The events of September 11, 2001, have raised troubling questions regarding the reliability and security of American commercial air travel. This article applies the concepts and logic of highreliability organizations to airport security operations. Contemporary decision theory is built on the logic of limited or buffered rationability and is based on the study of error-tolerant organizations. The concept of high-reliability organizations is based on the study of nearly error-free operations. For commercial air travel to be highly secure, there must be very high levels of technical competence and sustained performance; regular training; structure redundancy; collegial, decentralized authority patterns; processes that reward error discovery and correction; adequate and reliable funding; high mission valence; reliable and timely information; and protection from external interference in operations. These concepts are used to inform early-stage issues being faced by both local airports and the newly established Transportation Security Administration.


Today corporate enterprises and other organizations are paying closer attention to their sustainability reports. Companies are taking a more comprehensive approach to reporting than usually seen in traditional financial reporting to shareholders. The common eco-efficiency approach combine environmental and economic performance to an efficiency ratio. The objective of this study is to develop a framework for eco-efficiency indicators and to provide guidance on the accounting treatment for eco-efficiency indicators and their environmental and financial items respectively for a parent and its subsidiaries. The scope and the methods of consolidation applied can influence the consolidated financial and environmental figures. According to the consolidation method applied, certain data may or may not appear in the consolidated group accounts.


The consensus of present-day historians that Jesus was crucified around the year 30 ce has been challenged by a minority of scholars who argue that the execution of John the Baptist could not take place earlier than 35 ce, and for that reason Jesus must have been crucified at the Passover of 36 ce. This paper argues that both parties have strong and convincing arguments, and for that reason we must conclude that John was probably executed after Jesus' death. The collective memory of the early Christians did not succeed in retaining the chronological order of these events, and this circumstance allowed the synoptics to turn the Baptist into a forerunner of Christ.


Trimetallic Au24-xAgxPd and tetrametallic Au24-x-yAgxCuyPd clusters were synthesized by the subsequential metal exchange reactions of dodecanethiolate-protected Au24Pd clusters. EXAFS measurements revealed that Pd, Ag, and Cu dopants preferentially occupy the center and edge sites of the core, and staple sites, respectively. Spectroscopic and theoretical studies demonstrated that the synergistic effects of multiple substitutions on the electronic structures are additive in nature.


This article overview the developing process of electromagnetics and the inspires kinematics, introduced tilter's composition and compared with each kind of tilter. The development of electromagnetics and kinematics'promoted production and development of the electromagnetism vibration mechanical device. Introduced the electromagnetism driver's composition and the principle, have carried on the forecast to the application and the development of electromagnetism vibration technology.


Antiretroviral therapies with combinations of mechanistically different classes of drugs resulted in reduced HIV‐associated neurocognitive disorders, however, milder forms of cognitive disorders continue to be disabling in AIDS patients. Toxicity resulting from long‐term use of antiretroviral drugs have been implicated in the cognitive disorders but the exact underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We hypothesized that nelfinavir, a protease inhibitor, causes the disruption of blood brain barrier (BBB) by promoting mitochondrial oxidative stress and impairing mitochondrial respiration. Our studies examined the effects of nelfinavir in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs). Cell viability following 48 h Nelfinavir treatment of hBMECs was determined using CCK‐8 assay. Measurements of superoxide levels were made by electron spin resonance spectrometery using spin probes for total (1‐Hydroxy‐3‐methoxycarbonyl‐2,2,5,5‐tetramethyl‐pyrrolidine) and mitochondrial superoxide (mito‐Tempo‐H). Oxygen consumption rates (OCR) were measured by Seahorse Analyzer. Transcellular endocytosis measurements were performed by using 40 kDa‐FITC‐dextran transfer in BMECs grown in transwells. Nelfinavir treatment caused an increase in cell proliferation of BMECs at low doses (0.5 μM‐1.5 μM) but decreased viability at high doses (5 μM‐10 μM). Nelfinavir at therapeutic doses promoted the generation of total and mitochondrial superoxide in BMECs. In addition, nelfinavir dose‐dependently diminished the basal OCR and reserve mitochondrial respiratory capacity in BMECs. Moreover, nelfinavir dose‐dependently promoted increased transcellular permeability in BMECs. Thus, nelfinavir induced mitochondrial oxidative stress promotes diminished mitochondrial respiratory capacity and decreased cell proliferation leading to the disruption of BBB.


Akysis longifilis, new species, is described from the Sittang River drainage in Myanmar. It is a member of the A. variegatus species group and can be distinguished from congeners in the group (except for A. brachybarbatus, A. fuliginatus, A. pictus, A. prashadi, A. variegatus, A. varius and A. vespa) in having a smooth (vs. serrated) posterior edge of the pectoral spine. It is distinguished from A. brachybarbatus, A. fuliginatus, A. pictus, A. prashadi, A. variegatus, A. varius and A. vespa in having a unique combination of: length of adipose-fin base 25.7 ‐31.1% SL, body depth at anus 9.7‐13.6% SL, caudal peduncle length 18.3‐23.2% SL, caudal peduncle depth 5.6‐7.2% SL, head width 21.1‐24.7% SL, nasal barbel length 67.4‐96.4% HL, maxillary barbel length 123.2‐159.6% HL, vertebrae 33‐35, body with light saddle-shaped spots, and caudal fin forked.


Optimal Control Problem with the state equations which describes the standard SIR Model is studied here. We considered the SIR Model with vaccination and without vaccination. We formulated an optimal control problem and derived necessary conditions. Existence of the state and the objective functional are also verified. We also characterized the optimal control by Pontryagin's maximum principle which minimizes the number of infected individuals and cost of vaccination over some finite period. Whenever the vaccination is carried out for a long period of time, the simulated result effectively works for disease with high transmission rate. Observations from the numerical simulation revels that the infectious diseases are most successfully controlled whenever control strategies were adopted at early stages.
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For certain materials science scenarios arising in rubber technology, one-dimensional moving boundary problems (MBPs) with kinetic boundary conditions are capable of unveiling the large-time behavior of the diffusants penetration front, giving a direct estimate on the service life of the material. In this paper, we propose a random walk algorithm able to lead to good numerical approximations of both the concentration profile and the location of the sharp front. Essentially, the proposed scheme decouples the target evolution system in two steps: (i) the ordinary differential equation corresponding to the evaluation of the speed of the moving boundary is solved via an explicit Euler method, and (ii) the associated diffusion problem is solved by a random walk method. To verify the correctness of our random walk algorithm we compare the resulting approximations to results based on a finite element approach with a controlled convergence rate. Our numerical experiments recover well penetration depth measurements of an experimental setup targeting dense rubbers.


