The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the relationship between organizational commitment, job satisfaction, education and training, human resource development, and communication in Korea's financial industry. In particular, the mediating relationships between organizational commitment and job satisfaction, education and training, human resource development, and communication were examined in order to provide a better understanding of organizational commitment. A structural equation model was used for the empirical analysis of this study. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that education and training, human resource development, communication, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction are correlated within the Korean financial industry. Furthermore, organizational commitment was found to have mediating effects on education and training, human resource development, communication, and job satisfaction. Based on these results, this study emphasizes the importance of education and training for organizational commitment in the Korean financial industry. In particular, this study establishes the importance of a culture of trust within organizations through human resource development programs, communication for job satisfaction, and organizational performance to face changes in the post-COVID era. In the future, more in-depth qualitative studies are required to derive factors related to the employees of financial companies and to conduct comparison analyses with companies in other industries. ■ keyword :∣Education and Training∣Human Resources Development∣Communication∣Organizational Commitment∣Job Satisfaction∣Financial Industry∣ 접수일자 : 2020년 08월 12일 수정일자 : 2020년 09월 09일 심사완료일 : 2020년 09월 09일 교신저자 : 윤경희, e-mail : firstname.lastname@example.com 금융업 종업원들의 교육훈련, 인재개발, 커뮤니케이션이 직무만족에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 –조직몰입의 매개효과를 중심으로59


Each year, a large number of youngsters are found missing in India. Among them, a large number of cases are never solved due to various difficulties faced by the police ranging from heavy paperwork to lacking technology. Therefore, one of this work's key goals is to provide an application that may assist people whose children have been missing and rescued by the public. This will also reduce the time required to find the missing child to reunite the child with their loved ones as soon as possible. The pictures of child victims can be uploaded by the citizens along with landmarks, to our web app. The photographs will be matched to the missing child's registered photographs if existing in the database. A deep neural network model is trained to locate the lost youngster using a facial picture uploaded by the citizens. Multi-Tasking CNN (MTCNN), the most efficient DNN technique for image-based apps, is used for facial Identification. The images were passed through an augmentation layer to get images of different orientations, brightness, and contrast, which were used ahead to train the EfficientNetB0 model. This model is then used to recognize faces in photographs. Using the MTCNN model for facial recognition with EfficientNetB0 and developing it yields a deep learning model that is free from all types of distortion. The model's training accuracy is 96.66 percent and its testing accuracy is 76.81 percent, implying that there is approximately 77 percent possibility of finding a match for the missing kid. It was evaluated using 25 Child classes. Each Child class has around 15 to 20 images. These images are taken with different backgrounds and real-time settings so that model will work even when noise is present in the image.


A 12 years female presented with dyspnea on exertion. NYHA class-II for last 3 years with reduced effort tolerance and cyanosis since child hood was reported. On examination apex in 5 th intercostal space was shifted to the right of mid clavicular line, first heart sound was single (S1), the pulmonary component of second heart sound was loud (P2). Grade 3/6 pan systolic murmur over right parasternal area was present. Chest X-ray, echocardiogram, CT cardiac angiography and cardiac catheterization affirmed situs solitus, dextrocardia, CCTGA with valvular and infundibular pulmonary stenosis, bilateral superior venacavae, large subaortic ventricular septal defect (VSD) with left sided aortic arch and normal biventricular function (Figure 1and 2).


A flexible and efficient architecture for scalable video coding is proposed in this paper, namely, the macroblock (MB) based progressive fine granularity scalable video coding with hybrid temporal SNR scalability (PFGST in short). In order to develop a high efficient hybrid temporal-SNR scalable coding scheme, authors first extend the progressive fine granularity scalable (PFGS) coding from the frame level to the macroblock level, in which the references for temporal prediction and reconstruction are selected per macroblock instead of per frame in the enhancement layer coding. Furthermore, temporal scalability is introduced into the MB based PFGS to form the MB based PFGST. Two modes are proposed for the temporal enhancement macroblocks coding corresponding to the different references used in the temporal prediction. Since it would not cause any error propagation even if using the high quality reference in the temporal enhancement macroblock coding, PFGST can achieve high coding efficiency by choosing the most suitable reference for motion compensation. Experimental results show that the MB based PFGST video coding scheme can significantly improve the coding efficiency up to 2.8dB compared with MPEG 4 FGST, meanwhile supporting SNR, temporal, and hybrid SNR temporal scalabilities to satisfy the different requirements from channels, clients and/or servers.


Normally, an automatic control algorithm will fail in the case of an urgent great flow change for the characteristic parameters of canal pools which may differ a lot when the flow rate changes greatly, and consequently cause a high water level and overflow. In this study, we propose a two‐stage control method based on the accurate hydraulic simulation of a multi‐pool canal system, which consists of the optimization of gate closing times and real‐time volume regulation. In the first stage, gate closing times are optimized based on the hydraulic simulation to reduce the increase of water level during the closing of gates. In the second stage, the gates are operated according to the difference between the real‐time and target volume so that the water level can remain stable at the pre‐set target point. The results show that this method can reduce the increase in water level and steady time compared with the PIF control method. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract : The designs and parameters are given for caterpillar cranes with the mechanical, electrical, and diesel-electrical drives being used for loading-unloading, installation, and special works. The report encompasses the basic nomenclature of 3 to 75 ton lifting capacity caterpillar cranes manufactured by Soviet industry. The report includes cranes which were previously manufactured and which are widely used, as well as cranes whose models were tested and which were recommended for serial production. Information is given about the purpose of the cranes, a brief discription of their design, detailed technical characteristics, cable-rigging diagrams, the electric, kinematic, hydraulic, and pneumatic diagrams, as well as the summary tables containing basic technical data of caterpillar cranes. The description of each crane includes its operations, variations of a combination of them, as well as variations of rigging by additional forms of changeable equipment. (Author)


Set up in 2009, the UK Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC), is a successful partnership between the Environment Agency and the Met Office to provide national, operational, flood risk guidance. At the same time, we have a development programme to continuously improve flood forecasting. Operational for over a decade, the FFC has a strong portfolio and reputation amongst its users and customers. For example, the 2019 Responder Survey reported that 94% of those who have had contact with the FFC within the last 12 months are satisfied with the services provided.

High impact, low probability events have been a feature of the first 10 years of the Flood Forecasting Centre. Probabilistic forecasting and risk-based approaches provide approaches to identify, forecast and warn for such events. Indeed, whilst these are currently successfully employed by various National Meteorological Hydrological Centres, there is also recognition (for example, World Meteorological Organisation) that effective forecasting and warning systems should be:

‘impact-based’;

driven by ensembles or realistic scenarios through an ‘end-to-end’ system (rather than precipitation ranges being simplified);

more objective, so using new tools such as ensemble ‘sub-setting’, pattern recognition and machine learning to extract most value.

The Environment Agency is implementing a new Delft-FEWS forecasting system this year, termed Incident Management Forecasting System (IMFS). This will introduce a step change in capability for probabilistic impact-based forecasting. Initially, rainfall and coastal scenarios (termed ‘best-estimate’ and ‘reasonable worst case’) will be used to drive end-to-end forecasting, which includes for example impact data bases for property, infrastructure and communities. This is very much a stepping stone in the technical (systems) and adaptive (people, culture) transformation to a fully probabilistic, end-to-end, impact-based, flood forecasting.

I will share some of our recent approaches to:

objective, ensemble based, forecasting, including the Natural Hazards Partnership surface water hazard impact model (driven by the Met Office MOGREPS precipitation ensembles) which goes live this year;

scenario generation and ensemble sub-setting to provide input to end-to-end, impact-based forecasting (IMFS);

next steps in moving to a fully probabilistic, end-to-end, impact-based, flood forecasting and warning system

I will also highlight some of our current challenges that we would love to work with others to solve.


Small numbers of qubits are one of the primary constraints on the near-term deployment of advantageous quantum computing. To mitigate this constraint, techniques have been developed to break up a large quantum computation into smaller computations. While this work is sometimes called circuit knitting or divide and quantum we generically refer to it as circuit cutting (CC). Much of the existing work has focused on the development of more efficient circuit cutting schemes, leaving open questions on the limits of what theoretically optimal schemes can achieve. We develop bounds by breaking up possible approaches into two distinct regimes: the first, where the input state and measurement are fixed and known, and the second, which requires a given cutting to work for a complete basis of input states and measurements. For the first case, it is easy to see that bounds addressing the efficiency of any approaches to circuit cutting amount to resolving BPP$\stackrel{?}{=}$BQP. We therefore restrict ourselves to a simpler question, asking what \textit{locally-acting} circuit cutting schemes can achieve, a technical restriction which still includes all existing circuit cutting schemes. In our first case we show that the existence of a locally-acting circuit cutting scheme which could efficiently partition even a single qubit from the rest of a circuit would imply BPP$=$BQP. In our second case, we obtain more general results, showing inefficiency unconditionally. We also show that any (local or otherwise) circuit cutting scheme cannot function by only applying unital channels.


This paper discusses the advantages of using Twitter in the classroom as a digital creative writing medium and platform for publication of research and writing. We advocate for the inclusion of digital and social media in the classroom, allowing for a multimodal learning environment that increases student participation, boosts creativity, and encourages student engagement with material across disciplines. Finally, our research provides examples of best practices for educators and program directors looking to integrate Twitter into their curriculum.


