The improvement of microclimatic conditions is one of main characters to show the environment effect of the returning farm land into forest and grass land on the Loess Plateau.Three forest-grass rehabilitation of artificial vegetation in Ansai experiment station were selected to measure meteorological factors such as light intensity,wind speed,temperature,humidity,soil water content,etc.and at the same time to make comparative observation at adjacent open sloping field.By comparing shading,temperature-droping and humectation effects under the summer weather conditions of different plants,the result was made as follows: After rehabilitation of vegetation,mixed forest,shrubbery and artificial grassland can reduce average temperature of air and soil,increase the moisture of air in July.Be compared with bare land,the diumal mean values of light intensity of grass land,shrubbery,mixed forest were only 78.79%,23.48%,11.36%,and air temperature reduced 0.58℃,1.12℃,1.51℃,and the air relative humidity increased 1.67%,9.67%,12.1%.Using the regression analysis of microclimatetic elements of different vegetation,we learn that there is a significant correlation between most microclimatic elements.Meanwhile,the correlation between air temperature and soil temperature is the most significant.This work will benefit the evaluation about the returning farm land into forest and grass land on the Loess Plateau.


This paper presents research on the effect of the error of the mechanical properties of the material on the formation of the initial workpiece shape accuracy of the working surfaces of parts. Also considered are changes in the form of error in the subsequent stages of production.


Using high resolution immunogold technique with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, the authors were able to show the presence of both forms of apoB (B-48 and B-100) in human enterocytes. Labeling for both isoproteins was present not only over the rough endoplasmic reticulum, but also on the apical vesicles, in multivesicular bodies and on microvilli indicated an internalization of apoB from the gut lumen. To examine the synthesis of apoB-100, a pulse of ({sup 3}H)-leucine was administered to human segments of intestine in explant culture. Newly synthesized apoB-100, confirmed by immunoprecipitation and immunoblot, represented 28% of total apoB production. The hypothesis that apoB-100 might be secreted in bile and internalized by the intestine, was tested by measuring apoB in human hepatic bile. The expression and immunoreactivity of both forms of apoB were obtained by using monoclonal antibodies which identify both B-48 and B-100 (1D1 and 2D8) or B-100 alone (3A10, 4G3, 5E11 and 22). While no epitopes were detected by 2D8 and 4G3, the distribution pattern for apoB was found by 1D1 (7.3%), 3A10 (31.2%), 5E11 (46.2%) and 22 (14.0%), suggesting that apoB fragments are secreted in bile. These findings provide evidence that apoB-100 is synthesized by the human gut andmore » show that both isoproteins are consistent with the possibility that biliary apoB may be internalized by the enterocyte.« less


BACKGROUND
Inpatient care constitutes the most expensive component of psychiatric services and pressure is increasingly being mounted on clinicians to discharge patients early. With the advent of managed care in Nigeria, psychiatrists as well as other physicians will be faced with the challenge of having to justify patient's length of hospital admission. This study was designed to examine the factors that influence the length of stay (LOS) in an acute psychiatric ward.

METHODS
A list of all patients admitted to the psychiatric unit of the UCH for the twelve month period between June 1st 2006 and May 31st 2007 was compiled from the ward admission registers. Data were extracted from the patient's case notes using specially designed data record forms.

RESULTS
There were a total of three hundred and seventy one (371) admissions made up of three hundred and thirty three (333) patients, out of which a total of 247 (74.5%) case notes were successfully reviewed. The most common diagnoses necessitating admission were schizophrenia and mood disorders. The mean LOS was 28.7 days and bed turnover for this period was 5.8. Factors found to be significantly associated with longer LOS include age, diagnosis, previous admissions and receiving electroconvulsive therapy with medication. These factors need to be considered in determining the period of hospitalization covered under managed care schemes.


The worldwide society was devastated by the 2019 coronavirus illness (COVID19) epidemic in Wuhan, China, which overloaded advanced medical systems around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) is constantly monitoring and responding to the pandemic. The current rapid and exponential development in patient numbers necessitates the use of AI technology to forecast possible outcomes of infected individuals in order to provide suitable therapy. The goal is to find the machine learning-based solution that best fits the Covid19 vaccination predictions with the highest accuracy. Variable identification, univariate analysis, bivariate and multivariate analysis, missing value handling and data validation analysis, data cleaning / preparation, and data validation analysis are all accomplished using supervised machine learning technology (SMLT). Various types of data, such as visualisation, are gathered. For the entire given dataset. Proposal of a machine learning-based method for accurately predicting the suitability of Covid19 vaccine prediction.


this simple operation in over 60 per cent. of his series of patients suffering from osteo-arthritis of the hip. Dr. THERKELSEN discussed in great detail the indications for and results of " shelf " operations performed in adult life for congenital subluxations of the hip. In contrast with the experience of British surgeons, Dr. Therkelsen had found the operation satisfactory in relieving pain and increasing the stability of the hip. The visit ended with a tour of the hospital, which conforms with the modern standards of architectural simplicity, having many small wards containing at the most six beds. The British Orthopaedic Association dinner was held at the Restaurant Nimb, and among the guests were the Danish contingent and their ladies. Numerous social functions included tours in and around the city, a reception at the Yacht Club Pavilion by several of the Danish surgeons, and another at the Town Hall by the City Council of Copenhagen. All were keenly enjoyed by the visitors.


With the experimental station STELLA (STELlar LAboratory) we will measure fusion cross sections of astrophysical relevance making use of the coincident detection of charged particles and gamma rays for background reduction. For the measurement of gamma rays from the de-excitation of fusion products a compact array of 36 UK FATIMA LaBr3 detectors is designed based on efficiency studies with Geant4. The photo peak efficiency in the region of interest compares to other gamma detection systems used in this field. The features of the internal decay of 138La is used in a background study to obtain an online calibration of the gamma detectors. Background data are fit to the Monte Carlo model of the self activity assuming crude exponential behavior of external background. Accuracy in the region of interest is of the order of some keV in this first study.


This study looks into the world of perfumery and how essential oils, plant extracts, and other organic materials can be changed to make fragrance molecules that can be used to make beautiful perfumes. It goes into great detail about the many aspects of the art and science of perfumery, with a focus on how important natural materials are for making unique and appealing scents. In addition, the paper looks at the complicated problems the perfume industry faces when it tries to balance the growing demand for natural scents with the moral obligation to use ingredients that are safe for customers and good for the environment. This study shows how difficult it can be to use natural fragrance compounds in perfumery by looking at a lot of previous research and successful case studies. It does this by shedding light on the topic and giving useful information for the perfume business and future research. After a comprehensive review of numerous research papers that delve into the complexities of perfume production, and following an in-depth analysis of customer surveys, we are excited to introduce our imaginative perfume brand.


Kathleen L. Meert, MD; Amy E. Donaldson, MS; Christopher J. L. Newth, MD, ChB; Rick Harrison, MD; John Berger, MD; Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD; K. J. S. Anand, MBBS, DPhil; Joseph Carcillo, MD; J. Michael Dean, MD; Douglas F. Willson, MD; Carol Nicholson, MD; Katherine Shear, MD; for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network


Karl Havens (1) infers that 50 highly and evenly resolved food webs confirm the convention (2) that seven food web properties are "scale-invariant" or roughly constant among food webs with widely varying numbers of species. Also in line with the convention, an eighth food web property, connectance, is inferred to be scale-dependent and to decrease as the number of species increases (2). I have reanalyzed the 50 food webs and found that the conventional patterns should be rejected in favor of the competing hypotheses (3-5) that six of the seven properties are scaledependent and that the eighth, connectance, is scale-invariant (4). Havens (1) analyzes 50 lake food webs with from 10 to 74 (mean = 38) species. The fractions of top (T), intermediate (I), and basal (B) species as well as the fractions of all trophic links (L) between top and intermediate species (TI), top and basal species (TB), intermediate and intermediate species (II), and intermediate and basal species (IB) are analyzed as a function of the total number of species (S) in the webs. [Top species have prey but no predators; intermediate species have both prey and predators; and basal species have predators but no prey (6).] Havens asserts that none of these fractions varies in a statistically significant manner with S and that the variation ofL with S matches the previously suggested (2) function L = S1-4. This forces directed connectance [L/S2, (4)] to decrease with S. Alternative hypotheses assert that fractions of species and links are scale-dependent (3, 5). Significant fractions of T, TI, and TB may occur only in webs with small S, in which predators of top species are often missed or excluded. Food webs with large S contain mostly I and II and relatively small B. The theoretical and empirical support (3, 5) for these alternative hypotheses suggests that T, B, TI, and TB decrease with S while I and II increase. The scale-dependence hypotheses and the scale-invariance convention lead to different predictions that can be tested with one-tailed P tests, using the data in the report by Havens. If one assumes that simple linear regressions are valid, significant decreases in T and B, and the significant increase in I with S (P < 0.05), corroborate the scale-dependence hypothesis (Fig. 1). (We assume that the simple linear regressions in the report by Havens are valid.) The results of decreases in TI and TB and an increase in II corrobate the scale-dependence hypothesis (7). At P = 0.064, the decrease in TB is only slightly above the conventionally accepted level of statistical significance of P = 0.05. Because no specific alternatives to the scale-invariance


Modified diatomite is used in the treatment of Haimen town domestic sewage.The results show that the modified diatomite with the coagulation A have better effect on domestic sewage treatment than coagulation alone.The COD_(cr) removal rate is about 65.0%,SS removal rate is about 88%.The effluent water quality reaches the first grade discharge standard of GB 8978—1996.