Participation in online learning environments, especially in asynchronous discussions, is a crucial component for student engagement in online learning. Learner motivation is associated with student success in the online learning environment. Intrinsic motivation, doing something because it is enjoyable or interesting, is associated with participation in discussion topic choices. External demands, both work and personal, can also affect a student's intrinsic motivation through altering their control. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between motivating factors and student participation in online asynchronous discussions. Post-licensure undergraduate (RN-BSN/RN-MSN) and graduate (MSN) students (N = 350) were distributed an online anonymous survey consisting of ten questions. A response rate of 20% (N = 69) was achieved, with 49% MSN (graduate) students (n = 33) and 51% RN-BSN/RN-MSN (undergraduate) students (n = 36), participating in the survey. Seventy-nine percent of students were employed full-time. Graduate students (65%) and undergraduate students (49%) felt that their motivation to participate in discussions was related to their employment status. Seventy-nine percent of MSN students and 63% of undergraduate students reported that the current demands in their life affected their motivation to participate in online discussions. The majority of students felt that instructor participation in the discussion had no effect on their motivation to participate. When classified into undergraduate and graduate groups, graduate nursing students preferred a choice of discussion topics in which to participate (χ2 = 10.851, p = .004). Providing students with discussion topic choices is associated with intrinsic motivation and increased online discussion participation.


The relationship between human rights and terrorism, particularly within conflict arenas, is a complex and changing one. In order to contextualise the discussion, reference should first be made to the relevant sections of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It should be remembered that the standards that organisations such as Amnesty International demand from governments for the protection of the human rights of their citizens have become more and more exacting. The concept of human rights today differs substantially from the eighteenth century notion of the right to life, liberty and security of person. When the tension between human rights and anti-terrorist measures is examined, it seems that the conclusion to be reached is the realistic one that full human rights are incompatible with counter-terrorism. In other words, it may be necessary to deny the same level of human rights to terrorists as is enjoyed by the majority population. Keywords: Amnesty International; anti-terrorist measures; conflict arenas; counter-terrorism; human rights; terrorism; United Nations (UN); Universal Declaration of Human Rights


Abstract Background The reconstitution of a fully functional human immune system in the NCG mouse (hu-NCG) provides a unique opportunity to assess the efficacy of new drug candidates acting on human immune cells such as T cells, myeloid cells and NK cells. Enhanced NCG mice have been further developed to boost the differentiation of myeloid and NK cells, allowing scientists to efficiently test new antibodies or small molecules targeting these immune cell populations. Methods A fully functional human immune system has been reconstituted in NCG mice after the transplantation of CD34+ human stem cells (hu-NCG model). Then, cell-line derived xenografts (CDX) and patient derived xenografts (PDX) have been engrafted in the hu-NCG model. The tumor growth has been monitored and the immune response assessed by flow cytometry. Results We observed infiltration of human immune cells in the tumors. Furthermore, checkpoint inhibitors such as anti-PD1 strongly reduced tumor growth in hu-NCG demonstrating the potency of this model in onco-immunology. Alternatively, we demonstrated that hu-NCG, immunized against cancer antigens elicits strong T cell response as well as IgG production. Conclusion Collectively, the huNCG mouse model demonstrats its relevance for the preclinical testing (Mono and Combo therapies) of drugs in immuno-oncology. Legal entity responsible for the study The authors. Funding Transcure Bioservices. Disclosure All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


Increasing frequencies of droughts pose a threat to pastoral livelihoods in drylands. Using a rangeland model, we analyze the effects of droughts and mobility strategies on herd size dynamics. Since the herd provides the basic income for mobile pastoralists, we evaluate herd dynamics as income to estimate the risk of endangered livelihoods due to droughts. This methodology enables us to identify critical changes in natural resource use systems which are prone to shocks. Model results show that the socio-economic type of the household and therewith its adaptive capacity to be mobile rather than the obvious ecological effects of droughts determine the opportunity to secure pastoral livelihoods. Concluding, we present a tool to analyze socio-economic strategies in order to detect under which circumstances a climatic shock translates to an economic crisis in pastoral livelihoods.


AUTHORS' NOTE: This research was funded by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and the Advanced Research Projects Agency under ARPA Order No. 738, monitored by the Office of Naval Research, Group Psychology Branch, under Contract No. N00014-67-A-01450001, NR 177-909. E For the past several years, we have examined the predicament of urban Negroes in America, their &dquo;style of life,&dquo; and their response to ghetto conditions. This research has taken various forms. McCord, for example, reported on the riots in Watts (1965)1 and Houston (1967), while Howard observed &dquo;on the scene&dquo; the riots in Hunter's Point, Newark, and Detroit in 1967. We have been equally concerned with analyzing the reaction of the white &dquo;establishments&dquo; to urban conditions, the political future of American Negroes, and such social-psychological issues such as why people join the Black Muslims.2


The black churches and their clergy, Nicole Bernheim. In addition to having the same color of shin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson also share a decisive similarity : the very close association linking their struggle for racial equality and their discourse, strongly marked by religion. Through the portrait of these major charismatic figures, the author analyzes the central place which the Churches held in the Black movement in the US, particularly by training then and by offering them a means of expression. But this « time of the reverends » may be drawing to a close.


Formulae are obtained for the differential cross sections of the (3He, p), (t, p) and (d, ?) reactions in which the structure of the projectile and captured nucleons is taken into account. The relationship of these formulae to the results of earlier theories in which the structure is neglected is considered. The application of the theory to the interpretation of experimental results is discussed.


The inversion channel technology is a new approach to monolithic optoelectronic integration that offers the possibility of FET logic, optical detection, and laser emission from a single chip. The detection is performed by the three terminal configuration of the DOES biased in the off state. Incident light switches the DOES into the on state and recovery from the on state is provided by the conduction of electrons from the inversion channel through a FET connected to the third terminal. In this paper we demonstrate the functionality of this operation with an OEIC that integrates the three terminal DOES device with four FETs. The operation is discussed both as an optical clock and as an electrically clocked optical gate. Sensitivity issues are considered.


The present study evaluated the effects of Sophora flavescens Ait. root extract on the proliferation of human hepatoma cell line HepG2. HPLC-UV analysis showed that the highest matrine and oxymatrine contents were obtained in the chloroform extract, compared to ethanol extract and ethyl acetate extract. The morphological analysis revealed that the chloroform extract of Sophora flavescens Ait. (SFA-CHCl3 extract) induced alterations of HepG2 cell morphology, resulting in the shrinkage of cells, the formation of debris, and cell detachment. The proliferation of HepG2 cells was inhibited by SFA-CHCl3 extract treatment. Cell cycle analysis exhibited that the cell proportion of the G0/G1 phase of HepG2 cells with SFA-CHCl3 extract treatment was decreased, while the cell proportion of the G2/M phase was increased. Flow cytometry analysis indicated a dramatic increase in the apoptotic percentage of HepG2 cells over the time of SFA-CHCl3 extract treatment. The SFA-CHCl3 extract also caused morphological changes in HepG2 nuclear, including chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation. SFA-CHCl3 extract treatment induced the bax up-regulation and the bcl-2 down-regulation in HepG2 cells. These results revealed that SFA-CHCl3 extract could be a potential apoptosis inducer in HepG2 cells.


