The study aimed to explore the effect cryogenic liquid preservation of gansu alpine merino plastic straw fresh semen.Three kinds of fresh semen diluents were formulated with glucose,sodium citrate,milk and egg yolk as the main ingredients,10-fold dilution of semen stored at 4 ℃,respectively,for 12h,24h,36h,48h,60h,and 72h observation sperm survival time and artificial insemination conception rate.The results indicated that semen recipe Ⅲ after thin tube packaging,4℃ preservation,72h after the sperm reach 0.49,with recipes significant difference withⅠandⅡ,Ⅲand recipes dilution after insemination conception rate in the distance up to 78.3%.Sodium citrate and glucose,based on adding egg yolk and TCM199,can be effectively protected at 4℃ Gansu Alpine sheep semen,sperm prolong its vitality satisfy distance in 3 days artificial insemination,the effective use of ram value.


The system must have an appropriate DC-DC converter to function effectively. A good converter must meet eligibility criteria such as low ripple content at both current and voltage; high output voltage and power; low harmonic distortion level; and high efficiency gain with fewer component requirements. Many of the converters are designed to satisfy a few of the aforementioned criteria. This paper aims to select a suitable converter which will possess more possibilities for BLDC drive-based Electric Vehicle (EV) applications. It is necessary to analyse the performance of a converter before suggesting one for a particular use. Different converter topologies are taken into account. The design topology, components used, formulae derived, loss calculations, and output performances are validated in detail. Most of the converters' performances are beyond expectations while choosing the proper component values. The results obtained from the converters with corresponding values are presented and suitable applications are suggested.


The presence of Financial Technology (FinTech) as an innovative and disruptive financial service can improve the efficiency and scope of organization business process through the application of technology. In determining the effectiveness of Fintech adoption, each organization will measure by considering both from the perspectives of management and user in the organization. This proposed study aims to examine the effect of FinTech adoption in organization using the UTAUT approach. It attempts to measure the variable of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, customer's trust and regulatory services into the effect of FinTech adoption in the organization. This study adopts quantitative method through online survey and the data will be analyzed by using Structural Equation Method (SEM). This proposed study's findings could contribute by enhancing the organization the importance of FinTech adoption to increase business performances. The study showed that the the adoption of FinTech in organization had significantly influenced by performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, customer trust as well as regulatory services. Customer trust itself had the highest influenced among others. Meanwhile, regulatory services had the smallest influence to the FinTech adoption in Organization.


The article provides an overview of the modern Egyptian novel of Mohammad Rabie. It is a dystopian piece that presents an alternative story of events that could have taken place after the Egyptian Revolution that took place in the country in January 2011. Rabie draws a picture of Egypt in 2025. The main protagonist of the novel, a policeman called Ahmad Otared, or as he is also called Mercury, witnesses terrible changes happening in the country that lead up to lawlessness, murders and robberies.


This paper investigates the performance of a ray-based blind deconvolution (RBD) algorithm for sources of opportunity, such as shipping noise, in an ocean waveguide recorded on a vertical line array (VLA). The RBD algorithm [Sabra et al., JASA,2010, EL42-7] relies on estimating the unknown phase of the source through wideband beamforming along a well-resolved ray path to approximate the environment's Green's Functions (or Channel Impulse responses) between the source and the VLA elements, as well with recovering the unknown radiated source signal. The RBD algorithm is tested here for shipping sources recorded in the Santa Barbara shipping channel (water depth ~550 meters). The four VLAs, with short (~ 15 meter) and long (~56 meter) apertures, were deployed between the north and south bound shipping lanes and collected acoustic data throughout a week in mid-September, 2016. Here, we discuss (1) the performance of conventional beamforming and adaptive (MVDR) beamforming when estimating ray-arrivals, (2) the...


The requirement engineering model, CAGDI has been introduced and moved towards an object-oriented paradigm. The requirement modeling has been completed using the CAGDI model to develop the data ware house (DWH) for the banking system, and now it is converted into a software tool for implementation. In this paper, the implementation of the CAGDI model using a requirement elicitation form has been completed. Later on, this model was codified and a running software module was developed that stimulates the CAGDI model and generates the working software model for the same. These implementations produced a software tool named C2MC which stands for cluster creation and model comparison. The tool that has been developed can be applicable in cluster creation, listing the members of a cluster and comparing the AGDI model with the CAGDI to prove the valuables of CAGDI in terms of time and space complexity. This software tool can be used to achieve the automated CAGDI model. Thus, in this way, an automated requirement engineering model to develop the DWH for a banking system is achieved. The coding of C2MC has been done in the following two ways: a. object-based language and b. using structural language.


A toll is a charge or tax for a privilege, especially for expressways or some roads. Electronic toll collection aims at eliminating the delay caused by toll collection process. There has been a problem during rush hours especially in the mornings, evenings and on public holidays of movement of vehicles passing the through the highways due to the time consumed on manual collection of toll tax for each vehicle passing through the toll plaza. The aim of this project is to develop a system which detects the approaching vehicle automatically. When the vehicle approaches the toll plaza the vehicle number plate gets captured by the camera placed at the toll plazas and it is automatically processed and the system checks for the payment and challan and opens the gate , we have also provided a system which checks whether vehicle has any pending challan or not. Keyword:- Vehicle number plate detection & recognition, checking Challan, advance payment, OCR, Toll collection


Non-hot injection synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals have been described. For example, Taashigata cadmium selenide nanocrystals cadmium oxide in a non-coordinating solvent, selenium, including trioctyl phosphine and a carboxylic acid, the mixture was degassed, the heating from about room temperature to about 210 ° C. can be prepared by a process which comprises, Taashigata cadmium selenide nanocrystals can be a quadruped type cadmium selenide nanocrystals.


Light directivity substrate comprises a front major surface opposite to the rear major surface and a back surface. Rear major surface comprises a light reflecting section, and the light transmission section. The front surface comprises a plurality of lenticular lens elements. Graphic images are disposed on the substrate or the optical directional therein.


In Yuan Drama,there appeared a series of Taoist nuns images,which are different from traditional ones.These Taoist nuns in Yuan Drama are passionate,smart,with secular lust and real love.sometimes they even served as matchmakers.The reason why these phenomenon appeared in Yuan Dram is not only because the opening,loose and multicultural environment in Yuan Dynasty,but also the people's attitude to them.And the fact that woman cannot make a independence life as well as the creators to satisfy the public aesthetic interest are also the reasons to this phenomenon.These images not only promote the plot development,enrich the characters of Yuan Drama,but also effect the later novels and dramas.


Rocky habitats have a particular microclimate and a highly complex structure, providing sites that mammals can use as dens or as nesting sites to raise their...


According to the characteristics of high delay and loss rate in Delay Tolerant Networks(DTNs),an adaptive error control scheme based on packet loss rate on MAC layer is proposed.The proposed scheme improves the performance of the transmission control layer and MAC layer.The simulation results indicate that the scheme can improve the network transmission latency of DTN,and meet the requirements of latency sensitive services.


We examine the relation between cross-listing on the U.S. and UK regulated and unregulated exchanges and trading volume for a sample of 500 foreign firms from 34 countries. We find that the increase in trading volume is a function of both reducing segmentation and signaling investor protection. In addition, we find that home market trading volume, firm size, firm returns, and analyst forecast accuracy are the major determinants of a firm's trading volume. We also show that U.S. and UK investors trade foreign securities that originate from low-investor-protection countries more than they trade those from high-investor-protection countries, which is consistent with the bonding hypothesis.


X-ray pair distribution function analysis is used with first-principles molecular dynamics simulations to study the co-operative H2O binding, structural dynamics and host-guest interactions in the channel hydrate of diflunisal.


In the present case study, a QSAR model has been developed to identify CCK2 receptor antagonists. The earlier reported 3D pharmacophore modeling of these molecules involved commercial software. Since the reduction in the cost involved in the drug discovery phase is very crucial, in the present study, QSAR models based on the structural indices including 1D, 2D and 3D indices computed from the structures of CCK2 receptor antagonists has been developed utilizing NanoBRIDGES software which is openly accessible (http://nanobridges.eu/software/). This QSAR model is not only comparable to the earlier reported model, but it also reasonably predicts the external set of nine compounds including the drug benzotript and the most active 6a described in earlier work on structure-based homology model CCK2 receptor antagonists as antiulcer agents and thus may be useful in virtual screening for the identification of new CCK2 receptor antagonists.


This article is a description on the Cathedral's Archive from a historical point of view. The following main sections are explained in detail: parchments, codices and books, with particular attention given to the most significant works from each of these sections. A tour of the different locations in which the Archive and Library have been situated over the centuries is provided. Reference is made to its current situation and the services available to researchers.


This paper summarizes the results of a large indoor environmental quality survey in office buildings, comparing green with non-green buildings. On average, occupants in green buildings were more satisfied with thermal comfort and air quality in their workspace. However, the average satisfaction scores in green buildings for lighting and acoustic quality were comparable to the non-green average. Comparing complaint profiles of those dissatisfied with lighting and acoustic quality, a higher percentage of occupants were dissatisfied with light levels and sound privacy in green buildings. Our results suggest a need for improvements in controllability of lighting, and innovative strategies to accommodate sound privacy needs in open plan or cubicle office layouts in both comparison groups.


