Sustainability conveys the idea of a balance between human needs and environmental concerns. A common theme amongst definitions of sustainability is that sustainable agricultural systems remain productive over time. They should provide for the needs of current, as well as future generations, while conserving natural resources. The enhancement of environmental quality and careful use of resource base on which agriculture depends is viewed as a requisite for sustained agricultural productivity. The notion that sustainable agricultural systems maintain output in spite of major disturbances, e.g., such as those caused by projected climate change, is relevant to vulnerable areas, especially in the semi-arid and sub-humid regions of developing countries. According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the WMO/UNEP Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2007, semi-arid regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America are likely to warm during this century, and freshwater availability is projected to decrease. Agricultural productivity in tropical Asia is sensitive not only to temperature increases, but also to changes in the nature and characteristics of monsoon. In the semi-arid tropics of Africa, which are already having difficulty coping with environmental stress, climate change resulting in increased frequencies of drought poses the greatest risk to agriculture. In Latin America, agriculture and water resources are most affected through the impact of extreme temperatures and changes in rainfall. Climate change mitigation strategies which include interventions to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases have a marked management component aiming at conservation of natural resources such as improved fertilizer use, improved ruminant digestion, use of water harvesting, and conservation techniques. These strategies are equally consistent with the concept of sustainability. Adaptation strategies include initiatives and measures to reduce the vulnerability of agroecosystems to projected climate change, such as changing varieties, altering the timing or location of cropping activities, improving the effectiveness of pest, disease and weed management practices, making better use of seasonal climate forecasts, etc. It is essential to develop and integrate agriculture mitigation and adaptation frameworks for climate change into sustainable development planning at the national and regional levels to cope with the projected impacts of climate change.


Direct borohydride fuel cell(DBFC) was a new kind of potential power source which generates high power densities for the applications of portable power. The key for affecting DBFC properties was the anodic materials. In the noble metal anode electrocatalysts research, BH4-was well directly oxidation and electrocatalytic affected by Au.The evolution of hydrogen was well inhibited. It was considered as a high effective anode electrocatalysts. And it was regarded by many investigators. The research progress of Au-based anode electrocatalysts of DBFC as well as reaction mechanism details of borohydride oxidation reaction were reviewed and discussed.


An enduring debate in American ecology centers on the "nature" of the biological community. On one hand, there is the seductive analogy of the community to an organism: Each, it is claimed, is composed of interdependent units (species in a community, organs and tissues in an individual), functioning together as mutually interdependent elements of a larger, clearly defined whole. This is the organismic concept, forcefully put forward by the preeminent American ecologist of the early decades of this century, Frederic Clements. The concept grew out of the parallels Clements recognized between ecological succession, as a process of community development, and the developmental stages of an individual organism. In Clements' words:


Our research is related to the hybrid neural network training. It consists of local elements, each of which solving its own problem, and recurrent control element producing the general solution. Local elements have identical perceptron inputs and outputs. It is assumed that the training sample is clustered and each element is trained beforehand and independently. The training of local elements and the control element is considered in detail. The methods of regret assessment for the control element are shown. A computational experiment of the hybrid neural network training is carried out through a recognition problem. As a result of the training, the control element selected the local element with the least loss. AMS Subject Classification: 68T05, 68T42, 62M20, 62M45


We develop in this article an a posteriori error estimator for the P1‐nonconforming finite element approximation, for a diffusion‐reaction equation. We adopt the error in a constitutive law approach in two and three dimensional space, for not necessary piecewise constant data of problems. The efficiency and the reliability of our estimators are proved, neither Helmholtz decomposition of the error nor saturation assumption. The constants are explicitly given, which prove the robustness of these estimators. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 31: 950–976, 2015


A novel wideband CDMA multiuser detection algorithm, multirate weighted parallel interference cancellation (MW-PIC) is proposed. The algorithm has been based on a fair and comprehensive comparison of a selected number of published multiuser detectors. The comparison criteria are derived by reviewing the key features of the proposed wideband CDMA systems for third generation mobile systems.


Dr. Hanlon and colleagues (April 4 p 800) suggest that a booster dose of killed poliovaccine might be more effective than oral poliovaccine in stopping an epidemic of poliomyelitis. A high rate of immunization with the killed vaccine might be effective in preventing an epidemic but injections during an epidemic may provoke poliomyelitis in children already infected with poliovirus. Intramuscular injection of any inflammatory substance can increase the risk of paralytic poliomyelitis by as much as 25-fold among in exceptional circumstances a maximum of 25% of children. Provocation poliomyelitis occurs with injections of diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus vaccine which gives rise to unease among vaccinators. The risk of provocation poliomyelitis with the killed poliovaccine is small but occurred in the Cutter incident and I believe in accidents with previous vaccines. Provocation would only occur in children already infected with poliovirus and with viremia and might be mistaken for coincident paralysis. The risk of provocation increases when unsterile and dirty needles and syringes are used because the injections are more inflammatory. During an epidemic of poliomyelitis injections should be given to small children for urgent medical reasons only. At othertimes injections should be given sparingly and always aseptically. (full text)


To develop a database on growth promoters and feed additives in cattle fattening a purposive survey was carried out. It is done among 30 cattle fattening farmers covering 1 Upazilla under 3 union in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh, who were involved in cattle fattening activities before Eid-Ul-Azha (August to November2015). The survey was done covering farmer's information, livestock population and production system, feed sources, manpower involvement, availability, types of hormones, feed additives use with negative opinion and probable suggestions for controlling whereas the researcher had no control or could not manipulate the variables as the appeared. All the farmers interviewed during the survey period were literates, and about 52% of them had primary education, 27% had secondary school certificates, 14% obtained higher secondary certificate and the rest were graduates and post-graduates, 7%. Irrespective of literacy about 10% of the interviewed farmer had training on cattle fattening and the rest fattened cattle without having any sort of training. About 35% respondents use skilled personal for cattle fattening. In the study areas, most of the farmers (55%) were using roughage and 45% of them use concentrate. The fattened cattle were marketed by farmers is 98% and rest 2% by butcher or others. About 72% of the farmer use Tracoll and 28% use Ketofox as feed additives and as hormone 30% farmers use Betamethasone, 55% use Decasone and 15% use Periactin. In public perception 89% farmers use growth promoters in wrong period and 80% use harmful feed additives, feeding natural feed in low amount is (65%). Consumers are less concern to buy fattened bull (93%). The mean of the suggestions like veterinary services (1.26), doses in proper ages (2.06), feeding balanced feed (1.62), organic growth promoters program (0.60) and knowledge through ICT program (0.03). From the above results it may be concluded that, major number of cattle are fattened by small farmers in the survey area. For this fattening purpose different types of hormones and feed additives available in the market are used by them. It can be concluded that, the percentages of different negative opinions on using hormones and feed additives is higher. J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 9(2): 109-113 2016


This paper contains a reflection on the Hegelian Dialectic Synthesis, shortened by the triplet Thesis–Antithesis–Synthesis, from a formal and naive points of view inscribed in the field of ordinary or commonsense reasoning. The Dialectic Synthesis is analyzed thanks to the methodology of Fuzzy Logic, and limiting the antithesis to either negation or opposite. It is shown, through very simple examples, the necessity for arriving at a synthesis, of a common ground (either crisp or possibilistic) between the thesis and its antithesis.


AbstractFast nonsingular terminal sliding mode controllers (FNTSMCs) are proposed for underactuated spacecraft formation reconfiguration without either the radial or the in-track thrust. A nonlinear dynamic model of underactuated spacecraft formation is developed, which is then linearized about circular reference orbits. Based on the linearized model, the system controllability is analyzed for either underactuated case. Due to the loss of control in a certain direction, the disturbances consisting of the linearization errors and external perturbations do not enter the system from the same channels as those of the control inputs, and therefore turn into unmatched disturbances. To achieve underactuated formation reconfiguration in the presence of unmatched disturbances, underactuated FNTSMCs are designed to indirectly render the system states convergent to the neighborhood of equilibrium by using the inherent coupling of these system states. Modified FNTSMCs are also presented to enhance the system performa...


As technology has advanced, so has the management of diabetes. Insulin, the essential medication for type 1 diabetes, is marketed in an array of formulations and devices. Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can be inserted to measure blood glucose every 5 minutes. The rise of social media has given diabetics online support groups, where they can share their story and learn from others overcoming similar challenges. So, how well do the current diabetes management strategies work? My name Is Jarred and I'm a type 1 diabetic. I have tried many of these products and this article is a review of my experiences with them. Daugherty J. An N of one: my review of management of type 1 diabetes, myself as patient. BU Well. 2016;1:7-10. any years of research has provided people living with diabetes a vast array of tools designed to improve quality of life and disease management. From glucometers that notice trends to continuous glucose monitors that can shut off an insulin pump after blood sugars fall below a certain threshold, diabetics today appear to have it quite easy. So does it all work as advertised?


This research aims to understand how auditor personal characteristic and ethics audit to acceptance dysfunctional audit behavior. This study took place in the Public Accounting Firm domiciled in the city of Bandung.Respondents in this research was the auditors external and sample determinedtotechniquesimplerandomsamplingwiththesampleofthe47 respondents. Research methodology used is empirical studies with the kind of research and verifikatif descriptive.Techniqueanalysisthedatausednamelyregressionanalysis linearmultiple with programassistanceSPSSversion 19.00. The result of this research showing that the auditor personal characteristic influential on the acceptance dysfunctional audit behavior. Ethics audit influential on the dysfunctional audit behavior. Auditor personal characteristic and ethics audit influential on the dysfunctional audit behavior.


Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of conventional chest radiography and abdominal CT for early detection of pulmonary metastases after curative surgery for colorectal cancer. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 138 cases of pulmonary metastases from a group of colorectal-cancer patients, who were recruited from 1994 to 2002 at Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, and who had been surgically treated with a curative resection. Results: The detection rates for pulmonary metastases were 34.1% by conventional chest radiography, 50.0% by abdominal CT, and 15.9% by other means. For stage I and II tumors, conventional chest radiography was superior to abdominal CT (45.7% vs. 34.3%, P<0.05) for detecting pulmonary metastases. On the contrary, for stage III tumors, abdominal CT was superior to conventional chest radiography (55.3% vs. 30.1%, P<0.05). Compared with stage I and II, pulmonary metastases in stage III had a tendency to be more numerous, bilateral, and extra-pulmonary. They also had a low detection rate by conventional chest radiography and a higher detection rate by abdominal CT, and they were associated with poor survival. Conclusions: Conventional chest radiography is no more useful in detecting early pulmonary metastases after curative colorectal surgery than abdominal CT, especially for stage III tumors. We propose the use of routine chest CT or extended abdominal CT for screening of occult lung metastases in stage III colorectal cancer patients.


. The occurrence of Neoechinorhynchus rutili (Muller, 1780) in the white-fish Coregonus nasus (Pallas) sensu Svardson from the Bay of Bothnia was investigated in 772 fish obtained as monthly or bimonthly samples during the period July 1975-January 1977.

In both years most parasites were found only in November and December. All of the 402 parasites found were immature and very small. Most of them were in the first third of the intestine, and only a few were attached to the mucosa. No encysted parasites were found in other any tissues. It is thus suggested that the whitefish of the Bay of Bothnia is only an accidental host for N. rutili.

A clear correlation was found between the importance of ostracods in the diet and the occurrence of N. rutili. The first intermediate host in the Bay of Bothnia was shown to be an ostracod, Candona neglecta (Sars.).


The University of Joensuu started to offer virtual Computer Science studies to high school students in the surrounding rural area of Joensuu beginning in fall 2000. We evaluated the first programming course and modified the course based on the analyzed feedback of the students who dropped out. In fall 2001, we branched out to the rural region of a neighboring province and evaluated the differences between the new and old areas. The percentage of dropouts is somewhat larger in the new area. The course arrangements are the same in both areas, but we found factors, such as the knowledge of the course standards, the experience and attitudes of tutor-teachers, the students' own activities, as well as the students' earlier experience in programming, which may have influenced the dropout phenomenon. We are using stepwise dropout treatment during the first programming course.


proteinases onK-casein, implicating this casein asapossible significant source ofhistidine, whichisessential forstarter growth. Themajordifference between thetwoproteinase types intheir action onK-casein wasintheir ability tocleave bondsneartheC-terminal endofthemolecule. The bondAsn-160-Thr-161 and,toalesser extent, thebondGlu-151-Val-152 wereveryrapidly cleaved bythe P,,,-type proteinase, whereas hydrolysis ofthese bondsbytheP,-type proteinase wasbarely detectable (even after 24hofdigestion). Differential hydrolysis ofK-casein atthese sites bythetwodifferent proteinase types resulted intheformation ofdistinctive, high-M, products detectable bysodiumdodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis. TheK-casein cleavage patterns revealed bysodiumdodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis provide adiagnostic basis forrecognizing differences inproteinase specificity andhave beenusedtoidentify Pl- orP,,,-type andP,/P1,, intermediate-type proteinases fromseveral different lactococcal strains.


This paper reports the results of 172 flexural tests of 790 mm by 1,590 mm (31in.×62in.) concrete block masonry walls. In addition to evaluating tensile strength both normal and parallel to the bed joint, the parameters included in the study are three sizes of block; three percentages of solid; four block strengths; two types of mortar; hollow blocks and ones grouted with three strengths of grout; and special conditions such as stack pattern, partial grouting, and empty head joints. The results confirm the orthotropic nature of masonry where for hollow blockwork, tensile strength parallel to the bed joint is two to four times higher than tensile strength normal to the bed joint. Grouting of the blockwork resulted in a greater increase of strength for tension normal to the bed joint so that these ratios are between 1 and 1.5. While the percent solid of the block has a marked influence, the tensile strength is not found to be significantly influenced by block size or block strength for the range tested. Gro...


The integral experiments and postanalyses performed in Phase IIC of the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE)/Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) collaborative program on fusion neutronics focused on rest blankets that include the actual heterogeneities found in several blanket designs. In one arrangement, multi-layers of Li{sub 2}O and beryllium were placed in an edge-on, horizontally alternating configuration, and in the second arrangement, vertical water coolant channels were deployed. The main objective has been to examine the accuracy of predicting key parameters such as tritium production rate (TPR), in-system spectrum, and other reaction rates around these heterogeneities and to experimentally verify the enhancement in TPR by beryllium in the first experiment. The prediction accuracy was examined in terms of calculated-to-experimental values (c/e){sub i} of the neutronics parameters at several spatial locations. Average local (c/e){sub i} values were statistically calculated for TPR from Li-6 (T{sub 6}) and from Li-7 (T{sub 7}) in addition to quantifying the prediction uncertainties in the line-integrated TPR. A relationship was developed between the prediction uncertainty in the integrated TPR and the corresponding values in the total breeding zone. This relationship enabled us to identify which subzone contributes the most to the prediction uncertainty in the overallmore » integrated TPR. 39 refs., 23 figs., 13 tabs.« less


University net is the main object attacked by the hackers and the viruses.So it becomes a problem worthy of study to find the optimal balance point between the net security and the expenditure and to configure the preventive defense system reasonably and efficiently.By analyzing the relation between the net security and the expenditure,a nonlinear programming model is set up and solved,and then the optimal balance point is found out.Taking the Health Center for example,the sensitivity analysis is followed,which shows the model has a good stability.Finally,the model is developed by adding up the influence of software life cycle and the technological progress.The model proposed in this paper has good popularity and extensive application prospect.


fbr shoot elongation is widely accepted, the role of GA4 in rice anthers is still unknown. Nakajima et aL have reported that the endogenous levels of GAi and GA4 were lower in anthers of male sterile rice than in those of norrnar rice, and suggested that the fertility of rice pollen was related with the endogenous concentration of gibberellins in the anther.S) This preliminary study suggested that an analysis of the relationship between the endogenous levels of


The utility model relates to an improved structure of a multi-panel fan, which comprises a hollow cylindrical body and a driving mechanism, wherein the body is composed of end parts of both sides and a plurality of panel sheets which are radically arranged between the two end parts with equal separation distance; the driving mechanism is embedded in the body, wherein the utility model also comprises two frame parts which are arranged outside the two end parts. The frame part comprises a first side, a second side and a third side, the second side is connected between the first side and the third side, therefore the entire strength of the end part can be increased.


The main aim of the article is to present the climatology of the peak wind gust frequency in poland caused by the impact of both atmospheric circulation and the presence of thunderstorm clouds. nine meteorological stations for the measurement period of 2001-2015 were taken into account. only sYnop reports with a peak wind gust higher or equal to 15 m s in thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm days are considered in this study. The results indicate that the highest threat in terms of frequency and strength of peak wind gusts due to convection occurs in July. in winter, thunderstorms are rare, but if they occur, about 80% of them produce wind gusts exceeding a threshold of 15 m s. peak wind gusts in a non-thunderstorm days are the highest and the most frequent in January, and are at a minimum during summer. comparing both types, peak wind gusts during days with a thunderstorm were on average stronger than those without an involved convection. This indicated that convection was an important factor in enhancing the strength of a wind gust. The highest value in our base was 34 m s, recorded in kraków on 8th July 2015 within the occurrence of a severe thunderstorm, while the highest value in a day without a thunderstorm was 33 m s, recorded in łódź on 31 January 2002.


Perovskite-type lead titanate is an eminent ferroelectric with high Curie temperature, high pyroelectric coefficient, low dielectric constant and high spontaneous polarization. Conventional methods for preparing PbTiO3 fine powders include the chemical coprecipitation method [1, 2], the sol-gel method [3] and the hydrothermal method [4-8]. Hydrothermal synthesis is a good method for preparing directly perovskite-type lead titanate without calcination. In previous reports [4-8] on hydrothermal synthesis of PbTiO3, lead nitrate (or lead acetate) and titanium tetrachloride (or titanium alkoxide) were used as raw materials. In the work reported here, the use of lead oxide and titanium dioxide as starting materials to prepare perovskite-type lead titanate was investigated. The main advantages of this method are as follows: (i) the preparation of solutions of raw materials was omitted to simplify processing, (il) the yield increased markedly because there is no restriction on the concentration of the solution of raw materials and (iii) KOH solution as reaction medium can be reused. For the starting solution, 50 ml of KOH solution of 4 mol dm -3, 47.0 g PbO and 16.0 g TiO2 powders (Pb/Ti ratio = 1.05) were charged into a 100ml Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave apparatus equipped with an electromagnetic stirrer (Peking University Instrument Factory). The hydrothermal synthesis was conducted at 220 °C for 2 h (heating rate 3°min-I) . After the autoclave apparatus was cooled to room temperature in 2 h, the product was filtered, washed sequentially with deionized water, 10 vol % acetic acid, deionized water and alcohol to remove K + ions and excess PbO, and dried at 80 °C. The chemical agents used were all analytical reagent grade. The prepared PbTiO3 powders were analysed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) using Ni-filtered CuKa radiation at 40 kV and 100 mA using a Dmax-2000 diffractometer (Rigaku Co., Tokyo, Japan) to determine the phases of the products. The morphology of the raw materials and products were observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (model JEM-200CX, Jeol Ltd, Tokyo, Japan).