As the role of software in safety-critical systems continues to grow, so does the need for appropriate, comprehensive, and efficient methods to analyze software safety during the design process. This study reviews the historical development and maturation of software hazard an alysis. Results of the study show that the major technological contributions have focused on development a nd internal exploration, with little effort put towards demonstration of the cost/benefit advantages of the various techniques. As a result, software hazard analysis has not yet progressed to the popularization s tages of maturity.


Many results in relational database theory on the structure of dependencies, query languages, and databases in general have now been established. However, neither (a) the reliance of these results on various assumptions, nor (b) the desirability or reasonableness of these assumptions themselves have been closely examined. These assumptions are nontrivial: examples include the universal relation assumption and the lossless join assumption.The purpose of the present paper is to clarify many of the existing assumptions, and point out weaknesses. This is desirable both to harden the statements of previous results, and to evaluate recent suggestions that certain assumptions (such as the acyclic JD assumption) may be useful for modeling "real world" databases. Specifically, studies are made of assumptions made for (1) universal relations, (2) functional dependency inference, and (3) decomposition theory. We show that:• Some assumptions (such as uniqueness of relationships among attributes) can be more powerful than they appear;• common treatment of FDs is sometimes inappropriate, and for example FD inferences such as {A → B, B → C} |= A → C can be incorrect;• the 'decomposition' approach to design may be hard to justify in real terms; and• Acyclic JDs may have drawbacks in eliminating ambiguity in queries and in modeling real enterprises.It is hoped that this exposition will help clarify some confusing issues in this field, and will lead to a better understanding of which assumptions are reasonable and useful in modeling the "real world".


Recent research calls into question the generally accepted conclusion that people believe themselves to be above average on desirable behaviors and abilities. This paper reviews the new theories that have been proposed to explain the fact that better-than-average effects are isolated to common behaviors and abilities, and that people believe themselves to be below average with respect to rare behaviors and uncommon abilities. These new theories are then used to revisit prior findings of better-than-average effects. When viewed in light of recent work, the evidence suggests that prior findings overstated the degree to which people engage in self-enhancement by believing that they are better than others when in fact they are not. Prior studies have often confounded desirability with commonness and have used subjective measures of comparative judgment that capitalize on people's tendency to conflate relative with absolute self-evaluation.


IN the following paper an attempt is made to deal with the surgical technique of operation for cleft palate as practised by myself at present. It is not claimed that finality has been reached, but the methods, as outlined, have proved so eminently satisfactory that it is felt well worth while to record them. Since the war there have been many advances in the surgical treatment of cleft palate, and foremost amongst those who have been responsible for this must be mentioned Dr. Victor Veau, who showed that raw surfaces should always be covered, as far as possible, and that any areas necessarily left raw should be over parts not concerned with the movement of the soft palate. Again, Veau pointed out that if an operation of the Langenbeck type is carried out, the sutured flaps are prevented from adhering to the underlying bone of the hard palate, thus


State selective charge exchange processes in 1–10 keV/amu Ne8+ +Na(3s) collisions were measured by means of the magneto-optical trap recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy technique and compared to classical trajectory Monte Carlo calculations. We find that for electron capture to n-levels ≥ 10, the transverse momentum distributions exhibit an oscillatory structure which is very sensitive to the impact energy. Our theoretical analysis suggests that this feature is a direct consequence of the number of swaps the electron undergoes across the potential energy saddle during the charge exchange process.


A project to develop a veterans' community by bringing empty homes back in to use in east Manchester is calling for construction firms to offer their support.


Corona discharge study has been made considering discharge as a streamer like process. After to have compared the effect of uv radiations and low energy particles like electrons and positive ions, by means of an infrared analysis, experiments have been carried out with ions lower than 30 eV. Though the ions seem to be the more effective particles, their impact did not give a degradation so important as the one due to discharges. An ultraviolet spectroscopy analysis is used to show the presumed increasing conductivity. In conclusion future work on the subject is proposed in order to elucidate the surface transformations and the breakdown of insulating materials. Indeed few results are known on the effect of neutral and negative particles as on the simultaneous ageing of the discharge constituents considered two by two.


"Chromium oxide catalysts" consisting of Cr, O and C were pre-pared from the addition compounds that were easily formed with CrO3 and phenols in aqueous solution. The catalytic activities of various chromium oxides were examined for the direct liquefaction of Yubari coal. The rate constants obtained from these reactions showed two different values with reaction time. At reaction time between O and 2 hours, it was 8.9×10-3min-1 which showed a value five times larger than that for parent coal. Main products were benzene solubles (BS) and hexane solubles (HS). At reaction time of 2h and above, it was 8.5×10-4min-1 and remarkably depressed. These results showed that the hydrocracking of coal largely ceased in the initial stage. But main product, HS increased with time. Therefore, hydrogenation of BS would occur after 2h. Conversion was only 40% of coal without catalyst. However, 90% conversion was achieved with catalysts of 12wt%. Thus, it is consi-dered that the catalytic activities depend on both relative ratio of constituent atoms and structure of chromium oxide.


This experiment investigated the role of commitment, conformity pressure, and source credibility in eyewitness testimony. A videotaped auto accident was used as the witnessed event. Eighty subjects were employed in a 2 (commitment vs. no commitment) x 2 (conformity pressure vs. no conformity pressure) x 2 (authority vs. nonauthority) design. As expected, subjects who made a previous commitment were able to resist the pressure to conform to speed estimates.


Currently, geopolymers (e.g. fly ash and slag) are excellent replacements of the traditional ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete due to the less production of carbon dioxide into the environment. In this thesis, a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system is used to study the dynamic mechanical properties (i.e. dynamic compressive strength, dynamic tensile strength and dynamic fracture toughness) of slag based geopolymer mortars with two pastes and curing times (7 days, 28 days and 56 days). The results indicate that the dynamic mechanical properties of geopolymer mortars increase with the loading rates. In addition, the dynamic compressive strength, tensile strength and fracture toughness increase with the increase of curing time and decrease with the increase of water content. Some formulas are proposed to describe the trend of the dynamic compressive strength, tensile strength and fracture toughness.


Organic matter serves as a very significant source of plant nutrients. Intensively misused soils want an
exterior resource of stabilized organic matter, such as compost, in order to counteract progressive soil
organic matter deterioration. The present study demonstrated the effects of composted and uncomposted
organic wastes on growth of chickpea plants. Peanut shells and saw dust were used as organic wastes as
treatments at the rate of 10tons/ha. All treatments were promoted the physical and biochemical
parameters of experimental plants. Composted organic materials enhanced more growth as compared to
uncomposted materials. Organic soil amendments can improve soil fertility and plants growth.