The present invention proposes a mobile terminal and its login through a method, a system and a cloud server, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving a first identification code cloud server transmits the mobile terminal according to a user's registration instruction and a second identification code; Cloud the server determines whether or not the second identification code is empty; If empty, the first server whether the presence information corresponding to the account in accordance with a first identification code is further determined; if the corresponding account information does not exist, the cloud server generates a second identification code, and in accordance with generating a first identification code and second identification code to establish the account information; and a cloud server generates login session information according to the user account information, and login session information and the second identification code generated to the mobile terminal. The method according to embodiments of the present invention, to simplify the user login process, a user input to reduce costs and enhance the experience of users use network services, and can improve the conversion rate and the user login amount of network services.


In a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) environm ent, which can im prove scalability and lessen bandwidth waste, the load of the Video- on-demand (VoD) services can be distributed to reduce the burden on centralized video server s and maximize the bandwidth utilization. Conventional P2P techniques for VoD services only consider data between active peer s in the same VoD session. The inactive peers that leave the session but still hold some of the media content in their local storage are ignored. In this article, we design and im plement a fully decentralized VoD service via P2P techniques, which is ref erred to as the MegaDrop system. The MegaDrop system not only takes active peers into consideration but also provides mechanisms for discovering inactive peers that contain desired m edia objects. Evaluation results of the M egaDrop system show that our architecture performs more efficiently when the more inactive peers involving to provide media blocks.


Both lateral and longitudinal scales are critical to understand the response of stream ecosystem to landscape changes. After acknowledged the most effective lateral scale in previous study, the aim of our study was to investigate the characteristic reaches explaining water quality most and construct dose–response curves to predict water quality changes along the longitudinal scale of Sha River Basin. Results showed that most water quality values at headwater sites were apparently better than those at middle and lower reaches (p < 0.05). Sites at middle or lower reaches are more responsible for water quality deterioration, especially those reaches where towns and cities located. Urbanization is the primary cause, in spite of that the dominant land type in Sha River Basin is agriculture. Response curves of the two major water eutrophication variables (total nitrogen and ammonium) at Sha River Basin both exhibited obvious positive relationships with increasing urbanization, and the response to urbanization gradients was more profound (parabolic curve). According to the Chinese State Standard max permissible limit for drinking and surface water, lower urban land percentage (<20%) was appropriate for keeping water quality from further degradation. All results indicate that quantifying the relationship between water quality and landscape pattern at longitudinal scale may provide a useful tool for determining thresholds where stream health declines and offer constructive suggestions for effective stream restoration.


The mobile users are facing a serious risk of losing location privacy (e.g., users' location information transmitted by open advertisement network, and the reported event of involuntary tracking of mobile users in popular mobile social apps). In this study, we design and implement LocMask, a system-level solution that provides location privacy protection in Android system. LocMask achieves the tradeoff of the privacy and the utility of location based services by providing the Quality of Protection (QoP) on demand, which sets different privacy protection levels to different locations based on how sensitive these locations are. Motivated by the fact that Top locations (e.g, user's home or office) are more sensitive than less visiting locations, LocMask provides location profile management module that records the user's mobility history and ranks the locations in terms of the user's visiting frequency. With users' location profiles, LocMask can automatically determines the sensitiveness of these locations as well as their corresponding privacy protection level. LocMask is also designed to incorporate various obfuscation techniques. The effectiveness of LocMask is supported by extensive real-world data based evaluations.


We describe the synthesis and hydrolytic properties of three monomeric Cu(II)–1,4,7-triazacyclononane chelators, containing one to three polymerizable N-vinylbenzyl substituents, and their insoluble polymerized forms. The rates of hydrolysis of methyl parathion (MeP) and bis-(4-nitrophenyl)phosphate (BNPP), expressed as their apparent Michaelis– Menten kinetic constants, were determined. The reported phosphodiester and phosphotriester catalytic rates are among the 22 24 21 highest reported for insoluble polymers, with apparent catalytic constants of 1.0 3 10 and 5.5 3 10 s for MeP and BNPP, respectively. Unusual substrate inhibition was also observed at high substrate concentrations for the three polymers that were cross-linked using trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TRIM), whereas polymers formed from the pure monomers or from a mixture of monomeric and TRIM polymerizations did not exhibit substrate inhibition at the same concentrations.  2003 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.


This report is intended for the use of engineers and scientists working in the nuclear industry, especially at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. It serves as the basis for several Bettis in-house statistics courses. The objectives of the report are to introduce the reader to the language and concepts of statistics and to provide a basic set of techniques to apply to problems of the collection and analysis of data. Part 1 covers subjects of basic inference. The subjects include: descriptive statistics; probability; simple inference for normally distributed populations, and for non-normal populations as well; comparison of two populations; the analysis of variance; quality control procedures; and linear regression analysis.


The heat transfer from perforated horizontal rectangular fins under natural at well as force convection dominating mode of mixed convection (Richardson Number < 0.1) is experimentally investigated. The fin length, fin height and width of fin array are maintained constant. The experiments are carried out with heater inputs 25, 50, 75 W, even fin spacing 2 to 14 mm, and air flow velocity 0.95 to 1.25 m/s. It is observed that the variation in fin spacing and flow velocity is having considerable effect on heat transfer from fins. Very small amount of fan energy input is required to raise the average heat transfer coefficient by about 40%. In this study it is observed that the maximum value of average heat transfer coefficient enhanced for same fin spacing and its also at lower fin spacing as compared to natural convection study. The present experimental results are correlated by using dimensionless parameters.


There are complex mapping relationships among different mill load parameters and multi-scale frequency spectra of ball mill's mechanical vibration and acoustic signals. Aim at to construct an effective and meaningful soft sensor model, how to select interesting input variables of each local-scale frequency spectrum and how to fuse these different multi-scale ones jointly, is still an un-solved open issue. A new method based on LASSO (Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator) and SEN (Selective Ensemble) algorithm for mill load parameter forecasting (MLPF) is proposed in this paper. Candidate submodels are constructed with LASSO based on each local-scale frequency spectrum, and the valued input features are selected at the same time. These ensemble sub-models are selected and combined based on SEN approach by using branch & bound (BB) and adaptive weighting fusion (AWF) algorithms. Regularization coefficients of all candidate sub-models are selected together to ensure diversities among these selected ensemble sub-models. Multi-scale frequency spectra data of mechanical vibration and acoustic signals based on a laboratory scale ball mill are used to validate the proposed method.


This article studies robust artificial noise-aided beamforming for correlated multiple-input-single-output eavesdropping channels under Gaussian channel uncertainties. In the case of high reception correlation, under a secrecy outage probability constraint, the achievable secrecy rate is very small and does not satisfy the requirements of some high-rate applications. In view of this, optimization designs on the premise of quality-of-service (QoS) assurance are considered. By exploiting the correlation and employing a novel QoS criterion of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) outage probability, two optimization problems, namely minimization of the target SNR at eavesdroppers and maximization of the loose secrecy rate, are formulated. Despite less rigorous secrecy, a much lower target SNR at eavesdroppers and a higher loose secrecy rate are achieved. Compared with the conventional SNR-QoS, SNR-outage-QoS is a more flexible criterion that can be applied to Gaussian channel uncertainties, although challenging probabilistic constraints are introduced into the optimization problems. To make the optimization problems feasible, two approaches, namely, the Bernstein-type inequality approach and ellipsoid bounding approach, are applied to approximate the probabilistic constraints. Simulation results show that the robust transmit designs contribute to a secrecy performance gain from the perspective of SNR-outage-QoS.


The spectrum of activity of any antibiotic varies with time, the geographical locale and the site of isolation of the bacteria. This variability is related to the changing heterogeneity (specifically, the degree of resistance) of the bacterial population. In order to choose the most appropriate antimicrobial agent, it is necessary to know the infection site, the degree of diffusion of antibiotics at this site, and the pathogen responsible, and then to determine the sensitivity of the pathogen. If the pathogen is unknown, an assessment of the patient's clinical status should be made; generally, the weaker the patient, the broader the spectrum of antibiotics that should be used. If the pathogen and its in vitro susceptibility pattern are known, narrow-spectrum antibiotics are preferable. The carefully standardized conditions of in vitro testing do not correlate with the in vivo situation, in which the effectiveness of antibiotics is altered by diffusion and immune response. The in vitro tests available do not always correlate with the clinical situation; some bacteria showing resistance in the laboratory are actually susceptible in practice in some infection sites, and vice versa. In vitro tests are also affected by technical limitations. An in vitro test can aid the assessment of efficacy but cannot guarantee it.


We show linear optical calculation of permanent of Hermitian positive semidefinite matrices via thermal light boson sampling. The experimental results are in good agreement with the calculation and are compared with the Gaussian sampling results.


The discovery of a magnetic-field-induced charge-density-wave (CDW) order in the pseudogap state via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies has highlighted the importance of"charge"in the physics of high transition-temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) superconductivity in copper oxides (cuprates). Herein, after briefly reviewing the progress achieved in the last few years, we report new results of $^{63,65}$Cu-NMR measurements on the CDW order and its fluctuation in the single-layered cuprate Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+\delta}$. The NMR spectrum under both in- and out-of-plane magnetic fields above $ H $ = 10 T indicates that the CDW replaces the antiferromagnetic order before superconductivity appears, but disappears before superconductivity is optimized. We found that the CDW onset temperature $T_{\rm CDW}$ scales with the pseudogap temperature $T^{\rm *}$. Comparison between $^{63}$Cu and $^{65}$Cu NMR indicates that the spin-lattice relaxation process is dominated by charge fluctuations in the doping regions where the CDW appears as well as at the pseudogap end point ($T^*$ = 0). These results suggest that charge orders and fluctuations exist in multiple doping regions and over a quite wide temperature range.


