The biggest challenge in the alfalfa breeding program is to obtain cultivars with high persistence, high productivity, and adaptability. Therefore, studies about selection methods are necessary for the success of alfalfa breeding programs. This study aimed to evaluate dry matter yield and persistence in alfalfa for selecting genotypes, using appropriate statistical models for experiments with repeated measures. The experiment was conducted at Embrapa Southeast Livestock, in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil in a randomized blocks design, in plots subdivided in time, with three replicates. Eight genotypes were evaluated, and the agronomic trait evaluated was dry matter yield. The experiments in split-plots were used with two and three errors and generalized linear models with the following correlation structures: composite symmetry (CS), heterogeneous composite symmetry (HCS), auto regressive (AR), heterogeneous auto regressive (HAR), and variance components (VC). The best model was selected according to the lowest value of the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), and three methodologies were used to identify the genotype with greater productivity and persistence: Average test for multiple comparisons, adaptability, and stability by multi-information, and similarity between genotype and ideotype. The interaction between genotypes and cuts was significant, demonstrating the existence of the different behavior of the alfalfa genotypes over the cuts. Different methodologies allowed to measure the average yield of the alfalfa genotype and the persistence over the cuts. PSB 4 genotype demonstrated promissory behavior in terms of productivity and persistence throughout the production cycle of alfalfa.


'Global animal welfare issues' will be the theme for the 57th International Veterinary Students Association (ivsa) symposium, which takes place in Glasgow from December 29 to January 5. Jennifer Sinclair, president of the symposium's organising committee, reports on how preparations are going, and also on the ivsa's congress, which took place in Istanbul in July.


This project evaluated how driver interaction with an in-vehicle navigation system (IVNS) termed GAINS affects driving performance and safety. Researchers collected measures of simulated driving performance during interaction by 13 different subjects with an IVNS digital map display, using a Honda Acura placed within a fixed-base warp-around driving simulator. Subjects (Ss) navigated along a maze-like route laid out within a simulated road grid. Dummy Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, corresponding to the position of the vehicle in the grid, were transmitted to the IVNS and updated continuously as vehicle position in the simulation environment changed. A digital map of the grid, with an icon representing vehicle position superimposed, was displayed on a laptop computer placed in the Acura. Under the control condition, Ss were not given turn instructions. Results indicate that for the test relative to the control condition: visual interaction with the IVNS display was greater and task completion times longer; and more variability in vehicle control was observed for measures of average vehicle speed, peak speed, percent braking time, peak braking pressure, and vehicle heading. Subjective responses from simulated driving and a separate group of on-road Ss identify both navigation benefits and possible safety problems with the system. It is a reasonable assumption that increased variability in driving performance elevates driving accident risk. Both the simulated driving and subjective response results, therefore, point to possible safety implications in IVNS use for the driving public. The findings suggest that as IVNS use becomes more widespread, both navigation benefits and possible adverse driving safety effects of such systems need to be considered.


In this article we conduct an analysis of energy and exergy utilization in the residential sector of Saudi Arabia by considering the sectoral energy and exergy flows for the 12 years between 1990 and 2001. Energy and exergy analyses are undertaken for its four subsectors, namely air conditioning, lighting, cooking appliances and others, and hence the energy and exergy efficiencies are obtained for comparison. From the analysis, the most energy efficient subsector in the residential sector appears to be the air-conditioning subsector and the most exergy efficient one is lighting for all over the years. It is also found that the average overall exergy efficiency in this sector is 9.6% while the corresponding average overall energy efficiency is 76.9%. It is believed that the present technique is a key tool for analyzing sectoral energy and exergy utilization, to help provide energy savings through efficiency and/or conservation measures. It is also helpful to establish standards to facilitate using such tools as part of energy planning.


Malaria is a serious public health problem in the world, reaching, according to the OMS, 40% of the population of more than 100 countries. The risk of acquiring malaria is not uniform inside a country, in addition of seasonal suffering and during the year. One of the main barriers to surveillance of malaria in a non-endemic area are due to the nonspecific nature of their symptoms relative to other acute febrile diseases (DFA), coupled with low and sometimes nonexistent clinical suspicion in that pathology. Consequently, in such situations, the clinical diagnosis has low validity. Given to the importance of diagnosing malaria for the early treatment of the individual, it was an objective in this research, search the cases of malaria in DFA individuals who had reported visiting or living in endemic areas of the disease and monitor the malaria clinical and parasitological cure by P. falciparum, P. vivax and/or P. malarie after specific chemotherapy. The diagnosis is done by a parasitological thick drop (parasitemia) and blood distention (identification of the species) examination, which currently represent the gold standard. The clinical-parasite treatment monitoring is done after the period of 6 weeks to evaluate the therapeutic response and possible detection of chemo resistance, as proposed by the Ministry of Health. The monitoring database of patients who look for an outpatient clinic of the DFA from August 2006 to March 2008 showed six cases of relapse in patients who did not return to the endemic areas, and for that reason, this work got some hypothesis to try to justify them.


This work presents our systems for the ADD2022 challenge. The ADD2022 challenge is the first audio deep synthesis detection challenge, which aims to spot various kinds of fake audios. We have explored using unsupervised pretraining models to build fake audio detection systems. Results indicate that unsupervised pretraining models can achieve excellent performance for fake audio detection. Our final EER results for low-quality fake audio detection and partially fake audio detection are 32.80% and 4.80% relatively. For partially fake audio detection, our results ranked first in the competition. Even trained with totally mismatched data, our method still generalizes well for partially fake audio detection.


The article analyzes literary and journalistic reviews of Yurii Kosach about the main trends of development of foreign literatures in the light of the functioning of Ukrainian literature. The main attention is focused on mastery of publicist to single out the most characteristic features inherent to the literature of analyzed country.


Berne (1972) often used fables and myths to illustrate psychological scripts. This article describes the Pinocchio Syndrome, which is based on the children's story written by Collodi (1880/1993) and represents a personality type that manifests characteristics of both narcissistic personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. Diagnostic and therapeutic methodologies relative to this syndrome are described.


Abstract The structures of three carbon preparations obtained by different treatments of the products of a low-temperature electrochemical reduction of poly(tetra-fluoroethylene) have been studied by analysing radial electron density distribution (REDD) curves calculated from X-ray scattering intensity data. The basis of the analysis was a comparison of experimental radial distribution functions (RDFs) with theoretically calculated ones, both for diamond-like and for intra- and interlayer graphite-like structures, using a representation of the RDF as a sum of weighted and broadened pair functions. The above-mentioned carbon preparations have several unusual physico-chemical properties, for example a very high specific surface area (3000m2g−1) and a high elasticity of the carbon skeleton when subjected to pressure; moreover, in the native reaction products (a compacted mixture of carbon and LiF) the simultaneous presence of all three theoretically possible bonding modifications of carbon (sp2, sp3, and—in ...


Power supply reliability refers to the ability of power supply system to continuously supply power to users. Power supply interruption will not only cause huge economic losses to the country, but also affect people's life and social stability. With the rapid development of economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the requirements of users for power supply reliability are higher and higher. Power supply reliability is not only the basic demand of power users, but also the fundamental goal of power supply enterprises. At present, China's power supply reliability evaluation mainly focuses on medium voltage (10kV) and above systems. Generally, 10kV distribution transformer is taken as the basic unit for statistics, while the power supply reliability statistics of developed countries (such as Britain and the United States) is based on low-voltage users (380 / 220 V). With the development of distribution network, the power supply reliability of medium voltage users, cannot reflect the actual power supply reliability of the majority of low-voltage users. The statistical work of power supply reliability must be extended to low-voltage users. In this paper a method for low voltage power supply reliability evaluation of distribution network is proposed which is based on the data quality governance of network operation records and blackout events. The proposed method could evaluate the actual low voltage reliability, providing more decision support for low voltage distribution network management.


In this issue, you can learn several different things. First of all, we will look onto our own past (page 13) and see how we stand when measured by current bibliometric indicators, including the famous (and equally infamous) impact factor. We hope that our readers, authors, administrators and the scientific community in general will learn from this article about impact factor and its relevance but also about other measures of journal and article quality. This issue is also dedicated to a newly founded medical school in Mostar, Bosnia ad Herzegovina, which struggled against the impact of war and unsettled peace to produce first graduates (page 1). Several articles in the Student CMJ were published by these graduates (pages 38, 44, and 50). We also bring two new columns – Paths of Medicine by Norman Sartorius (page 107), and Medicine and Peace by Joanna Santa Barbara (page 109). Again, we hope to teach with these columns about what we can expect from medicine in future and how physicians can contribute to piece building in their communities. Although the column Physician in War will not be published any more, Dr Mirna Šitum has continued her collaboration with the CMJ – we will publish a collection of her column stories in the book "Oranges and Dead Fish". This book is the second in our CMJ Book Collection, another new feature in our journal (www.cmj.hr/ books), actually the resumption of our publishing activity from the war years in Croatia. The first book in this collection is the English translation of war memoirs of Dr Eduard Klain, renowned Croatian psychotherapist. Again, we hope to teach about human values, both in war and in peace.


The paper deals with the use of living organisms as biosensors for integrated assessing of the quality of their habitat. In particular, the paper considers the application of fish, shellfish, and crayfish for the water quality evaluation. By the example of a measuring system with crayfish, the features of metrological maintenance of systems with biosensors are described.


Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices can generate significant heat due to acoustic damping when liquid droplets are placed on them, and this heating (acoustothermal heating) can be used for microscale heating purposes. However, SAW devices are often used in biosensing applications where significant acoustothermal temperature rise can damage the proteins or the biomolecules and destroy the sensor performances. In this paper, we have performed thermal camera-based experiments to study the heating phenomena and how they can be controlled by varying droplet sizes. We found that the temperature rise linearly increases with increasing SAW power whereas it decreases with increasing droplet volume. Hence, a larger liquid volume and lower SAW power can be used in biosensors to avoid significant heating.