Manufacturing firms in the United States are facing world class competition from around the globe, competition that is so great, it's threatening the very survival of many industries. Computer integrated manufacturing is seen as the last chance for American businesses to increase productivity, quality and competitiveness.
Virtually all research efforts directed toward implementation of CIM have been conducted by and for Fortune 500 companies. While small businesses have the same need to improve productivity, quality and competitiveness, they are unable to avail themselves of the expensive, complex and untested technologies fielded by the Fortune 500 companies or being developed in federal laboratories.
Therefore a need exists for a methodology to deliver the increased productivity, quality and competitiveness that is required for the very survival of many of these small manufacturing firms.
This research has put forth a methodology that uses existing off-the-shelf, state-of-the art technology wherever possible. This methodology has been successfully applied to the Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) in the Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Packaging Engineering (CIMPE) Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The CIMPE was selected as a demonstration platform because it's complexity matches that of a large percentage of small manufacturing firms in the United States.


Aiming at the problems of power quality in inverter-based power supplies,a three electrical level SVPWM control strategy was proposed.On the basis of introducing the principle and significance of inverter-based power supplies,the AC-DC-AC topology was chosen.After analyzing briefly the three electrical level SVPWM control strategy,model and simulate the whole system under Maltab/Simulink,and the results indicate that the proposed control strategy can achieve the changing of amplitude and phase,and the effect of inverter is good.At the same time,three electrical level SVPWM could enhance the power quality effectively.


Given an m-by-n sign pattern matrix , an n-by-1 pattern , and an m-by-1 pattern , we establish a necessary and sufficient condition that, for each matrix A having pattern , there is a vector x with pattern such that Ax has pattern . This work generalizes previous results by several authors on qualitative semipositivity and centrality.


Even though many pesticides are known for barley powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust, alternative controls are necessary, because of consumer rejection of chemical pesticides and the appearance of fungi resistant to fungicides. To discover biopesticides, many broths of microorganisms were screened. Of those, a culture broth of Burkholderia ambifaria showed an excellent antifungal activity against both Erysiphe graminis and Puccinia recondita, which cause barley powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust, respectively.


You have made a finite diagn osis. Perhap s the mailer clea rly needs an ophthalmologist's care. But be poised to call upon consultants if, without that clear diagnosis, there is depressed vision or a history of trauma, or if the disorder is prolonged or obscure with lack of respon se, recurrence, deterioratio n, or intolerable discomfort. If vision cannot achieve good quality, especially after use of the pinhole test, onward referral to a consultant is highly desirable . If there is the slig htest doubt , err on the side of refer!


: (188 out of 250) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is sustained by a sub-population of rare Leukemia initiating cells (LICs) detected in the xenograft assay by their capacity to self-renew and to generate non-LICs in vivo . The xenotransplantation model captures functional properties of LICs that have clinical prognostic value. However, the long duration of this in vivo assay has hampered its use as a prognostic tool. Here, we show using an ex vivo co-culture system, that intermediate and poor risk AML patient samples at diagnosis have a 5 to 7 times higher frequency of Leukemic-Long Term Culture-Initiating cells (L-LTC-ICs) compared to the good risk group. We defined a Fluorescence Dilution Factor (FDF) parameter that monitors sample proliferation over 1 week and established a strong correlation of this parameter with the L-LTC-IC frequency. A higher FDF was found for poor prognostic AMLs or for samples capable of engrafting NSG mice compared to good risk AMLs or non-engrafters. Importantly, FDF could classify normal karyotype-intermediate risk patients into 2 groups with a significant difference in their overall survival, thus making this non-genetic and non-in vivo approach a new clinically relevant tool for a better diagnosis of AML patients.


The histopathologic interpretation of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is subject to a high level of interobserver variability and a substantial number of false-positive and false-negative results. We assessed the impact of the conjunctive interpretation of p16 INK4a immunostained slides on the accuracy of communitybased pathologists in diagnosing high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN; CIN 2 and CIN 3) in biopsy specimens. Twelve pathologists rendered independent diagnoses on a set of 500 HE P < .0001). Reproducibility of p16 INK4a stain interpretation was excellent (κ = 0.899). Our results show that conjunctive interpretation of p16 INK4a -stained slides could significantly improve the routine interpretation


Traditions that shape our identity and beliefs are constantly undergoing transformation through our interactions with new cultures. At the same time, these interactions enhance our awareness of whe ...


The principles of flower arrangement of separate objects have their special features, but they should be thoroughly considered and built organically into the whole system of the city. So far the attempts of the analysis and systematization for flower arrangement in Moscow, their further planning, development and improving, forming of the new programs and better systems have been undertaken in Moscow several times. The General plan of flower arrangement in Moscow was one of the first programs in the system of flower arrangement, which was formulated in 1978. The purpose of it was the development of the program of document determining: thematic directions for the development of flower arrangement; the basic means of flower arrangement; decorations on national holidays and festivals; realization of the decisions of the General plan of flower arrangement until 1990. The existing conditions of flower arrangement in the city have been analyzed from the point of view of changing planned structures and implementation of the decisions in the general plan of the city taking into account the installation of the administrative and public centers, sports centers, parks, squares, parkways, prospectuses, highways and other major town-planning formations and objects. The following significant stage of the work on the creation of the system flower arrangement has become the decoration of the city in honor of the 850-anniversary of Moscow. There were offers for flower arrangement of the basic platforms where celebrations took places, including flower beds with symbolics of Moscow, in the General plan. In 2003, the new General plan for flower arrangement covering all territories of city has been confirmed. The positions of the Plan have affirmed a necessity for flower arrangement at the construction of capital objects, have offered actions for the enlargement of the exhibition and festival activities connected to flower plants, development of the methodical centers. In 2009, The Concept of flower arrangement of Moscow has been worked out under the order of Moscow Committee For Architecture and Urban Development in development of the General plan of gardening and also the General pain of flower arrangement 2003. Thus, it is possible to ascertain the interest of the city authorities of Moscow to the system approach in formation of flower arrangement of the city.


By approaches of literature review, expert interview and logical analysis this paper discusses the existing problems of P. E. course content and sys tem in Chinese normal Schools and universities, the trend of the reform and puts forward the development countermeasure of P. E. course content and system.


Recent experiments on lead (\textrm{$Pb_{82}^{208}$}) nuclei have observed the celebrated phenomenon of neutron skin-thickness of low energy nuclear physics. The skin-thickness provides a measure of extension of spatial distribution of neutrons inside the atomic nucleus than protons. We have studied the effect of neutron skin-thickness on inclusive prompt photon production in Pb~+~Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider energies. We have calculated the \textquoteleft central-to-peripheral ratio\textquoteright ($R_\textrm{cp}$) of prompt photon production with and without accounting for neutron skin effect. The neutron skin causes a characteristic enhancement in the ratio, in particular at forward rapidity, which is distinguishable in our calculation. However a very precise direct photon measurement up to large transverse momenta would be necessary to constrain the feature in experiment.


Many researchers are working on various aspects of color imaging. However, it is apparent from the papers published that it is difficult for many of them to produce high quality color matching and reproductions. While steps needed to produce calibrated color images are fairly well developed, the problem of implementation high quality color matching and reproduction continues to be a serious problem in terms of creating huge color matching data sets or complicated procedures and last the complexity of creating the appropriate mach is often very significant. To surmount this final barrier, this paper is proposes a method to reduce the complexity of the color matching and reproductions without sacrificing quality. Additionally the amount of data that is collected is also significantly reduced. The color tables are used typical color matching of many deice types. Most of the device color spaces are nonlinear and matching and characterization is done in changing conditions. Typical color image processing techniques use profiles consisting of sparse multi-dimensional lookup tables that interpolate between adjacent nodes to prepare an image for rendering. Due to the proliferation of low-cost colour devices (digital colour cameras, scanners, printers etc.) during the last few years, colour calibration has become an important issue.


The development of nano-sized materials increasingly requires the implementation of synthesis methods that are friendly to the environment and that have the ability to implement them in medical, therapeutic, pharmacological, food and environmental areas. As such, green methods have been gaining ground in recent years. Within these processes, there is a huge range of species belonging to different groups (such as bacteria, algae, yeasts, fungi, and plants) with the necessary qualities to generate metallic NPs with particular size and shape characteristics, within which plants stand out. This is due to the simplicity of the process as well as their easy scaling. Additionally, the studies carried out indicate the parameters to be considered in order to carry out a good bioreduction process and obtain both monometallic and highly functional bimetallic nanoparticles. It should be noted that in addition to the economic and ecological advantages of the nature of these methods, the biological molecules that participate as reducing agents also provide stability to the NPs, in some cases conferring superior qualities in catalytic and clinical applications.


Objective To explore the influence of health education pathway chart on improvement in self-efficiency in patients undergoing colostomy.Methods 300 patients undergoing in our hospital were selected and divided into two groups.The control group received traditional pattern of health education.The study group received health education based on the health education pathway chart.The patients were assessed by using the self-efficacy scale before and after health education.Results The study group was superior to the control group in self-efficiency scores,with a statistical difference (P<0.05) after education.Conclusions Health education based on health education pathway chart can effectively improve the ability of self-care and the quality of life in patients undergoing.It is a feasible health education pattern.