Three isostructural lanthanide coordination polymers, {Ln = Eu (1), Tb (2), Gd (3); L = -3-(3-pyridyl)acrylate, (3-py)-CH=CH-COO}, were prepared from HL, lanthanide nitrate, and NaOH in by microwave heating. In all coordination polymers, the metal is bonded to eight oxygen atoms, and all pyridyl nitrogen atoms do not coordinate to the metals. All polymers have a 1-D loop-connected chain structure. The hydrogen atoms in the aqua ligands and lattice water molecules all participate in the hydrogen bonds of the O- or O- type. The hydrogen bonds connect the 1-D chains to create a 2-D network. Polymer 1 exhibited red luminescence in the solid state at room temperature.


PDMS microfluidic technology has advanced at an astonishing rate over the past several years, far outpacing progress in alternative microfluidic technologies. Where PDMS has not kept pace, however, is in the variety of solvents in which reactions and analyses are performed. Though many impressive devices have been demonstrated, fundamental incompatibilities of PDMS with many solvents [160] have limited this technology primarily to applications involving aqueous media [133]. Solvents can cause swelling, leading to disruption of microscale channel features, or can directly interact with the polymer. Glass, silicon, metal, ceramic, and even some plastic devices have fared far better with regards to solvent variety. However, these technologies suffer from the disadvantages outlined in Chapter 2. Simple manipulation of solvents and reactive species has been demonstrated in devices fabricated from hard materials, but it is difficult to imagine how these devices can be scaled up to the levels of integration seen in recent PDMS devices [268]. In addition, these devices are often designed from scratch for each new application—an indication of the lack of generality of the fabrication and fluid manipulation methods being employed. It is this limitation that we strive to eliminate. Drawing inspiration from PDMS microfluidic device technology and the many qualities that have led to its success, we have developed several novel device technologies based on fluoroelastomer materials and demonstrated functional crossed-channel microvalves. Due to their elastomeric properties, these devices share many of the same advantages of


We give rectangular realizations of new structures able to improve quasi-elliptic functions. These rectangular realizations overcome the difficulties of electromagnetic analysis of circular structures. We describe first the design procedure of this new type. Then we present two sets of experimental results to illustrate the accuracy between theory and performance. This new configuration can create zeros at right or left hand of the band. With a very powerful computational electromagnetic analysis, the design needs less tuning. To validate this new concept of filtering, we present the measurements of two TE10 / TE30 rectangular dual-mode filters.


Isolation of the causative microorganisms by using blood
culture has been the golden standard method for its diagnosis, the result
is ready only after 72 hrs after the sampling and during this period, it is
necessary to treat the suspicious infants for sepsis with antibiotics on the
basis of the clinical symptoms and the risk factors. Early identification
of bacterial infections by Quantitative procalcitonin estimation in
neonatal sepsis cases and appropriate antibiotic therapy will reduce the
morbidity and mortality
Infants who are suspected to have neonatal sepsis
may lead to unnecessary admission and increased antibiotic
consumption, a higher incidence of the side effects due to their use,
increased resistance to the antibiotics, a long hospitalization, the
separation of the infants from their mothers and increased health costs.
The findings of the present study confirm that serum levels of PCT was
a more reliable marker than the serum levels of CRP and WBC counts in
the early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and in the evaluation of the
response of the disease to the antibiotic therapy


The study examines the educational thoughts of Confucius and Aristotle. Through the descriptive introduction,the paper expounds their thoughts of educational social value and private value,and makes the comparison to the generality and difference of the perspective of educational value which emerges under the two kinds of different cultural backgrounds and from different areas,aiming at help the people with understanding and preference for eastern and western educational thoughts and practical pattern.


Periodic dielectric waveguide structures wereC&xtensivly analyzed and were understood in the conTxt of integrated-optics theory. Recently, it has been alsoiemon0 strated experimentally that this class of structure 5 offer many advantages for use as millimeter-wave antennas. considera ble effort is currently under way to fully devV4 p its potential. Making use of the available analytic metA' previously devised, we have carried out an extensive and systematic analysis of periodically corrugated dielectric antennas. The results are exhibited in a way that is most pertinent to millimeter-wave applications. On the basis of the obtained numerical data, a set of design guidelines for the corrugated dielectric antennas Is established herein.


This paper deals with the upper-bound estimates of ruin probability in the compound Pascal risk Model with random interest under stochastic environment.For the Pascal risk Model in which the interest rates and premium rates change separately based on two markov environment,we give the inequalities for ruin probabilities.


The purpose of the present paper is to make a reflection about Ophelia, her madness being the central issue. Mine is an attempt to provide the reasons which might explain her final collapse. The initial assumption upon which I build my essay is that Ophelia can really be analysed as an "apparent" human character. I am far from viewing her merely as a convergence of social, cultural and economic influences. This perspective denies the possibility "that Shakespeare's characters are susceptible of analysis as people" and instead tries to bring out "a series of specific cultural issues of the early modern period" in order to show the ways "in which 'femaleness' was significant in a network of possibilities for categorising and discriminating experience" (Jardine 1983: 6). My critical procedure starts in Hamlet. This is an assumption that is no longer taken for granted in light of recent literary criticism, which often ends in the text simply to confirm the political stance that has already been made (Bloom 1998: 8-9). From the text I will move to those contexts I consider relevant for its full understanding: among them myself, my own personal vital existence, my human experience, for I am convinced that the best way to fully understand Ophelia, as she is described in the text, is to read it closely and ask myself the timeless questions that she poses. My view is that one which professor Lopez-Pelaez, scholar and friend, described with some degree of mistrust as "a kind of psychological realism, a characterbased criticism at the service of a supposedly timeless and unchanging human nature" (1997: 69), a method which, he admits, "seems to have been more resistant to theory" (1997: 70) . I do not know whether or not Shakespeare "invented the human as we continue to know it" (Bloom 1998: xviii); what he certainly did was to grasp, as Chaucer or the Gawain-poet had also done before him, that which makes us authentically human: that which, "according to Johnson, justly imitates essential human nature, which is a universal and not a social phenomenon" (Bloom 1998: 3). I feel comforted when reminded that Ophelia, Macbeth or Horatio are creations of personality which are similar to myself in essence, moods and attitudes, rather than mere products of the history, culture and ideology that conditions them (Wofford 1994: 212-13) (See Barbeito 1989, Dollimore 1989 and 1990, Dollimore and Sinfield 1992, Drakakis 1991, Greenblatt 1984 and Sinfield. 1992). To me, historicised approaches to Shakespeare do help us to understand many of the responses and views of his characters, but they fail to explain their


This paper provides an overview of current research investigations carried out in the frame of the ICT WHERE2 project (FP7-ICT 248894, [1]), regarding mobility awareness, self-localization and environment characterization based on wireless communication networks. A first set of proposed techniques aims at retrieving the shape and the physical properties of indoor environments out of transmitted radio signals, while performing anchor-less localization. A second group of solutions concerns mobility self-learning, for the purpose of enhancing tracking functionalities. We also explain herein how the overall WHERE2 methodology enables a fair performance assessment of the designed algorithms, with the definition of a realistic evaluation framework. The latter comprises a selection of typical indoor environments, for which refined layout descriptions, real (Ultra) Wide Band ((U)WB) and Narrow Band (NB) measurements, together with site-specific ray-tracing simulations, are available.


The research is conducted based on the fact that Senior high school English teachers of Tanah Datar Regency face problems in implementing curiculum 2013.The research is aimed at finding out the problems of the teachers related to the implementation of the Curriculum. Therefore, a qualitative research method was applied. To collect the data of the research, interview technique was used. To analyze the colled data, interactive model of analysis as proposed by Miles and Huberman was used. The results of the research show that there were two types of the problems that the teachers faced in implementing the new Curriculum, those deriving from the teachers themsevels, and those deriving from others, like government, students and facilities. Kata kunci: permasalahan, guru, bahasa Inggris, implementasi, kurikulum 2013


Based upon the practical situation of the existing urban water supply system,a series of instructive explorations in the establishment of the security protection system of the urban domestic drinking water were made in Miluo City. Three categories of emergency safeguard measures were established,which should be taken during severe water source contamination,water supply facility malfunction and conventional water source contamination that leads to water quality over-standard. A series of objectives are determined,including the target time limit,construction scale and effective guarantee time of the emergency standby water source,the water source selection scheme,the enhanced treatment measures,the advanced purification measures,and the project construction investment,which provides protection for the safety of drinking water.


Autoimmune rheumatic diseases belong to a diverse group of processes in which multiple tissues are actively injured through the activity of various immune effector pathways. One of the striking observations in these diseases that gives insights into disease mechanism is that, once initiated, the processes amplify over time and are self-sustaining. The amplitude of the disease process typically varies over time, with episodes of more significant disease activity punctuated by periods of inactivity. Such periodic amplification of an immune process (which has characteristic features of an antigen-driven response) suggests that the relevant antigens which drive the disease are periodically exposed. Identifying both the source and pathways underlying such antigen exposure will provide important insights into the mechanisms and causes of rheumatic diseases.


