In this paper, we develop the mathematical framework to describe the physical phe-nomenon behind the equilibrium configuration joining two antiferromagnetic domains. We firstly define the total energy of the system and deduce the governing equations by minimizing it with respect to the field variables. Then, we solve the resulting system of nonlinear PDEs together with proper initial and boundary conditions by varying the orientation of the 90 ◦ domain wall (DW) configuration along the sample. Finally, the angular dependence of elastic and magnetoelastic energies as well as of incompatibility-driven volume effects is computed.


This paper models the space race between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War using time series econometric modelling. The analysis shows that, post the Vietnam‐war era, military considerations play a key role in explaining the behaviour of US space expenditure. In particular, the US Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of the early 1980s is shown to result in a changing structure of the space race. This is expected to continue in the future with the current anti‐ballistic missile (ABM) programme and the withdrawal of the US from the ABM treaty of on space militarization.


In the shift process of large-order automatic transmission, jitter phenomenon is common in clutch engagement process, which greatly affects the ride comfort of the vehicle. In this article, the jitter dynamic model of clutch engagement process was established with lumped mass method and virtual displacement principle. Specific to clutch engagement stage, the optimal control of the coordination between driving motor and wet clutch was studied. In accordance with the jitter dynamic model, the state–space equation with controlling variables of motor torque and clutch friction torque was established. In this optimization problem, the torsion angle, torsion angular velocity, and shift jerk are selected as optimization targets. Utilizing the linear quadratic optimal control theory, the optimal trajectory of motor torque and clutch friction torque was obtained. Aiming at the dynamic responses in clutch engagement process, the optimal control in different conditions of weight coefficients, initial torsion angles, and resistance torques was studied. Results showed that the optimal control strategy could obviously reduce the jitter; in addition, the weight coefficient should be determined according to actual situation reasonably.


Abstract Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a known cause of invasive infection in neonates and adults with significant underlying medical conditions, particularly diabetes mellitus. There is no evidence in the literature of a pediatric diabetic patient with a GBS infection. The first case is presented of a 12-year-old female with an invasive GBS infection as the initial presenting complaint of new onset type I diabetes mellitus.


Vaginal infections occur by many types of pathogens such as, yeast or other fungi, bacteria (bacterial vaginosis) and the protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis (trichomoniasis vaginitis). Thrush or candidiasis caused by the fungus, Candida sp. is seen in several areas of the body, mouth as thrush, vagina and the digestive tract as gastroenteritis. Common causatives of vaginal candidiasis (VC) or vaginitis are Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei, C. pseudotropicalis, C. tropicalis, and C. dubliniensis. VC is marked with a white discharge resembling cottage cheese, soreness, dyspareunia with irritation from itching, unpleasant odour and burning with urination; at different ages, it is experienced by about 75% women at least once in lifetime. It is a frequent companion of pregnancy, which gets complicated jeopardizing health of mother and child. Women with gestational diabetes are more likely to develop VC and vulvo-vaginal candidiasis (VVC), because of elevated sugar levels encouraging overgrowth of fungi. Furthermore, Candida sp. are ABSTRACT


This paper explains the curing mechanism of anaerobic adhesive,the main application function points in bolt connection and specific use technology,emphatically points out the influence of using anaerobic adhesive on the tightening torque and pre-tightening force of the bolt and proposes the points for attention while using anaerobic products and similar products.


The method based on the application of linear filters to sequences of random numbers is used. Artificial wind time speed series with outstanding time and space correlativity are implemented by programming Matlab. Statistical analysis results of the double-slope roof structure show that AR model is efficient in simulating nodal wind speed time series which can be applied to engineering with regard to the simulation precision and efficiency.


This presentation is made in three sections: the first discusses the need for optimizing the operation of a cogeneration plant to maximize the economic return of investment; the second describes 10 design issues that should be considered in any cogeneration plant design to increase plant reliability; and the third and final section gives an overview of economically optimizing groups of cogeneration plants with the serving utility


Oxidative stress and inflammation are DNA instability factors for rheumatoid
 arthritis (RA) patients. The aims of this study were to evaluate cytogenetic
 alterations in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes (PBL) in two groups of RA
 patients: the early and the long-term RA group; and to examine potential of
 concomitant treatment with Methotrexate (MTX) and Dry olive leaf extract
 (DOLE) against cytogenetic damage in RA patients after a 3-weeks treatment.
 A total of 32 RA patients and 10healthy individuals were included. RA
 patients were equally divided into four groups: two groups with early phase
 RA (one treated with MTX alone, the other in combination with DOLE); and two
 long-term phase RA groups (group with active disease and group with low
 disease activity)-both treated with MTX and DOLE combination. PBL cultures
 were screened for chromosome aberrations and micronuclei frequencies.
 Significantly increased frequencies of micronuclei were shown in active
 phase RA disease (both early and long-term) but not in the group with low
 disease activity, as compared to controls. Chromosome aberrations were
 detected for all 4 RA groups. The highest frequencies of micronuclei and
 chromosome aberrations were found in the long-termactive RA group. After 3
 weeks-treatment, there were no significant decrease of the micronuclei
 frequencies compared to baseline, although they were reduced in all RA
 groups, except for the group with the long-term active disease. High level
 of cytogenetic damage in RA patients was concordant with duration and
 activity of the RA disease. At 3 weeks of therapy, neither the combined
 treatment (MTX+DOLE), nor MTX alone did not affect the frequency of
 micronuclei formation.


—Linkage pattern mining is a data mining technique that finds frequent patterns appearing repeatedly across multiple sequential data. This technique does not assume similarity or correlation between the frequent patterns in a linkage pattern; hence it is expected as a promising approach for discovering causal association among events in multiple sensor data, such as physiological signals in different regions and crustal movements at different points. However, existing methods have focused only on detecting linkage patterns without noises/fluctuations in sequential data. The objective of this study is to develop a new noise-robust linkage pattern mining method. The proposed method excludes pseudo patterns derived from noises by closed itemset mining from interval graphs regarding frequent patterns so that only noiseless and maximal linkage patterns can be extracted. In this paper, the proposed method is applied to artificial sequential datasets in which linkage patterns are embedded. As a result, it is shown that the proposed method can adequately detect not only embedded linkage patterns without noise but also previously undetectable embedded linkage patterns with noise.


This paper proposes a 3D point cloud registration method based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system. The proposed method consists of three steps: Gaussian-Process based ground segmentation, a novel k-neighbors based dynamic point feature and Iterative Closest Point (ICP) fine registration. The first two steps are the preparation of ICP fine registration. The odometry information from a GPS/IMU system is used to compensate the vehicle's ego-motion. The Gaussian-Process based ground segmentation is adopted to remove ground points. A novel Initial Localization based Dynamic Feature (ILDF) is proposed to detect and remove dynamic points. It is applicable in sequential frames and a proper initial localization without a large dislocation. In experiment results, a large number of dynamic points will be detected and removed by ILDF. The removal of dynamic points improves both accuracy and efficiency of registration algorithm.


iii Title 1 I. Moms as historical perspectives 4 II. Protagonists, crevices 6 III. Territory 7 IV. Stove over monument 8 V. Do it for the team-team 9 VI. A carpet 9 VII. One continuous camera-shot 10 VIII. One door 10 IX. A wet t-shirt over a meta-image 11 X. Carry an ethos close to your chest 12 XI. Modern swimmers 14 XII. Concrete abstraction 17 XIII. Forever starts now 18 Images of thesis exhibition and works mentioned in the text 19 Vita 28


A microwave variable phase shifter of a coplanar waveguide with floating electrodes using a ferroelectric liquid crystal is discussed. The electric field of the microwave is calculated in the phase shifter and the electric wave propagation of the coplanar waveguide mode is confirmed. The measured phase shift is proportional to the microwave frequency and the anisotropy of the refractive index in the microwave region is estimated to be 45% of that in the visible region. The measured phase shift increases with increasing applied voltage from an offset voltage. The response time is less than 1.6 ms, and a high-speed microwave variable phase shifter is realized.


Hydrogen, a renewable energy source, is attracting interest because it does not emit the greenhouse gases and air pollutants generated by the use of fossil fuels. This study aims to analyze the effects of a hydrogen blend on pressurized oxy‐fuel combustion (POFC) to support hydrogen infrastructure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A counter‐flow diffusion flame model was used to analyze the characteristics of POFC. Purified and unpurified natural gas and hydrogen gas were used as fuels. Increased reactivity of the reactants and high flame stability can be simultaneously achieved through POFC. Pressure is a more important parameter for controlling the flame temperature dominantly than the hydrogen content and should be prioritized in the design of POFC systems. The third‐body reaction is activated in pressurized methane‐oxy combustion, promoting chemical reactions that contribute to the combustion process. In particular, it was confirmed that hydrogen blending inhibits the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons and activates an exothermic reaction based on H radicals. As the hydrogen content increases to up to 30%, the adiabatic flame temperature and the increase in OH radicals enhance the NO‐production rate when the fuel or oxidant contains some impurity (N2). The nitrogen oxides produced by impurities have a higher rate of formation when present in the oxidant. Therefore, the NO‐reduction method for the cofiring of unpurified methane and hydrogen in POFC should be considered.


Objective: The main purpose of this study was to create a Japanese version of the exercise motivation for health scale (EMHS) and examine its psychometric validation. Methods: In study 1, participants were 532 Japanese residents (M = 42.82 ± 13.29, 275 males 257 females). A questionnaire (29 items) modified from the motivation for regulation of eating behavior scale (REBS) was completed. In study 2, participants were 679 (M = 42.82 ± 13.29, 296 males and 383 females aged between 20 - 85) Japanese residents. Well-being, social support, and stage of change in transtheoretical model (TTM) were used as criterion to test the validity of EMHS. Results: Study 1 reported that the principal component analysis (PCA) of the EMHS revealed good construct validity. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the 6 subscales ranged from 0.77 to 0.89. Study 2 indicated convergent and discriminant validity on relationship between well-being and stage of change. A relatively high compatibility (GFI = 0.91, AGFI = 0.87, CFI = 0.93, RMSEA = 0.08) was observed. Two significant differences between gender groups were found in the sample, a higher autonomous regulation on women, and a higher amotivation on men. Conclusion: The results suggested that the Japanese version of EMHS is reliable and valid, and can be used as a tool for measuring the motivation to exercise for health.


