We explore the ability of the Tevatron to probe Minimal Supersymmetry with high energy scale boundary conditions motivated by supersymmetry breaking in the context of supergravity/superstring theory. A number of boundary condition possibilities are considered: dilaton-like string boundary conditions applied at the standard GUT unification scale or alternatively at the string scale; and extreme ("no-scale") minimal supergravity boundary conditions imposed at the GUT scale or string scale. For numerous specific cases within each scenario the sparticle spectra are computed and then fed into ISAJET 7.07 so that explicit signatures can be examined in detail. We find that, for some of the boundary condition choices, large regions of parameter space can be explored via same-sign dilepton and isolated trilepton signals. For other choices, the mass reach of Tevatron collider experiments is much more limited. We also compare mass reach of Tevatron experiments with the corresponding reach at LEP 200.


Soil salinity and alkalinity seriously threaten rice production in south Asia. Improving screening methodologies to identify sources of tolerance for improved breeding for salt tolerant rice is of continuing importance. Rice genotypes of varying salt tolerance, such as tolerant (T), semi-tolerant (ST), and sensitive (S), were grown in field lysimeters in saline soil of EC e 4 and 8 mS cm -1 and alkali soil of pH 9.5 and 9.8 in North India and analyzed for chlorophyll (Chl), sugar, starch and proline in leaves. Chlorophyll a and b decreased due to salinity in all the tolerance groups. However, Chl a was not much affected but chl b increased with alkalinity. Under high stress both at EC e 8 and pH 9.8 Chl a and b were more in tolerant than in sensitive genotypes. The ratio of Chl a/b was similar in T, ST and S genotypes under salinity stress. Sugar accumulation was higher in T compared to S under normal conditions but under salinity or alkalinity stress the differences were not significant. Leaf starch was highest in T, intermediate in ST and lowest in S genotypes in normal as well as under salinity and alkalinity stress. There was decrease in starch with salinity and alkalinity stress only in T group but not in ST and S group. Proline increased significantly in all the tolerance groups even at low salinity of EC e 4 mS cm -1 or pH 9.5. The salt tolerant genotypes of rice maintained higher levels of Chl a and b, starch and proline under high salinity and alkalinity stress and are the robust criteria for tolerating high salinity and alkalinity.


A new formula is derived which relates changes in electron-phonon coupling strength $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ to shifts in phonon frequencies. Using this formula, the superconducting transition temperature ${T}_{c}$ is discussed for bcc transition metals and rock-salt-structure transition-metal carbides.


Schoenberg's never completed Passacaglia for Orchestra has occupied a significant position in the history of the development of his twelve-tone method. This fragment was thought to date from 1920-that is, before any of Schoenberg's completed serial compositions-but, significantly, it seems to anticipate compositional procedures and techniques from a later period in Schoenberg's serial development. The fragment was given the date of 1920 because on one page Schoenberg dated the manuscript. However, that date was not clearly written. In this study it is shown that the Passacaglia dates not from 1920, but from 1926, and that it is not an independent composition, but a first draft for the Variations for Orchestra.


Several low-income sub-Saharan African countries have undertaken land policy reforms that are designed and implemented as alternatives to former land registration systems established under the colonial period. Those land registration systems had become irrelevant as they were initially meant to strengthen the State authority over land and to grant exclusive property rights to only a small number of individuals.


Recent experiments on low energy pion‐nucleus scattering are reviewed. Tere has been a significant increase in π− scattering data at energies below 80 MeV. Analysis of an impressive amount of π+ scattering data yields interesting systematic variation in optical model parameters. New experimental techniques and prospects for the near future are discussed.


IDS is the deployment of the network in order to detect the existence of acts of intrusion.In this paper,a typical campus network environment,gives the three-tier architecture Snort specific design and construction of the installation,and the implementation of the security and optimization.


A set of useful quality practices that can be selected and applied during one or more steps in a software acquisition process is described. This recommended practice can be applied to software that runs on any computer system regardless of the size, complexity, or criticality of the


Web-scale knowledge graphs containing billions of entities are common nowadays. Querying these graphs can be modeled as a subgraph matching problem. Since knowledge graphs are incomplete and noisy in nature, it is important to discover answers matching exactly as well as answers similar to queries. Existing graph matching algorithms usually use graph indices to accelerate query processing. For billion-node graphs, it may be infeasible to build the graph indices due to the amount of work and the memory/storage required. In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm for finding the best <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$k$</tex-math><alternatives> <inline-graphic xlink:href="jin-ieq1-2665478.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula> answers for a given query without precomputing graph indices. An answer's quality is measured by a matching score that is computed online. To accelerate query processing, we propose a novel technique for bounding the matching scores during the computation. By using bounds, the low quality answers can be efficiently pruned. The bounding technique can be implemented in a distributed environment, allowing our approach to efficiently query web-scale knowledge graphs. We evaluate the effectiveness and the efficiency of our approach on real-world datasets. The result shows that our bounding technique can reduce the running time up to two orders of magnitude comparing to an approach without using bounds.


Purpose : In this study, task performance and job satisfaction of nurses in non-life insurance companies were examined to improve the personnel management in their companies. Method : Data collection was done with 119 nurses in non-life insurance companies in October and November, 1999. Data analyses were performed using SPSS Win 8.0 package. Result: The Results were as follows: 1. The tasks most commonly performed by nurses were 'medical fee inspection', 'education for staves', 'management of the injured', 'management of injury and disablement'. 2. The mean score of total job satisfaction was 3.2(interaction. 3.8; professional status, 3.6; autonomy, 3.4; task requirements, 3.1; administration, 2.8; pay and advancement, 2.6). 3. Task performance was significantly correlated with job satisfaction total score(r=0.478, p


And a bending property and yield strength with respect to the start excellent high strength cold rolled steel sheet and a method of manufacturing the same. Method for producing a high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention in weight%, carbon (C): 0.1 ~ 0.15%, silicon (Si): 0.02 ~ 0.05%, manganese (Mn): 2.0 ~ 2.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.03% or less, sulfur (S): 0.005% or less of aluminum (Al): 0.01 ~ 0.05%, chromium (Cr): 0.3 ~ 0.5% by weight, boron (B): 0.0025 ~ 0.005%, niobium (Nb): 0.03 ~ 0.07 wt.%, titanium (Ti): 0.005 ~ 0.03% by weight, and nitrogen (N): to prepare a 50ppm or less and the balance of iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities hot rolling the steel sheet by hot rolling a steel slab, cooling consisting of; Cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet; Comprising: heating the cold-rolled steel sheet annealed in the austenite single-phase Ac3 point or more stations; Step of cooling the annealed steel sheet to the temperature region of the martensite Ms point or less; And a step of tempering the cooled agarose grated in the martensite phase temperature region; characterized in that it comprises a.


Background: objective of the study was to evaluate adherence to therapy and factors associated with non-adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients on multiple drug therapy.Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, questionnaire based study conducted on 100 type 2 DM patients in a tertiary teaching hospital. They were interviewed using self-designed, semi-structured questionnaire to assess adherence to medication and diet/exercise schedule. Morisky medication adherence questionnaire was used to calculate overall adherence.Results: 71%patients had some co-morbidity and were on multiple medications. Average daily modifications taken by patients was 4.1±2.23 (mean+SD). Only 47% patients were found adherent. Illiteracy (11%), Language (10%), complicated dosages (8%), adverse drug events (6%), heavy outpatient load (6%), psychological illness (6%), and financial (4%) were common reasons for non-adherence. Surprisingly, total number of medicines prescribed did not interfere with adherence.58% patients were aware of the importance of medication, diet and exercise but 42% patients were not aware of the consequences of non-adherence. 65% patients adhered to diet control and 43% patients followed exercise schedule.Conclusions: 53% of type 2 DM patients on multi-drug therapy were not adhering to prescribed medication making it a major hurdle to its management. The most important cause of non adherence were not comprehending instructions due to various reasons like illiteracy, language issues, complicated schedules and less doctor-patient interaction due to heavy OPDs. Also 42% of the patients were not aware of the consequences of non adherence to therapy, diet and exercise. Hence, a multidimensional approach with adequate medication and emphasis on adherence to prescribed medication, diet and exercise schedule requires implemented. Health professionals can play a major role in improving adherence by increasing interaction with patients.


This study investigated the effect of N[2(2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl) ethyl]-N-phenylurea (ethylene diurea, EDU) on oxygen-induced ischemic retinopathy (OIR) in a neonatal rat model. OIR was induced by maintaining daily cycles of 80% oxygen (20.5 h), ambient air (0.5 h), and a progressive return to 80% oxygen (3 h) for 12 days (postnatal day : P12). The rats were treated intraperitoneally with EDU (30 mg / kg body weight) or distilled water (DW) from P6 to P17. At P18, the percentage of avascular areas in the total retinal area (%AVA) was measured, and retinal neovascularization (NV) was scored in ADPase-stained retinas. Retinal superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the retina was also determined by a chemiluminescence method. The mean %AVA in the EDU-treated group (9.3±1.7%, n= 16) was lower than in the DW group (18.2 ± 4.7%, n = 17). EDU did not signi cantly affect NV, but significantly increased SOD activity (1.36±0.13 units / mg protein, n = 4) compared to DW treatment (1.04±0.01 units / mg protein, n = 4, P= 0.032) at P18. These results suggest that EDU treatment decreased the %AVA, accompanied by an increase in normal retinal vascular growth and / or a decrease in vessel proliferation. The increased SOD activity observed in the present study is likely to involve the EDU-mediated effects.