Syzygium travancoricum (Gamble) is a critically endangered tree endemic to the South Western Ghats, India. It has been associated with Myristica swamps of Western Ghats, a naturally fragmented, restricted endemic ecosystem with anthropogenic threats to its existence. Randomly selected 17swamps were sampled. IVI and response to selected abiotic parameters were calculated and girth class distribution plotted. Observations on germination, regeneration and growth were recorded. Forest areas in Kerala having a potential to host a Myristica swamp were predicted. Ground truthing was done. The possible number of S. travancoricum individuals was calculated and IUCN categorization re-examined. 153 trees in 60 swamp patches were counted but only 20 trees were present in 17 transects. Density was 11 trees/ hectare. S. travancoricum was the sixth most important tree in the swamps (IVI = 0.1198). Girth class analysis and field observations indicate a recent threat in the survival of the species. Trees in the lower girth class comprising the immature trees show a decline of upto 90%. Seedling responded well to treatment with fungicide and 300 survived in nursery as against zero in the wild after one year. Seven transplanted seedlings (KFRI arboretum) showed 100 % survival after six years. PCA showed that S. travancoricum was tolerant to inundation when compared with the other Syzygium species. 11.76 trees/ 0.01km 2 or 1176.47 trees per km 2 is possible in terms of density. In 148 km 2 area with a potential for Myristica swamps in Kerala, 174788.15 S. travancoricum trees are theoretically possible. S. travancoricum remains in the critically endangered category but the criteria may be changed to A1 e. Steps should be taken to ascertain the true population of S. travancoricum and conserve its natural habitat.


In a recent note (Mauffret et al, in press) we described the extension of the acoustic basement south of the Balearic mainland. One series of arguments (position, morphology, and magnetism) led us to advance the hypothesis that the acoustic basement represents a prolongation of the Balearic continental basement towards the south at least as far as 38' 30'N latitude. The prolongation appears to be marked by a large topographic rise between the 1000 and 2600 meter isobaths. Figure 1 (Mauffret et al, in press) schematically shows the continuation toward the south of this supposed Balearic continent. DSDP Leg 13 Drill Site 124 was located near 5°E longitude and 39°N latitude at the inferred southeast extremity of the sunken Balearic continent . With reference to seismic reflection profiles (Flexotir) taken during the survey Polymede I, we discuss here the morphology of the basement in this zone and describe the sedimentary cover. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]


The invention relates to a profiling gear (25) for profiling a grinding worm (1) which is used for the continuous generation grinding of workpieces, wherein the grinding worm (1) has a rough grinding zone (4) and a finish grinding zone (6) arranged along the grinding worm axis, in which at least the finish grinding zone has a three-dimensionally modified tooth flank geometric shape, characterized in that the profiling gear employed to profile the grinding worm differs in at least one of the characteristics listed below from the corresponding characteristic of the workpiece to be machined by the grinding worm: tooth facewidth, No. of teeth, helix angle, tooth flank modification. The profiling gear has at least two profiling width zones with differently designed tooth flank modifications. At least one first profiling zone (28) for profiling the rough grinding zone (4) and at least one second profiling zone (29) for profiling the finish grinding zone (6) of the grinding worm are arranged in the profiling width zones. The invention also relates to a method for profiling the grinding worm according to a diagonal generation profiling method by using the profiling gear (25).


Enhancement in room temperature infrared transmission (1.8–50 μm wavelength range) has been achieved in GaSb bulk crystals by tellurium (Te) compensation. Lattice vibrations have been observed at 488, 408, 355, 323, 327, 270, 255, 246, 237, 231, 221, 214, and 210 cm−1, respectively, which coincide with the theoretically predicted band positions from two-, three-, and four-phonon processes. The clear observation of lattice vibrations indicates the suppression of free carrier absorption in Te-compensated GaSb. Electrical characterization indicates that Te compensates native defects in GaSb that contribute to the enhancement in the transmission properties of GaSb bulk crystals.


It is difficult to process hyperbola in conventional manual programming,now,studying turning of hyperbolic contour on FANUC numerical control system,the general macro of hyperbolic is obtained in analysis and induction,and is applicated in processing parts.Processing practices prove: The macro program is suitable for the processing of all hyperbolic,flexible and convenient,powerfully generality,effectively improve the efficiency and quality of programming.


Given n propositional variables,let Kn(i,j),0≤i≤j≤n,be the set(or disjunction)of all conjunctions of i literals of which exactly j literals are negative.Dunham and Wang conjectured that it may require exponential time to decide that every disjunction Kn(i,j)is not valid by the resolution metho.This paper gives a proof of the conjecture and then exhibits a new counterexample to the feasibility of the resolution or consensus method.


Canada's physicians in training say they are well placed regardless of the fallout from the Romanow report.

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Figure. Dr. Joseph Mikhael: "We have the most at stake." Photo by: Steve Wharry

"We are very encouraged that Mr. Romanow came out so clearly in support of a


Subcutaneous fat necrosis is also called by the following terms: ischemic fat necrosis, traumatic fat necrosis of the new-born, pseudo-scleroderma, sclerema neonatorum, scleroderma neonatorum, curable induration of the skin of the new-born, adiponecrosis subcutanea neonatorum, necrosis adiposis neonatorum, erysipelitis infantum, Verhartung des Zellgewebes, Subcutane Fettgewebenecrosen beim neugeborenen, fettsklerose im sauglingsalter, Hautsklerom, scleroma dei neonati, sclereme des nouveau-nes, endurcissement du tissu cellulaire, Induration cutanee curable des nouveau-nes, cytosteatonecrose du tissu sous-cutane, sclereme adipeux en plaques. Under this varied nomenclature is described a condition of the skin in the new-born which is manifested by an area of pink or pinkish-blue discoloration, variable in size and circumference. The edges, sharply defined, may be slightly raised or flat, and the consistency is not unlike hard, cold dough, or as has been described, "like the dead half frozen foetus." The skin does not pit on pressure. When grasped enmasse, the skin and the subcutaneous tissue


In an investigation that focused on best practice risk management, literature was reviewed on that subject and on 'Private Finance Initiative' (PFI) schemes. As a sequel a comprehensive instrument was developed for the investigation. A qualitative methodology was adopted in the conduct of the investigation where a grounded theory like approach was adopted. Forty-eight interviews with major PFI participants, based in England and Scotland, are discussed. These pertain to: Independent consultants (solicitors, actuary professionals, cost and management consultants); Public sector clients (Government departments/agencies, Local Authorities, etc); and, Private sector participants (financial firms, construction companies and service operators). The 'AtlasTi' software was utilized in analysing the data generated. Analysis showed the main risk identification techniques employed by the PFI participants to include the use of experience, checklists, site visits, brainstorming, workshops, case studies and intuition. A compatibility evaluation revealed that, all sectors rely primarily on experience for identifying their PFI project risks. The level of usage of the other main risk identification techniques seems to vary with the participants.


Purpose – The aim of this paper is to study the effect of heat treatment temperature and time on the corrosion behavior of ductile iron in 0.5 M NaCl and 0.5 M H2SO4.Design/methodology/approach – Ductile iron samples of known composition were austenized at temperatures 800°C and 850°C, and austempered at 300°C and 350°C for periods of 30, 45 and 60 min to convert them to austempered ductile iron (ADI). The corrosion behavior of these ADI samples in 0.5 M NaCl and H2SO4 was measured using the conventional weight loss method. The metallographic examination of the samples was carried out to study the morphology of their corroded surfaces.Findings – Ductile iron is susceptible to corrosion in both acidic and chloride media, while attack by acid media is mainly at the grain boundaries, that from the chloride is pitting. The corrosion behavior of the material is affected by the compositional structures of the materials as well as the austempering temperature and time it was subjected to.Practical implications –...


we have derived abundances or upper limits for Fe, O, Na, Al, Sc, and Eu in five oxygen-poor red giants in Omega Centauri, a globular cluster which displays a metallicity range of some 1.5 dex. All of the stars show large Al excesses and slight Sc excesses, and all but one reveal an excess of Na. We find either solar or slightly deficient Eu abundances in these stars, in agreement with other recent results. We have also used spectral synthesis to derive 12C/13C ratios which are similar to ratios obtianed for oxygen-rich stars in Omega Centauri and in other globular clusters.


The idea that a psychiatrist should attend the police operation at a protracted or terrorist siege has gained ground. London has had more than its share of sieges, Balcombe Street, Spaghetti House, Iranian Embassy, and the Libyan Embassy to name four of the most notable. Dr Peter Scott took on the role of adviser to the Metropolitan Police in such incidents single handed until his death in 1978. He gave his own account of his work (Scott, 1978). This current account carries the topic forward a little in the light of experience gained since his death and is in response to repeated requests, by other psychiatrists, for information. Psychiatric work in Britain in relation to a siege can be divided into three categories: teaching, gen eral advice to the Home Office, and operational advice to police forces at the time of a major inci dent. The designation "major incident" is important.


The utility model relates to a safety protection device which includes an electric field detecting unit, an electric field intensity comparing unit and an annunciator; wherein, the electric field detecting unit is used for detecting the intensity of surrounding electric fields and transmitting the detected electric field intensity to the electric intensity comparing unit 2; the electric intensity comparing unit 2 is preset with a benchmark electric field intensity value and comprises the electric field intensity value transmitted by the electric field detecting unit with the benchmark electric field intensity value; if the detected electric field intensity value is larger or equal to the preset benchmark electric field intensity value, then the annunciator gives out warning. The safety protection device warns closing to a matter with strong electricity for achieving the goal of avoiding a person taking the safety protection device from entering a dangerous area for self protection.


Most in tuberculous meningitis occur in the early part of the illness. We assessed the determinants of early deaths, occurring within 2 months of intensive therapy. We prospectively included consecutive newly diagnosed adults with HIV-negative tuberculous meningitis. Patients were given WHO-recommended antituberculosis treatment and were followed up for 9 months. We enrolled 152 patients. A total of 26 deaths were recorded during 2 months. The logistic regression analysis revealed that papilledema (P = 0.029, OR = 4.8 [1.2-19.8]), increasing age (P = 0.001, OR = 1.07 [1.03-1.1]), stage-III disease (Glasgow coma scale score ≤ 10; P = 0.01, OR = 4.2 [1.4-12.3]), and hydrocephalus (P = 0.003, OR = 8.4 [2.1-33.6]) were independently associated with death. In addition, cerebral infarcts (P = 0.012, OR = 5.6 [1.5-21.3]), paraparesis (P = 0.004, OR = 8.8 [2.02-38.1]), and age (P = 0.005, OR = 1.05 [1.02-1.09]) were associated with poor disability. In conclusion, disease severity predicts early deaths in tuberculous meningitis.