ABSTRACT:Distilled to its essence, Portland State University's University Studies Program fosters wisdom and goodness in students. The program embodies the kind of education Robert Maynard Hutchins promoted in his 1943 book Education for Freedom for a world, at that time, unsettled by war, economic distress, suspicion, and fear. Teaching students to be wise and good was essential to solving problems Hutchins saw as moral, intellectual, and spiritual, not technical. Teaching students these same skills, in our current unsettled social context, is as critical today as it was three-quarters of a century ago. University Studies does this. Authors in this section describe specific strategies for developing wise and good people, including engaging students with classmates unlike them, teaching them to communicate with a variety of audiences in different contexts, and prompting them to question how they know what they know.


Using sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, plasma levels of new recombinant modified human tumor necrosis factor mutant (rhTNF NC) were detected to examine the pharmacokinetics of iv rhTNF NC in mice. It was found that plasma concentration time curves after iv rhTNF NC in mice exhibited in a dose dependent manner. t 1/2β is 37.4 min. AUC of three different dosages are 4.08,10.3 and 57.3 mg·min·L -1 , and Cls are 0.38, 0.18 and 0.07 mL·min -1 , respectively.


The availability of location information has become a key factor in today's communications systems allowing location based services. In outdoor scenarios, the mobile terminal position is obtained with high accuracy thanks to the global positioning system (GPS) or to the standalone cellular systems. However, the main problem of GPS and cellular systems resides in the indoor environment and in scenarios with deep shadowing effects where the satellite or cellular signals are broken. In this paper, we survey different technologies and methodologies for indoor and outdoor localization with an emphasis on indoor methodologies and concepts. Additionally, we discuss in this review different localization-based applications, where the location information is critical to estimate. Finally, a comprehensive discussion of the challenges in terms of accuracy, cost, complexity, security, scalability, etc. is given. The aim of this survey is to provide a comprehensive overview of existing efforts as well as auspicious and anticipated dimensions for future work in indoor localization techniques and applications.


We demonstrate electrically pumped laser light emission in the visible (red) spectral range using self-assembled InP quantum dots embedded in a microcavity mesa realized by monolithically grown high-reflectivity AlGaAs distributed Bragg reflectors. We used common semiconductor laser processing steps to fabricate stand-alone index-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with oxide apertures for optical wave-guiding and electrical current constriction. Ultra-low threshold of around 10 A/cm2 and room temperature lasing were demonstrated. Additionally, the temperature independence of the threshold current, which was predicted in theory for quantum dot lasers, is displayed.


In the article there is presented conclusion of analysis of filters examination. There was described 1st order filter properties, in which structure constant parameters were replaced by time-varying functions. It allows to shortening of the transient states with α — tolerance. Implementation of both varying parameters in that structure caused appearance of the overshoots. So that this simple structure indicates similar properties to higher order structure with constant parameters. Moreover, there was presented conclusion of examination of simulation of 2nd order filter, with using exactly this 1st order filter.


Abstract The effect of methylphenidate (0.3 mg/kg) on the performance of vigilance tasks after a prior treatment with haloperidol (0.04 mg/kg) was investigated to see whether haloperidol changed the response on vigilance tasks. The subjects were 12 attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity boys aged 64 to 122 months. Methylphenidate was shown to diminish attention deficits in the hyperactive group, but when methylphenidate was preceded by haloperidol, this effect was blocked on all the vigilance subtests. The implications of these findings for a primarily dopaminergic action of methylphenidate in attention-disordered children is discussed.


In today's digital age, ensuring the secure transmission of confidential data through various means of communication is crucial. Protecting the data from malicious attacks during transmission poses a significant challenge. To achieve this, reversible data hiding (RDH) and encryption methods are often used in combination to safeguard confidential data from intruders. However, existing secure reversible hybrid hiding techniques are facing challenges related to low data embedding capacity. To address these challenges, the proposed research presents a solution that utilizes block-wise encryption and a two-layer embedding scheme to enhance the embedding capacity of the cover image. Additionally, this technique incorporates a blockchain-enabled RDH method to ensure traceability and integrity by storing confidential data alongside the hash value of the stego image. The proposed work is divided into three phases. First, the cover image is encrypted. Second, the data are embedded in the encrypted cover image using a two-layer embedding scheme. Finally, the stego image along with the hash value are deployed through blockchain technology. The proposed method reduces challenges associated with traceability and integrity while increasing the embedding capacity of images compared to traditional methods.


The idea of race. What is this self-evident notion, this "fact of nature"? It is an ordinary historical fact--a social fact. I deliberately say idea of race: the belief that this category is a material phenomenon. For it is a heterogeneous intellectual formulation, with one foot in the natural sciences and one foot in the social sciences. On the one hand it is an aggregate of somatic and physiological characteristics--in short, race as conceived by the physical anthropologists and the biologists. On the other hand it is an aggregate of social characteristics that express a group--but a social group of a special type, a group perceived as natural, a group of people considered as materially specific in their bodies. This naturalness may be regarded by some people as fundamental (a natural group whose nature is expressed in social characteristics). Or it may be regarded by others as a secondary fact (a social group that "furthermore" is natural). In any case, in the current state of opinion, this naturalness is always present in the approach which the social sciences


The Archpriest Controversy, a dispute that took place from 1598 to 1602 over the necessity for an archpriest to enforce moral discipline among the English Catholic clergy, has been traditionally seen either as a struggle for hierarchical order within the Catholic Church or a serious ideological breach between the Jesuit faction and the Appellants. In contrast to recent historiography, this paper argues that the Appellants, secular clergy that opposed the archpriest, represented views of conservative English Catholics who believed they could reconcile their political loyalty to their monarch with their Catholicism. The Archpriest Controversy should be reconsidered as a critical moment in a chain of important events from the English Mission of 1580–81 to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 that reaffirmed the inherently traditionalist nature of the Catholic community in England.


The paper describes a 5 mm band radiometer system, which is for remotely sensing the atmosphere. A total power receiver with AGC is used and periodic calibration technology is adopted. The radiometer system is based on the ground and it can be scanned in the azimuth plane, while its reflector can be scanned in the pitch plane to observe. Observed data are stored in a PC and can be digitally processed to reduce atmospheric information. The whole measuring program is real-time controlled by PC.


FIELD: metallurgy. SUBSTANCE: method includes drying of an industrial massif of stale tailings of upstream impoundments. Then the thickness of tailings is divided into non-productive strata including lean tailings from the upper part of the industrial massif, not exposed to hypergene changes, and productive strata from the base of the industrial massif enriched with gold and formed in the process of hypergene conversion. Then the circuit of the hypergene converted stratum is established. Afterwards tailings of upper non-productive strata are removed, and tailings of hypergene converted strata are processed. Processing is carried out by leaching with gold extraction. Gold extraction from tailings of hypergene converted productive strata is carried out with cyanidation. EFFECT: invention provides for growth of gold production in sufficiently short periods due to simplified process cycle and reduction of time for preparation of secondary raw materials for processing. 3 cl, 1 tbl, 1 ex


At present,the hospitals at all levels of our country have a large number of medical equipment.To perfect the hospital equipment work of depreciation,we research this pass to basic conception,depreciation range that depreciation involve,and the influence factor,and explain the concept of many kinds of medical equipment depreciation methods and caalculating method.We analyze the individual character and generality of different depreciation methods further and discuss the depreciation methods that run into in real work,combining the reguation and the actual conditions of the hospitals.It summarizes a relatively rational depreciation method.


Sustainable forests management (SFM) maintains and enhances the long-term health of forests ecosystems for the benefit of all living things while providing environmental, economic, social and cultural opportunities for current and future generations. MyTreeVolution is the unique knowledge transfer and community services transformation project created by excellent experts from CEO Faculty Programme Cycle together with Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM). MyTreeVolution has a mission to transform the method of planting activity and conservation of natural forest by having a commitment from Higher Education Institution to engage actively with stakeholders regarding planting inventory, public awareness and participation, big data management and finally consistent serving Malaysia Forest Restoration Plan. MyTreeVolution has collaborated with Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM) as the main partner in supporting the idea of Industrial Revolution 4.0, towards the future coordination and administration in forest management support through communication, education, and public awareness (CEPA). Furthermore, quite numbers of engagement of stakeholders from DoE, LAs (local authorities), NGOs as well as participation from Industry, named integrated corporate social responsibility (i-CSR) committed to about RM 1 million from various aspects, including the plant seedlings. The project introduces Geo-trees concept in which Volunteer use a smartphone to collect tree inventory data using Geotrees mobile app and recorded in the database and later these data can be visualized in the Geotrees web mapping to estimate tree growth, carbon sequestration, and tree benefits. Overall volunteers supporting this program amounted to 10,000 peoples from various backgrounds at local and international participation, as an example planting trees at Sg Bunus (Taman Sri Rampai, KL) involved with US Navy Marine and school kids from Klang Valley. Overall, this program facilitates agencies, institutions, industry and other impacted stakeholders to improve the monitoring and actionplan of plants restoration via IoTs applications.


