, the heart and splenic tissue homogenates yielded less fungal burden with median (q2) cfu/g as 0, while q3 of 6.7 × 10³and 1.3 × 10⁴, respectively (Fig. 2). Conclusion Both the antifungal compounds demonstrated a remarkable in vivo efficacy against C. albicans with a significant improvement in survival and a reduction in the organ-fungal burden.


Direct-power-purchasing of large consumer is a bilateral agreement model between large consumers and power generation enterprises. Direct-power-purchasing of large consumer pilot is one of the vital practice of China electric power system reform. A three-party profit model among power plants, large consumers and grid companies was build. Based on incentive compatibility principle of mechanism design theory, the prospective expressions of the power consuming increase as well as the three-party win-win achievement were discussed to meet the individual intent of these three-party in large consumers direct-purchasing pilot (each party expect that their profit could increase or keep the original level at least when the purchasing power tariff drop down). The article analyzed the 'utilization hour compensation' policy for the pilot project of direct-power-purchasing of large consumer implemented in Inner Mongolia Municipality. It was indicated that the policy is reasonable. It will motivate the power plants enthusiasm significantly and further reduce the resistance of the pilot reform accordingly.


It provides a current measurement techniques suppress the influence of switching noise. Technology to initiate, where the context is a current sensor for measuring the output current of the switching circuit. The current sensor, comprising a magneto-optical device and an optical receiver for receiving the transmitted light or reflected light of the light source and the magneto-optical device for irradiating light onto a magneto-optical device disposed on the measuring point of current. The light source, in synchronization with the carrier signal of the switching circuit is irradiated with light. The light is irradiated in synchronization with the carrier signal, and measuring a current to the light. Because synchronization with the carrier signal, it is possible to measure the current in the non-switching timing due to the PWM signal generated based on a carrier signal.


This paper suggests a method for creating computer graphics of rainfall scenes that naturally match the actual rainfall sounds. With respect to the rainfall phenomenon, Marshall and Palmer proposed probability distribution formulae of the number and size of raindrops in a certain volume under the given rainfall intensity. In addition, Best verified that the terminal velocity of a water droplet only depends on its size. These studies suggest us that we can derive the parameters of raindrops required for creating a rainfall animation, i.e. the distributions of the number and size of raindrops as well as their falling speed, only from the rainfall intensity. Hence, we propose an estimation method of the rain intensity from a real record of the rain sound. In the proposed method, the captured rain sound is Fourier transformed, and then two feature values are calculated in frequency domain. Finally, the rain intensity is estimated based on these feature values.


Transferable skills are very crucial for the future employment workforce. Vocational teachers whose transform their competency to the students should develop their abilities not only limited on technical skills but also on the transferable skills in accordance with the future industry's needs. The objective of this study was to investigate the transferable skills development of vocational teachers by identifying the specific employability skills that helping students compete in a rapidly social changing and economic environment. This study was used literature review for research procedure from the online database. Finding revealed that transferable skills include communication, collaboration, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and learning to learn. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for future research on reforming and improving vocational teacher transferable skills development. Keywords— Indonesia; literature review; transferable skills;


The automatic/driverless operation, which are important techniques in metro railways, are required to increase safety, reliability, and transport capacity. To satisfy such demands, we must have a system design and testing technique for the railway system operation. These techniques are related to the onboard train control and communication systems which include TCMS (train control and monitoring system), ATO (automatic train operation), ATC (automatic train control), and TWC (train to wayside communication). These sub-systems must be interfacing with not only each other but also the signal system on the ground. We tested the train control system on Seoul subway 7 line that has been developed on the basis of the standardized type EMU for Korean railway systems.


In an earlier issue of ATLA Abstracts Balls (1977) gave a wide ranging account of techniques alternative to live animal experiments. The purpose of the present article is to deal in rather more detail with one particular aspect of this subject the study of the metabolism of foreign compounds by vertebrates. During recent years there has been growing concern about the metabolic fate of drugs, pesticides, food additives, environmental pollutants,etc. in living animals, especially in humans. Two factors have contributed to this. Firstly, it has become increasingly clear that chemicals are a major factor in causing cancer. Furthermore, recent research suggests that many carcinogens need to be converted to active metabolites within the cell before they can have an effect (Heidelberger, 1975). Indeed, the generation of such active metabolites in in vitro systems is an integral part of certain screening tests for carcinogenic activity (Purchase et cl. 1976). Secondly, the biotransformation of drugs, pesticides and pollutants sometimes leads to the production of metabolites which are more toxic and/or more persistent than the original substances. Manyorganophosphorus insecticides are transformed into toxic metabolites by oxidative processes within the cell. The insecticides DDT and aldrin are converted to metabolites which are highly persi sten tin the Iiving env ironmen t. In response to these trends there has been a rapi d growth in the quantit.y of work done on the metabolism of foreign compounds. Official bodies now demand a great deal of information on metabolites before new pesticides, drugs or food additives are marketed. In the USA regulations have been introduced by the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the metabolism of new compounds.