Abstract Poly(l-lactide) (PLLA)/poly(d-lactide) (50/50) with plasticizer contents ranging from 2% to 16% w/w were prepared by melt blending using an internal mixer. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry results confirmed that complete stereocomplex polylactide crystallites without any homocrystallites were produced. Compared to neat PLLA, the melting temperature of the stereocomplex polylactide and its plasticized samples was approximately 55°C higher. Higher plasticizer contents decreased glass transition temperature of the stereocomplex, which implied higher flexibility and enhanced the crystallization rate. However, the plasticizer in the stereocomplex reduced the thermal stability.


N-Nitrosamine can be formed in vivo by the interaction of nitrites with secondary amines . The contents of the precursors of N-Nitrosmine in one day meal and next morning urine derived from residents in high-(29 cases) and low-risk (28 cases) for oe-sophageal carcinoma in Shantou area were measured in the present study. The results showed that the contents of Nitrate in one day meal from high-risk area are significantly higher than those from low-risk area (P0.01) . The excretions of nitrite and secondary amines in the urine from high-risk area significantly lower than those from low-risk area(P0. 01). It is suggested that endogenous formation of N-Nitrosamine in the residents of high-risk area is higher, and this may be related to the etiology of oesophageal carcinoma.


Temporal predictability is a crucial requirement for hard real-time applications. Thus, deterministic software execution flows are commonly aspired to achieve that requirement. However, as an apparently unavoidable contradiction to this approach in today's embedded systems, both IRQs and concurrently running tasks are also required to react to dynamic environments and to allow the modular composition of complex software. These concepts operate non-deterministic and thus interleave unpredictably the program flow leading to timing violations. Even worse, determinism is initially introduced at application level, but affected by task scheduling at OS level, and violated by IRQs at hardware level introducing the so-called Operating System Priority Inversion (os-pi) problem: A high priority control task can easily be preempted by an IRQ that is eventually relevant for just a lower prioritized task. Thus, we propose a new hardware extension to avoid os-pi by unifying the concepts and mapping all IRQs to regular OS events. Since the extension keeps track of task priorities and event dependencies, an interrupt will only be executed if the priority of the task waiting for the triggered event is higher than the priority of the currently running task.


The article starts from the conception of computer games' UI (User Interface) design, and elaborates the conception, compositions, functions and meanings of the interaction of computer games' UI. Moreover, it stresses on the regulations and principles of interaction design in computer games' UI, and puts forward its special requirements of design from the software UI and the hardware UI these two component parts of UI.


This essay,based on the space features of the traditional teahouse,relating with the modern reality and summarizing the need of the present consumers,points out that both the interior and exterior design of the teahouse should satisfy the customer's need of service,communication,culture and recreation.Moreover,the paper offers ideas and suggestions as to the specific designing method.


The effects of a detergent product (Merix, Merima, Krusevac) o the production of aminoacids and monosaccharides and the proteolytic enzyme activity of the fungi Alternariae tenuis am Trichotecium roseum were examined. After incubation for 8 days the concentrations of all aminoacids except for isoleucine in the case of A tenuis and alanine in the case of T. roseum, were found to be lower it media with 1 % detergent than in the control media without acfcfeo detergent. However, progressively increasing concentrations o detergent from 0.01 to 1 % did not appear to affect consistently the proteolytic activity of either fungus in comparison with controls after 4 to 8 days incubation. After 4 days incubation the production of glucose: by A. tenuis was greater than the production of fructose ana concentrations of both monosaccharides were greater than with I roseum with or without detergent in the medium. It may be concluded that the metabolic activity of both fungal species is generally maintained in the presence of small quantities of the examined detergent.


Reaction of H2L (1) with potassium or strontium hydride, or lanthanum(III) chloride, followed by iron(III) chloride, yielded the {2}-ironcryptates 2a–c. The mono-, di-, and trivalent guest cations are endohedrally encapsulated. In contrast, the dinuclear trispyridinium ironcryptand 2d was generated from the reaction of H2L (1) with only iron(III) chloride. The potassium metallacryptate 2a′ was formed from the triple-helicate 2d by addition of potassium carbonate. The new compounds 2b, 2c, and 2d were unequivocally characterised by X-ray diffraction analyses.


In this paper we discuss the architecture of a tool designed to help users develop vertical search engines in different domains and different languages. The design of the tool is presented and an evaluation study was conducted, showing that the system is easier to use than other existing tools


New highly efficient photoinitiators (PI) based on silyl radicals chemistry are proposed. The ability of these structures to initiate both free radical polymerization and free radical promoted cationic polymerizations is investigated. These compounds (4-tris(trimethylsilyl)silyloxybenzophenone, 2-(1-adamantylcarbonyl)-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)trisilane, di(9H-fluoren-9-yl)(dimethyl)silane, and 4-(bromophenylthio)dimethyl-tert-butylsilane) directly generate silyl radicals under light irradiation as characterized by ESR spin-trapping and laser flash photolysis experiments. High rates of polymerization and high final conversions are obtained. A low oxygen inhibition in the photopolymerization processes is outlined. The present results evidence the high potential of this new class of PI based on the silyl radical chemistry.


Androgen Deprivation Therapy is the basis for treatment of advanced prostate cancer. The beneficial influence of ADT on treatment results has been documented. In the clinical practice different complications, related to ADT use, have been observed, among which the musculoskeletal evolve dynamically and tend to Adres do korespondencji


This work studies high-speed on-ramp merging decision-making and control for an automated vehicle using deep reinforcement learning (DRL). We consider no vehicle-to-everything (V2X) wireless communication and the merging vehicle relies on its own sensors to obtain the states of other vehicles and the road information to merge from on-ramp to the main road. We consider the states of five vehicles as the environment state of the reinforcement learning training framework: the merging vehicle, and two preceding and two following vehicles within the sensing range of the merging vehicle when it is or is projected on the main road. The control action of the reinforcement learning training framework is the acceleration command for the merging vehicle. We use Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) as the DRL algorithm for continuous control, assuming there exists an optimal deterministic policy to match the state to the action. The DRL rewards encourage merging midway between two main-road vehicles with the same speed as the first preceding one, and penalize hard braking, stops, and collisions. When testing the trained policy, we observed 1 collision out of 16975 testing episodes (0.006% collision rate). By analyzing the merging vehicle's behaviors, we found that it learned human-like behaviors such as slowing down to merge behind or speeding up to merge ahead a main-road vehicle. For the only collision case, we found that the merging vehicle kept shifting between slowing down and speeding up, suggesting that it might be trapped at a bifurcation state.


The prototype of the Splitter Magnet, built by TESLA Engineering, Storrington (U.K.), was delivered to LNF on July 19, 1996. Due to summer holidays, the magnetic measurements and magnet characterization started beginning of September and took about two weeks. The measurements confirmed the design goals and the good quality of the construction. In fact, there has not been any necessity of magnetic length adjustment, that means no machining of the pole end caps. The other three splitter magnets will be delivered before the end of the year.


PURPOSE: To present detailed states of plural task applications by generating a reduction graphic of a first interactive computer task and changing at least one graphic parameter of this graphic to display the change of the state of the first interactive computer task. CONSTITUTION: An operator uses a word processor application on a video display screen 10 to be able to generate, correct, and file a document in accordance with known procedures. An icon area 12 is provided in the bottom of a screen 10, and this area 12 is used in the multitask operation as the area for reduction graphic display of other applications, namely, icons 14. Thus, an operator facing the screen 10 can recognize whether icons indicate active or inactive software applications. COPYRIGHT: (C)1989,JPO


Author(s): Haskell, Dennis | Abstract: Born in multicultural Malacca during British rule, educated there and later in Kuala Lumpur and Boston, a long-time resident of the USA and a visiting professor to many countries, Shirley Geok-lin Lim seems a transnational writer par excellence. Yet much of her later work involves looking back to Malacca, "at a loss here, / Loosening my grip on yesterday," afraid of losing "[s]hades of father and mother." She is the author of poems, short stories, novels and a memoir, as well as literary and social criticism. The memoir, Among the White Moon Faces, is subtitled, "An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands," and the plural noun is notable. Concentrating on her poetry, this paper charts her shifting sense of identity as Malaccan, Malaysian, American and as a woman of Chinese heritage whose language is English, through "[s]peech which is sufficient enterprise," even though in these late poems she can feel "unmoored" and sense "the gravity / of the unmade I."


Rogers'humanistic teaching ideas are as follows: creative activities are driven by cognition and feeling;native potential can be realized to realness,trust and understanding;the new relationship between teachers and students lies in genuineness,reward and empathic understanding.The difference between Chinese and western cultures lies in in superficial and deep ways.The difference,based on Rogers' humanistic teaching ideas,will be turned into students' internal quality through the teacher' s guidance.The enlightenment lies in a new relationship between the teacher and the student,the teacher' s active guidance and his or her teaching practice available.


E-government and information system development What is 'e-government'? ICT in New Zealand's health sector: A story of lost opportunity A major health care information system project failure The INCIS fiasco in the New Zealand police force Landonline: Qualified success or partial failure? Lessons from computer development in the New Zealand public sector Notes References Index.


The author says that the literature does not show that tax incentives help economic development; indeed, increased spending on public services may do more to promote development. The use of tax cuts to promote jobs may not be cost-effective, the author writes.


Needle-free jet injection is an alternative method of drug delivery in which the high-speed medicine liquid jet penetrates the skin by itself without using the needle and syringe. This article reviews the literatures and reports involving needle-free jet injection and its injection device focusing mainly on the injection in human skin. The involving factors which are the mechanism of the device work, clinical assessment, fluid dynamics during jet generation and injection process are discussed. Moreover, the jet penetration behavior is clearly described in this paper. It is found that the effectiveness of the drug delivery will be improved if such discussed behaviors are taken into account in the design process of the injection device. Finally, from knowledge gaps found in previous studies, suggestions for future research and further development of the needle-free jet injection are included in this article.