Although tremendous progress has been made in the past years on MU-MIMO systems, there still exist a number of problems. We believe that the most important one is related to the channel state information (CSI). In wireless communications "Evaluation of Imperfect CSI Criterion in Multi User MIMO Transceiver System" is still area of concern. Multiple transmit and receive antennas can be used to form multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels to increase the capacity by a factor of the minimum number of transmit and receive antennas. In this paper, we propose a novel joint linear transceiver design for single-user multiple-input, multiple-output (SU-MIMO) systems and Multi-user multiple-input, multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems employing improper signal constellations. A novel contribution in this paper is to derive a closed-form optimum linear pre coder and decoder for both the downlink and uplink MU-MIMO systems with improper modulation by solving the non convex optimization problem under total power constraint. The simulation results show that the performance of the proposed design is improved over the previous design.


Objective:To study on the mechanism of prolonging the living time of allogenic skin transplantation with ultraviolet B radiation. Methods:The allogenic skin transplantation model was established, with male BALB/c mice as recipient and male C 57 BL/6J mice as donors, record the surviving time of allogenic skin transplant with and without ultraviolet B radiation were recorded. The thymocyte proliferation and T cell subgroup variation were analyzed by 3H TdR medley and FACS. Results:The surviving time of allogenic skin transplantation with ultraviolet B radiation was longer than that of the control group( P 0.01). Both the thymocyte proliferation and CD4 +,CD8 + subgroup proliferation were delayed. Conclusions:Ultraviolet B radiation may block the immediate allergy pathway by inhibiting activity of APC in the allogenic skin transplantation and consequently preventing TH cells activation. [


The purpose of the present paper is to examine numerically the theoretical results given by the previous work, in which an integral equation of Fredholm type with respect to vorticity is derived from the Navier-Stokes equations. From this integral equation, we derive the first and second order approximation and carry out the numerical calculation for the Oseen type vorticity distribution to confirm the validity of the core spreading method in this paper. Numerical results show that the classical core spreading method, the first order approximation, is valid within some finite time and the difference from the second order approximation is very small. This result implies that Greengard's notice that the core spreading method converges to a system of equations different from the Navier-Stokes equations is not surely correct in sense of engineering applications of the core spreading method.


Down Syndrome (DS), also known as Trisomy 21 is one of the most common genetic disorders in which there is an extra copy of chromosome 21. DS occurs in about 1 to 650-1000 live births and it can be caused by three types of chromosomal abnormalities: Non-disjunction, Translocation and Mosaicism. The aim of this study is to determine the percentage for each type of DS among patients who came to Rumah Sakit Gigi dan Mulut Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Padjadjaran (RSGM FKG UNPAD). This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample for this research was 75 individuals suspected of DS who have given their blood for karyotype testing, however 5 samples were later excluded as the karyotype results either showed other chromosomal abbreviation than that of trisomy 21 or were normal or the blood sample failed to be cultured. The results of this study showed that the valid total of 70 samples, 67 samples (95.71%) were Non-disjunction DS and 3 samples (4.29%) with Mosaicism. The overall male:female ratio of DS samples was found to be 1.92:1. In conclusion, Non-disjunction was diagnosed in the majority of the samples similar with other cytogenetic studies on DS worldwide. However, Translocation DS was not reported and the percentage of Mosaic DS was slightly higher than other researches. Clinical article (J Int Dent Med Res 2018; 11(2): pp. 687-693)


The aim of this research was to analyze the type and reason of address terms in WhatsApp group of Putera Batam University Justice League (2017) movie. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The research used observational method non-participatory technique to collect the data. The data was analyzed by applying the theory of Wardaugh (2010). The results found that the type of address terms were 8 data in first name (FN) in Man, Alfred, Diana, Barry, Howard, Silas, Bruce, Victor, 2 data in last name (LN) in Allen, Lane, 2 data in title (T) in Queen, Soldiers, 1 data in title plus last name (TLN) in Ms. Prince, 4 data in pet name (PN) in Aquaman, Batman, Cyborg, Superman and 3 data in kinship term (KT) in Dad, Mother, Child. The research also found the reasons of address term with 12 data in intimacy in Ma, Children, Diana, Man, Victor, Arthur, Barry, Alfred, guys, Bruce, Mom, Superman, 5 data in power differential in Mr. Wilson, Master Wayne, ma'am, insects, Luthor and 3 data in equality in Clark, Steppenwolf and Kal-El. Based on the results, it can be concluded that first name (FN) is the most found type of address term and intimacy is the most in reason of address term.


During the 1990s, numerous worldwide research and development activities occurred in underwater robotics, especially in the area of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). As the ocean attracts great attention on environmental issues and resources as well as scientific and military tasks, the need for and use of underwater robotic systems has become more apparent. Great efforts have been made in developing AUVs to overcome challenging scientific and engineering problems caused by the unstructured and hazardous ocean environment. In the 1990s, about 30 new AUVs have been built worldwide. It is just the beginning for more advanced, yet practical and reliable AUVs. The new millennium will bring advancements in technology that will enable the development of more practical, reliable AUVs. The paper describes some key areas in current state-of-the-art underwater robotic technologies and presents future research direction.


Objective:To investigate operative treatment methods of serious liver injury and prognosis analysis.methods:One hundred and twenty four cases of serious liver injury operative treatment from January 1995 to December 2004 were run back over analyzed.Results:This group were in all one hundred and twenty four case.Five case die from shock of bleeding.Four case die from ARDS after operative treatment.Care ratio were 99.1%.Death ratio were 8.1%.Conclusion:Fore part diagnose.Fore part operative treatment and right way of operative treatment could improve effect of treatment,fall death ratio.


ABSTRACT The present work deals with the evaluation of elastic properties and dynamic analyses of thin hybrid composite shell structures, which consist of conventional carbon fiber as the reinforcing phase and multiwalled carbon nanotubes-based polymer as the matrix phase. The Mori-Tanaka and strength of material method has been implemented to determine the elastic properties of such hybrid composite structures without and with considering agglomerations. An eight-noded shell element, which considers stress resultant-type Koiter's shell theory and transverse shear effect as per Mindlin's hypothesis having five degrees of freedom at each node, has been utilized for discretizing and analysis of such hybrid shell structures. The Rayleigh damping model has been implemented in order to study the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on damping capacity of such hybrid composite shell structures. Different types of spherical shell panels have been analyzed in order to study the time and frequency responses. Results show that the elastic properties as well as damping properties of such hybrid composite structures improved with the addition of CNTs as compared to conventional carbon fiber reinforced composites laminates; effects of some important parameters on the vibration characteristic of such hybrid composite shell structures have also been presented. The effects of agglomeration parameters on the elastic properties and their influences on the dynamic responses considering different layers and stacking sequences have also been investigated.


Data compression which can be lossy or lossless is required to decrease the storage requirement and better data transfer rate. One of the best image compression techniques is using wavelet transform. It is comparatively new and has many advantages over others. Wavelet transform uses a large variety of wavelets for decomposition of images. The state of the art coding techniques like EZW, SPIHT and EBCOT use the wavelet transform as basic and common step for their own further technical advantages. The wavelet transform results therefore have the importance which is dependent on the type of wavelet used .Here, different wavelets are used to perform the transform of a test image and the results are analyzed in terms of PSNR (peak signal to noise ratio) obtained and time taken for decomposition and reconstruction.


In this article, we examine the effects of receiving a modest Pell Grant on financial aid packages, labor supply while in school, and academic outcomes for community college students. Using administrative data from one state, we compare students just above and below the expected family contribution cutoff for receiving a Pell Grant. We find that other financial aid adjusts in ways that vary by institution: Students at schools that offer federal loans borrowed more if they just missed the Pell eligibility threshold, but at other schools, students were instead compensated with higher state grants. Focusing on the loan-offering schools, we find suggestive evidence that receiving a modest Pell Grant leads students to reduce labor supply and increase enrollment intensity. We also provide indirect evidence that students' initial enrollment choices are influenced by an offer of Pell Grants versus loans.


The "Globalization"has experienced its formation and exploration,and it has been up on the third historical stage which presents a totally new tendency.This tendency influences and constrains the development.China is encountering both opportunities and challenges.Our choice of strategies should depend on economic globalization,political multipolarity,and information science.


The development of single cell transcriptomic technologies yields large datasets comprising multimodal informations such as transcriptomes and immunophenotypes. Currently however, there is no software to easily and simultaneously analyze both types of data. Here, we introduce Single-Cell Virtual Cytometer, an open-source software for flow cytometry-like visualization and exploration of multi-omics single cell datasets. Using an original CITE-seq dataset of PBMC from an healthy donor, we illustrate its use for the integrated analysis of transcriptomes and phenotypes of functional maturation in peripheral T lymphocytes from healthy donors. So this free and open-source algorithm constitutes a unique resource for biologists seeking for a user-friendly analytic tool for multimodal single cell datasets.