The effect of nitrate or sulfate as counterions on flocculation properties of polydiallyldimethylammonium salts (PDADMAX) was investigated by using an optical monitoring technique together with the conventional jar test procedure and zeta potential measurement. Effect of the different content of monovalent nitrate ion and divalent sulfate ion was discussed in detail by measuring turbidity of the stock kaolin suspension solution. Moreover, in order to indicate the flocculation mechanism of PDADMAX, the effect of counterions on the solution property and adsorption morphology was studied by reduced viscosity and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The experiment results showed that counterion had a significantly different effect on PDADMAX flocculation as a result of the most commercially important polymer flocculant, where charge neutralization and bridging action played different parts in the flocculation process. PDADMAX having NO-_3 had stronger flocculation efficiency, whereas having SO 2- _4 had the wider optimum dosage and larger floc size. The flocculation efficiency of PDADMAX having different content of SO 2- _4 or NO-_3 was different, the optimum content of SO 2- _4 or NO-_3 was 20%. In particular, for high turbidity kaolin suspension solution, the flocculation of PDADMAX having SO 2- _4 or NO-_3 was obviously increased.


In article results of research and, the conclu-sions drawn on their basis assuming effective de-velopment both intellectual, and moral spheres of the child are presented and, as a whole, allow more effective formation of the socially-active per-son of the younger schoolboy.


6 beta,7 beta,14 beta-Trihydroxy-1 alpha-acetoxy-7 alpha,20-epoxy-ent-kaur-16-en-15-one was isolated from the natural plant of Isodon japonica (Burm.f), Haravar. galaucocalyx (maxim) Hara. The structure was elucidated by means of spectral and chemical studies. In addition, its crystal was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. It crystallizes in triclinic, space group P1, Z = 2, a = 6.3506(4), b = 13.5766(8), c = 15.2777(9) angstrom, alpha = 80.506(1), 83.856(1), gamma = 88.307(1)degrees, C25H36O9, M-r = 480.54, V = 1291.64(13) angstrom(3), Z = 2, D-c = 1.236 g/cm(3), F(000) = 516, mu = 0.093 mm(-1), S = 0.988, the final R = 0.0761 and wR = 0.1955. Flack factor is 0.02(19), and the largest peak and deepest hole on the final difference Fourier map are 0.556 and -0.265 e/angstrom(3), respectively. The X-ray diffraction shows the existence of intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot O (DA) hydrogen bonds between adjacent molecules.


The double-precision Themis code is being used to integrate the motion of Mars and Venus to obtain a complete set of rectangular equatorial coordinates ever the interval 1600 to 2000 A.D. Observations of a number of periodic comets extending over this interval are being collected. The Satellite code was extended to include the rotation of the atmosphere. The code was used to investigate the motion of ion rockets. The motion of 1957 Beta was integrated from Dec. 10, 1957, to a death date which was determined as April 1. (For preceding period see UCRL-5240-T.) (W.D.M.)


We consider the nonlocal analogue of the Fisher equation ut = μ ∗ u − u + u(1 − u), where μ is a probability distribution. We show that if an initial disturbance extends widely, then the disturbance spreads. Further, we give a formula of the spreading speeds.


Periodontitis is the most common oral disease. It is a chronic disease that is characterised by the destruction of the tissues. It is caused by multifactorial aetiology. Variation in host metabolism and microbes results in the development of periodontitis. Saliva provides us with a protective role of lubrication, neutralizing the pH, mineralising the bones and fighting microbes in a diseased oral cavity. We need to identify metabolites in saliva to know the aetiology and stage of periodontitis. Some metabolites may help in the diagnosis and treatment of periodontitis. Various classes of the biochemicals like amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, nuclear peptides, dipeptides are changed in periodontitis. Most importantly, there is an increase in the levels of protease, glycosidase and lipase activity in chronic periodontal disease that forms the most favourable time for the growth of bacteria. There is a deficiency in contempered screening methods. Therefore, we should understand the arising need for metabolites for better diagnosis and treatment of periodontitis.


Objective Prostate cancer is the second common malignancies of men around the world. According to the database about prostate cancer of our institute, in our study, we will analyses prostate cancer patients with Gleason score 10 and investigate its clinical and pathological features. Methods We retrospectively review 30 prostate cancer patients with complete clinical information in our hospital between July 2010 and July 2013. Results The pathology of tissue specimens is that all of them are Gleason score 10. ECT shows that 10 with bone metastasis, 1 with lung metastasis. Mean value of total serum PSA is 56.35 ng/mL and average PSAD is 0.57. Mean BMI is 23.90, but there are 14 patients with a BMI more than 25 accounting for 47% of the total. Conclusions By our initial research, we find that prostate cancer with Gleason 10 is the highest grade pathological malignancy tumor. It is usually found in elder men, especially more than 70 years old. Patients always have higher BMI and bigger total PSA and PSAD. Patients frequently have metastatic sites with seminal vesicles, bone and other places, however, it does not has a higher risk of metastasis. Therefore, we can see prostate cancers with Gleason 10 as special style to treat.