Key words:
Health education pathway chart;  Colostomy;  Self-efficiency


Relationships are presented that allow the determination of Fourier coefficients of frequency-band-limited periodic waves from a truncated spectrum of sequency-aliased Walsh coefficients. The sequency-aliasing compensation matrix takes a simple form when the number of data sample-points is 2/sup (p+1)/, where p is a positive integer. For such a case the compensation matrix is a diagonal matrix which premultiplies the converted Fourier coefficients. The sequency-aliasing compensation matrix is combined with Kitai's matrix (1975, 1978); Kitai's matrix compensates for truncation of the Walsh series. Kitai's compensation matrix, which premultiplies Fourier coefficients following conversion into the Fourier domain, takes its simplest form if the highest sequency to be converted is 2/sup p/-1; for this situation, a close relationship exists between the elements of Kitai's compensation matrix and the sequency-aliasing compensation matrix. >


Peasant cooperation in China is one of the hot issues to both the government and the academic circles.But there are still a lot of non-cooperative behaviors among peasants even if there are common interests.This fact means that there are other cooperative conditions that need to be studied.Previous theories show that punishment can serve as one of the cooperation conditions.Then the questions must be answered that how punishment exists and how it should be implemented in the provision process of rural public goods.The paper investigates punishment mechanism in the cooperative behaviors of peasants by means of on-the-spot investigations and case studies.The results show that punishment not only reflects the cooperators' negative emotions towards the free rider but also it can amend the cost and benefit of the free rider in order to promote the possibility for cooperation.The amendment of yield function needs to amend the punished cost of no cooperation yield,which depends on the enforcement of punishment mechanism.And the effective implement of punishment depends on authority and strong reciprocator as the implementing subject.The way of punishment sometimes is direct and sometimes indirect in the social exchange networks.


Flying foxes are commonly thought of as highly social mammals, yet little is known about the dynamics of their social interactions at a day roost. The aim of the present study was to examine the nature of the seasonal activities of territoriality and courtship amongst wild flying foxes in Australia. Focal observations were conducted at two permanent roosts of black flying foxes Pteropus alecto during periods of peak social interaction in the summers of 1999 and 2000 in urban Brisbane, Queensland. Observations of male territoriality were conducted at dawn and began eight weeks prior to the commencement of mating. The majority of defense bouts (87%) consisted of ritualised pursuit, while 13% of bouts involved physical contact expressed as either wrestling or hooking. One male with an unusually large territory took significantly longer to defend it than other males with less territory to defend. Observations of courtship revealed repetitive courtship sequences, including pre-copulatory approaches by the males, copulation attempts and grooming/resting periods. Thirty-four complete courtship sequences incorporating 135 copulation attempts were recorded over two seasons. Females actively resisted courtship approaches by males, forcing males to display a continuous determination to mate over time where determination can be considered an indicator of 'fitness'. The courtship bout length of females with suckling young was significantly longer ( ± SE; 230.9 ± 22.16 s) than that of females unencumbered by large pups (158.5 ± 9.69 s), although the length of copulations within those courtships was not (45.6 ± 5.19 versus 36.2 ± 3.43 s).


GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Thermal conductivity was measured using carboxyl methylcellulose (CMC) doped with ammonium chloride (AC) with varied amounts (0 – 12 wt. %) of propylene carbonate (PC) solid bio-polymer electrolytes (SBPs) via solution casting technique. In SBPs system, the frequency dependence of ionic conductivity, ϵr, and Mi were measured by using an electrical impedance spectroscopy method in the temperature range of 303 – 328 K. The highest ionic conductivity on the SBPs system is 1.01 × 10−2 S cm−1 for a sample containing 8 wt. % of PC. The system was found to obey the Arrhenius rule, where R2 ≈ 1. The dielectric studies show non-Debye behaviour for CMC-AC-PC SBPs. It is convenient to trust that the PC is one of the most promising plasticizers to enhance ionic conductivity and performance for SBP system.


Introduction Controversy remain on the use of 5-FU-based regimens in treating microsatellite instability-related colo-rectal cancer, particularly in relation to the effect of patient's age and of combining 5-FU with other drugs. The aim of this study was to carry out a meta-analysis of current literature to investigate the relationship between tumour microsatellite status and response to 5-FU based adjuvant chemotherapy including patient stratification by staging. Methods A systematic literature review of PubMed was conducted. Studies were included/excluded based on pre-specified criteria. CRC with low MSI (MSI-L) were clustered together with MSS CRC. Overall survival at 5 years was estimated from Keplen-Meier curves. Publication bias was investigated using funnel plots and Egger's test. Statistical analyses were conducted using the R program (version 3.2.4). Results Out a total of 1807 studies identified in the Pubmed database until December 2018, 326 were reviews or were not written in English and were excluded. Of the 1481 remaining studies, 17 fulfilled the screening criteria. Eight were excluded because they did not include overall survival data at 5 years. Nine studies were therefore used for the meta-analysis. The quality of all studies was considered fair according to pre-defined criteria and Egger's test revealed no publication bias. There was however considerable variation between studies in terms of study design, tumour site, tumour staging, and molecular techniques used for the identification of MSI. According to the meta-analysis result 5-FU treated individuals who died at 5 years were 0.69 times more likely to have MSI than those who were alive, but this did not reach statistical significance. There were no sufficient studies to carry out subgroup analysis by stage. Conclusions Meta-analysis based on data extracted from published literature is marred by the heterogeneity and/or paucity of clinical, pathological and molecular data in published studies. Similarly to two previous meta-analysis studies there was no significant difference in the overall survival of patients with MSI-H and MSS/MSI-L CRC treated with adjuvant 5-FU. More studies are necessary to clarify whether patients with MSI-H CRC, and in particular those at a relatively early stage, should be offered 5-FU based adjuvant chemotherapy.


Memory graphs are very useful in understanding the behavior of programs that use dynamically allocated data structures. We present a new memory graph representation, MG++, and a memory graph construction algorithm, that greatly enhance the utility of memory graphs. First, in addition to capturing the shapes of dynamically-constructed data structures, MG++ also captures how they evolve as the program executes and records the source code statements that play a role in their evolution to assist in debugging. Second, MG++ captures the history of actions performed by the memory allocator. This is useful in debugging programs that internally manage storage or in cases where understanding program behavior requires examining memory allocator actions. Our binary instrumentation-based algorithm for MG++ construction does not rely on the knowledge of memory allocator functions or on symbol table information. Our algorithm works for custom memory allocators as well as for in-program memory management. Experiments studying the time and space efficiency for real-world programs show that MG++ representation is space-efficient and the time overhead for MG++ construction algorithm is practical. We show that MG++ is effective for fault location and for analyzing binaries to detect heap buffer overflow attacks.


Travel time reliability is of high importance for passengers and transit agencies in the urban rail transit system. The travel time reliability models of OD pairs, line and network were established, and a short discussion on influence factors of travel time reliability was provided. Based on the real urban rail AFC data, the distribution of travel time was analyzed and a methodology based on kernel density estimation was presented to evaluate travel time reliability. Beijing urban rail transit system was used as a case study. It concluded that the travel time reliability is related to journey distance, interchange times and travel time segment. Keywords-urban rail transit; travel time reliability; kernel density estimation


By focusing on three contextual areas—social/political, environmental/economic and legal/administrative—this article considers how a greater understanding of context may help in measuring the effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment (SEA). Based on a review of literature, some of the environmental assessment studies and a recent case study in Canada, the importance of context is considered generally and contextual criteria developed. A positive approach is necessary if the challenge of moving SEA effectiveness studies forward is to be met.


In this work, we have constructed exact geometries which describe magnetized matter within General Relativity, specifically in an almost-plane-symmetric case. Although the use of this geometry imposes some constraints on the components of the energy–momentum tensor, it allows to describe some physically interesting situations in which the magnetized vacuum is relevant.


Recently, understanding of the physics of ion–surface interactions has progressed sufficiently to allow sputter deposition to be used as a crystal growth technique for depositing a wide variety of single crystal elemental, compound, alloy, and superlattice semiconductors. In many cases, films with essentially bulk values of carrier concentrations and mobilities have been obtained. The controlled use of low energy particle bombardment of the growing film during sputter deposition has been shown to affect all stages of crystal growth ranging from adatom mobilities and nucleation kinetics to elemental incorporation probabilities. Such effects provide inherent advantages for sputter deposition over other vapor phase techniques for the low temperature growth of compound and alloy semiconductors and are essential in allowing the growth of new and unique single crystal metastable semiconductors. This review includes sections on the physics of sputtering, experimental techniques, and ion bombardment effects on film growth as well as a discussion of recent results in the growth of elemental, III–V, II–VI, IV–VI, metastable, and other compound semiconductors.


The present paper explores different techniques for increasing flexural performance of composite sandwich panels made of hand-layup glass fiber reinforced polymer skins and low density closed cell polyurethane foam core. An experimental program compares the performance of simple panels face to the use of transversal and longitudinal internal glass fiber reinforced polymer ribs and the installation of a strain hardening cementitious base composite top layer over the panels. Based on the experimental results, finite element models are also developed to simulate the flexural behavior of tested panels and conducted an in depth analysis of the techniques studied. Obtained experimental and numerical results show that the use of internal glass fiber reinforced polymer ribs (especially in longitudinal direction) along with the use of strain hardening cementitious base composite significantly and effectively increases the flexural performance of sandwich panels. The high stiffness to weight ratio capacity of the panels attained by applying the proposed method enables its use in rehabilitation of historical places. Furthermore, the proposed techniques could be helpful for strengthening available composite sandwich panels.


The influence of finely dispersed, stable particles on the mechanical strength and microstructure of Al films on Si substrates has been studied. Aluminum oxide particles were produced in Al films by oxygen ion implantation, and the grain size was increased by a laser reflow treatment. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was employed to observe the oxide particles and the grain structure in the films after subsequent annealing, and the wafer curvature technique was used to study the deformation properties of the films as a function of temperature. Significant particle strengthening was obtained in the coarse-grained films in tension as well as in compression. In the as-deposited and ion-implanted films a very fine grain size of only 0.35 μm is stabilized after annealing which causes considerable softening of the film in compression at higher temperature because of the enhancement of grain boundary and volume diffusion controlled relaxation mechanisms. However, in tension at low temperature these films show high stresses comparable to those of the laser reflowed and ion-implanted films. The results are discussed in the light of TEM observations.