ABSTRACT: This paper describes the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation's (IRS CI's) "Adrian Project." Through a partnership with a college or university and IRS CI, the Adrian Project provides an applied-learning exercise that enables accounting majors to apply their classroom learning by solving hypothetical financial tax fraud crimes. This interactive exercise organizes students into small working teams with oversight and teaching points provided by an assigned "coach," who is an IRS CI special agent. Using pre- and post- questionnaires, we find that students report significant improvement in the development of fraud detection skills and abilities related to: (1) gathering, organizing, and evaluating evidence; (2) employing various investigative tools to identify evidence of fraud; (3) conducting interviews for evidence-gathering purposes; and (4) communication. These skills and abilities are not only essential in fraud detection, but many of them are also invaluable to all accounting studen...


We want to understand how relaxation process from an initial non-generic state proceeds towards a long-time typical state reached under unitary quantum evolution. One would expect that after some initial correlation time relaxation will be a simple exponential decay with constant decay rate. We show that this is not necessarily the case. Studying various Floquet systems with fixed two-qubit gates, and focusing on purity and out-of-time-ordered correlation functions, we find that in many situations relaxation proceeds in two phases of exponential decay having different relaxation rates. Namely, in the thermodynamic limit the relaxation rate exhibits a change at a critical time proportional to system's size. The initial thermodynamically relevant rate can be slower or faster than the asymptotic one, demonstrating that the recently discovered phantom relaxation, in which the decay is slower than predicted by a nonzero transfer matrix gap, is not limited to only random circuits.


An evaluation of acute myocardial infarction and its complication depending of glucose concentration in the moment of hospitalization has been performed. Th ere are fi rst correlations between coronary anatomy characteristics, myocardial revascularization results and glucose blood concentration. Comparative assessment of prognostic meaning of glucose blood concentration and hemoglobin level, age, blood creatinin concentration used in stratifi cation risk scales (TIMI, FRISK, CADILLAC, GUSTO 1V and other) is performed.


Charlie expresses his characteristic myopic skepticism. Whereupon Lucy proves her point by behaving, by executing three rudimentary dance-steps. First she extends her right foot, toes pointed, head turned in the same direction. Second, she repeats the same step in obverse, left foot extended, head turned to the left. Finally she brings both feet together, looks straight ahead in a fixity of beady-eyed concentration and, with ostrich-like stiffness, executes a minute, almost imperceptible flexure of both knees. In the last panel of the cartoon, her three-second dance-repertory exhausted, Lucy turns to Charlie (who by this time is glassy-eyed and freaked out) and remarks, "That cost my Dad eleven dollars and fifty cents." On the most obvious level, the cartoon is a gentle putdown on the affluent and doting American parent, usually suburban, who is intent on giving his little monster all the "advantages." On a deeper level, it is a commentary on the American obsession with cost-account-


This paper focuses on the remaining useful lifetime (RUL) estimation of power MOSFETs, which are stressed by thermal cycling. The relative change in on-state resistance is identified as the aging precursor for die attach solder degradation after exhaustive experiments. A data-driven RUL estimation algorithm based on a linear approximation model is proposed. The empirical coefficients are estimated by the classical least squares method. However, the initial part of the data contains a significant number of outliers, which decreases the estimation accuracy. In order to remove the outlier effect and make the estimation robust, least-squares method is applied to only inliers that are determined by random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm. With the exclusion of outliers, the RUL estimation is improved for the ones that contain outliers. The accuracy of the proposed RUL estimation tool is verified on a number of thermally aged discrete power MOSFET data.


The widespread availability of vulnerable IoT devices has resulted in IoT botnets. A particularly concerning IoT botnet can be built around high-wattage IoT devices such as EV chargers because, in large numbers, they can abruptly change the electricity consumption in the power grid. These attacks are called Manipulation of Demand via IoT (MaDIoT) attacks. Previous research has shown that the existing power grid protection mechanisms prevent any large-scale negative consequences to the grid from MaDIoT attacks. In this paper, we analyze this assumption and show that an intelligent attacker with extra knowledge about the power grid and its state, can launch more sophisticated attacks. Rather than attacking all locations at random times, our adversary uses an instability metric that lets the attacker know the specific time and geographical location to activate the high-wattage bots. We call these new attacks MaDIoT 2.0.


The present invention relates to a kyual code recognition apparatus and method, more particularly, to provide a user customized information obtained with the additional information on the circumstances or the user, as well as preliminary information provided by the existing kyual code, facing the user It relates to kyual code recognition technology and provide them with technical information that can be. To this end kyual code reader in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes a kyual code recognition unit, a first information extraction portion, a second information extraction. Kyual the code recognition unit obtains the data containing the kyual (QR) code. The first information extraction portion extracts the first information stored in the kyual code to decode the data with the obtained. The second information extraction portion extracts the second information including the relative direction information between the sub-code and the kyual kyual code recognition from the data with the obtained.


A brief summary of the literature concerning the role of vibration in the compaction of granular materials is followed by an examination of the theoretical bases of schematic representation of the behavior of the soil-roller system using models with concentrated parameters, of the mass-spring-damper type. Variations in contact area as a function of the mechanical properties of the material and the static load applied are dealt with in an experimental (ditch test) and theoretical study.


New non-invasive imaging modalities are showing promise for enabling earlier detection of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy compared with current recommended screening techniques.


Objective To investigate the effect of IH764-3 on the leukocyte-mediated hypoxia-reoxygention injury of human brain microvascular endothelial cell (HBMVEC). Methods MTT assay was used to detect the survival of HBMVEC; gelatin zymography was used to check the activity of MMPs. The level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in leukocyte was determined via commercially available kit,and the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to quantify the contents of TNF-α,IL-1α,IL-2 and INF-γ in leukocyte culture medium.Results Survival of HBMVEC was impaired by hypoxia-reoxygenation,which was aggravated by supernatant of activated leukocytes but was attenuated by IH764-3. Leukocytes produced high level of MMP-9,ROS and cytokines (TNF-α,IL-1α,IL-2,IFN-γ) after hypoxia-reoxygenation,the process was inhibited by IH 764-3. Furthermore,IH764-3 could effectively reverse hypoxia-reoxygenation injury of HBMVEC with supernatant of activated leukocytes. Conclusion IH764-3 can protect HBMVEC from leukocyte-involved hypoxia-reoxygenation injury by attenuating the activation of leukocytes and inhibiting the pathogenic effects of leukocytes products.


The near-surface rheology of polystyrene films at temperatures around Tg was probed via the decay kinetics of shallow, nanoscale surface corrugation gratings. The gratings were created via hot embossing with a stepped silicon template. The wavelengths are distributed in a range between 25 and 60 nm and have a modulation depth of about 0.8 nm peak-to-peak. Upon heating, one observes a surface tension-driven decay of the surface corrugation at temperatures more than 30 deg below the bulk Tg. Such a fast decay is unexpected and indicates a strongly lowered glass temperature near the surface.


Measurement of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can give a wealth of information about the period of inflation that is assumed to have occurred in the early universe. The perturbations that cause these anisotropies are predominantly Gaussian, but there is the freedom for small non-Gaussianity, which is directly represented in the bispectrum (three-point function) of the perturbations. The non-Gaussianities can encode information on the underlying theory of inflation, but measuring these is hard, so theoretical work on the shape of the bispectrum is required. We will discuss how the bispectrum is typically calculated in single-field scalar models using slow-roll approximations. We calculate for the canonical scalar field model the contribution of an interaction term at next-to-leading order, not coming from coupling to gravity but from self-coupling. This term is proportional to η, using Hubble slow-roll parameters. We find that the contribution diverges and needs to be compensated by a boundary term in time that is commonly ignored in literature and we conclude that the slow-roll combination η is not present in the bispectrum.


This bachelor´s thesis deals with educational activities of birth assistants at the puerperium department. It is divided into two main parts. The first part is theoretical and describes the puerperium and its changes from a physical and psychological point of view. It focuses on nursing care of women at the puerperium department, nutrition, breasts-feeding, exercising, role of the birth assistant by dismissals from the hospital and it also points out the pathological puerperium. The main goal of this thesis is to find out the level of knowledge of primiparas regarding the puerperium, which should be provided to them by birth assistants. The purpose of the questionnaire is to find out the gained knowledge of primiparas, whether they were educated about the given topics and if yes, then who informed them and what is the extent of their knowledge. The second, practical part comes up with the results of the research, which reveals the primiparas gained knowledge degree regarding the puerperium regime, evaluated on the scholar point of scale system.


Macroeconomic news announcements, particularly concerning the U.S. economy, have a significant impact on stock markets. Recent studies show that stock prices react significantly as soon as macroeconomic news is announced. However, the strength of the reaction an d its duration depends on the market and on the news announced. In this paper , we study the applicability of discriminant analysis in the predi ction of direction of changes of the main indices of stock exchanges in Warsaw and Vienna after release of the Employment Report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.


