Objective To identify the mean length of utterance and lexical diversity development in preschool Putonghua-speaking children.Methods Seventy children aged 36 to 72 months whose first language was Mandarin were random selected from two kindergartens in Shanghai Pudong area and invited to participate.The children had no known hearing problems,neurological and cognitive deficits or stuttering.The children were administered a standardized cognitive text,each child was scored no lower than 1SD below the mean.No children were excluded and the final samples contained seventy children(35 boys and 35 girls) which were divided into seven groups [(36±1)months,(42±1)months,(48±1)months,(54±1)months,(60±1)months,(66±1)months,(72±1)months],each group included 10 children.Each child's expressive language was sampled during a play interaction with the same researcher who was trained in the methods of language sampling.Conversational language samples,each lasting approximately 20 min,were based on a play activity with same toys and language topics.The language samples were audio-recorded and transcribed in Chinese characters by the researcher,then analyzed using the computerized Language Analyses(CLAN) computer program to calculate measures of utterance length(MLU) and lexical diversity(LD).Summary statistics were calculated first for each measure.Next it was given that children's language abilities change with age.Age was used as a proxy for general language development and was entered as the criterion variable,taking either MLU or D as the predictor variable,using a curve estimation procedure.All analysis were done using SPSS.Results Summary statistics for MLU and D for each group as a whole showed,across the entire group,the children's language samples contained an average of 179 complete and fully intelligible utterances(s=29) and 756 intelligible words(s=190).Scores for boys and girls did not differ from each other significantly in any of the measures.The correlation between MLU and D was 0.563,with approximately 30% of the variance in age accounted by its linear relationship with MLU,F(1,68)=31.579,P=0.000.The resulting equation for predicting the child′s MLU according to the child′s age in months was,predicted MLU=(0.023×age)+2.966.The correlation between age and D was 0.373,with approximately 14% of the variance in age accounted by D and D2,F(2,67)=5.47,P=0.006.The resulting equation for predicting the child′s D according to the child′s age was,predicted D=(1.77×age)-0.014×age2 + 15.02.MLU and D were moderately correlated with each other(r = 0.303,P=0.011),but they were also correlated with age,respectively,the correlation between MLU and D was also computed after removing the effect of age.The partial correlation was not significant(P=0.115),indicating that when the variance due to age was removed,there was no statistical relationship between MLU and D in Putonghua sample.Conclusions It is very helpful to understand the development rule of the mean length of utterance and lexical diversity in preschool Mandarin-speaking children and it contributes to explore the language development in preschool children as well as to the basic and clinical research on language devlopment in preschool children.


To apply swarm intelligence techniques to cluster semi-structured Tibetan Web texts, a semi-structured Tibetan text clustering algorithm based on swarm Intelligence( SCAST) is proposed. Taking into a full consideration of accuracy and efficiency of Tibetan text clustering,a vector space model is used to express Tibetan texts,and the Tibetan texts and intelligent ants are randomly put in a two dimensional text vector space. Then,intelligent ants randomly select a Tibetan text,calculate the similarity between this text and others in the local area,and compute the probability of pick-up operation or drop-down operation to determine whether to pick up,move,or drop down the text. Finally,Tibetan texts are accurately clustered according to their similarities by iterative training of the proposed algorithm. The experimental results on real Tibetan Web text datasets show that the proposed algorithm is more accurate than the traditional k-means clustering algorithm with average increase of 8. 0%.


The article presents the author's experience concerning laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) in women with infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The study included 23 female patients aged 18–35 years with infertility associated with PCOS, who were treated with clomiphene citrate for 6 months without effect. All patients underwent LOD with electrocoagulation. The follow-up period after surgery was 3 years. Pregnancy occurred in 10 (43.5%) of the female patients within a year after the LOD, and in 13 (56.5%) — pregnancy occurred within 2–3 years. There was a difference in the pregnancy frequency during the year between female patients under 30 y.o. (9 (39.2%)) and over 30 y.o. (11 (47.8%)). Pregnancy occurred less frequently in patients over 30, however, due to the small number of patients, the presented results were not statistically significant. Thus, it requires further follow-up and confirmation of this conclusion. It was also revealed that the shorter the infertility duration, the greater the pregnancy likelihood after surgical treatment: pregnancy occurred in 9 (39.2%) female patients with infertility period of <3 years versus 1 (4.3%) female patient with infertility period of >3 years (RR 5.8, 95% CI 1.2–36.2). In conclusion, LOD can be used in female patients with resistance to clomiphene citrate. The ovulation restoration, and pregnancy and childbirth onset make LDL a possible alternative method of treatment with a lower risk of complications (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, multiple pregnancy). KEYWORDS: infertility, pregnancy, treatment, laparoscopic ovarian drilling, polycystic ovary syndrome, gonadotropin resistance. FOR CITATION: Dobrokhotova Yu.E., Grishin I.I., Ogede O.R., Ilyina I.Yu. Experience of laparoscopic ovarian drilling in the treatment of infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome in women. Russian Journal of Woman and Child Health. 2023;6(3):265–269 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.32364/2618-8430-2023-6-3-8.


This study investigated the toxicity of heavy metals such as Cu, Fe, Cr, Zn and Mn and the influence of water quality in Garang Watershed Semarang (Banjir Kanal Barat River), Central Java Indonesia for enhancing fisheries food security. The fish biomarker in this research is Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The range of Cu, Fe, Cr, Zn and Mn in aquatic environment were 0,15 mg/L; 0,82 mg/L; 0,025 mg/L; 0,562 mg/L and 0,01mg/L. The range of Cu, Fe, Cr, Zn and Mn in Nile Tilapia were 2,547 mg/kg; 306,3 mg/kg; 0,36 mg/kg; 16,69 mg/kg and 35,6 mg/kg. Toxicity in fish is exceeded the limits of food security regulation in WHO and BPOM, and water quality regulation in Government Regulation of Indonesia No 82/2001 on Water Quality And Water Pollution Management. Management in water quality is and toxicity is important for enhancing fisheries food security. Maintaining food security in the fishery sector is very important for the stability of community nutrition because with good food public health will be guaranteed.


Abstract We review recent developments in combining solar irradiance datasets from different instruments to obtain one single composite, which is the key to understanding how irradiance varies on decadal timescales and beyond.


This paper describes the whole process of selection, scrambling,adjusting and applying a scramble/descramble system in the cable network in Fu′an city.Then mainly introduce the problems and solutions during the scrambling period.The experience summarized from the scrambling practice will use for the work of D/A mode transition later.


In all vertebrates, as the embryo develops at one pole of the egg, it sinks inwards till it becomes completely enclosed in a hood or sac filled with fluid, the amnion. When the sac or true amnion has completely closed over the embryo, it becomes separated from the outer layer, which remains in contact with the covering of the egg as the false or chorionic amnion.


The creep velocity of thin aluminum samples is studied as a function of loading in samples irradiated by 70 MeV carbon ions. It is shown that the creep velocity can be described by the formulas epsilon-c/sup prime//sub j/approx.e/sup v/sigma and epsilon-c/sup prime//sub j/approx.(sigma: sigma/sub 0/)/sup n/. Data on strain ''jumps'' at the instant the beam is turned are discussed.


Objective To investigate the clinical treatment of alveolar soft tissue sarcomas(ASTS). Methods Clinical data of 12 patients with ASTS treated from 1993 to 2006 were retrospectively analyzed. Results Complete tumor resection was performed in 10 cases. The partial excision was performed in 2 cases. There were 2 cases treated with postoperative radiotherapy. All cases were treated with postoperative chemotherapy. Local recurrence occurred in 3 of 12 cases (25%). Metastases developed in 7 cases,5 in lung and 2 in brain (the rate of metastasis was 58.3%). Seven cases were alive and 5 cases died. The 3 years survival rate was 81.2% and the 5 year survival rate was 52.8 %. Conclusions Complete resection is the most important factor for the treatment of ASTS. Postoperative adjuvant prophylatic radiotherapy might reduce local recurrence. Adjuvant chemotherapy is the major treatment for metastasis.


The name of the present invention is a method for the preparation of low-melting glass clinker. It belongs to the field of glass prepared clinker. It is primarily to solve B2O3-SiO2-BaO-Li2O-ZnO-R2O-RO-R2O3 system low-melting glass prepared clinker platinum foreign matter can not be eliminated in a platinum crucible and can not produce qualified glass, the quartz crucible when clinker production quartz crucible easy to burst and production cost is high. Its main steps are: a, A components: B2O3: 5 ~ 12%, ZnO: 0 ~ 6%, BaCO3: 6 ~ 15%. b, B component: SiO2: 32 ~ 48%, Li2CO3: 4 ~ 9%, R2CO3: 0 ~ 3%, RCO3: 5 ~ 8%, R2O3: 2 ~ 5%, Al (OH) 3: 3 ~ 6 %, BaCO3: 5 ~ 8%; c, the a, B two compositions were prepared in the melting clinker First platinum crucible; d, then the above-described a, B clinker produced two compositions were mixed at a ratio made of low-melting glass clinker. The present invention has non-platinum foreign substances, low preparation cost, low-melting glass mainly for the preparation of clinker.


Chapter 10 explores Jones's sense of Welsh identity. While he had felt Welsh since childhood, Jones's association with Wales became far more politicised across the later decades of his life. As an Anglo–Welsh writer—who lamented his inability to master the language—Jones was in some ways an outsider. Nevertheless, he fought alongside Welsh friends and contemporaries for the protection of the Welsh language and landscape. This chapter contextualises both Jones's fear for the decline of Welsh culture and his responding decision to argue for a unique Roman inheritance for Wales, within the wider dialogues shaping twentieth-century Welsh nationalism. It demonstrates not only the similarities between Jones's ideas and those of key members of Plaid Cymru—such as his close friend Saunders Lewis and Gwynfor Evans—but also highlights the ways in which these conceptions of Wales's Roman origin were used to challenge prevailing assumptions around the value of English and Welsh inheritance.