The People's Linguistic Survey of India has listed at least 13 languages from Uttarakhand, none of which are a part of Indian Constitution's Eight Schedule. However, two of them (Kumaoni and Garhwali) are a part of UNESCO's list of endangered languages. Garhwali is spoken by 23 lakh people in Uttarkahnd, while Kumaoni is the native language of about 20 lakh people. More than 40% of the state's population communicate using native languages and yet Hindi is the only official language of Uttarakhand. This research article seeks to examine the language and educational policies at both state and national level, their goals, implementation, and effectiveness in supporting the regional languages of Uttarakhand.


In this paper, a dynamical model of single product inventory system with unknown demand in a linear state space equation with unknown parameter for inventory control purposes was formulated. An existing control method, robust linear quadratic regulator (RLQR), was applied to control the inventory level by generating the optimal purchasing product volume so that the product stock follows a reference trajectory with minimal cost. The result of the performed numerical experiments showed that the optimal purchasing product volume was determined for every time period and the product stock was closed to the given trajectory level desired by the decision maker.


Street harassment, or the verbal and non-verbal behaviours, gestures or comments that men make to women they do not know in public places, is extremely disturbing to some women. Although it affects women of different social locations in different ways, it is generally accepted that street harassment harms women. Not only does it teach men and women that women are to be afforded less respect in public, it reminds women that they exist as sexual objects to serve men. Street harassment can cause women to feel insecure in public places, resulting in an informal system of ghettoization. Many feminists feel that street harassment can best be understood as an integral part of a system of sexual terrorism which allows men to dominate and control women. Street harassment wreaks havoc on its individual victims (that is, the women who feel fear, rage and disgust) and on women as a group. The fact that our legal system fails to address the problem of street harassment is indicative of a disturbing trend in law: incidents that harm only women are often ignored or trivialized. In this thesis, I seek to determine i f we should create a criminal law that would prohibit street harassment. After examining the impact that street harassment has on women of different social locations, I study the way current laws fail to address this form of sexual terrorism. I conclude that there are several drawbacks to regulating street harassment using the law. However, despite the practical difficulties and the concerns of civil libertarians and feminists, it is imperative to criminalize street harassment. Until our society uses law to condemn street harassment, it will be a socially acceptable practice that is trivialized and ignored.


The experiment is carried out to study the impact of communicative language teaching on introvert/ extravert learners in their English learning in terms of Task-Based Language Teaching. It is discovered that after the implementation of TBLT, there is no distinct difference between introvert and extravert groups, and the marks of two groups turn into normal distribution from skewed distribution. The variance of the introvert group becomes smaller and its ranking moves forwards, while the variance of extravert group becomes bigger and its ranking moves backwards.


We introduce the correlation order as a tool for describing and understanding dependencies in multiple life statuses. This order is well-known in the economical literature. It is a partial order in the class of all bivariate lifetime distributions with given marginals. It is shown that this order is preserved (or reversed) when pricing multiple life and last survivor insurance and annuity contracts. In particular, we establish conditions that provide information on phenomenon of over/underpricing when the usual assumption of mutual independency of the life times involved is made. The results can also be used to establish lower and upper bounds for the single premiums of insurances and annuities on joint-life and last-survivor statuses with given marginals.


The emergence of public architecture in Peru's central highlands occurred during the mid-first millennium B. C. and is correlated with the expansion of the Chavín sphere of interaction. Atalla, a high-altitude site in Huancavelica, represents one of the first known centers with large-scale masonry constructions. Analysis of the ceramic assemblage reveals many similarities between the local ceramics and the Janabarriu phase pottery from Chavín de Huántar, located 450 km to the north. The inhabitants of Atalla emulated the ceramic style and cut-stone masonry of the much larger northern civic-ceremonial centers, like Chavín de Huántar, while maintaining local traits such as circular dwellings and burials in or adjacent to domestic architecture. Utilizing a core-periphery perspective, the unprecedented formation in the central highlands of a community like Atalla is hypothesized to be an independent response to demands for exotic goods from the more complex societies to the north. The largest mercury deposits in Latin America are located 15 km to the west of Atalla, and the center would have been in an excellent position to procure cinnabar and distribute this bright red vermilion pigment. Production of the pigment itself would have occurred at small villages like Chuncuimarca located in the zone of the mercury deposits.


Objective
To explore the roles and related mechanisms of Protein Phosphatase 2A(PP2A)in cognitive dysfunction after the chronic cerebral ischemia.

Methods
70 male Sprague Dawley rats in clean degree were divided into sham group, chronic cerebral ischemia group(Bilateral carotid arteries occlusion, 2VO), and chronic cerebral ischemia group with PP2A activation group(2VO+ aPP2A). The rats were injected intraperitoneally with 1.88 μmol/ml sodium selenate(15 μmol·kg-1·d-1) or equal volume of saline for 4 weeks. After one month, the chronic cerebral ischemia models were reproduced by the occlusion of bilateral common caroid artery. Then the abilities of learning and memory were tested by Morris water maze, electrophysiological indices were recorded to analyze the LTP changes, and destribution of synaptic vesicles was observed by electron microscope.

Results
Morris water maze test showed that the 2VO group had significantly longer latent time than sham group in searching platform(P<0.05), and the 2VO+ aPP2A group had dramatically shorter latent time(P<0.01) than that of 2VO group. Then removing platform to test the rats` memory, the data showed that 2VO group spent markedly longer time than sham group to reach the location of the former platform (sham group: (14.50±1.98)s ; 2VO group: (17.30±2.11)s) (P<0.01), and the 2VO+ aPP2A group((15.09±1.45)s) spent dramatically shorter latent time(P<0.05) than that of 2VO group. The electrophysiological data showed that 2VO group had the noticeably smaller field excitable postsynaptic potential slope( fEPSP) slope ratio between pre and post of the high frequency stimulations(Long-term potential, LTP) than sham group(sham group: 1.69±0.27; 2VO group: 2.02±0.137)(P<0.01), and the 2VO+ aPP2A group(1.86±0.19) had strikingly higher ratio than that of 2VO group(P<0.01). The electromicroscope observation showed that presynaptic vesicles density of 2VO was remarkably lower than that of sham group(sham group: (4.51±0.29) /μm2; 2VO group: (2.02±0.14) /μm2 ) (P<0.01), and presynaptic vesicles density of 2VO+ aPP2A group((3.58±0.50) /μm2) was noticeably higher than that of 2VO group(P<0.01).

Conclusion
Activating PP2A can prevent the cognitive dysfunction after chronic cerebral ischemia through regulating LTP and synaptic vesicle density. And PP2A is probably a potential target for preventing and treating the cognitive dysfunction after chronic cerebral ischemia.

Key words:
Chronic cerebral ischemia; PP2A; Dysfunction of learning and memory


The paper introduces the technical achievement of W251B11 retrofiting from single distillate oil fueled to dual natural gas and distillate oil fueled in Bangladesh,and several resolved essential technologies,which can be used for domestic gas turbine power plants as reference.


Objective To observe the inhibitory effects of curcumin on Tca8113 cell lines growth and inhibitory.Methods Tca8113 cells were cultured in common RPMI-1640.The experimental groups culture medium contained different concentrations of curcumin(5μmol/L,10μmol/L,20μmol/L,40μmol/L).Observing the change of cells morphology under inverted microscope,proliferation inhibitory effects were detected by MTT assay.Results With the higher concentrations of curcumin and treated time increasing,the effect of inhibitory on cells significantly enhanced.Under inverted microscope,the cells growth and proliferation became slow,the cells became small and round,more and more cells floated in culture medium;The results of MTT assay showed that the inhibitory effects of curcumin on cells growth and proliferation were depended on concentrations and time.Conclusion Curcumin can significantly inhibit Tca8113 cells growth and proliferation,it is relied on concentrations and time.


Investigations were made of fast neutron spectroscopy in the 1 to 12 Mev energy range, and descriptions are given of the design and performance of the apparatus used. (R.V.J.)


An SIA system is proposed for the determination of oxidised nitrogen (nitrate + nitrite as N) in natural waters. A cadmium red uctor, made of cadmium granules closely packed in a glass column reduces the nitrate to nitrite. The reduced nitrate and the nitrite present in the water samples is diazotised in the SIA system with sulphanilamide and coupled with N ‐ (1-napthyl) ethylene diammoniumdichloride to form a highly coloured azo dye which is detected at 540 nm with a UV/Vis spectrophotometer. The proposed system is fully computerised and is able to monitor total oxidised nitrogen as nitrite at a frequency of 36 samples pe r hour with a standard deviation of < 1.2%. The calibration curve is linear up to 5 mg/ l with a detection limit of 0.01 mg/ l.


Based on the finite element SAP2000 program,this paper analyses and compares the characteristics of natural vibration of square pyramid space grids under different support forms and comes to the conclusion that natural vibration period and shape of the same grid varies greatly.


This study aims to determine students' perceptions of the online biology learning process in class X IPA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Manokwari. This type of research uses a survey method. This study's data collection techniques used a questionnaire instrument and data analysis techniques using percentages. The population in this study amounted to 35 students of class X IPA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Manokwari by using the saturated sampling technique so that the determination of the number of samples is that all members of the population are sampled. Based on overall learning outcomes with an average indicator value of 64.43%, it was concluded that students' perceptions of the online biology learning process in class X IPA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Manokwari were in the passable category.