Selective dietary sodium loading (without chloride) fails to produce hypertension in the Dahl salt-sensitive rat. This study attempted to evaluate the effect of selective sodium loading on blood pressure in another NaCl-dependent model of hypertension — deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOC A) -salt hypertension. Three groups of uninephrectomized rats were studied for 32 days on one of the following regimens: (1) high NaCl diet plus DOCA, (2) high dietary sodium intake without chloride plus DOCA, and (3) high NaCl diet without DOCA. Both indirect and direct arterial pressure were higher (p < 0.01) in the DOCA-NaCI group than in the other two groups. In the two DOCA-treated groups, net sodium and potassium balance and total carcass sodium and potassium content did not differ. In the DOCA-NaCI group, higher blood pressures were associated with a more positive chloride balance and total carcass chloride content (p < 0.01), an expanded extracellular fluid volume (p < 0.05), and increased renal vascular resistance (p < 0.01). Higher renal vascular resistance in DOCA-NaCI animals suggests that chloride contributes to NaCl-induced vasoconstrictlon.


A loose coupling method is used to solve the electromagnetic tube bulging. ANSYS/ EMAG is used to model the time varying electromagnetic field with the discharge current used as excitation, in order to obtain the radial and axial magnetic pressure acting on the tube, the magnetic pressure is then used as boundary conditions to model the high velocity deformation of tube with DYNAFORM. The radial magnetic pressure on the tube decreases from the center to the tube end, axial magnetic pressure is greater near the location equal to the coil height and slight in the other region. The radial displacement of deformed workpieces is distributed uniformly near the tube center and decreases from the center to the end; Deformation from the location equal to coil height to the tube end is little. This distribution is consistent with the distribution of radial pressure; Effect of the axial magnetic pressure on deformation can be ignored. The calculated results show well agreements with the experimental results.


This paper puts forward a routing algorithm based on Grover searching theory for MANET. It first gives the Grover searching theory and the construction way of probability branch matrix and solution path matrix which are suitable for MANET. And then, on this basis, define probability computation equation to compute each node's probability. Select nodes with high probability to transmit datagram to reduce computation quantity in networks and make the routing converge quickly.


Spherically propagating laminar flames at elevated pressures in a large volume bomb were studied for propane-air mixtures. The effects of the initial mixture pressure on the burning velocity and flame instabilities were investigated varying the initial pressure from 0.10 to 0.50MPa. The Markstein number decreased with the increase in the initial pressure. The burning velocities at elevated pressures are affected not only by the change in the unstretched burning velocity but also by the variation in the Markstein number, or the variation in the sensitivity of the burning velocity to the flame stretch. The flame with a low Markstein number was unstable. Cellular flame structure developed earlier in such cases. Cellular structure accelerated the flame propagation. The burning velocity was affected by the flame instabilities in addition to the above two factors.


The existence and blow-up of a class degenerate parabolic equation on semi-infinite space is considered. It is proved that in small initial conditions the solution exists globally and in large initial condition the solution blow up in a finite time.


Resources for research and exploration for HS5390 students. Includes the in-class research activity and materials related to the Zotero citation management program. Links to information about Interlibrary Loan (ILL), TexShare cards, and local libraries


The localized modes of a layered photonic crystal with a substitutional defect are calculated by expanding the magnetic field over a truncated set of Wannier functions. Good agreement is found with the results obtained by the transfer-matrix technique. It is shown that frequencies converge very fast (slowly) as the number of unit cells (photonic bands) in the truncated set is increased.


Let $M$ be a compact complex manifold, $G$ any compact subgroup of the complex Lie group of all holomorphic automorphisms of $M$ and $\mathfrak{G}$ the Lie algebra of $G$ which consists of holomorphic vector fields on $M$. In [5], the first author defined a character $f:\mathfrak{G}\rightarrow C$ (more generally defined a C-character of the complex Lie algebra of all holomorphic vector fields on $M$) which depends only on the complex structure of $M$ and vanishes if $M$ admits a Kaehler-Einstein metric. In this paper, we first see that characters of this kind appear naturally in the Lefschetz numbers. More precisely, let $\mathcal{D}$ be the Dolbeault complex of $M$ with values in a certain holomorphic vector bundle over $M$ and $H^{i}$ the i-th cohomology group of $\mathcal{D}$. Then the Lefschetz number $L(g)$ , for $g\in G$ , is by definition


Nineteen women at risk of bearing a child with either Duchenne muscular dystrophy or a neural tube defect participated in a structured scenario study. Eight scenarios were created to allow the women to "try out" possible reproductive outcomes.


The aim of the study was to find out the feasibility of beef cattle fattening by sharing system in Grantung, Bayan, Purworejo. The location of the research was in the village of Grantung, the subdistrict of Bayan, Purworejo Regency. The study was conducted from June until December 2006. The resopondents were the receivers of sharing system beef cattle from Agricultural and Husbandary Agency of Purworejo as many as 30 people which were taken by purposive sampling. Measurement of Benefit Cost ratio (BCR), Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) values were done to analyse the feasibility. The result showed that values being obtained for BCR was 1.05; NVP was Rp. 1,798,664.07; and IRR was 31%. Therefore, it could be concluded that the beef cattle fattening by sharing system carried out in Grantung, Bayan, Purworejo was feasible to be implemented. (Key words: Beef cattle fattening, Sharing system, Project feasibility)


Space-time adaptive processing is attracting interest for use in airborne radars that detect low-flying aircraft and surface moving targets in the presence of clutter, jammers and other interference. This paper describes numerically robust and computationally efficient algorithms for STAP signal processing and their representation as systolic computational flow graphs. Their implementations using general-purpose parallel computers and application-specific ICs are compared.


We theoretically investigate X-ray photoemission spectra (XPS) from transition metal 2 p and 3 s core levels in late transition metal compounds in terms of an MX 6 cluster model (M=Mn∼Ni; X=halogen or oxygen), paying particular attention to the interplay between the intra-atomic multiplet coupling and covalency mixing effects. In the analysis of 3 s -XPS, we also take into account the intra-atomic configuration interaction between 3 s 1 3 p 6 3 d n and 3 s 2 3 p 4 3 d n +1 electron configurations. The systematic change of 2 p -XPS and 3 s -XPS on going from Ni to Mn compounds or from fluorides to bromides is mainly ascribed to that of the charge transfer energy from X to M ion. In the analysis, we show that the final state effects are very important in the 3 s -XPS as well as in the 2 p -XPS.


Initialization and structure learning in fuzzy neural networks for data-driven rule-based modeling are discussed. Gradient-based optimization is used to fit the model to data and a number of techniques are developed to enhance transparency of the generated rule base: data-driven initialization, similarity analysis for redundancy reduction, and evaluation of the rules contributions. The initialization uses flexible hyper-boxes to avoid redundant and irrelevant coverage of the input space. Similarity analysis detects redundant terms while the contribution evaluation detects irrelevant rules. Both are applied during network training for early pruning of redundant or irrelevant terms and rules, excluding them from further parameter learning. All steps of the modeling method are presented, and the method is illustrated by an example from the literature.


Recently in the health service the globalization and opening their market to foreigners are realized in Korea. So, it becomes necessary for the health service institutes to execute their management to focus on service quality to satisfy their customers. We examined the customer orientation of the individual health professional rather than the market orientation concept based on the health institute. For the market orientation of the health institute should require the individual health professional worked there. The hypotheses for the effect of the role conflict, ambiguity, and job satisfaction of the health professionals to their customer orientation were established based on the literature review and previous researches and tested to the 250 health professionals such as health technician, nurse, radiologist, and management clerk in D hospital located in Busan, in summer 2008. First, the hypothesis 'The role conflict between the individual health professionals might effect to the customer orientation' was rejected. Second, the hypothesis 'The role ambiguity of the individual health professional might effect to the customer orientation' was accepted. Third, the hypothesis 'The satisfaction of the individual health professional might effect to the customer orientation' was rejected. and the multiple regression analysis was taken with the dependent variables as each construct of customer orientation-responsiveness, empathy, tangibility, and reliability, and independent variables as role conflict, role ambiguity, and job satisfaction. With these analysis, we found also the role ambiguity effected to the customer orientation. Keyword : role conflict, Role Ambiguity, job satisfaction, customer orientation http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2015.9.1.23 Corresponding Author: CheolWoo Park E-mail:firstname.lastname@example.com, Tel: +82-10-9889-5477 Addr. Dong-eui Institute of Technology, 54, Yangji-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Korea Received : November 26, 2014 Revised : December 20, 2014 Accepted : January 25, 2015 "Effects of the Role Conflict, Ambiguity, and Job Satisfaction of the Health Professionals to Their Customer Orientation"


The dilemma between high control performance and high fault tolerance for a power electronic penetrated shipboard propulsion system (SPS) impedes the development of more-electric ships (MESs). In this article, with a doubly fed induction machine (DFIM) electric drivetrain adopted, a partially power decoupled SPS structure is presented to enhance the system robustness to solid-state device failure. Two electric machines, which are the synchronous generator (SG) and DFIM, generate and consume power in a DFIM-SPS, respectively. However, the coupling effect between their controls results in potential threats to the system stable operation. The phase-locked loop (PLL) functions as the key factor of interacting their operation, and its mechanism is illustrated in detail for DFIM-SPS to explain the deteriorated performance. This article proposes an emulated stator voltage-orientated vector control (ESVO-VC) strategy with coupling effect elimination to realize separate control of SG and DFIM electric drivetrain. The proposed ESVO-VC strategy is verified by simulation in MATLAB/Simulink for a 10-MW DFIM-SPS, in which three-stage mechanical load torque changes are presented to indicate different working conditions. Moreover, the power circuits of SG and back-to-back power converter (BTBPC) are simulated in a real-time digital simulator (RTDS), and the proposed ESVO-VC is further validated by a control-hardware-in-the-loop (CHIL) setup.