This research aims to implement the strategy of verbal games to improve oral expression in fourth grade children in the communication area. The variables that were part of this work; verbal games as an independent variable whose dimensions are: motor, cognitive, emotional and social each with their respective indicators and as an independent variable oral expression whose dimensions are: clarity, fluency, coherence, intonation, articulation equally with their respective indicators. To develop imagination, creativity, memory, attention and concentration of children (as) in order to express themselves spontaneously, consistent with proper pronunciation to facilitate the understanding of messages. The research is the experimental whose design is the experimental quasi, because it took into account two groups: the experimental group to which the strategy of verbal games and the control group that does not apply applies. The instrument used for data collection is the observation guide that allowed see the level of achievement by children (as) .And the sample sections A and B, the population consisted of all students in the 4th grade Primary Education.
Therefore, the strategy of verbal games has improved oral expression in children (as), since it has enabled stimulate language, pronunciation, clarity, consistency and fluency of children to express themselves orally in different real communicative situations.


The utility model relates to a hand rotary cutter, which comprises a handle, a cylinder head, cavities, operating mechanisms, cutter frames, springs, and latch devices, wherein, the cylinder head is arranged at one end of the handle, and each side of the cylinder head is provided with a flat surface; the cavities are respectively arranged in the handle and the head; the operating mechanisms are arranged in the cavities in the handle and the head; the cutter frames are arranged on the operating mechanisms, and are moved between the storing position corresponding to the head and one of two working positions; the springs are arranged on the operating mechanisms and are used for causing the operating mechanisms to be biased to the storing position; the latch devices are arranged in the operating mechanisms and are used for locking the operating mechanisms on the two working positions according to the selection.


[1] In situ observations from the autonomous Argo float array are used to assess the basin-averaged ocean heat content change driven by tropical cyclones (TCs) in the North Pacific for 2000–2008. A new statistical approach based on pairs of profiles before and after each TC event is employed here to estimate the near-surface and subsurface heat content changes. Previous studies have suggested a dominant role for vertical mixing in the SST cooling response during TC passages. The Argo float observations show that, under strong TCs (greater than or equal to category 4), the subsurface warming expected from vertical mixing occurs with comparable magnitude to near-surface cooling. However, when weak TCs (less than or equal to category 3, which are about 86% of the total of TCs) were also considered, the subsurface warming was not detectable in the Argo data set, while near-surface cooling was still significant. Therefore, these results suggest that air-sea heat exchange and (upward) vertical advection likely play a somewhat greater role in the case of weak TCs. Additionally, Argo observations suggest that the restoring time scale of the near-surface heat content is greater than 30 days, which may be compared with the approximately 10 day time scale for the restoration of sea surface temperature. The mixed layer temperature and mixed layer depth evolutions also estimated from Argo data support the notion that only a thin surface layer is restored quickly to pre-TC conditions, while the rest of the cooled near-surface layer retained the TC-induced response for a good deal longer.


Objective
To comprehend ophthalmology nursing managers' views about status of ophthalmology ward nursing quality evaluation indicators, and to provide the basis for constructing ophthalmology ward care quality evaluation system.

Methods
Face-to-face and semi-structured interviews were designed and conducted to 9 nursing managers to gain their in-depth views about ophthalmology ward nursing quality evaluation indicators. Data were analyzed using phenomenological analysis.

Results
The view of eye nursing managers on the current ophthalmology ward care quality evaluation indicators included: ophthalmology wards and patient characteristics; evaluation of existing eye care problems and build on the evaluation recommendations.

Conclusions
Existing ophthalmology ward nursing quality evaluation lacks of ophthalmology specialist care characteristics, can not reasonably evaluate the quality of care, so an ophthalmology ward specialist care quality evaluation system needs to be created.

Key words:
Qualitative research; Ophthalmology ward; Nursing quality; Indicators of quality evaluation


Wafer charging during high current ion implantation has been an important issue and will be more significant as gate oxide thickness is reduced for the device shrink. A charge neutralizing system, like the plasma flood gun of the NV-GSDIII-LE, must be used to compensate the charging. An in-situ monitoring of charging is important in order to measure whether the neutralization is being done adequately during implantation. The effect of charge neutralization by the plasma flood gun is originally measured by the charge sensor on the rotating wafer-disk. Appropriateness of the charge neutralization process is judged with the charge sensor signal. However, there is a problem in the charge sensor. It is known that the degradation of the insulation between the charge sensor and wafer-disk may cause a shift of sensor output. "Disk current (Id)" is another solution to monitor the wafer charging during implantation. Id is the total current flowing into the wafer-disk, which indicates the charge balance of ions and electrons coming into the wafer. In this paper, the correlation between output of an in-situ charge monitor (Vp) and disk current is confirmed. It guarantees the reliability of wafer-charge monitoring by the disk current with the plasma flood system. As a reference, charging voltages of CHARM-2 wafers are also measured.


The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a ground-based $\gamma$-ray observatory that will observe the full sky in the energy range from 20 GeV to 100 TeV from facilities in both hemispheres. It is proposed to consist of more than 100 telescopes, producing large amounts of data. Apart from the storage system, there are also requirements on the software framework to allow efficient data processing, i.e. robustness, execution speed and coding efficiency. This contribution will present a plain and simple pipeline framework design prototype for CTA that builds upon well-known tools, allowing the users to focus on physics problems without learning complicated software paradigms.


Opposition to GST from Bhartiya Janta Party ruled States continues with the State of Madhya Pradesh deciding to oppose the Constitution (One Hundred and fifteenth Amendment) Bill, 2011 ['the Bill']. The cabinet of the State of Madhya Pradesh ('the Cabinet') is annoyed with decision of the Centre to introduce the Bill without reaching consensus between the States and the Centre on GST. The Cabinet fears that with


Supraglottic characteristics of the elderly: relations with the swallowing function Aging implies changes in the vocal and swallowing functions of the elderly, causing an impact on their quality of life. Among the laryngeal characteristics of the elderly, it is noted that supraglottic constriction is usually considered a harmful factor during phonation, whereas, during swallowing, this behavior is an airway defense mechanism. The objective of the present study was to describe the supraglottic characteristics of the larynx of the elderly during the breathing and speech functions and the laryngopharyngeal characteristics of swallowing, besides investigating the relations between the supraglottic and swallowing characteristics. In this retrospective study, data from charts and nasopharyngoscopy examinations of phonation and deglutition of 60 healthy elderly subjects with an average of 68.8 years were analyzed. The presence and degrees of increase of the volume of vestibular folds, medial constriction in the emission of vowel and connected speech, and anteroposterior constriction in the vowel emission were investigated. The presence and degrees of the following parameters of food swallowing in liquid, pudding and solid consistencies: residues in pyriform sinuses, valleculae, oropharynx and laryngopharynx, laryngeal penetration/aspiration, premature spillage and delayed onset of pharyngeal phase, were analyzed as well. The results of analyses performed by two judges with optimal intra-rater reliability (Kappa test) were considered. The results were analyzed descriptively and the Chi-square test was used to verify the association between supraglottic characteristics and the presence of premature spillage and delayed onset of the pharyngeal swallowing phase (p<0.05). It was verified that the volume increase of vestibular folds and supraglottic constrictions occurred for the majority of the elderly. The volume increase of vestibular folds was almost always bilateral and distributed in discrete and evident degrees of similar form. There was greater occurrence of median constriction in the discrete and moderate degrees. Almost all cases of anteroposterior constriction were produced with movement only of the arytenoids or approximation of the arytenoids with the epiglottis, in addition to having a greater number of cases in a discrete degree; the majority of the elderly had normal or functional swallowing; there were few occurrences of residues in vallecules, pyriform sinuses, oropharynx and laryngopharynx, few cases of laryngeal penetration of food and only one of aspiration; the premature spillage occurred in greater number for the liquid, followed by the solid and pudding consistencies while the pharyngeal phase delay occurred for the minority of the elderly; there was a relationship between premature spillage and: increased volume of vestibular folds in liquid, medial and anteroposterior constriction in pudding and medial constriction in speech in solid consistency. It was concluded that the healthy elderly patients frequently had supraglottic constrictions and functional swallowing. The elderly with an increased volume of vestibular folds demonstrated less premature spillage in liquid, while the elderly who manifested evident anteroposterior constriction and presence of medial constriction in the speech presented greater premature spillage in pudding and solid consistencies, respectively.


We analyze returns to lumpy projects with multiple investors. Since each investor's commitment increases the likelihood of project completion it exerts a positive externality on other investors. We show that due to this externality either a rise in the cost of abandoning the project or decreased volatility of returns to abandonment can increase ex-ante returns. These findings provide exceptions to the standard results that investment irreversibility (high abandonment costs) decreases returns and option volatility increases returns. Finally, we show that the optimal number of investors is either large or very small.


43:512 The Violent Image: Insurgent Propaganda and the New Revolutionaries by Neville Bolt (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012—$29.50, ISBN 978-0-231-70316-1, 429 pp., photos, figures, notes, bibliography, index) is of special interest as it's written by a one-time practicing television journalist (and now a teaching fellow at Kings College in London). The book clearly arose out of what he witnessed in his earlier work covering conflict as the ''insurgent as marketer,'' usually but not always in developing nations. What he means by that, of course, is the central role communications and especially media (defined broadly) play in spreading the word about the terrorist and his or her acts, and possibly what they are fighting for as well. And much of this is due to the decline of the journalist as intermediary—now we see the live and unedited raw footage of a terrorist event, with journalists trying to catch up with the context of what is happening. Bolt speaks of the ''politics of the dead'' to underline what the terrorist creates and the images he or she promotes. The book's notes are often discursive and extensive—don't miss them. The main text's chapters deal with, among other topics, the role of memory when speaking about terrorism imagery, the insurgent image as a prime news element, the growing role of social media (especially ubiquitous cellphone cameras), so-called spontaneous revolutions promoted by such media, and an overall conceptual way of viewing and perhaps controlling what is happening. This makes for compelling as well as disturbing reading. (Chris Sterling)


The Mediterranean is a semi enclosed sea considered as a hot-spot for biodiversity. Its ecosystems are subjected to strong pressures due to human activities and climate change. An ecosystem approach is needed to address these challenges. The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) which aims to achieve good environmental status by 2015 is part of this logic. The MSFD concerns a wide range of descriptors including physical, chemical and biological parameters in order to assess the status and the various forcing exerted on ecosystems. In the Mediterranean Sea, an added challenge is to establish with non-European countries a shared view at the scale of eco-regions.