INTRODUCTION: Articular cartilage has a poor self-repair capability after injury. So far, several treatment methods have been applied in clinic [1]. However, some complications, such as fibrocartilage scar tissue formation, instability, and implantation failure, still exist. Tissue engineering, combining cells, scaffolds, and environment to grow tissue, provides a new strategy to repair damaged cartilage. To date, the best cell source, scaffold material and architecture and culture condition used for tissue engineering are still hot topic in research field [2, 3]. In this study, we fabricated porous PLGA and treated PLGA via hydrophilic gelatin and hyaluronic acid (HA) (PLGA-GH), then characterized their mechanical property and investigated how they influence the cell activity. METHODS: The PLGA sponge scaffold was fabricated by salt leaching method. The PLGA-GH scaffold was modified with gelatin and HA by 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethyl-aminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDAC) cross link agent. Structure, element analysis, water uptake ratio, mechanical test, and in vitro degradation tests were evaluated for both PLGA and PLGA-GH scaffolds. Primary chondrocytes, isolated from porcine articular cartilages, were used to evaluate the cell compatibility of the scaffolds. Cell activities including cell attachment ratio (4h, & 24h), cell morphology (12h, day1, 7, & 14), extracellular matrix synthesis (day1, 7, & 14), and cell proliferation (day1, 7, & 14) were evaluated. Statistical differences were carried out using two-tailed independent Student's t test, Mann-Whitney test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test, and one-way ANOVA with Tukey Post hoc test. A value of p<0.05 for a 95% confidence interval was defined as significant difference. RESULTS SECTION: The pore size of PLGA scaffold fabricated by salt leaching was controled within 300 to 500 μm with over 90% porosity as wedesired. PLGA-GH scaffold has exhibited smother surface observed by SEM (Fig 1).The appearance of nitrogen on PLGA-GH scaffold examined by EDS (At% C: N: O=9:1:7) proved HA coating on PLGA. The water uptake ratio was twice higher in PLGA-GH than in PLGA at one hour (n=9) (Fig 2). The mean compressive moduli of PLGA and PLGA-GH scaffolds were 3.75±0.74MPa (n=5) and 1.27±0.18MPa (n=4), respectively. In vitro degradation test, weight loss of PLGA scaffold was significantly less than hydrophilic PLGA-GH. Post degradation, the structure of PLGA scaffolds could be maintained, but morphology of PLGA-GH scaffolds turned into irregular (fig 3). Cell attachment ratio on PLGA-GH scaffold was also significantly higher than PLGA alone at both 4h (67.64±3.70% vs. 52.22±7.87%) and 24h (76.98±2.03% vs. 70.96±1.21%). Both PLGA and PLGA-GH scaffolds could retain chondrocyte phenotypes during culture, and cells attached on PLGA-GH scaffold had obviously larger spreading areas, and cluster (Fig 4). The Glycosamnioglycans (GAG) and Proteoglycans (PGs) synthesis were remarkable different between PLGA and PLGAGH scaffolds during proliferation (Fig 5). Moreover, PLGA-GH scaffold had significant higher cell proliferation than PLGA scaffold from the OD value (0.25±0.01 vs. 0.01±0.01) on day 7. DISCUSSION: Owing to its hydrophilic surface, PLGA-GH was higher in water uptake ratio, degradation rate and cell attachment ratio than PLGA scaffolds. The dramatic change of weight loss and irregular morphology of PLGA-GH scaffolds was occurred on bulk erosion. The desired degradation rate can be adjusted by varying HA coating ratio. The mean compressive modulus is similar to the native cartilage due to its high porosity for transporting nutrition. Both scaffolds clearly showed good cell attachment and shape and subsequently ECM secretion. In summary, our study had showed that PLGA scaffold after modified with gelatin and HA displayed better cell biocompatibility, appropriate mechanical properties, extracellular matrix synthesis, and cell proliferation for potential engineering cartilage. Fig. 1 SEM photos of porous of PLGA (a), and PLGA-GH (b) structures Fig. 2 The water-uptake ratio at three different times. *significant difference between PLGA and PLGA-GH scaffolds, p<0.05 Fig. 3 Morphology change of porous PLGA and PLGA-GH scaffolds degraded in PBS solution at 37°C for various time. Fig. 4 The cell morphology showed on PLGA-GH sections (a-1-4), PLGA sections (b-1-4) during proliferation, 200X Fig. 5 GAGs and PGs distribution by alcian blue stain on PLGA-GH (a1-4), and PLGA sections (b-1-4) during proliferation, 200X REFERENCES: [1] Mano, J.F. and R.L. Reis. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 1, 261-73, 2007 [2] Lee, C.T. and Y.D. Lee. J Mater Sci Mater Med 17, 1411-20, 2006 [3] Tan, H., Y. Gong, et al. J Mater Sci Mater Med, 1961-68, 2007. Poster No. 985 • 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society


The consumers mind has changed now-a-days to an increased emphasis on quality and healthy consumption of vegetables. Generally, as per the consumer demand and convenient a simple methodology is followed for the preparation of minimally processed freshcut- vegetables. This paper highlighted the quality of selection, processing and packaging of processed vegetables as per the healthy issues. This direction of research in future helps to reduce the time lengthy of preparation and unhealthy consumption in the faster world.


The utility model discloses a multi-purpose mobile power supply comprising a surface shell and a bottom shell, wherein a circuit board and a plurality of lithium batteries are arranged between the surface shell and the bottom shell, a DC (direct-current) charging jack and a USB (universal serial bus) port are sequentially arranged on the circuit board, the circuit board is also provided with a high-brightness LED (light-emitting diode) lamp and a plurality of gear switches, in the way, besides charging digital products, the mobile power supply can be used as an electric torch by switching on the high-brightness LED lamp, the output voltage can be adjusted by the gear switches in a three-section manner so as to be adaptive to different digital devices.


Since 2009, Discover Canada has been the only official study guide for the Canadian citizenship examination, and I argue that this guidebook is a hegemonic settler-making tool. Critical Discourse Analysis is utilized in combination with theories of subjectivity and analyses of settler colonialism to reveal how Discover Canada contains discourses exploitative to both new immigrants and Aboriginal peoples. A clear pioneer narrative is formed, in which images of Aboriginal peoples' presence and loss are used to exalt Canada and its 'original' British and French settlers. Citizenship candidates are interpellated by Canada's pioneer narrative through a promise of future citizenship, even while textually positioned below the existing settler body as second-class settlers who need to prove their 'earned' Canadianness constantly. This interpellation depends on the erasure of Aboriginal peoples by representing Aboriginal peoples' disappearance as mirroring a narrative of Euro-Canadian progress, and disregards structural violence done by settler colonial Canada.


Atenolol is a synthetic, β-selective (cardioselective), adrenoreceptor blocking agent [1]. It is chemically described as benzene acetamide. 4-[2'-Hydroxy-3'-[(methyl ethyl)amino]propoxy]benzene acetamide [2]. β-Blocker have long been considered to be well documented first-line drugs in the treatment of hypertension [3]. They help the heart work more efficiently, thereby reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tremors and even anxiety. Their use has been prohibited in-competition and outof-competition for several sports, especially in activities that require vehicle control and bodily movement as these compound can induce a reduction in heart rate and tremors as well as improve general performance during competition, they have been considered to be unsportsman like performance enhancers, as they give individual athletes an unfair advantage over others [4]. Atenolol can cause serious adverse effects, including jaundice, dark urine and stomach pain. An overdose of β-blockers may lead to life-threatening situation [5]. The concentration of atenolol was small in biological matrices. As a drug that was used for long-term treatment, drug monitoring was needed for atenolol [6]. The most complicated analyses involve complex matrices such as those encountered in the analysis of the biological and environmental sample. It is accepted that Evaluation Performance of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Prepared by Two Different Polymerization Method for Atenolol Recognition in Human Plasma


In The Politics of Financial Risk, Audit and Regulation: A Case Study of HBOS, Atul K. Shah utilises the case of the HBOS collapse of 2008 to critically examine financial regulation by governments and the audit profession. Strongly implicating banking culture and an absence of ethics in the sector in bank failures and wider financial crises, this book is an impassioned and impressively researched call for change, finds Prabhu Sivabalan.


The invention relates to a blocking device for a vibration system in scissor design for a swingably supported vehicle seat for blocking the vibration with different height, the one with a sub-frame 25 pivotally connectable toothed segment 16 with a first set of teeth 13 and one with a top frame 24 pivotally connectable catch 7 having a second toothing 14, wherein in each blockable seat height a locking position is given in which the first set of teeth 13 with the second toothing 14 is in engagement, and a freewheeling position is given in each blockable seat height, in which the first set of teeth 13 with the is the second gear 14 are disengaged. Furthermore, the invention is concerned with a vibration system in scissor design for a swingably supported vehicle seat, comprising a connected to the vehicle sub-frame 25 and a facing the occupant upper frame 24 having a blocking device which, triggered by an externally applied in the system release force reversibly inhibits a change of the vertical distance between the lower frame 25 and upper frame 24 in a plurality of height positions of the oscillating system or release, wherein, in each of these height positions in each case a blocking position is present, in which the change of vertical distance is prevented, and a freewheeling position is present in which the change of vertical distance is free. Finally, the invention is concerned with a vehicle seat having an above-described oscillating system.


In this paper we propose a new pipelined architecture for the DLMS algorithm which can be implemented with less than half an amount of calculation compared to the conventional architectures. Although the proposed architecture enables us to reduce the required calculation, it can achieve good convergence characteristics, a short latency and high throughput characteristics simultaneously.


Our study of the Bell System cost function shows that it is possible to reject the hypothesis that AT&T was a natural monopoly. Our study is based on a regression analysis of a translog cost function estimated on 1947--1977 data. Charnes, Cooper, and Sueyoshi (Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, T. Sueyoshi. 1988. A goal programming/constrained regression review of the bell system breakup. Management Sci. 34 1--26.) claim that they reverse our conclusion when they use goal programming estimators of a translog cost function estimated on exactly the same data that we use. This claim is false. There is no basis for comparing our estimates with their estimates because they, in fact, use different data than we use and estimate a different cost function than we estimate. Moreover, when goal programming estimates and regression estimates based on the same data and similar cost function specifications are compared, they yield similar estimates and produce the same inference about natural monopoly.