The Arctic air mass is the cold, dry body of air slowly moving eastwards around the North Pole in the northern hemisphere. Its southern boundary consists of four planetary waves known as the Rossby waves that mark the interface with subtropical air bringing heat polewards. The Arctic air mass is constantly being modified by the addition of heat and moisture over the oceans, as well as by winter cooling over the land masses due to limited incoming solar radiation and constant reradiation of heat into the atmosphere. The coldest air in winter is located over northeastern Siberia and moves east, cooling Canada. Warm ocean currents add large quantities of heat to the air mass moving over them, but without this addition of heat, the Arctic air mass becomes significantly colder. Research in Tibet and Northeast Asia on depression of sea level shows that during the Late Wisconsin cold event (65–10 ka B.P.), vast quantities of sea water were sequestered on land primarily as ice sheets, exposing the sea bed in the Bering Strait from 50–10 ka B.P. together with the bottom of the South China Sea between 30–20 ka B.P.. The East China Monsoon failed to reach Tibet and much of Northeast China, resulting in severe cooling of northeast Siberia and northern Tibet. This, in turn, caused severe cooling in eastern Canada together with the development of a vast, predominantly cold-based ice sheet. As the sea levels started to rise (about 19 ka B.P.), the East China Monsoon slowly redeveloped and a gradual warming took place on both continents. However, along the west side of the North American Cordillera, the Late Wisconsin glaciation only began in 29 ka B.P. but continued along the west coast until about 10 ka B.P. This paper explores the relationship of the Late Wisconsin history on the two continents, together with the mechanisms causing the landforms and climatic differences. Finally, the probable effects of these climatic changes on the early peopling of North America are discussed.


Interviews were conducted with 157 individuals, aged between 65-96 years, and living in their own homes, to investigate how older people use and keep their stairs. Study participants were often able to recognise hazards that increase the chances of falling on stairs, such as leaving items on steps or carrying objects. Despite this, many of those interviewed continued to engage in unsafe acts. Reducing falls on stairs among this age group requires a holistic approach, with attention to both the environment and behaviour. Education has a part to play in this, raising awareness and communicating advice. With 87% of the participants in this research reporting they had never received any information on stair safety, it is important for this issue to be addressed.


Along with higher education popularity unceasing advancement and recruitment of students scale expansion,as a result of many kinds of factor influence,The quality of teaching has the drop.Article actual problem obtaining which faces from the university physics teaching elaborated emphatically how enhances the university physics teaching the quality and the effect.


Over the past century, an evolution in battlefield casualty care has occurred. As the current century unfolds, we expect even more remarkable advances as increasing resources are focused on the out-of-hospital phase of emergency care. The Wound Data and Munitions Effectiveness Team (WDMET) study provided one of the first objective databases from which inferences regarding evacuation and enroute care were drawn. The WDMET study identified the following three conditions as primary causes of preventable death on the battlefield: [1] airway obstruction (6 percent), [2] tension pneumothorax (33 percent), and [3] hemorrhage from extremity wounds (60 percent). To further underscore the need for out-of-hospital phase early airway support, a subanalysis of the Registry of Emergency Airways at Combat Hospitals (REACH) study by Adams et al. reported that 76 of 1,622 subjects (5 percent) reached a Combat Support Hospital (CSH) without a definitive airway, despite needing one.


The process of creating a slope in a rock mass using the excavation and blasting methods consistently leads to stress release in the rock mass, resulting in a certain level of fracture and disturbance. Blast-induced vibrations can also influence the quality of the rock mass remaining after the blasting, as well as the stability and bench damage monitoring (BDM) of mines. A damage factor (D) is included in the Hoek–Brown failure criterion to compute the disturbance of a rock mass in creating a slope. Choosing the value and thickness of the blast zone for the Hoek–Brown criterion is crucial in the safety analysis and BDM of mines. However, the selection is still a crucial technical challenge in this criterion. Employing nonlinear layering, the present study divides the rock mass behind a blast hole into several layers with decreasing D values applied to each layer. The numerical simulation was conducted using the FLAC finite difference software for bench vibration assessment and damage monitoring by checking the peak particle velocity (PPV) in the bench face with different geometries. Behind the blast hole, five different layers of D were considered through which the Hoek–Brown properties of the rock mass declined nonlinearly during the execution of the model. Since the disturbance threshold of PPV was assumed to be 120 mm/s, the toe and middle parts of the small benches were in the disturbance threshold, while for the medium and high benches, only the bench toe was within the disturbance threshold.


Objective: By I.C.V. 5, 7-dihydroxytryptamine (5, 7-DHT) injection to deplete DR 5-HT neurons and measuring the depression like behavior to observe the role of 5-HT in the etiology of depression.Method:C57BL6J mice were depleted of brain serotonin using I.C.V. 5, 7-dihydroxytryptamine(5, 7-DHT) injection. The bodyweight were measured. The forced swimming test(FST) and the tail suspension test(TST) were used to detect the depressive like behavior and immunohistochemical staining used to observe the 5-HT neurons in the dorsal raphe(DR). Result: 5, 7-DHT effectively depleted the 5-HT neurons in DR. The mice treated with 5, 7-DHT showed obviously less increase of the bodyweight and markedly depressive like behavior in FST and TST in which the"immobility time"increased obviously.Conclusion:5,7-DHT can deplete 5-HT neurons and thus induce depression like behaviors which suggests that 5-HT plays a certain role in depression. Author′s address Dept. of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an,710032


Although it seems intuitively obvious that the happy student will be a more productive student, empirical tests of that assumption are curiously sparse. We tested a model that included satisfaction...


Improved development of remote sensing approaches to deliver timely and accurate measurements for environmental monitoring, particularly with respect to marine and estuarine environments is a priority. We describe a machine learning, cloud processing protocol for simultaneous mapping seagrass meadows in waters of variable quality across Moreton Bay, Australia. This method was adapted from a protocol developed for mapping coral reef areas. Georeferenced spot check field-survey data were obtained across Moreton Bay, covering areas of differing water quality, and categorized into either substrate or ≥25% seagrass cover. These point data with coincident Landsat 8 OLI satellite imagery (30 m resolution; pulled directly from Google Earth Engine's public archive) and a bathymetric layer (30 m resolution) were incorporated to train a random forest classifier. The semiautomated machine learning algorithm was applied to map seagrass in shallow areas of variable water quality simultaneously, and a bay-wide map was created for Moreton Bay. The output benthic habitat map representing seagrass presence/absence was accurate (63%) as determined by validation with an independent data set.


A novel approach for analysis of amino acids in individual erythrocytes was established.In this method, the derivatization reagent was introduced into the living cells by electroporation.After derivatization, the amino acids in a single cell were determined by capillary electrophoresiswith laser-induced fluorescence detection.


Magnetostratigraphic and $$^{40}K -^{40}Ar$$ data on a 2300 m thick sequence of continental sediments at Puerta de Corral Quemado in Catamarca Province, NW Argentina permit calibration of land mammal faunas of late Tertiary (Huayquerian and Montehermosan) age. The sequence represents (from oldest to youngest) the Chiquimil A, Araucanense, and Corral Quemado Formations. Paleomagnetic samples were collected from 99 stratigraphic levels. Strong-field thermomagnetic and isothermal remanent magnetization experiments indicate that the dominant ferrimagnetic mineral is magnetite. Progressive alternating-field (AF) and themal demagnetization of the natural remanent magnetism (NRM) demonstrates that AF demagnetization to 20 mT peak field is sufficient to isolate the primary NRM which is of depositional origin. The resulting paleomagnetic data provide a well-defined magnetic polarity zonation, although sampling is less dense in the upper half of the section. $$^{40}K-^{40}Ar$$ data obtained from mineral separates of four tuffs within the section allow reliable age determinations for those levels. The combined magnetostratigraphic and $$^{40}K-^{40}Ar$$ data allow the magnetic polarity zonation to be correlated with the magnetic polarity time scale. This correlation indicates a nearly constant rate of sediment accumulation between ~8.0 Ma and 3.5 Ma. The boundary between the Araucanense and Corral Quemado Formations approximates the boundary between the Huayquerian and Montehermosan land mammal age faunas at this locality. The data presented here allow the boundary between the Araucanense and Corral Quemado Formations to be dated at 6.4 Ma. Combined with geochronologic data from similar age rocks and faunas from San Carlos, Mendoza Province, west-central Argentina, the geochronologic data from Puerta de Corral Quemado allow the Huayquerian-Monteher-mosan land mammal age boundary to be placed tentatively at 6.0 Ma. A specimen of the fossil land mammal Cyonasua (family Procyonidae) from unit 14 of the Araucanense Formation is dated at 7.0 to 7.5 Ma. This specimen is the earliest known representative of this North American group in South America and represents the oldest dated participant in the Great American Faunal Interchange on that continent.


The estimating chapter has been reintroduced to the Red Book in the 6th edition. The purpose of this chapter is to describe estimates for various purposes and to outline a method for developing an engineering type estimate. The session will review design concepts leading up to the preparation of a cost estimate, with attention to obtaining necessary information so the estimate uiill be meaningful. The review of Chapter 13 mill address the problem of preparing an estimate under conditions of uncertain and rising costs, touch on the time value of money and show hou to work through a problem. Copies of the 6th edition of the Red Book, IEEE Standard 141, "Recommended Practice for Electric Power Distribution for Industrial Plants", will be available in 1983.