For-profit colleges and universities serve a small but growing student clientele, are entering into more direct competition with traditional colleges, and face economic positioning challenges. Their experiences suggest some possible lessons for traditional colleges.


Naturally occurring body movements and collective neural activity both exhibit complex dynamics, often with scale-free, fractal spatiotemporal structure. Scale-free dynamics of both brain and behavior are each associated with functional benefits to the organism. Despite their similarities, scale-free brain activity and scale-free behavior have been studied separately, without a unified explanation. Here we show that scale-free dynamics of behavior and certain subsets of cortical neurons are strongly related. Surprisingly, the scale-free neural subsets exhibit stochastic winner-take-all competition with other neural subsets. This observation is inconsistent with current theory of critical phenomena in neural systems. We develop a computational model which incorporates known cell-type-specific circuit structure, explaining our findings with a new type of criticality. Our results establish neural underpinnings of scale-free behavior and clear behavioral relevance of scale-free neural activity. Popular Summary Over the past 2 decades many measurements of brain activity have revealed a peculiar property; the activity is statistically similar when examined at different scales. This self-similar, fractal nature of brain activity has attracted the interest of neuroscientists and physicists alike. In physics, fractal structure shows up in certain non-living systems when they are operating near the tipping point of a phase transition (e.g. liquid water turning into gaseous vapor). This led to the criticality hypothesis, which posits that the brain may also operate near the tipping point of a phase transition, i.e. near criticality. Initially the criticality hypothesis was very exciting at a basic level - physical principles of phase transitions promised to help us understand how the brain works. However, a important question naturally arose and remains unresolved. What do the scale-free, fractal fluctuations of brain activity have to do with the behavior of the organism? Is it just background noise in the brain or is there something fractal-like about how we behave and interact with the world? Here we show for the first time that scale-free fluctuations of brain activity are directly related to moment-to-moment fluctuations in behavior. In fact, we show that both the brain activity and mouse behavior have very similar fractal structure. These results take the criticality hypothesis to a new level of biological and, perhaps, psychological relevance. Scale-free brain dynamics are not just background noise; they correspond to the dynamics of behavior.


The influences of purity of solution, over-heating duration on the stability of solution are studied in this paper. Using home-made equipment a DKDP crystal up to 60mm×60mm×60mm in size was successfully grown with rapid growth rate.The transmittance and optical homogeneity of rapidly grown DKDP crystal were measured.


Accompanied by the rapid development of new scientific and technological revolution and the ac- quisitions activity which cross enterprise or cross regional, the industrial boundary gradually tends to blur. A new-type industrial convergence system formed. Based on the analysis that industry convergence improves the innovation system of industrial clusters and enhances the innovation capability of industrial clusters, this paper explores the issues that the industry convergence can rise to high value-added industries and promote the industrial structure optimization. Furthermore, the conclusion is reached that industry convergence is in favour of enhancing industrial competitiveness and realizing the value chain upgrading of industrial clusters.


OBJECTIVE: To report a case of a patient with no functional bowel who was receiving home total parenteral nutrition in a country that has had few professional experiences in this area of therapy. CASE SUMMARY: A woman with a history of scattered colonic polyposis developed a mesenteric tumor that caused intestinal obstruction. Tumor withdrawal required the excision of 1.5 m of jejunum—ileum. Postoperative complications required further surgical intervention and subtotal intestinal resection. Duodenocolic anastomosis was not possible and a high output and permanent fistula remained. DISCUSSION: The complications of home parenteral nutrition addressed in the literature are reviewed. The problems encountered in our patient have been resolved. CONCLUSIONS: After three years of postoperative survival, we believe the quality of life of our patient has increased and the parenteral nutrition team members are much better prepared to manage patients with similar problems.


We present a method for determining the context-dependent denotation of simple object-denoting mathematical expressions in mathematical documents. Our approach relies on estimating the similarity between the linguistic context within which the given expression occurs and a set of terms from a flat domain taxonomy of mathematical concepts; one of 7 head concepts dominating a set of terms with highest similarity score to the symbol's context is assigned as the symbol's interpretation. The taxonomy we used was constructed semi-automatically by combining structural and lexical information from the Cambridge Mathematics Thesaurus and the Mathematics Subject Classification. The context information taken into account in the statistical similarity calculation includes lexical features of the discourse immediately adjacent to the given expression as well as global discourse. In particular, as part of the latter we include the lexical context of structurally similar expressions throughout the document and that of the symbol's declaration statement if one can be found in the document. Our approach has been evaluated on a gold standard manually annotated by experts, achieving 66% precision.


Abstract Alignment surveys have been carried out by various means and for a variety of applications for decadas. Although optical offset and photogrammetric methods are successfully used in many cases. triangulation using theodolites or total stations is preferred for most alignment surveys carried out by surveyors. This paper describes a novel alignment survey which required 300m long crane rails to be measured to an accuracy of one millimetre using a combination of angular triangulation and distance measurement.


The present paper aims to evaluate the water quality of the Moroccan Boudaroua Lake and pro- vide future management decisions. Accordingly, this study describes several multivariate statistical techniques like Pearson's correlation, principal component analysis (PCA), cluster analysis, and self-organizing maps (SOM) generated during June and October 2019, January 2020, and April 2021 through inspecting 15 different water quality surveillance parameters at five various sites. The PCA is imperative to distinguish the factors responsible for altering the surface water quality by reducing them to four principal components, resulting in 91.48% of the water quali- ty's total variance. The obtained varifactors indicate that the parameters in charge of modifying the water quality are related to the wastewater discharge, temperature variation, soluble miner- als (natural), and nutrients (agricultural activities). We have selected three different locations for our sampling sites: (Site 1), (Sites 2 and 3) and (Sites 4 and 5) based on their dissimilar water quality via cluster analysis. However, four distinct clusters have been identified using a self-organizing map model based on the temporal relationship between the water quality indicators. The results show that SOM 1 (January 2020) is characterized by lower ion concentrations due to weakly mineralized rain and higher dissolved oxygen (10.5 mg/L). Opposite are noticed in SOM 4 (June 2019). Nevertheless, SOM 2 (October 2019) seems to be highly loaded with nutrients, leading to organic pollution. SOM 3 (April 2021) shows an increase in the calcium (Ca 2+ ) and magne- sium (Mg 2+ ) content which signifies the hardness of the water. The obtained results prove that the multivariate statistical techniques and self-organizing maps are very effective in monitoring surface water quality and, therefore, can be used to detect pollution sources.


Is the superfruit category subject to the law of gravity? The definitive answer is "Yes," "No," or "Maybe," depending on who you ask.


In order to clarify the effect of land-use change from forest to grazing pasture on the organic carbon storage in Andosol soil, the Rothamsted carbon turnover model for volcanic soil was applied to a pasture situated at the National Livestock Breeding Center (37°09′N, 140°03′E). The top 25-cm soil layer was considered to be an active soil carbon pool. The carbon storage in the soils of native forest surrounding the pastures ranged 111–163 t C ha−1 with an average of 133 t C ha−1, which was adjusted according to an equivalent soil weight of pasture. The pasture soil carbon stocks ranged 88–135 t C ha−1, with variations according to site and/or pasture age. The carbon inputs to the soil through the above- and below-ground dead material from pasture plants and cattle feces were estimated to be 1.1, 1.8 and 0.9 t C ha−1 year−1, respectively. As the model outputs of 14C content of the soil, which is an index of carbon dating corresponding to nuclear weapons testing, showed a relatively close agreement with the observations, the modeling was acceptable for the purpose of predicting the turnover of organic carbon in Andosol soil. The model simulation demonstrated that, in order to maintain the average forest carbon level, 3–4 t ha−1 year−1 of the organic carbon input would be needed. These inputs would be provided in a grazing pasture producing 8–9 t ha−1 year−1 of above-ground dry matter.


The valence-quark contribution to the Drell-Yan process can be isolated by data with particle and antiparticle beams. It is suggested that the A dependence of the sea-quark contributions could be larger than the linear A increase of the valence contributions. The implications of such a sea having quarks with large momenta are discussed.


The development idea of conquering and changing nature is gradually giving up to the sustainable development,so the ancient Chinese idea of " heaven and man in one" is increasingly important.Loving objects of Confucian thought is the principle of dealing with the relationship between man and nature. In the perspective of ethics,it includes three dimensions of practicability,ontology and moral character,which exist in daily life. Different from applied ethics that emphasizes the appeal of rights,the idea of loving object is the ontological ethics of seeking moral perfection,and also the important theoretical resource of modern ecological ethics.


Fisher discriminant model was used to find the rule between discriminant factors and water quality types, and the discriminant function model of water inrush source was established, which was tested by water samples to be judged. On the basis of previous studies, the discriminant method model selects 6 kinds of conventional hydrochemical ions, pH and total dissolved solids, and a total of 8 kinds of hydrochemical factors to analyze.


Experimental data of surface tensions along the critical isochore (1) and the two branches of the coexistence curve (2,3) for the water‐2,5 lutidine system have been used in order to check signs and values of the universal amplitude ratios of the critical laws in the forms σα,j=σc+A(T−Tc)+Bj(T−Tc)μ, j=1,2,3, with imposed μ=1.26. A and the Bj's being highly correlated, several statistical tests using the values of the ratios have been used. Experimental values are compatible with P+=B/Bi=−0.59 (B: isochore; Bi: interfacial tension in the two phases system), maybe with Q=B/B'=−0.83 (B' one branch of the coexistence curve) and certainly with its sign. The other ratios cannot be verified at all by the experimental data.