The article deals with modern methods of distance learning in the corporate sector. On the specifics of the application of the described methods is their classification and be subject to review their specific differences based on the features and applications of these techniques given the characteristics of the organization of teaching in higher education, a conclusion about their preferred sides, which can be used in distance education. Later in the article, taking into account the above factors, it is proposed an innovative method of formation of educational programs. In view of the similarity of the rendered appearance of the pyramids, this technique proposed name "pyramid". Offered by the authors, this technique is best synthesis of the best features of the previously described in the article for the online teaching methods. In the future, we are given a detailed description and conducted a preliminary analysis of the applicability of this technique to the training process in the Russian Federation. The analysis describes the eight alleged authors of distance education problems of high school that this method can help to solve.


Skyline query processing in Location-based Services has been investigated extensively in recent years. In this paper, we address the issue of efficient evaluation of Continuous Range Skyline Queries (CRSQ) in road networks where the query points are moving and the interest points are within a certain range. We develop efficient skyline maintaining strategies to answer continuous range skyline queries. First, we propose a novel method named Dynamic Split Points Setting (DSPS) dividing a given path in road networks into several segments. Second, for each segment, we adopt the Progressive Incremental Network Expansion (PINE) technique based on Network Voronoi Diagrams (NVD) to calculate candidates of skyline interest points. After that, when the query point moves, the spilt points are dynamically set by DSPS strategies to ensure that when the query point moves within a segment, skyline points remain unchanged and only need to be updated while moving across the split points. Finally, extensive experiments show that our DSPS strategies are efficient compared with previous approaches.


Certain proteins in the thick ascending limb of the nephron are thought to help create the urine concentration gradient in mammalian kidneys. Kangaroo rats have very concentrated urine because of their dry environment and thus make a useful species for comparison against the normal laboratory rat. Concentrations of NaK-ATPase were measured using Western Blot Analyses. The tissue was dissected to isolate the outer medullary region, which consists predominantly of the thick ascending limb. The membrane fraction of the tissue was blotted with an antibody against the NaK-ATPase alpha subunit and read with an infrared imaging system. The results showed that NaK-ATPase protein levels were over three fold higher in the kangaroo rat relative to the Sprague Dawley rat, supporting the hypothesis that more active sodium reabsorption occurs in the kangaroo rat. The release of inorganic phosphate was also measured to determine ouabain-sensitive NaK-ATPase activity. Total ATPase activity was 905 ± 122 for kangaroo rat and 721 ± 111 for Munich-Wistar rat (Mean ± SE). NaK-ATPase activity was greater in the kangaroo rat (204 ± 65) than in Munich-Wistar rat (79 ± 62). Introduction: The kidneys perform many important roles in the body. They act as filters to remove waste from the blood and excrete it in urine. They produce hormones that regulate blood pressure, erythrogenesis and calcium metabolism. The kidneys also maintain a proper fluid balance by regulating electrolytes and transporting ions. (Boron and Boulpaep) Kidneys are generally bean-shaped and have two regions – the outer cortex region that is covered by a fibrous capsule and the medulla region that can be further separated into the outer and inner medulla. The cortex consists of many glomeruli, which are clusters of blood vessels


Investigations were carried out to determine the functional relationship between the Froude number and the magnitude, distribution and frequency of pressure fluctuations on the downstream face of a sluice gate partially submerged in the quasi-stable eddy (surface roller) of a hydraulic jump. Results obtained are compared with previously reported results for boundary pressure fluctuations in an expansion chamber in closed conduit flow.


Yogyakarta is one of the cities that provides public transportation facilities to support the activities of its people in traveling. However, the use of public transportation is still a little in demand in Yogyakarta, whether it's because the desired travel route is not available, the tariff is not reasonable, the driver is reckless, or the physical condition of the vehicle is no longer suitable for use. Usually, after people use public transportation, the satisfaction that has been felt will appear. Therefore, a sentiment analysis study will be conducted to determine the value of customer satisfaction on the use of public transportation in Yogyakarta. This research uses social media twitter to get data. The data will identify an opinion or problem from someone whether it tends to be positive, negative, or neutral. The author uses the SentiStrength method to classify tweet data to get a value. This study will produce a summary of customer satisfaction values that can be used as a reference in increasing customer satisfaction so that people are more interested in using public transportation in Yogyakarta.


WuLheT・ing Heights is a novel depicting a world of fervent passions. But it has a narrative structure so complex that, on first reading, many readers must find it confusing; it baffles usalmost to the point of the confusion. This is p)aim)y shown in the contemporary criticisms of the novel. Later critics sllCh as lnga-Stir)a Ewbank have revealed a hidden and unexpected cohsistency behind the apparently chaotic world of WuLheri72g Heights, but it cannot be denied that WuiheT・ing Heights still contains elements that confuse the reader. Why is the housekeeper Chosen to narrate the story? Why is a traveller from town needed to draw out her narration and his 6criture/diary needed to encircle it? The frame structure of the novel seems to have a slg71ificance too crucialto be treated as a commonplace device of Gothic romance: Gothic romances do not usually confuse the reader by setting up their frames. What I would like to pay particular attention to here is the existence of the traveller, Lockwood. While the T]OVel consists of his diary entries, Lockwood, who listens to Nelly's tale, isalmost invisible behind her narrative, and consequently, has been considere8 as a mere observer/onlooker of the tale; his "experience" has rarely been grven sig71ificance・m Still, it must be noted that it is Lockwood's dreamshis experience that draw out Nelly'S narrative. As is often the casewith Gothic romances, dream foreshadows the future developments of the novel; but Lockwood's dreams go further than this. They appear to be foreshadowing not only the actions of the central story of Heathcliff and two Catherines, butalSo many other things about the whole novel, of which the centralstory lS a Part. For one thing, the dreams elucidate what is at stake in Lockwood's daytime behaviour by illuminating his personality. The dreams take place on his second visit to Wuthering Heights and the dreams, which he dreams in the late Catherine's bedroom, all concern his fear of actllality. The three consecutive dreams make the point clearer, but the most relevant for our purposes is the third: while lying in the oak closet at Wuthering Heights,Leckwood hears the gusty wind and the driving of the snow. Healso hears a fir-boughrepeat its teasing soundrubbing against thewindow. This annoys him so much, that he resolves to silence it:


The specialized library should adapt the situation,fully display own superiority to enhance the use efficiency of the collection,and provide information resources whose specialization is strong,effectiveness for a period of time is high,the capacity is big in the new time.Some questions in the agricultural specialized library and how to develop are analyzed in this paper.It is the developing trend that the computer technology,the information technology and the digitized network technology will be applied in the library.


The advantageas and disadvantages of several extraction and purification techniques and activity assay methods were analyzed,and compared activity. In practical study or manufacture,it is vital to formulate reasonable technical scheme and choose reliable assay method.


A study regarding the possibility to reduce the weight of a centrifuge was made as a Bachelor thesis in lightweight constructions. Centriair AB contributed with the assignment and Jack Delin was involved as supervisor during the entire project.The centrifuge is used in the frying industry and in each centrifuge there are 200-250 thin discs rotating at 3000 rpm. Their primary function is to separate oil particles from water by hurling the oil particles to the inner walls of the centrifuge by using the centrifugal force. The weight reduction was obtained by changing the disc material to a composite with a polymer matrix and also by making each disk thinner. The application was cost sensitive and required materials with very high temperature tolerance. Since the supervisor did not want the design to change, the original design was used and therefore only material and manufacturing methods was analyzed.At first, a requirement specification to the application was made. From this, an analysis was made where matrix and fiber material as well as manufacturing methods were investigated. A FEM-analysis was performed to calculate the stress developed in the centrifuge by using data from the investigated materials. Parallel to the analysis, quality tests were performed to verify the mechanical properties in the chosen material.The ultimate material choice was LCP as matrix together with glass fiber and the composite will be manufactured using compression moulding. The weight was reduced to 63 gram, a weight reduction of nearly 77 % per disc. The material cost was estimated to 5 SEK per disc.


On the basis of high-resolution 2D and 3D seismic data as well as some well data, an integrated seismo-stratigraphic study was carried out in offshore northwest Myanmar in order to define and understand the Miocene-Pleistocene sequence stratigraphic framework, deepwater depositional system and reservoir potential of the northeast Bengal fan. Five depositional sequences were recognized in the Miocene– Pleistocene Bengal fan. A typical depositional sequence in outer shelf and upper slope is mainly composed of LST canyons, TST sediments and HST deltas. Whereas a typical depositional sequence in lower slope and basin floor is mainly composed of LST deepwater depositional system, and TST and HST are condensed. The analysis of seismic facies and seismic attributes indicate that deepwater architectural elements of the Miocene– Pleistocene Bengal fan mainly include canyons, slope channel complexes, individual channels, channel-levee complexes, depositional lobes and mass-transport complexes. The investigation of depositional evolution suggests that the northeast Bengal fan experienced rapid progradation during the Miocene-Early Pliocene and gradual retrogradation during the Early Pliocene-Pleistocene.


The tapered-quality steam-water process, in which steam injection is converted to water injection via gradually decreasing steam qualities, is described. Laboratory tests performed in linear sand packs on a 43 API gravity crude oil show that (1) steam injection is very effective in recovering light oil, and (2) the tapered-quality steam-water flood is at least equal to, and potentially better than, the conventional steam flood in energy efficiency. This study reviews the conventional steam flood as applied to a light oil reservoir, and then examines a modified process that offers potential improvement in economics.


University aesthetic education is an important component of higher education and the core of university students' humanistic quality education.At the turning point of the century,the Party and the government introduced various educational policies and principles,in which the importance of aesthetic education in school education and the development of humanistic quality was emphasized.Especially after the popularization of higher education,both the subject and the object of education transformed.How to carry out the university aesthetic education becomes a problem that must be solved.The best breakthrough in the implementation of aesthetic education is arts education.This paper discusses the urgency and importance of the implementation of aesthetic education in the university,and holds that the core vector of university aesthetic education should be arts education.How to carry out arts education in the university is also specified.