This paper examines the divergence of per capita real gross state product in the United States from 1963 to 1986. By extending earlier analyses of increasing regional income inequality, this paper hypothesizes that regional inequality is increasing due to the existence of a 100-year growth pole cycle that relies on the emergence of major product innovations. Each growth pole cycle, leading to separate 50-year periods of increasing, then decreasing, regional inequality, is hypothesized to generate recent increases in inequality. Regression analysis, using gross state product data, indicates that three sectors-transportation, communications, and public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate-are the leading sectors for the onset of increasing regional inequality.


Objectives: To identify which carries preventive agents are commonly used by the dentists of Davangere city and is there any association between gender and use of caries preventive agents among the dentists of Davangere. Methods: It is a cross sectional survey, consisting of 25 questions to that which carries preventive agents are used by the 56 practicing dentists of Davangere city. Results: In-office topical fluoride was the method most frequently used. There is a significant difference between sex and application of dental sealants on occlusal surface of permanent tooth in patient with age 6-18 years. Conclusion: There is need to increase awareness regarding various caries preventing agents as well as the importance of performing caries risk assessment in an individual patient. Also there is need to increase the awareness among the female dentists regarding use of dental sealant in patients with age 618 years.


We give existence theorems for weak and strong solutions with trichotomy of the nonlinear differential equation (P)x˙(t)=ℒ(t)x(t)+f(t,x(t)),t∈ℝ\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\dot x\left( t \right) = \mathcal{L}\left( t \right)x\left( t \right) + f\left( {t,x\left( t \right)} \right),t \in \mathbb{R}$$\end{document} where {ℒ(t): t ∈ R} is a family of linear operators from a Banach space E into itself and f: R × E → E. By L(E) we denote the space of linear operators from E into itself. Furthermore, for a < b and d > 0, we let C([−d, 0],E) be the Banach space of continuous functions from [−d, 0] into E and fd: [a, b] × C([−d, 0],E) → E. Let ℒ^:[a,b]→L(E)\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\hat {\mathcal{L}}:[a,b] \to L(E)$$\end{document} be a strongly measurable and Bochner integrable operator on [a, b] and for t ∈ [a, b] define τtx(s) = x(t + s) for each s ∈ [−d, 0]. We prove that, under certain conditions, the differential equation with delay (Q)x˙(t)=ℒ^(t)x(t)+fd(t,τtx),ift∈[a,b],\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\dot x\left( t \right) = \hat {\mathcal{L}}\left( t \right)x\left( t \right) + {f^d}\left( {t,{\tau _t}x} \right),ift \in \left[ {a,b} \right],$$\end{document} has at least one weak solution and, under suitable assumptions, the differential equation (Q) has a solution. Next, under a generalization of the compactness assumptions, we show that the problem (Q) has a solution too.


Indonesian capital market laws are regulated in Law Number. 8 of 1995 explains the notion of the capital market is an activity related to securities trading and public offerings between actors and issuers. Securities are financial instruments with a certain value that reflect the ownership of a person or business entity in an asset. An alternative term for securities is securities. Ownership of securities or securities is required to generate a return for the owner, according to the percentage of ownership of the asset. The Financial Services Authority (OJK) released risk management rules for implementing risk management in securities companies that are members of the stock exchange (AB). If they do not comply with this risk management policy, the securities company will be subject to sanctions ranging from a warning to revocation of its business license by the OJK. These rules are contained in POJK Number 6/POJK.04/2021 Concerning the Implementation of Risk Management for Securities Companies Conducting Business Activities as Underwriters and Broker-Dealers of Securities who are Members of the Stock Exchange. Accountability in the event of embezzlement of securities to investors in the event of embezzlement of investment funds by securities based on Regulation NUMBER 6 /POJK.04/2021 will be subject to administrative sanctions and the Financial Services Authority can take certain actions against any party who violates the provisions of the Financial Services Authority Regulation This.


Abstract : A brief summary is given of the results of an investigation of the plastic behavior of welded multi-story frames and their components, and the development of design methods for such frames based on plastic strength. A list of the 15 publications resulting from the work is included.


Hydrodynamic bearings are used in many technical systems, e.g., in combustion engines, in gear boxes or in rotor systems. To model such bearings, different methods are available. Often, reduced bearing models are applied which can be incorporated into the multibody systems by analytical formulas or pre‐computed look‐up tables [1]. Such approaches are very time‐efficient but suffer from limited physical correctness. In order to improve the physical bearing model, the fluid flow and temperature field in the bearing gap have to be computed with partial differential equations which have to be solved simultaneously with the multibody system. These equations are nonlinear and have to be discretized with finite elements, for instance. In the current work, we consider a fully coupled simulation of a multibody rotor system with a finite element model for the hydrodynamic bearings. A co‐simulation interface between two commercial simulation tools is presented. For the synchronization of the solvers, three numerical coupling approaches (an explicit, an implicit and a semi‐implicit approach) are analyzed and compared. For the examined rotor/bearing system, it is shown that semi‐implicit coupling techniques may remarkably stabilize the solver coupling compared to well‐established explicit co‐simulation techniques [2]. Furthermore, a reduction method is introduced and applied in connection with the semi‐implicit coupling approach which can significantly decrease the computation time compared with the classical full‐implicit coupling approach [3]. (© 2010 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


OBJECTIVE:To explore the significance of rhIL-24 protein induction THP-1 cell secretion inflammatory cytokines and tumor cell apoptosis.METHODS:The recombinant plasmid pQE30/hIL-24 was constructed,then it was identified by PCR,restriction enzyme analysis and sequence analysis.The engineering bacteria with recombinant plasmid pQE30-hIL24 which has been identified by sequence analysis were transformed into E.coli M15 expressing rhIL-24 protein.Then the biologic function of this protein was detected.hIL-24 gene was amplified by RT-PCR and the recombinant plasmid pQE30/hIL-24 was constructed.It was induced by IPTG and was identified by SDS-PAGE and Western-bolt.Human histomonocyte leukemic cells(THP-1 cells)were stimulated by rhIL-24,THP-1 cell secreting cytokines of TNF-α and IL-6 were tested by ELISA and apoptosis was tested by FCM.RESULTS:After purification and renaturation,rhIL-24 protein stimulated THP-1 cells to produce inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6,simultaneously this protein induced the apoptosis of THP-1 cells.It was indicated that inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 secrete the maximizing volume after rhIL-24 protein 28 μg/mL acting on THP-1 cells for 18 h.THP-1 cells apoptosis reached the maximum after rhIL-24 protein 28 μg/mL acting on them.CONCLUSIONS:rhIL-24 protein can induce THP-1 cells secreting inflammatory cytokines and apoptosis.The synergistic effects of rhIL-24 protein on tumour cell apoptosis and immunostimulation anti-tumour have gained a tentative evidence.


Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a method commonly used for rehabilitation whereby an applied electrical stimulus induces muscle contractions. NMES can also evoke functional movements; however, a fundamental limitation is the early onset of fatigue. Asynchronous stimulation is a method that can reduce fatigue by utilizing multiple stimulation channels to segregate and switch between different sets of motor units. However, one limitation is that switching introduces discontinuities since each set of motor units responds differently to stimulation. Therefore, there is a need to design a controller which considers the switching dynamics and differing muscle response. In preliminary work, a control law was developed for asynchronous stimulation. However, the previous control design required there to be a finite window of time where the control voltage is transitioned from one channel to another. Since a transition period is undesirable in practice (as it will lead to increased fatigue), a switched systems analysis is used in the present work to design a controller that allows for instantaneous switching. The developed controller yields semiglobal exponential tracking of a desired angular trajectory for a person's knee-shank complex. The result of the work is promising for the implementation of asynchronous stimulation for closed-loop rehabilitative procedures and in assistive devices as an approach to limit NMES-induced fatigue while tracking a desired trajectory.


Martin Feldstein provides a simple framework for analyzing one concept of equality of opportunity in school finance-wealth neutrality. When his approach is applied to Delaware, it is found that wealth neutrality can be achieved only with drastic changes in the state's school finance mechanism. One of the unique features of the study is that we allow for and find significant interdistrict differences in wealth elasticities. Such interdistrict variations are likely to make the achievement of wealth neutrality, in the Feldstein sense, very difficult.


ABSTRACT In this work, we studied the essential oils (EOs) obtained by hydrodistillation and lipophilic fractions extrated by carbon dioxide supercritical fluid extraction (SFE-CO2) from Teucrium polium (Lamiaceae). EOs and SFE-CO2 extracts were analyzed by GC and GC-TOFMS. EOs showed qualitative differences compared with SFE-CO2 extracts, though in both products germacrene D was the most abundant component. Notably a new EO chemotype, characterzed by germacrene D, β-eudesmol, shyobunol, and δ-cadinene, was reported. EOs along with SFE-CO2 extracts, plant powder, and solid residue after SFE were evaluated for total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxdiant activity by DPPH, FRAP, and ORAC assays. The raw plant material was the most active, followed by the solid residue after SFE-CO2 extraction. On the other hand, EO and SFE-CO2 extracts displayed weak activity. These results showed that the antioxidant compounds of T. polium are of hydrophilic nature and are not extracted or retained in the plant material after SFE-CO2 extraction.


In first half of 2007, degree of petroleum industry prosperity kept steady tendency with a slight drop. It seems like oil supply is not so tight. However, in the recent months, oil import price began a rebound and higher price has affected China's oil market. With speeding up of domestic economy growth and of input increase in petrochemical processing industry, oil demand will be quickly amplified. Under pressure of domestic demand and international oil price, degree of prosperity in petroleum industry will go upward and oil price will enter a new round of oil price growth.