Although surface erosion and gullying are insignificant under dense tropical forest cover, severe erosion can occur locally as a result of land slippage in saturated soils. Examples may be observed in Mad- agascar, in the forests of Anamalazoatra and Marojejy. Another documented case of widespread erosion under forest cover may be found in the Peruvian Amazon, on a steeply sloping mountainside near the village of Merced. These are exceptions, however. During geological periods of tectonic transformation, intense erosion could have occurred under dense forest cover, forming a jagged relief or what are referred to as "badlands". But in all these cases, erosion under forest cover could only have occurred when the level of riverbeds rose in relation to the level of the sea, as during the Quaternary glacia- tions. In places where the forest cover has disappeared, the soil is sometimes spec- tacularly eroded. The same is true of pre- viously forested areas that have recently been severely thinned. Extreme cases may be found in Madagascar, Congo, Gabon, Brazil and the temperate regions of the United States, particularly in the Tennessee copper basin. These examples clearly confirm the anti-erosive value of forests. Once erosion begins, it can only be halted at great cost and over limited areas. Forests are therefore a means to prevent erosion naturally, cheaply and over large areas. Abstract adapted by the editorial team


Driven by the continued advance of integrated circuit (IC) technology, large-scale electromagnetic (EM) modeling and simulation problems have been encountered across the design of on-chip circuits, package, and die-package interfaces. To give a few examples, full-chip post-layout performance verification that includes transmission line and full-wave effects, system-level signal and noise integrity analysis, and the characterization of broadband die-package interaction for clean power delivery. Two major difficulties exist for the analysis of the aforementioned large-scale problems. One is the large problem size. The modeling of a die, a package, and a combined die-package system results in numerical problems of ultra-large scale, requiring billions of parameters to describe them accurately. The other is the multiscale nature of the problem. An electromagnetic simulator is required to span scale ranges of at least 10000:1 to analyze a combined die-package system. Recently, a time domain Orthogonal Finite-Element Reduction-Recovery method (OrFE-RR) was developed to handle the large problem size associated with the design of very large-scale integrated circuits [1]. In this method, a set of orthogonal prism vector bases are developed. With this set of bases, the original ultralarge scale 3-D system of order N is rigorously reduced to a 2-D single-layered system of order M with negligible computational cost, where M is much less than N. The reduced 2D system is diagonal, and hence can be solved readily. After obtaining the solution of the reduced system, the rest of the solutions can be recovered in linear complexity. This method entails no theoretical approximation. It applies to any arbitrarily-shaped multilayer structure involving inhomogeneous materials. Numerical experiments have demonstrated its accuracy and capacity in simulating very large-scale on-chip, package, and die-package interaction problems. The multiscaled nature of the integrated circuit system has not been addressed in the OrFE-RR method. The method projects the meshes in all the layers to the same layer. Namely, all the layers share the same mesh. This results in redundant mesh elements, and hence redundant number of unknowns. In this work, we extend the OrFE-RR method to model the orders-of-magnitude difference in scale of the die and the package by developing a multiscale modeling scheme. With such a scheme, we allow for the use of different mesh sizes in different layers and regions. As a result, we do not need to project the meshes in different layers to the same layer. In addition, we permit the modeling of the orders-of-magnitude difference in scale of a physical structure by using the minimum number of mesh elements.


A case of Schwannoma that occurred at the right palate was reported. The clinical impression was suspected pleomorphic adenoma, and the lesion was surgically excised under general anesthesia. It was noticed during the operation that the tumor adhered to the greater palatine nerve. Histopathologically it was diagnosed as Schwannoma (Antoni A type), so it was suggested that the tumor had a close relation to the greater palatine nerve. Clinical behaviors were compared with other Schwannomas already had reported. From histological, electronmicroscopical, and immunohistochemical findings, the origin of the tumorwas also discussed.


LEGAL STATUS OF CULTURAL PROPERTY AND WORKS OF ART IN THE PRL Summary The article deals with the legal status of works of art and cultural property in the Polish legislation during communism period. Classifying those objects as private property was considered as a very difficult task, because of their material value and the public interest in saving them for future generations. The strict limitations of individuals property were perceived as unusual and as a result a new sort of property – the private cultural property was distinguished. Moreover, the concepts of the common heritage and res extra commercium could be observed in the light of the PRL ideas. It should be emphasized that the above mentioned theories for improving cultural heritage regulations are the most popular in the nowadays' international discussion.


—The Internet of Drones (IoD) manages and coordinates communications among drones in the Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Ensuring security and privacy in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), i.e., Drones, networks is critical to protecting data from cyber-attacks. Providing authentication in this context is challenging because drones are energy-limited devices, given that they are powered by batteries, which are shared for flight functions, communication, and onboard processing. Blockchain technology allows for addressing the problem of centralizing existing authentication protocols. New secure and efficient authentication protocols relying on Blockchain to store, manage and control drone authentication should be proposed.


Abstract : The complex, multi-layer, atmospheric prediction model, PEM76, was redesigned for studying geostrophic adjustment (dynamic initialization) and satellite-data assimilation using 'orbital' integration techniques tested in simple primitive-equation models by Mesinger (1972) and Temperton (1973). The utility and computational expense of such dynamic initialization, which is a procedure for preparing a stabilized model context for data sensitivity tests, is examined using several model versions. Comparative performance data are presented in terms of statistical measures of model parameters (kinetic energy, velocity divergence, vertical motion, vorticity).


A material on substantiation and development of adjustable technological parameters of producing a new form of specialized beverage – a jelly obtained using the local plant resources, is presented. The plant resources included sea buckthorn berries, apples, berries of Chinese magnolia vine, fruit and berry concentrated juices of apples, sea buckthorn berries and Chinese magnolia vine berries, and roots of earth apple, stevia, oat meal, and potato flour. Marketing research on consumer preferences regarding functional nutrition products is carried out. The necessity to extend the assortment of specialized beverages with targeted functional properties is shown. Chemical composition of fresh fruits-and-vegetables raw material is studied for the opportunity of its use in producing products for healthy nutrition. In order to substantiate the adjustable technological parameters, physical and chemical properties of functional instant jellies obtained by granulation are determined. Tapped density of the beverage on the level of 650-875 kg/m3 is determined. It is shown that with the increase of granules' size, tapped density and mechanical strength are increasing as well. A possible mechanism of such effect lies in the fact that in large agglomerates particles of granulated material are arranged more closely to each other. The decrease in strength of granules at the initial period of drying is explained by insignificant melting of fructose and its further crystallization. The angle of natural repose and coefficients of internal and external friction under consideration of increasing humidity are studied. It is proved that functional composition of the granulated material is subject to the Normal Distribution Law. The results of the conducted research served as a foundation for determining technological parameters and modes of production, allowed for determining temperature range for beverages' recovery. Standardized indicators of nutrition value of the developed product which characterize its functional properties are determined.


End‐use quality phenotyping is laborious and expensive, thus, testing may not occur until later generations in wheat breeding programs. We investigated the pattern of genotype × environment (G × E) interaction for end‐use quality traits in soft white wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and tested the effectiveness of implementing genomic selection to optimize breeding for these traits. We used a multi‐environment unbalanced dataset comprised of 672 breeding lines and cultivars adapted to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, which were evaluated for 14 end‐use quality traits. Genetic correlations between environments based on factor analytic models showed low‐to‐moderate G × E interaction for most traits but high G × E interaction for grain and flour protein. A total of 40,518 single‐nucleotide polymorphism markers were used for genomic prediction. Genomic prediction accuracies were high for most traits thereby justifying the use of genomic selection to assist breeding for superior end‐use quality in soft white wheat. Excluding outlier environments based on genetic correlations between environments was more effective in increasing genomic prediction accuracies compared with that based on environment clustering analysis. For kernel size, kernel weight, milling score, ash, and flour swelling volume, excluding outlier environments increased prediction accuracies by 1–11%. However, for grain and flour protein, flour yield, and cookie diameter, excluding outlier environments did not improve genomic prediction performance.


Natural antioxidants play an important role in promoting good health because of their prevention for oxidative damage. The work aimed to explore the antioxidant mechanism and activity of cannabidiol (CBD) at the cellular level. The human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) with oxidative damage was employed as the model to study the protective capability of CBD. The results showed that CBD pre‐treatment before the cells were exposed to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) resulted in an obvious increase of cell viability (about 100 %) and antioxidant related enzymes activity, and a decline of malondialdehyde (MDA) level. Besides, CBD could alleviate the increase of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) content, the contraction of nucleus, and condensation of chromatin. The changes showed a dose‐dependent effect. Additionally, the free radicals scavenging capacity of CBD was comparable to that of typical natural antioxidant, anthocyanidins. In summary, CBD could be employed as a potent antioxidant source for avoiding the oxidative damage. These results could provide the foundation for the development of CBD antioxidant products.