As part of a continuing study of organic geochemistry of the 1.05 Ga Nonesuch Formation in the North American Mid-Continents rift, isotopic compositions of individual normal alkanes were measured using compound-specific isotopic analysis. This is a relatively new technique that can be used in conjunction with traditional biomarker analysis in interpretation of thermal maturity, oil-source rock correlation, and paleoecologic reconstruction. Carbon-isotopic compositions of individual normal alkanes from C{sub 15} to C{sub 25} in five bitumens and one oil from Nonesuch strata vary from {minus}28.8 to {minus}34.5{per thousand} (versus PDB). Within a given sample, isotopic compositions of n-alkanes span a range of 2 to 4 {per thousand}%. Homologues from C{sub 15} to C{sub 19} are isotopically light (depleted) by approximately 0.5{per thousand} relative to higher homologues from C{sub 20} to C{sub 25}. Two sources of normal alkanes are interpreted from the distribution of isotopic compositions. Based on chain length, the series from C{sub 15} to C{sub 19} may have been derived from algal components. Isotopically heavy, higher homologues are suspected to have been derived from bacterial sources. The pattern of isotopic compositions of bitumens is similar to that of the oil, demonstrating an oil-source rock relationship. Superimposed upon this primary, bimodalmore » distribution of normal alkanes is the influence of thermal maturity on isotopic composition. Normal alkanes in samples of higher thermal maturity are enriched isotopically by 0.25 to 2{per thousand} relative to those of lower thermal maturity. Isotopic enrichment with increasing thermal maturity is interpreted to be the result of either addition of isotopically heavy components derived from kerogen and/or preferential loss through cracking of isotopically light components in bitumen.« less


England, all property disputes, even those arising from broken marriages (and there were many), belong to the king's courts, and Müller was not looking at those records. As Müller acknowledges in the conclusion to his book, medieval men and women were astute litigants eager to engage in forum shopping. If that is the case, how can anyone hope to gain the whole picture with records drawn from only one jurisdiction? On a less significant note, there is a distinct lack of meticulousness when it comes to the citations. Some names are simply mangled: John Hajnal has become "John Hainal," Lindsay Bryant is "Brian Lindsay." Others are presented too familiarly: Joseph Goering is "Joe Goering," P. J. P. Goldberg is "Jeremy Goldberg." This inattention to detail also bleeds over into the text with multiple references to the English Channel as "the British Channel" (120 and 130). Despite the difficulties of carrying out such a large-scale project, Müller needs to be commended for his recognition of the importance of comparative history and understanding that even something as foundational as marriage can differ enormously from region to region, despite the universalizing influence of the church.


The author introduced for regular continuous distributions a scalar inference function, Johnson score S(x) [Fabián 2006]. Function S(x) has properties of an information function of a distribution and its mean value can be interpreted as the Fisher information for a 'center' of the distribution. In this report we discuss the possible use of this information function in multivariate problems and time series analysis.


One of the advantages of multimedia-assisted instruction is that it makes students more interested in sustainable learning and assists them to access information and learn more effectively. This research sought to explore the asymmetric effects of the development of sustainable multimedia-assisted instruction (MAI) on student reading practice in areas such as the implementation of learner autonomy and the improvement of reading ability, primarily based on multimedia technology-assisted instruction. This experiment was conducted in a junior high school in China. Eighty-six students from two parallel grade two classes were selected as research participants. Class One was set as the experimental class (EC) and Class Two was symmetrically designed as the control class (CC). The research results indicate that MAI encouraged students in the EC to adopt reading strategies more frequently and helped them to improve their level of learner autonomy, from a low level to an intermediate level, for the use of an asymmetrical technology, in comparison with the control class. Furthermore, the EC's reading ability was significantly enhanced. Additionally, there is a discussion of pedagogical implications and constructive suggestions considered to be beneficial for sustainable learning skills, teaching and for further research on the symmetrical application of technology in education. Finally, one of the most significant findings from this study is the effectiveness of combining modern sustainable technology and advanced educational concepts with symmetry in promoting learner autonomy within a sustainable learning model.


The utility model relates to a heat exchanger coil pipe with a built-in spoiler. The heat exchanger coil pipe comprises a coil pipe and is characterized in that the spoiler is arranged in the coil pipe, and densely distributed small through holes are arranged in the spoiler. The heat exchanger coil pipe is characterized in that the spoiler is arranged along the axial direction of the coil pipe, and the spoiler consists of a plurality of spoiler plates with the herringbone cross sections. The heat exchanger coil pipe has the advantages that the pressure resistance capability of a flat pipe can be greatly enhanced, the appearance stability during the processing is ensured, and the fin passing can be smoothly carried out.


Based on the simple response packet confirmation mechanism proposed by Hiroshima Tsunoda etc,this paper presents a novel model which adds a monitor to Hiroshima Tsunoda's model in order to response normal connection well and to increase the speed of service,moreover detecting abnormal packet once again in comparator ensure the detection rate.Suppose the total response packet is n,when the rate of abnormal package is less than 1-1/(20n),the time complexity of this model is less than that of Hiroshima Tsunoda's model.