Subjectless and meaningless in the space of its event, the shibboleth has in itself no aim, no purpose or telos, despite the measureless stakes it puts in play. It is not even certain that, in this context, "shibboleth" remains a word. The test bears not ona fullword, not even on the entireword strippedof its semantic value, but only on a piece of that skeleton, the shin phoneme with which it begins. TheEphraimitewho fails the test fails it in thefirst instant of utterance, at thefirst hiss of the s; the axe falls there, before the rest of theword can arrive. —Marc Redfield, Shibboleth: Judges, Derrida, Celan (33)


The irresistible rise of the African peasant as an object of academic concern is probably the most dramatic and possibly the most fruitful development in recent Central African historiography. When T. O. Ranger published his modest pamphlet, The Agricultural History of Zambia, essentially a precis of books by Allan and Hellen, in 1971 it represented one of the very few systematic attempts by a professional historian of the region to enter a field traditionally dominated by social anthropologists and agricultural scientists. Yet within seven years interest in social and economic change has become so intense that today it is almost harder to find Central African historians who are not working on some aspect of the problem, than it is to locate those who are. A number of major studies are promised in the next few years, but meanwhile, thanks to Palmer and Parsons, we now have an interim report in the shape of this collection of essays, some half of which have been previously published in identical or similar form. Together they mirror, not inaccurately, the strengths and weaknesses of much current research, in particular that conducted by historians who have taught at or been associated with the University of Zambia in Lusaka. Ten case studies explore the varied, though in all cases ultimately disastrous, fates of African economies exposed to the impact of colonialism and capitalism in areas as diverse as southern Mozambique, central Angola, western Shaba, Botswana, Barotseland, Ovamboland, the Transkei, the Victoria District of Rhodesia and the Kabwe District of Zambia. Three more general accounts discuss economic change in South Africa (a typically confident overview by Legassick, strong on theory but weak in supporting evidence), Malawi (an impressionistic sketch by Chanock) and Rhodesia (a shrewd survey of the shifting fortunes of African and European farmers by Palmer, extracted virtually word for word from his larger [1977] study). There is a descriptive account by David Beach of the Shona economy prior to the 1870s and analyses of the effect of colonial and imperial policy-making by Bogumil Jewsiewicki, for Katanga, and Leroy Vail, for Nyasaland. Ann Seidman provides a postscript demonstrating, in large part unconsciously, the formidable problems facing any regime today, whatever its political complexion, in seeking to eliminate rural poverty. There is also a solid editorial introduction, which sets the book within its historiographical context and ritually disposes of some of the myths once associated with African farming, before throwing in for good measure a couple of lively sketches on rural change in Swaziland and Lesotho. Detailed maps are supplied: regrettably their complexity strains the eyes, and they are insufficiently captioned.


Ghana is endowed with significant mineral resources and has a formidable mining sector which has grown considerably in recent years to represent an important pillar of the economy. In spite of these positive indicators, the overall contribution of the mining industry in the economic development of Ghana is a suspect as there are consequences people living in mining communities suffer. The study aimed to assess the impact of mining on the lives of people living in Obuasi Municipality. Both probability and non-probability research techniques were chosen for the study. In all, 154 respondents were recruited for the study. The study found that mining, which is an industrial activity, comes with negative impacts, resulting in human rights violations such denial of right to work, education and health. People in mining communities will be forever live in abject poverty and rampant rights abuse should mechanism not be put in place to enhance their welfare. For instance, parliament should review the existing land valuation act so as to improve on payment of compensation to people whose lands have been taken by mining companies. Also, mining companies should institute training programmes aimed at enhancing the youth with employable skills in order to enable them participate in economic activities.


Active lower limb prosthetics rely on the detection of gait mode to direct controller response. The majority of systems require feedback from the prosthetic and/or inertial measurement units (IMUs). Reliance on movement delays classification, reducing the range of patient activities and terrain traversed. Neuromuscular interfaces using electromyography (EMG) enable real-time monitoring by registering user intent, however EMG has known robustness issues out-of-clinic that have impeded its translation. Furthermore, supervised training of gait classifiers can require large subject-specific amputee data sets which are difficult to obtain. Mechanomyography (MMG) has shown less dependence on environmental conditions than EMG yet has seen limited use in this realm. In this investigation we introduce an MMG gait classifier targeting improved control of prosthetic (robotic) legs. We compare the accuracy of subject specific classifiers to those trained using subject-independent pooling. Additionally, we quantify the effect of introducing a small amount of data from individual test subjects to the training pool. Experiments were performed on 12 participants and 5 gait modes. A support vector machine (SVM) classifier achieved 65% accuracy with subject-specific data, 92% with pooled training data, and 94% with pooled plus limited user-specific data. The results show the promise of MMG gait classifiers with increased robustness and reduced subject-specific training in prosthetic control.


Urban parks not only combine the greening of the city with the natural landscape but also are places for people's daily fitness, leisure, entertainment, and activities to meet their psychological needs. At present, the design of our country's northeast severe cold city park is not perfect, which cannot fully highlight the regional characteristics and show the local winter natural landscape. Under the background of the lagging development of the northeast severe cold city park, we use artificial intelligence technology and data-driven algorithm to design a new northeast severe cold city elderly friendly park. The experimental results are as follows: (1) we analyze the development trend of population aging in our country. As the main demanders of urban parks, the elderly determined the research direction of the experiment, investigated the needs of different people for the park, and designed the function of the park according to the needs of the park. (2) On the basis of retaining the traditional garden design, show artificial intelligence technology in the design of urban parks and transforming the urban park design with intelligent construction can not only let tourists have better entertainment and exercise but also enable residents to better invest in the park surroundings. Intelligent park design can not only show the unique park landscape but also relieve the pressure of tourists.


Discrete Morse theory emerged as an essential tool for computational geometry and topology. Its core structures are discrete gradient fields, defined as acyclic matchings on a complex $C$, from which topological and geometrical informations of $C$ can be efficiently computed, in particular its homology or Morse-Smale decomposition.
Given a function $f$ sampled on $C$, it is possible to derive a discrete gradient that mimics the dynamics of $f$. Many such constructions are based on some variant of a greedy pairing of adjacent cells, given an appropriate weighting. However, proving that the dynamics of $f$ is correctly captured by this process is usually intricate.
This work introduces the notion of discrete smoothness of the pair $(f,C)$, as a minimal sampling condition to ensure that the discrete gradient is geometrically faithful to $f$. More precisely, a discrete gradient construction from a function $f$ on a polyhedron complex $C$ of any dimension is studied, leading to theoretical guarantees prior to the discrete smoothness assumption. Those results are then extended and completed for the smooth case. As an application, a purely combinatorial proof that all CAT(0) cube complexes are collapsible is given.


The term "Megascience" appeared relatively not long time ago and has no distinct definition. Intuitively, this term is understood as something big and certainly expensive, i.e. a concept of "Megascience" is replaced by a concept of "Megamoney". In this paper, the unique scientific facility "NEVOD Experimental complex" (USF NEVOD), which satisfies all requirements to Megascience facilities, is described. USF NEVOD provides conduction of basic and applied investigations of cosmic rays in the record energy interval 109 − 1019 eV. Obtained scientific results are considered, and their comparison with other, larger scale detectors is discussed. This comparison shows the advantage of original approach used in the NEVOD complex compared to traditional methods of investigations. Taking into account the location of USF NEVOD in the University, the Scientific and Educational Center was organized on its bases. This allows solve two important tasks: to provide permanent operation of USF NEVOD by envolving students and to ensure their training in frame of real scientific experimental investigations. Some other questions of development and functioning of unique scientific facilities are considered, too.


The Edwards model for polymers with excluded-volume interaction has been used to study steric stabilization of colloidal dispersions since Dolan and Edwards' work in 1975. Following the standard picture of steric stabilization since 1950s, Dolan and Edwards solved the model by treating the surfaces of colloidal particles as plane surfaces. Consequently, their result was also consistent with the standard picture: Reduction of conformational entropy of the adsorbed homopolymers results in a purely repulsive force that stabilizes the colloidal dispersion. Recently the Edwards model was solved without treating the spherical particle surfaces as plane surfaces. It was found that, contrary to the standard picture, the conformational entropy indeed increases and the force between particles may be either purely attractive or attractive at large particle-particle separation, repulsive at intermediate separation, and again attractive at small separation. Thus, the standard picture of steric stabilization was challenged. This review summarizes this recent progress in the theory of steric stabilization of colloidal dispersions. Reconciliation between the standard picture and the recent result, and possible directions for further research are also discussed.


We demonstrate the existence of a coupled elementary excitation involving a phonon and a Nd{sup 3+} 4{ital f}-electron crystal-field excitation in the high-{ital T}{sub {ital c}} superconductor NdBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7{minus}{delta}}. It explains in a natural way the recent observation of a double-peak structure in the Raman spectra as well as in the inelastic neutron scattering spectra near 300 cm{sup {minus}1} at low temperature. Our assignment is supported by measurements of the dependence of this feature on temperature, isotopic substitution, and polarization. A model based on strong coupling of extended phonon states to localized crystal-field excitations describes the observed behavior well.


The paper presents the anthropometric characteristics of 23 male and 9 female crania from two church cemeteries in Inowroc‡aw: the cemetery located by the Church of Our Lady, also called iRuinai (the Ruin) and the one located by the Church of St. Nicholas. The archaeological excavations in Inowroc‡aw were carried out in 1967. They were rescue works performed in connection with the reconstruction of a road. The crania found were dated to the 17th and 18th centuries. For each cranium 28 anthropometric measurements were performed according to R. Martinis (1928) technique. Their sex and age were estimated according to the methods recommended by European anthropologists (Piontek 1999). Data on craniological traits for 20 population groups from Poland were collected from literature. Using principal components analysis differentiation of the Late Middle Ages and modern populations from Poland was analysed. The analysis was performed also with the use of the biological distance calculation method and the dendrogram method. High degree of resemblance of the group of crania under study to the crania of Central Poland (Kujawy, Wielkopolska) populations was revealed.