Abstract A simple statistical technique is described to determine monthly mean marine surface-layer humidity, which is essential in the specification of surface latent heat flux, from total water vapor in the atmospheric column measured by space-borne sensors. Good correlation between the two quantities was found in examining the humidity sounding from radiosonde reports of mid-ocean island stations and weather ships. The relation agrees with that obtained from satellite (Seasat) data and ship reports averaged over 2° areas and a 92-day period in the North Atlantic and in the tropical Pacific. The results demonstrate that, by using a local regression in the tropical Pacific, total water vapor can be used to determine monthly mean surface layer humidity to an accuracy of 0.4 g kg−1. With a global regression, determination to an accuracy of 0.8 g kg−1 is possible. These accuracies correspond to approximately 10 and 20 W m−2 in the determination of latent heat flux with the bulk parameterization method, prov...


This paper describes the topology aspects of a two-stage high frequency resonant inverter consisting of a buck converter and a half bridge series/parallel resonant inverter. The resonant inverter has the advantages of better waveform quality, zero voltage switching adaptability to both inductive and capacitive load, and high efficiency. Most importantly, the phase angle of this resonant inverter can be controlled independently from the voltage magnitude control, allowing for multiple module operation in parallel. The design of high efficiency, fast dynamics first stage converter is the key of the whole system performance. In this paper, a zero voltage transition (ZVT) based two-switch buck converter is proposed. By using an auxiliary circuit consisting of auxiliary switch, inductor and capacitor, the current transition from the lower switch to the upper switch can be accomplished with zero voltage. Prior to turning on the upper switch, the auxiliary circuit Is turned on with zero current switching. The upper switch flows negative current as the auxiliary circuit current exceeds the buck inductor current, therefore the anti-parallel diode conducts before the gate signal applies to the upper switch. The lower switch has zero voltage switching naturally. The interaction of the ripples of the fist stage buck converter with the second stage output voltage harmonics of the inverter Is also investigated.


The paper reviews the operating principle,types and selection of geotextile containment.Special attention is given to the application of geotextile containment in dewatering pretreatment of sludge,such as civil sludge,industrial and chemical sludge,polluted river sludge,etc.Domestic and foreign engineering applications are introduced and broad application prospects of this technology in sludge treatment are anticipated.


The TOA/Cloud Classifiers contain the Angular Signature Cloud Mask (ASCM), a scene classifier calculated using support vector machine technology (SVM) both of which are on a 1.1 km grid, and cloud fractions at 17.6 km resolution that are available in different height bins (low, middle, high) and are also calculated on an angle-by-angle basis. [Temporal_Coverage: Start_Date=2000-02-24; Stop_Date=] [Spatial_Coverage: Southernmost_Latitude=-90; Northernmost_Latitude=90; Westernmost_Longitude=-180; Easternmost_Longitude=180] [Data_Resolution: Latitude_Resolution=1.1 km; Longitude_Resolution=1.1 km; Temporal_Resolution=about 15 orbits/day].


This chapter discusses atmospherics as a sport marketing strategy. Even though it has traditional retail roots, atmospherics have emerged as a strategy that may be utilized in the physical, online, and mobile sport environments. A comprehensive review of major traditional and sports atmospheric variables, online atmospheric variables, and applications to sport are discussed. In addition, the spectator experience cycle is introduced with atmospheric correlations. The purpose of the chapter is to explain why atmospherics are important to the sport industry and to demonstrate how sport marketers may use physical, online, or mobile atmospherics to enhance spectator experience, increase loyalty, impact attitude, consumer choice, and impact purchase behavior. In addition, the chapter is meant to emphasize the importance of atmospherics to ultimately achieve promotional and marketing objectives. Finally, future research directions are recommended.


Subgrid analysis of a transitional temporal mixing layer with evaporating droplets has been performed using three sets of results from a direct numerical simulation (DNS) database, with Reynolds numbers (based on initial vorticity thickness) as large as 600 and with droplet mass loadings as large as 0.5. In the DNS, the gas phase is computed using an Eulerian formulation, with Lagrangian droplet tracking. The large eddy simulation (LES) equations corresponding to the DNS are first derived, and key assumptions in deriving them are first confirmed by using the DNS database. Since LES of this flow requires the computation of droplet source terms, it is essential to obtain the unfiltered gas-phase variables at droplet locations from filtered gas-phase variables at the grid points. This paper proposes to model these unfiltered gas-phase variables at the drop locations by assuming the gas-phase variables to be the sum of the filtered variables and a correction based on the filtered standard deviation; this corr...


The professional profile of the Romanian military is perceived as related to the image of the armed forces institution. The loss of percentage points from the perspective of civilians' trust in the Armed Forces has become more evident, so the professional profile has changed gradually. Because of this dynamic, Huntington's and Niculae's coordinates of military systems of values are not proper to the present military framework. For example, corporateness looses in importance. A study based on a sample of 1.020 military students proves that it is possible to build a professional profile based on a set of values, which contains: "way of life", "surroundings", and "supervisory relationships". Values such as "management", "associates", and "variety" are not appreciated as they should. In a mercantile society, the Armed Forces are no longer chosen for this military spirit, but for the economic return. Moreover, the individualism promoted nowadays, graduatelly determines the diminishing of the role of corporateness.


Contents: Introductory essay Part One: On investigating and understanding European presences: historiographical change and continuity: On the 18th century as a category in Indonesian history, J. C. van Leur Some considerations on Portuguese colonial historiography, C. R. Boxer Retrospect on J. C. van Leur's essay on the 18th century as a category in Asian history, P. J. Marshall Part Two: On beginnings: making contacts, confronting the unfamiliar and surviving: The European approach to the interior of Africa in the 18th century, Robin Hallett New data on European mortality in West Africa: the Dutch on the Gold Coast, 1719-1760, H. M. Feinberg Prince Henry and the origins of European expansion, Malyn Newitt Early Ming images of the Portuguese, K. C. Fok Part Three: On formal presences: organized settlements and the trend towards dominion: Early English trade and settlement in Asia, 1602-1690, D. K. Bassett The Portuguese on the Zambesi: an historical interpretation of the Prazo system, Malyn Newitt Freehold farmers and frontier settlers, 1657-1780, Leonard Guelke Economic and political expansion: the case of Oudh, P. J. Marshall Part Four: Informal presences: Individual enterprise and merging in: Exiles and renegades in early 16th-century Portuguese Asia, Maria Augusta Lima Cruz Indian merchants and English private interests: 1659-1760, Bruce Watson Merchant in Royal service: Constant Phaulkon as Phraklang in Ayuthaya, 1683-1688, Jurrien van Goor European exiles, renegades and outlaws and the maritime economy of Asia, c. 1500-1750, G. V. Scammell Index.