The aim of this paper is twofold, as most linguistic work. From the empirical point of view it wants to contribute a description of the syntax of possessive adjectives and their pronominal counterparts in Old Italian to the more general ItalAnt project for a comprehensive description of Old Italian Grammar. The Old Italian data is taken from the ITALNET DATABASE of the OPERA DEL VOCABOLARIO ITALIANO ΠARTFL PROJECT ΠNOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY.


1,2,5,6-Tetraaminoanthraquinone has been condensed with isophthalaldehyde and terephthalaldehyde and their bisulfite addition compounds to yield new heat-stable polymers. It has also been condensed with pyromellitic anhydride to give the pyrrolone. The highest viscosities were obtained in polymers prepared with acid catalysts. The polymers were nearly all soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid but not in organic solvents. Those soluble in sulfuric acid could also be solubilized by reduction with sodium dithionite and potassium hydroxide in aqueous organic solutions. A few polymers were apparently crosslinked, since they would not dissolve in either sulfuric acid or in base on reduction. Weak fibers were obtained by spinning the reduced alkaline solutions of the polymers into aqueous acid.


A Taiwanese manufacturer of off-road utility vehicles (OUVs) was so concerned by the increased number in U.S. accidents and federal probes, involving OUVs from other manufacturers in the industry that it recently funded a thorough, analytical crashworthiness evaluation of its production vehicle body structure. The approach is to employ a transient dynamic, large-strain, material nonlinear finite-element modelling and analysis using LS-DYNA, with adequate model validation. The current paper, Part I of two, presents two sets of model validation via experimental modal analysis (EMA) and drop impact tests. The transfer of impact kinetic energy to vehicle structure's internal energy results in extreme deformation, and material nonlinearity/plasticity. Model validation is thus a must for accurate simulation. EMA was first conducted to obtain the natural frequencies and the associate mode shapes to validate the distributed stiffness and mass, both of which can significantly influence the sequence of plastic deformation and energy transformation under impact. Secondly, drop impact tests were conducted on a part of body structure to obtain dynamic deformation to validate the strain-rate-dependent coefficients of the material plasticity. Simulation and analysis of impact crashes, using the validated model, are presented in Part II of the paper.


"X-Net" is a computer simulation that I developed in conjunction with Network Exchange Theory. Users of X-Net can explore the effects of different network structures, rules of exchange, and negotiators' strategies on the dynamics and outcomes of resource exchanges in social networks. This article recounts the process of X-Net's development, in addition to key substantive, theoretical, and design issues that motivated its form and content. It concludes with a discussion of the relationship between theory, simulation, and empirical tests.


Processes at the land surface and in the atmosphere act on different spatial scales. While in the atmosphere smallscale heterogeneity is smoothed out quickly by turbulent mixing, this is not the case at the land surface where small-scale variability of orography, land cover, soil texture, soil moisture etc. varies only slowly in time. For the modelling of the fluxes between the land-surface and the atmosphere it is consequently more scale consistent to model the surface processes at a higher spatial resolution than the atmospheric processes. The mosaic approach is one way to deal with this problem. Using this technique the Soil Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer (SVAT) scheme is solved on a higher resolution than the atmosphere, which is possible since a SVAT module generally demands considerably less computation time than the atmospheric part. The upscaling of the turbulent fluxes of sensible and latent heat at the interface to the atmosphere is realized by averaging, due to the nonlinearities involved this is a more sensible approach than averaging the soil properties and computing the fluxes in a second step.


Thermally stimulated exoelectron emission (TSEE) was studied for MgO single crystals. First, the TSEE response was measured for annealed or quenched samples. Some samples were ion-implanted by H+, He+ or Al+; then, after thermal annealing, the TSEE showed an increase relative to the non-implanted samples. This process was dependent on the element, energy and implanted dose. After a few reading cycles the TSEE of the ion-implanted samples started to decrease. However, upon re-annealing it increased once more. This showed that a fraction of the newly produced centers could be stabilized using a proper, yet still unknown, thermal treatment.


The review article reflects on the potential of silica aerogel as viable absorbents for spilled crude oil. Reported oil absorption capacity of silica aerogel shows it has a future in polluted site clean-up. The review presents the various dynamics of oil spill, conventional clean-up technologies and silica aerogel synthesis techniques. It also highlights some investigations of oil spill sorption using aerogels. The future prospect of rice husk as a cheaper source silica aerogel is also considered.


Sir: In Mozambique, recently performed studies on pregnancy syphilis indicate that it is an important cause of stillbirth1,2. Prevalence studies on women attending antenatal care in Maputo have revealed that up to 9% bear serological signs of syphilis infection3. In a series of 180 parturients and their 183 newborns, positive VDRL reactions were encountered in 9.4% of the mothers and in 9.8% of the newborns. In 6 cases positive sera were obtained from both mother and newborn. In 2/180 of the mothers and their newborns the FTA-ABS and the IgM-SPHA tests were also positive, and they were considered to have active syphilis4. Recent clinical data from the neonatal ward of Maputo Central Hospital show that the incidence of congenital syphilis has increased5. We performed a follow-up study with the purpose to elucidate if the prevalence of recent syphilis infection among parturients and their newborns had signi® cantly increased over the previous 6 years in Maputo city. The study was performed during June± August 1991. A total of 205 daytime parturients and their 210 newborns were consecutively included in the study at the Central Hospital in Maputo, Mozambique. The women gave their informed consent to participate. Venous blood was drawn from the women and cord blood was collected from the newborns. RPR analyses were performed at the Department of Medical Microbiology in Maputo. Remaining sera were stored at  20°C for transport to Sweden for further analyses at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm. Before testing, sera were inactivated at 56°C for 30min. VDRL was performed in Sweden on all sera from the women and newborns. In cases of RPR and/or VDRL positivity, TPHA and Captia Syphilis-M tests were performed. Of the 205 parturients, 18 (8.8%) showed serological signs of syphilis infection as con® rmed with both a non-speci® c (VDRL/RPR) and a speci® c (TPHA) test. Of these 18 women, 6 were also positive with the IgM-test (Captia Syphilis-M), indicating an active infection of syphilis. Of the 210 newborns, 18 (8.6%), all corresponding to infected mothers, were positive for both the nonspeci® c and the speci® c test. The results are presented in Table 1. Four of these newborns (1.9%) were also positive in the IgM test indicating a congenital syphilitic infection. The mothers of these 4 newborns were all positive in their IgM tests. No statistically signi® cant increase in congenital syphilis from 6 years previously could be shown. There was, however, a signi® cant increase in the TPHA-con® rmed seroreactivity among the parturients (P=0.011), but no statistically signi® cant increase in recent (IgM positive) syphilitic infection among the parturients, compared to 1985. In Mozambique, syphilis has been in the focus of the perinatal audit since the early 1980s. It was then demonstrated that parturient syphilis seropositivity was signi® cantly associated with stillbirths2. This prompted further studies on syphilis prevalence among women in the country, showing that the prevalence of treponemal disease, as veri® ed by TPHA or FTA-ABS reached a maximum level of almost 10% in a nationwide study involving 1468 pregnant women in 8 of the country's 10 provinces3. In order to make further analysis of the prevalence of active syphilis during pregnancy, a study was carried out in 1985 on parturient women and their newborns in Maputo. Using the solid phase haemag-glutination assay (SPHA) for syphilisspeci® c IgM4, it was veri® ed that 1.1% of newborns examined had positive IgM test. A similar approach was utilized in the present study with the intention to learn whether or not there had been a signi® cant increase in the prevalence of IgM positivity among parturient women and their newborns in Maputo. The results of the study showed that 1.9% of the examined newborns had positive IgM test. Due to the low prevalence, the material was too small to demonõ Á strate a statistically signi® cant difference between 1985 and 1991. Of parturient sera, a total of 2.8% were IgM positive in 1991. This is presumably a slightly higher ® gure than the average for the parturient population in Maputo city due to the fact that a substantial portion of the women studied is referred. When syphilis serology is performed, yaws can give falsely positive results. WHO reported in 1982 that no yaws infection existed in Mozambique6 and no clinical studies suggest a change since then. Therefore, in all probability, yaws infection has not affected the serological results in this study. International Journal of STD & AIDS 1996; 7: 378± 382


According to the developing trend of ships′growing larger,safty of ship mooring is one of the most important problems in harbor design and application.Ship and wharf constitute a very complex and interactional system.Among them,the conditions of wind,wave and current,etc.in natural environment and different water levels,loading and vessel type all can affect the mooring condition.Six-degree freedom movement,mooring force and impact force(including energy distribution)are important factors of common interest.Therefore,the test research work is very necessary.On the basis of the development status and research level of model test study,the physical model test methods,equipment and numerical simulation technology in both domestic and overseas were introduced and analyzed in this paper.The difficulty and problem to be resolved were also pointed out.Combining with development trends,the research direction for the future was put forward.


Abstract. This research considers as a new reading, which aims to the investigation of the start of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's Dawa (call) and his move from Huraymila to al-'Uyayna and then al-Diriyah. It includes an introduction and conclusion and three sections. In the first section, I studied the beginning of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's call in Huraymila until he had to move, highlighting in this section the historical views and trying to combain betwen them. The second section examines the investigation of the Sheikh Muhammads' works in al-'Uyayna and then his move from it. This section is divided into two angles; his works there and his move from al-'Uyayna. After this consideration, I concluded that stoning the adulterer was the main reason to move from al-'Uyayna. The last section studies widely how Sheikh Muhammad arrived to al-Diriyah, showing the various historical views. I divided them into three opinons; one says the sudden non-confidential arrival, and one says the sudden secret arrival, and the last opnion, which is the most important, says the arrival of Sheikh Muhammad was publicly due to the invitation from the prince Muhammad Bin Saud with great celebration from his family and the people of al-Diriyah. Finally, I concluded this research through numbering some findings and ideas.