This paper aims to present a general identification procedure for fractional first-order plus dead-time (FFOPDT) models. This identification method is general for processes having S-shaped step responses, where process information is collected from an open-loop step-test experiment, and has been conducted by fitting three arbitrary points on the process reaction curve. In order to validate this procedure and check its effectiveness for the identification of fractional-order models from the process reaction curve, analytical expressions of the FFOPDT model parameters have been obtained for both situations: as a function of any three points and three points symmetrically located on the reaction curve, respectively. Some numerical examples are provided to show the simplicity and effectiveness of the proposed procedure. Good results have been obtained in comparison with other well-recognized identification methods, especially when simplicity is emphasized. This identification procedure has also been applied to a thermal-based experimental setup in order to test its applicability and to obtain insight into the practical issues related to its implementation in a microprocessor-based control hardware. Finally, some comments and reflections about practical issues relating to industrial practice are offered in this context.


In order to improve the axial thrust calculation accuracy of high pressure pump for SWRO,the CFD technology was applied to simulate the 3D flow in the pump chamber of the model pump to acquire the distribution of static pressure in different working conditions.Experiment research on the model pump was made.The value of static pressure in the different radius of the pump chamber was measured in the different working conditions.Polynomial fitting was used to map out the pressure distribution curve of numerical simulation and test results.The value of axial thrust was calculated through impeller shroud surface integral.Compared the value of test with simulation,the relative error of axial thrust is less than 9% which is more accurate than empirical formula value of 14%.The numerical calculation has guiding significance to the axial thrust balance of multistage pump.


The craft brewery industry is growing in the United States. Due to changes in state law over the past 10 years, craft breweries are a relatively new industry in Oklahoma. A unique aspect of craft breweries compared to larger breweries is that craft breweries tend to be grounded in their local communities. The purpose of this research was to understand how craft breweries in Oklahoma establish their brand with respect to their communities. Interviews were conducted with brewery personnel across Oklahoma, including participants from both more established and newer breweries. The breweries in this study were purposefully engaging in their communities and serving as a third space (i.e., a place that is not home or work that helps foster social capital between community members). Much of the breweries' promotion came from customers' word-of-mouth and peers in the Oklahoma craft brewery industry. Breweries were actively using local identifiers in the products and tap rooms to utilize place branding. Craft breweries were working with each other to foster the state's craft brewery industry, which is considered coopetition (i.e., when organizations that could be seen as competitors also help each other). Future research is recommended that addresses the craft breweries in other states to assess their brands in their communities, how the use of local identifiers in branding are perceived outside of the breweries' local communities, and how results of this study apply to other locally oriented food and agricultural industries.


Aiming at the demand of data sharing,resource management and spatial analysis of distributed geographic information,put forward a new method of integration framework based on EDIF improve on frame,through combining the characteristics of grid computing,studies on the key technology of distributed multi-resource heterogeneous geographic information based on grid computing.By taking advantage of the extension mechanism of OGSA-DAI,a new approach to topological analysis and special interoperation is presented.JDBC Driver for OGSA-DAI is used to implement the access to the data resource.Finally a distributed heterogeneous GIS integration and interoperation prototype is implemented.The prototype is able to provide a uniform service-based interface for users,and is validated by experiments.


Considering a class of discrete Lotka-Volterra competitive model with deviating arguments and external perturbation,some sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the persistence and global stability of the system by feedback control and some analysis techniques. Biologically,it means that the discrete Lotka-Volterra competitive model will persist and develop stablely.


Lawyers Without Shackles seeks to delete salacious passages from contemporary literature and cherished classics – its campaign against "The Arabian Nights" is part of a growing religious conservatism


Fifty-two UNITAR instructors were involved in the survey by responding to questionnaires that were personally administered by the researchers. The university implements learning method that blends both e-learning and conventional methods. However, the use of technology among the academic staff varies. The purpose of the study is to measure the relationship between job characteristics and work outcomes; internal motivation, job satisfaction and perceived work effectiveness and to measure to what extent the different level of technology use influences all these variables. The questionnaire was developed based on the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) instruments. Discussion and recommendation were made based on the survey findings.


A portable and foldable bicycle especially applicable in business trip, travel and business activities, etc. The bicycle is formed from a frame, a handle bar, a front wheel, a rear wheel, a front fork, a rear fork, pedals and a saddle, etc. The frame consists of a horizontal beam, a vertical beam, a small vertical beam and a lower beam; wherein, the horizontal beam includes two sections, which are connected by a coude of the horizontal beam, and positioned and fixed by a pilot pin of the horizontal beam; the horizontal beam is provided with a support plate which is fixed by the pilot pin, and the other end of the support plate and a front face pipe are connected by a front face pipe axle; the front end of the horizontal beam and the front face pipe are connected by a front face angular axle; the rear end of the horizontal beam, the small vertical beam and a lifting handle are connected by a middle angular axle, and the other end of the small vertical beam is connected with a five-way pipe; one end of the lower beam is connected to the five-way pipe by a five-way axle, which the other end is connected with the horizontal beam by a horizontal beam axle; the pedals are foldable; a folding device is positioned in the middle of the handle bar. The utility model has advantages of reasonable structure, simple and fast folding and unfolding, convenient portability, and capability of being pushed on roads when folded, etc.


Literacy politics have put the act of reading in the spotlight in the scope of language teaching. Nonetheless, although teachers and learners recognize the importance of reading for citizenship, I notice that the reading habit is not readily adopted, especially when it comes to literary reading. Likewise, in the field of reading for specific purpose in English for beginners, said fact also occurs even if the learner is conscious of the key role the language plays in society. Upon observing that mother tongue literary reading and instrumental reading in English provoke similar rejections from the learner-reader, I hereby hypothesize that the act of reading fictional texts in the mother tongue and non-fictional ones in English are comparable acts, for they require the capacity to metaphorically abstract language representations. In order to demonstrate the complexity of this process, I have established a dialogue between Wolfgang Iser's reading act theory (1996) and Richard Kern's available designs and contextual layers in literacy (1996) so as to analyze the relationships of contingency and some mental representations that a given text in English requires form the reader. Hence, I have ascertained that both fictional and non-fictional texts require similar mental processing and metaphorical representations. KEY-WORDS: Technical Reading; Beginner Reader; Abstraction; Complexity.


The status of Schisandra chinensis(Turcz.) Baill were summarized in present situation,including germplasm resources collection,evaluation,cultivar breeding,cultivation physiology,control of plant disease and pest.In addition,the problems of Schisandra chinensis(Turcz) Baill and the prospect were analyzed and discussed.


In this paper, we introduce our interactive system for the acquisition and display system of various traffic statistics. One of the most important applications of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is to analyze various traffic activities and construct traffic monitoring systems. By using a new tracking algorithm which is robust against occlusion and clutter problems, an automated system which is able to acquire traffic statistics and events such as velocities, vehicle counts with respect to origin-destination, precise trace, and so on was constructed. In this system, from the sequential traffic images obtained at crossroads, the regions of vehicles are obtained and stored by using an occlusion robust tracking algorithm. Users can search for statistics by submitting queries, and the statistics are calculated from the tracking results. The calculations are executed according to the contents of the queries. However, because the statistics to be calculated vary, the preparation of the entire associated calculation method is not practical. Therefore, we analyze the calculation flow and decompose hierarchically to arrive at an elementary operation. According to the result of parsing the submitted query, adequate elements are combined and the statistics are calculated. In this way, we avoid the excessive enlargement of the system; because of the decomposition, it becomes receptive to various kinds of queries. In addition, since we employ the natural language query and graphical user interface (GUI), it is easy to access the required statistics.


An extensive United States-Poland cooperative fishing-oceanographic survey along the west coast of the United States (California-OregonWashington) and along Vancouver Island, Britsh Columbia, was carried out from 12 August to 22 September 1977. The personnel were from the NMFS Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center (NWAFC) in Seattle, Wash., and from the Polish Sea Fisheries Institute (SFI) in Gdynia. Daily fishing operations were carried out aboard the NOAA Research Vessel


On the base of the survey in two universities in Voronezh (680 students) the hypothesis is rejected that students, in accordance with J. Schumpeter's interpretation of entrepreneurial activity, associate entrepreneurship with innovations. It is found that the student's perception of entrepreneurship in the Russian cultural and linguistic environment differs from the Schumpeterian one. Although the inclination to joining entrepreneurship in the future is widespread among the students, they are not ready to innovate. Students perceive entrepreneurship primarily as a pathway to financial security and personal well-being. Respondents tend to neglect socially significant aspects of entrepreneurship. It is revealed that the students miss a holistic system of views and priorities regarding to their careers. Personal interests and motivations prevail over business inclinations. This is expressed in the students' career preferences, which incline to the ability to combine business and personal life, to the pursuit of financial security, material well-being, avoiding difficulties. As a rule, students prefer interesting and creative work. Hard work and education as factors of success in their future professional careers are valued low. At the same time, weak social inclinations are manifested. Mutual assistance and cooperation as factors of professional progress are rated low. Also, the students are not inclined to work much and hard for the sake of public benefits. Prevailing not only personal interests as compared to the social, but even personal as compared to professional is an obstacle to the students joining the innovative entrepreneurship, requiring the priority of business and professional interests. The low interest to continuing family business reflects the young people's desire to independence, to free choice of path. This indirectly indicates their deviation from traditional values (which are considered to be characteristic of the Russian culture in the past) and about the growth of their individualism.