In November 2020, the Palermo Tribunal reinstated a Glovo rider and reclassified him as a full-time, permanent employee, to be remunerated according to the applicable sectoral collective bargaining agreement (for the service sector), on the grounds that his autonomy was merely notional, since the platform could organize the execution of work and discipline noncompliance with rigorous instructions issued through the internal booking system. The judge ordered compensation for wage differentials and reimbursement for the unpaid time the worker spent waiting for orders.

This case is groundbreaking for two main reasons. First, it results in direct, full recognition of the existence of an employment relationship, proving that current legal categories and concepts have not been superseded by allegedly modern business models. Second, this case reinforces a trend towards the Europeanization of social issues, particularly as regards jurisprudential methods for determining who is an employee and, more broadly, as regards the uniform and effective application of EU policy.

This dispatch is organized as follows. After a brief introduction, Section II describes the main facts underlying the legal dispute, as presented by the claimant and ascertained by the judge. Section III is aimed at disentangling the judge's multi-layered reasoning. It covers four main topics: (i) the legal nature of the service rendered by the platform, (ii) the complementary techniques for classifying working relationships, (iii) the emergence of an adaptable notion of subordination, and (iv) the pervasive role played by management by algorithms. Section IV summarizes the key elements of the ruling and discusses its weaknesses.


SummaryChinese hamster cells irradiated with x-rays in complete medium while attached to glass surfaces and equilibrated with either air or nitrogen have been subsequently assayed for both colony-forming ability and size distribution of single-strand DNA fragments. Compounds evaluated for their ability to radiosensitize hypoxic cells and the concentrations used were: 1 mM para-nitroacetophenone (PNAP), 500µM N-(5-nitro-2-furfurylidine)-1-aminohydantoin (nitrofurantoin or NF2), 500µM 5-nitrofuraldehyde-2-semicarbazone (nitrofurazone or NF1), and 500µM 5-nitrofuraldehyde-2-oxime (nifuroxime or NF3). D0 values of 323, 227, 179, 155, 160, and 105 rads were obtained for N2, N2 + 1 mM PNAP, N2 + 500µM NF2, N2 + 500µM NF1, N2 + 500µM NF3, and air, respectively, which give enhancement ratios [ER(Survival)] of 1·00, 1·45, 1·80, 2·09, 2·01 and 3·08, respectively, for these conditions. The values of electron volt / single-strand break determined from alkaline sucrose sedimentation analyses for N2, N2 + 1 mM PNAP, N2...


Provided is a process cartridge attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes at least one roller, sidewalls on an axial direction of the at least one roller, and a first cartridge electric contact and a second cartridge electric contact provided on the sidewalls. One of the first cartridge electric contact and the second cartridge electric contact is a fixed electric contact, and the other is a movable electric contact that is movable in a direction protruding from the sidewalls.


e18095Background: Conjunctival melanoma (CM) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are ocular malignancies (OMs) with high rates of recurrence and morbidity. Optimal surgical management includes excisi...


In this paper, the Copper wirebonding technology is investigated. From a numerical point of view, the wirebonding process is modelled. Experiments on specially designed bondpads are performed in order to verify the models. As such, this leads to a thorough understanding of the wirebonding process, especially the forces that take a role during this process.


In the rectangle packing problem, encoding schemes to represent the placements of rectangles are the key factors determining the efficiency of algorithms. SEQ-PAIR is one of the most sophisticated encoding scheme, which has been considered to have a small solution space. In this paper, we begin with a packing procedure that does not look so smart. This procedure, however, leads us to another encoding scheme DS (the abbreviation for Dropping Schedule) whose solution space has the same size as that of SEQ-PAIR. Moreover, we introduce encoding scheme LOT as an advanced version of DS, which has a smaller solution space.


Today's manufacturing industry is shaped by the Industry 4.0 vision, which is to increase the number of individual goods produced while minimizing the production costs and time. To increase the production outcome and quality, users need to continuously monitor and adjust the entire process. While the recent advances in sensor technology can help users to collect, produce and exchange data, human beings are often overwhelmed by the amount of data being collected. Still, the human visual system is a powerful tool that can be used to decode and process large datasets. To make intelligent use of this ability, we have developed an interactive visual data analysis tool called ADAM that can support production data exploration in the aluminum industry. Furthermore, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our tool using real production data and present insights which could be gained from use of our tool by domain experts.


Knowledge distillation is a generalized logits matching technique for model compression. Their equivalence is previously established on the condition of $\textit{infinity temperature}$ and $\textit{zero-mean normalization}$. In this paper, we prove that with only $\textit{infinity temperature}$, the effect of knowledge distillation equals to logits matching with an extra regularization. Furthermore, we reveal that an additional weaker condition -- $\textit{equal-mean initialization}$ rather than the $\textit{zero-mean normalization}$ already suffices to set up the equivalence. The key to our proof is we realize that in neural networks with the cross-entropy loss and softmax activation, the mean of back-propagated gradient on logits always keeps zero.


The investigation whose results we bring in this article sought to analyze the transformation of a Pedagogical Course Project, from the 2014 version to the 2018 version, of a Integrated High School, belonged to a campus of the Federal Institute of Parana, Brazil. The aim of the research was to understand, from the conception of the Actor-Network Theory, the socio-educational aspects that influenced this transformation. Such Theory was assumed as a theoretical and methodological reference and made it possible to observe the social as a result of the relationship between humans and non-humans (actants) and how the controversies happened around a non-human, the PPC. Through the procedures indicated by the Content Analysis, we used fragments of protocols, interviews and reports to highlight controversies that were categorized as follows: methodology; training; autonomy; evaluation, and the formation of networks of actors in relation to which we dedicate ourselves to observe some elements: federal government; student; pedagogical proposal; teacher. The result was presented in the form of a documented report that shows the path from PPC2014 to PPC2018 and that led us to conclude that the existence of an actor is only possible in its support network. In the case analyzed, PPC2014 was not consolidated because it did not find a network to support it and, therefore, PPC2018 was the result of the network available in that context. A fact that led us to consider that the more peculiar the Pedagogical Course Projects are, the more specific the constituents of its support network will be.


Morphometrics refers to the quantitative analysis of a biological form and it
 can be used to describe its shape. Common types of geometric morphometrics
 are Landmark-based Geometric Morphometrics which describe shape by using
 anatomical landmarks (e.g. points), and Outline-based geometric
 morphometrics which uses envelope curves to describe shape of the biological
 form (e.g. bone), and they are not absolutely exclusive. Geometric
 morphometrics can be used for the creation of statistical models which
 represent shape variation of specific bio form. In this paper, novel
 application of geometric morphometrics for the creation of personalized
 models of unique bio-forms, i.e. models which are created for the specific
 patient is presented. Personalized model is defined as 3D point cloud model
 of biological form (in this case human tibia). Positions of points in 3D
 space are determined by using set of parametric functions defined by
 applying geometrical morphometrics, morphology properties and statistical
 analysis on the input set of human tibia samples. By using this technique,
 anatomically correct and geometrically accurate personalized models of bio
 forms can be created and used in pre, intra, and post-operative procedures
 in clinical practice.


About chures English two for and years the introduction latest, ago infallible amid to the literature, approaches dozens of I came flashy in print across fuers to teaching an and unpretentious gaudy freshman brochures for the latest, infallible approaches in print to teaching freshman English and introduct on to literature, I came across an unpretentious letter on buff stationery that suggested teaching Asian literature in English classes would be a good idea. The letter, from Barbara Stoler Miller of Barnard College and Roberta Martin of Columbia's East Asian Institute, went on to ask if anyone in my department, would be interested in attending a monthly half-day seminar at Columbia during the 1987-88 academic year and then taking back to his or her campus a promise to introduce or expand offerings in Asian literature and culture. The expression of interest would become an application to participate in the seminar if the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) thought it was a good idea, too, and agreed to pay most of the costs. Asian and other non-western literatures are not commonly taught in departments of English, many of which adhere to traditional models that honor accepted classics of English and American literature. In these departments, excursions into comparative literature mean most often reading translations of western European and Russian works, and, while foreign language departments offer studies of texts in primary languages, the literatures of cultures of much of the world are neglected on all but a few campuses. It is quite usual for a graduate of an American university, with a degree in literature, to be entirely ignorant of the works or the existence of writers like Kalidasa, Lu Xun, or Murasaki Shikibu. It was this neglect that Miller and Martin were addressing in their letter. As I scanned mentally the names of people in my department who might be interested in the Asian literature seminar, several caught my sense of lightness for the project, but one stood outmy ownperhaps for biased reasons. Thoughts


An efficient implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Algorithm. The presented architecture is adapted for AES encryption, encryption/decryption designs. The Sub, Inv Sub Bytes operations are implemented using composite field arithmetic. Efficient architecture for performing the mix columns & inverse mix columns operation, which is the major operation in the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) method of cryptography. We perform the same using ancient Vedic Mathematics techniques. The cryptographic unit involving mix columns & inverse mix columns for AES was designed.


This work introduces a novel control strategy to allow a class of mobile robots to robustly navigate in dynamics and potentially cluttered environments. The proposed approach combines a high-level motion planner and a low-level stabilizing feedback control law designed considering the nonlinear dynamic model of the vehicle. Taking advantage of a symbolic description of the vehicle dynamics and of the environment, the reference trajectories are sequences of elementary primitives which are obtained with a reduced computational cost. However, the resulting references may fail to be functionally controllable for the actual dynamical model of the vehicle. Accordingly, to obtain a desired tracking error, sufficient conditions are then derived by investigating the interconnection between the discrete time planner and the continuous time closed-loop nonlinear system. The effectiveness of the obtained results is demonstrated by considering, as application, a ground robot navigating in a cluttered environment.