S | Immunology 2: Innate Immunity and Microbiology S76 Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2014), Volume 134 430 The IL-33-ST2 pathway drives mast cell-dependent antiviral responses R Aoki, T Kawamura, F Goshima, S Nakae, A Nakao and S Shimada 1 University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan, 2 Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan and 3 Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Recent studies have highlighted the new role of IL-33 as an "alarmin" in host defense. IL-33 has shown protective effects against infection with some pathogens in various organs such as the gut and peritoneal cavity, however, it has not been reported in the skin. We have previously reported that mast cells were critically involved in host defense at herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)-infected sites through TNF-α and IL-6 production using a murine model of HSV encephalitis. We also found that IL-33 derived from HSV-infected keratinocytes induced TNF-α and IL-6 production by bone marrow-derived MCs (BMMCs) in vitro assay. Although the importance of mast cell-derived TNF-α and IL-6 was shown, it was unknown whether the IL-33-ST2 pathway contributes to antiviral host defense. Immunohistochemical staining for IL-33 in HSV-infected Hacat cells as well as Pam 212 cells showed that IL-33 was selectively expressed on damaged cells and the frequency of IL-33-expressing cells was increased in a MOI dependent manner. We also detected IL-33 positive cells in the epidermis of the labial herpes patient. Furthermore, supernatants of HSV-infected epidermis from wild type mice, but not IL-33 mice induced TNF-α and IL-6 production by BMMCs, demonstrating that IL-33 released from HSV-infected epidermis activates mast cells to secrete these proinflammatory cytokines. In addition, IL-33 receptor ST2 mice exhibited increased clinical severity and mortality following cutaneous HSV-2 infection, indicating that the IL-33 contributes to protective antiviral responses. Taken together, our findings suggest the involvement of the IL-33/ST2 pathway on mast cells in antiviral innate immunity. 431 Myeloid-lineage-restricted NLRP3 mutations cause variant Schnitzler's syndrome HD de Koning, M van Gijn, M Stoffels, J Jongekrijg, P Zeeuwen, P Jansen, K Neveling, J van der Meer, J Schalkwijk and A Simon 1 Genetics, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2 Dermatology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 3 Internal Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands and 4 Genetics, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands Schnitzler's syndrome is a late-onset autoinflammatory syndrome of unknown etiology, with clinical evidence of involvement of the interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) pathway. Based on its late onset and absence of familial clustering, the syndrome was considered acquired rather than genetic. Here, we addressed the possibility of a genetic cause in classical and variant Schnitzler's syndrome by means of deep sequencing. Eleven patients with classical or variant Schnitzler's syndrome were included, and for the functional studies eight ageand sex-matched controls. Whole exome sequencing of whole blood was followed by targeted resequencing of NLRP3 in whole blood, leukocyte subsets, keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Spontaneous production of IL-1β and IL-6 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was measured during symptomatic and treatment episodes, and compared to controls. Whole exome sequencing, followed by targeted resequencing revealed NLRP3 mutations in whole blood DNA from two patients with IgG variant Schnitzler's syndrome. Remarkably, these mutations were exclusively present in neutrophils (13%/32%) and monocytes (6.5%/29%). Patient PBMCs showed excessive spontaneous in-vitro IL-1β production, consistent with the clinical response to IL-1β blockade. Identification of myeloid-lineage-restricted mosaicism of NLRP3 places Schnitzler's syndrome in the spectrum of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, and clarifies the puzzling pathophysiology of this elusive disease. This is the first report on myeloid-lineage-restricted mosaicism in a non-malignant disorder. Importantly, these findings suggest that other late-onset disorders may have a genetic (mosaic) basis.


Purpose Three measures of AEPs,routine ABR,dural ABR and CNAP were recorded in rabbit models, aid to compare the applied values of these three techniques were compared and the hearing damage during the surgical procedures was analysed.Methods 20 healthy ears were selected in the study,each having a ABR threshold less than 80 dB peSPL.Routine ABRs,dural ABRs and CNAPs were recorded respectively during the surgical procedure.Results These three methods had their different advantages and disadvantages.During every step of the procedure,AEPs had their waves changed.Drilling might cause hearing damage.The largest amplitudes were recorded in CNAPs.Dural ABRs had larger amplitude than routine ABRs,but they had no latencies'difference.The electrode fixation of dural ABR were erlatively convenient and reliable.Conclusion Dural ABR could be served as a useful method of monitoring hearing during the surgical procedure of lateral skullbase.


The berth-allocation problem (BAP) aims to optimally schedule and assign ships to berthing areas along a quay. The vessels arrive at the port over a period of time and normally request and compete for early service start and departure. Berth allocation policies with service priority are important in terminal operations and are applicable in situations involving various vessel sizes, different handling volumes and different service strings. In this paper the discrete and dynamic BAP is formulated as a linear MIP problem with linear constraints, with the objective to minimize the weighted total service time. A heuristic is also presented for large instances of the problem.


Construction workers in various studies across the globe have indicated that there is some discomfort with the use of safety helmets, and that some workers do not use safety helmets as required, resulting in a compromise to their health and safety protection. This study investigates the processes involved in the selection and procurement of safety helmets for construction workers and assesses these efforts by interrogating the discomforts experienced by users in spite of these selection considerations. The study focuses on safety
helmets used by construction workers, as this is a common form of personal protective equipment (PPE) usually given out on construction sites to prevent head injuries, which are among the severest forms of occupational accidents in the industry. Primary data were obtained through a questionnaire survey conducted with construction firms operating in Ghana and semi-structured interviews with construction workers. The findings from the study indicate that in spite of the purported considerations by construction firms in the selection and procurement of PPE, construction workers continually experience several discomforts with the use of safety helmets. The study proposes a Behaviour-Based Safety Intervention Framework to guide the selection and procurement of user-friendly PPE that improves the user experience of safety helmets.


To assess the possible impact of transgenic poplar plantations on the ecosystem, we analyzed the frequency and distance of gene flow from a mature male transgenic Populus nigra carried Bacillus thuringiensis toxin gene (Bt-OE poplar) plantation, and the survival of Bt-OE poplar seeds as well. The resultant Bt-OE poplar seeds occurred at a frequency from ~0.15% at 0 m to ~0.02% at 500 m far away from the Bt-OE poplar. The Bt-OE poplar seeds weaken and even lost germinated activation within 3 weeks in the field (from 68% to 0%), compared to the 48% germination rate after 3 weeks in 4°C. The survival rate of seedlings in the field is 0% without any treatments, but increased to 1.7% under four treatments (Clean and trim, watering, weeding, and cover with plastic to keep moisture) together after seeded in the field for eight weeks. Results of this study indicate that gene flow originated from Bt-OE poplar plantation through pollen and seed could happen at a very low rate and in a limited range in natural conditions. This study provide the first-hand field data on the extent of transgene flow in poplar plantations, and offer guidance for risk assessment of transgenic poplar plantations.


This text is the result of an inter-institutional research that sought to identify and understand the marks of caring and being cared for in the narratives of children, their teachers and their families, in daycare centers, preschools and schools. It aims to present interviews conducted with families, discussing their understanding of care. As a methodology, it presents individual and collective interviews with families, with Martin Buber as the main theoretical interlocutor. In the analyzes, care emerges as protection and surveillance, time to be together, presence, as something that needs to be shared. In arid and difficult times, thinking about caring and being cared for contributes to the recognition of the humanity of the other as a possible way to go against the barbarism.


There has been an increase in off grid power supply through renewable energy in the last decade in Sunderban region. But these plants are not working as they are supposed to be. High establishment and production cost, ever burdening subsidy, lack of maintenance and faulty energy sources have brought these plants a step forward to closure. After initial euphoria these plants seem to have failed in continuing the zeal and stand on the edge of an abyss. This paper tries to do an analysis of the feasibility of these projects on the basis of survey and tries to bring in front the problems faced by two systems of solar power in Sunderban. It also proposes a model that bodes well with the features and constraints of Sunderban region slacking up the resources as much as possible Keynote: Cost analysis, Gasifier, Renewable Energy, Sunderban


The stochastic of sonar equation parameters is analyzed,and the probability density function of sonar detect range in spherical attenuation or smooth-averaged field is deduced though theoretical derivation,then the mean and variance are obtained.At the same time,the simulation using Monte Carlo method shows that the obtained sonar detect range histogram of probability and statistics can agree well with the derivation,and the credibility of the results derived is proved.


membered, however, that the topical application of steroids may precipitate an attazk of herpes simplex keratitis. Several cases so induced, some with disastrous end-results, have been reported. Adequate long-term controlled studies are still neededbefore the value of combined antibiotic-steroid therapy in trachoma can be assessed. In the meantime, its routine use in mass campaigns cannot be justified. We are grateful for helpful advice from Dr Radovanovic, WHO Regional Adviser on Communicable Diseases for South-East Asia, and from Professor B. R. Shukla, Director, Muslim University Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh. Our thanks are due also to Glaxo Laboratories (India), Private, Ltd., for the free supply of 0.5% prednisolone acetate BP (Predsolan eye ointment) in soft paraffin base.


The analysis of natural disasters in Colombia derived in identifying the flooding s as the biggest threat for the Chia town, as a proposal, I contemplated an urban park composed of equipment s, recreation services. The park is developed to concentrate a specific emergency housing camp.