Predisposition of smartphone addiction is a person's behavior that leads to excessive use of smartphone resulting in dependence both physically and psychologically which can impact on individual and others. Many kind of factor that can affect a person suffering from smartphone addiction as described by Yuwanto, on of them is looking for personal pleasure. Pleasure is one form of happiness. Pursuit happiness including human rights in USA, but many people that have less happy seek their happiness in an instant way, one of them by using a smartphone excessively. So that's why, the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between happiness with the predisposition of smartphone addiction. The hyphothesis proposed in this study is there is a negative relationship between happiness and the predisposition of smartphone addiction. It means as people with high levels of happiness have a low tendency towards heavier smartphone use. So did the opposite, as people with low levels of happiness have a greater tendency toward heavier smartpone use. This study is carried out on 170 student at University of 17 Agustus 1945, in Surabaya, in 2017. The data was collected using two questionnaire. Spearman Brown is used for analysis data to examine the relationship between happiness and smartphone addiction. The data is analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 for windows. The result from this study is correlation value of R is –0,354 and p = 0,000 (p < 0,01). It means there is a negative relationship between happiness and smartphone addiction. So, the hyphothesis from this studi has been accepted.


The ethical dimension pertaining to protecting participants from psychological harm due to the in-depth nature of the inquiry and to the intimacy resulting from prolonged engagement is well-documented. This is laudable, but very few studies focused on guiding the researchers against chaotic emotions arising from introspectively questioning their beliefs and motivations and inspiring their judgments underlying their decisions. In our involvement with masters' students' thesis writing and research management training, supervision, and examination, we became aware of recurring cases of novice researchers silently disappearing from the program, eventually reappearing, continuously struggling with their thesis. Investigating this process, we identified the difficulty of becoming trustworthy researcher-instruments as the central issue leading to students disconnecting from their research. Students would disclose their anxiety of being accused of bias when defending their purposeful sampling. Therefore, we decided to equip them pre-emptively, helping them build their researchers' expertise and confidence. Firstly, we disclosed our vulnerability from the perspective of the researchers' awareness. Secondly, we exposed an intricate sampling case in terms of methodical considerations. Lastly, we provided a step-by-step demonstration of the initial, purposeful, and theoretical sampling selection process, illustrating the constant comparative analysis method, peer discussions and member reflections as safeguarding procedures towards trustworthiness.


The order of aluminum (Al) tolerance in triticale lines (ST2>ST22) after re-elongation in an Al-free 0.2 mM calcium (Ca) solution for 9 h (Ca period) following 1 h pretreatment with 20 μM Al (Al period) agreed with that after 24 h of Al treatment. Permeability of the plasma membrane (PM) of root-tip cells after the Ca period was significantly increased in Al-sensitive ST22. Al was accumulated more heavily in the root-tip portion of ST22 than in that of ST2, although similar amounts of malic and citric acid anions were released from both triticale lines. We established a new system examining lipid permeability using synthesized nylon-2,8 ultrathin and porous capsules trapped previously with 0.1% (w/v) methylene blue solution and coated thereafter with PM lipid isolated from root tips by a newly developed technique. Permeability of the PM lipid measured with time in 0.2 mM Ca with or without 50 μM Al photometrically (A 680) was significantly greater in Al-sensitive ST22 after 5 min of Al treatment. This is the first report to directly show the primary and early role of PM lipid in Al tolerance in triticale.


In modern times, lots of people with insights went abroad to learn the advanced practices of western education and brought them back to China. They managed to integrate them into Chinese traditional education.Through enormous practice and experimentation, they started a new era for Chinese education.Zheng Xiaocang, one of the representatives of that period, expressed fully his ideas and thoughts in school education, teaching staff management and research management in his long career of education.


The comedogenic potential of a cosmetic raw material or cosmetic formulation is of considerable interest to the dermatologist, the acne-prone individual, and the manufacturer of cosmetic products. Therefore it is not surprising that a "non-comedogenic" claim is associated with an ever-increasing number of cosmetic skin-care products. The potent comedogenic potential of certain cosmetic raw materials has been thoroughly discussed in the literature; these include acetylated lanolin alcohols, coal tar, and isopropryl myristate (4,7,8). However, there are many other cosmetic raw materials whose comedogenic potential has never been tested.


From the perspective of cultural and gender studies and feminist theory, this brief study aims to contribute to the deconstruction of the canonical discourse produced by the male imagination from a reinterpretation of O Quinze, by Rachel de Queiroz, taking the dissenting voice and the fragmented body of the protagonist Conceicao as a place of resistance and female insubordination.


In this paper we report the results of an experimental study of the photoelectric yield of pure and doped solid Ne in the extreme ultraviolet (h/ω=8–30 eV) by use of synchrotron radiation from the DESY synchrotron. Results for the range of impurity excitations, exciton states, and interband transitions were obtained for Xe in Ne, Kr in Ne, and Ar in Ne. The photoemission data where utilized to extract new information concerning (a) energetics, (b) nonradiative relaxation phenomena, and (c) exciton dynamics in solid Ne. Concerning (a) a definite value for the electron affinity V0 in solid Ne was established experimentally. Concerning (b) we were able to show that the n=2 (1/2) exciton decays in an Auger‐type process into an ionized impurity in the (3/2) state and a free electron on a time scale τ (Auger) ?10−13 sec, which is comparable or even shorter than the n=2→n=1 nonradiative relaxation process. Concerning (c) the analysis of the energy dependent photoemission line shape at different film thicknesses ...


Better known for her literary representations of Georgian London, Fanny Burney's final, post-revolutionary novel, The Wanderer (1814), extends a more complex and radical geography than her earlier works. Opening on a rough sea off the coast of France, the mysterious protagonist, Ellis/Juliet, feels the gravitational pull of Brighthelmstone (Brighton), the celebrated Regency seaside town that provides the setting for most of the novel. This chapter examines the representation of Brighton in The Wanderer, a novel in which the inhabitants of Brighthelmstone quite literally turn their back on the ocean, alongside Burney's descriptions of the town in her private writings over a number of decades. What emerges from these different genres is a double vision of Brighton that counters contemporary and popular depictions of the town in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.


. The electronegativity difference between the filler and the host atom of skutterudites determines the bonding type, which effects the thermoelectric properties. The electropositive elements with low electronegativity compared to Sb atom can form n-type filled skutterudites. In this study, the electronegative element sulphur has filled into voids. A series of S x Co 4 Sb 12 (x= 0.05 to 0.4) compounds were synthesized by the solid-state method. CoSbS secondary phase was observed for x > 0.05. Filling fraction of sulphur into the void (̴ 0.04) was calculated using electron probe microanalyzer which agrees with Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction pattern. The transport properties were measured from 350 K to 723 K. The positive Seebeck coefficient (S) confirms p-type semiconducting nature. S and the electrical resistivity (ρ) decreased with increasing x due to increased carrier concentration (n). All the samples except x =0.05 possess almost same S and ρ due to saturation of filling fraction. The enhanced phonon scattering in S x Co 4 Sb 12 resulted in low thermal conductivity (κ). The highest zT of 0.18 at 623 K was achieved for S 0.15 Co 4 Sb 12 .


Today scientists are producing large volumes of data that they wish to explore and visualize. In this paper we describe a system that combines range-based queries with fast lookup to allow a scientist to quickly and efficiently ask "what if?" questions. Unique to our system is the ability to perform "cumulative queries" that work on both an intra- and inter-time step basis. The results of such queries are visualized as frequency histograms and are the input for secondary queries, the results of which are then visualized.


Author: James Moss Title: Tools for Analysis of Complex Geometries for a Combined Cycle SCRAM Jet / Rocket Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering Year: 2005 A preliminary design for a variable geometry combined cycle supersonic combustion ram jet (SCRAM jet) / rocket was developed. A precise geometry was selected by parametric analysis and the resultant geometry was analyzed using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code developed by Dr. Eric Perrell, and modified by, among others, the author. This paper is broken into several sections discussing, separately, the design innovations used to permit the geometry of the craft to be adjusted to conform to its flight conditions, the 2D analysis tool developed for the parametric analysis, development of the grid for CFD analysis, and modifications made to the CFD code to accommodate the complex geometries that necessarily were incorporated in the grid. Results are discussed at the end.


We re-examine the efficacy of the SHRM perspective from the vantage point of a specific HRM system, international compensation and rewards, to gain new insights into existing conceptual models. Looking at SHRM from the ground up suggests that, to continue informing our understanding of the HRMorganizational effectiveness (OE) relationship, research will need to adopt richer theory and measures of specific HRM systems and extrapolate important contextual factors that influence relationships between OE and specific HRM systems.


The article deals with a polemic about transormations of cultural memory in the American, European, and Russian cultural studies. It reserch the influence of political and intellectual context on the methodology of humanities.


Corrections to the Earth's precession and nutation have been derived from VLBI observations of extragalactic sources carried out by JPL's Deep Space Network between 1978 and 1994. The analysis is based on the source right ascensions and declinations given in annual position catalogues. These catalogues result from adopting specific conventions on precession and a nutation model, using VLBI data.


Intergenerational mobility,especially the intergenerational mobility of education, reflects the fairness of society to a certain extent. Based on the perspective of intergenerational mobility, this article aims at the educational intergenerational mobility of 6358 domestic families based on descriptive statistical analysis and regression coefficient analysis. A case study was carried out to explore the impact of parents' educational level on children's educational level. The research in this paper finds that the education level of domestic children will be significantly affected by the education level of their parents. The intergenerational mobility of education is relatively poor and the fair mobility of social classes needs to be further improved.