"Containment Narratives: Legal and Literary Treatments
of Pollution During the Victorian Fin de Siecle" argues that smoke
for the late Victorians was a proxy for an unarticulated anxiety
about entropic degeneracy. This underlying unease, and not any
direct reaction to the phenomenon as it was actually experienced by
the senses, was what shaped legal and literary reactions to
airborne pollution. In replacing miasma theory, which attributed
disease to vapors emanating from discrete and ultimately
containable sources of organic decay, the idea of pollution
disrupted the longstanding view that airborne waste could be
controlled with the suggestion that it was indefatigably expansive.
This shift, and the disruption it occasioned, happened at a time
rife with such analogous disruptions as advances in industry and
biology, as well as the sudden emergence of new areas of inquiry
within the social and natural sciences, which collectively
destabilized numerous conceptual categories that had previously
been relied upon for their immutability. The longing for permanence
that resulted surfaced in both legal and literary discussions of
smoke as a move toward narrative containment.


The purpose of this study was to investigate EFL teachers' practice of using action research as Self-improvement tool in teaching English at Gambella Teacher Education College. The study was conducted using sample of 15 EFL teachers and 55 EFL students selected through comprehensive sampling technique. To collect the required data for the study questionnaire, interview and classroom observation were used as an instrument. The research design employed in the study was descriptive survey research design. As a result, the data gathered using the instruments were analyzed through both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The findings of the study indicated that although teachers have good awareness on action research there were problems in actual practice in the EFL classroom so as to improve classroom teaching. In addition, it was found that lack of training, budget and lack of collaboration of the college with various stakeholders were among the major factors identified. Based on the findings it was  recommended that teachers should keep on developing their awareness on action research using different sources. Next, it was recommended that teachers should give attention for the actual practice of action research in EFL classes. Furthermore, it is suggested that the college should work in collaboration with various stake holders in the region to enhance the practice of action research projects in the college.


In recent years the scientific literature has been reporting significant research developments in the field of soil response under climatic actions and the related interaction of slopes with the atmosphere [CASCINI et al., 2010; CASCINI et al., 2011; SMETHURST et al., 2012; TOMMASI et al., 2013]. This interaction influences the stress-strain conditions across the slope and the slope stability. In particular, the climatic variables: rainfall, temperature, sun radiations, wind and relative humidity, determine alternatively the inlet flow and the outflow at the slope top boundary, that in turn produce variations of the state of the soils at the ground surface in terms of: void ratio, e, suction or positive pore water pressure, s and u respectively, degree of saturation, Sr, and hence, the distribution of the pore water pressures in the seepage domain below. The advanced modelling of the slope-atmosphere interaction requires a thorough assessment Slope-atmosphere interaction in a tectonized clayey slope: a case study


Internet of Things and Big Data Technologies for Next Generation HealthcareLung Cancer Detection and Classification Using SVM2020 International Electronics Symposium (IES)2012 International Conference on Computing Sciences (ICCS 2012)Lung Imaging and CADxState of the Art in Nano-bioimagingImaging of Lung Cancer, an Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North AmericaLung Imaging and Computer Aided Diagnosis2019 3rd International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics (ICOEI)On Improving Early Lung Cancer Detection and Localization by Automated Image Cytometry and Autofluorescence BronchoscopyComputer-aided Cancer Detection and DiagnosisSignal and Image Processing Techniques for the Development of Intelligent Healthcare SystemsData Analytics and LearningLung Imaging and CADxLung Cancer and ImagingEarly Detection of Lung Cancer Based on Sputum Color Image AnalysisMultislice CT2019 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)Detection of Lung Tumours in CT Images Using Matlab SoftwareInnovations in Biomedical EngineeringEarly-stage Lung CancerImage Classification for Early Detection of Lung CancerLung Cancer and ImagingSoft Computing for Problem SolvingAdvances in Computational and Bio-EngineeringProgress in Advanced Computing and Intelligent EngineeringImaging of Lung Cancer, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America E-Book2018 International Conference on Current Trends Towards Converging Technologies (ICCTCT)Prostate Cancer ImagingLung Imaging and Computer Aided DiagnosisDevelopment and Evaluation of Stereographic Display for Lung Cancer ScreeningDeep Learning for Cancer DiagnosisImageProcessing Techniques for Tumor DetectionAdvances in Medical Diagnostic Technology2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES)2018 Fourth International Conference on Computing Communication Control and Automation (ICCUBEA)Handbook of Research on Information Security in Biomedical Signal ProcessingData Science and AnalyticsDevelopment and Evaluation of Sterographic Display for Lung Cancer ScreeningArtificial Intelligence for Data-Driven Medical Diagnosis This book discusses major issues and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of incidentally detected early-stage lung cancer (ESLC). In Part I, pathology and radiology experts comprehensively review the state-of-the-art advances in individual research fields, and offer an update on the cross-sectional anatomy of the lung and post-processing techniques for CT imaging. Part II focuses on the imaging features, differential diagnosis and radiologic-pathologic correlations of ESLCs in the categories pGGN, mGGN and solid nodules in compliance with the Guidelines on Lung Cancer Screening from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Part III briefly introduces therapeutic management strategies for ESLCs, including surgical and non-surgical approaches, for instance stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Lastly, the authors have meticulously prepared 50 clinical cases of pathologically proven benign and malignant pulmonary nodules with in-depth discussion and experts' comments to further readers' understanding of practical imaging and management strategies of ESLCs.This book collects research works of data-driven medical diagnosis done via Artificial Intelligence based solutions, such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Physical devices powered with Artificial Intelligence are gaining importance in diagnosis and healthcare. Medical data from different sources can also be analyzed via Artificial Intelligence techniques for more effective results.Nowadays, only 10 15% of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive more than 5 years after the diagnostic. The main cause is the delay in detecting it. One way of early detecting nodules is to use a system over chest x-rays that can classify them. A project is being carried out in order to develop this system, but this work is a previous and necessary step: it aims to separate anteroposterior and lateral images in order to make the classifier to perform better. To do so, we have studied four deep learning methods: logistic regression, multi-layer perceptron (MLP), restricted Boltzmann machines (RBM) and convolutional networks (CNN). We applied all four methods to a random sample of our dataset and registered their accuracy, specificity, sensitivity and AUC (area under curve). With these, we observed that MLP is the one with the best performance along with CNN, but the latter requires more runtime. However, if one would like to use the simplest method, logistic regression also performs well enough.Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in both men and women worldwide. Early diagnosis of lung cancer can significantly increase the chances of a patient's survival, yet early detection has historically been difficult. As a result, there has been a great deal of progress in the development of accurate and fast diagnostic tools in recent years. Lung Cancer and Imaging provides an introduction to both the methods currently used in lung cancer diagnosis and the promising new techniques that are emerging. Areas covered include the major trends and challenges in lung cancer detection and diagnosis, classification of cancer types, lung feature extraction in joint PET/CT images, and algorithms in the area of low dosage CT lung cancer images. Part of Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.Recent advancements and innovations in medical image and data processing have led to a need for robust and secure mechanisms to transfer images and signals over the internet and maintain copyright protection. The Handbook of Research on Information Security in Biomedical Signal Processing provides emerging research on security in biomedical data as well as techniques for accurate reading and further processing. While highlighting topics such as image processing, secure access, and watermarking, this publication explores advanced models and algorithms in information security in the modern healthcare system. This publication is a vital resource for academicians, medical professionals, technology developers, researchers, students, and practitioners seeking current research on intelligent techniques in medical data security.The main purpose of this project is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of using a stereo display workstation for lung cancer screening on CT images. The tasks included in this project are development and evaluation of stereo image projection and display for chest CT images, observer performance evaluation for the stereo display, and stereo feature analysis and comparison to the conventionally used display methods for lung cancer detection. In the previous report periods, we have built a stereo display workstation for chest CT images, then conducted and analyzed a pilot observer performance study. In this annual report period, we have conducted a main observer performance study as scheduled in the proposal, and investigated spectrophotometric characteristics for further understanding and improving stereo display. The tasks we did in this period are: 1. Conducting a main study: the main study was organized as a retrospective study of 100 lung cancer screening cases containing about 560 nodules. The cases were interpreted in each of the 3 display modes by 8 radiologists who have extensive experience in reading chest CT. Collection of the interpretation data has been completed for analysis. About 1159 suspicious lesions, including true and false positives have been found in the readings and will be used for evaluation of the 3 tested display modes. 2. Investigating spectrophotometric characteristics of stereographic image pairs: to further understand the characteristics of stereo imaging and displaying, we analyzed differences in spectrophotometric characteristics between images acquired during stereographic imaging. We found that though uniform global differences can easily be corrected by applying traditional histogram matching techniques, these methods are not capable of dealing with differences that are object or distance dependent.The international conference will provide an opportunity to the practicing engineers, academicians, researchers, and students to meet in a forum to discuss various issues in Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems In view of the changing scenario, the conference aims to put together the experts from these areas to disseminate their knowledge and experience for working towards soft computing techniques, electronics and energy sustainability in the years to come The conference will spark innovative ideas, foster research relations or partnerships between the various institutions and build strong research and development communityMedical Image processing is one of the prominent detection analysis and goes hand in hand with Cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment. Early detection, diagnosis and treatment are of utmost importance and can improve chances of survival. Filtering, morphology, statistical analysis of the malignant tumours after automatic detection or segmentation of the suspected area of the lungs are some of the basic techniques of study adapted in any radiological imaging techniques. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in both men and women. This work is concerned with the analysis and classification of bright spots in the tumour. Bright Spots ratio of the tumour is an important ratio, which is nothing but the ratio of number of bright spots and the area of the tumour that is detected. A key problem in finding the number of bright spots is that the images need to be pre-processed.ICOEI 2019 will provide an outstanding international forum for sharing knowledge and results in all fields of Engineering and Technology The primary goal of the conference