At the tumultuous political and nationalist crossroads of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the formation of the different systems of gymnastics and physical education in both Europe and America represented an area of remarkable and highly-debated technical and ideological controversies. In the circumstances of that time, some professional gymnasts tried their luck in other countries and in doing so exported knowledge of the different gymnastic methods, and also tried to move closer to aspirations of progress and modernity in the host countries. One of these professionals was Jose Sanchez y Gonzalez de Somoano, a Spanish gymnastics teacher who had a close professional link to Mexico during the second presidency of General Porfirio Diaz. His work as founder and director of the gymnasium at the teacher training college, the Escuela Normal de Profesores de Mexico, from 1887 to 1889, has meant that his prominence, unmentioned until  now in the history of education, has been restored as an object of study in this article, through a revealing biography and bibliographical research on some of his most iconic works. A critical analysis of these works, within the historical context of his work, enables us to address the analogies and differences in the development and conceptualisation of physical education in Spain and Mexico . Furthermore, , the information presented is significantly representative, providing a glimpse of the social and cultural context of the time as well as the transcontinental relationship that existed between the two countries.


Streptomyces aureofaciens is a Gram-positive Actinomycete used for commercial antibiotic production. Although it has been the subject of many biochemical studies, no public genome resource was available prior to this project. To address this need, the genome of S. aureofaciens ATCC 10762 was sequenced using a combination of sequencing platforms (Illumina and 454-shotgun). Multiple de novo assembly methods combinations of these methods were assessed to determine which provided the most robust assembly. Combination strategies led to a consistent overestimation of the total genome size. Empirical data from targeted PCR of predicted gap regions provided a robust validation framework for our de novo assemblies. Overall, the best assembly was generated using SPAdes. The total length of this assembly was 9.47 Mb and the average G+C content was 71.15 %. We annotated this assembly using the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline, revealing 8,073 total genes, including a total of 7,627 protein coding sequences. Additional functional analysis using the KEGG GENES database provided functional predictions for over 1,400 of these sequences whose functions were not initially inferred by NCBI. The information provided from multiple independent assemblies allowed us to close 200 scaffold gaps present in our first hybrid assembly. Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses suggested S. aureofaciens iii ATCC 10762 may be more closely related to the genus Kitasatospora than to neighboring Streptomyces species. Our results highlight the need for, and the value of, multiple assemblies when attempting to produce high quality prokaryotic genome sequences.


Isolated rounded bones near the medial humeral epicondyle and the so called cubital patella are traumatic in origin. They are the result of the separation of the epiphyseal ossification center in early childhood, without subsequent absorption and with independent further development. The theory of congenital origin is not convincing. Recent trauma has nothing to do with causing these accessory bones. There is no loss of function of the joint.


Improvements were delivered in the care of patients on anti‐coagulants through a collaborative improvement methodology within one primary care organisation. Although a key clinical governance priority, the project was conducted in a low‐key manner with minimal support. Practice teams were encouraged to apply evidence through small‐scale testing of changes, using measurements to monitor improvement and to share what they learned amongst themselves. No specific model of care was pursued and instead the emphasis was on demonstrating an improvement at the practice level, by whatever means worked best. The methodology used was similar to that applied in major national and regional collaborative programmes. This project demonstrates how it can be simplified and implemented within one primary care organisation to deliver improvements in care as well as to support the building of teams and learning about measurement and quality improvement.


To criminalize something (not someone, ordinarily) means to bring it within the scope of criminal law; in this sense, crime is a legal phenomenon, as is punishment. This means that an account of criminalization needs an account not of crime simpliciter, but of law in general, and of criminal law within it. In this paper, I approach this task equipped with two distinctions, one - between law and police - designed to illuminate the concept of law, and the other - between public and private law - meant to clarify that of criminal law.


The utility model discloses a humiture calibration box, which comprises a box body (1), wherein an inner cavity (2) is arranged in the box body, the lower portion of the inner cavity is provided with a water tank (5), an air current interlayer (17) is arranged between the lower bottom board of the inner cavity and the water tank (5), the inlet of the air current interlayer is provided with an air current distributor, two sides of the inner cavity are provided with perforated plates (3), a hollow cavity (4) on the outer side of the perforated plates is communicated with the upper portion of the air current interlayer and the water tank (5), the water tank is connected with a refrigerating device (6) through a pipeline, the water tank is further connected with the inlet of a circulated water pump (7) through a pipeline, the outlet of the circulated water pump is connected with a group of atomization nozzles (8) through a pipeline, the opposite sides of the atomization nozzles (8) are provided with a water stopper (16), a heating pipe (9) and a fan (10) in turn, and the outlet of the fan (10) is connected with the hollow cavity on the outer side of the perforated plates arranged on one side of the hollow cavity. The humiture calibration box can calibrate an instrument under predetermined standard environment and humiture environment, has big inner cavity space, and improves the calibration precision and checking efficiency of a humiture instrument.


National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) is an Indonesian research institute that involved in atmospheric research and also its atmospheric composition. Over the year several program have been assemble to provide the better knowledge on atmospheric composition especially carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 as part of the green house gases which presume to be a trigger of temperature changes or global warming. LAPAN have developed an instrument to monitor both vertical and fixed carbon dioxide monitoring in the troposphere layer. Both of this instrument can measure up to 2000 ppm of CO2 value using NDIR (Non Dispersive Infra Red) method. The vertical instrument have been conducted to analyze the vertical profile of carbon dioxide in the troposphere layer. Carbon dioxide sensor carried by meteorogical balloon which can be tracked to find the droop zone location and monitored its trajectory from ground based. The surface CO2 monitoring also have been made to monitor carbon dioxide continuously. The purpose of this instrument is to analyze the variation (the day and night variation, seasonal variation) of carbon dioxide concentration continuously and dynamically, and to observe the convection, mixing height and the study of boundary layer.


Pauline McHugh is a heart failure specialist nurse and independent prescriber caring for patients in the community. She discussed her experience with Vicqui Stuart-Jones.


Bladder cancer (BlC) is the fourth most common cancer in males worldwide, but few systemic chemotherapy options for its effective treatment exist. The development of new molecularly‐targeted agents against BlC is therefore an urgent issue. The Hippo signaling pathway, with its upstream LATS kinases and downstream transcriptional co‐activators YAP1 and TAZ, plays a pivotal role in diverse cell functions, including cell proliferation. Recent studies have shown that overexpression of YAP1 occurs in advanced BlCs and is associated with poor patient prognosis. Accessing data from our previous screening of a chemical library of compounds targeting the Hippo pathway, we identified DMPCA (N‐(3,4‐dimethoxyphenethyl)‐6‐methyl‐2,3,4,9‐tetrahydro‐1H‐carbazol‐1‐amine) as an agent able to induce the phosphorylation of LATS1 and YAP1/TAZ in BlC cells, thereby suppressing their viability both in vitro and in mouse xenografts. Our data indicate that DMPCA has a potent anti‐tumor effect, and raise the possibility that this agent may represent a new and effective therapeutic option for BlC.


The paper deals with some links between Sraffa's 1920s work on Marshallian supply functions and his 1960 book. It argues that content of Sraffa's 1920s articles can justify that lack of reference in Production of Commodities to the analysis of the firm. Besides, it can claify Sraffa's position on the determinants of variable returns and some origins of the method based on the assumption of 'given quantities'. which characterizes has later book. It also argues that some important aspects of the development of Production of Commodities find their origin in the Marshallian tradition as well as in the 'classical' one.


The largest women's rights group in the United States, NOW is structured like a federation, with a national organization coordinating the efforts of state chapters. Within states, there are local chapters for regions, counties, towns, and institutions of higher education. Current areas in which NOW works are discrimination and harassment in employment, education, and the justice system; reproductive rights; violence against women; racism; ensuring electoral equality for female candidates; and homophobia.


This research is aimed to determine the influence of tax examination, tax collection, and taxpayer pursuence in simultaneously as well as partially toward tax reciept. The population of research were taken from all of tax receipt realization report which is published by Pratama Raba Bima Tax Office (KPP). Purposive sampling technique is using to collect the samples. It is from taxpayer that published by assessment tax (SKP) , tax collection (STP) , and annual tax return (SPT) of KKP Pratama Raba Bima during the period of 2012 – 2015. The data will be tested with statistic, classic assumption, and analysis by using multiple regression analysis method. The result of this research show that tax examination, tax collection, and taxpayer pursuence has positive influence in simultaneously toward tax reciept. P-value is 0,000. It means that the p-value is smaller to determinable value which is 5 %. Tax examination and taxpayer pursuence has no influence in partially toward tax reciept, because known that p-value > α (0,121 and 0,263 < 0,05) means 0,121 and 0,263 are smaller to 0,05. Besides tax collection is known p-value < α (0,034 < 0,05) means 0,034 is smaller to 0,05 that is significant. Thereby, it can be conclude that tax collection in partially has positive influence toward tax reciept. So, tax examination, tax collection, and taxpayer pursuence has 39,7 % influence toward tax reciept. Besides 60,3 % of support remaining come from other factors that influence of  tax reciept. Password : tax examination, tax collection, taxpayer pursuence, tax reciept


A device for recognizing the lettering (10) on the flank of a tire (4) comprises a roadway plane (12), at least one directional light source (61, 62, 63; 71, 72), which is designed to grip the tire (4). to illuminate; at least one camera (8) adapted to receive a plurality of images of an edge of the tire (4) rolling on the roadway (12); and an evaluation device (20) configured to synthesize an image of the edge of the tire (4) from the plurality of captured images and to evaluate the synthesized image with a text recognition method.