K562 erythroleukemia cell differentiation was used as erythroid differentiation model in vitro .Treatment of K562 cells with hemin induced erythroid differentiation.Microarray technology combined with large scale cDNA sequencing,bioinformatics and Northern analysis was carried out to search for novel erythroid differentiation related genes.79 novel expressed sequencing tags (ESTs) were obtained by sequencing and homology analysis of 192 random cDNA clones in a human fetal kidney cDNA library.A total of these 79 cDNAs and 8 house keeping genes were arrayed.mRNAs were extracted from K562 cells with and without treatment of hemin.Fluorescent probes were prepared by oligo(dT)primed reverse transcription.These cDNA chips were used to quantitatively monitor differential expression of the 79 human genes before and after K562 cells differentiation with this highly sensitive two color hybridization assay.Two novel genes in the array were identified to be expressed differentially in untreated and differentiated K562 cells induced by hemin.The GenBank accession numbers are AF147772 and AF147762 respectively,and named erythroid differentiation related gene 1 and erythroid differentiation related gene 2 (EDRG1 and EDRG2).Northern blot was carried out to demonstrate their differential expression in differentiated K562 cells.Antisense oligonucleotides against EDRG2 inhibited α globin mRNA synthesis.It strongly suggested that EDRG2 was related to erythroid terminal differentiation of K562 cells.


If a volume of translation history of modern China is to be compiled,sufficient space should have to be devoted to Mr.Zhu Guangqian,a noted scholar who has cut a momentous figure in the marketplace of translation with his valued theoretical pondering in the field and his still pioneering Chinese versions of Hegel ' s aesthtics and Vico ' s Scienza Nueva.Unfortunately,people today seem to be marginally interested in him as a translator and only have the time and patience to sporadically touch upon his endeavors in translation.Whatever yardstick is appealed to,however,it is by no means far-fetched to give to the claim that he truly merits the title of translator with his great wealth of attainments.In this connection,the author of this paper has entered on an impartial discussion of the prolific scholar-translator,hoping that the inspired exemplification in him will illuminate those of later generations who have chosen to pursue translation as their lifetime career and that the systematic research will be of some avail to the integral studies of Mr.Zhu Guangqian.


Because the construction industry is labor-intensive, predicting the number of workers is important for estimating various factors that influence construction, such as the construction worker fatality rate and construction financing plan. In South Korea, the number of full-time workers is estimated based on the total construction cost; however, this estimation method does not reflect the characteristics of specific construction types. This study presents a simple model that uses real data to predict the number of construction workers and calculates correction factors in two ways to improve reliability. This study involved three steps: (1) collecting data, (2) calculating and validating the estimated labor rate, and (3) calculating correction factors. The model predicted the number of workers with an average error rate of 7.60% without correction factors. To improve reliability, this research suggests two-way correction factors, and the results show that correction factor one reduces the average error rate to 0.06% and correction factor two reduces the average error rate to 0.00%. The proposed model can be used for estimating project costs and predicting construction worker fatalities for a project.


Textiles are essential for providing thermal and wet comfort for people as well as aesthetic pleasure since they act as the interface between the human body and the environment. Maintaining thermal comfort is crucial for effective human body energy management in cold weather. It is essential to develop winter fabrics that effectively integrate hygroscopic heat generation and moisture management technologies to keep skin warm and dry for the wearer. In this study, we fabricated bilayer and trilayer woven fabrics with hygroscopic exothermic properties and moisture management performance based on the optimization design of gradient wettability and functional fiber materials. The air permeability, moisture management characteristics, thermal physiological properties, and hygroscopic heat generation performances of the developed fabric were investigated from the perspective of yarn composition and structure. These fabrics were demonstrated to achieve efficient water transport and durative and evenly distributed hygroscopic exothermic properties to avoid the cold moist feeling after sweat. We anticipate that the fabric strategy used in this work can provide valuable structural superiority and performance enhancement for smart thermal and wet comfort textiles.


This paper is presenting a new approach for time-series forecasting based on a long short-term memory network. This method enables pre-evaluation of possible power quality issues. The aim of the proposed method is the prediction of current and voltage values in electric grids with unknown topology by processing measurement data at various locations in the grid. The proposed approach enables a direct use of data, without the need for feature extraction or selection. The results show a high capability of the long short-term memory regression for extracting periodical structures in the historical data, but also the lack of capability for anticipating non-regular events, due to their stochastic nature. Therefore, high accuracies could be achieved with the proposed method for a proof-of-concept forecasting setup, when predicting a perfect sine wave signal due to its non-stochastic character, but very low accuracies for predicting the deviation of short-term distortions on the fundamental of the signal.


There has been considerable debate in recent years—some well informed and others not so well informed—about the advantages and disadvantages of publishing in online, open-access journals as compared to traditional, subscription-based, print journals.  For many professional societies, traditional, subscription-based, page-charge funded, print journals have served as an important service that societies can enthusiastically provide to their members, as well as provide societies with a healthy stream of financial revenue.  At the same time as providing revenue to run a society, society members have been able to provide important service to the broader professional community by publishing their own scholarship and conducting peer reviews of others' research.  By far, the majority of a journal's cost has been born by libraries paying hefty subscription fees.


(1) Background: The recommendation for screen use among preschool-aged children is ≤ 1 h per day. We aimed to assess the relationship between parental and child screen use and home environment characteristics. (2) Methods: Thirty-six 3–to-4-year-old healthy children were recruited. Parents reported their own and their child's weekday and weekend daytime screen use. The child's home environment and parent-child interactions were assessed using the Infant-Toddler Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (IT-HOME). Analyses were run to identify relationships between parental and child screen use and the six subscales of the IT-HOME: Responsivity, Acceptance, Organization, Learning Materials, Involvement and Variety. (3) Results: Parents' weekend screen use was correlated to parental responsivity and variety of people and events at home. These relationships remained significant after adjusting for maternal education and number of children at home (Responsivity β = 7.30 (95% CI: 1.75, 12.86), p = 0.012) and (Variety β = −2.45, (95% CI: −4.58, −0.31), p = 0.026). There was a trend level association between low child's weekend screen use and high presence of learning materials. Other aspects of screen time were not associated with home environment characteristics. (4) Conclusions: Higher parental screen use predicted lower variety and greater parental responsivity, the latter of which was an unexpected finding. Administering the IT-HOME alongside a screen use questionnaire may offer the opportunity for a more comprehensive representation of home environments in today's society. Future research can also clarify facets of parental screen use (e.g., co-viewing, timing) that are more vs. less likely to impact children.


A theoretical foundation for evaluation and comparison of a very broad spectrum of fast packet-switching techniques is developed in this paper. Based on this frame- work, we investigate the complexity of various packet switch designs, and demonstrate the advantage of dilation as a switch-design technique. Packet switches are classified ei- ther as loss systems or waiting systems, according to whether packets losing contention are dropped or queued. In a loss system, the packet loss probability can be made arbitrary small by providing enough paths between inputs and out- puts. We focus on the question: How does the switch com- plexity grow as a function of switch size for a given loss prob- ability requirement? A uniform approach to this problem is developed here. We show that for an N x N switch, the required number of switch elements for both the parallel- banyan network and the tandem-banyan network is of or- der N(logN)a, whereas the complexity of a dilated-banyan network is of order NlogN(log1ogN). Within the class of waiting systems, we show that the parallel banyan networks in a Batcher-parallel-banyan network can be replaced by a dilated-banyan network without sacrificing the nonblocking property. Thus, as with parallelization, dilation can also be used to increase the throughput of a waiting system. In addition, we also explore the application of dilation in a large modular switch design which is realized by an inter- connection structure consisting of Batcher-dilated-banyan networks and statistical multiplexers.


The potential of 4 related nitro musk substances (musk tibetene, musk ketone, musk xylol, and musk muskene) to Cause photoallergy. phototaxicity, and, or contact sensitivity was compared to that of musk ambrette: a known photoallergen. Musk ambrette caused u high incidence of photoallergy as indicated by the severity of the skin grades us compared to a control group. Musk tibetene and musk moskene were negative for phototoxicity photoallergenicity and contact sensitivity under the test conditions. Musk xylol was shown to be a weak contact sensitizer. Musk ketone gave challenge responses suggestive of a weak phototoxin and a weak contact sensitizer. The latter was not affected by light exposure. These data suggest that except for musk ambrette, the nitro musks as a group do not have the potential to produce photoallergy. Some members of thss type of perfume raw material could be classified as weak sensitizers (musk xylol, musk ketone) or weakly phototoxic (musk ketone). These latter biological qualities have not been expressed clinically.


Carbon nanotubes are an interesting material, in which the single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) can have a high microwave dielectric permittivity and a high conductivity as well. The resonators of the SWCNT were reported as gas sensors in the past. In this paper, we present a wireless sensing property of SWCNT resonators for liquids such as water and alcohols. In the experiments, it was noted that the central resonances frequencies of those excited modes in the resonator of the SWCNT were slightly moved when seeing the water and alcohol, respectively.