The present invention relates to a fixture for foaming a mold of a refrigerator door having a clamp lock, and more specifically, to a fixture for foaming a mold of a refrigerator door having a clamp lock which includes the clamp lock prefixing a side clamp before clamping the side clamp by the forward movement of a link bar when an upper frame of the fixture including the side clamp on one side to a lower frame, for preventing the damage of the side clamp due to frequent loads caused from the forward movement of the link bar and the pushing of the link bar. The fixture for foaming the mold of the refrigerator door having the clamp lock is the fixture for foaming the mold of the refrigerator door for combining and separating an upper mold and a lower mold supporting a door outer plate and a door inner plate, respectively, when filling a foaming agent for insulating between the door outer plate and the door inner plate.


The Cloud Services Integration Platform (CSIP)1 is an open platform tailored to develop and deploy microservices for environmental models with data sources. Its emergence responded to needs within the modelling community for rapid and wide access to such modelling resources. CSIP was designed from the ground up (1) to account for modelling service elasticity and scalability, (2) to leverage contemporary computational approaches, (3) to address interoperability and traceability within operational settings, (4) to allow platform and language agnostic service access and cloud agnostic deployment while providing a simple, OMS3 based non-invasive approach to leverage legacy and new modelling solutions with minimal development effort. Colorado State University (CSU) has developed more than 160 CSIP-based natural resource model and data services that can be integrated into an organization's information system analysing environmental concerns. Model service examples include water and wind erosion prediction (WEPP, WEPS, RUSLE2), soil quality (SCI, STIR), water quality (SWAT-CP, WQM, CFA, AgES-W), stream degradation (SWAT-DEG), hydrology (PRMS, NRCS Hydrotools, CFA, Water Supply Forecasting), hydraulics (Cross-Section), and grazing management (GRAS). Available supporting data services and sources include soil (SSURGO), ecological site (ESIS), climate (CLIGEN, WINDGEN, PRISM), land management and crop rotations (LMOD), and pesticides (WQM). These services are deployed within the CSU OMSLab to facilitate easy dissemination, integration and re-use in stakeholder and partner application systems. The inventory of services continues to grow as new projects are completed and their systems deployed. An always current list of services is available online1. Instructional material and examples with a step by step tutorial for service development is also available2. CSIP modelling and data services modelling have been and are continued to be integrated into various applications, such as the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Integration Erosion Tool (IET) and the Conservation Streamlining Delivery Initiative (CDSI). The "Field-to-Market" alliance for sustainable agriculture is utilizing CSIP erosion services within their Fieldprint Calculator, which allows growers to better evaluate and understand management choices and their effect on overall sustainability performance and operational efficiency. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) uses CFA 'loadest' and flood regression analysis for Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) monitoring regulations. CSIP hydraulics services are being utilized by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) for cross section geometry sediment transport and yield analysis in waterbodies. The CDPHE watershed rapid assessment program (WRAP) accesses CSIP services for land use assessment, stream, groundwater, and climate monitoring. The main emphasis of this contribution will be the presentation of publicly available interoperable modeling services to the scientific community and public interest groups in operational settings and the recommended steps to follow for service integration or their use in higher education. Resources 1CSIP project website: https://alm.engr.colostate.edu/cb/project/csip 2Getting started with CSIP in Docker: https://alm.engr.colostate.edu/cb/wiki/23468


A comprehensive framework for probabilistic vulnerability assessment based on two level system model is presented. The impact of both internal and external factors on power system is incorporated in this method. The probability distribution of vulnerability is used as the measure of system vulnerability. An effective method to implement the model in multi-machine power systems is developed and an illustrative example is given. The result shows that the method can give system vulnerability level in real time, evaluate the effect of system control, and assess the sensitivity to the external interference.


BACKGROUND
To analyze the evolution of HIV prevalence in mothers of Spanish new-borns.

SUBJECTS AND METHOD
Unlinked anonymous testing of HIV in blood spots for detection of metabolic diseases of all new-borns in 1996-1999 in seven regions: Baleares, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Galicia, Melilla and Murcia. HIV antibody detection was done with ELISA and confirmation with a immunoblot.

RESULTS
The prevalence of HIV antibodies was 0.99 per 1,000 in 1996, 1.29 in 1997, 1.42 in 1998 and 1.54 in 1999. There was an upward trend both in the global sample (p = 0.0015) and in those from Canarias (p < 0.0001) and Castilla y León (p = 0.0389). The prevalence of HIV-1 for the whole period was 1.31 per 1.000 and of 1.13 per 100.000 for HIV-2.

CONCLUSIONS
There is a need to offer systematic counselling and HIV testing to all pregnant women.


A cushion pin device for a press having a cushion pad in which a blank holder is seated on the top thereof outside a lower mold, and locks a blank holder to an upper mold while pressurizing an edge of a molded panel, includes: a cushion support disposed below the cushion pad, a cushion cylinder connected with a lower part of the cushion pad to move up or down the cushion pad from the cushion support, a linear scale mounted between the cushion pad and the cushion support to measure the position of the cushion pad, a main pressure control unit that keeps internal pressure of each cushion cylinder similarly, and a sub pressure control unit that is interconnected with the main pressure control unit so as to control the locking position of the cushion pad when each cushion cylinder operates.


This study evaluated the effects of game-based virtual reality (VR) rehabilitation plus conventional occupational therapy on improving health-related quality of life (HRQOL), depression, and upper extremity function. Because VR has been suggested to provide highintensity, repetitive, and task-specific training, the researchers sought to determine whether game-based VR rehabilitation plus conventional occupational therapy was a more effective approach to poststroke rehabilitation than conventional occupational therapy alone. Participants in the study received either a combination of game-based VR rehabilitation and conventional occupational therapy or conventional occupational therapy alone.


Recently, six families with a familial form of partial epilepsy were described. All pedigrees showed autosomal dominant inheritance with incomplete penetrance. Affected individuals present with predominantly nocturnal seizures with frontal lobe semiology. In 1959, a genetic mouse model for partial epilepsy, the El mouse, was reported. In the El mouse, a major seizure susceptibility gene, El-1, segregates in an autosomal dominant fashion and has been localized to a region distal to the centromere of mouse chromosome 9. Comparative genetic maps between man and mouse have been used for prediction of localization of several human disease genes. Because the region of mouse chromosome 9 that is the most likely to contain the El-1 locus is syntenic to regions on human chromosomes 3q21-p22, 3q21-q23.3, 6q12 and 15q24, we adopted the candidate gene approach as an initial linkage strategy. Twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite markers covering these regions were used for genotyping individuals in the three larger families ascertained, two of which are Australian and one French-Canadian. Negative two-point lod scores were obtained separately for each family. The analysis of all three families combined significantly excludes the candidate regions on chromosomes 3, 6 and 15.


The deposits of coralline algae form one of the most important biogenic habitats in the Mediterranean Sea, known as coralligenous. Because of their sensitivity to anthropogenic and natural disturbances, these formations are protected from fishing gear activities (EC 1967/2006) and included in the Habitats Directive EC 43/1992. The purpose of this study was to create a marine habitat evaluation index based on a variety of criteria, in order to evaluate whether to include or not coralligenous formation aggregations in a marine protected area network. Digitized and parameterized data of seabed mapping of the Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography from the area of south Aegean were used. A total of 10 different criteria were created for that evaluation. These were: (a) extent, (b) shape, (c) relief, (d) the existence of endangered species, (e) the number of coralligenous reefs, (f) the distance of neighboring assemblages, (g) the degree of encirclement, (h) connection with other important types of habitat, (i) the effect of coastal fishing and (j) the effect of trawl fishing. Each criterion was calibrated according to individual parameters and classified into three conservation priority categories (High Priority, Medium Priority, Low Priority). The final evaluation was carried out in the level of coralligenous aggregation and that of wider marine area. The results showed that the highest percentage of coralligenous formations (45,83%) were classified as "Medium Priority" for conservation. The 41,67% of caralligenous formations belonged to the category "High Priority" and the rest 12,5% to the "Low Priority" category. On the marine area level, the marine zone between the islands Dylos-Syros included the highest percentages of aggregations with high priority, followed in order of priority from the marine area off the island Mykonos, the area off Paros and that off Syros. The lowest priority zone was that of the straights between Naxos and Iraklia. The methodology developed here could formulate an evaluation tool that could be useful for the assessment of importance of other habitat types regarding their conservation priority.


The private enterprises have developed very fast in recent years.But beeause of some private enterprisers' resentment,the party members' employee identity,the small number of the party members and the unsteadiness of the team,a new problem has arisen for the party construction.As a result,while recruiting new members into the party from excellent private enterprisers,we must pioneer continually in our consciousness,probe bravely the style of the leadship,test unceasingly the method of work to open up a new way for the party construction.