A new row-biplane configuration designed to improve the low aerodynamic efficiency of inflatable aircraft adopting large thickness airfoil was investigated by means of low speed and low turbulence wind tunnel experiment.The effect of airfoil thickness on aerodynamic performance of monoplane and biplane was compared firstly,based on which,in order to optimize the performance of new configuration,the effect of deflection angle mounted on posterior wings of biplane on the aerodynamic performance was investigated.Meanwhile,based on NACA0030 airfoil,an inflatable wing with corrugated profile was designed and the performance of monoplane and row-biplane with corrugated profile was compared.Experimental results show that comparing with monoplane with thicker airfoil,the aerodynamic characteristics of row-biplane are greatly improved,and the deflection angle mounted on posterior wing may further enhance the lift and lift-drag ratio of new row-biplane configuration.Furthermore,the comparison between models with smooth profile wing and corrugated profile wing indicates that the stalling characteristics of corrugated profile at high attack angles may be notably improved,due to the flow mechanism that under experimental condition,early transition from laminar to turbulent flow appears for corrugated profile,which delays the stalling and weakens the flow separation.


Epoxy-terminated polystyrene has been synthesized by radical polymerization using alpha-(t-butylperoxymethyl) styrene (TPMS) as the chain transfer agent. The chain transfer constants were found to be 0.66 and 0.80 at 60 and 70 degrees C, respectively. The presence of epoxy end groups was confirmed by functional group modification of epoxide to aldehyde by treatment with BF3.Et(2)O. Thermal stability of TPMS was followed by differential scanning calorimetry and iodimetry. Thermal decomposition of TPMS in toluene follows first order kinetics with an activation energy of 23 kcal/mol. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Objective To analyze endemic characteristics and situation of notifiable diseases in Qiannan Prefecture of Guizhou Province from 1957-2005 so as to provide scientific basis.Method Information of epidemic and investigation report on special topic were collected from 1957-2005 in the whole prefecture.The epidemiologic description and analysis methods were applied in the study.Results 2 618 244 cases of 20 kinds of infectious diseases were reported in the prefecture from 1957-2005,with an average morbidity of 2 064/105,and fatality rate of 1.01%.Before 1980s, the morbidity of infectious disease was higher and quite irregular, then gradually presented a decline,and dropped to the lowest in history of the prefecture after 2000.Conclusion After 1980s, the morbidity of infectious disease presented gently posture, but the diseases spectrum revealed certain change. In middle of 1990s, AIDS had been reported and present increase situation in the prefecture.The results indicated control measures should be adjusted.


ABSTRACT In this paper we consider the uniform strong consistency, along with a rate, of the cumulative distribution function (CDF) estimator. We extend the extended Glivenko–Cantelli lemma (for empirical distribution function) in Fabian and Hannan (1985, pp. 80–83) to the kernel estimator of the CDF.


Students of Igneous phenomena have long since become familiar with the occurrence of rare minerals in pegmatitic bodies. The great local concentration of rare elements in pegmatite minerals provides a remarkably good opportunity for the Investigation of deep-seated rock constituents, for it is reasonable to suppose that these same elements are widely distributed in minute amounts through the parent rocks to which they are genetically related; but their concentration in pegmatite bodies affords a record of their presence that is lacking in other rocks.

The unusual number of rare minerals of the Amelia, Virginia, pegmatites has long attracted attention, and the rare elements of the more abundant minerals which have been investigated in the laboratories of the United States Geological Survey afford an unusual opportunity to study the rare constituents of a pegmatite. This famous locality for rare minerals is situated 38 miles southwest of Richmond, just south of Appomattox River, on the Piedmont plateau.


The type species of Parastrophinella, P. reversa, a pentamerid brachiopod from the uppermost Ordovician (Hirnantian) Ellis Bay Formation of Anticosti Island, Quebec, shows that the genus is characterized by three features: 1) a ventral median septum apically buried in a thickened valve floor, but anteriorly rising above valve floor; 2) prominent alate plates, which are homologous to brachial processes; and, 3) a pseudocruralium consisting of a dorsal median septum, which is largely buried in the valve floor posteriorly, and outer plates that are connected to the median septum via prismatic substance (with poorly developed lamellar layer at the junctions) at, or slightly above, the valve floor. These constitute criteria by which many species previously assigned to Parastrophinella are excluded from the genus. Late Ordovician species that fit the redefinition of Parastrophinella are now confined to eastern North America. The genus crosses the Ordovician/Silurian boundary without major morphologic change, and Early Silurian species of Parastrophinella occur in both eastern North America and Great Britain. In the Late Ordovician, the pentamerid fauna of North America (Laurentia) contrasted sharply with that of Baltica and Kazakhstan, where the Holorhynchus fauna was dominant. Typical elements of the Holorhynchus fauna, such as the large-shelled Holorhynchus and Proconchidium, are known only in the northern parts of Laurentia (Baffin Island, Greenland, and Kolyma), and are absent in the Hudson Bay and Williston basins and southwards.


ABSTRACT History education stakeholders in England have consistently judged that some students find formal historical writing prohibitively difficult due to the demands of constructing an extended argument. While policy makers have agreed students need support in their historical writing, recurring themes in centralised resourcing have been wastage, incoordination and replication. Furthermore, two concurrent but largely disconnected discourses have developed and promulgated initiatives relevant to students' extended historical writing: 'genre theorists' and the 'history teachers' extended writing movement'. Despite certain goals held in common participants in the two discourses have tended to talk past one another with concomitant issues in resourcing. Unsystematic, cross-fertilisation between the discourses has led to cycles of genre theory being collectively discovered, forgotten, and rediscovered by history teachers with knowledge not being built cumulatively. Furthermore both discourses have independently developed similar initiatives in a form of convergent evolution resulting in duplication of labour. Finally, divergent evolution has occurred where genre theorists have advocated approaches that are increasingly redundant for history teachers' requirements. A more activist stance is therefore required to ensure meaningful inter-discursive communication between genre theorists and the history teachers' 'extended writing movement' to ensure efficacy in developing approaches to improving students' extended historical writing.