This paper takes the No.3 Air Blower of Baotou Steel and Iron Company as an example to explain the principle of the bearing pad crashing by analyzing the failure cause of No.1 bearing Babbit Alloy.The main reason to cause the No.1 bearing pad crashing and unsteady is turbine coupling running aberrancy and blower rotor local crack.This paper describes the sign of failure aiming at the peculiar vibration of this unit and puts forward the methods of vibration and fault eliminating.


Entering upon 21th, the internet which bring the digital era, are changing the paradigm of education and cultivating creative and challenging person, which is the core of competitive power in knowledge-information society, is more emphasized than ever. To meet the needs of the present times, it has been concentrating its effort to improve learning-environment using e-Learning in the field of teaching. E-schoolbooks that were introduced recently by way of showing an example are representative case of this intention. Though many e-learning contents are being developed, the more speedily a society grow, the shorter the life of contents are. Moreover, the contents developed are impossible to use directly for tele-education system, so standard types adjusted for various kind of system are showing up. Among them the leading standard type is SCORM(Sharable Content Object Reference Medel) made in ADL(Advanced Distributed Learning) Corporation. The KERIS' Cyber Home Education System adopted this and is using it. So, in this study, we set the goal at designing and developing an e-learning contents and an experiment-focused mathematics that suit the KERIS' Cyber Home Education System on the basis of SCORM.


In the current era of globalization, people's daily activities are highly dependent on technology. The development of this technology is certainly utilized by many different parties. In addition to taking advantage of the positive side, there are also parts that take advantage of the negative side. In this case it is like developing criminal software or what is commonly called cybercrime. One form of this crime is cryptojacking. Cryptojacking is the dark side of cryptocurrency mining and poses a threat to website visitors or end-users. This research was carried out with a 6-step method which resulted in the result that based on static and dynamic malware analysis, the installation of Crackonosh itself runs by replacing important files on the Windows system and abusing Windows Safe Mode to damage the order and defense of the Windows system


The bulk of recent literature on foreign-exchange interventions has overlooked the potential interdependencies that may exist between these operations and the conduct of monetary policy. This is the case even under inflation targeting and especially in emerging-market economies, because central banks often explicitly reserve the right to intervene to calm disorderly markets and to accumulate foreign reserves, and when the exchange rate is perceived as out of step with fundamentals. This paper uses a friction model to estimate intervention reaction functions and the associated marginal effects for Brazil and the Czech Republic since adoption of inflation targeting in these countries in 1999 and 1998, respectively. The main findings are that: i) in both countries interventions occur predominantly to reduce exchange-rate volatility, while in Brazil the central bank also reacts to exchange-rate deviations from medium-term trends; ii) there are strong, asymmetric threshold effects in the reaction functions, and interventions are more likely and of higher magnitudes when they are carried out to depreciate than to appreciate the domestic currency; and iii) interventions seem to take place independently of contemporaneous monetary policy in Brazil, but not in the Czech Republic, where both policies appear to be interrelated. Interdependance entre politique monetaire et interventions sur le marche du change dans des regimes de ciblage d'inflation : le cas du Bresil et de la Republique tcheque La litterature recente sur les interventions de banques centrales sur le marche des changes a neglige l'interdependance potentielle qui peut exister entre ces operations et la politique monetaire. Pourtant, la question de l'interdependance se pose meme lorsque les economies adoptent un ciblage inflation, en particulier pour les pays emergeants, car les banques centrales se reservent, en general, ouvertement le droit d'intervenir pour calmer les desordres de marche, accumuler des reserves, ou reajuster le niveau du taux de change lorsque celui-ci ne semble pas en phase avec les fondamentaux. Cet article utilise un modele de friction afin d'estimer une fonction de reaction sur le marche du change et les effets marginaux qui y sont associes pour le Bresil et la Republique Tcheque, a partir du moment ou ces deux pays ont adopte un ciblage d'inflation (i.e., respectivement 1999 et 1998). Les principaux resultats sont que : i) les interventions visent principalement a reduire la volatilite du taux de change dans les deux pays, toutefois, la Banque centrale bresilienne reagit egalement aux deviations du taux de change par rapport a la tendance de moyen terme ; ii) il y a une forte asymetrie dans le comportement des banques centrales : les interventions sont plus importantes et plus probables lorsque la banque centrale doit deprecier plutot qu'apprecier sa monnaie ; enfin iii) la politique d'interventions semble etre independante de la politique monetaire pour le Bresil, alors qu'elles sont liees dans le cas de la Republique tcheque.


Two common limitations of modern Head Mounted Displays (HMD): the narrow field of view and limited dynamic range, call for rendering techniques that can circumvent or even take advantage of these factors. We describe a simple practical method of enhancing visual response from HMDs by using view-dependent control over lighting. One example is provided for simulating blinding lights in dark environments.


The invention relates to a handlebar radfuhrender in the chassis of a vehicle, whose basic structure is (without mounted parts) entirely from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, wherein said base structure is fully made by injection molding or transfer molding. Preferably, the handlebar has no significant bending elastic property, but in the injection molding or transfer molding process trained attachment sites. It can be a sword arm or trailing arm or semi-trailing arm or wishbone with long fibers and / or short fibers and / or continuous fibers as reinforcement fibers in the form of carbon fibers or glass fibers or aramid fibers.


The competition between superconducting and ferromagnetic orderings in Josephson devices has promoted fundamental and applicative studies of high impact for superconducting digital technology, cryogenic memories, and spintronics, where the possibility of switching between different magnetic states is a crucial advantage. Here, we report on fabrication and characterization of very high quality tunnel ferromagnetic Josephson junctions (JJs) with aluminum electrodes, demonstrating hysteretic behavior of the magnetic field pattern preserving typical transport properties of Al junctions, underdamped behavior, and very low quasiparticle dissipation. The proposed technology paves the way for the possible implementation of Al tunnel-ferromagnetic JJs in superconducting quantum circuits, toward alternative approaches based on digital control of the Josephson device.


The dental public health field has been expanding in scope & complexity with more emphasis beingplaced on the total dental care delivery system and its impact on oral health status.A broadly accepted definition of "dental public health" has been given byDowner 1994: "The science and art of preventing oral disease, promotingoral health and improving quality of life through the organized effortsof society" (Downer et al,1994). A broader definition was made ten years later as follows: "The scienceand art of preventing oral disease, promoting oral healthand improving quality of life through the organized efforts and informedchoices of society, organizations, public and private, communities andindividuals" (Pine & Harris 2007).The purpose of an oral health care system is to influence the population's way of life so that oral healthis promoted or maintained and oral disease prevented; and to promote adequate treatment to thosemembers of the population affected by oral disease so that disease is arrested at an early stage andloss of function is prevented. These functions apply whether the service is in a developing or developedcountry.


Congenital/fetal malformations are structural, functional, and/or biochemical molecular defects present at birth. Prevalence of congenital fetal anomalies in developing countries are 2 to 3% of newborns and about 94% of severe birth defects. Acrania is a lethal congenital malformation characterized by partial or complete absence of flat bones in cranial vault. Another anomaly, omphalocele, a ventral defect of the umbilical ring resulting in herniation of the abdominal viscera, is one of the most common congenital abdominal wall defects seen in the newborn. Omphalocele is associated with trisomy. Incidence of acrania in India 1.4 to 2 per 1000 births. Incidence of omphalocele 1 in 4000 births. a case of 29-year-old, G2P1L1 with 14 weeks 2 days of gestation attended OPD with ultrasonographic report showing acrania with omphalocele. The sonographic scan revealed fully developed fetal brain having no calvarium. The brain was covered by a thin membranous structure. Facial structures showing frog eye appearance, open spina bifida. Normal and well-coordinated movements were noted in in the fetal body parts. The fetal abdomen showed a central mass protruding out from anterior abdominal wall. The mass is covered by a membrane and contains small intestines. There was direct insertion of the umbilical cord into the midline of omphalocele. Patient was counselled regarding fetal condition and its outcome. Patient was willing for termination. Medical termination of pregnancy was done. A single dead female fetus of fetus and placental weighing of 250 gm.


1. A process for coating a substrate comprising a fluoropolymer, said method comprising the following successive steps: a) preparing a solid mixture comprising one or more fluoropolymers and one or more thermoplastic polymers thermally stable at temperatures above 400 ° C; b) melt blending and extruding said solid mixture at a temperature of from about 250 to about 400 ° C to achieve homogeneity, c) processing the extrudate to mechanical means to obtain a powder having an average particle size up to about 100 microns; d) on the bearing of said powder onto said substrate; and e) heating said substrate to a temperature sufficient to cause said powder to become sufficiently fluid to coat said podlozhku.2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the fluoropolymers are selected from the group consisting of PTFE (PTFE) (PTFE), copolymers of TFE (tetrafluoroethylene) (TFE) with such comonomers as PMVE (PMVE) (perfluoromethylvinylether), PPVE (PPVE) (perfluoropropylvinyl ether), HFP (HFP) (hexafluoropropylene), ethylene, CTFE (CTFE) (chlorotrifluoroethylene) and combinations of the above somonomerov.3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said thermoplastic polymers are selected from the group consisting of polyethersulfones ((PES) (PES)), polyarylsulfone ((PAS) (PAS)), polyphenylenesulfide ((PPS) (PPS)), polyetheretherketones (( PEEK) (PEEK)), polyimides ((PI) (PI)) and polyamide-((PAI) (PAI)). 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the amount of fluoropolymer in said solid mixture is from about 5 to about 50 wt.%. The method of claim 1 5, wherein the amount of thermoplastic polymer in said solid mixture is from about 50 to about 95 wt. %.