Abstract : Surface structures of thermoplastic and elastomeric fuels were found to be markedly different upon exposure to conductive heating from a doubly compressed stagnant gas at oxygen concentrations below those required to cause ignition. The thermoplastic polymers exhibited a molten surface, while the elastomeric fuels showed no visible changes. Vaporization followed by a gas- phase reaction is the probable ignition mechanism for the thermoplastic fuels in the shock tube environment. A gas-solid reaction may occur in the ignition of elastomeric polymers. No general conclusion can be drawn regarding the precise nature of the oxygen-polymer ignition process in the shock tube environment as consideration must be given to the physical structure of the polymer surface. Ignition characteristics of several representative ammonium perchlorate composite propellants were studied using the arc-imaging furnace. The nature of the fuel component was found to have the major influence on the ignition time, and the effect is related to the initial pressure. A model describing composite propellant ignition in a neutral environment was formulated and programmed for computer studies.


INTRODUCTION Conventional designs of spinal interbody fusion cages have mainly focused on providing immediate strength to maintain disc height and shielding the bone grafts within the cage. Therefore, the geometrical features of these conventional designs show little distinction from each other and most of them fall into a category of a pipe shape with thick shells as outer walls as well as a hollow interior space that brackets the fill of grafting materials. Further division is defined by the threaded and non-threaded anchorage mechanism that cage devices rely on to form rigid bonds with vertebral bodies. Threaded designs may be utilized along the entire outer surface of cylindrical cages, whereas they are distributed only on two collateral sides perpendicular to the insertion plane in wedge or rectangular blocks and are later wedged into the endplates of the vertebral bodies. These hollow pipe designs guarantee sufficient reconstruction stiffness in arthrodesis and play a substantial role in stability for motion segments postoperatively. Nonetheless, the rigid shells may shield an implanted graft or ingrown bone tissue from sufficient mechanical stimulus, (known as "stress-shielding") thus increasing the risk for decreased mineralization and bone resorption. A new design approach for lumbar spine interbody fusion cage has been developed by using topology optimization algorithms to define the structural layout and inner microstructures. This approach addressed the conflicting design issues of having sufficient stability while at the same time having enough porosity to deliver biofactors like cells, genes, and proteins and impart sufficient mechanical strain to maintain developing tissue. The interior architecture consists of microstructures with reserved channel spaces for potential cell-based therapies and drug delivery. The interconnected struts of the microstructures formed a network of stress transmission so that the strain energy from applied loads can be not only absorbed by appositional bone ingrowth between the interface of the device and vertebrae but also by regenerate bone tissues inside the new cage design. The present study simulated performance of both conventional and the newly designed cages under various loading conditions of compression, torsion, lateral bending and flexion-extension using voxel-based finite element methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS New Cage Design of Integrated Topology Opotimization The integrated global and microstructure topology optimization approach is used to design a spinal cage that meets design requirements of immediate stability following implantation, sufficient compliance to avoid stress shielding, and high porosity for biofactor delivery [1]. The global topology optimization algorithm is used to generate global density distribution under physiologic loading, which is shown in Figure 1a. Immediate stability is addressed by constraining the total displacement at the vertebral surface to be less than a desired target. Total porosity for biofactor delivery and sufficient compliance is input as a constraint for the global optimization. The result is a global volume fraction distribution, ensuring sufficient porosity for biofactor delivery and avoidance of stress shielding.


The aim of this research is to design and implement a Solar Virtual Reality environment (SolarVR) for inter-cognitive and intra-cognitive communication by connecting users and sensors to a real-world solar panel plant for remote monitoring, maintenance and collaboration. The paper outlines the development of a VR solution which can be utilized for remote monitoring and communication, skills training and science education.


Many claim early modern Poland-Lithuania and Transylvania to be exceptional polities, not least because of the way these societies elected their rulers. These elections welcomed foreign candidates,...


Exploring and utilizing novel materials with self‐trapped excitons (STEs) is highly desired due to their unique physical properties and multiple optoelectronic applications. Here, a 2D SnP2S6 crystal is reported with obvious STEs emission caused by distorted [SnS6]8‐ and [P2S6]4‐ octahedral units and strong electron‐phonon coupling. The STEs feature wide photoluminescence (PL) spectra range from 600 to 850 nm and a large Stokes redshift of ≈0.6 eV. Carrier dynamics measurements including temperature‐dependent PL and transient absorption reveal a large Huang–Rhys factor of ≈18.3 and a self‐trapping process of ≈101–103 ps in the 2D SnP2S6 crystal. Such self‐trapped states enable 2D SnP2S6 crystal a wide spectral response range and excellent photodetection performance. As a result, high responsivity (22.8 A W‐1) and detectivity (3.98 × 1010 Jones) are achieved under 365 nm light illumination. These results provide a deep insight into the photophysical process of STEs, which lays the foundation for developing novel STEs‐based materials and optoelectronic devices.


The kinetics of hydrolysis of polyoxyethylene castor oil EL-40 and Tween 80 in calciferol solubilized systems at 55℃. were studied. Each of these surfactants was degradated by a pseudo-first order reaction. The hydrolysis appeared to be catalysed by specific acid-base and pH of maximum stability for each in calciferol solubilized systems was 6 at 55℃. Polyoxyethylene castor oil EL-40 was more stable than Tween 80.In the experimental conditions, it was also found that ionic strength, initial concentration, general acid-base catalysis had no effect on the degradation of both surfactants. Among the solubilizates, calciferol could decrease the degradation of these surfactants, probably due to the difference in locations within micelle but cetyl alcohol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid showed no effect at pH 2. 2.


ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate the initial psychometric properties of the Inventory of Anticipatory Coping Skills for Abstinence from Alcohol and Other Drugs (Inventário de Habilidades de Enfrentamento Antecipatório para a Abstinência de Álcool e Outras Drogas – IDHEA‐AD). The total sample included 457 individuals in treatment for problems related to alcohol or crack use. An Exploratory Factor Analysis, Maximum Likelihood Extraction and Promax rotation were used, which produced a structure of 30 items distributed across three factors: "assertiveness and planning for high‐risk substance use situations", "expression of positive feelings towards abstinence" and "emotional self‐control in adverse situations". After analyzing validity evidence based on the internal structure and reliability based on internal consistency, it was possible to conclude that this structure included important behaviors for the relapse prevention.


Abstract The risk associated with the transport of radioactive materials can be impacted by many factors of the transport system, as well as by the area through which the materials may travel. Informed decision making requires a quantitative evaluation of pertinent information or conditions. Geographic information systems are often used to display spatial information. The authors have developed a simplified methodology that can be used to quantify the conditions that impact risk over a segment of a transport route. The methodology aggregates the impact of a condition based on the magnitude of the impacting condition and its location with respect to the transport corridor. This paper is a proof-of-concept demonstration for the methodology for the factors of the population in the vicinity of the roadway and the highway design criteria with respect to access ramps and medians. The methodology is particularly suited to a comparison of alternative routes for decision making, where an easily implemented methodology is needed to narrow down multiple alternatives to those few requiring a more detailed analysis.


Purpose – This study seeks to examine gender differences amongst science, mathematics and technology (SMT) teachers with regards to nine school environment variables as well as the association of these variables with teachers' professional background and school characteristics.Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 275 female and 260 male SMT teachers.Findings – A multiple analysis of variance revealed a statistically significant gender difference on the combined nine school environment variables. Analysis of variance further revealed a significant gender difference in work pressure, principal leadership, teacher‐student relationship and staff freedom. Gender differences in SMT teachers' perceptions of work pressure and principal leadership persisted after controlling for teachers' background and school characteristics. It is recommended that, principals of secondary schools be encouraged to be more democratic and flexible so as to foster an atmosphere of g...


We demonstrate wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission of seven 224-Gb/s reduced-guard-interval CO-OFDM channels with 16-QAM subcarrier modulation on a 50-GHz grid, resulting in a net spectral efficiency of 4 b/s/Hz. Transmission over twenty 100-km ultra-large-area fiber spans and five wavelength-selective-switch passes is achieved.


Through in-depth interviews with selected human performance technology experts in the U.S.,this article addresses major issues in HPT,such as 'definition and realm','relationship with relative fields','extent of social recognition','status-quo of practice and research',and 'the must-have competencies of HPT professionals'.Experts interviewed are professionals with educational technology background,including Thomas M.Schwen(one of the pioneers in Instructional System Instruction),Roger Kaufman and Allison Rossett(founders of Human Performance Technology).The interviews were conducted through E-mail,telephone,and Skype,and MSN.These experts'experiences and viewpoints expose us to the HPT field in the U.S.,and provide us with insider scoops of this important field.Almost all interviewees agree that HPT originates from instructional technologys efforts in improving performance through instruction and training,and systemic approaches are the most important advantages of HPT. They also point out that research and practice of HPT has developed rapidly in the U.S.,and has gain much recognition in recent years.In order to be successful,HPT professionals need to be equipped with knowledge of system thinking,economic market,and business operation.They also need to have the competencies of performance analysis and evaluation,interpersonal skills,and broad knowledge background.To train new HPT professionals,the following courses are needed:system thinking,needs assessment,performance analysis,performance design and validation, performance improvement,evaluation methods,and so on.


The tendency of taking human capital as property has posed some impacts on the enterprise management mode. An enterprise's financial management will take the shape of the theoretical and practical structure of human capital finance due to the absorption of human capital. Human capital finance is bound to develop by deepening the value, enriching the management and innovating the management approach and meanwhile leads to the expansion of the financial management as well as the repositioning of the value management of pan financial resources.