Transforming psychology, the title of this volume, refers to the personal and social transformations that take place through the work we do, as well as to our goal of transforming the field of psychology itself through the inclusion of the interpretive and participatory methods described here. In this volume we examine how these methods have been and continue to be incorporated into the field of psychology and the challenges researchers have faced in doing so. We examine the epistemological foundations upon which these methods are based and provide a series of exemplars to illustrate the variety of ways in which interpretive and participatory methods are being applied. Finally, we discuss some of the barriers that remain to fulfilling this goal of transformation within our work and within our discipline.


The determination of the vertical displacement, or throw, of horizons across a fault surface is important to identify potential sealing fault surfaces within a volume. This paper presents a workflow for fault identification, extraction of fault surfaces o


The past two decades have seen a significant number of large-scale disasters in a wide range of hazardous, well-defended technologies. Despite their differences, the root causes of these accidents have been traced to latent failures and organizational errors arising in the upper echelons of the system in question. A model of the aetiology of these organizational accidents is outlined. The model describes two interrelated causal sequences: (a) an active failure pathway that originates in top-level decisions and proceeds via error-producing and violation-promoting conditions in the various workplaces to unsafe acts committed by those at the immediate human-system interface and (b) a latent failure pathway that runs directly from the organizational processes to deficiencies in the system's defences. The paper goes on to identify two sets of dependencies associated with latent failures and violations. Organizational errors increase the likelihood of operator error through the active failure pathway and, at the same time, enhance the possibility of adverse outcomes through defensive weaknesses. Violations have a narrower range of consequences. Non-compliance with safe operating procedures increases the likelihood of error by taking perpetrators into regions of operation in which neither the physical regime nor the hazards are well understood. Violations, by definition, also take perpetrators 'closer to the edge,' and thus increase the chance that subsequent errors will have damaging outcomes. The paper concludes by indicating two ways in which the model has been applied in industrial settings: (a) through the development of proactive measures for diagnosing and remedying organizational processes known to be implicated in accident causation, and (b) an accident investigation technique that guides investigators and analysts to the organizational root causes of past accidents.


The invention discloses a method for manufacturing a human-machine interface device. In the method, a shielding layer and a transparent electroconductive film are manufactured on a same substrate, the transparent electroconductive film is attached onto a visible area and extends to the shielding layer, and after the transparent electroconductive film is etched, metal conductor wires are connected with connecting wires formed by the transparent electroconductive film, on the shielding layer. By utilization of the method disclosed by the invention, the arrangement of a cover lens in the prior art can be avoided, so that the thickness is reduced and the purpose of reducing the cost can be further achieved. In addition, by utilization of the metal conductor wires connected with the connecting wires, the problem of overhigh resistance caused by that the connecting wires of the transparent electroconductive film are directly connected onto a chip in an extension manner is avoided. Furthermore, a plurality of inductive patterns are formed on the transparent electroconductive film and are arranged in a same horizontal space together with the connecting wires of the transparent electroconductive film, so that the problem of process complication caused by bridging can be avoided.


Cleaning of sensitive surfaces with cavitation bears the danger of damage, even at higher ultrasonic frequencies. Recently it has become clear that for microand nanoparticulate contaminations also "soft" cavitation bubbles could be efficient cleaning agents: gently driven surface attached bubbles that do not undergo strong oscillations and collapse. Here the motion of the three-phase boundary (contact line) plays a crucial role, and we designed a microflow channel to explore in more detail its cleaning power. At the same time, a standard method for measurement of stickiness of particles should be developed. We present first results and comparison to flow simulations. Preliminary observations show enhanced cleaning by an avalanche effect produced by looser particles carried in the flow and a large amount of particles stored in the air-water interface. This increases cleaning efficiency with flow velocity.


The analysis of results prebiotic activity natural sugarsubstitute, received with application of immobilization bacteria cells Erwinia rhapontici is conducted. On the basis of developed before biotechnology it is received isomaltulose is natural sugarsubstitute and are investigated it prebiotic properties in vitro conditions. Dynamics of growth of Bifidobacterium bifidum on medium with various sources of carbon is studied, for example isomaltulose, inulin, lactose, tregalose, fructose. Calculation of cages bifidobacteria on different medium on fixed dabs is spent and intensity of bifidocultures metabolic processes is investigated. Results of research of symbiotic relations of representative useful microflora in intestines – B. bifidum with an is conditional-pathogenic microorganism – Escherichia coli are analysed. On the basis of researches results it is proved isomaltulose prebiotic activity in vitro conditions.