Structure of elementary matter - cold valleys and their importance in fission, fusion and for superheavy nuclei, W. Greiner tunnelling phenomena in nuclear physics, N. Rowley investigation of light actinide nuclei at Yale and beyond, C.W. Beausang coexistence of symmetric and asymmetric nuclear shapes and 10Be ternary fission, J.H. Hamilton et al heavy clusterization in 252Cf - an application of the U(3) selection rule, A. Algora et al synthesis of superheavy elements with three-dimensional fluctuation-dissipation dynamical model, T. Wada et al cold fission studies with large detector arrays, A.V. Ramayya et al shell effects and fission of superheavy nuclei at low excitation energies, M.G. Itkis et al experiments on the synthesis of superheavy nuclei in 48Ca-induced reactions, Yu Ts Oganessian superheavy nuclei revisited, J.A. Maruhn et al. (Part contents)


Use of technology and more recently reuse of technology have received a great deal of attention in Information Technology research. However, students' use and reuse of technology have received little attention. The purpose of this research is to examine if students working in a team will use the same technology with which they have experience and reuse it again. Also, the purpose of this research is to examine the reasons for reusing technology. The Technology Continuance Theory (Liao et al., 2009) is used in this research as an explanatory theory for the reuse of collaboration and communication technologies in teamwork. The findings support experience with a technology as the main driver of reuse of the same technology. The findings also suggest perception of technology usefulness as the main reasons for reuse.


A cup holder apparatus of a console box for a vehicle, which may be installed at the rear of a console armrest in a rotatably opening and closing manner, may include left and right side portions pivotally coupled to the rear of the console armrest and elastically supported by an elastic member and forming a storage space therebetween for storing a container, wherein the left and right side portions may be selectively inserted into spaces formed at both left and right sides of an armrest hinge assembly when the cup holder may be closed by the elastic member.


Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the most cultivated tuberous crops as a sustainable source of food security and family income among the poor in the developing world. Despite this economic significance, cassava's tuber yield is significantly reduced by viral diseases and pests among them cassava mosaic disease (CMD), cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava green mites (CGM). CMD and CBSD are respectively caused by cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs) and cassava brown streak viruses (CBSVs) which often result in 100% yield losses in susceptible cultivars. Through a field-based randomized complete block designed experiment, the present study screened fifteen cassava genotypes sourced from different breeding programs and local landraces in Kenya for resistance against CMD, CBSD and CGM. Genotypic differences for either diseases incidence (INC) or severity (SVY) and marketable root yield (MRY) was significant (P≤0.05. Both disease and pest incidences were generally low (0-15%) indicating potential suppression. Genotypes were grouped into disease tolerant (DT) and disease susceptible (DS) classes with significantly higher MRY of 23.8 t/ha bulked by a DT genotype TME-419 and least MRY of 2.1 t/ha recorded in a DS cultivar Thika2. The negative correlation observed between MRY and both disease incidence and severity indicated the inhibitory role of CMD and CBSD on cassava production. Molecular diagnostics two CMB species, African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and East Africa cassava mosaic virus (EACMV) and CBSVs in some tolerant and all susceptible genotypes. Four (990005, TC4, TC14 & TME419) high yielding and DT cassava genotypes identified in the current study could potentially be used as parents in future breeding programs for introgression of tolerance traits in farmer preferred but susceptible local landraces.


1) The solution of o-nitroanisole, o-chloronitrobenzene and o-nitrophenol is investigated polarographically with the intention of their simultaneous determination. 2) The most suitable supporting electrolyte solution for the above object is the mixture of 4 parts of 1 N sodium hydroxide and 1 part of methanol. 3) Although this solution is not buffered, the variation of concentration of one component does not exert appreciable influence upon the wave-heights and the relative positions of the waves of other two components. 4) o-Nitrophenol can be determined directly from the ordinary polarogram. The accuracy of determination is under ±10%. 5) The residual current compensation gives aid to the determination of o-nitroanisole and o-chloronitrobenzene. By passing the compensating current very excessively, their reduction waves become better defined. The accuracy of determination is +8∼−17% for o-nitroanisole and −24∼−9% for o-chloronitrobenzene. 6) The half-wave potentials of three compounds, 5×10−4 M/l. in 1 ...


This article deals with traumas portrayed in novels by migrant authors. Specifically, it examines Vladimir Vertlib's Zwischenstationen and Julya Rabinowich's Spaltkopf , in which the main characters are children and teenagers. Theirs are "multiple traumas", because the young protagonists have to tackle several problems in relation to culture, language, religion, society and  their own growth and identity. This theme shows the development and diffusion of new realism in contemporary literature.


With high solubility workability is excellent, suitable novel polymer as a conductive material, and provides a novel compound which is a raw material. Novel compounds which are the raw materials, the following formula (I) [Formula 1] However, formula (I) in: A is S, B is at


Objective To research the key points in differential diagnosis of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.Methods The imaging data of 22 cases of pancreatitis misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer between 2001 and 2010 at Changzheng Hospital Affiliated to the Second Military Medical University were analyzed retrospectively.Results Manifestations of pancreatitis misdiagnosed as localized pancreatic cancer were pseudotumorous pancreatitis of pancreatic head or pancreatic body;pancreatic necrosis and pseudocyst;inhomogeneous lipidosis;retentive extension of pancreatic duct due to pancreas divisum and accumulation of blood in pancreatic duct due to pancreas divisum.Misdiagnosed as disseminated pancreatic cancer were disseminated enlargement of pancreas with inhomogeneous density,lesser blood supply lesion and pancreatitis without effusion.Misdiagnosed as metastases outside pancreas were parapancreatic pseudocysts or inflammatory mass misdiagnosed as metastatic lymph nodes.Accessory lesions of superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein misdiagnosed as vascular invasions.Conclusion Diagnosis of atypical pancreatic cancer should be based on a comprehensive knowledge of medical history and weekly follow-ups so as to exclude the possibility of atypical pancreatitis.As for patients who have both pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer,treatments of pancreatitis with therapeutic values should always be emphasized regardless of the pancreatic cancer.


This paper studies the interaction of restructuring processes and changes in the internal labour markets and flows of intrafirm mobility at post-soviet enterprises. Using data from case study of two Ural plants, we attempt to define the models of intraorganizational mobility which have been formed at the enterprises during their adaptation to the market. The approach focuses both on the modification of multi-layered post and management structure and on the processes of formation and action of rules that regulate the ascent of employees. We come to the conclusion that intraorganizational mobility does not fully depend on changes in the external labour market; it is determined by the administratively fixed formal and informal rules, the practice of labour relations that have formed within the enterprise. Our study shows the application of both the protectionist and the contest models of activity within the organization. Recruitment to the top management posts has protectionist features in all the cases. As for the general tendencies of intraorganizational mobility, during crisis periods when enterprises had to survive the contest model is clearly discerned. This model is partly retained in the following period of adaptation to the market, but here we see that elements of protectionism come to the fore in relation to some employees. This paper was prepared within the framework of "Economic and Social Consequences of Industrial Restructure in Russia and Ukraine" project financed by the European Comission.


ObjectiveTo observe the effect of acupoints stimulation with silver spike point therapy on insomnia.Methods60 patients with insomnia were randomly divided into the trial group and control group with 30 cases in each group. Patients of the trial group were treated by acupoints stimulation with silver spike point therapy and patients of control group were treated only with Clonopin. All patients of two groups were tested with Self-Rating Scale of Sleep (SRSS) before and after treatment.ResultsThe curative effect rate of the trial group was 86.6%; that of the control group was 60%; the curative effect of the trial group was superior to the control group ( P0.05). SRSS difference of the trial group pre-and post-treatment was 12.79±3.20; that of the control group was 10.1±3.89. There was also a significant difference between two groups ( P0.01).ConclusionThe silver spike point therapy has the better curative effect on insomnia than Clonopin.


Dipnoans are osteichthyans, and are the sister group of crossopterygians (actinistians, onychodontiforms, porolepiforms, osteolepiforms, and including tetrapods). They share with crossopterygians the following derived features: anocleithrum, connection between the preopercular and infraorbital sensory lines, true enamel on teeth, cosmine, sclerotic ring with more than four plates, submandibular series, archipterygium, and process of endochondral bone formation. These features characterize the sarcopterygians (crossopterygians and dipnoans), whereas the intracranial joint, double‐headed hyomandibula, and three extrascapulae are synapomorphies of crossoptery gians. Rhipidistians (onychodontiforms, porolepiforms, osteolepiforms, and including tetrapods) are characterized by two synapomorphies, the presence of an extratemporal and narrow submandibular bone(s). Plicidentine, four infradentaries, three coronoids, and a fenestra ventro‐lateralis are synapomorphies of porolepiforms, osteolepiforms, and tetrapods. The tetrapods are most closely related to panderichthyid osteolepiforms (with which they share labyrinthodont plicidentine, three pairs of median skull roof bones, flat skull with high dorsally situated orbits, and marginal position of external naris). The common ancestor of dipnoans and tetrapods is also the common ancestor of crossopterygians (including tetrapods) and dipnoans; in other words, the hypothetical common ancestor of all sarcopterygians. The dipnoans are not the closest sister group of tetrapods, independently if living forms only are considered, or fossil forms included.