This paper deals with the low-frequency model for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations in a heterogeneous medium which behaves like a conductor in one part and a perfect insulator in the other. The model is justified comparing the solution with the one given by the high-frequency heterogeneous model. A bound for the norm of the difference in terms of the frequency is given. It is also proven that the solution of the heterogeneous problem is the limit of the solutions of problems in a conductor with conductivity that tends to zero in a part of the medium.


Indonesia consistently ranks in the bottom ten in the international PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) assessment results. This PISA shows that the literacy ability, especially the mathematical literacy of Indonesian students, is still a concern. One of the main factors that affect students' knowledge is the ability of teachers to carry out the learning process. Therefore, teachers as learning agents must play an active role in improving students' mathematical literacy skills. The writing methodology used is a literature review which contains a review of mathematical literacy from various library sources. This article discusses mathematical literacy, efforts to develop mathematical literacy through learning and learning media, which are expected to be alternative solutions in developing Indonesian students' mathematical literacy. Further research needs to be done, considering that mathematical literacy skills are very important


Women in agriculture play a particularly important role in the economy. But their work—as peasants and as agricultural wage earners—their knowledge, their place in agricultural systems of production and their contribution to global prosperity have only been recognised in recent years, or still lack significant recognition. With changes in systems of production that are related to globalisation, the marginalisation and the workload of women in agriculture has often increased due to the perpetuation of an unequal sexual division of work in agriculture, and due to unequal access to the workforce and to agricultural inputs, technologies, credit schemes and land. One of the main constraints faced by female peasants and agricultural wage earners is the continuous and increasing reproductive work, which rests disproportionately on the most excluded women. Feminist studies have theorised and underlined the centrality of social reproduction, deconstructing what women's work is and contesting the binary distinction between 'production' and 'reproduction'. They have, further, shown how the prosperity of the global economy benefits from women's work, including subsistence production where women play a major role. The focus on women in agriculture has been a starting point for gender and development studies. The International Labour Organization's (ILO) programmes on women in rural areas have included groundbreaking research, the recognition of women's unpaid and paid work, and support for women's empowerment in grass-roots organisations. After having disappeared to the margins, rural women are back at the centre of the ILO's discussion on rural economies in recent years. The approach is now guided by the Decent Work agenda, which prevails globally in the ILO. We will explore how the ILO's programmes on rural economies and gender have evolved since the Organization's inception. We will also consider how the ILO's analysis and programmes directed at the work of the most excluded women in agriculture could contribute to informing the Decent Work Agenda and changing the organisation of social reproduction and livelihoods.


First of all,it must be confirmed that life education should be the core issue for medical student's occupational spirit education.Secondly,based on the awareness of life and death education,life responsibility and life value education should be strengthened to highlight medical occupational characteristics.Thus,medical students will be trained to get rational recognition on medical professional spirits.Finally,basic principles of combination education contents with medical practice together with diagnosis and treatments in medical students' occupational spirit education are elucidated.


Taking hybrid biomass sawdust as the material, carry out the simulation calibration experiment with JKR contact model based on DEM principle. The Plackett-Burman factorial experiment is carried out by Design-Expert for 10 related factors. Combined with the steepest climbing test scheme, according to the Box-Behnken experiment, the parameter calibration of the multi-response Indicators is completed. The results are as follows: the Poisson's ratio of hybrid sawdust is 0.30, the density is 399.22kg·m-3, the recovery coefficient between sawdust particles is 0.47, the rolling friction coefficient between sawdust particles is 0.39, and the parameter of surface energy density between sawdust particles (JKR) is 0.29J·m-2. Through the comparative verification experiment, it can be seen that the relative error of the repose angle is 3.41%, and the relative error of the stress-time response curve is less than 6.36%, which verifies the reliability of the calibration method, and provides a theoretical reference for the study of the constitutive characteristics of biomass materials and the densification mechanism.


Well-crystallized olivine-structure LiFePO4/C composite was synthesized by a wet milling-assisted spray drying using cheap Fe3O4 as iron source. The composite exhibited bowl-like secondary particles that are mainly constructed of numerous carbon coated nanoparticles. Such a composite possesses a porous structure with an average pore size of 8.14 nm and a high BET surface area of 50.57 m 2 g -1 . Electrochemical tests revealed that the cathode material exhibited a high rate capability (84 mA h g -1 at 90 C) and good cycle stability (93% capacity retention over 500 cycles at 10 C). That is because the uniform carbon coating increased the electronic conductivity, while, large specific surface area, porous structure, and nano-sized particles greatly favored the electrolyte accessibility and rapid Li + transport.


Abstract : "Like Gulliver in Lilliput, the United States risks being tied down by a thousand threads Walter Mead thus concisely summarizes, I think, the challenges facing the United States in adopting a national security strategy adequate to the task of taking it into the next century It is in those "thousand threads" that I find the basic flaw of President Clinton's policy of engagement, and why I will argue that the idea of pivotal states, as proposed by Chase, Hill, and Kennedy,2 is the preferred organizing concept for U S national security strategy.


Published Ahead of Print 17 April 2013. 10.1128/JCM.03290-12. 2013, 51(6):1894. DOI: J. Clin. Microbiol. Norbert Heinrich, Michael Hoelscher and Andreas H. Diacon Rodney Dawson, Stephen H. Gillespie, Martin J. Boeree, Xavier A. Kayigire, Sven O. Friedrich, Amour Venter, Activity for Quantification of Early Bactericidal Culture with Liquid and Solid Mycobacterial Direct Comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay


The concept of mentoring has gained increasing importance in assisting advanced practice nurses to reach professional excellence. Beyond role modeling, mentoring implies an experienced individual taking an active role in the professional and personal development of a less experienced person. A ttributes of the mentor-protigi relationship, with attendant benefits to both, are descr ibed. The concept of mentoring, either in the professional or academic setting, is explored throug h examining the appropriate choice of metaphors, citing toxic exemplars. Metaphorical illustration s are applied to the concept of mentoring as it relates to the nurturing of advanced practice nurs es and the development of the professional discipline.


The reconstruction of a 3D model from range images can be conveniently split into two stages. The rst stage consists basically in the extraction of geometrical information, e.g. the depth and the orientation of image points, and the second stage concentrates on the transformation of these data to a 3D model. In this paper we focus on the second stage. Our approach is based on a deformable model, which ooers more exibility to mold a 3D model according to several geometrical constraints. Moreover, instead of looking for a global functional that carries out the deformation, we opted for establishing discrete local correspondences between 3D surface point data extracted from images and 3D model points.


We propose aviation real-time adaptive ring (AVATAR) as a potential solution for the integrated communication infrastructure for future aero-engine control systems. AVATAR features an Ethernet-over-WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) architecture. It employs reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) as node technology. Compared with existing serialized data bus, e.g., time-triggered protocol (TTP), AVATAR exploits multi-wavelength and spatial reuse properties of an optical WDM ring through sophisticated packet scheduling. To quantitatively evaluate the advantages over existing avionic networks, and to understand the architectural parameters of AVATAR, optimal scheduling methods using mixed integer linear programming (MILP), as well as a simple, near-optimal heuristic, are presented. Numerical results demonstrate the superiority of AVATAR, with a simple two-channel configuration more than doubling the capacity of TTP.


Abstract : A design system that accepts multiple performance criteria faces the problem of trading off one criterion for another. Understanding the user's preference about such tradeoffs is essential to producing the most desirable design. An argument is made against specifying preferences over all possibilities before the design process begins. The proposed solution reduces its dependence on the specification's accuracy by encouraging interaction between the user and the system. The system produces quick, high quality information about realizable designs and performance tradeoffs between them. The user interactively evaluates, directs, and terminates the design exploration. Techniques called decoupled design, alteration strategies, and sample search are key elements in the implementation. Decoupled design generates a large number of designs efficiently (an alternative technique that uses linear programming is also presented). Alteration strategies are abstract descriptions of design modifications that assist in directing the design process and creating novel structures. Sample search is a framework to control search using domain specific heuristics. The design system operates in the domain of non-regular, application specific, signal processing architectures. The design process occurs in two phases: First the architectural structure with uninstantiated operators is created then each operator's implementation is selected.


This issue of Journal of Dual Diagnosis highlights several related themes. The clinical phenomena observed in relation to substance abuse often overlap with those observed in primary psychotic disorders. Moreover, referrals for parallel treatment are ineffective, while basic criteria for referral to integrated treatment programs continue to be refined and validated. Fortunately, as demonstrated in this issue, although integrated treatment programs are currently unavailable in some parts of the world, they are becoming more available elsewhere. King, Brooner, Peirce, Kolodner, and Kidorf studied a group of patients in methadone maintenance treatment with co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses who were referred to psychiatric care in community mental health centers. Most patients missed appointments, failed to complete treatment, and improved only modestly. Stallvik and Nordahl studied patients in addiction treatment in Norway who were assessed clinically and also by a structured interview based on the American Society of Addiction Medicine's patient placement criteria. Treatment assignments and severity scores in terms of clinical and psychosocial problems validated the structured interviews. Lev-Ran, Feingold, Frenkel, and Lerner described a group of patients with schizophrenia and past hallucinogen use


Commentary on: Blakeman JR, Stapleton SJ. An integrative review of fatigue experienced by women before and during myocardial infarction. J Clin Nurs 2017; 27 : 906-916

Though mortality rates for coronary heart disease (CHD) have fallen over time due to improvements in prevention and management, the condition is still responsible for approximately one-third of adult deaths globally.1 As an acute manifestation of CHD, MI is a common cause of mortality and morbidity. Recognising the symptoms of MI is crucial, as early presentation, diagnosis and treatment improve patient outcomes. This review by Blakeman and Stapleton2 explored a symptom not always …


In this paper, an extended two-dimensional (2-D) Prony type method is presented to extract frequencies from observed data contaminated by the 2-D additive noise. The additive noise is generated by 2-D moving average (MA) model driven by non-Gaussian white noise. This method involves two parts, each utilizing a 1-D singular value decomposition-based technique, and is capable of locating frequencies anywhere in the 2-D frequency plane. This procedure also has the advantage not requiring a pairing of x and y-poles. Simulations show that the algorithm can restraint the additive noise of 2-D MA model effectively. The performance of the proposed algorithm is also illustrated by Monte-Carlo simulations and compared with other algorithms.