Deep foundation bored piles are normally adopted for the foundation system at Marina Bay area in Singapore. The geological formation in this area is very challenging for the underground construction. Currently, there are numbers of high-rise buildings in this area and would have many more in the future as shown in the government's Master Plan. Therefore, an effective and innovative method to design the pile foundation safely and environmental friendly has to be developed. In this paper, the author describes the effects of base grouting and deep cement mixing (DCM) on the pile performance at Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC). The results show that base grouted piles are well performed in the pile toe movement and mobilised skin friction at the bottom section of the pile. Soil improvement works are usually needed for the deep basement excavation for the earth retaining structure at Marina Bay area and DCM is normally adopted. The thickness various from 5m to 7m and is usually founded in the reclaimed sand or soft marine clay layer. The effects of DCM on the mobilised skin friction of pile cannot be ignored. The effects of construction methods using Bentonite and Polymer are also discussed. Installation of bored piles using bentonite method would be much faster than polymer. However, the bentonite might cause the reduction of shaft skin friction. It has to be taken care to avoid it during construction. A study of the geotechnical design parameters for deep foundation bored piles in various types of soil formations in Singapore is presented. The data would be useful for the practitioners to provide a practical and economical bored piles design.


The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of mnemonic strategies instruction on the immediate and delayed information retrieval of vocabulary learning in EFL elementary learners. Eighty-one Iranian EFL students majoring in English Translation at Aviation University in Tehran were randomly selected from the whole population of freshman students. To assure the criterion of homogeneity, seventy students were selected from eighty-one learners based on the results obtained from a Nelson test of English language proficiency which was conducted at the beginning of the study. A pretest of vocabulary was also administered at this stage to ensure that the new words were unfamiliar to participants. The participants were then divided to an experimental and a control group each comprising of thirty-five students. The students in the experimental group were instructed to use two vocabulary mnemonic strategies of visualization and pictures, whereas the participants into control group were advised to do the exercises without using any strategy. At the end of the treatment, the same pretest of vocabulary was administered as posttest to both groups to compare the participants' power of retrieval on vocabulary achievement. The results of the posttest 1 and posttest 2 confirmed the superiority of the experimental group to the control group.


The Belgian health care system blends national health insurance with private service providers. This small nation's home care system is clearly and simply organized, providing an example that other countries may wish to follow.


T he publisher has requested that the article ''Association study of TGFBR2 and miR-518 gene polymorphisms with age at natural menopause, premature ovarian failure and early menopause among Chinese Han women'' be retracted. A review, based on which the editorial decision had been made, was found to be falsified. Using a fictitious account, a review was submitted under the name of a known scientist without their knowledge. Consequently, the Editor supervising the review process was misled into accepting the paper based upon a review he assumed was performed by a well-known expert in the field. This represents a violation of the peer-review process and publishing ethics standards.


Introduction. The process of population aging, characterized by a gain in the group of people of older working age in the age structure, has begun in Russia, and in the developed countries. The demographic policy of the state is aimed at creating a favourable age and gender structure of the population with the aim of systematic socio-economic development of the regions.
The purpose of the study is to give a comprehensive assessment of the trend in demographic aging of the population of the northern and equated territories of the Irkutsk region over 2011–2019.
Materials and methods. The selection of territories is based on the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 16, 2021 N 1946 "On approval of the list of regions of the Far North and areas equated to regions of the Far North". Information on the absolute size of the total population, population by gender and individual age groups was obtained from the Rosstat service for the Irkutsk region. In accordance with the methodological provisions on demographic statistics, special aging coefficients were studied in the formed statistical population using the Statistica 6.0 MS Excel 2017 software packages.
Results. In the northern and equated territories of the Irkutsk region, population aging processes are taking place. The intensity of the aging process in the regions in time proceeds differently. There is a disproportion in the age-gender structure due to the feminization of aging, which leads to deformation of the age-gender pyramid. In most regions, the depth of aging is decreasing, the number of people surviving to the age group of 75–89 years is becoming smaller. There is a twofold gain in the pension burden coefficient, its trend in the regions is similar to the Irkutsk region in general, with the exception of Bratsky, Nizhneilimsky, Ust-Kutsky industrial areas.
Research limitations. The method used is applicable in the study of the trend in the population aging rate in certain territories.
Conclusion. The formation of a steady growth trend of indicators characterizing the processes of population aging in the territories determines the need to develop programs to improve demographic policy in the subject of the Federation.


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Oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are currently being investigated in phase II and phase III clinical trials for several inflammatory skin diseases including alopecia areata (AA). Topical JAK inhibitors have been investigated in atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and AA. While a number of case series using topical JAK inhibitors in AA have been published, to date there have been no randomized controlled clinical trials.


We consider R + R 2 relativistic quantum gravity with the action where all possible terms quadratic in the curvature tensor are added to the Einstein-Hilbert term. This model was shown to be renormalizable in the work by K.S. Stelle. In this paper, we demonstrate that the R + R 2 model is also unitary contrary to the statements made in the literature, in particular in the work by Stelle. New expressions for the R + R 2 Lagrangian within dimensional regularization and the graviton propagator are derived. We demonstrate that the R + R 2 model is a good candidate for the fundamental quantum theory of gravity.


It is recognized importance of team-based software engineering education in these days, and lots of case studies have been reported. This paper describes a comparative study on team-based software engineering education. We propose three perspectives (team selection, assessment method for grading, and computer-supported environments) for comparison at first and compare cases based on the perspectives.