Liquid film or drop wicking on solid surface without any external energy input is highly desirable in specific industrial processes. This paper proposes a numerical study of the dynamics of liquid wicking on geometrically structured flat surface. We consider structures deduced from flat surface by super-imposing a series of identical parallel channels, the ensemble being made of the same material. Channels exhibit arrow-shaped patterns. We analyse drop wicking on such a structure using numerical simulation and experiment. Both approaches reveal non symmetric wicking clearly exhibiting a privileged direction. The simulation captures the evolution of the liquid/air interface at smaller time scales and reveals wicking with rapid pulses suggested by the experiment.


Abstract-Tinosporacordifoliaisapopularmedicinal plant which is used in several traditional medicines to cure various diseases. The common names are Amrita and Guduchi, belonging to the family of Menispermaceae. The aim of the study was to study the stem extract of traditional medicinal plant, T. cordifolia for qualitative estimation of phytoconsituents and subsequently to determine its antibacterialactivityagainsttwotestmicroorganisms Escherichia coliand Pseudomonas aeruginosato authenticate its use in traditional medicines. Stems were air-dried and coarsely powdered samples were subjectedto Soxhlet extractionusingdiversesolvents(Hexane,chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol and water). Freshly prepared extracts were exposed to standard phytochemical analysis for qualitative estimation of phytoconsituents. The antibacterial activity of the stem extract of T. cordifolia was determined by agar well diffusion method. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of several phytochemicals viz., alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, phenol, tannins, steroid, terpenoids, saponins and sugars. The methanolic extract displayed the presence of highest number of phytochemical compounds. It may be due to the higher solubility of active components in this solvent as compared to other solvents. The results revealed that the methanolic extract exhibit the effective antibacterial activity against the tested bacterial species . The studies justify the use of T. cordifolia in traditional medicines. The investigation further proposed that the metabolites present in leaf tissue of T. cordifolia can be potential source of novel natural antibacterial and antioxidant agents and can be prospective applications in food industry as an antioxidant


The technology of unilateral remote warfare develops continuously, and with it, an ever-rising threat to human lives and freedom from an array of actors, mostly state powers, that seek to use oppressive force against civilian populations. Trevor Paglen is a political visual artist, whose project Drones represents military operations and resources in ways that recontextualize the processes of visual targeting enacted by military drones. Paglen's work highlights the differences between human and machine vision and creates deliberate obfuscation that renders his photographs visually abstract. Following work by TJ Clark, Ariella Azoulay and Arden Reed, I approach Paglen's photograph Untitled (Reaper Drone) in the form of a slow investigation that highlights durational viewing. Slowness in this form creates a conversation between myself and the image that acknowledges the temporal dimension of art-viewing and resists the unilateral gaze of the drone.


Transformers, however, are not the only components to have experienced changes. The rapidly evolving electricity market is causing networks to be operated closer to their limits. At the same time, the booming demand for new transformers combined with high material prices is putting pressure on manufacturers and their suppliers. All these aspects combine to make assuring the robustness of transformers more important than ever before.


Using land-based measurement data called SDP (Surface Data Point) winds data, the data samples of annual maximum sea wind speed are made for a period of 95 years from 1911 to 2005 on Tokyo Bay, for a period of 85 years from 1921 to 2005 on Ise Bay and for a period of 88 years from 1918 to 2005 on the Seto Inland Sea respectively. An extreme value analysis for each data sample yields the following findings. 1) The effect of censoring ratio in the analysis on an estimate of the 100-return wind speed is insignificant. 2) A data sample with longer year period is preferred to obtain a more proper estimate of return wind speed. 3) A rough estimate of the 100-year return wind speed on each sea area ranges from 30 or 35m/s to 45m/s and more, depending on the topographical condition of each small sea area. The estimate is about 5m/s greater than the previous result. 4) The largest wind speed in the data period may be comparable to an estimate of the 100-return wind speed.


With the use of an ultra-narrow-band extreme ultraviolet laser source, tunable near 94 nm, transition wavelengths are determined for lines connecting the 1s(2)2s(2)2p(2) P-3(0,1,2) ground-term levels to the 1s(2)2s2p(3) S-3(1) excited level in neutral carbon at an absolute accuracy of 4x10(-8). With the determination of the zero-velocity rest-frame wavelengths these lines can be included in an analysis of a possible temporal variation of the fine-structure constant alpha from a comparison with quasar data. A value for the C-12/C-13 transition isotope shift was also obtained yielding 0.5107(13) cm(-1), in average over the three fine-structure lines. The latter measurement will allow to study isotopic evolution in the universe and test models of nuclear processes in stars.


Importance: Increased mammographic density (MD) is a strong independent risk factor for breast carcinoma. Ubiquitous environmental heavy metal (HM) exposure/toxicity appears pro-carcinogenic in several human cancers. However, studies in the current scientific literature have not elucidated specific connections between HM exposure and mammographically detected increases in breast density.
 Objective: To determine whether increases in heavy metals (ie, chromium, arsenic and cadmium) measured in urine as a biomarker for long-term exposure, associate with increased MD in a female study cohort in Arkansas.
 Design, Setting, Participants: One hundred thirty-nine participants in the Arkansas Rural Community Health (ARCH) study cohort, recruited through a mobile mammography unit at baseline, were included in this pilot study. Demographic/health history questionnaire data, urine, blood and saliva samples and incident mammograms classified by BI-RADS were ascertained after informed consent. Study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
 Main Outcome and Measures: Urinary chromium, arsenic and cadmium levels were determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The concentrations of HM were adjusted for urinary creatinine and specific gravity and the results categorized into tertiles. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between HM exposure and MD. Association of both continuous and categorical variables were examined. Confounding variables in the multivariable models including age, race, BMI, age at menarche and smoking history were determined by a priori knowledge and statistical assessment.
 Results: Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between each tertile of HM exposure and MD were used for the assessment. For the unadjusted model, increasing ORs for MD were noted with increased levels of both Chromium and Arsenic exposure. Increased ORs for MD were observed with increased levels of Chromium, Arsenic and Cadmium exposure in the multivariable adjusted model. However, none of these associations demonstrated statistical significance in this limited pilot study.
 Conclusion: Positive associations between HM exposure and MD were noted after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, age at menarche and smoking history in this pilot study. However, the association did not reach statistical significance at α = 0.05.
 Citation Format: Bobbie Dean Fine, Shelbie Stahr, Lora J. Rogers, Gail A. Runnells, Tung-Chin Chiang, Lihchyun J. Su. Environmental heavy metal toxicity and mammographic breast density in a Mississippi Delta southern state [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 1443.


Objectives: an open 4-month evaluation of the effectiveness, tolerability and safety of venlafaxine XR in the treatment of outpatients with major depression....


The main difference of this analysis from its predecessors is its running time. Andersen's analysis [1], also flow-insensitive and monovariant, is cubic. Polyvariant analyses [2, 4] are more precise but have exponential complexity, though in practice this rarely happens. The linear running time allows us to make a simple observation about the analysis precision: the points-to graph must be linear in the size of the program. Thus, the out-degree of each node must be bounded by a constant. Therefore, all locations pointed to by the same location must be merged in one node in the graph, to avoid a quadratic number of edges.


The propofol concentration during constant infusion is affected by a change in cardiac output, but the effect of this change on remifentanil, which is frequently used in combination with propofol, is unclear.


TUBE COMPOSITE RESISTANT internal pressure, having at least two layers of pressure boost, or layer of pressure resistance, curled at an angle at least equal in absolute value to 70 (degrees) to the axis TUBE, the two layers A radial expansion under the effect of pressure bEING ONE OF THESE TWO LAYERS INSIDE THE OTHER. THE invention is characterized in circumferential elastic modulus of the outer layer is higher than the INNER LAYER.


Zeolite-supported ruthenium catalysts for the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were prepared by sorbing Ru(CO)5 (molecular diameter 6.3 A) onto Na-Y zeolite and Linde 5A molecular sieve. Although the metal carbonyl is not absorbed into the pores of the molecular sieve (diameter 4.2 A), it is readily absorbed into the pores (diameter 7.4 A) and supercages (diameter 13 A) of the Na-Y zeolite. The Ru(CO)5 in Na-Y coverts in the absence of carbon monoxide to the much larger Ru3(CO)12 (diameter 9.2 A), which remains on the surface of the molecular sieve but is trapped within the supercages of the Na-Y zeolite because it cannot pass through the smaller pores. Slow, temperature-programmed heating of the Ru3(CO)12 in Na-Y to 350 C under a flow of hydrogen results in decarbonylation and formation of a CO hydrogenation catalyst that produces a very atypical (for ruthenium) hydrocarbon distribution truncated at about C10. The unusual product distribution presumably arises because the catalyst sites are situated within the zeolite supercages. Thus the metal is highly dispersed and or the growing hydrocarbon chains are subject to geometrical limitations on their growth. Consistent with this prothesis, ruthenium carbonyl clusters immobilized on the external surfaces of Na-Ymore » zeolite, Linde 5A molecular sieve, and gamma alumina all exhibit typical, nonselective hydrocarbon-product distributions.« less


We propose a novel tracking algorithm which can work robustly under complex dynamic scenarios. Our algorithm is based on a scheme of multiple basic mean shift tracking. In this scheme, we use Sparse Principal Component Analysis to generate multiple target models, with which each basic mean shift tracker runs in parallel at the same time. The best configuration of a target is obtained by the weighted linear combination of its basic results. In addition, for the problem that the histogram of gradient under the mean shift tracking framework is easy to fall into local maxima, we introduce the histogram of Gradient Vector Flow to represent the target. Experimental results show that our tracker is able to handle severe appearance change and recover from drifts in realistic videos. The algorithm proposed in this paper can track the target accurately and reliably compared with other existing state-of-the-art tracking algorithms.