The process of friction when cutting food materials has been investigated theoretically. The muscle tissue of the raw material has been described by the Maxwell – Thomson rheological model. For choosing an analytical description of a regular microrelief of food processing equipment knives, taking into account technological formative factors, a physical - technological theory of surface roughness has been used. A mathematical description of the knife profile rough surface in the form of a periodic function with two harmonics has been considered. By solving the differential equation of viscoelastic material state, the law of distribution of contact pressure over the microprotrusions of the edge rough surface has been obtained. An expressions for dimension and dimensionless deformation friction forces has been obtained. It is established that at speeds tending to zero or infinity, this force tends to zero. The value of the dimensionless force increases monotonically with the increase in the measure of the material elasticity and the increase in the dimensionless length of the knife edge. The dimensionless width of the contact area of the irregularities monotonously depends on the measure of material elasticity and non monotonously depends on the dimensionless sliding speed with a pronounced minimum. When the values of the elasticity measure is 5, and the dimensionless velocity is 0.001; 0.03; and 0.12, maximum contact pressure amplitude is 1.0; 1.391; and 2.750 respectively. With the values of elasticity measure of 2; 4; 7; and 12, minimum values of the dimensionless width of the contact pad are 0.683; 0.641; 0.612; and 0.588, the limit value is 0.684. With the values of the elasticity measure is 5; and dimensionless edge length is 10; 20; 30; and 50, the maximum values of the dimensionless deformation friction force are 21.728; 43.360; 64.993; and 108.258 respectively. When values of dimensionless edge length is 20; elasticity measure is 2; 5; 8; and 12, the values of the maximum force are 17.344; 43.360; 69.376; and 104.064 respectively.


N THIS ERA of relative peace, many nations, including our own, are focusing more attention on important international economic issues rather than on military or political questions. These current issues include how to control abuses by multinational corporations, how to deal with commodity cartels, how to achieve a satisfactory transfer of technology to less developed nations, and how to create additional export opportunities for nations with a shortage of foreign exchange. In a broad sense, all these subjects can be viewed as involving issues of international antitrust or competition policy.


The regional variability of shape parameters (such as κ for the GEV distribution) may be described by generalized least squares (GLS) regression models that allow shape parameters to be estimated from basin characteristics recognizing the sampling uncertainty in available shape estimators. Implementation of such GLS models requires estimates of the cross‐site correlation of the shape parameter estimators for every pair of sites. Monte Carlo experiments provided the information needed to identify simple power approximations of the relationships between the cross correlation of estimators of skewness γ from [log] Pearson type 3 (P3) data and of the shape parameter κ of both generalized Pareto (GP) and generalized extreme value (GEV) distributions, as functions of the intersite correlation of concurrent flows.


The isothermal oxidation kinetics of a Co-40Cr alloy and its yttrium ion-implanted samples were studied at 1000℃ in air by thermal-gravity analysis (TGA). Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the Cr2O3 oxide film's morphology after oxidation. An acoustic emission (AE) method was used in situ to monitor the cracking and spalling of oxide films formed on samples during oxidation and subsequent air-cooling stages. A theoretical model was proposed relating to the film fracture process and was used to analyze the acoustic emission spectrum on time domain and the AE-event number domain. It was found that yttrium implantation remarkably reduced the isothermal oxidation rate of Co-40Cr and improved the anti-cracking and anti-spalling properties of Cr2O3 oxide film. The reasons for the improvement were mainly that the implanted yttrium reduced the grain size of Cr2O3 oxide, increased the high temperature plasticity of oxide film, and remarkably reduced the number and size of Cr2O3/Co-40Cr interfacial defects.


In the digital environment,e-Learning resources exploitation is one of the key issues.In the basis of knowledge construction of learners including knowledge needs and learning process,the study analyses the request of digital information resources from learning design.According to the practice of digital information resources development,the paper establishes the framework of e-Learning resources exploitation and the corresponding strategies.


A Master Plan for Higher Education in California,1960-1975 established a systematization development mode for California higher education.On the view of systemization,the expatiations about the differentiation of functions,management and coordination,student admissions and the construction of new campuses are the key content of the 1960 Master Plan.Those make up of the basis of the theory about the systemization development mode.


Sustainable engineering projects often involve renewable energy systems. Attempts to develop renewable energy systems on Māori land can cause ethical conflicts. This report examines Māori values and perspectives relevant to the development of renewable energy systems on Māori land. A code of ethics is developed taking these values into account to assist in the design process of such projects. This code of ethics is applied in a case study of installing a renewable energy system for a marae. This code of ethics promotes a greater awareness of the impacts the system will have on environment and community, and promotes a respect for the individual values of the impacted iwi.


Current trends of improvement of technologies and engineering means for grain crops harvesting are considered. Design features of proposed engineering solutions are described.


Administration of atropine preparations over a period of time leads in certain animals to a decrease in the effectiveness of the drug. Cloetta 1 found that normal rabbits excrete a dose of atropine during a period of 2 or 3 days but excretion is complete in one day according to Fickewirth and Heffter 2 if atropine is administered to rabbits habituated to the drug. Normal cats excrete very little atropine (Doeblin and Fleisehmann 3 ) but after habituation, the excretion is markedly augmented. Another type of increased resistance to atropine preparations was noted in a series of experiments in this laboratory performed on fasting dogs and man in which objective records of gastro-intestinal motility were made by the balloon method. (The triple, tandem balloon was used in the human experiments.) It was thus determined that injection of an atropine preparation shortly after recovery (i. e., return to preinjection tone and motility) from a preceding administration of atropine was less effective than the initial injection. When administered as the initial medication, 0.065 mg./Kg. atropine intravenously administered to the unanesthetized dog uniformly completely inhibited the stomach and recovery was complete in 80 ± 30 minutes. (Results of initial medications are presented in detail elsewhere.) Following complete return of preinjection tone and motility, a second injection of the same quantity of atropine (8 experiments) produced inhibition with recovery in approximately 30 minutes (3 experiments) or failed to produce complete inhibition (5 experiments). Reduced effectiveness from a second administration was likewise demonstrated when both the first and second dose were smaller (0.032 mg./Kg.) or larger (0.13 mg./Kg.). For example, the initial administration of 0.13 mg./Kg. produced complete gastric inhibition with recovery in 150 ± 30 minutes. Repetition of this dosage after recovery (4 experiments) produced transient complete inhibition (3 experiments) or incomplete inhibition (1 experiment). Gastric hypermotility is produced by administration of insulin (Quigley, Johnson, Solomon 4 ) This hypermotility in the normal human was uniformly completely inhibited by 0.65 mg. atropine administered subcutaneously when given as the initial medication and recovery was complete in 45 ± 15 minutes. However, when given as the second injection (8 experiments), this dose either produced only a transient complete inhibition (5 experiments) or inhibition was incomplete (3 experiments). Reduced effectiveness from repetition of administration was also observed with Novatropin (methylhomatropine bromide), a drug with an atropinelike action. Initially, 0.1 mg./Kg. in the dog always produced complete gastric inhibition with complete recovery in 55 ± 10 minutes. After recovery, a second injection of this drug in 6 experiments produced no effect in one experiment, incomplete inhibition with complete recovery in 25 minutes in 3 experiments and in 2 experiments complete inhibition developed but was followed by full recovery in 45 minutes. As the initial medication, 0.2 mg./Kg. Novatropin in the dog produced complete gastric inhibition with full recovery in 90 ± 25 minutes (3 experiments). A repetition of this dose failed to produce complete inhibition in 2 experiments and in one experiment inhibition was complete but full recovery occurred in 25 minutes. Similar results with Novatropin were obtained in man. A decrease in effectiveness was obtained in the dog or human when atropine followed Novatropin or vice versa. This is illustrated by 3 experiments on man, in each of which 1.3 mg. atropine was given after recovery from 1.5 mg. Novatropin. In one experiment, complete inhibition developed but recovery was complete in 39 minutes. In another case, the region of the upper 2 balloons was


This paper restudies "wei" on the basis of relevant studies.By observing the grammar position and grammatical meaning of "wei",the paper has found the conversion of the modal adverb "wei" into the scope adverb "wei",according to the unearthed documents.The scope adverb "wei" appeared no later than the Warring States Period.And the mood adverb "wei" continued to exist,but reduced gradually.


This paper is an attempt to introduce the basic concept of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Matrix Theory. Further the concept of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Matrix product has been applied to solve a problem in human life. KeywordsIntuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Set, Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Matrix, Product and Complement of Intuitionistic Fuzzy soft Matrices.


In response to the challenge inherent in classical high-dimensional models of random ground motions, a family of simulation methods for non-stationary seismic ground motions was developed previously through employing a wave-group propagation formulation with phase spectrum model built up on the frequency components' starting-time of phase evolution. The present paper aims at extending the formulation to the simulation of non-stationary random seismic ground motions. The ground motion records associated with N—S component of Northridge Earthquake at the type-II site are investigated. The frequency components' starting-time of phase evolution of is identified from the ground motion records, and is proved to admit the Gamma distribution through data fitting. Numerical results indicate that the simulated random ground motion features zero-mean, non-stationary, and non-Gaussian behaviors, and the phase spectrum model with only a few starting-times of phase evolution could come up with a sound contribution to the simulation.