The quota method was used to calculate the water footprints in the Baiyangdian Basin in 2003,2007,and 2011.The structures of water footprints of agriculture,industry,and tertiary industry were analyzed.The results show that the virtual water footprints in the Baiyangdian Basin increased from 83.86 × 108 m3 in 2003 to 95.87×108 m3 in 2007 and 108.21×108 m3 in 2011.Agricultural water use accounted for the largest proportion(about 69% on average),and secondary and tertiary industrial water use accounted for 24% and 7%,respectively,of the total water use.Several strategies were put forward for satisfying eco-environmental flow requirements of various types of wetlands in the Baiyangdian Basin.These strategies include the adjustment of planting structure,the reduction of highly water-consuming and water-polluted industries,and the improvement of agricultural irrigation efficiency and the water reuse ratio.Through implementation of the strategies,about 5.95×108m3 of water can be saved per year,which meets the basic eco-environmental flow requirements of wetland ecosystems in the basin.


Understanding the interactive effect of water and nitrogen (N) availability is a crucial issue for stabilizing cereal forage production in the arid areas. A two-year side by side experiment (2015-2016 and 2016-2017 growing seasons) was carried out under different N sources and water regimes in a typical arid environment (Darab, Iran) to evaluate the forage quality of triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmack) crop.There were two irrigation regimes [normal irrigation (IRN) and cutting off irrigation after crop anthesis stage (IRMD)]. Rain-fed treatment (IR0) was included in the second year. Three N sources including Azospirillum brasilense (biofertilizer, Bio), Azospirillum brasilense + 75 kg N ha-1 as urea (Bio + N75), 150 kg N ha-1 as urea (N150) and unfertilized plots (N0 ascontrol) were used. Water stress decreased leaf-stem (L/S) ratio, dry mater (DM) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) and increased crude forage protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and ash contents. However, the effect of water stress on forage ash, DMD, ADF contents, L/S ratio (in 2015-2016 growing season) and CP content depended on N sources. In Bio + N75, triticale forage had the highest CP content, DMD, ash and L/S ratio (in 2015-2016 growing season) and the lowest ADF compared with the other N sources under water stress conditions. According to the results of this study, it can be suggested that the integration of biofertilizer and chemical N fertilizer be successfully used to increase the quality of triticale forage under deficit irrigation regimes in sustainable farming systems in arid conditions.


This study aimed at investigating the effect of a suggested instructional program by using multimedia computer software in improving the (Strait Back Somersault) skill among the students, as compared with the traditional method. The sample of this study consisted of (80) undergraduate male students enrolled in gymnastic course (level 1) at the Faculty of Physical Education at Mu'tah University during the academic year 2002/2003. The sample was divided into two groups; the experimental group and the control group. The results of this study had shown a significant difference between the performance of the experimental group at the pre and post tests in favor of the post test, a significant difference between the performance of the control group at the pre and post tests in favor of the post test and positive differences in the post tests of the (Strait Back Somersault) skill in favor of the experimental method. The researchers recommended the following: Using the multimedia computer software in training gymnastic sport, offering specialized courses to the teachers of physical education for using the computer in teaching physical skills, establishing a computer teaching laboratory at the Faculty of Physical Education at Mu'tah University and conducting similar research studies on other physical skills.


In countries where private forest ownership is very important, knowledge of the behaviour of private forest owners is useful for the design and implementation of successful forest policies. This applies to Portugal where 86 % of the forest lands are private property. This paper presents a study carried out in a region of the Northern part of the country covered by a local forest owners' association. Based on individual data about the members of this association concerning some of their characteristics (implementation of publicly subsidised afforestation projects, size of the forest holdings, number of forest holdings belonging to the same owner and distance between the permanent residence of the owner and his forest holdings), a multinomial logit model is estimated for the probabilities of participation on public incentive schemes to finance individual and grouped afforestation projects.


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From a previous worldwide screen of wheat cultivars as seedings, five were selected to encompass a wide concentraiton range of the hydroxaminc acid DIMBOA (0.99-8.07 mmol Kg -1 fr. wt). Compared with those in seedings, the concentrations of DIMBOA in flag leaves of the same cultivars were relatively low (0.06-0.87 mmol kg-1 fr. wt). Concentraions of hydroxamic acids in whole ears at anthesis and the early milk stage were even lower, ranging from undetectable to 0.05 mmol kg-1 fr. wt. The three-day mean relaive growth rate (MRGR) was determined for nymphs of Sitobion avenace on the flag leaf (GS 39) and on the ear (GS 60-60) of the five cultivars. No significant differences in MRGR were found between cultivatrs at the same growth stage, although MRGR was higher on ears on than on flag leaces. The results are discussed in realtion to the potential of hydroxamic acids in programmses aimed at breeding mature-plant aphid resistance into wheat cultivars.


The purpose of this work was to develop a standard analytical technique for determining solute concentrations in a retention characterization of sheet ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. Three cells of different shape and area were used. And two different UF membranes were evaluated with three polyethylene glycols (PEG) of different average molecular weights, specifically 7500, 20000, and 50000. The experiments were done under the following conditions : 10-20kPa of transmembrane pressure (TMP), 0.024-0.24m/s linear velocity (u), and 100-300mg/l feed concentration (C). The solutions with a single molecular weight solute were analyzed by a TOC analyzer, and a GPC analyzer was used for mixed molecular weight solutions.It was observed that the shape of the cells did not influence either the molecular weight cut-off or the mass transfer coefficient as calculated by Leveque's equation.


In this note we show how the policy proposals contained in the government's Green Paper on pensions (DSS, 1998) affect the long-term sustainability of the UK's public finances and redistribution between current and future generations. Using the methodology of generational accounting we show that the proposals in the Green Paper will marginally increase the tax rise needed to ensure intertemporal solvency, and slightly worsen generational imbalances. The effect of implied changes in National Insurance Contributions, and the fiscal and generational implications of fully funding the proposed State Second Pension, are also discussed.


We discuss the effective potential of the conformal factor in the effective average action approach to Quantum Einstein Gravity. Without invoking any truncation or other approximations we show that if the theory has has a non-Gaussian ultraviolet fixed point and is asymptotically safe the potential has a characteristic behavior near the origin. We argue that this characteristic behavior has already been observed in numerical simulations within the Causal Dynamical Triangulation approach.


A new passive TE/TM-mode polarization filter for an InP system based on an asymmetric twin waveguide and resonant coupling is investigated. Linear taper sections with different taper angles are introduced to couple between the two vertically separated waveguides. The underlying waveguide is designed to enable direct edge coupling from an optical fiber. At a wavelength of 1.55 μm power extinction ratios of 20 dB for the TE- and more than 10 dB for the TM-polarization are reported for devices shorter than 400 μm. An increased extinction ratio can be obtained by concatenating structures. Furthermore, we show this concept can be expanded to a polarization splitter.


Objective To establish a method for monitoring H-2 gene in inbred strains of mice.Methods two pairs of specific primers were designed to amplify mice H-2 alleles.Through the specific PCR and polyacryl amide gel electrophoresis(PAGE) to get the H-2 genotype of inbred strains of mice.Results From the PCR products we were able to distinguish the H-2 genotype of different strains.Different inbred strains of mice were distinguished.Conclusion Using this PCR technique,it is possible to monitor the H-2 gene and to supplement the shortage of existing methods.This method is rapid,sensitive and simple to use compared with previous methods.


In this paper the questions of numerical analysis of thin-walled Z-purlins in the coverings of buildings made of sandwich panels are considered. Numerical analyses are done in the program MSC.NASTRAN. An influence of the mesh of elements on the results of calculations is studied. The results of carried out numerical analyses allowed developing the method for determining the stiffness of connection purlin with sandwich panels.


The isomorphism number (resp. isogeny cutoff) of a p -divisible group D over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p is the least positive integer m such that D[p m ] determines D up to isomorphism (resp. up to isogeny). We show that these invariants are lower semicontinuous in families of p -divisible groups of constant Newton polygon. Thus they allow refinements of Newton polygon strata. In each isogeny class of p -divisible groups, we determine the maximal value of isogeny cutoffs and give an upper bound for isomorphism numbers, which is shown to be optimal in the isoclinic case. In particular, the latter disproves a conjecture of Traverso. As an application, we answer a question of Zink on the liftability of an endomorphism of D[p m ] to D .


. involving the families of inmates in that it did not attempt to provide intensive family casework. Rather, it tried to bring about a unified approach to the prisoner's problems by everyone involved with him-the sheriff and his jailer on through the guard, the sergeant, the captain, and the prison's professional staff. The sophisticated reader will say &dquo;Amen!&dquo; to Fenton's statement that


Rust is an emerging programming language that aims at preventing memory-safety bugs without sacrificing much efficiency. The claimed property is very attractive to developers, and many projects start using the language. However, can Rust achieve the memory-safety promise? This article studies the question by surveying 186 real-world bug reports collected from several origins, which contain all existing Rust common vulnerability and exposures (CVEs) of memory-safety issues by 2020-12-31. We manually analyze each bug and extract their culprit patterns. Our analysis result shows that Rust can keep its promise that all memory-safety bugs require unsafe code, and many memory-safety bugs in our dataset are mild soundness issues that only leave a possibility to write memory-safety bugs without unsafe code. Furthermore, we summarize three typical categories of memory-safety bugs, including automatic memory reclaim, unsound function, and unsound generic or trait. While automatic memory claim bugs are related to the side effect of Rust newly-adopted ownership-based resource management scheme, unsound function reveals the essential challenge of Rust development for avoiding unsound code, and unsound generic or trait intensifies the risk of introducing unsoundness. Based on these findings, we propose two promising directions toward improving the security of Rust development, including several best practices of using specific APIs and methods to detect particular bugs involving unsafe code. Our work intends to raise more discussions regarding the memory-safety issues of Rust and facilitate the maturity of the language.