ABSTRACT Mohsen Makhmalbaf, onetime Iranian revolutionary and self-taught filmmaker and humanist, has made a series of highly acclaimed and deeply personal films. The Cyclist has much in common with the style and content of Vittorio De Sica9s neorealist classic, The Bicycle Thief . However, despite the similarities, Makhmalbaf, like his fellow filmmakers, has made neorealism distinctively Iranian.


Based on a theoretical discussion of "financial ecological environment",this paper analyzes the current situation and problems in the financial ecological environment of Wuhai City and proposes countermeasures for the construction of a favorable financial ecological environment for the city.It points out that in the efforts to improve the financial ecological environment,focus should be placed on the optimization of government behavior,legal system,economic environment,social credit system and intermediary service system.


The laws, regulations, and policies relevant to embryonic research and genetic research in the United States have separate histories. The United States has supported at the federal level genetic research - and bioethics on that research - yet the government has a history of not supporting embryonic research, in part due to the political nature of the abortion issue. Because of the difference in support, American laws, regulations, and policies on embryonic research and genetic research, research on stem cells wavers in the United States.


The invention discloses a pea protein concrete foaming agent and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method is characterized by comprising the steps of: mixing 10 weight parts of pea protein, 0.1 to 1 weight part of papain and 200 weight parts of water, carrying out hydrolysis reaction for 0.5 to 24 hours under the temperature of 10 DEG C to 100 DEG C, deactivating enzyme, and filtering, wherein filtering liquid is a prepared mother solution of the pea protein concrete foaming agent; and uniformly mixing 30 to 200 weight parts of the mother solution of the pea protein concrete foaming agent, 1 to 10 weight parts of stabilizing agent, 1 to 10 weight parts of dispersing agent, 0.1 to 5 weight parts of preservative according to weight proportion to prepare the pea protein concrete foaming agent. The preparation method disclosed by the invention has advantages of readily available raw materials, low production cost, and favorable environmental friendliness, and is easy for realizing large-scale industrial production. A foaming process is simple, and the pea protein concrete foaming agent can efficiently enhance the foaming capacity, foaming stability and concrete consistencyand also efficiently enhance various performances of foaming concrete.


OBJECTIVE: To present an unusual case of mantle cell lymphoma with central nervous system (CNS) involvement with unremarkable brain imaging.
BACKGROUND: Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) is a rare type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), with even rarer frequency of CNS involvement. When detected, MCL is usually seen at advanced stages (III and IV) and invariably evident on imaging.
DESIGN/ METHODS: Case report and literature review.
RESULTS: We present a unique case of a 65 year old white woman diagnosed with Stage 4A Kappa restricted B Cell MCL, managed on Wisconsin Regimen (Hyper CVAD: Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Adriamycin, Dexamethasone) who presented with acute onset of double vision, skew deviation of the eyes, left eye ptosis, right horizontal gaze palsy, right facial droop, dysarthria and dysphagia two months after the lymphoma diagnosis. CNS invasion of MCL was suspected on the basis of clinical features and advanced cancer history. Patient underwent serial contrast enhanced magnetic resonances but none of them revealed any abnormalities. Lumbar puncture showed an exaggerated lymphocytic pleocytosis (white cell count of 1681) with mildly elevated proteins of 56 and normal glucose. Cytology later showed the presence of mantle cells on CSF analysis. An Ommaya reservoir was placed immediately after this diagnosis for intrathecal administration of methotrexate and cytarabine, which is a standard therapy for this condition. Patient eventually died from this devastating entity.
CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge there are no other cases in the literature that has shown mantle cell lymphoma with CNS involvement, and negative imaging studies. In this case, the diagnosis was confirmed by CSF analysis. We propose the idea of screening CSF analysis, when the clinical suspicion is high, in any patient with advance lymphoma despite normal finding on neuroimaging, even if likelihood of CNS involvement may be low. Disclosure: Dr. Then has nothing to disclose. Dr. Patel has nothing to disclose.


Health systems in OECD countries are under pressure to improve their performance. Against that background, this paper has three main aims: To compare concepts of the 'performance' of health care systems developed by the WHO and by the OECD, with 'performance frameworks' adopted in selected OECD countries.To compare the key indicators of performance derived from these proposed performance concepts. A secondary objective, here, is to try to identify new performance variables that might eventually be included in OECD Health Data.To compare and contrast the different performance management arrangements in the selected OECD countries, and to evaluate the extent to which there is evidence that new indicators and new institutions have been brought together successfully to improve performance itself. In order to achieve these aims, the paper reviews the performance frameworks and some of the performance indicators adopted recently by WHO, OECD, Australia, Canada, the UK and ... Toutes sortes de pressions s'exercent actuellement pour que les systemes de sante des pays de l'OCDE s'ameliorent. Dans ce contexte, on a adopte dans la presente etude trois principaux objectifs, a savoir : Comparer la definition de la performance des systemes de sante elabores par l'OMS et l'OCDE avec les cadres d'evaluation de la performance adoptes dans plusieurs pays de l'OCDE.Comparer les indicateurs cles de performance etablis a partir de ces definitions proposees. Un deuxieme objectif dans ce contexte, pourrait etre d'identifier de nouveaux parametres de performance qui pourraient eventuellement etre inclus dans Eco-Sante OCDE.Comparer les differents mecanismes de gestion de la performance dans les pays de l'OCDE retenus et faire ressortir les differences ; evaluer dans quelle mesure les faits indiquent que de nouveaux indicateurs et de nouvelles institutions ont ete mis en œuvre avec succes pour ameliorer la performance elle-meme. On a etudie les cadres ...


Vaginal discharge is an unusual discharge other than blood from the vaginal canal, whether it smells or not, accompanied by itching or not in the local area. This study aimed to determine the effect of boiled red betel leaves on the degree of vaginal discharge in teenagers at the Pondok Pesantren Martausshibyan, Cianjur Regency, Indonesia. This research design uses a one-group pretest-posttest experimental research design with a paired t-test with 30 respondents who carried out 2 measurements, namely measurements during the pre-test and measurements during the post-test. The results showed that there was a decrease in the degree of vaginal discharge before and after the intervention (2.23 ± 0.11 Vs 1.13 ± 0.12) with p <0.05. In conclusion, there is an effect of giving boiled water from red betel leaves on the degree of vaginal discharge of adolescents at the Pondok Pesantren Martausshibyan, Cianjur Regency, Indonesia.


The performance of fluidized‐bed reactors utilizing a magnetic field was determined by the use of magnetite‐containing beads of immobilized unease. The reactors showed similar or higher conversions in comparison with fixed‐bed reactors, although some aggregation of the beads in the magnetic field was observed. No effusion of the beads occurred up to a flow rate of 24 cm/min.


Cole discusses the extraordinary life of her late mentor, Frank Oppenheimer (1912-1985), physicist, cattle rancher, teacher and founder of the Exploratorium, a hands-on museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco. He was the younger brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer.


This paper investigates whether partisan conflict can predict the cryptocurrency return and volatility. First, we find that the change rate of the partisan conflict can predict positively (negatively) the cryptocurrency return (volatility), Bitcoin in particular. Moreover, the findings still hold when controlling the effect of Chinese economic policy uncertainty (EPU), which is considered a significant predictor for the return and volatility of the Bitcoin. Overall, our results provide evidence to support that the Bitcoin could be a hedged asset against the risk from the U.S. partisan conflict.


Tablet formulation having a structure comprising a disintegrant and compressed granular material of a mixture of, the drug and granular disintegrant which is in turn compressed into a tablet with a lubricant and an excipient of any of the granules in the granule.


Expounds the current situation and necessity of bilingual teaching in higher education in the present global and hi-tech society. At the mean time, discusses some problems in bilingual teaching practice for computer specialty in the institute of information engineering in Chang′an university, and analyzes the characteristics and effects of various bilingual teaching methods. It creates a good basis for the globalization of higher education, the creation of comprehensive talents and the international connection.


In this work, we report on our experience in defining and applying a model-based approach for the automatic generation of test scripts for product variants in software product lines. The proposed approach is the result of an effort leveraging the experiences and results from the technology transfer activities with our industrial partner Bombardier Transportation. The proposed approach employs metamodelling and model transformations for representing different testing artefacts and making their generation automatic. We demonstrate the industrial applicability and efficiency of the proposed approach using the Bombardier Transportation Aventra software product line. We observe that the proposed approach mitigates the development effort, time consumption and consistency drawbacks typical of traditional strategies.


We use a JTC optodigital approach, but avoiding an external reference beam to record the encoded information. We only encode a master key in a Mach-Zehnder arrangement, leading to a corresponding simpler encrypting procedure.


The present study was attempted to explore the educational anxiety with its dimensions i.e. academic anxiety and test anxiety among ninth class students of Rohtak district in relation to learning style, gender and locality. Descriptive survey method employed for the present investigation. Multi-stage stratified random sampling technique used to select the sample of 350 secondary school students studying in ninth class of Government schools of Rohtak city. Educational Anxiety Inventory developed by Sood & Anand (2012) and Learning Style Inventory developed by Misra (2005) were used to collect the data. Means, S.D's & t-test compute on SPSS were used for the purpose of the data analysis. The findings revealed that no significant difference in educational anxiety with its dimensions among male and female secondary school students. While, a significant difference found in educational anxiety among urban and rural secondary school students. Further, no significant difference found in educational anxiety among secondary school students having low level and high level learning style.