The clinical effectiveness of the antifungal drug `fluconazole' was evaluated in 13 patients with fungal infections of the external anditory canal and middle ear. Fluconazole was dissolved in physiological saline to make up 0.2% and was used as ear drops twice a day. The therapeutic effect was very good in 61% (8/13), moderate in 31% (4/13) and slight in 8% (1/13). No adverse effect was noted. Fluconazole in ear drops is a useful agent in the treatment of otomycosis.


Established that in the Smolensk region combined application of organic, mineral and lime fertilizer and pesticides had a significant impact on the productivity of crop rotation and fertility of sod podzolic light loamy soil. The highest productivity, the average for three rotation cycle, was 47,4 с/ha is. e., a rise of control 16,9 с/ha is. is, or 55,4 %. Prolonged use of chemicals (15 years) in crop rotation did not have a negative impact on soil fertility. Moreover, the totality of agrochemical properties of its greatly improved over the original soil.


Connecting with the concrete situation of Kangxi Road of Taiyuan City, this paper describes the measuring and setting of transition curve of urban road. Making use of the construction guideline to lay off the major points for the transition curve of the road with the distancer and polar method, and making the measuring and setting in detail of the points on the transition curve of the road with declination method, can increase effectively the accuracy of the points' location of all major points, reduce errors in the measuring and setting, and guarantee the smooth of the transition curve of the road.


We prove that all transition rates with respect to reversible cyclic Markov chains with continuous time are uniquely determined by the distributions of their hitting time and sojourn time at two neighboring states. As a result, we can estimate all the statistical characteristics based upon the statistics of the hitting time and sojourn time. As an example, we give its applications to modelling of ion channels in biology.


In the South‐Central Andes, the crustal structures driving the tectonic evolution of the Andean Cordillera remain unresolved. So far, most seismological studies focused on the subduction interface, leaving crustal seismicity and its relationship with crustal deformation and Andean volcanism mostly unconstrained. However, because of their large number compared to higher magnitude events, the characterization of small‐magnitude crustal earthquakes is key to identify active structures and better constrain the tectonic models. In this work, we exploit 53 months of continuously recorded, three‐component waveforms from the permanent seismic network in central Chile using a deep‐learning approach to improve the detection of small‐magnitude earthquakes. To increase station coverage, we also use the seismic phases obtained from a previous temporary seismic deployment. We use the obtained seismicity catalog to refine tomographic models of that region, revealing a more detailed architecture of the Chilean forearc. Travel times calculated in the new 3‐D velocity model allowed us to locate ∼14,000 earthquakes. Refined double‐difference relocations of ∼4,900 events located beneath the West Andean Thrust suggest a large‐scale, west‐dipping structure which, together with the west‐verging tectonic front, likely contributed to the uplift and crustal deformation during the past ∼20 Myr.


G. de B. Robinson [S] and C. Schensted [9] constructed an algorithm, called insertion algorithm, which transforms a pair of a semi-standard tableau T and a positive integer r into another semi-standard tableau denoted by T t r. Here a semi-standard tableau of shape E. (1, is a partition) is a filling of the squares of the Young diagram of A with positive integers such that the entries strictly increase down each column and weakly increase across each row. We denote by SSTab(A; [n]) the set of all semi-standard tableaux of shape A with entries in [n] = { 1,2, . . . . n}. Then this insertion algorithm gives a bijection


Ustilaginoidea virens,the pathogen of rice false smut,was isolated from various diseased samples.The comparison of isolation methods showed that most fresh chlamydospores from earlier mature false smut balls could germinate and isolation time was the key for the successful isolation of the fungus.Prolongation of store period resulted in quick decline of the germination percentage of chlamydospores.Most of the chlamydospores could be killed by sterilizing treatment.It was proved that the sclerotium was the most ideal sample for isolation of the pathogen,which could keep alive for a very long time.However,the central dense hyphae in false smut balls were very difficult to grow into new colonies on medium and just an alternate method for isolation of the pathogen.


The composition and micropores characteristics of carbon bricks have significant influence on their corrosion resistance to molten iron. In this study, the corrosion of an ultra-microporous carbon brick (MG carbon brick) in molten iron was studied by the rotating cylinder method. The results indicated that the corrosion resistance to molten iron of the MG carbon brick was better than that of the NMA carbon brick, especially under the conditions of low carbon, high sulfur and low titanium molten iron. The nano-scale micropores and the addition of Al2O3 were the main factors which made the MG carbon brick more resistant to corrosion by molten iron than the NMA carbon brick. In terms of chemical composition, the MG carbon brick contained 8.74 wt.% Al2O3 and 6.91 wt.% SiC, while their content in the NMA carbon brick was very little. The corrosion resistance to molten iron of carbon bricks can be enhanced by adding Al2O3. But it cannot be ignored that the thermal stability of the carbon brick would deteriorate due to the addition of Al2O3. Moreover, because of the better properties of the MG carbon brick in terms of average pore size and ≤1 μm pore volume, the MG carbon brick had better permeation resistance to molten iron than the NMA carbon brick.


In e-Commerce applications, the size of the architecture is huge and there are too many member shops and too
many customers that bring along management difficulties. So, different technologies need to be used and usually
autonomous structures work with unmanned decision-making processes for the managerial processes of an eMall
where hundreds of e-shop catalogues are displayed. In this study, our recent works are developed and
their applications are actualized. Additionally, an architectural solution that will ease the content management
for an e-Mall structure is offered.


This paper presents rate adaptation for Quality of Service (QoS) improvement in Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) specifically IEEE802.11ax. The latest WLAN standard provides better results of performance by improving the WLAN data rate to satisfy the growing number of users' demand. By increasing the data rate, high throughput and low delay will be provided as well as a better network performance can be experienced by users. This study implemented a link adaptation technique which adapts the transmission data rate in IEEE 802.11ax WLAN. The main objectives of this paper are to design link adaptation which adapts the transmission data rate based on radio channel condition and to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. This technique enables the QoS performance to be improved in terms of its throughput and delay that able to adapt the Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) based on the radio channel condition. This performance metric is analyzed using OMNeT++ simulator. Simulation results show that the data rate adaptation technique offers better performance in terms of throughput and delay.


Conventional materials made of glass and carbon fibres in thermoset resins are very frequently employed. Recently, thermoplastic matrix composites are being developed to improve the toughness and damage tolerance of composite laminates. The ductility of thermoplastic resins implies a more pronounced plasticity in service. Kevlar fibre has a tensile strength comparable with that of carbon fibre, a modulus between those of glass and carbon fibres and a lower density than both. Kevlar-49 reinforced composites are increasingly demanded in a variety of commercial applications but their understanding is relatively new when compared to traditional fibres. Simple micromechanics based models such as the rule of mixtures, inverse rule of mixtures (ROM), Halpin-Tsai and Xu-Reifsnider models are employed to predict the mechanical properties of Kevlar-49 fibre composites formulations. In this study, the mechanical properties including tensile, compressive and flexural strength and modulus of Kevlar-49 thermoplastic based composites were experimentally obtained and compared with the theoretical predictions. A systematic costing analysis of respective thermoplastic composites has been made for the provision of composite selection guidelines for designers.


SSC resistance of seamless linepipes, assessed by constant load tests, varies significantly with their chemical compositions and microstructures. Rs (ratio of SSC threshold stress to yield strength) of a quenched and tempered linepipe is generally higher than that of a normalized linepipe. SSC in normalized steel proceeds in ferrite grains, suggesting that a major controlling factor of the SSC is intragrain strength or ferrite hardness. From this point of view, the relation of ferrite strength and SSC resistance has been investigated. For steels with different strengths which are changed by either precipitation strengthening or solid solution strengthening, an increase in SSC threshold stress is closely correlated with a rise in ferrite hardness, irrespective of grain size and yield strength. Dislocation strengthening also raises ferrite hardness, which leads to an improved SSC resistance. This can be achieved by accelerated cooling and provides excellent toughness.


This study aims to influence the Effectiveness of Accounting Information Systems on Employee Performance with Organizational Culture and Work Motivation as Moderation. Employee performance can be affected by the existence of an accounting information system. This research was conducted at BPR in Gianyar Regency using a questionnaire and distributed to employees related to the Accounting Information System. The data analysis technique used is the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. The results showed that the effectiveness of the Accounting Information System had an effect on employee performance. Furthermore, organizational culture and work motivation are able to moderate the Effect of the Effectiveness of Accounting Information Systems on Employee Performance


Many companies face challenges in obtaining the benefits associated with effective strategic sourcing. From an organizational perspective, procurement data management is a core organizational challenge for chief procurement officers (CPOs) for fact-based strategic sourcing decision-making. This paper demonstrates how a model-based approach can support companies to achieve two key competencies, procurement data management and analytics, which allow moving the company toward fact-based strategic sourcing decision-making. We define a solution architecture for the proposed model based approach according to four views, Business View, Functional View, Data view and Implementation View. In this paper, C.A.R.S has been described as a reference model in the business view of the solution. Accordingly, in the functional view, a business function model (BFM) has been developed in order to build a complete and consistent set of required process blocks for strategic sourcing decision-making based on C.A.R.S. To support the data view of the solution, a conceptual Entity-Relationship data model to clarify functional and performance entities has been designed and finally, a logical data model has been proposed for procurement Data Mart with snowflake schema by abstract key structure as a way of implementation of the IT solution architecture with Top-Down approach.