The present invention relates to a method for treating HOUSEHOLD REFUSE by screening a fraction FINA, CRUSHING THE EVENTUAL fraction remaining particle sizes at or below 180 mm, for eg, subsequent incineration. IN THE FINE FRACTION AND REMAIN FRACTION removed by magnetic separation ferritic COMPONENTS OF FRACTIONS AND FRACTION FINA leached ADDITION AND ELIMINATE THE CARRIERS. TO CLEAR THE SEWAGE UNDER THE REQUIREMENT FOR emissary QUALITY, SO THE ORGANIC LOAD degrade PROPERLY AND HEAVY METALS REMAIN AS CONCENTRATED AND MAY BE ELIMINATED, it INTENDS TO PHASE FREE CARRIERS BE SUBJECT TO A TREATMENT ANAEROBIO (3, 11). In this treatment by hydrolysis and fermentation ACIDA (3) the metals contained in the phase, ESPECIALLY HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS complex organic, dissolve and move into a water soluble form and widely ionized so that the phase containing aqueous METALS HEAVY DILUTION (4) MUD IS SEPARATE REMAINING, THE HEAVY METALS (6) ELSEWHERE precipitate and sludge is treated by methanation (11). BELOW THE MUD FERMENTADO REMAINING (13) USED TO PREPARE COMPOST.


Objective To study the importance of dry chemical method,urine dreg analyzer and anti-bma urine dreg joint use to red,white testing in urine.Methods The urine samples of 600 patients were tested with urine dreg analysis,dry chemical analysis and microscopic microscopic,the results were compared.Results With dry chemical analysis,manual urine dreg cystourethroscopy method,urine dreg analysis,white blood cells tested positie were 25.2%,31.2%,33.5%,red blood cells tested positie were 43.2%,33.0%,35.2%,the difference between dry chemical method and two kinds of sediment cystourethroscopy method was statistical significance(P0.01),and the difference between two kinds of sediment cystourethroscopy method was not statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion The combined application of urine dreg analyzer,dry chemical method and microscope microscopic can improve the detection accuracy.


Inexhaustible energy sources are the focus of the energy industry for meeting the increased need for energy and reducing carbon emissions. Among various alternatives, harnessing solar energy has become a promising choice around the world. Parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) are an effective way to transform radiant energy into thermal energy, as well as electricity. However, these collectors can be improved by refining their design and tweaking the parameters related to thermal behavior. This may be done either by enhancing the surface area or improving the heat transfer coefficient of the heat carrying medium. These kinds of improvements could be achieved by making the use of nanofluids and by using inserts or fins within the collector tube. The current study provides an extensive review of PTCs from the points of view of their design, along with their thermal characteristics. Different types of nanofluids as the working liquid are investigated and discussed to achieve better PTC performance. Inserts within the collector tube and various design approaches, including fins, twisted tubes, U-shaped tubes, coiled wire inserts, and porous twisted tape inserts, are reviewed and discussed in detail. Finally, based on this review, challenges of PTC applications are described and future research recommendations are proposed.


The low cost and efficient perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown considerable improvement in power conversion efficiency in the last few years. PSCs consist of perovskite material as photoactive layer with the advantages of having high diffusion length, high absorption coefficient, broad absorption region, high efficiency and low cost. In the present paper, Methylammonium Lead Iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) is synthesized and deposited by using drop casting method. The Perovskite material has been characterized with X-Ray Powder Diffraction, Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy, Current-Voltage Characteristics, and Steady State Photocarrier Grating Technique to estimate structural properties, optical band gap, activation energy, photosensitivity and diffusion length of minority-carriers (Ldiff) respectively, which are significant factors to have an efficient solar cell. In future, we are going to use this material as an active layer of Perovskite solar cell.


Even though governments may adopt favourable regulatory policies for renewable power generation, their ability to encourage private sector investment depends also on the presence of regulatory governance institutions that provide credible long-term commitments to potential investors. In the case of Ontario we contend that, despite large market potential and comparatively strong regulatory incentive policies, weak regulatory governance is one factor that has accounted for the challenges in attracting and implementing large scale private investment in power generation at a reasonable cost. We find empirical support for our arguments in a unique survey of 63 wind power firms that assessed private sector opinions about the investment environment for renewable energy in Ontario. Compared to a range of factors, firms rated the stability of regulatory policy among the weakest aspects of Ontario"s business environment. However, policy stability ranked among the most important factors in firms" assessments of the attractiveness of alternative jurisdictions in their location decisions. Subsequent interviews revealed that firms have responded to this risk in Ontario by explicitly pricing it into wind project financial models – implying higher wind power prices for ratepayers – and by directing investment funds to other jurisdictions. We argue that policy stability in Ontario may be improved by devolving greater decision-making authority to regulatory agencies in the energy sector and by strengthening their institutional independence.


Background: Training induced muscle fatigue (hereinafter also referred as TIMF) is leading to unwanted consequences among sportsmen and actively sporting people such as decreased muscle strength and additional painful discomfort and mobility issues. The knowledge about the mechanisms of influencing the fatigue induced processes in muscle tissue is not comprehensive. The conventional manual techniques, cold patches and conventional physiotherapy have some effect in improving these conditions, however, finding effective methods to influence these consequences appears beneficial in sports medicine. Such method could be Radiofrequency therapy up to 0.5 MHz, known as Targeted Radiofrequency Therapy (hereinafter also referred as TR-Therapy). Aim of this self-controlled study is to evaluate the effect of the TR-Therapy for over-exertion management including the effect on decreased muscle strength, limited range of motion and possible painful discomfort. Materials: 7 healthy and actively sporting participants underwent through 2 stages (Active stage – including overexertion of the forearm flexors and subsequent TR-Therapy session; and Control stage including overexertion of the forearm flexors and subsequent resting period). Data for muscle strength in kg, active Range of Motion (ROM) in (o) and Pain and discomfort perception by 10 point Visual Analog Scale (VAS) were obtained and evaluated. Results: 31% increase in the muscle strength during the active stage was observed and respectively 12% during the control stage, with level of significance p<0.05. ROM and pain and discomfort perception data did not show statistically significant results (p>0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest TR-Therapy as effective solution for muscle strength restoration after TIMF.


Vol. 15 No. 1 are symmetric under the P-transformation: left behaves the same as right. There is no way to distinguish the two from each other. A revolution came in the late 50's, when P-violation was found in an experiment, which was studying the weak interaction: a certain weak process happened many more times than its mirror image process. It turned out, that Nature does actually make a difference between left and right. The result was shocking for most physicists at that time. While many of them were still recovering, Pauli, one of the most brilliant among his contemporaries, immediately recognized, that the real problem, that has to be explained is:


Moshe Sharett (also known as Moshe Shertok) was head of the Jewish Agency's Political Department from 1933 to 1948, first Foreign Minister of Israel from May 1948 to June 1956 and the country's second Prime Minister, from January 1954 to November 1955. A philologist and writer as well as a politician, Sharett made a unique contribution to the study of contemporary Israeli history and politics by keeping long and informative written records of his political activities and contacts. In 1958, the Histadrut publishing house, Am Oved, published the first edition of his first political work Ba Sba'ar ba-Umot (At the Door of the Nations), which is a record of Zionist political activity in the years 1946-1949, during which the Zionists concentrated their efforts on establishing the Jewish state and consolidating its foundations. After Sharett's death in 1965 the same publishing house, in cooperation with the Zionist Library, published a series of his political memoirs, Yoman Medini, which are also records of Zionist foreign policy. The first volume of this series, which was published in 1968, contains reminiscences of 1936, the first year of the great Arab revolt in Palestine. It was followed by three other volumes, covering 1937, 1938 and 1939 respectively, and the series will presumably be completed in the future. The latest of Sharett's publications to appear are his personal diaries, which form the subject of the present study.' Although described as


Hydrophobic polyethylene microporous membranes were produced via the TIPS process using the system of low density polyethylene(LDPE)-diphenyl ether(DPE). The effect of initial LDPE concentration on the final morphology has been investigated. And the microstructures of the LDPE with different trademarks and the high density polyethylene(HDPE) have been compared. The Cloud points of the system LDPE-18D/diphenyl ether(DPE) were determined visually by noting the appearance of turbidity under the microscope and it′s crystallization temperature for the thermodynamic diagram was determined by DSC. With the increase of LDPE-18D mass fraction, the pore size deceased and the membranes microstructure varied due to different phase separation mechanism. The observed morphological characteristics have been explained on the basis of the kinetics of liquid-liquid phase separation and solid-liquid separation.


Regional logistics and regional economy are the unity of depending on for existence mutually. Regional logistics is an important element of regional economy, the development of regional logistics can offer a good platform of substance shift for regional economy and promoting its development; and the development of regional economy can accelerate intensively the development of regional logistics.


Simsek of 152 patients found a statistically significant improvement (p = 0.001) in patient-reported headache scores following blepharoplasty (n = 108) and eyelid ptosis repair surgery (n = 38). Mokhtarzadeh et al. compare a group of patients undergoing upper eyelid surgery with concurrent chronic headaches (the case group) to a group of patients undergoing other oculoplastic procedures with concurrent chronic headaches (the control group). Of the control group, these procedures range vastly from ectropion repair to excisions of eyelid lesions. Indeed, the findings show a statistically significant improvement in preand postoperative headache scores for the case group. This is in keeping with the current literature base. However, I do not believe these results are comparable with the control group. In order for this second cohort of patients to qualify as a control group, they would have to be patients with ptosis who do not undergo surgical intervention, that is, this should be the only variable. The unmatched nature of the groups gives way to possible confounders and thus any statistically significant difference in postoperative headache scores between these 2 groups cannot be attributed to surgical intervention. Kind Regards,


Abstract Aluminum (Al) toxicity to plants in complete nutrient solutions is difficult to relate to Al activity in solution because of precipitation and complexation. Aluminum toxicity was studied for two seedling crops, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell), at low levels (≤10 μM) in two incomplete nutrient solutions to study plant response to Al alone, Al+PO4 3‐, Al+OH‐, and Al+PO4 3‐+OH‐. Relative root length was the bioassay for Al toxicity. 'Monomeric' Al was measured using Aluminon and both root length and measured Al were compared to the theoretical Al in solution predicted by the MINTEQA2 equilibrium model. Low levels of Al were toxic to plant roots with sorghum showing a decrease in relative root length from 1 to 10 μM Al, and wheat showing a decrease from 4 to 10 μM. A mono‐salt background solution (400 μM CaCl2) and a more complex base solution (CaCl2, KNO3, and MgCl2) gave similar root lengths and measured Al values. Phosphate and hydroxyl ameliorated Al ...