Key concepts a case-focused of the marketing based on use of economic situations with reference to sale of property complexes in the form of enterprise structures, having incomplete readiness as бизнесов are considered


Abstract : Following creep under combined tension and torsion for two hours, probes of 5-minute duration were made with different sequences along (a) a Misses ellipse through the loading point and (b) along a possible creep surface suggested by the normality concept as applied to previous experiments. The results indicate that the sequence of probing makes considerable difference and the shape of a creep surface estimated from normality is not necessarily consistent with a definition of the creep surface as a surface of constant creep rate. (Author)


Abstract A novel parallel adaptive line enhancer (PALE) model structure based on an infinite impulse response (IIR) bandpass filter is proposed The purpose of the given PALE model structure is to estimate and retrieve multiple frequencies buried in noise. The proposed model structure provides some unique features when compared with conventional approaches. First, the given approach works for the situation where there is no a priori information regarding the location of the various sinusoidal frequencies. Under these circumstances conventional PALEs are problematic since the individual parallel modules tend to converge to the same frequencies or may be trapped in the local minima. Second, the error surfaces of successive modules are improved by the module which has just converged to a particular frequency. In this respect, the proposed PALE model structure can be regarded as a hybrid combination of conventional parallel and cascaded configurations. Consequently, it utilizes the best features of each config...


The fuel system of aero engine is used to supply fuel to the main combustion and the afterburner. Digital electronic control has been the main development direction of aero-propulsion control system. The principle of the aero-engine fuel system is analyzed. Aimed at differ revolution, the steady-state is studied and the close-loop control law of fuel and staff are given.


Industrialization and urbanization often go hand-in-hand with pollution. Growing industries create jobs and drive city growth, but may also generate pollution, an endogenous disamenity that drives workers and firms away. This paper provides an approach for analyzing endogenous disamenities in cities and applies it to study the first major episode of modern industrial pollution using data on 31 large British cities from 1851-1911. I begin by constructing a measure of industrial coal use, the largest source of industrial pollution in British cities. I show that industrial coal use was an important city disamenity; it was negatively related to measured quality-of-life in these cities and positively related to mortality. I then offer an estimation strategy that allows me to separate the negative impact of coal use on city growth through pollution from the direct positive effect of employment growth in polluting industries. My results suggest that coal-based pollution substantially impacted the growth of British cities during this period. ∗I thank Leah Boustan, Dora Costa, Matt Kahn, Adriana Lleras-Muney and Werner Troesken for their helpful comments. Reed Douglas provided excellent research assistance. Some of the data used in this study was collected using funds from a grant provided by the California Center for Population Research. Author email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


Objective To investigate the laparoscopic surgery with the efficacy of mifepristone to treat endometriosis.Methods From May April 2010 to 2011 endometriosis treatment in our hospital 80 patients were selected for the study.80 patients were divided into the study group and the control group,40 cases in each treatment,the two groups are in menstrual clean 3-5 d after laparoscopic surgery.Observation group five days after the start of oral mifepristone 12.5 mg,twice daily,once every 3 months.The two groups were compared the efficacy and the two groups of patients after stopping ovulation,menstruation recovery time.Results The study group clinical complete remission rate,was 80.0%,significantly higher than that in the control group 50.0%,but the study group recurrence rate of 5.0%,signifi cantly lower than the control group 20%,the difference was statistically significant(P 0.05).Ovulation recovery time of study group was significantly faster than the control group,the study group menstruation recovery time was signifi cantly faster than the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P 0.05).Conclusion Laparoscopic surgery with mifepristone treatment of endometriosis significant effect,worthy of promotion and application.


The inhibitive and adsorptive properties of Sesmum indicum eco-friendly oil for stainless steel corrosion in hydrochloric acid was investigated using weight loss technique as well as electrochemical technique. The result has proved that the oil is excellent inhibitor for stainless steel in hydrochloric acid. The inhibition efficiency of oil for stainless steel increased with increase the amount of oil. The mechanism of the oil on the surface of stainless steel was found to be spontaneous, exothermic and physical adsorption. The experimental data fitted well to Langmuir adsorption isotherms. Obtained results were justified from the galvanostatic polarization method.


1.1 Equivalent circuit of a pixel in LCDs The equivalent circuit of a pixel operated by active matrix driving is shown in Fig. 1. Data lines are connected to a data driver for generating the signal pulses for the picture data. Scan lines are connected to a scan driver for generating the scan pulses which enable the addressing driving. Vsig and Vg are applied to the data lines and scan lines, respectively. The thin film transistor (TFT) has three terminals of MOS transistors, and each terminal gate, drain, and source is connected to a scan line, a data line, and a pixel electrode, respectively. Cgs means the parasitic capacitance between the gate and source terminal in the TFT. Liquid crystal is injected into the gap between the pixel electrode and the counter backplane electrode, and it forms a liquid crystal cell capacitance (Clc). Clc is a variable capacitor that changes value according to the applied voltage between the pixel electrode and a counter backplane electrode. The voltage of the pixel electrode and counter backplane electrode are denoted by Vpix and Vcom, respectively. The storage capacitor is denoted Csc, and it is connected in parallel to Clc. Its function is to hold charges on a pixel electrode while the TFT is switched off.


The present writer during the past few years has attempted to present in Melita Theologica a new structure for the Epistle to the Hebrews.1 The present article will concentrate on a relatively small segment of the structure, Heb 1,5-14, and will attempt to show not only how the verses are coherently organized into a meaningful unit, but also how this organization fits into the structure of Heb 1, 1-3, 6 which was previously proposed. A key factor in the interpretation of Heb 1, 5-14 being presented here is the use of Jewish hermeneutical techniques. They are adduced to help discern the structure. "Structure" is probably the most disputed aspect of the


HeLinGe'Eris a poverty-stricken region located in the middle Inner Mongolia, with mountains and hills covering 70% percent of its land. The limitation of landforms, soil, climate and other natural resources and theconsequence of human factors such as overgrazing and extensive management caused soil erosion, desertification and other environmental problems, arousing greater attention on the utilization of lands. Based on the 2000' research data on land resources of Helinge'er, the authors analyse the current environmentand problems, prove that it is necessary to adjustment the agriculture structure and carry out reforest and regrassion measures. Based on the character of the region and the theory of ecology, it is also provided some suggestions for eco-construction.


THE problem of facilities for the adolescent school non-attender has been apparent to the staff of the Douglas Inch Centre during their years of work in the field of delinquency in Scotland. It was evident that many young people were sent to residential establishments for non-attendance of one kind or another rather than for having committed any statutory criminal offence. Furthermore the nearer the adolescent was to his sixteenth birthday-the official school leaving age-the less likely were other community based day-centres for maladjusted children liable to accept him, mainly because of long waiting lists for placements. If acting out behaviour was also part of the problem, this again was a contraindication. In addition when treating those young people where school refusal could be clinically diagnosed, it was frequently found that they could be brought to the stage of regular Centre attendance, but in some cases the return to their neighbourhood school, generally a very large comprehensive establishment, seemed to be too great a step and treatment frequently broke down or became stagnant. Other adolescents referred for disruptive behaviour rarely exhibited this in the standard interview situation or in relaxed conditions and therefore made accurate assessment difficult without


At the Boulder Laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards we have been engaged in research in the millimeter wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum for several years. Under the direction of Dr. W. Culshaw, the Fabry-Perot interferometer was adapted for use at these wavelengths. Using a plane parallel mirror Fabry-Perot interferometer a precision study of several dielectrics was undertaken at a wavelength of 6 mm. At these wavelengths we have found that diffraction losses become significant when the mirror separation is comparable to the mirror dimensions. Following the suggestion of Fox and Li, we decided to make use of confocal mirrors in the Fabry-Perot interferometer in order to reduce diffraction losses and allow increased separation of the mirrors and consequent increased Q of the resonant structure.


When calculated by means of Rosin, Rammler and Sperling's Equation (2) the residue of crushed product, R, equals l, in case x/x=0, and 0 in case x/x=∞.But actually, particle size of the crushed product is smaller than that of the raw material, viz., the initial particle size x0, and R equals 0 in case x/x=x0/x<∞. Therefore, the values obtained from Eq. (2) does not show good agreement with the values measured of extremely coarse grains. Whereupon, the authors have derived the following equations as an expression for the size distribution of the crushed product:R=e-(x'/x')n (4)where l/x'=l/x-l/x0 (3)From these, it is obvious that R=0 in case x=x0. Eq. (4) is especially suited for the calculation of the values of extremely coarse grains. For the finer grains, x<<x0, x' x, Eq. (4)≈Eq. (2). Again from Eqs. (4), (6) and (8), the authors have derived the following equations showing the relation among the net work input to crushing Ar, the surface increment ΔS, and the size distribution of the crushed product:ΔS∝Ar∝W0/x' (9)R=e-(x'/x')n=e-k(Ar/W0)n·x'n (10)Most of the laws of crushing or grinding give the relation between the work required for crushing and the magnitude of the increased surface of the crushed product. But, regrettably enough, the work required for crushing is not satisfactorily defined in any of them, neither is it clearly expressed. Strictly speaking, it is often the case that we can hardly put such laws to any practical use. Even Rittinger's law will not work well, either.According to the authors' idea, the surface increment is to be considered directly proportional to the net work input for crushing, and Rittinger's law coincided with the authors', if the work required for crushing in his law is defined as the net work input for crushing.The authors assumed that the work proportional to the net work input for crushing by drop weight impact might be given by Eqs. (14) and (15). The results obtained by means of Eqs. (4), (10) and (14) give good agreement with those of the experiments as shown in Fig. 2-25.