The equations governing the flow field that is developed when a moderately strong shock wave propagates in an oxygen–carbon suspension were developed and solved numerically using the flux‐corrected transport technique. A comparison is made between two suspensions. In one suspension the carbon particles are assumed to be inert and in the other, the combustion of the carbon particles is accounted for. In addition, the dependence of the post‐shock flow field on the initial loading ratio of the carbon particles was also investigated.


This paper takes 36 companies as sample which are first listed in growth enterprise market, using panel threshold regression to verify the relationship between capital structure and corporate performance. After considering dividends, scale growth, investment diversification, managerial ownership and other factors, the empirical result is consistent with the trade-off theory, that is, there exists optimal capital structure according to listing companies in GEM market. The relationship between capital structure and corporate performance is nonlinear, when liability ratio is below 0.1769, increase the liability ratio can improve corporate performance, and when liability ratio is above 0.1769, increases the liability ratio can reduce corporate performance. As a result, GEM companies should use financial leverage appropriately, in order to realize the goal of corporate value maximization.


Chemical machining is very important in solving problems constantly arising due to the requirement of high surface finish along with high productivity through machining of metals and alloys. Such requirement appears in machining of NiTi shape memory alloy (55wt%Ni and 45wt% Ti) which has widespread engineering applications. The present work aimed at utilizing of Taguchi design of experiments with the method of desirability function to optimize the chemical machining parameters (machining temperature and machining time) of NiTi alloy prepared by powder metallurgy technique. Taguchi experimental design concept, L25 (2×5) orthogonal array was used to determine the S/N ratio. Based on the analyses of multiple regression method, mathematical predictive models for the studied parameters had designed and validated. To achieve the objectives of the present work Datafit ver9, and Mini Tab14 softwares had employed. The powders with the required percentages were mixed for 5hours, compacted at pressure of 900MPa, and sintered in two stages, at 500°C for 2 hours and then at 950°C for 6hours under vacuum conditions (10-4 torr ). The X-ray diffraction test showed that the prepared sample are consisting of three phases (NiTi monoclinic phase, NiTi cubic phase, and Ni3Ti hexagonal phase). Machining temperature appears as the most significant factor, which controls both surface roughness and metal removal rate. Two mathematical models were developed to predict the metal removal rate and the surface roughness for any collection of machining temperature, and machining time. A minimum surface roughness of 0.666μm with a maximum metal removal rate of 0.0041g/min can be associated with machining temperature of 650C and machining time of 2min in solution consisting of 6%HCl, 19%HNO3, and 75%H2O.


The fracture of CaF2, SrF2, and BaF2 crystals by {111} cleavage requires critical fracture energies (γIC) which increase with decrease in cation size, as would be predicted. The γIC of single crystals, however, can be affected by the crystallographic direction of crack propagation and by annealing treatment. The introduction of grain boundaries can also result in some increase in γIC, particularly for finer grain sizes. Slow crack growth, which is sensitive to the environment, is observed but differs from that noted in other brittle materials in that it is often accompanied by crack arrest. This observation, as well as the stair‐step crack motion during slow crack growth in concentrated HF, indicates that dislocation motion at the crack tip is associated with the slow‐crack‐growth phenomenon. Because of the extremely strong influence of the stress intensity on crack growth velocity, the effects of delayed failure should be minimal in CaF2, SrF2, and BaF2.


The relationship between Tao Te Ching's ecological wisdom and John Steinbeck's non-teleological ecological thinking has been ignored in the academic circle.In this paper,based on the empirical study,the relationship between Tao Te Ching and John Steinbeck is expounded.By the comparison of Tao Te Ching and non-teleological thinking,the resemblance of John Steinbeck's non-teleological thinking and Tao Te Ching's ecological thinking of Oneness of Man and Nature and the Tao Following the Nature is analyzed.It is proved that Tao Te Ching's ecological wisdom plays an important role in the construction of Steinbeck's ecological thinking.


[1] We attribute the great geomagnetic storm on 8–10 November 1991 to a large-scale eruption that encompassed the disappearance of a ∼25° solar filament in the southern solar hemisphere. The resultant soft X-ray arcade spanned ∼90° of solar longitude. The rapid growth of an active region lying at one end of the X-ray arcade appears to have triggered the eruption. This is the largest geomagnetic storm yet associated with the eruption of a quiescent filament. The minimum hourly Dst value of −354 nT on 9 November 1991 compares with a minimum Dst value of −161 nT for the largest 27-day recurrent (coronal hole) storm observed from 1972 to 2005 and the minimum −559 nT value observed during the flare-associated storm of 14 March 1989, the greatest magnetic storm recorded during the space age. Overall, the November 1991 storm ranks 15th on a list of Dst storms from 1905 to 2004, surpassing in intensity such well-known storms as 14 July 1982 (−310 nT) and 15 July 2000 (−317 nT). We used the Cliver et al. and Gopalswamy et al. empirical models of coronal mass ejection propagation in the solar wind to provide consistency checks on the eruption/storm association.


In this study, diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), 2,2-bis(hydroxymethy)-propionic acid (DMPA), and polytetramethyleneglycol (PTMG) were employed to polymerize the low molecular weight polyurethane (LMWPU). The mole ratios for the LMWPUs were 4.0:1.5:0.5, 4.0:1.0:1.0, and 4.0:0.5:1.5, respectively. The three LMWPUs were dissolved in lithium chloride/tetrahydrofuran (UCV THF) to prepare the finishing solutions. The water retaining values of the treated non-woven fabrics with the solutions increased by the increase of the component of the PTMG contained in LMWPU. This higher content of PTMG in LMWPU resulted in a lower add-on value and a lower degree of the blocking deposited in the gaps among fibers. Both of these could significantly improve the water retaining property. The water retaining values for the LMWPU solutions were dramatically higher than those for commercial water soluble polyurethane and LMWPU emulsions. The functional groups of LMWPU were confirmed with the analyses of the spectra of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The average molecular weights of the three LMMTUs ranged from 2000 to 3800 g/mole and the average particle sizes ranged from 140 to 1140 nm. The degree of polymer crystals obtained from LMWPU solutions is lower, which could also significantly improve the water retaining property.


In conventional data structure teaching, the teacher pays more attention to knowledge indoctrination and ignores cultivating students' ability of solving practical problems. To solve the problem, the new goal of data structure course teaching, including the aspects of knowledge, abilities and qualities, is proposed. And the "student-centered and teacher-guided" data structure teaching mode for achieving the goal is put forward. The transformation of teachers' and students' roles in the new model practice is described.


We showed in a previous paper (4th report) that equi-diametric repetitive circular disk cutting test was applicable for determining life of tungsten carbide tool, by flank wear when cutting cast iron. But it is difficult for the life test life test by cratering when cutting steel. Therefore, we suggest a new method that is called "square type repetitive circular disk cutting test". It is applicable for determining life of tungsten carbide tool.


12 We assess Antarctic sea ice climatology and variability in the CESM2, and compare it 13 to that in the CESM1 and (where appropriate) real-world observations. In the CESM2, 14 Antarctic sea ice is thinner and less extensive than in the CESM1, though sea ice area 15 (SIA) is still approximately 1 million km greater in the CESM2 than in observations. 16 Though there is less Antarctic sea ice in the CESM2, the annual cycle of ice growth and 17 melt is more vigorous in the CESM2 than in the CESM1. A new mushy-layer thermo18 dynamics formulation implemented in the latest version of CICE in the CESM2 partially 19 accounts for both greater frazil ice formation in coastal polyñyas and more snow-to-ice 20 conversion near the edge of the ice pack in the new model. Basal melt, coastal ice di21 vergence, and frazil growth are also more substantial in the CESM2 than the CESM1 22 due to a confluence of atmospheric and oceanic processes. In the CESM2, monthly SIA 23 is less variable, annual mean SIA is less persistent, and monthly SIA is less predictable 24 than in the CESM1. Upper ocean temperatures under the seasonal ice pack do confer 25 some interannual predictability to Antarctic September SIA, though the relationship is 26 weaker in the CESM2 than the CESM1. On the other hand, variability in upper ocean 27 temperatures equatorward of the ice edge appear to follow, rather than lead, SIA vari28 ability in both models, suggesting that the state of the open Southern Ocean may be a 29 poor predictor of ice evolution. 30 Plain Language Summary 31 Sea ice is a central part of the Antarctic climate system, and Earth system mod32 els are an indispensable tool for studying the climate of the Antarctic. Advances in mod33 elling are essential for understanding and projecting future changes in the region as the 34 globe warms. Here, we describe Antarctic sea ice climatology in the state-of-the-art Com35 munity Earth System Model, version 2 (CESM2). The CESM2 incorporates several mod36 elling advances which collectively improve representation of Antarctic climate compared 37 to previous model versions. Among these is a 'mushy layer' treatment of sea ice, where 38 the ice is modelled as a mixture of solid ice and salty water. Modeling sea ice as a mushy 39 layer changes the way that Antarctic sea ice grows in the CESM2, in a manner more closely 40 resembling how Antarctic sea ice has been observed to grow in the real world. Antarc41 tic sea ice area in the CESM2 also more closely matches observed sea ice area, due pri42 marily to differences in atmospheric winds and ocean heating. In conjunction with ob43


Urban land use leads to problems with both water quantity and quality, yet the mechanisms that control urban stream water volumes and pollutant loads are still poorly understood. Few studies have examined the relative contributions of "newer" surface runoff vs. "older" groundwater to these urban systems. Increased impervious surface area and historical alterations of streams to become engineered channels can exacerbate local flooding that is followed by periods of low water retention (Criss and Shock, 2001). Moreover, there are frequently many potential sources of contaminants with complex pathways that lead to low water quality in urban streams (Wong et al., 2006; Hasenmueller and Criss, 2013).