As its fiftieth anniversary approaches, it would be natural to think that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Eleanor Roosevelt called the Magna Carta of Mankind and Alexander Solzhenitsyn considered one of the United Nations' greatest achievements, was always well-received and supported in Canada. And not simply because Canadians have a reputation as relatively tolerant supporters of the United Nations and take pride in their human rights record, but also because one of the declaration's principal architects and advocates was a Canadian. John Peters Humphrey was the first director of the United Nations Division of Human Rights. At the request of the executive of the Human Rights Commission (Eleanor Roosevelt, P.C. Chang, and Charles Malik), early in 1947 he prepared the first drafts of the Universal Declaration.(f.1) During its early years, however, the declaration was greeted with considerable hostility by the majority of mainstream forces in Canada.After the Second World War, Canadians generally seemed well-disposed towards the concept of an international bill of human rights, which it was assumed would codify for all mankind those civil and political rights which were well-established in North America. Perhaps those who gave the matter any consideration thought, somewhat complacently, that such a bill would be a good thing, even if it was not necessary in Canada. However, when early drafts of the Universal Declaration began to appear in late 1947 and 1948 they included social and economic rights along with civil and political ones. The opposition this provoked from the political right, from the business community, and, especially, from the legal fraternity was considerable. Those in support of the declaration were largely from the political left and from others who advocated world peace through protection of human rights and support for the aims of the United Nations. The opponents were not opposed to world peace, but they felt that it was best achieved through diplomacy and that human rights issues caused conflict between nations.(f.2) The adherents of the declaration were in a clear minority and sought ways to convince their fellow Canadians of the importance of the cause. Clearly one asset was the sympathy of Humphrey, once he became a well-connected international servant. The perspective of two prominent institutions are given here through the words of their executives in correspondence with John Humphrey.(f.3)Before going to the United Nations Humphrey had practised and taught law in Montreal. The misery he witnessed during the Great Depression made him a committed socialist and a member of the League for Social Reconstruction when it was formed by his McGill colleague and mentor, ER. Scott. Humphrey left the League before the Second World War because his interests were international, and he found Canadian socialists too inward looking. He became active on the executives of both the United Nations Society in Canada and the Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA). During the war he met and became friendly with an anti-Vichy unilingual French academic, Henri Laugier, who was obliged to teach at the Universite de Montreal until the liberation of France. Two years later Laugier became assistant secretary-general for social affairs at the United Nations and invited Humphrey to direct the Human Rights Division. On accepting the post, Humphrey resigned from his offices in both the United Nations Society and the CIIA but left open the possibility of remaining on the national executive of the former. He expressed this intention to Eric Wilton Morse, the national secretary of the Society in Canada. On 20 August 1946 Morse replied: 'Heartiest congratulations on your new position ... we feel the U.N. is to be the gainer, and we feel a reflected pride in this appointment ... Regarding your resignation from the National Executive, I feel (quite to the contrary) that the closer tie we have with the U. …


A QSAR study using multiple linear regression was performed for a series of 34 derivatives of 1-[(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)-thymine, HEPT. Steric, electronic and hydrophobicity descriptors were tested. As steric descriptors the MTD (minimum steric difference) indices were used. The properties calculated with the AMI semiempirical MO method were used as electronic descriptors (net atomic charges, dipole moment, HOMO and LEMO energies, chemical hardness and absolute electronegativity). Calculated logP were used as hydrophobicity descriptors. Other calculated descriptors were: van der Waals area and volume, solvent accessible surface area, solvent-accessible surface-bounded molecular volume, hydration energy, polarizability and refractivity. The best correlations were obtained with the steric and hydrophobicity descriptors, which are the most relevant descriptors for the activity of the HEPT derivatives. Two models with predictive value are obtained by applying the MTD method. The predictability of the models was tested on six HEPT derivatives from an external test set.


This chapter reviews and summarises the theory proposed throughout this book. It considers this theory within the context of the case-study site used as an example throughout. While all child and family social work organisations will interpret the wider systemic pressures individually and have their own regional needs and local idiosyncrasies, the case example provides an illustration of how pride and shame can be used in political attempts to shape, direct and control public services. In addition, it also demonstrates the complexity of the decision-making process, where experiences, or the anticipation, of pride, shame and other self-conscious emotions drive practitioners to comply with, or resist, such pressures. These processes are not reserved specifically for child and family social work, however. Indeed, the whole welfare state and governmental apparatus has been going through a transformation as neoliberal ideas, agendas and values have become embedded into political, media and public discourse. These ideas, therefore, relate to other disciplines and practices. This chapter sketches out the conditions needed for authenticity and pride in social work practice before concluding with possible future directions in the theory and practice of pride and shame in professional practice


Purpose : The study aimed to obtain student perceptions about the influence of problem-based learning on self-directed learning skills among undergraduate basic science medical students. Methods : A cross-sectional study was conducted among first to sixth-semester undergraduate medical students during the last week of July 2016. A previously used instrument was used after obtaining written permission from the developers. The data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences version 20. The free text comments were tabulated. Results : Fifty-two of the 90 students (58%) participated. The majority of respondents were between 20 to 30 years of age, and of either American or Canadian nationality. The gender distribution was nearly equal. The mean self-management of learning, independent pursuit of learning, learner control of instruction and personal autonomy scores were 2.95, 2.94, 2.98 and 2.87 (maximum possible score being 4). There were no significant differences in the mean domain scores according to age group, gender, and nationality of respondents. Conclusion : Respondents in the present study showed good scores on most statements related to the four dimensions of self-directed learning. Due to the hybrid nature of the curriculum and due to lectures being the dominant teaching-learning strategy, students may have devoted less effort and time to the PBL topics.


ABSTRACT The prevalence of patients with cancer increase every year. Tongue cancer is a type of malignancy of the tongue, and almost 95% is squamous cell carcinoma. Tongue cancer is a cancer with high progression with bad prognosis so that the mortality rate is very high and often causes discomfort. Comfort is the starting point of various healing that will be achieved by the client. Improvements in client conditions will not be achieved if the need of comfort is not fulfilled. In nursing care the problems that arise in tongue cancer are chronic pain, nutrient imbalance: less than body needs, and ineffective breathing patterns. Analysis of residency practice processes shows that comfort theory can be applied to patients with malignancy cases in nursing care, as it can identify patients' holistic discomfort from the physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural and environmental aspects.Keyword : Comfort Theory, Tongue Cancer


Through the appraisal of the welding technique,the parameters of the rework of 10CrMo910 main steel steam pipeline weld was certified to guarantee the accuracy of the pipeline defect treatment technique,thus promoting the quality and safety performance of the 10CrMo910 main steel steam pipeline weld.


The author reviews some of the benign tumors which may be met in the nasal cavity and the methods of treatment.


The recognition of a person based on biological features are efficient compared with traditional knowledge based recognition system. In this paper we propose Face Recognition using Wrapping Curvelet Transform (FRWCT). The Wrapping Curvelet Transform (WCT) is applied on face images of database and test images to derive coefficients. The obtained coefficient matrix is rearranged to form WCT features of each image. The test image WCT features are compared with database images using Euclidian Distance (ED) to compute Equal Error Rate (EER) and True Success Rate (TSR). The proposed algorithm with WCT performs better than Curvelet Transform algorithms used in [28], [39] and [40].


The growth of ordered arrays of InGaN/GaN nanocolumnar light emitting diodes by molecular beam epitaxy, emitting in the blue (441 nm), green (502 nm), and yellow (568 nm) spectral range is reported. The device active region, consisting of a nanocolumnar InGaN section of nominally constant composition and 250 to 500 nm length, is free of extended defects, which is in strong contrast to InGaN (planar) layers of similar composition and thickness. Electroluminescence spectra show a very small blue shift with increasing current (almost negligible in the yellow device) and line widths slightly broader than those of state-of-the-art InGaN quantum wells.


Objective:To study the endometriosis(EM) CT manifestations and pathologic basis of EM,evaluation the diagnostic value of CT.Methods: A retrospectie analysis of CT shows 56 cases with clinical EM,operation and pathology,material,the group of the cases do CT scan.Saul and enhance flat.Results: The CT examination 56 cases were found EM 78 lesions,11 pouch or solid type,67 cystic type.Capsule solid type of solid part of EM for CT manifestations of soft tissue density,its pathological for the inclusion of fibrous tissue hyperplasia of trace of endometrial cells,hemosiderin and small amounts of lymphocytes,plasma cells;Cystic type EM bursa wall thickness,coarse,and surrounding structure adhesion,sac fluid shows high density or discretion mixed densities,cystoid liquid layered have liquid-liquid plane levy.Bursa wall pathological for fiber tissue,lined with endometrial sample organization,sac for new and old different liquid ectopic endometrium classics blood.Conclusion: Cystic type EM CT performance has certain specificity.Capsule solid model,but the lack of specificity CT shows with clinical manifestations,preoperative can also clear diagnosis.


An econometric analysis of attendances at Rugby Footbal League matches, in England, over the period 1966–1990 is presented. The major finding is that the move from one to two leagues, in 1973, had a substantial impact on attendances. Teams in the upper league experienced greater attendances ceteris paribuswhilst those in the lower league had reduced attendances.


This companion to "Complete Short Stories" is a collection of Sir Victor Pritchett's literary criticism. The essays range from Rabelais to Salman Rushdie and from Voltaire to Molly Keane. The author wrote "A Cab at the Door", "Midnight Oil", "At Home and Abroad" and "Dublin".


PART 1: THE IMP APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS MARKETS David Ford: Introduction Peter Turnbull, David Ford and Malcolm Cunningham: Interaction, Relationships and Networks in Business Markets: An Evolving Perspective IMP Group: An Interaction Hakan H?kansson and I Shehota: The IMP Perspective, Assets and Liabilities of Relationships Part 2 Understanding Interaction and Relationships David Ford: Introduction Hakan H?kansson, Jan Johanson and Bjorn Wootz: Influence tactics in Buyer-Seller Processes David Ford: The development of buyer-seller relationships in industrial markets David Ford, Hakan H?kansson and Jan Johanson: How do companies interact? Hakan H?kansson and Ivan Snehota: The Burden of Relationships or WhoOs Next Keith Blois: DonOt All Firms Have Relationships? I F Wilkinson and L C Young: Business dancing - the nature and role of inter-firm relations in business strategy PART 2: UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS NETWORKS David Ford: Introduction G Easton: Industrial Networks: A Review Hakan H?kansson & Jan Johanson: A Model of Industrial Networks Hakan H?kansson and Ivan Snehota : No business is an island: the network concept of business strategy Hakan H?kansson and Ivan Snehota, Analysing Business Relationships J Johanson and L G Mattson: Network Positions and Strategic Action - An analytical framework J Johanson and L G Mattson: Internationalisation in Industrial Systems: A network Approach James Anderson, Hakan H?kansson & Jan Johanson: Dyadic Business Relationships within a Business Network Context Aino Halinen and Asti Salmi: From Dyadic Change to Changing Business Networks: An Analytical Framework Hakan H?kansson and David Ford: How Should Companies Interact? PART 3: MARKETING IN BUSINESS NETWORKS David Ford: Introduction M T Cunningham and E Homse: Controlling the marketing-purchasing interface: resource development and organisational implications NCG Campbell and MT Cunningham: Customer analysis for strategy development in industrial Judy Zolkiewski and Peter W. Turnbull: Relationship Portfolios - Past, Present and Future Kristian Moller and Arto Rajala, Organising Marketing in Industrial Hi-Tech Firms David Ford and Raymond Mcdowell: Managing Business Relationships by Analysing the Effects and Value of Different Actions Thomas Ritter: The Networking Company. Pete Naude and Francis Buttle: Assessing Relationship Quality Ross Brennan and PW Turnbull: Adaptive Behaviour in Buyer-Supplier Relationships David Ford and Mike Saren: First steps in technology strategy PART 4: PURCHASING IN BUSINESS NETWORKS David Ford: Introduction NCG Cambell: An Interaction Approach to Organisational Buying Behaviour Hakan H?kansson and Lars-Erik Gadde: Supplier relations Lars-Erik Gadde and Hakan H?kansson: The changing role of purchasing: Reconsidering three strategic issues Lars-Erik Gadde and Ivan Snehota: Making the most of supplier relationships Luis Araujo, Anna Dubois and Lars-Erik Gadde: Managing Interfaces with Suppliers Paul Cousins and Euan Stanwix: ItOs Only a Matter of Confidence: A Comparison of Relationship Management between Japanese and United Kingdom Vehicle Manufacturers CONCLUSIONS