Weathering steels possess excellent corrosion resistance due to the precise protective rust layer formed on the surface, which suppresses further corrosion. Due to its superior weatherability, weathering steels are used for bridges, external walls of buildings, and outer surfaces of railroad vehicles. However, weatherability cannot fully inhibit corrosion due mainly to a high salt level in the atmosphere. Therefore, the rust condition of weathering steels must be regularly inspected and evaluated. Currently, the rust conditions of weathering steels are assessed by visual inspections. The drawbacks of this method are that it requires inspectors with expertise and lacks accuracy and repeatability as it is a subjective assessment. We have developed a system capable of quantitatively assessing rust conditions of steels. Previously we proposed a method to evaluate rust conditions of weathering steels by capturing images of rust with multiple lighting devices and cameras, and subsequently processing the captured images. In that study, we fabricated an image capturing device and confirmed that rust conditions of weathering steels could be evaluated accurately. Herein we report a modified image capturing device, which is smaller, lighter, and can be operated remotely. Our modified image capturing device can travel upwards, downwards, and horizontally. Additionally, it can be operated by a remote control from 80-m away.


Plantation museums and memorials play different roles in coming to terms with a past of racialized violence. In this article, I briefly review the academic literature on plantations, refer to the plantation–race nexus, address the critical and acritical uses of plantation memories, discuss modes of musealizing plantations and memorializing labor, and present a community-based museum structure: Hawaii's Plantation Village. This museum project is consistent with a multiethnic narrative of Hawai'i, in that it provides both an overview of the plantation experience and a detailed account of the cultural heritage of each national group recruited for the sugar plantations. By providing a sense of historical belonging, a chronology of arrival, and a materialized representation of a lived experience, this museum plays an active and interactive role in the shaping of a collective memory of the plantation era, selecting the more egalitarian aspects of a parallel coexistence rather than the hierarchies, violence, tensions and land appropriation upon which the plantations rested.


In 2004 a fifth occupation of a transatlantic section at 24.5°N allows us to examine decadal temperature and salinity changes using high quality full‐depth hydrographic data since 1957. Waters shallower than 1750 dbar have been warming and salinifying at least since 1981 and in 2004 are significantly warmer and saltier than at any time since 1957, while deeper than 3000 dbar there has been continuous cooling and freshening since 1957. Temperature and salinity changes at constant pressures are partitioned into changes on isopycnal surfaces and changes due to the vertical movement of the isopycnals. Warming in the western Atlantic thermocline since 1957 at a rate of 0.0111 °C/yr dominates the transatlantic average, while deep water has cooled and freshened at rates of −0.0021 °C/yr and −0.0003 psu/yr respectively. We argue that the shallower and deeper changes are consistent with a recently reported increased southward thermocline circulation and reduced southward flux of deep water.


98 vantage point, I, however, could see into the bathroom to the extent that the door was left ajar. Despite this difference, I must concede that the combination of narrative and style do seem to point to memory as a quasi-transcendent realm ambiguously juxtaposed against the material reality of the present time and place. Still, to me, the salient difference remains the same: Maxwell has adapted this Symbolist device in such a way that inside and outside, past and present, are inseparable and thus quite muddy compared to the clean schism found in Maeterlinck's Interior. Perhaps this shift is a by-product of ideological adherence to the Derridean, and the now more generally postmodern tenet that "there is nothing outside of the text" (158).


Mineralogic forms of trace elements in a given rock may be predicted by estimating the Eh-pH conditions that prevailed in the rock from the theoretical stability fields of the major minerals present, and by determining the minor element minerals that would be expected under these conditions. Moderate correspondence between theoretical and experimental phases was obtained using Eh-pH diagrams for silver, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, vanadium, manganese, lead, and zinc as trace elements accompanying copper.


The electronic states of the Cl-chemisorbed Si(111) surface and the basic characteristics of laser-induced surface reaction of the Si(111)/Cl system have been studied using second-harmonic generation (SHG). The SHG spectrum from the Cl-chemisorbed Si(111) surface showed resonance peaks involving the chlorine-induced electronic states at 1.6 and 2 eV. The laser-induced surface reaction of the Si(111)/Cl system was strongly affected by the interference between the pump and probe beams.


Entangled sensors have been attracting a lot of attention recently because they can achieve the sensitivity beyond that of the classical sensors. To exploit entanglement as a resource, it is important to understand the effect of noise because the entangled state is fragile against noise. Here, we provide a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) model of an entangled sensor under engineered noise: one can implement an entangled sensor under various noisy environments. In particular, we experimentally investigate the performance of the entangled sensor under the effect of time-inhomogeneous noisy environment with which the entangled sensor holds potential to beat the classical sensors. Our "entangled sensor" consists of a multi-spin molecule solved in isotropic liquid, and we can perform the quantum sensing by using NMR techniques.


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In a previous paper, "IP Litigation in United States District Courts: 1994 to 2014", I undertook a broad-based empirical review of Intellectual Property litigation in U.S. federal district courts from 1994 to 2014. This brief update extends that data to include the year 2015. This update contains new data on: (1) the overall state of copyright, patent and trademark litigation, (2) copyright litigation and the John Doe phenomenon, (3) the continuation of the patent litigation explosion and (4) the geographic distribution of copyright, patent and trademark litigation. This Update is not intended as a stand-alone article, it should be read in conjunction with the previous paper.


Due to the demand for lightweight constructions to reduce fuel consumption especially in the aerospace and automotive industries aluminium alloys stand out as the conventional choice for light weight structures. The main objective of present work is to study the effect of several patterns and mix adhesive on mechanical strength of adhesive joints. The recognition of a stronger joint depends not only on the joint design and type of adhesive used, but also on the preparation of the adhering surfaces. Patterns were treated by cleaned with acetone. Substrates were then bonded by mix adhesive alternately by brittle (AV138) and ductile (Araldite 2015) one and static tests will be carried out. In the present paper finite element analysis results were presented by considering 0°, 90°, 90°cross, 30° and 30°cross pattern generated on aluminium alloy (6082-T6) proposed for mixed-adhesive joints. Results compared with or without pattern mixed-adhesive joints only, 90°cross and 30°cross pattern shows appreciable improvement in joint strength as compared to 0° and without surface patterns, with mix adhesives do not have a significant influence on the joint strength of joint as compared to without pattern joint.


Shale gas is globally developing.Since shale reservoir has its own unique characteristics,the key for shale gas development is to understand the characteristics of shale by means of logging,core analysis and laboratory experiments,in order to find favorable prospect area of shale gas.In this paper,we list some of the key parameters for shale gas evaluation,such as shale thickness,total organic content(TOC),hydrogen index(IH),kerogen type,thermal maturity(Ro),mineral composition and permeability.We also introduce the evaluation methods of shale gas reservoir,like as logging.We use the logging to identify lithologic character and fissure,and determine the mineral constitute of shale,TOC,and permeability.We also use the real-time LWD in shale gas reservoir character identification.Meanwhile,we discuss various parameters for Barnett shale gas evaluation in Fort Worth,for its success development will be a good example for guiding shale gas development in China.


The present invention relates to an image capture device, a lens unit, a new digital with a boot for connecting the housing, and a lens unit and a housing having an opening for positioning the lens unit to the image capture device accommodates the lens unit to provide a camera module. In a particular embodiment, the boot includes an upper portion and a lower portion, is different outer periphery of each end. In other detailed embodiments, it is maintained so as not to contact the outer surface of the part lens unit boots inner surface. In other detailed embodiments, the lower end portion of the boot extends beyond the lower end of the lens unit. .The


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the last few years, the Province of Forlì-Cesena has started a records digitization process aimed at producing digital records to be preserved permanently in trusted digital repositories. The main objectives of the study are the following: to test ways and methods for record creation; check the record links to the Protocol Register and the quality of the electronic recordkeeping system; and assess the record authenticity and reliability for long-term preservation. The case analyzes the digitization process for a special type of record called " decision acts. " These records are signed by the Department Heads and prepared using the ERMS software that manages every step of the workflow, including the integration with other systems and software. The project provides for the use of digital signature and open formats for records creation and subsequent preservation in trusted digital repositories. The Italian administrative division is based on three levels: Regions, Provinces, and Municipalities. Regions are the first-level administrative subdivision of the State, whereas Provinces are the administrative subdivision between Regions and Municipalities. Provinces include several administrative subdivisions called mu


A method for sending messages in a telecommunications network (6, 11, 12, 13, 14), wherein the method comprises performing the following steps by a server computer (1) in the telecommunication network: - detecting ( 43) a call attempt voice message or a connection made to a terminal device (7) of a potential user of a service, on the basis of a call attempt voice message, for each of several users, - in response to the call attempt or voice message connection formed to the terminal device (7), send a message in text form from the telecommunications network to the terminal device (7), message in text form comprising at least one select query and initiates a continuous logically and temporally discontinuous session that has multiple stages, - alter the direction of the message sender as text before sending the message in text form, based on the session and the current stage for each of the multiple users session.


A semiconductor device having a field effect transistor having a gate electrode made of a metal nitride layer and the polysilicon layer, there is provided a gate electrode that has excellent thermal stability and achieve the desired work function. The gate insulating film 6 on the silicon substrate 5, a metal oxide, a metal silicate, or having a high dielectric constant insulating film made of a metal oxide or a metal in which nitrogen is introduced into silicate, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film 6 having a first metal nitride layer (7), a second metal nitride layer 8 and the polycrystalline silicon layer (9) containing Ti and N-containing Ti and N, the first metal nitride layer (7) Ti and the molar ratio of N (N / Ti) is more than 1.1, and a crystal orientation X