Mitigation of periodic resonance crossing induced by space charge is foreseen via classic resonance compensation. The effect of the space charge is, however, not obvious on the effectiveness of the compensation scheme. In this proceeding we report on the experimental campaign performed at SIS18 to investigate experimentally the effect of space charge on the resonance compensation. The experimental results and their consequences are discussed.


It surprises no one that Native Son (1940) was not adapted to film by Warner Brothers Studio. In fact, an analysis of the novel's rejection by Hollywood may seem an exercise in the obvious: Hollywood studios of the studio era (1928-1948) were oligopolies invested in producing conservative films thought to be universally consumable. Richard Wright's novel, a fierce critique of the bloody consequences of white racism, seems hardly the kind of pre-sold property Hollywood was looking for. But rather than accept studio racism as given, I wish here to begin to pry it apart--to interrogate the lesser-known industrial practices that worked to create the well-known industrial product. Through an analysis of studio archival records, I will examine one adaptation strategy widely employed by studio story departments, the custom of "Burbanking," to argue that this strategy had the effect of racializing studio narrative as white. David Bordwell has shown that the narrative logic of classical Hollywood cinema centers on the psychology and actions of a protagonist who responds to conflict through a chain of cause-and-effect events ("Story Causality" 13-23). The story is generally incited by a temporary threat to social order (an injustice, a crime, a misunderstanding) perpetrated by an inappropriately self-interested antagonist; the story progresses through the actions that the protagonist takes to thwart the antagonist to restore social order. When the studios chose to purchase an existing story, that story would be adapted to this narrative model to a greater or lesser degree. As Nick Roddick has argued about Warner Brothers film production in the 1930s, "a standard code of practice was adopted in terms of decision-taking, planning, scripting, shooting, editing, publicity, and release. This necessarily involved fitting the variable story material into as regular a narrative pattern and cinematic style as possible, with the crux of the plot ... illuminated through a central character...." (254) If a purchased story presented as this central character's problem a corrupt social order, Hollywood would often resituate the corruption within a single individual preferring to critique "bad seeds" over bad systems. Because the Warner Brothers West Coast office was in Burbank, California, and this self-styled studio of "social conscience" was particularly fond of this kind of narrative adaptation, the trade newspaper Variety dubbed the practice "Burbanking." As Roddick and Tino Balio have argued, Burbanking had the conservative effect of maintaining current social order because injustice was portrayed as a result of individual villainy that would likely succumb to individual heroism (Balio 281). I would add more specifically that this adaptation practice, which functioned as an ideological narrative technology, rendered black protagonists unrepresentable in studio era film. James Snead wrote that in "all Hollywood film portrayals of blacks ... the political is never far from the sexual, for it is both as a political and as a sexual threat that the black skin appears on screen" (8). Of course, the disappearance of black skin from the screen had its political and sexual effects as well: conservative studio era film cannot help but be marked by the radical race narratives that it attempts to suppress. To demonstrate this point, I first examine the reaction of the Warner Brothers story department to Native Son and to Ann Petry's novel The Street (1946), to argue that it was the narrative ideal of Burbanking that made these novels unadaptable to Hollywood film. Next, I analyze a novel that the studio did see fit to adapt, Ellen Glasgow's Pulitzer Prizewinning In This Our Life (1941). Like Native Son, In This Our Life features a black male chauffeur who is accused of murder and a young white woman determined to disregard social restraints on her sexual behavior. I show that Glasgow's novel was ripe for studio consumption because it was, in a sense, always already Burbanked by the author herself. …


This article studies a perishable inventory system with a production unit. The production process is governed by (s, S) policy and it is exponentially distributed. The primary arrival follows Markovian arrival process(MAP) and the service time is phase-type distributed random variable. The inventoried items are subject to decay exponentially with a linear rate. A newly arriving customer realizes that system is running out of stock or server busy either moves to infinite waiting space with a pre-assigned probability or exit system with complementary probability. Customers in the waiting space make retrials to access the free server at a linear rate. If the system is running out of stock or the server is busy upon retrial, customers go back to orbit with different pre-defined probabilities according to the level of inventory or exit the system with corresponding complementary probabilities. The system is analysed using Matrix Analytic Method(MAM) and the findings are numerically illustrated.


"Higher education is changing, and the networking that you do now is more important than ever," said Felicity O'Herron, chief human resources officer and associate vice president of Employee Services. "That's why bringing together faculty and staff from across the university is essential. The Excellence in Leadership Program facilitates collaboration and the creation of meaningful and enduring relationships."


Traditional network protocols employ error control techniques for reliable information dissemination over noisy communication channels. In this dissertation, two main topics are investigated for efficient error controls over a broadcast channel. First, unequal error protection (UEP) coding schemes for multiuser communications are investigated, and we propose integer programming approaches to UEP coding and decoding. Second, reliable packet transmissions over a single-hop broadcast network are considered, and we propose a unified solution to use a deterministic network coding for a packet retransmission scheme and a packet-level forward error correction scheme. For multiuser communications over a broadcast channel, integer programming approaches are introduced to the construction and the decoding of a binary linear UEP code. First, optimal UEP codes are constructed from integer programming for maximum efficiency, and lower bounds of UEP codes


A novel cycloaliphatic triepoxide, 1,1-bis(2′,3′-epoxycyclohexyloxymethyl)-3,4-epoxycyclohexane (II), and its precursor, 1,1-bis(2′-cyclohexenyloxymethyl)-3-cyclohexene, were synthesized. Their chemical structures were confirmed with IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and 1H NMR spectroscopy. II was easily cured with hexahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride with 1,3,5-triethylhexahydro-s-triazine as a curing accelerator. The physical properties of the cured product were examined with thermomechanical analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, and dynamic mechanical analysis. Compared with the commercial diepoxide ERL-4221 under the same curing conditions, the cured product based on II showed a much higher glass-transition temperature (198 °C), a higher crosslinking density (2.08 × 10−3 mol/cm3), and a lower coefficient of thermal expansion [6.2 × 105(/°C)]. II may become a promising candidate material for modern microelectronic packaging. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 2799–2804, 2001


– Objective: To know the bibliometric and engineering aspects regarding the management of the SMED tool to improve productivity from a systematic review between 2012 - 2022. Methods: Using the keywords, a systematic search of articles in English and Spanish was carried out in the databases Scielo, Redalyc, Dialnet, DataScope, ScienceDirect, Elsevier, EBSCO, Core, Publisher and Google academic; published in the study period with a total of 10 databases. The evaluation of SMED tool management to improve productivity in industrial companies was carried out by analyzing engineering and diagnostic tools, as well as the effects on productivity in various industrial organizations. Result: Most of the research was conducted on the management of the SMED tool where 61% improved productivity in the industrial sector considering the review of 18 articles where 10 of them mention the importance of implementation and application of the SMED tool in industrial companies as it reduces preparation time and increases productivity. Conclusions: The SMED tool in industrial companies achieved a 42% improvement in time, 35% improvement in productivity, 15% improvement in costs and 8% reduction in wastage


A demonstration is presented that a finite-amplitude circularly-polarized Alfven wave is generally unstable in a MHD fluid. The wave decays by a four-wave coupling process in which the daughter waves are forward propagating random density and magnetic fluctuations and a backward-propagating magnetic wave. For parameters typical of the solar corona and the solar wind (thermal to magnetic energy density ratios between 0.1 and 1, and values between 0.1 and 0.9 for the ratio of magnetic energy density of the initial Alfven wave to that of the background magnetic field), large decay rates are found.


Authors have proposed a printed inverted-F antenna (IFA) for dual-band dual-sense circular polarization. In this paper, a printed IFA combined with two L-shaped elements for dual-band circular polarization. The proposed antenna radiates same sense circular polarization in two frequency bands. The relationship between the antenna characteristics (return loss, axial ratio, and gain) and the additional L-shaped elements are discussed. The bandwidth of 10dB-return loss with a 3dB-axial ratio are 4.6% and 7.6% in the lower and higher frequency bands. The antenna size is relatively small.


In the thesis, the Extensive Cycle Economy and the construction of innovation subject are closely researched. The prime connotation and the ensemble characters of the Extensive Cycle Economy and its innovation subject are summed up. And the specific methods of the innovation subject of the Extensive Cycle Economy are pointed out. It is illuminated that the construction of the innovation subject and the reinforcement of its independent and innovating capability have very important significance in doing well in the Cycle Economy.


The article investigates intergenerational transfers from children to parents and provides evidence for an exchange motive. The transfers are, therefore, interpreted as expenditures for intrafamilial services. The application of the household production approach to the transfer-service relationship provides a new perspective into the following discussion: as cultural background determines the technology of the household production to a great extent, it is supposed that religion as one of the main cultural factors has an effect on the incidence of transfers.


This paper describes the details of the construction project for a bypass to the city of Coimbatore, India. Components included bridges and culverts, intersections and rail crossings, and toll plazas. The consulting engineers prepared the design and construction drawings and the quality control and maintenance manual, and arranged supervision of construction. Pavement design specifications are given. Railway crossings required bridges and embankments. Intersections included safety devices including traffic signals and road signs, and toll plazas incorporated provision for a control room, generator, information signs and mastic asphalt pavement. Other road furniture and amenities are detailed. For the covering abstract see ITRD E116046.