The present invention relates to depot formulations comprising a poorly water soluble salt of a bisphosphonate forming together with one or more biocompatible polymers, to poorly water-soluble salts of such bisphosphonates, to crystalline forms of the free compounds and the salts and to other related aspects, where the compounds are of the Formula (I), where R1 and R2 are as described in the specification. Compounds of the Formula (I) and their forms mentioned in the disclosure are useful for the treatment of bone-related disorders and cancer.


Provided are a winding method and a winding device, which can suppress the inclination of a core with respect to a rotating shaft center, thereby suppressing the deflection of the core.
Specifically, a core is supplied with one end of the core chucked in the Z-axis direction by a core chuck, a spindle chuck is pressed against the other end of the core from the direction facing the core chuck, and the core is sandwiched from both sides. The chucking by the core chuck is released with the core sandwiched, and the other end of the core is chucked in the Y-axis direction by the spindle chuck. A wire is wound around a drum of the core by rotating the spindle chuck about the X-axis and rotating the core chuck, following to the rotation of the spindle chuck, about the axis same as the X-axis while the wire is being supplied to the core. The wire is wound while the core is supported from both sides, and thus the rotational deflection does not occur even if the tension of the wire is large.


In this paper,the category and harm of indoor air contaminants are described,the theories and advantages and disadvantages of several purification technics are introduced.Two kinds of new compound purification technics are mainly pointed out,including some basic theories,advantages and experimental methods in the field.The future study development of this technology for cleaning indoor air,the problems to be solved and the study tendencies are presented.


The expansion behavior of typical siliceous carbonate(Spratt limestone) autoclaved in LiOH solution were studied in this paper, the morphologies and chemical composition of the products produced by reaction of siliceous carbonate with LiOH were studied through SEM and EDS. The results show that Spratt limestone exhibits both alkali-silica and alkali-carbonate reactivity. Ion's migration in alkali-carbonate reaction process was revealed, dolomite crystal disintegrates because of alkali corrosion, Ca~(2+) and CO_3~(2-) produced by dolomite crystal disintegration migrate out and leave original positions.


A shared autonomous electric vehicle (SAEV) fleet and the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) strategy both have great potential to reduce GHG emissions. As these concepts have complementary value, they are even more promising combined. However, to the best of our knowledge, no research has yet been conducted on locating charging infrastructure for SAEVs with V2G feasibility. For this construction, the challenge lies in the fact that both mobility demand (mainly for SAEVs) and energy (for any installation of charging infrastructure) have a major influence on this problem. To find the optimal charging infrastructure (CI) allocation for SAEVs with V2G operations, both mobility requirements and grid constraints must be considered. In this paper, we find that optimization models are the most frequently used method to solve the CI allocation problem. We conduct separate examinations of the V2G and SAEVs location optimization models that have been formulated in the literature, for which objective functions are used, and which constraints are considered (with respect to mobility and the electric grid). We find that SAEV and V2G models have overlapping elements, but remain disjunct in their respective perspectives. CI allocation for SAEVs mainly takes mobility into account, but tends to ignore grid constraints or impacts. On the other hand, CI allocation for V2G focuses on the distribution network and the grid, forgetting about mobility demand. To take advantage of the SAEV-V2G potential, future research should combine mobility and grid aspects to find the optimal CI locations for SAEVs with V2G feasibility.


Introduction To date the most comprehensive taxonomic work on murids of India including its immediate neighbouring countries and Afghanistan is that of Ellerman (1961). The Rodentia volume of the Fauna of India (Ellerman, 1961) and the key for identification of Indian rodents (Ellerman, 1947a, b) remain an important source of information on rodents of the region of South Asia including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Ellerman (1961) gave descriptive account of 260 subspecies of rodents under 128 species belonging to 46 genera from the Indian subcontinent.


Counterfeit,a risk of illegal interests,should be cracked down at least by the following coercive methods:first,severe punishment to be imposed on offenders to increase their expected cost and make the expected utility more lessened than the legal gainings so as to curb counterfeit production;secondly,to impose punishment exactly on the very offending individuals to prevent unsymmetrical results in the offender's illegal interests and the corresponding risk costs;thirdly,to design and establish necessary mechanism incentively compatible with the administration of local governments and anti-counterfeit endeavor in order to eliminate possible local protectionism.


Summary 1.Dairy cows with a constant level of vitamin A intake, produced butter of lower vitamin A value when soybeans were fed in the grain ration than when linseed oil meal was used. 2.Soybeans apparently suppress the transference of vitamin A from the ration to the butter. 3.The attempt to correct this suppressing action by roasting the soybeans used in the grain ration was unsuccessful. 4.Cows fed soybean hay which was harvested after the beans were well formed in the pods, produced butters of somewhat lower vitamin A value than when alfalfa hay was fed. 5.Although soybeans have a suppressing action on the formation of vitamin A in the butterfat, yet it is possible to produce butters of fairly high vitamin A value even when soybeans are used in the rations of the cows provided roughage of high vitamin A potency is fed.


Drawing upon clinical experience with 33 eating disordered women, the author describes beliefs common to these individuals which appear to contribute to their misuse of the eating function. Habits of perceiving the world in either/or dichotomies, if-then perils and detrimental comparisons are described.


There are no play s of the recent past more deserving of a collection (or two) of essays than Tony Kushner's Angels in America. His two plays comprising Angels, Millennium Approaches, and Perestroika, have enjoyed international success and their intervention in the cultural representation of HIV/AIDS has been important and far reaching. The volume on Angels edited by Per Brask certainly reflects the deserved attention paid across the world to Kushner's work and aims to give readers a sense of how specificities of a producing culture inflect the "gay fantasia" that is Angels.


The problem of monitoring the current state of security of sustainable development of old industrial regions of Ukraine lies in the need for structural modernisation of the industrial sector, i.e. the transition from extensive exploitation of the resource potential of industrially developed areas in the past to intensive production based on technological progress. The term "old industrial region" should be understood to mean a territory that was once industrially developed but is now in decline or in decline due to a lack of capacity or the unwillingness of industry owners to invest in the modernisation of production facilities, a significant lag in the applied production technology from the modern news, a lack of adaptability to the sustainable changes in industrial markets, etc.


With the widespread interest in 3D technology areas such as displays, cameras, and processing, the 3D video is becoming widely available. Due to correlation between views in multiview 3D video at the same temporal location, it is possible to perform video processing operations more efficiently comparing to regular 2D video. In order to improve denoising performance for multiview video, we propose an algorithm based on denoising in 3D DCT domain, which is competitive in performance with state-of-art denoising algorithms and it is suitable for real-time implementation. The proposed algorithm searches for corresponding image patches in temporal and inter-view directions, selects 8 patches with lowest dissimilarity measure, and performs denoising in 3D DCT domain. The novel inter-view image patch search method brings up to 1.62dB gain in terms of average luma Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), with average gain 0.6-0.8 dB depending on the amount of noise present in test sequences.


Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of Amber combined with Magnesium Sulfate in the treatment of preterm premature rupture of membranes(PPROM).Methods 105 cases of PPROM pregnant women were selected from February 2009 to February 2011 in our hospital according to the random number table were divided into the combination group,Magnesium Sulfate group and Amber group.The contractions inhibition time,treatment time,gestational ages extension time,adverse reactions and clinical efficacy were observed.Results The total efficiency rate of combination group was significantly higher than the Magnesium Sulfate group(P 0.05),which in Amber group showed no significant difference with the combination group and Magnesium Sulfate group(P 0.05);the contractions inhibition time,treatment time,gestational ages extension time of magnesium sulfate group were significantly worse than the Amber group and combination group(P 0.05),the Amber group and combination group showed no significant difference(P 0.05);the adverse reactions of Amber group was significantly more than Magnesium Sulfate group and combination group(P 0.05),the Magnesium Sulfate group and combination group showed no significant difference(P 0.05).Conclusion Amber group combined with Magnesium Sulfate on PPROM can significantly improve the efficacy,with rapid onset,and has little adverse reactions.


The effects of ammonia concentration, hydraulic detention time and dissolved oxygen on the ammonia conversion rate and nitrite accumulation efficiency were studied in the swim-bed biofilm reactor with the constant temperature and pH value. The temperature was controlled by heating rod at 35 ± 1 °C, the pH value was automatically regulated at 7.5 by adding 2 mol/L NaOH, influent ammonia concentration increased from 200 mg N/L, the dissolved oxygen concentration was below 2.5 mg/L, a stable nitrite accumulation were achieved in a swim-bed reactor and nitrite oxidizing bacteria was washed out.