COVID-19 pandemic had influenced various aspects of community activities such as health, education and socio-economic. The effect of economic activities had caused many people to experience a decrease in income and loss of work due to the laid-off of informal workers. Overall, this unprecedented situation had led to an increase in the new poverty rate. In Palembang, based on the Non–DTKS (Integrated Social Welfare Data) data, the number of new poor affected by COVID-19 pandemic was 30,765 people. Therefore, the new poor needed to be responded immediately, and the aid distribution needed to be followed up. This paper presents the development of a web-based operation dashboard in Geographic Information System to map the distribution of people categorized in poverty and new poor affected by the pandemic. The operational dashboard functioned as aid distribution activity monitoring. The type of aid, the number of people receiving the aid was recorded using the geo-tagging capabilities. By having this system, the community centres set up by the sub-district office would have an operational dashboard to monitor activities and examining the aid distribution.


Employee voice in multinational companies has been mainly studied in voluntarist, Anglophone industrial relations systems, and much less in other European countries. This article examines employee voice in foreign-owned multinational companies operating in Spain, using a sample of over 240 companies. It identifies the determinant factors in employee voice at macro and micro levels. The findings are interpreted in a comparative perspective, considering those approaches predominantly used in Anglophone and other west European countries, such as France and Germany.


In closed agricultural systems the weather acts both as a disturbance and as a resource. By using weather forecasts in control strategies the effects of disturbances can be minimized whereas the resources can be utilized. In this situation weather forecast uncertainty and model based control are coupled. In this thesis a model of a storage facility of agricultural produce is used as an example for a weather controlled system. The first step in reducing prediction uncertainty is taken by reducing the uncertainty in the weather forecast itself. A Kalman filter approach is used for this purpose. Weather forecast uncertainty is significantly reduced up to 10 hours for temperature, up to 32 hours for wind speed and up to 3 hours for global radiation by using this approach. For a linearized model of the storage facility error propagation rules have been derived. The uncertainty of the output can therefore be analytically calculated. The medium range weather forecast, up to ten days ahead , consists of an ensemble of 50 forecasts. The mean and variance of these forecasts are used for model prediction and model output uncertainty prediction. Furthermore, by using optimal control in conjunction with a cost criterion, the uncertainty of the system state is incorporated into the cost criterion. As a result the control inputs shift towards parts with less uncertainty in the weather forecast. Finally, a numerical risk evaluation showed that if feedback is applied, as in receding horizon optimal control, the cost increase is limited to 5% for a 24 hour feedback interval. Mathematical models are always an approximation of the real system. Model uncertainties arise in the model structure and/or in unknown parameter values. If measurements from the system are present, the model is fitted to the data by changing parameter values. Generally, parameters that are nonlinear in system model output are estimated by nonlinear least-squares (NLS) optimization algorithms. For systems that rational in their parameters a reparameterization method is proposed such that the new parameters can be estimated with ordinary least squares. As a result a modified predictor appears. In the noise free case this leads to the exact parameter estimates whereas a nonlinear least squares approach might end up in a local minimum. If noise is present, however, the linear estimates might be biased and the modified predictor has only a limited range. Because after linear reparameterization the data structure generally becomes errors-in-variables a bias compensated total least squares approach is used. The predictive performance of the modified predictor in this case largely improves and is regarded as a powerful alternative to the existing least squares methods.


Do people think of their environments in probabilistic concepts like "dependent" or "independent" events? Research has shown that people can learn from feedback to make accurate joint probability j ...


Summary The aim of this study was to elucidate the prevalence of canine atopic/allergic dermatitis in Mashhad (North-East of Iran) in a hospital-population of dogs and to evaluate its clinical features according to the diagnostic criteria of the disease by Willemse and Prelaud. Among 111 canine patients with dermatologic problems, admitted to Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Veterinary Teaching Hospital between October 2007 and October 2008, atopic/allergic dermatitis was diagnosed in a total of 8 dogs by combining the compatible historical evidence and clinical signs and the seasonality of the clinical signs. The affected dogs consisted of 2 males and 6 females (females predisposition). Terriers were the most often represented breeds (6/8), which is mainly because of overrepresentation of this breed in our hospital. The age of the dogs when presented varied from 6 months to 4.5 years (median: 1.7 years). Pruritus, the outstanding clinical sign in all the 8 dogs, was either localized (5/8) or generalized (3/8). Most of the animals (6/8) had non-seasonal pruritus. Skin lesions were generalized (64%) or localized (36%), involving the head, the ear flaps, the neck, the lateral and dorsal aspects of the body trunk, the axillae and ventral chest, the abdomen and inguinal region, the perineum and the feet. Otitis externa, seen in 3/8 cases, was unilateral (1/3) or bilateral (2/3), either non-exudative or purulent.