A preliminary investigation of ballistic impact on ceramic armor was carried out by recourse to numerical simulation using finite element method. Following our earlier study [1] on the effect of stress wave propagation from dynamic loads, the current computational model was developed with built-in brittle failure criteria, aiming to correlate with experimental ballistic testing. It was found that the rate that the ceramic armor absorbed the bullet kinetic energy raised as the armor thickness increased.


The article contains sections titled:

1. Introduction
2. Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones
2.1. The Hypothalamic–Pituitary System
2.2. Pituitary Hormone Preparations
2.2.1. Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH)
2.2.2. Thyrotropin (TSH)
2.2.3. Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH, GnRH)
2.2.4. Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Follitropin (FSH), Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)
2.3. Growth Hormone and Prolactin Regulation
2.3.1. Growth-Hormone-Releasing Hormone
2.3.2. Somatostatin
2.3.3. Growth Hormone
2.3.4. Prolactin and Human Placental Lactogen (HPL)
2.4. The Melanocortin System
2.4.1. Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)
2.4.2. Corticotropin (ACTH)
2.4.3. Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone (MSH)
2.4.4. Melanocortins
2.4.5. Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Processing
2.5. New Hypothalamic–Pituitary Peptides
2.6. Neurohypophyseal Peptides
2.6.1. Vasopressin
2.6.2. Oxytocin
3. Calcium-Regulating Hormones
3.1. Calcitonin
3.2. Parathormone


Objective To investigate the clinical effect of minimally invasive removal of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.Methods The puncture point was determined by CT scan and a marker was made there.The second CT scan was taken to adjust the point,then the skull was drilled and the hematoma was sucked out followed by fibrinolytic treatment after operation.Results The drainage lasted from 14 hours to four days.Among 40 cases under this treatment,the hematoma was removed completely in eight patients,more than 70% was removed in 29 patients and 50%~70% was removed in three patients.Conclusions Minimally invasive drainage is simple,safe and micro-traumatic.It can also remove the hematoma efficiently and relieve the space-occupying effect.


The present communication deals with the plants used to treat common diseases in cattle and pet animals in the tribal belts of Andhra Pradesh, India. For the purpose of the ethnoveterinary practices, 108 plant species belonging to 99 genera and 51 families were identified. The present study reveals that leafy parts rank first, among the various plant parts used to treat different ailments of the livestock. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v19i1.10936 Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 19 (1): 7-16, 2012 (June)


Between 1969 and 1972, I conducted fieldwork in rural North-West France, protecting it from media curiosity by vaguely referring to it as the ―Western French Bocage [Hedgerow region].‖ I gathered two types of material from this research: a field journal in which I recounted daily events in great detail, and a typed account of some thirty dewitching seances that I had tape-recorded.
Two books were drafted from the material in my field journal: Les Mots, la mort, les sorts. La sorcellerie dans le Bocage (1977), and Corps pour corps. Enquete sur la sorcellerie dans le Bocage (1988).


The digitization of works renders them not only easy to copy and distribute. It makes them easy to transform from one medium to another. Many of the same fair use questions posed by the copying or use of computer programs recur when other kinds of digital data are copied or manipulated. There are some situations in which digital copying would almost certainly be permitted as fair use, and some in which fair use defenses would be futile.


Abstract Research background: Mutual companies are a major component of the life insurance industry worldwide and moreover are growing in importance. Efficiency, potentially affected by whether a life insurer company is mutual or stock, can determine how well said companies perform. Purpose: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of examining the efficiency of mutual and takaful (similar to mutuals) life insurance companies. Research methodology: This research coordinates 1) ideas regarding the size and importance of the mutual and takaful life industries worldwide, 2) theoretical aspects concerning how the efficiency of mutual/takafuls is expected to compare to that of stock insurers and 3) the outcomes of germane life insurance efficiency studies. Results: The outcomes of life insurance efficiency studies tend to show that, in total, stock insurers are more efficient than mutuals apart from one conspicuous element. As mutuals are substantial within several of the world's largest life markets and the global life industry their being inefficient can be exceedingly negative. The overall conclusion is that such inefficiency can lead to dire economic problems so it is imperative to investigate the efficiency of mutuals/takafuls and perhaps the one element of stocks. Novelty: This article is the first to investigate the results of mutual/takaful life insurer efficiency studies in concert with the abovementioned theory and draws a vital conclusion regarding mutual/takaful life insurer inefficiency.


A report is given on the development of a system for the distribution of encrypted digital contents via freely accessible distribution media. To be able to use this information, the key needed for decryption has to be ordered from a key management system. The distribution of the keys required for decryption is restricted whereas the distribution of the encrypted contents is not. The key is sent to the customer only if sufficient payment has been authorised. The system described in this paper is designed (i) to be independent of the method used for distribution of the encrypted contents, (ii) to support many different payment systems, (iii) to support casual customers (nonregistered users), (iv) to avoid complicated software setup, contract conclusion and registration processes, and (v) to support re-selling of other manufacturer's contents in simple way without extra contracts. In addition, (vi) the system can be easily adapted to support workflow management in a business-to-business environment.


ABSTRACT Intensive psychosocial treatment is presented as a specialized model of care to bridge the research-to-practice gap for evidence-based treatments (EBTs). In the present paper, we describe the UCLA Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program as an exemplary intervention setting for clinicians to adapt empirically supported treatment principles (e.g., cognitive-behavioral, acceptance-based and dialectical behavioral interventions) and clinical practices (e.g., symptom monitoring, training and supervision, and disposition planning) to address common treatment barriers in the real world, such as clinical complexity, low family engagement, and limited access to specialized treatment. We argue that flexibility in treatment approach, format, and dosage facilitates the dissemination of treatments that are evidence-based but currently under-utilized in usual care settings (e.g., exposure and response prevention for OCD).


the proposal to define structure units as generators of the various properties of a substance has a considerable advantage over the usual definition of a structure unit as the endpoint of some prescribed scheme of subdivision.


Understanding Human Dignity, edited by Christopher McCrudden is a thorough attempt to determine if the concept of dignity is able to overcome Ockam's challenge, according to which conceptual distinctions that don't foster our understanding of the world should be dropped. As any good academic book should, it does not endeavour to offer a definite, uncontroversial and closed answer. It displays, instead, an overarching panorama of the main historical and current debates around the concept of dignity, centred on four areas of knowledge and social practice deeply involved with its use: theology, philosophy, law and politics. As a result the reader is faced with a structural, and yet paradoxical, friction between the overwhelming rhetorical force of the concept of dignity and its elusive meaning. Finding a solution to this friction will result in saving dignity from Ockam's challenge. To put it in McCrudden's own words, 'the power of the concept of human dignity is unquestionable ... But are we all singing from the same hymn sheet when we use the concept of human dignity, and is it a problem if we are not?' (1). The key and perhaps unavoidable question which the book prompts is, thus, whether the concept of dignity is only a convenient rhetorical device used in


By means of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations we provide a thorough atomic-scale picture of boron incorporation in crystalline silicon upon solid-phase epitaxy. The present results show that boron can either be incorporated as a substitutional dopant or form clusters with a low content of silicon self-interstitials. A full characterization of the formation process of boron-interstitial clusters and their stoichiometry is presented. The present results are consistent with available experimental information and also provide a deep physical insight into B-doped silicon solid-phase epitaxy.


The differential and integrated cross sections for the rotational excitation (0→2 and 1→3) of the hydrogen molecule by show electrons are calculated in the adiabatic approximation. The effects of electron exchange and target polarization on the rotational excitation are investigated. Inclusion of these effects increases cross sections and results in good agreement with experimental data.


quality of his previous studies of British communism and the shop stewards' movement. Cronin's book is far more satisfactory because of the care he takes to analyze what Hinton ignores, "the shifting link between working people as a social class and Labour as a political party" (vii), links which, Cronin argues, belie the commonly held assumption "that class membership results in class organization or class politics" (8). Only in the period between 1945 and 1951 was this the case, Cronin asserts, quoting Raymond Williams to support his thesis: "The huge vote of 1951, still in conditions of post-war austerity and planning, was the most conscious working-class determination ever recorded in Britain, to reject the conditions of pre-war society and go on with the new system" (132). Since then, the party has failed to remain in touch with class, not because the latter has adopted the habits and assumptions of a bourgeoisie— a thesis that Cronin emphatically rejects—but because it has "failed to come to terms with workers' increased material expectations" (203). Cronin sustains his argument through the use of numerous surveys of working-class attitudes and expectations, both at the workplace and in neighborhoods. An inquiry conducted in 1919 among Sheffield workers, misleadingly entitled The Equipment of Workers; the autobiography of an engineer, W. F. Watson, published in 1935; the Mass Observation surveys of the late 1930s and 1940s—these and other sources enrich not only Cronin's argument, but also our own sense of the sources of political commitment and alignment. The result is a study that will enlighten students of twentieth-century Britain and also, one devoutly hopes, the present leadership of the beleagured Labour party.