A technique for separating shallow heat source effects from temperature gradient data is presented. The technique makes use of the depth dependent information available in the wave number spectrum of the gradient data. The effectiveness of the technique is demonstrated on a two-dimensional numerical model of a geothermal system containing a deep geothermal reservoir which is masked by a warm, shallow aquifer and a thermal spring. This geothermal system is representative of those found throughout the Basin and Range province. The resulting filtered gradients produce an excellent prediction of the temperatures in the modeled geothermal reservoir.


An accelerator is described which allows a mass-separated beam of hydrogen ions having a current up to several hundred microamperes at an energy of 500 keV to be obtained. The shaping of the high voltage is carried out by two stages: the first stage is an ultrasonic vacuum-tube oscillator with a transformer having a ferrite core and ensures up to 25 kV rms; the second stage is a cascade oscillator with nine stages.


It has been shown that by utilizing a set of ''dimensionless'' equations of state, the Einstein field equations governing Bianchi V imperfect fluid cosmologies reduce to a plane‐autonomous system of equations. This plane‐autonomous system shall be investigated here, and the qualitative behavior of the underlying cosmological models shall thereby be obtained.


Success in helping children in increasing reading ability, big book is introduced as teaching media in increasing students' reading ability in upper level. English teacher of MA Ma'arif 8 Ihyaul Ulum Manyar Sekaran Lamongan uses "Narrative big book" in teaching reading comprehension. "Narrative big book" is kind of big book which contains of narrative text. This media is to attract students' motivation in teaching learning process who has difficulties in learning English. This study discussed about the implementation of "Narrative big book" in teaching reading comprehension. The questions of this study are 1. What are the procedures of implementing "Narrative big book" in teaching reading comprehension? 2. What are the students' responses to the implementation of "Narrative big book" in teaching reading comprehension?. The setting of the study was in the tenth grade of MA Ma'arif 8 Ihyaul Ulum Manyar Sekaran Lamongan. The subject of this study was 50 students of Science and Social class. The data were collected by observation checklist, interview and questionnaire. The result of this study are 1.The procedures of implementing "Narrative big book" in teaching reading comprehension in this school are similar with the way people use the big book in general. But, the teacher with creativity added some activities to support "Narrative big book" implementation. They are additional regular-irregular verb and identifying generic structure of narrative text in detail. 2. Students give positive responses toward this media. The data shows high percentage which represents students' response which can be categorized in acceptance, like, positive, tend toward big book implementation. For the next researchers, it is suggested to conduct a research about examining how effective this media applied in different school. The result of such studies can help teacher to design the best learning media for future learner.


The reaction of molecular oxygen with organic molecules is a process of considerable interest. The organic molecules with high susceptibility for oxygen attack are polyunsaturated fatty acids and acyl-lipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. In foods, lipid oxidation is the major chemical factor responsible for the loss of wholesomeness by deterioration of flavor and aroma, as well as the decay of nutritional qualities and food safety. Thus, the new volatile odorous compounds, hydroxy acids and the condensation between oxidation products and proteins are responsible for aroma changes, flavor and texture modifications. The mechanism of autoxidation of lipids is a free radical reaction which involves three stages: initiation, propagation and termination [1].


The article deals with the problems of the theory of administrative and legal relations. Based on a critical analysis of the main characteristics and features of administrative relations identified in the Russian science of administrative law, the author substantiates his own approach to understanding the essence and structure of these relations. Special attention is paid to such controversial issues as the mandatory participation in all administrative legal relations of public entities and their qualification as managerial and power.


For centuries, authorities have been patriarchal and vertical, following the law of the strongest in a binary vision of world, life and human being. If limitless and unquestionable, authority inevitably collapses into abuse and destruction. Facing the danger of authoritarianism, the democratic society moves to develop more humanistic organisation by exploring the possibilities of the distributed leadership. Art offers a specifically deep response to inner and outer conflicts. Based on the creative process, arts therapies address either individual and community violence and dictatorship. When the therapeutic relationship is collaborative and inclusive, art therapy contributes to the evolution of current forms of authority to new ones. Resisting and preventing power abuse is a main object if in therapy and education. Art and art therapy use positive anger to help treating trauma, enhance resilience and globally support mental and physical health.


This study describes the results from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) chassis dynamometer testing of a 2000 model year Honda Insight and 2001 model year Toyota Prius. The tests were conducted for the purpose of evaluating the battery thermal performance, assessing the impact of air conditioning on fuel economy and emissions, and providing information for NREL's Advanced Vehicle Simulator (ADVISOR). A comparative study of the battery usage and thermal performance of the battery packs used in these two vehicles during chassis dynamometer testing is presented. Specially designed charge and discharge chassis dynamometer test cycles revealed that the Insight limited battery usage to 60% of rated capacity, while the Prius limited battery usage to 40% of the rated capacity. The Prius uses substantially more pack energy over a given driving cycle but at the same time maintains the pack within a tight target state of charge (SOC) of 54% to 56%. The Insight does not appear to force the battery to a specific target SOC. The Prius battery contributes a higher percentage of the power needed for propulsion. The study also found that while both vehicles have adequate battery thermal management system for mild driving conditions, the Prius thermal management is more robust, and the Insight thermal management limits pack performance in certain conditions.


One‐dimensional singularly perturbed problems with two small parameters are considered. Numerical methods for such problems are discussed in several papers, but on a Shishkin‐type mesh. The first optimal result of convergence in an energy norm on a Bakhvalov‐type mesh for one‐dimensional convection‐diffusion problem was given by Roos in [9]. In this paper we analyze Galerkin finite element method on a Bakhvalov‐type mesh for two‐parameter convection‐diffusion‐reaction problems. In the interpolation error analysis, instead of the usual interpolation operator in the finite element space we use a quasi‐interpolant with improved stability properties. We prove that the finite element method for these problems is uniformly convergent in the energy norm. Numerical results confirm our theoretical analysis and show first‐order convergence rate. (© 2013 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Two studies were undertaken to isolate some potential sources of variability in bone‐conduction thresholds. In the first study, 26 normal‐hearing students were tested via air conduction and bone conduction at 5 octave frequencies: 250, 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 cps. Bone‐conduction thresholds were obtained using (1) 30 dB effective masking in the contralateral ear; (2) no masking and contralateral ear open; and (3) no masking but contralateral ear occluded. In the second study, 12 normal‐hearing students were tested via air conduction and bone conduction at 6 frequencies: 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 cps. Bone‐conduction testing was done using three different bone vibrators on each subject. In addition, thresholds for one of the vibrators were obtained using (1) white‐noise masking in the contralateral ear; (2) narrow‐band masking through an earphone in the contralateral ear; and (3) narrow‐band masking through an insert receiver in the contralateral ear. The results of these studies indicated tha...


The pollination biology and reproductive morphology of a dioecious seagrass, Syringodium flliforme Kutz (Cymodoceaceae), was studied in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands where S. filiforme was found to be submarine pollinated. In staminate plants, anthers dehisce concurrently with filament elongation. The filamentous pollen is then expelled underwater from the anthers in strands and clumps over a period of several hours. Submarine pollination occurs when the pollen dumps collide with the filiform stigmas of the pistillate plants. However, Syringodium pollen released on the water surface floats and coalesces, forming snowflake-like rafts, suggesting the possibility that surface pollination may occur during very low tides in populations growing in shallow water. Morphological investigation confirmed that size and age of the short shoot does not influence the likelihood of inflorescence production. Leaf production rates also differed between shoots. Thus, morphological analysis can give little or no phenological or demographic information by which the reproductive history of a clone can be reconstructed. The floral sex ratio was found to be spatially heterogenous, but the number of flowers per shoot did not significantly differ between the sexes. Fruit set appeared to be related to proximity of staminate plants.


Inside and outside: Two consecutive postsynthetic modifications, first an elimination reaction in the channels and then bromination at the surface, were realized in a new hybrid metal-organic framework. The dramatic effects of the different groups in the channels and at the surface were studied using gas sorption and the loading/release of solvent and iodine.


Objective:To study the chemical constituents of the leaves of Averrhoa carambola.Methods:The extracts of the leaves by water,ethanol,acidic water and petroleum ether respectively reacted with various indicators,and by observ-ing the phenomena during the reaction.The chemical constituents of them were concluded.Results:The leaves of Aver-rhoa carambola may contain saccharides,saponins,organic acids,flavonoids,volatile oils,tannins and phenols.Conclu-sion:This thesis may give a basis for further research on the active constituents of them.


Modern academia is making a heated debate on it that if new Confucian ideology(including democracy) has pan-moralistic tendency.In this context,the paper is aimed at disclosing the pan-moralistic tendency and its negative impacts,with Zhang Junmai as an example,on the derangement between politics and political philosophy and the tanglement between nationalism and liberalism,etc.


The stock selection problem is one of the major iss ues in the investment industry, which is mainly solved by analyzing financial ratios. However, cons idering the complexity and imprecise patterns of the stock market, obvious and easy-to-understand in vestment rules, based on fundamental analysis, are difficult to obtain. Fundamental and technical analyses are two common methods for predicting the future behavior of the stock.Fundamental analys is focuses on the economic forces of supply and demand which cause stock prices change. On the other hand technical analysis examines historical data relating to changes in the price and trading v olume by using graphs and indicators as a primary tool to predict future price movements. Therefore, in this paper, a model has been proposed for selection of the right portfolio in stock exchange. Financial industries ranking and companies ranking have been applied for selection of the righ t stock in this model. These rankings have been done through the PROMETHEE decision making method. Technical Analysis has been done for determining the right time to buy and sell the supe rior stocks. A survey has been done for determining the effective criteria over industry an d company evaluation. The developed model has been applied in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) as a real case and a real problem has been solved. It is concluded that by using both Fundamental and Technical Analysis, an investor can get higher return on stocks instead of using just one individu al analysis. In other words, while fundamental analysis distinguishes which stocks to buy, technic al Analysis shows when to buy the superior stocks.Finally, some important and most commonly used indicators have been extracted. These indicators can be used by investors to consistently and correctly predict the future stocks prices.