Through the stress analysis and research of different type box's tongues,the relation between the numbers of tongues with the density of the liquid or illiquid object was pointed out.The certain theory and technology for the design and application of the quickly assembling box was provided.


Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems in visible light communication are able to increase the data rates by independently modulating colored light sources-generally red, green, and blue. We analytically model such a system using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation and show that the main limitation in achieving higher capacity and illuminance is the red channel. We propose alternate WDM techniques-one which uses an additional red light emitting diode (LED) to offset this effect and another which uses an unmodulated amber LED. By evaluating these systems, we show that increased capacity, higher illuminance range, as well as superior light quality could be achieved by the latter.


Although the hippie movement was born in the United States in the 1960s, it did not remain confined to this one territory but spread widely in many other parts of the world including Mexico. Does this mean that, in the specific case of this country, the influence of the movement was only unilateral, in the north-south direction? Using accounts of colonizers of the 16th century and cultural testimonies of the 60s and 70s), this article shows that Mexico has made a contribution to defining several essential aspects of hippie culture such as the use of drugs and the exaltation of Indianness. That said, it seems, at the same time, that it is thanks to the northern neighbors that the Mexicans have rediscovered certain aspects of their culture. The Mexican hippie movement nevertheless has some specificities: the presence of young Indians and a new conception of the nation, two disruptive elements for the Mexican conservative society, which, associated with the use of drugs and sexual liberation, explain the anti-hippie repression for about ten years. Key woRds: Hippies; Mexico; drugs; Indianness; influence; repression. Reçu : 24 avril 2020 Accepté : 28 août 2020 * Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France Laboratoire CRISS (nicolas.balutet@ uphf.fr). 10 .2 22 01 /c ial c.2 44 86 91 4e .2 02 2. 74 .5 73 58


C57BL/6 mice with a disrupted Prostaglandin E2 receptor EP1 allele (EP1−/−; n = 35) or control mice (EP1+/+; n = 58) were uninephrectomized, and 14 days later 50 mg deoxycorticosterone acetate was administered s.c. concurrent with 1% NaCl in the drinking water. Seven days later, angiotensin II (Ang II) was administered (1.5 ng/min/g s.c. Alzet minipump) resulting in high mortality in EP1+/+ mice (60%) with significantly lower mortality in EP1−/− mice (24%, P = 0.004). 35% of EP1+/+ mice but only 10% of EP1−/− mice died of aortic aneurysm rupture. Necropsy revealed overall 65% of EP1+/+ mice and 40% of EP1−/− mice had formation of aortic aneurysms, suggesting the incidence and severity of aortic aneurysms is reduced in EP1−/− mice. Mean intracarotid pressure was reduced in EP1−/− mice vs EP1+/+ two days post‐Ang II minipump implantation (EP1+/+ 128.8 ± 5.1 mmHg n=4, EP1−/− 102.4 ± 7.8 mmHg n=4, P = 0.03). No differences were observed in albuminuria (P = 0.216) or renal histopathology, where moderate hypertensive damage was observed in each group. Thus, this model induces robust hypertension, modest renal damage and significant mortality, with EP1−/− mice being partially protected. Reduction in mortality appears to be associated with a reduction in blood pressure rather than renal protection. Funding was provided by the NIH grants DK37097, DK46205 and GM15431.


The purpose of this project is to implement an autonomous navigation system using nonlinear control techniques to control a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) to follow a preplanned trajectory and track a path. Two other aspects of navigation are studied: path planning and obstacle avoidance. Those three aspects are integrated into a navigation strategy that manages navigation and prevents deadlocks.

Two nonlinear control techniques for path tracking and trajectory following have been developed and implemented. In the first approach, a fuzzy logic controller is used to drive the robot through a set of waypoints leading to the destination. In another approach, a controller derived from a Lyapunov function is used to track a reference trajectory that is time dependent. For path planning, a novel optimization technique based on dynamic programming has been developed. The curvature velocity method has been used for obstacle avoidance.

The testing was conducted on a P3-AT all-terrain mobile robot equipped with encoders, a gyroscope, and sonar sensors for localization and environment perception. The test results validate the effectiveness of the different approaches that have been developed.


This book offers a historical account of American efforts "to make the world safe for democracy" and the results of these attempts in the context of their own ambitions. It also examines how American foreign policy has contributed to the increase in the number, strength, and prestige of liberal democratic governments worldwide at the end of the twentieth century. The book focuses on American liberal democratic internationalism and the United States's democratizing mission on a selected group of countries such as Japan, Germany, Iran, and the Philippines, along with the impact of this agenda on world politics as a whole. To better understand the American operational code with respect to liberal democratic internationalism, this chapter analyzes the nature of American liberal democracy and cites a historical example that reflects the character of American liberal democratic internationalism in the twentieth century: the Reconstruction after the Civil War.


A CM Student Chapters constitute a thriving worldwide network of computer scientists of all sorts. Through various themed events and other creative initiatives, chapters give students opportunities to become involved with, to interact with, to benefit from, and to contribute to their computing communities. Many chapters are involved in exciting new collaborative projects to help unite their members and communities. The NUCES ACM student chapter in Pakistan, now active for more than 10 years, continues to work hard to promote technology and its applications in an interesting and innovative fashion. In order to spread public awareness about ACM, a campaign was started to attract members from within the school campus. Through posters, banners, SMS, and emails, students were exposed to the various benefits of joining ACM. The promoted benefits were access to hundreds of digital libraries, subscription to ACM TechNews, as well as discounts on ACM competitions, seminars, short courses and various restaurants. The campaign produced a positive response from students and many rushed to avail the ACM membership. Now, in a remarkable attempt to unite Pakistan's computing community, the chapter has designed and implemented " Geek Week 2012. " Four out of 10 active ACM chapters in Pakistan joined hands to organize the event, which included programming, gaming, and robotics competitions, as well as a development fest with various exhibitions of custom PCs, multimedia competitions, and a technological showcase. Ranging over 25 institutes, 1500 participants were expected. With the help of this event, the NUCES ACM chapter aims to send a message to the world portraying a positive image of Pakistan. The ACM Student Chapter at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies has been working on an open editorial platform for students. The platform is intended to improve knowledge and increase interest in modern computing science by facilitating the collaboration between persons interested in computing. The chapter has also been developing an e-portofolio (http://e-portfolio.ase.ro/) and a conference management system. Their goal this year is to make these resources available to European ACM Student Chapters, and they invite and encourage all chapters to use the editorial platform to post their research, articles, and ideas. The UPES ACM Student Chapter in Dehradun, India recently participated in a computer awareness program to teach basic computer skills to students from nearby village schools in association with the University's Corporate Social Responsibility division. The SEECS ACM chapter in Islamabad, Pakistan has a community service …


An extremely rare clinical case of giant megaureter in an adult patient is described. Megaureter was revealed in examination of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space during surgery for gynecological pathology. Surgical treatment was successful, resection of megaureter with plastic reconstruction of the left ureter with anastomosis "end-to-end" and "end-to-side" on introduced ureteral stents into the lumen was performed. Postoperative examination revealed the presence of megaureter on the right side and doubling of both kidneys.


Quality Assurance (QA) is pivotal in product development. Despite the advent of automated methods, software testing, especially for REST APIs, often involves repetitive tasks. It's notable that more resources are allocated to script tests than in detecting and addressing the actual bugs. Conventional testing methods also struggle to adapt seamlessly to software updates. However, with strides in data science, the concept of a self-reliant testing framework emerges. This framework aims for minimal user intervention and is designed to autonomously execute the entire REST API testing procedure. Our research is centered around realizing this groundbreaking framework.


Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) has become the predominant approach for classification tasks on gigapixel histopathology whole slide images (WSIs). Within the MIL framework, single WSIs (bags) are decomposed into patches (instances), with only WSI-level annotation available. Recent MIL approaches produce highly informative bag level representations by utilizing the transformer architecture's ability to model the dependencies between instances. However, when applied to high magnification datasets, problems emerge due to the large number of instances and the weak supervisory learning signal. To address this problem, we propose to additionally train transformers with a novel Bag Embedding Loss (BEL). BEL forces the model to learn a discriminative bag-level representation by minimizing the distance between bag embeddings of the same class and maximizing the distance between different classes. We evaluate BEL with the Transformer architecture TransMIL on two publicly available histopathology datasets, BRACS and CAMELYON17. We show that with BEL, TransMIL outperforms the baseline models on both datasets, thus contributing to the clinically highly relevant AI-based tumor classification of histological patient material.


Influenza A viruses (IAV) cause respiratory tract infections that can be fatal when the virus spreads to the alveolar space (i.e. alveolitis), and this is mainly observed with highly pathogenic strains. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by the NOX2 NADPH oxidase in endosomes has been directly implicated in IAV pathology. Recently, we demonstrated that treatment with a novel endosome‐targeted NOX2 oxidase inhibitor, cholestanol‐conjugated gp91dsTAT (Cgp91ds‐TAT), attenuated airway inflammation and viral replication to infection with a low pathogenic influenza A viral strain. Here, we determined whether suppression of endosome NOX2 oxidase prevents the lung inflammation following infection with a highly pathogenic IAV strain.


The invention relates to a brake control device (12) for rail vehicles with a friction braking device (14), wherein the brake control means (12) is adapted to an actual Adhasionsbeiwert between a wheel (22) of the rail vehicle and to the wheel (22) in contact rail to determine (24). Further, the brake control means (12) is adapted to calculate a nominal braking value based on the actual Adhasionsbeiwert and to control the frictional braking means (14) for braking at least one of the friction braking device (14) to be braked wheel (22) based on the nominal braking value. The invention also relates to a brake system (10) with such a brake control device (12) as well as a method for controlling a braking operation and a corresponding computer program product.