Introduction: Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a complex therapeutic procedure used to complement cytoreductive surgery and intravenous chemotherapy for the management of primary peritoneal neoplasms and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Objectives: To review considerations regarding the surgical procedure, physiological changes associated with fluid, blood and protein loss, increase in intra-abdominal pressure, metabolic rate, and systemic hyperthermia, from the perspective of the anesthetist. Methods: A nonsystematic search was conducted in the Medline/PUBMED and Google Academics databases using the terms cytoreductive surgery, hyperthermia, HIPEC, peritoneal carcinomatosis, and Sugarbaker. No limits for publication dates were used. The articles were reviewed independently by each of the authors, and the final text was edited and approved by the main author. Results: Overall, 151 articles were identified, and, of these, 64 were included in the review. The aspects studied included the surgical technique, physiological changes during the procedure, and anesthetic management. Conclusion: Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a therapeutic option for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. This procedure involves risks for the patient, first because of an initial phase which involves fluid and blood loss, and, second, because the hyperthermic phase gives rise to a hyperdynamic state with hemodynamic instability. Anesthetists must be familiar with the basic aspects of management to reduce complications and improve patient outcomes.


The purpose of this randomized non-controlled study was to determine the effect of an aerobic or resistance exercise protocol on performance of activities of daily living in elderly women. The sample was constituted of 41 apparently healthy elderly women aged 60 to 85 years (x: 65.1 ± 7.9 years) randomly assigned in resistance exercise (n: 22) or aerobic groups (n: 19). The resistance exercise protocol consisted of three sets of eight to 12 repetitions at 60% of one repetition maximum test for the leg press 45o. The aerobic exercise protocol consisted in cycling in a cycle ergometer during 40 minutes at 60% of reserve heart rate. Both protocols were performed three times per week during five weeks. Activities of daily living were estimated by velocity to stand from sitting to standing position (VSitting), velocity to move from supine to standing position (VSupine), velocity to climb stairs (VCS) and velocity to wear sneakers (VWS). Volunteers of aerobic exercise protocol improved significantly the time to perform VWS (19.1%), while the volunteers of resistance exercise protocol improved the capacity to perform VCS (4.3%) and VSupine (8.9%). These results let us conclude that aerobic as well as resistance exercise protocols induced positive effect on activities of daily living, suggesting that both protocols must be associated for an adequate exercise program to improve the functional capacity of elderly people.


The Swedish language has a long and varied history of standardisation. More detailed surveys of the subject have been provided, in particular by Gun Widmark (1992) and Ulf Teleman (2003), and my background sketch will build to a large extent on their accounts. Other themes that will be considered in this brief overview are competing ideologies surrounding standardisation and the relationship of the media and the language of young people to Standard Swedish.


Five-barreled micropipettes were used to administer divalent metal ions to neurons in the cerebral cortex and in the brainstem of cats. All those tested caused the depression of the discharge rate of nerve cells firing Spontaneously and of those being excited by the application of glutamate. Three methods were devised to compare the pharmacologic potency of various ions with one another. Cd++, Co++ and Ni++ proved to be more powerful depressants than Mn++, Zn++ and Fe++. The degree of effectiveness of Pb++ and of Be++ remained uncertain, for electrodes filled wills salts of the latter often failed to deliver current. Often currents of 5 nA or less carried by one of the depressant ions were sufficient to cause a marked depression of discharge rate. Preliminary results obtained by intracellular recording combined with extracellular iontophoresis indicate that Ni++ depresses excitability by raising the threshold level of depolarization.


The optical isomers of alpha-phthalimidoadipinimide (1) were synthesized by a route based on D(+)- and L(-)-amino-epsilon-caprolactam (5) as synthon. The isomers of 1 were obtained in high yields by treating D(+)- and L(-)-amino-epsilon-caprolactam (5) with N-carboethoxyphthalimide (4), followed by oxidation with benzeneseleninic anhydride (7). The teratogenic potency of both isomers of 1 was studied by the HET-(Hen's Egg Test); 1 caused distinctly lower teratogenic effects in contrast to thalidomide (2). D(-)-1 and L(+)-1 showed sedative effects with a lower activity than 2. Both are more stable in alkaline solution at the same time with a smaller tendency for racemization.


When trains pass through the traction substation without putting down their pantograph, an arc fault between the different phases can be easily caused. In this situation, common relay protection will refuse to trip. The models of high arc-resistant fault and traction distribution networks are built and the characteristics of fault signals are analyzed. According to the characteristic of large amount of the third harmonic existed in the voltages of between phases, a new approach of relay protection for phase-to-phase faults is presented, which works by detecting the voltage value between faulted phases and the percentage of the third harmonic. This approach is not affected by the transient voltages of transformer's unload switching-on or the train pantograph switching-on, and can distinguish the fault between different phases from common faults correctly. It also possesses the advantages of simple and easily achieved.


Now a days robotics in agriculture mechanical autonomy in farming division with its execution in view of accuracy horticulture idea is the recently developing innovation. The fundamental explanation for mechanization of cultivating forms are sparing the time and vitality required for performing monotonous cultivating assignments and expanding the profitability of yield by treating each harvest exclusively utilizing exactness cultivating idea. Outlining of such robots is demonstrated in light of specific approach and certain contemplations of farming condition in which it will work. These contemplations and distinctive methodologies are talked about in this paper. Likewise, model of a selfsufficient Agriculture Robot is exhibited which is particularly intended for seed sowing undertaking as it were. It is a four wheeled vehicle which is controlled by LPC2148 microcontroller. Its working depends on the accuracy agribusiness which empowers effective seed sowing at ideal profundity and at ideal separations amongst crops and their columns, particular for each harvest compose.


This thesis is about how risks in Hvalfjorður Tunnel can or should perhaps be managed. Risk from collisions, vehicle fire and vehicles transporting dangerous goods accidents in the tunnel were quantified by using Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) procedure. Frequencies were estimated using mostly historical data. Models to estimate consequences from these risks were then built by calculating physical effects and measuring their effects on people evacuating the tunnel. Results from the analysis were compared to different criteria. Other ways to make rational decisions regarding risks were discussed. The question on how risks can be decreased or controlled is briefly examined. Finally there is a discussion, both on actual results on risks in Hvalfjorður Tunnel and on the methodology used to quantify these risks.


Issue addressed: Approximately 54% of Indigenous Australians report smoking tobacco. This study aims to reduce the number of Indigenous Australians living in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions of New South Wales who report smoking tobacco.


Through a comparative analysis of Eastern Michigan University and Oxford-Brookes University, it has been determined that despite being similar in size and reputability, student organizations look significantly different. The researcher determined a strong first step in discussing why the two universities have such differing approaches to student involvement would be to investigate the value found in extra-curricular participation for students that occur in both countries. The researcher explored this difference and discusses what each institution could learn from the other and continue to grow and develop their extracurricular programs. Degree Type Open Access Senior Honors Thesis Department Leadership and Counseling First Advisor Linda Foran, Ph.D. Second Advisor Cory Hamilton Third Advisor Ronald Flowers


The dual or concurrent task involves performing a primary task, which is the main focus of attention, and a secondary task, performed at the same time. Parkinson's disease show deterioration in gait performance when dual tasks are required. Therefore, this research aimed to perform a systematic review of randomized clinical trials on the effect of dual task intervention on gait in Parkinson's disease. A search for randomized clinical trials was carried out in MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, Cochrane and PEDro. Two reviewers extracted data independently and methodological quality was assessed using the PEDro scale. Two articles were selected, covering 175 participants. It was been shown that training with external cues and music, which are ways to train the dual task during walking, improved gait performance. However, many studies of the randomized clinical trials type are still required, so as to see, especially, the effects of dual task interventions on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease.


The NASA funded questionnaire is presented to help define the state-of-the-practice in the formal evaluation of Expert Systems on current NASA and industry applications. The answers to this questionnaire, together with follow-up interviews, will provide realistic answers to the following questions: (1) How much evaluation is being performed; (2) What evaluation techniques are in use; and (3) What, if any, are the unique issues in evaluating Expert Systems.


In Plato's ideal state, courage is manifested not in the citizen body as a whole, but only among those who serve in the military, an elite class known as the Guardians, which is distinguished from the larger, moneymaking class from which they derive, the Producers. Those admitted to the former must demonstrate certain physical abilities, as well as courage combined with high-spiritedness, by which Plato denotes a complex cluster of attributes encompassing fearlessness, assertiveness, indignation, and ambition for glory and revenge. The contents of De fortitudine fall into two major sections: courage can be manifested either in peacetime or in wartime. On courage in facing illness, Cicero names Appius and C. Drusus as examples of men who were able to make important public contributions despite their having disabilities.Keywords:courage; peacetime; Plato


The ultimate goal of a transition to IFRS- International Financial Reporting Standards is the process of application of a single set of global accounting standards, which will produce high quality, transparent financial information. This is to help investors and other stakeholders in the world's capital markets to make efficient economic decisions, based on financial data which are easily and directly comparable. Many believe this is a necessity for a vital and growing global economy, but they are also aware of many problems and constraints. There are a lot of reasons "why to move to IFRS", which are subject of this paper.