This paper presents a remote automatic monitor and control system of small water power station rubber dam, based on S7-200 series PLC and WinCC HMI tool. The system takes the both advantages of automatic control and remote control and remains the local manual electrical or mechanical control function. It makes the work of rubber dam more robust, stable and safe, facilitates the users more flexible and improves the power generation efficiency.


The hitherto inaccessible diphenyldiazasuccinic anhydride has been prepared and found to photodecompose to cis-azobenzene together with carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide via a new type of photoelimination reaction.


These are the days of Growth and Innovation for a better future. Now-a-days companies are bound to realize need of Big Data to make decision over complex problem. Big Data is a term that refers to collection of large datasets containing massive amount of data whose size is in the range of Petabytes, Zettabytes, or with high rate of growth, and complexity that make them difficult to process and analyze using conventional database technologies. Big Data is generated from various sources such as social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter etc, and the data that is generated can be in various formats like structured, semi-structured or unstructured format. For extracting valuable information from this huge amount of Data, new tools and techniques is a need of time for the organizations to derive business benefits and to gain competitive advantage over the market. In this paper a comprehensive study of major Big Data emerging technologies by highlighting their important features and how they work, with a comparative study between them is presented. This paper also represents performance analysis of Apache Hive query for executing Twitter tweets in order to calculate Map Reduce CPU time spent and total time taken to finish the job.


Constitutive models for plastic deformation in materials subjected to high rate loading conditions require kinetic descriptions of moving dislocations and moving interfaces. In materials that exhibit twinning, the velocities with which a twinning dislocation and a twin boundary can propagate has implications on the material behavior at high strain rates-specifi cally the rate of plastic deformation and the rate sensitivity. In this study, we focus our attention on motion of a twinning dislocation in a face-centered cubic nickel. We use molecular dynamics simulations to simulate a moving twinning dislocation and investigate the effects of changing shear stress. Results suggest the material speeds have an infl uence on the velocities with which a twinning dislocation can propagate. Velocities from simulations will be related to observations from impact experiments.


In addressing the persistent challenge of fully integrating individual dimensions and human subjectivity within the cultural-historical activity theory, this paper suggests several steps to revise its core onto-epistemology in an expansive approach termed the transformative activist stance. This approach outlines the subtle dialectics of individual and collective planes of human praxis whereby each individual is shaped by collective history and collaborative practices while at the same time shaping and real-izing them through contributing to their collective, dynamic materiality in moving beyond the status quo. In capitalizing on people always transcending what exists in 'the here and now,' in a non-adaptive fashion, based in a commitment and vision to how the world "ought to be," the individual subjectivity is reclaimed as itself a fully social, embodied, material-discursive process. Individual subjectivity and agency gain status through contributing to changes in "collectividual" practices as the primary onto-epistemology of a unitary realm that is individual and social/collective at the same time.


A comparative intervention study aimed to evaluate the effect of evidence based guideline for alleviating traumatic nipple among nursing mothers. The study was conducted at the Postnatal Maternity Unit & outpatient family planning clinic at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Through purposive technique, 150 women were included in the study, based on the following criteria: newly nursing mothers medically diagnosed for traumatic nipples with different degrees, healthy women with healthy infants. Data were collected through three tools: a structured interview sheet developed to collect mothers' data and practices related to breast feeding; Visual Analogue Scale conducted to assess pre/post intervention nipple pain; and Nipple Trauma Score (NTS) conducted to assess pre/post intervention traumatic nipple, in addition to Arabic evidence based guideline. The results of the study showed that all mothers suffered from different degrees of traumatic nipple, most of the mothers had poor practices related to breastfeeding and didn't have any reaction toward nipple trauma. The results indicated positive effect of evidence based guideline on mothers' practices & degree of traumatic nipple and also showed that lanolin, tea bag compresses and expressed breast milk had the same effect of relieving nipple trauma. The study came up with the following recommendations: developing a counseling program for women during pregnancy and immediate postpartum period about prevention and treatment of traumatic nipple; conducting further prior research to determine the relation between pregnancy preparation for lactation & the occurrence of nipple trauma.


In this paper, the main factors which influence the noise ratio of gyroscope output signal were analysed, according to the MEMS gyro interface circuit technology. A working principle of a carrier in the gyroscope circuit was discussed, the process formula of the carrier amplitude and frequency in the interface circuit of modulation and demodulation was deduced, and the error components lead-in from carrier to gyroscope circuit was distinguished. Several commonly used carrier-generating circuit schemes were analysed and compared, and a carrier-generating program in the interface circuits of the micro-gyroscope was designed, which was applied in a MEMS gyro developed by our laboratory. The measurement results show that the amplitude stability and frequency stability is 1.3 ppm and 12 ppm, respectively, meeting the performance requirements of carrier generating in the MEMS gyro circuit.


In the research of flight simulator, the head posture recognition of pilot is very important. The accuracy of head posture recognition directly affects the quality of flight simulation. In this paper, a head posture recognition method is proposed for Flight Training Simulation. Firstly, the development process and working principle of Helmet Mounted Sight (HMS) are deeply studied, then the principle of Newton-Raphson method is introduced, after that the head posture recognition method based on Newton-Raphson method is proposed. Finally, the hardware design and software workflow of head posture recognition system are given. The simulation result shows that the method has high efficiency and accuracy and is suitable for head pose recognition.


Some codices which belong to the category of manuscripts recentiores or found in the libraries of Southern Europe are not negligible. All three of the Iliad that are heldn in Madrid do not detract much from others as to be ignored in the critical editions. Although they are generally added to the major testimonies, they often provide support for readings scarcely documented and sometimes they offer unique testimony that edited versions deserve.


ABSTRACT This report consists of a study of a woman with goiter whose primary defect seems to be in an abnormal stereostructure of thyroglobulin. She showed a positive thiocyanate discharge of 131I by the thyroid. Activities of thyroid peroxidase, catalase, transaminase, keto-enol tautomerase, and protease were comparatively normal. 125I-labeled monoiodotyrosine injected into the patient was rapidly deiodinated. Since the iodine content of the goiter thyroglobulin was at a high normal level (0.78%), it is unlikely that an iodide organification defect is a primary abnormality in this case. The behavior of the thyroid protein obtained from the patient was indistinguishable from that of normal thyroglobulin in solubility, electrophoretic mobility, sedimentation velocity, and antigenicity. Spectrotitration of tyrosyl and iodoamino acid residues in native and in vitro iodinated goiter thyroglobulin was performed in water and in 8m urea, and the reactivity of these residues was assessed with N-acetyl imidazole....


Holistic care is a comprehensive approach for achieving optimal level of care for patients. Identifying the motivational factors can increase quality of nursing care and improve the healing process. Investigation of nurses' experiences will provide real and meaningful results in this field. In this study we aimed to explore nurses' experiences regarding holistic care. This qualitative study was conducted on 18 nurses from Uremia, Tabriz, Ardebil and Tehran teaching hospitals of Iran. The data were obtained by interviews with nurses. These interviews were transcribed and analyzed by the conventional content analysis method and using MAXQDA software. Personal characters and experience of hospitalization were identified as motivational and promotional factors in providing holistic care. Considering the role of personal characters and experience of hospitalization in holistic care, paying more attention to nurses' characteristics and upgrading their communication skills and knowledge are necessary for development of holistic care and are highly recommended.


The tractor is an important machine for every European farmer. It is typically propelled by a Diesel-engine, while pure electric and hybrid drives gain interest. Only a few international manufacturers are manufacturing the enormous scope of tractor-models available on the European market. To save costs, several platform models have been established. They are labelled and sold under various brands. Therefore, 117 tractor models have been analyzed that were available on the Austrian market until the end of 2013. The aim was to identify if there are correlations of technical data (e.g. power and vehicle mass). Some additional values have been derived from them. It could be shown, that large tractors are equipped with relatively small sized tires. Large tractors generate higher pressure and shear stress in the contact area than small ones. A factor for the tire diameter was developed to obtain equal pressure and shear stress.


Cooling tower performance analysis of Stanwell Power Station to save energy and operating cost is presented in this paper. Here performance refers to the cooling efficiency of the tower. How cooling tower efficiency can be measured on-line is discussed. Different methods of efficiency measurement are analysed. A model for calculating the cost due to loss in efficiency and the time interval required for cleaning of the drift eliminators is developed. The factors that affect the cleanliness are discussed. A simple example to aid in describing the loss in efficiency and associated operating costs of the power plant is presented.


Amniocentesis is an invaluable diagnostic tool. In the hands of the experienced, the complication rate is small but not unimportant. The possibility of puncturing the fetus at any point, injecting dye into the fetus, introducing infection, precipitating fetomaternal hemorrhage, or traumatizing the placenta must always be kept in mind. Fetal position must be known prior to the amniocentesis to minimize the possible trauma which the fetus may receive during this procedure. Those responsible for the perinatal care of mother and baby must be alert for the complications of this procedure.