The rod ejection accident (REA) is the design-basis reactivity initiated event and an important aspect for a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The consequence of REA is that it introduces a large positive reactivity insertion in a core, which leads to a fast large power excursion and other parameters changing. Thus, it is important to understand the uncertainty in the parameters of reactor core when REA happens. This paper applies support vector regression (SVR) to analyze accident scenarios with control rod ejection. SVR is an approach based on machine learning and soft computing. SVR, by definition, is an application of support vector machine (SVM) to nonlinear regression problem. Furthermore, the objective of this paper is to train SVR model to identify both safe and potentially unsafe power plant conditions based on real time plant data. The data is obtained from computer generated accident scenarios and is divided into two datasets, training datasets and test datasets. The training dataset are used to train the SVR model and the test dataset are used to test the validation of this model. And then the results obtained by SVR model are compared with that of artificial neural network (ANN) model. The comparison results show that SVR model has superior performance over ANN model and agree well with the general understanding. Because the proposed methodology achieve accurate results, it is likely to be suitable for other data processing of nuclear engineering.© 2012 ASME


Application of yield design to porous media usually requires a preliminary calculation of the fluid flow net. The stability analysis is then carried out with seepage forces associated with the flow. We assume here that the flow is steady and that the yield criterion is defined by a function of the effective stress tensor. The formulation that we propose here allows taking into account seepage force in the expression of the kinematic stability conditions by means of hydraulic boundary conditions without calculation of the fluid flow. One obtains a formulation of the kinematic condition similar to the case of classic, non‐porous media. The method is illustrated by two examples: a cylinder subjected to fluid flow and a vertical cut. It can be adapted to various boundary conditions and to the case of a criterion defined by a function of a generalized effective stress tensor. We also give a method to derive rigorous lower bounds using approximate fluid pressure field. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


We congratulate Brodsky et al.1 for the well-designed study, despite its limitations that the authors clearly stated in the article's discussion. The article adds further support to existing data2 on the validity of image-guided deep brain stimulation surgery as an emerging, and probably more advantageous, approach to the standard microelectrode recording (MER)-guided surgery. It would be helpful if the authors provided data on the comparative targeting accuracy of the 2 approaches, taking into account the 2 different targets as well as stimulation measures. The authors also did not specify whether or not the raters of the motor scoring were blinded. Moreover, the asleep group was more shifted towards internal globus pallidus (GPi) as a target compared to the awake cohort. Could the authors provide a comment on this?


Shon Sunghee, Jeon Nayoung, Hwang Chung-Il 2012, The relationship among attribution tendency, self-efficacy and academic achievement of students learning the Korean language, Journal of Korean Language Education 23-2: 171-189. This study is targeting students learning the Korean language and their attribution tendencies, self-efficacy for learning Korean by analyzing the progress of the Korean language and the effectiveness of the Korean language professor, intended to learn how to take advantage of the basic data. This survey was conducted for the currently enrolled 687 students at the KLI. As a result of the students` internal attribution and self-efficacy for learning Korean effects were positive. Besides, internal attribution in Korean learners appeared to have positive influence on their achievements in learning Korean via self-efficiency in the process of learning. On the other hand, external attribution showed to have negative effect on self-efficiency, and positive influence on their achievements in learning Korean.


By stressing the necessity of setting up banking supervision committee in China, this paper analyzes the challenges facing the banking supervision committee in China and puts forward the countermeasures to reinforce the function of this committee.


Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a developmental anomaly in which the normal bone marrow is replaced by fibro-osseous tissue. Fibrous dysplasia can affect either single (Monostotic) bone or multiple (Polyostotic) bones. Craniofacial FD is a monostotic FD involving the craniofacial bones. However, CFD is one of the rare forms of FD. Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a rare non-neoplastic bone lesion. ABCs are expansile lytic lesions composed of numerous blood-filled channels and cystic spaces that mostly involve the long bones and vertebrae and occur rarely in the craniofacial bones. ABCs can occur either as a primary bony lesion or secondary to various pre-existing benign and malignant bone tumors like fibrous dysplasia. Concomitant occurrence of FD and ABC is rare with only few cases reported in the literature. Here, we report on a case of ABC in a 24-year-old woman who had presented with right frontal and facial swelling for over 6 years followed by proptosis of right eye. Computed tomography revealed an expansile lytic lesion with peripheral ground glass densities involving the body and greater wing of sphenoid, lateral wall of orbit, squamous part of temporal bone with associated thinning and rarefaction of the bony walls. Further, MRI of the same patient revealed multiple cystic spaces some of them showing fluid-fluid levels within.


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Introduction: The most common manifestation of thyroid malignancy is thyroid nodule. In few studies, pathologic findings of malignancy were seen in patients who were undergone thyroidectomy because of causes other than malignancy. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the rate of malignancy in patients who undergone thyroidectomy. Methods: In this retrospective multi central study, 765 out of 802 patients who had undergone thyroidectomy in Bandar Abbas and Tehran Taleghani hospitals were evaluated from 1376 till 1386. The FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration) results before operation and pathologic results after operation were classified by AACE standard into benign (multi nodular goiter,hoshimotoo's thyroiditis,simple or blood containing cysts, and follicular adenomas) and malignant groups (papillary malignancy of thyroid, primary lymphoma of thyroid, follicular malignancy of thyroid, hurtle cell malignancy of thyroid ,malignant metastatic lesions). The data were analyzed with SPSS software. Results: Preoperative cytology showed that 432 cases (73.8) were benign, 79 of cases (13.8) were malignant, 55 (9.6) suspicious, 5 (0.9) inadequate and 11 (1.9) were unremarkable. Pathologic results of 222 patients (29) were malignant and 534 (71) were benign. Specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive value of FNA were 56.5, 97.6, 88.6 and 87.2, respectively. Conclusion: In this study, FNA had low sensitivity for diagnosis of malignancy of thyroid. Results showed that despite a negative FNA result, multiple FNAs and follow up of thyroid are recommended.


In this talk I give a theoretical overview of the rare decays B s → µ + µ − and B d → µ + µ − . The branching ratios of these decays are promising probes of New Physics, both independently and relative to each other. Recent experimental progress at the LHC has confirmed the existence of the B s → µ + µ − decay, and has not revealed any large signals of New Physics that may have been present. This raises the question of whether moderate New Physics effects can be identified in the LHC era. To that end I review several important developments in the Standard Model branching ratio predictions, and discuss how the latest measurements currently constrain New Physics. Furthermore, I highlight how a time-dependent analysis of B s → µ + µ − , which may be feasible at the upgraded CMS and LHCb detectors, can complement the search for and identification of New Physics.


Obiective To study the psychological status of the operation of outside rural labors and strategies.Methods Investigate 62 outside rural labors by symptom checklist 90(SCL-90).Result The scores of somatization,obsessive-compulsive disorder,depression,anxiety,hostility,fear,crankiness and psychopathy ofoutside rural labors during operation are obviously higher than national norm.Conclusion there are many psychological problemsamong outside rural labor during the operation of acute abdominal disease.Corresponding nursing care should be given.


8639. Dronsfield, J. April 7. Carding-engines.-A shell roller suitable for use as a stripping roller or brush consists of end casings c and a cylindrical shell built up of socketed tube sections a , a , soldered together, the joints being strengthened by disks b, cut away at the centre, and provided with annular flanges b . These disks are preferably also employed midway in the sections. To the disks b are bolted two or more brackets c provided with cavities c' containing wooden plugs d, which pass through holes in the shell, and to which filleting &c. may be nailed. The end casings e have reduced annular ledges e to fit the shell, and are also bored at intervals for wooden plugs f. They have a long boss e to support the shaft or tube g, which extends into the shell and has its outer end closed by a plug g .


This course is a thorough introduction to compiler design, focusing on more low-level and systems aspects rather than high-level questions such as polymorphic type inference or separate compilation. You will be building several complete end-to-end compilers for successively more complex languages, culminating in a mildly optimizing compiler for a (subset of a) safe variant of the C programming language to x86-64 assembly language. For the last project of this course you will have the opportunity to optimize more aggressively, to implement a garbage collector, or retarget the compiler to an abstract machine. The safe variant of the C programming language in which is called C0 and has been developed at Carnegie Mellon University by Frank Pfenning et al. based on the reference compiler from last year's Compiler Design course. In this overview we review the goals for this class and give a general description of the structure of a compiler. Additional material can be found in the optional textbook [App98, Chapter 1].


The study was conducted to evaluate the growth characteristics,acid,bile salt,heat,heavy metal tolerance and protease and amylase activity of intestinal Bacillus subtilis.The result showed that the maximum growth of Bacillus subtilis was present at about 22 h.The survival rate of Bacillus subtilis cultured in pH3.0 medium for 3 h was 58.6%,and for 6 h still was up to 47.5%.The survival rate of Bacillus subtilis cultured in medium with 0.3% bile salt for 4 h was 65.5%,and for 8 h still was up to 40.4%.The survival rate of Bacillus subtilis treated under 90 ℃ for 10 min was 61.8%,and for 20 min still was up to 33.3%.The amount of growth of Bacillus subtilis cultured in medium with 500 mg/L copper or zinc was equivalent to 107.6% and 86.7% of that cultured in the control without heavy metal,respectively.The amylase and protease activity in the culture supernatant of Bacillus subtilis cultured for 48 h reached to 1.89 U and 655.2 U,respectively.The results indicated that the Bacillus subtilis had ideal growth property,resistance characteristics and enzyme activity,and could be used as a probiotic in animal production.