A fast peak detector for three-phase variable frequency sinusoidal signals is proposed. This new detector fully uses the three-phase characteristic to achieve instantaneous response, frequency and phase sequence independence characteristics. Also, the proposed detector possesses excellent linearity and low sensitivity to phase unbalance and harmonic distortion. Theoretical basis, hardware implementation, and experimental results are all detailed in this context. >


Here, we describe the case of a 62-year old woman who required aortic and mitral valve replacement plus coronary artery bypass grafting. Transoesophageal echocardiogram revealed stenosis of the aortic valve (Ao valve area, 0.9 cm(2); PG, 45 mmHg; MG, 25 mmHg) and a diseased calcified mitral valve with stenosis and regurgitation (mitral valve area, 1.1 cm(2); MG, 10 mmHg; RV, 25 ml; ERO, 12 mm(2)). The mitral annulus calcifications were very deep into the left atrium and the left ventricle muscle, around the full annulus circumference. We decided to avoid complete deep mitral annulus decalcification. The left atrium was surgically exposed, and we deployed a 26-mm Edwards SAPIEN XT endovalve through the left atriotomy. To prevent paravalvular leakage, we then used a pericardial patch to close the gap between the endovalve and the calcified mitral annulus. The postoperative echocardiogram showed perfect anchoring of the endovalve in the mitral annulus without any paravalvular leakage.


Influenza hemagglutinin (HA)-specific T-Cell-Receptor (TCR) transgenic mice sustain the influenza virus infection of an inoculum size which is fatal in wild type mice. There is a prominent IL-17 response of the HA-specific TCR transgenic CD4+ T cells in late phase of infection in the transgenic mice. We have demonstrated that the late phase IL-17 response is a de novo response of naïve T cells under guidance of the Th1 cells with influenza viral neuraminidase-activated TGF-β. There is also a late phase up-regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the transgenic CD4+ T cells in the lungs. EGFR inhibition with Gefitinib resulted in impaired sustainability of the infection of the transgenic mice. They suffered from profound body weight loss and severe disease with significant mortality. IL-17-induced EGFR-mediated signaling cascade has been documented in skin stem cells that are involved in wound healing. We will further dissect the role of this cascade in alleviation of lung inflammation and recovery from the disease during the late phase of acute influenza virus infection.


The British soldier has at last discovered that he can fight on water. It is stated that in Iridia the regimental canteen is disappearing before the regimental coffee-shop. Last year, out of 1,146 courts-martial held in Bengal 392 were distinctly traceable to drunkenness. In the Madras Presidency more than a fourth of all the courts-martial were due to the same cause. The percentage of cases wherein temperance men were contaminated is said to have been insignificant. Official statistics also prove the comparative immunity of temperance men from sickness and disease. The supreme Government has sanctioned the establishment of an institute for every British regiment and battery. The institute will consist of a series of well-lighted rooms, and a part of it will be devoted


A voice encoding device capable of generating a modulated proper monaural signal enriched in clearness and understandability, when the monaural signal is to be generated from a stereophonic signal. In this device, a weighting unit (11) weights an L-channel signal (XL) and an R-channel signal (XR) individually, and inputs the weighted L-channel signal (XLW) and R-channel signal (XRW) to a monaural signal generating unit (12). This monaural signal generating unit (12) averages the L-channel signal (XLW) and the R-channel signal (XRW), and creates and inputs a monaural signal (XMW) to a monaural signal encoding unit (13). This monaural signal encoding unit (13) encodes the monaural signal (XMW), and outputs an encoding parameter of the monaural signal (XMW) (or a monaural signal encoding parameter).


The invention discloses a redundancy control method and system of a vehicle, belongs to the technical field of automobiles and is capable of ensuing that the vehicle is still in a controlled state when the bus fails. The redundancy control system of the vehicle comprises a vehicle control unit (VCU) and a motor controller. The redundancy control system of the vehicle also comprises multiple analog channels used for connecting the VCU with the motor controller. The redundancy control system of the vehicle comprises the VCU, the motor controller, and the analog channels used for connecting the VCU with the motor controller. When the motor controller is in the analog signal transmission mode, the VCU is used for converting received gear information or pedal information into analog signals, and sending the analog signals to the motor controller through the corresponding analog channels, and the motor controller is used for driving the motor according to the received analog signals.


Increasing the share of renewable energies in electricity and heat generation is the cornerstone of a climate-friendly energy transition. However, as renewable technologies rely on diverse natural resources, the design of decarbonized energy systems inevitably leads to environmental trade-offs. This paper presents the case study of a comprehensive impact assessment for different future development scenarios of a decentralized renewable energy system in Germany. It applies an adapted ecological scarcity method (ESM) that improves decision-support by ranking the investigated scenarios and revealing their main environmental shortcomings: increased mineral resource use and pollutant emissions due to required technical infrastructure and a substantial increase in land use due to biomass combustion. Concerning the case study, the paper suggests extending the set of considered options, e.g., towards including imported wind energy. More generally, the findings underline the need for a comprehensive environmental assessment of renewable energy systems that integrate electricity supply with heating, cooling, and mobility. On a methodical level, the ESM turns out to be a transparent and well adaptable method to analyze environmental trade-offs from renewable energy supply. It currently suffers from missing quantitative targets that are democratically sufficiently legitimized. At the same time, it can provide a sound basis for an informed discussion on such targets.


In order to clarify the structure of duck major histocompatibility complex MHC classⅠ(MHCⅠ), duck MHC classⅠ light chain cDNA (Anpl -β2m, GenBank accession No.AB246408) was cloned from a duck cDNA library by Full RACE PCR. Subsequently, the mature protein of β2m gene was expressed solubility in pMAL-p2X /E. coli TB1 system, and the fusion protein was named MBP-β2m. Then the fusion protein was purified, analyzed by Western blot and cleaved by the Factor Xa protease. At last, the purified MBP-β2m protein was estimated by circular dichroism(CD) spectrum, and the three-dimentional (3D) structure of the Anpl-β2m protein was analyzed by homology modeling. As result, the sequence of Anpl -β2m cDNA was 792 bp length, containing 18 bp 5'-UT and 414 bp 3'-UT. the Anpl -β2m gene encoded 119 amino acids, including 20 aa of signal peptide and 99 aa of mature protein. According to the sequence analysis, two cysteines were located in the 25 and 80 sites of the Anpl-β2m mature protein, and the "YTCRVDH"arround the cysteine at the 80 site was similar to the YxCxVxH Ig-motif character. The Anpl -β2m gene shared a 30.3%~65.9% aa homology with the chicken, fish, frog, human and mouse's β2m. Analysis by CD spectrum revealed that the Anpl-β2m protein displayed typical β-sheet structure, and the contents of α-helix, β-sheet, turn, and random coil were 0, 50, 23 and 26, respectively. The 3D structure of the Anpl-β2m protein by homology modeling was similar as the 3D structure of human and mouse β2m, consisting of seven b-sheets without the α-helix.


Incorrect or inadequate recognition of English Figure of Speech can easily lead to many problems in its proper comprehension and translation. This article aims to discuss its recognition and relevant translation skills through detailed explanations for people's association ability. It focuses on the flexible application of three types of associations-association by similarity, association by contrast, association by contiguity, as well as some necessary qualifications of a successful translator, all of which help to better solve various difficult problems occurring in the English-Chinese translation of Figure of Speech.


Two components of anticoagulant protein were isolated from the leech Haemendipsa yanyuanensis by heparin agarose affinity chromatography and ultracentrifugation,The determination of anticoagulant activity and characterization analysis of the protein using the method of chromogenic substrate indicates that the anticoagulant protein is thrombin-specific but not factor Xa-specific.The resylts lay a foundation for the research of the anticoaguklant mechanism and application of anticoagulant protein from H.yanguanensis.


"Renjun"(Good King)is the political idea of Luo Guan-zhong,the author of The Romance of Three Kingdoms.The image of Liu Bei best embodies Luo's thought.Through the techniques of artistic expression,Luo creates Liu Bei a wise king who values loyalty,feudal scholars and his people.Based on the real figure in history,Luo depicts the artistic image of Liu which highly inspires the literature and literary criticism.


An AC light emitting diode device, comprising a control unit and a plurality of light emitting diodes. Each anode and a cathode electrically each light emitting diode is connected to the control unit. Wherein, when the light emitting diode is of such a driving AC voltage source, a control voltage based on the AC voltage source means, to change the state of such light emitting diodes in series or parallel so that current flows through the LED of such magnitude tends to be uniform.


THE INTRODUCTION of diethyl stilbestrol by Dodds and coworkers in 1938 (1) II initiated an intensive investigation of synthetic estrogenic substances. A large -1L number of reports dealing with clinical (2-22) and laboratory studies (23-33) of this and related compounds have subsequently appeared. The efficacy of this group of compounds as potent estrogens has been adequately demonstrated, both experimentally and clinically. However, toxic manifestations tending to limit the clinical application of such drugs have been generally noted (27, 34-38). The toxicity of stilbestrol led to the utilization of various derivatives in an effort to retain the estrogenie potency of the drug and eradicate its toxic effects. Of the many esters studied, diethyl stilbestrol dipropionate has yielded the least toxic manifestations, while maintaining the same degree of estrogenic potency (38).


Prediction of response to ultraviolet B (UVB) phototherapy in psoriatic patients mainly relies on clinical criteria, although some genetic predictors have been identified. Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) have been involved in psoriasis pathogenesis through activation of the innate immune system. Their polymorphisms may condition not only the clinical profile of psoriasis but also the response to therapy.


The invention provides enhancements to service discovery procedures associated with short-range communication in mobile terminals. In particular, the present invention employs a layered service discovery decision-making process that relies on historical information stored in the mobile terminal and mobile terminal analysis of the information associated with tag to make decisions regarding service discovery. As such, the present invention provides efficient service discovery that limits unnecessary connections to external servers and, thereby accelerates the overall service discovery process.


The Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) supports the operation and experimental programs of the major Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) test facilities; specifically, the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF), the Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II), and the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility. Successful management of HFEF and of LMFBR safety and fuels and materials programs, therefore, requires reliable information regarding HFEF's capability to handle expected or proposed program work loads. This paper describes the 10-step method that has been developed to consider all variables which significantly affect the HFEF examination throughput and quickly provide the necessary planning information.


List of Illustrations A Note on Transliteration 1. Introduction SECT. 1. PRINTED IMAGES Introduction 2. Impact of "God Posters" on Hindus and Their Devotional Traditions 3. Suitable for Framing: The Work of a Modern Master 4. The World of Amar Chitra Katha 5. The Saints Subdued: Domestic Virtue and National Integration in Amar Chitra Katha SECT. 2. AUDIO RECORDINGS Introduction 6. Recorded Sound and Religious Music: The Case of Qawwali 7. On Cassette Rather Than Live: Religious Music in India Today SECT. 3. VISUAL MEDIA Introduction 8. Market Forces at Work: Religious Themes in Commercial Hindi Films 9. All in the (Raghu) Family: A Video Epic in Cultural Context 10. Video Vacana: Swadhyaya and Sacred Tapes Contributors Index


Postmodern storytellers can fashion narratives that convey many different, yet equally convincing, visions of reality. The film offers not just one frameup, the causal-linear frameup of Randall Dale Adams, but perpetual, repeat frameups, indifferent to narrative logic and linear time. By describing the critical storytelling failures that occur within The Thin Blue Line, I hope to elucidate important lessons for lawyers and legal scholars about the art of persuasion in legal storytelling. Yet postmodern ideas about the demise of the author and of authority in general, the dissolution of the autonomous, rational subject, the end of linear time and causation, the erasure of difference between truth and error, reality and fiction, and the abandonment of stability to the contingency of truth and justice, seem to have limited appeal and dubious utility for persuasive legal storytelling. While the affirmative postmodern concedes the demise of the autonomous modern subject, s/he still finds meaning through the distributed self: an identity made up of discrete cultural and social constructs shared by others.


Background: Our aim was testing the relationship of several aspects of
 marital conflicts and children's health in a complex model. Methods: 336 parent-child pair
 participated in this cross-sectional questionnaire study. Children (ages 9-12 years) completed
 Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale, anxiety (STAI-C), depression (CDI)
 scales, Child Behavior Checklist whereas the parents completed Marital Stress Scale. We used
 structural equation modeling (MIMIC model). Findings: The frequent, intense marital conflicts
 associate greater perceived threat, poor coping, greater self-blame, more internalizing,
 externalizing problems and more physical symptoms. Those younger children who blamed themselves
 for their parents' conflicts feel more threatened. Intense and poorly resolved conflicts and
 more marital stress predict the children's poor coping efficacy. The model fitted the data well
 (χ2=53.59, df=46, p=.206, RMSEA=.022, RMSEA CI 90: .000-.044, CFI=.995, TLI=.984). The model
 explained variances of internalization (43.9%), externalization (36.7%), somatic symptoms
 (17.3%), and attentional problems (27.8%). Discussion: The model illustrates the effect of the
 marital conflict to the child's health enhancing the most significant aspects.


This article presents the numerical analysis' results of reinforced concrete elements subjected to plane stress in early cracking stage. The elements are modelled by a concrete two-dimensional matrix, discrete reinforcement bars and bond-slip elements. The aim of this study is to investigate the behaviour of RC structures before and after the formation of the first cracks to understand the influence on the crack spacing and width of bar orientation with respect to the crack direction, bar spacing and diameter and presence of shear stresses on the crack. Discrete crack non-linear analysis of elements with reinforcement both orthogonal and skew to the crack directions are performed. The interaction between concrete and steel is ensured by a non-linear bond slip law at the interfaces between the two materials. The crack spacing obtained numerically are compared with the ones calculated using different design codes. The analysis of models with different reinforcement geometries allows individuating and discussing the main factors governing two-dimensional plane stress concrete cracking behaviour.


The invention discloses a redundant data packet transmission controlling method. The invention comprises that data packets are transmitted among media gateways; whether a redundant data packet is transmitted among the media gateways or not is controlled during a data packet transmission process according to a data packet loss situation, which is detected by the media gateways. The invention also discloses a redundant data packet transmission controlling media gateway and a redundant data packet transmission controlling system. The implementing case of the invention can bring the redundant data packet into full play, control whether or not the redundant data packet is transmitted in a real time according to the packet loss situation in a network, guarantee the service quality through transmitting the redundant data packet when the packet loss is detected, and effectively save network bandwidth resource through transmitting a common data packet including no redundant data, when no packet loss is detected.


A new electric pipe heating system and a new circuit element composed of two magnetic pipes with coaxial structure are proposed.Application of AC current to the magnetic coaxial pipe structure causes the latter to act as a useful pipe heater to transport highly viscous crude oil and to be useful element in detecting the amplitude or phase of the current. This is possible because the voltage of the outside surface of the magnetic coaxial pipe is extremely small due to its remarkable skin and proximity effect. In this paper we present an analysis of the magnetic coaxial pipe and the experimental results of some applications. Using the magnetic pipe as a heater by applying AC current the coaxial pipe structure, the heat generation occurs uniformly and the earth current is very small. This system is particularly useful in a long distance pipeline because of its small impedance. The small coaxial pipe element fabricated with soft magnetic material can detect broadband frequency current accurately without any contact because the impedance of the outer pipe varies with the unbalanced reciprocal current.


Abstract : Feelings of apparent bodily rotation are very similar in their general characteristics to the oculogyral illusion. This 'postural component' can be reported independently of the visual illusion. Three experienced observers were required to report it under two conditions of rotary acceleration and deceleration, identical except that in one there was interpolated a 5 sec. period of general room illumination following deceleration. All observers reported the first effect and the beginning of the second effect in the totally dark condition, but feelings of apparent bodily rotation were inhibited by the visual orientation afforded during illumination of the room. Duration of the first effect was significantly reduced for all observers; time to the beginning of the second effect was reduced for two observers, while the second effect was completely abolished for the third. (Author)


Purpose: This study examined the association between the prothrombin time (PT) prolongation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the outcome after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Methods: From the Cardiac Arrest Pursuit Trial with Unique Registration and Epidemiologic Surveillance database, CPR-attempted and adult OHCAs with a cardiac etiology transported to emergency departments (EDs) from January to December 2014 were included. The PT was measured immediately after arrival to the ED during CPR, and PT prolongation was categorized into 3 groups, the normal group (international normalized ratio [INR]<1.1), mild group (1.1≤ INR<1.4), and severe group (1.4≤INR). The primary and secondary outcomes were survival to hospital discharge and a good cerebral performance scale (CPC) of 1 or 2. The potential confounders were adjusted for calculating the adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) in multivariable logistic regression analysis.
Results: The survival and good CPC rates were 17.2% and 11.8% in the normal group, 12.2% and 4.5% in the mild group, and 3.6% and 0.6% in the severe group, respectively (p<0.01). The AORs (95% CIs) on survival were 0.72 (0.41 to 1.27) for the mild group and 0.28 (0.11 to 0.69) for the severe group. The AORs (95% CIs) for good CPC were 0.41 (0.19 to 0.91) for the mild group and 0.14 (0.02 to 0.83) for the severe group.
Conclusion: The PT prolongation measured at the ED was found to be associated with poor outcomes in adult OHCAs with cardiac etiology.


The current article studies the figure of Matias Usero Torrente. His thought is considered by the author as a preceding of the principals ideas that emphasized about the relations between State and Society during the sixties in Spain.


In this paper we present a method for answering relationship questions, as posed for example in the spring of 2003 evaluation exercise of the AQUAINT program, which has funded this research. The goal of the exercise was to provide answers to questions requesting an account of the relationship between two or more entities. No restriction on the format of the answer was imposed, except that it should not consist of entire documents and that it should list document identifiers for the passages from which the answer was drawn or generated.


A process for producing an organic substrate having an optically active layer stack on at least one side thereof, wherein the optically active layer stack comprises at least one optical layer having a high refractive index and at least one optical layer having a low refractive index, said method comprises the step of depositing at least one of said optical layers by magnetron sputtering at a pressure between 0.8 Pa to 5.0 Pa, and a distance between magnetron and substrate of at least 90 mm.


1. There was a borderline association between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located within the CCL1 gene and predisposition to tuberculosis using a singlepoint analysis. The association was no longer significant when the effect of multiple statistical testing was taken into account. 2. This SNP was also associated with tuberculosis diagnosed in young patients (<35 years old). 3. This SNP was not associated with other clinical features such as smear positivity and extent of disease.


OBJECTIVES. Large facial infantile hemangiomas have higher rates of complications than small localized hemangiomas, more often require treatment, and can be associated with neurological, ophthalmologic, and cardiac anomalies (PHACE syndrome). The anatomic patterns of these hemangiomas are often referred to as "segmental" despite a lack of precise anatomic definitions. Our study aims to define "segmental" hemangiomas based on clinically observed patterns. Our secondary goal is to relate the observed patterns to currently accepted developmental patterns to gain insight into hemangioma pathogenesis and craniofacial development. METHODS. Photographic data were extracted from a large cohort of patients with infantile hemangiomas. We mapped 294 hemangiomas and recorded common morphologic patterns. Anatomic descriptions of the most common patterns were described and compared with accepted concepts of craniofacial development. RESULTS. Four primary segments were identified (Seg1–Seg4). Seg2 and Seg3 correspond with the previously recognized maxillary and mandibular prominences. Seg1 and Seg4 differ from standard human embryology texts. The frontotemporal segment, Seg1, encompasses the lateral forehead, anterior temporal scalp, and lateral frontal scalp. The segment Seg4, encompassing the medial frontal scalp, nasal bridge, nasal tip, ala, and philtrum, is substantially narrower on the forehead than the previously described frontonasal prominence. CONCLUSIONS. The patterns provide new clues regarding facial development. The observed patterns resemble previously described facial developmental units on the lower face but are distinctly different on the upper face. The patterns suggest that neural crest derivatives may play a role in the development of facial hemangiomas. Finally, these patterns (Seg1–Seg4) help standardize the nomenclature of facial segmental hemangiomas to analyze more effectively hemangioma risks and behavior.