Under long-term experiment in dryland of Loess Plateau,effects of five kinds of fertilization on the nutritional quality of wheat protein were studied in this paper.The treats included nitrogen fertilizer(N),phosphorus fertilizer(P),organic fertilizer(M),nitrogen fertilizer mixed phosphorus fertilizer(NP),organic fertilizer mixed nitrogen fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer(NPM).The results showed that the protein contents and the total amino acid contents in wheat grain significantly increased by 45.2% ~ 52.3% and 51.6% ~ 80.1%,respectively,after applied with NP,NPM and M,and their essential amino acids / total amino acids and essential amino acids / non-essential amino acids were closer to the WHO / FAO standard.Fertilization obviously improved leucine contents of wheat grain protein with an increase of 71.4% ~ 114.3%,increased sulfur-containing amino acids contents with 6.3% ~ 81.3%,and further raised their essential amino acid scores and chemical scores.However,lysine contents were equal or lower than control after fertilization,which made lysine the first bottleneck amino acid.Fertilization could accelerate the balance of amino acid and grain protein,and the order of the essential amino acid index was NP M NPM N P CK.Application of NP and M could improve the nutritional quality of wheat grain protein in Loess Plateau.


The urgent needs of food assistance for senior citizens increase rapidly. Elderly people are physically weak, especially those who are living alone, longliving, disabled and semi-disabled, and it is difficult for them to prepare nutritious meals on their own. Besides, since most of them suffer from chronic diseases and have special dietary requirements, the food provided to the general public is not suitable for them. It is becoming increasingly important to provide healthy eating assistance services for the elderly people at home. In this paper, users' needs were inspected from the perspective of service design and an elderly-friendly meal service system was built for them. Firstly, we analyzed the existing elderly meal service model through desktop research. Secondly, we explored the problems of elderly users in the process of dining through semi-structured interviews in households and gain insight into their real needs. Then, we constructed an elderly-friendly meal service system. It solves various problems related to diets brought by aging (such as chronic disease management, lack of nutritional knowledge, etc.) by interactive designs, so that the elderly can receive meal assistance services based on their own health status, dietary preferences and other personalized needs.


The topic of this essay is visions and how they can be viewed in the scientific study of mysticism. A case study of the life and mystical visions of Swedish-Norwegian author Margit Sandemo is conducted. The method used is interview as well as textual studies. The material thus consists of both several autobiographies and the transcribed interview with Sandemo. Through comparisons and rereading of the different texts a short biography is constructed focusing on important events and experiences, particularly visions, in the life of Sandemo. Based mainly on the theories and concepts of Antoon Geels and Mark Freeman the visions of Margit Sandemo are analyzed and discussed. The purpose is to try to understand the visions and decide which of them are to be regarded as mystical experiences. Applied to the material the theories often seem to be in accord, but they provide different levels of understanding. Depending on the theory used different visions may or may not appear as mystical experiences. The viewpoint, particularly of W.T. Stace, that visions are not to be regarded as mystical experiences is also discussed. (Less)


Reactive Oxide Gverlayer on Rh Nanoparticles during CO Oxidation and its Size Dependence Studied by In Situ Ambient Pressure XPS** Michael E. Grass, Yaw en Zhang, Derek R. Butcher, Jeong Y. Park, YiminLi, Hendrik Bluhm, Kaitlin M. Bratlie, Tianfu Zhang, and Gabor A. Somorjai* M.E. Grass, D. Butcher, Dr. J.Y. Park, Dr. Y. Li, Dr. H. Bluhm, Dr. K.M. Bratlie, Dr. T. Zhang, Prof. G.A. Somorjai. Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Chemical and Materials Sciences Divisions Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, C A 94720, USA Fax: (+1) 510-643-9668 E-mail: email@example.com Prof. Y. Zhang College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871, China This work was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering, and Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. We also thank the Molecular Foundry and the Advanced Light Source, LBNL for use of their facilities and Prof. Miquel Salmeron and Dr. Zhi Liu for valuable discussions. Y.W.Z. appreciates financial aid of Huaxin Distinguished Scholar Award from Peking University Education Foundation of China. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.angewandte.org or from the author. CO oxidation is one of the most studied heterogeneous reactions, being scientifically and industrially important, particularly for removal of CO from exhaust streams ' and preferential oxidation for hydrogen purification in fuel cell applications' . The precious metals Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt, and Au are most commonly used for this reaction because of their high activity and stability. Despite the wealth of experimental and theoretical data, it remains unclear what is the active surface for CO oxidation under catalytic conditions for these metals. In this communication, we utilize in situ synchrotron ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) to monitor the oxidation state at the surface of Rh nanoparticles during CO oxidation and demonstrate that the active catalyst is a surface oxide, the formation of which is dependent on particle size. The amount of oxide formed and the reaction rate both increase with decreasing particle size. Many single crystal CO oxidation studies over Rh suggest that the reaction is structure insensitive and that oxide formation decreases the reaction rate.' ' However, recent advances in synthetic techniques and in situ experimentation have revealed that the oxidation state and stoichiometry of the surface oxide greatly affects CO oxidation rates.' ' At low temperatures or low O2/CO ratios, CO strongly adsorbs to the catalyst surface and inhibits 0 adsorption. At high temperatures or high 0 /CO ratios, the catalyst surface becomes saturated with O atoms and the reaction proceeds more rapidly. It has been demonstrated that small nanoparticles (NPs) of Pd' ' are more active for CO oxidation than larger particles and single crystals, while the opposite is reported in the case of Pt.' For Rh NPs, no particle size effect was observed for supported Rh catalysts,' but a strong particle size dependence was observed for CO desorption, dissociation, and transient CO oxidation over electron beam prepared Rh NPs precovered with oxygen.' For this investigation we have prepared small, polymer stabilized Rh NPs with a narrow size distribution and studied CO oxidation; polymer stabilized NP syntheses enable control of NP size, shape and/or composition for reaction studies.' ' The turnover frequency (TOF) for CO oxidation at 200 °C increases 6-fold and the apparent activation decreases from 27.9 kcal mol to 19.0 kcal mol as the particle size decreases from 11 nm to 2 nm. APXPS of 2 nm and 7 nm Rh NP films during CO oxidation near 1 Torr provides the first in situ measurement of the oxidation state of Rh NPs during CO oxidation and demonstrates that smaller particles are more oxidized than larger particles during reaction at 150 - 200 °C. A surface oxygen species is also observed during CO oxidation that is not present when heating in O2 alone, possibly indicating a unique active oxide phase on Rh NPs. This oxide phase may alter the relative bonding geometries of CO and/or O on the Rh surface, thereby lowering the activation energy for the reaction.' The synthesis of monodisperse Rh NPs by polyol reduction using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a capping agent and Rh(acac) as a Rh precursor' was extended to smaller sizes by the addition of sodium citrate. Using this approach, Rh NPs of 3.5 nm (3.6 ± 0.5 nm), 2.5 nm (2.5 ± 0.4 nm), and 2 nm (1.9 ± 0.3 nm) were formed by increasing the amount of sodium citrate. Monolayer films of these particles were then prepared in a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) trough and characterized with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and XPS (Figure 1). Panels a, b, and c of Figure 1 show TEM images of the NPs with insets of size distribution histograms taken from 100 particles. Figure If shows X-ray photoelectron spectra for the Rh 3d peak of the as-synthesized (no pretreatment) particles after LB deposition onto a silicon wafer. It is clear that the ratio of oxidized Rh to reduced Rh increases as the particle size decreases. The three samples of smallRhNP(2,2.5, and 3.5 nm) LB films and two samples previously synthesized, 7 nm(7.1 ± 0.5 nm) and 11 nm (10.7 ± 0.9 nm) LB films (Figure Id and e) were tested for catalytic activity in CO oxidation by 0 in a batch reactor monitored with a gas