The design was introduced in this paper about the hydrolysis acidification-two states biological contact oxidation process was used for production wastewater treatment from white sheeting.The process characteristics,techno-economic index,design parameters for main structure,and experience with the design were introduced.


A summary of the robot direct-drive technology since 1980's is presented in this paper. Classifications and illustrations are included. By analyzing the performance and the existing problems of the known di rect-drive robots, this paper points out that, in order to improve the performance of direct drive robots, some valuable topics are worth of being researched into in the future.


The development of mobile telecommunications has experienced significant changes in recent years. Moving from the third generation (3G) to the fourth generation technologies (4G), makes evident the technological growth. For that reason, research is now concerned with the development of the subsequent technology. In this paper, we introduce the key aspects that give birth to 5G (fifth generation). We present the research that has being carried out by different groups and institutions around the world. They introduce a system that integrates different technologies, adds frequency spectrum, and includes different devices; proving that the future of society will be influenced by telecommunications, in a way we have only seen in science fiction movies.


Distribution of intra‐epithelial lymphocytes along intrahepatic biliary tree (bIEL), and their density and phenotype were examined in normal and diseased livers, particularly in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Immunohistochemically, bIEL were examined in 28 normal livers, 13 cases of chronic viral hepatitis (CVH), 13 cases of PBC, five cases of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), seven cases of extrahepatic biliary obstruction (EBO), and 16 hepatolithiatic livers. In normal livers, bIEL were relatively dense at large and septal bile ducts compared to interlobular ducts. Most of them were positive for CD3 and CD8, while a few were positive for CD4, CD20 and CD57. In CVH, PSC and EBO, neither distribution, phenotype nor density of bIEL differed from normal liver. In hepatolithiasis, numbers of CD8+bIEL were increased in stone‐containing ducts. In PBC, numbers of CD4+CD28–bIEL, which are reportedly responsible for target tissue destruction in autoimmune diseases, were markedly increased in damaged interlobular ducts. In conclusion, CD3+CD8+bIEL may be involved in immune homeostasis of intrahepatic bile ducts in normal livers and in CVH, PSC and EBO. Altered distribution and phenotypes of bIEL in PBC and hepatolithiasis may reflect their participation in biliary lesions. Increased CD4+CD28–bIEL in damaged bile ducts of PBC may be related to immune‐mediated biliary damage.


Photovoltaic devices made from thin films cadmium selenide (CdSe) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) nanocrystals and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) are studied. The temperature dependence of photovoltaic characteristics suggest hopping dominated transport in sintered nanoparticle films.


This paper presents a study on the happening of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and its molecular mechanisms such as intrinsic resistance,acquired resistance,and ruouement loays of resistant genes.The acguired resistance mechanisms and the mouement ways of resistant genes were analysized in particular.The existing problems and its prospect are pointed out.


The effects of various alternatives in managing the water from a coastal aquifer with sea-water intrusion problems (the river Verde alluvial aquifer, Almunecar, Granada, Spain) have been analyzed by means of a finite element approximation. The differential equation which describes the horizontal flow of groundwater and the movement of a sharp interface between the fresh and salt water is solved in a steady state regimen for boundaries with flow and open boundary conditions. This stationary solution has shown very accurate results in calculating freshwater potentials, thicknesses of fresh and salt water, discharges of fresh water and the intrusion of salt water along the coast. Various alternatives were simulated in the aquifer which included: the operation of the planned Otivar reservoir at the head of the catchment basin, changes in the location of extractions from the aquifer, and artificial recharge by urban waste water in the proximity of the coast. These simulations revealed that a considerable advance in the interface is to be expected if the current pumping exploitation continues and a significant part of the surface flow of the river Verde is channeled from the planned Otivar reservoir to irrigate the Almunecar plain. On the other hand, the injection of urban waste water in the proximity of the coast would contribute to limiting the advance of the interface in the aquifer. However, the replacement of exploitation by pumping wells, currently spread aH over the aquifer's surface area, by a comparatively shallower extraction close to the coast, would seem to constitute the most effective way of containing the advance of the interface. e, even for small flows discharging into the sea as a consequence of intensive exploitation.


Hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) of Fe3Al alloy was studied by in situ transmission electron microscope (TEM). Electron transparent specimens were mounted onto a constant displacement device. Stress was applied to the specimen by using a bolt through the device. The results showed that hydrogen enhanced the dislocation emission and motion in Fe3Al alloy. A dislocation free zone (DFZ) was formed following the dislocation emission. Microcrack initiated in the DFZ or at the main crack tip when the emission reached a critical extension. Hydrogen played an important role in the process of brittle fracture of Fe3Al alloy.


In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also called a drone, is getting more and more important in many emerging technology areas. For communication area, the drone also takes an important role in lots of significant topics like emergency communications, device-to-device (D2D) communications, and the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the important drone applications is to collect and share data among drones and other aircraft, which is useful for drone control so that dangerous conditions can be avoided. In particular, the drone control and safety guarantees are difficult to attain, especially, when drones fly beyond the line of sight (BLOS). For this reason, we develop a drone location information sharing system using the 920-MHz band. We use this system to do a long distance propagation field experiment for model establishment. Unfortunately, the current data collection for model establishment work needs a great effort and time to do experiments to collect a huge number of data for data analysis so that a suitable model can be established. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a novel method, which is based on machine learning approach, to data analysis and model establishment for drone communications, so that the effort and cost for establishing model can be reduced and a model, which captures more details about the drone communications, can be obtained. The results of this paper validate that the proposed method can indeed establish a more complicated model with less effort. Specifically, from the distribution of the training error, it can be known that there are over 80% training errors with intensity less than 5, which ensures the error performance of the proposed method.


This systematic review covers the effects of changes of physical workplaces triggered by trends like technology 4.0, digitalization and flexibilization. The world is going VUCA – Volatil, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous – and there have to be found the suitable working spaces. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work life shows us that changes can reach out without premonition. Work isn´t bound to space and time schedules any more, it takes place where and when it best fits – theoretically 24/7. Facility Managers and Facility Management (FM) departments are challenged to support new way of working (NWW), collaborative work (CW) and activity based working (ABW) strategies with real and virtual office concepts. At the same time FM has to understand and face the psychological and sociological interactions between people and space in the time of transition. Active change management and an open minded communication and feedback culture are key factors to a modern FM and office design strategy. Facility Management in leading position needs to join forces with the internal service departments like HR and IT and external designers to achieve the planning and realization of complex tailor fitted workspaces.Networking, interconnection of knowledge, promotion of informal communication, design of healthy and motivating workplaces drives mere office cost reduction and space efficiency programs into the background.


The invention relates to a gripping device for moving at least one device (12) for a motor vehicle in its preparation, with at least one gripping member (10a-d) on which the device (12) is reversibly releasably attachable, and at least one carrier (20) , movable at which the via the carrier (20) gripping element is held (10a-d), being maintained, the gripping member (10a-d) on the support (20) through the intermediary of a carriage (18a-d), which together with the gripping member (10a-d) extending in at least two inclined or perpendicular directions relative to the support (20) is movable in translation.


Discharging of untreated municipal solid wastes (MSWs) onto land is very widespread in developing countries. The compounds contained in MSW cause a harmful effect to human and environment. Hence, an assessment of the extent of their local impact is of great interest to figure out the pollution they cause. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the effects of discharge of solid wastes on soil quality within the landfill of Ain-El-Hammam municipality (Algeria). To achieve this, different soil physicochemical parameters were considered: granulometry, electrical conductivity, pH, organic matter content, and heavy metal concentration. The results indicated the influence of the MSW on the physicochemical characteristics of the soil by enhancing the organic matter content of soil (4.53%) and increasing heavy metal content (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Ni, and Cr), which is a clear indication of the level of pollution they are generating.


The growth characteristics and properties of large size single crystals are described and compared with those of . Transmission spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet wavelength region indicate a high transparency of (about 90% without considering surface reflection loses) down to 150 nm, on contrast to the optical loses observed for . The ferroelectric character of is evidenced by the reversal of the spontaneous polarization in a hysteresis loop. The higher potential of in comparison with for the realization of all-solid-state lasers in the ultraviolet wavelength region by the quasi-phase matching (QPM) technique is pointed out. , besides a higher grade of transparency, shows a nonlinear effective coefficient similar to that of quartz and uniaxial nature, on contrast to the one order smaller nonlinear coefficient and biaxial character of . The refractive index of from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared wavelength region is measured by the minimum deviation method. The Sellmeier and Cauchy coefficients are obtained from the fits to the curves of the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices, and the grating period for the first order QPM is estimated as a function of the wavelength. The poling periodicity for 193 nm SHG from 386 nm is .


Synopsis: Behavior of such active elements as magnesium, aluminum and silicon during electroslag remelting process of a nickel-base alloy has been studied in a small scale ESR unit. CaF2-base Mg++ bearing slags of two or three components; CaF2-MgO, CaF2-MgF2, CaF2-MgO-Al2O3, CaF2-MgF2-Al2O3, CaF2-MgO-AlF3, CaF2-MgO-CaO were compared with conventional CaF2 monoand CaF2-Al2O3 binary slags. Several hundred ppm of magnesium was found in the ESR ingots remelted under slags containing suitable amount of Mg++ and low CaO and Al2O3, although none of magnesium but aluminum or silicon was added to the original electrodes. It was shown that the distribution ratio of magnesium between slag and metal was related to the concentration of Al+++ in the slag, oxygen and aluminum in the metal.