During the last century changing patterns of land use in the UK have led to the large scale loss and degradation of species-rich chalk grasslands, a habitat of conservation importance across Europe. In particular, the conversion of chalk grasslands into arable land has represented a major threat to this habitat type. The re-creation of chalk grasslands on ex-arable land therefore has the potential to both increase the area of this threatened habitat, and to provide links between existing remnant fragments. We present a four year study investigating the effects of three different methods of introducing plant species during grassland re-creation: 1) a simple grass seed mix, intended to suppress the establishment of pernicious weeds; 2) spreading of hay; 3) sowing of brush harvested seeds. The latter two methods introduce local provenance seeds collected from species-rich chalk grassland. Using a replicated block design we investigate the efficacy of these management practices in promoting the re-creation of both plant and phytophagous beetle assemblages. We compare re-creation success relative to a target chalk grassland and contrast differences in the responses between these two trophic levels. The introduction of local provenance seeds by hay spreading and brush harvesting is shown to be beneficial during re-creation. However, if used in combination with simple grass-only seed mixtures the establishment of some chalk grassland species may be reduced. We discuss the relevance of these findings for the re-creation of plant and phytophagous beetle assemblages of species-rich grasslands on ex-arable land. We also consider the implications of differences in establishment rates between these two taxa for the long term success of habitat creation.


Ms. Hannah wears dresses made out of potholders and collects garbage instead of throwing it out. Plus she's making A.J. be partners with smelly Andrea. This is the worst art class ever!


This research aims to analyze the readiness of students from the Chemistry Education Department to implement the Teaching Practices (PPL) program in 2023. This type of research is descriptive qualitative with a phenomenological research design. The research subjects were three Chemistry Education Department students who carried out PPL in 2023. The data collection techniques used were interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques are done by data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The research results show that students in the Chemistry Education Department have pedagogical competency readiness in implementing the 2023 PPL program. In the learning process, students need to master the skills of opening and closing learning. For personality competence and social competence, all students of the Kinia Education Study Program are ready to implement it. Likewise, in terms of Professional and Social competence, five students from the Chemistry Education Department are in a good category. In other words, students have no obstacles in implementing these four competencies.


There is great difference in surrounding factors among different forest types because of both succession phase and conditions.In the long-term evolvement and development,especially,during the felling and building,the gap of soil fertility is very high.In this research,twelve soil fertility indexes were examined and the differences of three forest types were compared.The results showed that the difference of pH was not remarkable among three forest types,however,the differences of organic matter,total N,hydrolyzing N and quicking K reached significant(0.05),the differences of NH4-N,NO3-N,total P,valid P,total K,chronic K and CEC were quite remarkable,which reach 0.01 level.The spatial SD sequence of soil fertility in three forest types: total Norganic matterNH4-NNO3-Nvalid Pchronic Kquicking Khydrolyzing NCECtotal Ptotal KpH.The whole level of soil fertility was the secondary forestmanpower rubber forestseasonal rain forest.


Accounting fraud is a deliberate act solely in order that the subject of fraud personal benefit or group. Accounting fraud tendency is influenced by individual morality, obedience of the rules of accounting, compatibility compensation, and internal controls. Moral always refer to the aspect of human behavior, so the moral is the field of human life in terms of goodness as a human .  According to the Dictionary of Indonesian rule is a way (rules, standards, instructions, or commands) that has been set in order to be obeyed. Made such accounting rules as the basis for preparing financial statements. Compensation is often also called the award and can be defined as any form of awards granted to employees as remuneration for the contribution they make to the organization. Internal control is a process that is influenced by management created to provide reasonable assurance in achieving effectiveness, efficiency, adherence to laws and regulations in force, and the reliability of financial statement presentation. This study aims to determine the effect of individual morality, observance of the rules of accounting, compliance compensation, and internal control over accounting fraud tendencies. The sample used is a state owned company located in the province of West Sumatra. Data were processed using by SPSS 16. The results showed that: 1) There is no influence of Individual Morality to the tendency of Accounting Fraud. 2) There is no influence of Obedience Accounting Rules to the tendency of Accounting Fraud. 3) There is no influence of Compatibility Compensation to the tendency of Accounting Fraud. 4) There is influence of Internal Control to the tendency of Accounting Fraud. Keywords :      Accounting Fraud Trends , Morality Individuals, Obedience of Accounting Rules , Compatibility Compensation , Internal Control


We introduce a schematic nonlinear diffusion model where density fluctuations induce a rich out-of-equilibrium dynamics. The properties of the model are studied by numerical simulations and analytically in a mean field approximation. At low temperatures and high densities we find a long off-equilibrium glassy region, where the system evolves out of an initially pinned state showing aging and a slow decay of the autocorrelation as an enhanced power law, along with strong spatial heterogeneities and violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem.


OBJECTIVE
To measure the palatal thickness of both hard and soft tissues and to determine safe regions for the placement of mini-implants. The influences of sex and age on palatal thickness were also examined.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Cone-beam computed tomography images of 30 patients (12 males, 18 females), including 15 adults and 15 adolescents, were used in this study. The thicknesses of palatal hard tissue, soft tissue, and hard+soft tissues were measured at the coronal planes of first premolars, second premolars, first molars, and second molars (P1, P2, M1, and M2 planes, respectively).

RESULTS
The hard tissue was thickest at the P1 plane, followed by at the P2, M1, and M2 planes, while the thickness of soft tissue was similar among the four planes. The trends in the changes of palatal thickness from midline to the lateral sides (V-pattern) were similar for the four planes. Palatal thickness was influenced by sex, age, and their interaction. Mapping of recommended and optimal sites for palatal mini-implants was accomplished.

CONCLUSIONS
Sex and age factors could influence palatal thickness. Therefore, the findings might be helpful for clinicians in guiding them to choose the optimal sites for palatal mini-implants.


Intensified cameras are specialized devices that optically connect an image intensifier to a CCD sensor. One finds a wide variety of CCD sensor architectures making this camera type adaptable to many imaging and spectroscopy experimental needs. PI-MAX4 intensified CCD cameras use 3 different types of CCDs: front illuminated CCDs, interline CCDs, as well as F/I and B/I electron multiplying CCD sensors. Particularly this latter type, the emICCD camera, increases the sensitivity, linearity, speed and flexibility compared to its standard ICCD counterparts. When considering an emICCD camera for an experiment it is useful to understand the specific advantages it has and how it performs in concrete measurement scenarios. In addition, the high performance of emICCDs has been shown in multiple, published scientific articles. In the following we will briefly describe how ICCDs operate, when they are used and explain the advantages of using an emICCD camera highlighting specific applications.


E. E. Golubinsky, one of the most prominent natives of the Kostroma land, the largest historian of the Russian Orthodox Church, the first of the professors of the Moscow Theological Academy, elected as an ordinary academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Through the prism of the milestones of the historian's biography, the article examines the general trends in the socio-cultural development of Russia in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries The specific features in the culture of everyday life of the Orthodox clergy are analyzed, the problem field of church educational institutions is structured, the portrait characteristic of the theological and academic corporation is personalized, its role in the historical and cultural development of Russian society is revealed. The amazing fate of E. E. Golubinsky, his intellectual honesty, commitment to the religious, moral and institutional reorganization of the historical church are updated in the context of contemporary problems of Russian education and society as a whole. The problematic connotations in the development of theological and academic corporations are revealed — the lack of a single intellectual and spiritual space in their coexistence, a certain disconnectedness of their position in the socio-cultural development of society, the need to deepen their interaction with representatives of secular intelligentsia. The necessary consequence of the synergy of scientific knowledge and spiritual faith is the construction of the Orthodox philosophy of history, which in the context of the crisis that is being experienced today, essential discourse is of practical importance in the inevitability of dialogue and the inevitability of creative transformation of personality in the modern world.


PurposeMergers and acquisitions being done by emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) increasingly attract scholarly attention. However, conclusions concerning the nature and the theoretical underpinnings of EMNCs' post-acquisition integration vary significantly, calling for an assessment of the state of affairs in this field. This paper aims to critically review the extant studies on EMNCs' post-acquisition integration and to make a comparison with advanced economy multinational corporations' (AMNCs') post-acquisition integration, in order to formulate an agenda for future research.Design/methodology/approachA sample of papers from 21 leading journals in the fields of international business, management, human resource management and strategy published between 1991 and March 2018 are included in the literature review. Qualitative content analysis was conducted.FindingsThe topics are clustered into the four themes of strategies and processes, influencing factors, acquisition performance and antecedents of post-acquisition integration of EMNCs. The literature on EMNCs and AMNCs converges with regard to the broad methodological and theoretical approaches that have been adopted. Yet, EMNCs and AMNCs diverge on the detailed strategies and behavioral patterns of post-acquisition integration, mostly as a consequence of country of origin factors.Originality/valueThe paper identifies a number of deficiencies within existing research and suggests how they can be addressed in future research. By doing so, the paper deepens the argumentation of the third camp in the "Goldilocks debate" (Cuervo-Cazurra, 2012) arguing that the phenomenon of post-acquisition of EMNCs is "just right" for theory extension and development.


We study the scintillation index for partially coherent flat-topped beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence along a slant path. The effects of beam order, zenith angle and the coherence length on scintillation index are studied.


Controlled-dispersion flow analysis is a new technique using non-segmented flowing streams. Sample introduction is by aspiration rather than by injection. This offers several advantages over the use of injection valves. Greater reliability and reduced sample and reagent consumption are attributes that should make the new technique attractive to clinical chemists. The determination of albumin, triglycerides and theophylline in blood plasma is used to demonstrate the flexibility of this approach to a variety of different analytical applications.


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