This study deals with the theme of Education and the Brazilian Prison System based on the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it cannot be denied that Education has become a Fundamental Right. However, prisoners, in general, already have difficulties accessing this right in a so-called "normal" scenario. In the pandemic scenario, everything becomes more difficult. Even the basic conditions for maintaining the safety and life of those incarcerated were relegated, in several prisons in Brazil, to the background. Pedagogical practices in these prisons have become even more scarce. Therefore, this work seeks to investigate, even if briefly, how COVID-19 impacted Brazilian prisons and, also, the challenges it ended up generating for carrying out Education within prisons.


The energies of reaction and activation for three archetypal aliphatic 3-aza-Cope reactions have been investigated by MP4/6-31G*//MP2/6-31G* calculations. The activation energies of these rearrangements (3-aza-1,5-hexadiene (1 to 2, eq 1), ΔE‡ = 34.6 kcal/mol; 3-azonia-1,5-hexadiene (3 to 4, eq 2), ΔE‡=21.4 kcal/mol; 3-aza-1,2,5-hexatriene (5 to 6, eq 3), ΔE‡ = 17.7 kcal/mol) were found to be consistent with the reported relative facility of substituted versions of these processes. Inclusion of electron correlation in the theoretical model was necessary to reproduce the experimentally observed ordering and relative magnitudes of the activation energies. Comparisons of the transition-structure bond orders for these three reactions show that the N-allyl ketenimine rearrangement features the least amount of bond breaking and bond making of any of these processes. Finally, a comparison of the atomic charges on nitrogen (as calculated by the methods of Mulliken, NBO analysis, and CHELPG methods using the MP2 d...


The thesis focuses primarily on the critical and artistic work of Andrej Stankovic. In this PhD Thesis I try to consider Stankovic publicistic activity whole, for it is highly useful and convenient to know all his work to be able to comprehend his film criticism more precisely.


Objectives: To investigate the most common underlying organisms, and associated urological anomalies in children presenting with urinary tract infection (UTI). Methods: Retrospectively, all children with confirmed UTI between October 2013 and February 2014 were evaluated at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The electronic files of 279 children presenting with UTI, aged less than 5 years were reviewed. Results: A total of 153 patients (85 males) with a mean (SD) age of 15 (19.86) months were included in the study. Recurrent UTI was present in 45.1%. Urine collection in children less than 2 years of age was through trans-urethral catheterization in 69.4%, while midstream urine was the main method in those above 2 years (78.6%). Escherichia coli (E. coli) was the causative organism in 41.2% of first UTI. The second most common organism was Klebsiella Pneumoniae, seen in 19.6%. Urological anomalies were found in 28.1% of the overall study population. Ninety percent of those with single UTI did not have anomalies. However, urological anomalies were reported in 50.7% of those with recurrent episodes of UTI (p<0.005). Non-E. coli cases were associated with a higher percentage of abnormal renal ultrasonography results (p=0.006). Conclusion: Escherichia coli was the most common causative organism for UTI, and a single episode of UTI signified normal urological anatomy. Saudi Med J 2015; Vol. 36 (4): 497-501 doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.4.10770 U tract infection (UTI) is common in children. Early diagnosis and management is essential to minimize the acute morbidity and prevent the long-term complications associated with UTI, which include hypertension and renal scarring. However, considerable controversy prevails in the diagnosis and management of UTI in children.1 Major changes have also been presented in recent treatment guidelines.2,3 Blood investigations such as leukocyte count with urine analysis and inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), might indicate the presence of an infection, but confirmation is only by urine culture. Midstream urine is the standard method in older children, but in young children selecting the best-suited method of urine collection is crucial to avoid false positive results. Using urine bags for collecting specimens for culture is discouraged as it increases the possibility of false positive results.4 Urinary tract infection is associated with renal anomalies in children,1 and investigation of affected children is recommended to diagnose renal anomalies. An ultrasound study is recommended by both the American Academy of Pediatrics,2 as well as the National institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE)3 as initial screening. Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) is used to detect vesicoureteral reflux, and DMSA (dimercaptosuccinic acid) scan to detect renal scars.1-3 The DMSA scan is recommended before VCUG by NICE in children aged 6 months to 3 years.3 The DMSA scan could replace VCUG as the first line procedure, and this approach is recommended by many investigators.5 In Saudi Arabia, due to a high rate of consanguinity,6 the risk of renal anomalies looms large; it is believed that up to 70% of renal anomalies in children can be attributed to an underlying genetics cause.7 In this study, we aimed to detect abnormal renal US findings in children aged <5 years with a UTI, and compare the etiology of infection and abnormal US finding in cases with first episode of infection with those with recurrence of infection. Methods. A retrospective review was conducted, inclusive of all children who had UTI confirmed by urine culture and who presented to King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between October 2013 and February 2014. We reviewed electronic files of 279 children aged less than 5 years of age. Urinary tract infection was defined as bacterial growth of 105 CFU/ML. Patients with a colony count Brief Communication Disclosure. This study or any part of it was not presented in a conference proceeding. Authors have no conflict of interests and the work was not supported or funded by


The Longmen Grottoes are carved in Upper and Middle Cambrian dolomite and limestone. The caves and statues in Longmen are cut into different sizes of rock blocks because of the jointing in carbonate rock masses. Rock weathering causes rock masses to lose strength and is destroying the statues, Buddhist pagodas, and stone tablets. Karsting holes are present in great numbers because of the corrosion of the carbonate rocks by rainwater. Based on the mechanism analyses of geological hazards for a period of 1400 years, measures of grouting, rock bolts, and surface drainage systems are used to preserve and reinforce the historical artworks and country rocks of caves. Experiments show that these preservation measures have been very successful.


This paper considers the emergence of ethnic ruptures in the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces. It takes as its starting point the fact that, despite efforts that date back to initiatives implemented by the political wing of the PAIGC (African Party for Independence in Guinea and Cape Verde, Partido Africano para a Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde in Portuguese) during the war of independence, "ethnic empathy" is rife in the military and, at key moments, overrides the comradeship that is supposed to form the basis of relations between military personnel. In fact, as I aim to demonstrate, not only do personal loyalties to military leaders frequently supersede the chain of command, many higher-ranked officials also frequently use the "weight" of their ethnicity (and a corresponding network of relations inside different military units) as a bargaining chip, as well as a weapon and a shield. This is especially true in regards to the distribution of profits accrued from drug trafficking. The situation is all the more intriguing given that the cohesion of Guinea-Bissau's social fabric is generally speaking fairly good, despite its huge ethnic diversity. It is therefore important to ascertain the reason(s) why the situation should be so different within the realm of the Armed Forces.


Over the next few editions of essentialARB, Treevolution, in conjunction with Brudi & Partner TreeConsult (Germany), will produce a series of four articles promoting the findings of the recent research project: An evaluation of current rigging and dismantling practices used in arboriculture. The research was published in 2008 and is available on the HSE website (www. hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/RR668.htm).


Southern California ports handle two-thirds of all container traffic entering the United States from Pacific Rim countries. The majority of these goods are transported from the San Pedro Bay Port Complex by truck to warehouses and transshipment centers throughout the region and to destinations elsewhere throughout the United States. More than 30,000 daily truck trips originate from the Port Complex and this volume is projected to more than double over the next 25 years. This goods movement activity must coexist with other traffic in the most congested region in the nation as determined for the past 25 years by the Texas Transportation Institute's annual urban congestion index. A consortium of government, economic development, shipping, logistics, and port agencies and companies, known as the Goods Movement Roundtable, requested an analysis of the potential benefits associated with truck toll lanes for the purpose of building a consensus in support of public and private financing for the project. The analysis examined the Return-On-Investment of truck toll lanes comparing associated time savings to the projected toll fees. The unique aspect of this analysis was an assessment of the truck toll lane contribution to improved travel time reliability and how consideration of reliability enhanced the ROI analysis. Using previous research developed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas Transportation Institute, the analysis estimated and quantified the impact of travel time variation for ROI consideration of a proposed truck toll lane project in Southern California.


The story of Lin Siniang was spread widely in Kangxi era in the Qing Emperor.This story was recorded by many writers in different angles,so their themes are quite different.By conducting segmental study about the present research of this story for the recent 30 years,it shows that they all focus on the character of Lin Siniang and the stories of Chen Baoyao and Prince Heng in the end of Ming Dynasty.They have limitations and the story of Lin Siniang need be studied further.


It is becoming a challenging issue for users to choose a satisfied service to fit their need due to the rapid growing number of cloud services and the vast amount of service type varieties. This paper proposes an effective cloud service recommendation approach, named personalized cloud service recommendation (P-CSREC), based on the characterization of heterogeneous information network, the use of association rule mining, and the modeling and clustering of user interests. First, a similarity measure is defined to improve the average similarity (AvgSim) measure by the inclusion of the subjective evaluation of users' interests. Based on the improved AvgSim, a new model for measuring the user interest is established. Second, the traditional K-Harmonic Means (KHM) clustering algorithm is improved by means of involving multi meta-paths to avoid the convergence of local optimum. Then, a frequent pattern growth (FP-Growth) association rules algorithm is proposed to address the issue and the limitation of traditional association rule algorithms to offer personalization in recommendation. A new method to define a support value of nodes is developed using the weight of user's score. In addition, a multi-level FP-Tree is defined based on the multi-level association rules theory to extract the relationship in higher level. Finally, a combined user interest with the improved KHM clustering algorithm and the improved FP-Growth algorithm is provided to improve accuracy of cloud services recommendation to target users. The experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed approach in improving the computational efficiency and recommendation accuracy.