This paper presents and discusses events that emerged in the course of research involving an intervention conducted with youngsters. The objective was to discuss contributions to ethical, aesthetic and political formation of both the researchers and participants. Aesthetic workshops mediated by artistic-visual languages consisted of the modus operandi of the intervention research, and the events related to a graffiti workshop were the focus of this analysis. From 20 to 25 youngsters, aged between 13 to 16 years old and enrolled in a city public school in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil participated. The activities were coordinated by undergraduate research assistants, senior psychology students, and one graffiti artist who received a Technical Support scholarship. The activities were filmed, photographed and recorded in a field diary. The analyses were conducted from a dialogic perspective focusing on responsiveness that connotes the actions and grounds the otherness nature of existence.


The Chinese language has a long-standing tradition of borrowing words from the Mongolian language.Some loanwords from Mongolian have taken root in Chinese and became Chinese words,while others remain only in diale ct,and still some others were eliminated.This article traces the origin,usage an d development of Mongolian loanwords in Chinese from a cultural angle in particu lar.


Abstract Eight nonparametric tests are examined in a small-sample setting. Their power functions are compared with the locally most powerful (LMP) linear rank test, primarily to see over which range the LMP test retains good power. All tests are two-sample tests, the populations are governed by the double exponential distribution, and the sample sizes are m = 5, n = 5, and m = 5, n = 4. The LMP test performs uniformly well, even under nonlocal alternatives, while its asymptotically equivalent counterpart, the median test, performs rather poorly with these small sample sizes.


On the basis of accomplishment obtained in the course of mechanized crop production owing to the progress of science and technology,the authors propose further in this paper the target and principles of technique asscmbly in agricultural production.A typical high yield model of technique assembly for soybean and wheat production is given as an example.


Retrieved soil moisture estimates from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radiometer are assimilated into the Noah land surface model (LSM) within the NASA Land Information System. The experimental testbed is based on a real-time LSM system produced by the NASA Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center. A nonlocalized cumulative distribution function-matching bias correction (BC) is applied to the SMAP retrievals, with separate correction curves calculated based on soil texture categories. We show that the assimilation of SMAP soil moisture retrievals with nonlocalized BC can mitigate two types of artifacts due to spatially varying errors in the forcing data from: 1) bad point (rain gauge) data and 2) strong gradients along the eastern U.S.–Canada border, resulting from blending different observing systems.


According to status quo of automatic control of coal washery quipment.A new kind of automatic control system of coal washery based on automatic control technology,PLC technology and computer technology.The paper introduced the function,principle and composition of automatic control system.This system is best for improving the coating quality and production


Tool failure is one of the probable faults during machining process which may cause unscheduled downtime and damage of tools, machines and work pieces. Therefore, developing an accurate and reliable online tool condition monitoring (TCM) system is in high demand. This research investigates TCM using time-frequency transformation methods and artificial intelligence. Multi-sensory monitoring systems and sensor fusion are investigated in the first step. Many different sensors at various locations are tested to determine the best input sets with most complimentary information. Three data fusion techniques 1) feature level, 2) score level, and 3) decision level are implemented and compared in this step. The result suggests that score level data fusion is superior for this application. Moreover, five advanced time-frequency transformation methods are employed due to superior ability of time-frequency transformation to reveal time variant characteristics of a signal as well as its frequency components. S-transform demonstrates the most accurate results among these methods. This research also proposes a novel feature extraction method to select the most discriminative information and reduce data's dimensionality and calculation cost. This method selects a local region of data in time-frequency domain using genetic algorithm optimization. The proposed method is also combined with 2D principal component analysis which has improved the systems in terms of accuracy and performance. Finally, three well-known artificial intelligence methods 1) multi-layer perceptron artificial neural network, 2) radial basis function artificial neural network and 3) adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system are applied to find a model between extracted features and system fault. Based on the results, radial basis function has the minimum mean error and adaptive neuro-fuzzy produces the lowest maximum error.


Large-scale coherent vortices are ubiquitous features of geophysical flows. They have been observed as well at the surface of the ocean as a result of meandering of surface currents but also in the deep ocean where, for example, water flowing out of the Mediterranean sea sinks to about 1000 m deep into the Atlantic ocean and forms long-lived vortices named Meddies (Mediterranean eddies). As described by Armi et al. [1], these vortices are shallow (or pancake): they stretch out over several kilometers and are about 100 m deep. Vortices are also commonly observed in the Earth or in other planetary atmospheres. The Jovian red spot has fascinated astronomers since the 17th century and recent pictures from space exploration show that mostly anticyclonic long-lived vortices seem to be the rule rather than the exception. For the pleasure of our eyes, the association of motions induced by the vortices and a yet quite mysterious chemistry exhibits colorful paintings never matched by the smartest laboratory flow visualization (see Fig. 2.1). Besides this decorative role, these vortices are believed to structure the surrounding turbulent flow. In all these cases, the vortices are large scale in the horizontal direction and shallow in the vertical. The underlying dynamics is generally believed to be two-dimensional (2D) in first approximation. Indeed both the planetary rotation and the vertical strong stratification constrain the motion to be horizontal. The motion tends to be uniform in the vertical in the presence of rotation effects but not in the presence of stratification. In some cases the shallowness of the fluid layer also favors the two-dimensionalization of the vortex motion. In the present contribution, we address the following question: Are such coherent structures really 2D? In order to do so, we discuss the stability of such structures to three-dimensional (3D) perturbations paying particular attention to the timescale and the length scale on which they develop. Five instability mechanisms will be discussed, all having received renewed attention in the past few years. The shear instability and the generalized centrifugal instability apply to isolated vortices. Elliptic and hyperbolic instability involve an extra straining effect due to surrounding vortices or to mean shear. The newly discovered zigzag instability


In industrial test and maintenance projects, test execution plans are important for performing test cycle in a time constrained manner with the objective, of delivering the expected quality by effective utilization of resources. To take advantage of the inherent parallelism in test suites, multiple resources are often deployed to test an application. The resource allocation is however driven more by costs and risks and does not exploit the parallelism. Test execution plans are often static in nature and are not well equipped to handle dynamically occurring events like abends, and changes in resource availability and test requirements. Derivation of test plans is a cumbersome activity, as it also needs to take into account test execution order, violation of which may result in unexpected failures. In this paper, we describe an approach to derive a test execution plan to facilitate parallel execution, given resource availability and test case dependencies. The execution plan provides workload distribution and scheduling of the test cases in a test suite. The case studies on test projects have shown that the derived test plans can contribute significantly towards improving the test execution cycles of the test suites.


Tree improvement has become an essential part of the management of forest laJlds for wood production, and predicting yields and realized gains from forests plaJlted with genetically-improved trees will become increasingly important. This paper discusses concepts of tree improvement and genetic gain important to growth and yield modellin g, and reviews previous studies of the growth and yield of genetically improved stands. Three types of studies that have been done include: (1) simulations in which assumptions have been made about key inputs into the models, (2) studies of genetic variation in stand productivity at the level of seed sources or families, and (3) actual comparisons of improved versus unimproved stands. Simulation studies indicate that genetic gains are highly likely, but how much gain is realized will depend on height-age trajectories after crown closure. Studies of genetic variation in stand productivity are ambiguous with respect to genetic variation in parameters of the height-age curve. Few studies have been published of actual comparisons of improved versus unimproved stands, although many such studies have recently been established. The design of a study to evaluate realized genetic gains from Douglas-fir tree improvement programs is presented.


Using data from the 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety, this study examined the effects of school uniforms, security cameras, parental input, and school counselors on school-related deaths, sexual attacks, assaults, and weapons possessions. The results were mixed but generally showed that school uniform policies, security cameras and formal mechanisms for parental input can help in curbing certain types of school violence. Specifically, school uniform policies can help reduce the number of sexual attacks and the supply of weapons in school. The presence of security cameras can reduce instances of school-related deaths, sexual attacks, and the flow of weapons into schools. Formal mechanisms for involving parents can help decrease the number of school-related assaults. Overall, these findings suggest that school officials can take both proactive and reactive policy steps to address violence problems in their school, and that policy remedies can be narrowly tailored to attend to the specific type of violence encountered.


Objective To study the pressure field with the single-pulse and the dual-pulse for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy(ESWL) by numerical simulation,and to compare and analyze the results.Methods 2D axisymmetric Euler equations and hybrid grids improved CE/SE numerical scheme were employed to simulate the pressure field of underwater shock wave in ESWL.Results The CE/SE shock wave dynamics method could successfully track the transmission of shock wave front,and the simulation solution could preferably reveal the focusing properties near the focus of ESWL: the pressure of dual-pulse was about the twice that of the single——pulse near the focus,and the higher lithotriptic efficiency could be achieved when the dual-pulse was much closer to the focus than the single-pulse.A negative pressure with high absolute value was observed after the positive pressure occurred near the focus.Conclusions The adoption of electro-hydraulic lithotripter could effectively improve the efficiency of stone comminution and the cavitation of shock wave focus was unavoidable,which provided a reliable numerical simulation result for the design and application of ESWL lithotripter in clinic.