Chin-Chao Ma, MD, I-Shin Shiah, MD, PhD, Shang-Wen Chang, MD, Yu-Chen Kao, MD and Wen-Kuei Lee, MD Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Armed Forces Hospital, Dr. Shiah's Psychiatric Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Shin Kong Memorial Hospital, and Department of Psychiatry, Songshan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Email: email@example.com Received 21 September 2011; revised 13 November 2011; accepted 16 November 2011.


This presentation will discuss the innovations in relation to improving students employability in the department of law and provide a summary of how this was achieved. Over the past 7 years the School of Law have built up an extensive range of employability opportunties on offer to students. However, evidence showed that the take up of these opportunties was largely confined to a narrow group of students, and the wider group were not engaging. In September 2014 the newly appointed Law Employability Coordinator undertook a rebranding exercise which has resulted in a widening of take up and an increase in engagement amongst students. As part of the rebrand an umbrella was placed over law employability; the Legal Advice Centre and community placements for the first time. This created a 'one-stop shop' for all employability activities which gave the work a more defined identity. The result is a more engaged student body and a 19% increase in DLHE stats. This presentation will summarise these findings and show how the rebrand was undertaken.


This report presents conceptual designs for interaction halls and assembly procedures for solenoidal-type detectors at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). Previous design studies for detector halls and related facilities can be found in the SSC Conceptual Design Report (1986), the Proceedings of the Summer Study on the Physics of the Super Collider, the Proceedings of the Workshop on Experiments, Detectors, and Experimental Areas for the Super Collider (1987), the Site-Specific Study of SSC Support Facilities for Four Generic Detector Designs (1989), and the SSC Site-Specific Conceptual Design Report (1990). These previous reports of necessity focused on a variety of detectors and provided only roughly sized facilities and outlines of detector assembly and schedules. This report focuses on a solenoidal-type detector and presents in further detail the assembly procedures for several options for such a detector. Based on these assembly studies, interaction halls and surface facilities are conceptually designed and detector assembly schedules are formulated. The specific goals of this study are: To assemble detector designs for major design options of the solenoidal- type detector. The options include a baseline detector with square muon steel and a modularized scintillator or warm liquid calorimeter, a detector with octagonal muon barrel steel andmore » endcap air core torrids, and a detector with liquid argon calorimetry. To model the assembly sequence for each option in detail, including required assembly tooling and environment. To develop the required hall design for each option, including space requirements, floor loading and movement requirements, crane requirements, shaft specifications, and safety requirements. To obtain from the above a detector assembly schedule. Some manpower estimates area also given.« less


We examined volatility spillover effects from five prominent global stock markets to India's stock market during the pre-and-post COVID-19 outbreak using daily adjusted closing prices between January 2019 and September 2021 from six capital markets. The structural breakpoint was identified as 23 March 2020, as per the breakpoint unit root test, to examine and compare the results pre-and-post COVID-19. Results show that previous period news and volatility feeds the next period's volatility significantly and the volatility is found to be persistent. The analysis also shows that during the pre-COVID period there is a negative significant volatility spillover from four of the five selected stock markets (Australia, China, Japan, and Germany) to the Indian stock market, and that spillover continues in the post-COVID period. There is a positive significant return and volatility spillover from the US market to the Indian stock market in the post-COVID-19 period. The results of our study will be useful for retail investors and portfolio managers in understanding the portfolio allocation methods in case of volatility spillover arising due to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.


Face threat sensitivity (FTS) has been found to influence objective negotiated outcomes when the threat to face is activated. The purpose of this study is to extend that research by testing whether FTS – which is defined as a propensity to act – is associated with the outcomes of negotiators when the threat has not been specifically activated. Face theory specifies that face threats can cause individuals to take proactive steps to avoid threats before they might occur.,Drawing on face theory and social role theory, the authors conduct a negotiation experiment and use hierarchical regression to test hypotheses concerning the relationship between FTS for sellers and buyers on negotiated outcomes in both distributive and integrative negotiations. The authors also use moderated regression to test if gender moderates the relationship between buyer and seller FTS and negotiation outcomes.,Results show that, when the threat is not activated, high FTS buyers pay more than low FTS buyers. Consistent with face theory and social role theory, this effect is moderated by gender, with the association being stronger for women buyers than for men buyers.,This paper exhibits that FTS can influence negotiator behavior even when FTS is not activated. This is valuable to negotiation scholars and practitioners who are interested in the role that individual characteristics play in negotiation behavior.


• Physical differences – gas has different physical characteristics to electricity. In particular, pipelines can also act as storage vessels for gas, allowing demand fluctuations to be met by stored supply. On the other hand, electricity flows must be instantaneously matched and electricity is not stored in the transmission infrastructure. In addition, gas transmission usually exists as a point-to-point pipeline, whereas electricity transmission exists as a multi-directional network. These differences explain why electricity dispatch requires a high degree of coordination through the transmission system, whereas gas does not;


The author examines options to reduce the carbon content of fuels and reviews the policies that are needed, the fundamentals of effective programs, and the challenges for the transition. The options available to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum-based fuels are (1) improve vehicle and engine efficiency, (2) reduce vehicle miles traveled, and (3) reduce the carbon content of the energy used for transportation. These options are interrelated, but the focus in this article is on reducing the carbon content of fuels and on the policies that are needed.


The authors reported their retrospective analysis of peri-operation n ursing of 8 patients with familial adenomatous polyposis after panproctocolectom y under abdominoscope. The conclusion that it is the key factor of ensuring the success of operation, making patients recovery earlier and improving life qualit y to improve healthy education, psychological nursing, cardiopulmonary training and gastrointestinal preparation before operation and to enhance nutrition suppo rt and prevent special position complication, rim leak, dysuria and diarrhea.


Experimental Chemicals.— Cadmium oxide (CdO, 99.998%), selenium (Se, 99.999%), 1-octadecene (ODE, 90%), oleic acid (OA, 90%), sodium hydroxide (NaOH, 98%), zinc acetate (Zn(CH3COO)2, 99.98%) and octadecylamine (ODA, 98%) were purchased from Alfa Aesar. Trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO, 90%), hexadecylamine (HDA, 90%) and trioctylphosphorus (TOP, 97%) were purchased from SigmaAldrich. Zinc oxide (ZnO, 99.99%) and sulfur (S, 99.99%) were purchased from Aladdin. All organic solvents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. The chemicals were used directly without further treatment.


This paper approaches matters related to the literature written by women in the scenario of world literature, and shows it as peripheral, which remains out of the universities and the circles of literary criticism. From the middle of twentieth century, in the USA, the radical feminism appears in the literary field, as a new proposal of literary criticism, supported by the cultural anthropology and the social history. In France, in thesame way, a criticism that does not intend to be feminist arises in 1973, but it is basedon Lacan's psychoanalysis, for which the specificity of women's literature is the languageitself. The work of Marguerite Duras, for many characterized by silence, lack, can benefitfrom this analysis of the French line.


Using the Pairwise Absolute Clustering and Sparsity (PACS) penalty, we proposed the regularized quantile regression QR method (QR-PACS). The PACS penalty achieves the elimination of insignificant predictors and the combination of predictors with indistinguishable coefficients (IC), which are the two issues raised in the searching for the true model. QR-PACS extends PACS from mean regression settings to QR settings. The paper shows that QR-PACS can yield promising predictive precision as well as identifying related groups in both simulation and real data.


Abstract The aim of this paper is to extend the classical linear condition concerning diagonal dominant bloc matrix to fully nonlinear equations. Even if assumptions are strong, we obtain an explicit condition which exactly extend the one known in linear case, and the setting allows also to consider bicontinuous operator instead of the schift and as particular case, we receive periodic or almost periodic solutions for discrete time equations.


In practical radio transmissions, channel capture is a dominating factor that affects wireless network performance. The capture effect can occur in wireless network when packets arrive with different powers. Packets with high power can effectively swamp low power packets, such that they are received successfully, when otherwise a collision would have occurred. We present a vehicular network performance-prediction model for a Rayleigh capture channel in Drive-thru Internet scenario. The model incorporates the capture effect into a 2-D Markov chain modeling the high-node mobility and distributed coordination function broadcast scheme. The performance-prediction model unveils the impacts of mobility velocity and number of vehicles on the throughput in a Rayleigh capture channel. We use a vehicular traffic flow model to predict vehicular movement on road by aggregating all vehicles into a flow. Simulation results confirm that our performance-prediction model accurately predicts the performance of traveling vehicles with Rayleigh capture channel in the Drive-thru Internet scenario. We demonstrate that using our performance-prediction model, we can obtain optimal contention window value, by which the best system throughput can be reached without wasting contention time. This is also proved by Anastasi et al.