With the short development of patron traffic, management innovation, and the tenacious want to lessen prices, the existing portable administrators are seemed with a few problems. In structures administration, thoughts have advanced going for cost lower, increment of device adaptability and association adaptability, to be precise software program described networking (SDN) and community features virtualization (NFV). Network functions virtualization mitigates the reliance on tough product, where flexible device capacities are conveyed as programming digital device works on ware servers at cloud infrastructure, server farms. SDN offers a programmable and adaptable system control by means of decoupling the versatile system features into manipulate plane and records plane capacities. The shape of the reducing part flexible system (5G) needs new arrangement and dimensioning fashions to accomplish an ideal plan which supports extensive scope of site visitor's requests. We recommend 3 improvement models that go for limiting the machine burden cost simply as server farm belongings fee by means of finding the precise situation of the server farms too the SDN and NFV portable system capacities. The development arrangements show the exchange offs between the numerous server farm groups, i.e., centralized or circulated, and the numerous value elements, perfect machine burden cost or server farm property fee. We advocate a Pareto best multitarget model that accomplishes stability among device and server farm value. Moreover, we use earlier derivation, in view of the preparations of the unmarried objectives, to preselect server farm areas for the multi-target model that consequences in lessening the streamlining intricacy and accomplishes reserve price range in run time at the same time as preserving an insignificant optimality hole


Self-organization is a universe mechanism in nature. In a self-organizing system, the system evolves spontaneously to form an order structure based on some compatible rules. Without external instructions and forces, the self-organizing system arises only from the interactions between the basic components of the system. Although numerous theories and methods were established to describe self-organization, there are still many problems in this area. We still lack of unified theories and thoughts on self-organization. Also, we lack of universal basis of methodology in the modeling and simulation of self-organization. Self-organization is classified into a research area in complexity science. So far it is not an independent science. For this reason, a fundamental science, selforganizology, is proposed for finding and creating theories and methods from self-organization phenomena in nature, simulating and reconstructing self-organization phenomena, exploring mechanisms behind numerous self-organization phenomena, and promoting the applications of self-organization theories methods in science and industry. Existing theories and methods of self-organization are overviewed. Methodological basis of selforganizology is shortly discussed.


Objective To establish the calibration cycle of 7600 biochemical analyzer by detection system calibration cycle diagram.Methods The 7600 biochemical analyzer was calibrated after the replacement of biochemical reagent using the calibration cycle diagram.The quality control serums were tested every two hours,and each test consisted of three levels with each level being tested 4 times repeatedly.A cumulative CV less than 1 / 6 of the CLIA′88 tolerance was set as the evaluation criteria.Results A low level of quality control serum had accumulated 8 hours after the calibration of creatinine with CV2.59.The calibration cycle was the shortest.ISE ion type of calibration needs to be calibrated every 12 hours,while the calibration cycle of enzymes could be as long as 30 days.Conclusion The control serum close to the lower detection limit should be chosen in the establishment of the calibration cycle.Control serums with high concentration will make the establishment of the calibration cycle too long.


Abstract For insomniac patients, sleeping drags are used; in addition, concomitant therapy with other drugs has been tried in an effort to prevent a decrease in the effects due to long‐term continuous use. This report presents the results of a study on the sleeping effects in nine aged patients with insomnia associated with cerebrovascular and non‐cerebrovascular disorders who received concomitant therapy with Zopiclone and Aniracetam. The treatment in 7/9 cases (78%) was found to be effective, showing more than 50% prolongation of sleeping time, and in two cases (22%) was found to be ineffective. We discuss the mechanism of action referring to the literature.


Significance I show that quantum nonlocality is an artifact of the assumption that observers obey the laws of classical mechanics, whereas observed systems obey quantum mechanics. Locality is restored if observed and observer both obey quantum mechanics, as in the many-worlds interpretation (MWI). Using the MWI, I show that the quantum side of Bell's inequality is entirely local. Thus, experiments confirming "nonlocality" are actually confirming the MWI. The mistaken interpretation of Bell's inequality depends on the idea that the wave function is a probability amplitude, but the MWI holds that the wave function is a world density amplitude. Assuming the wave function is a world density amplitude, I derive the Born interpretation directly from Schrödinger's equation. Quantum nonlocality is shown to be an artifact of the Copenhagen interpretation, in which each observed quantity has exactly one value at any instant. In reality, all physical systems obey quantum mechanics, which obeys no such rule. Locality is restored if observed and observer are both assumed to obey quantum mechanics, as in the many-worlds interpretation (MWI). Using the MWI, I show that the quantum side of Bell's inequality, generally believed nonlocal, is really due to a series of three measurements (not two as in the standard, oversimplified analysis), all three of which have only local effects. Thus, experiments confirming "nonlocality" are actually confirming the MWI. The mistaken interpretation of nonlocality experiments depends crucially on a question-begging version of the Born interpretation, which makes sense only in "collapse" versions of quantum theory, about the meaning of the modulus of the wave function, so I use the interpretation based on the MWI, namely that the wave function is a world density amplitude, not a probability amplitude. This view allows the Born interpretation to be derived directly from the Schrödinger equation, by applying the Schrödinger equation to both the observed and the observer.


The current study aimed to evaluate milk fat and fatty acids profile, nutrients digestibility and lactating ewes' performance as a response to supplementing diets with spirulina algae or fish oil in lactating barki ewes. Three experimental diets were used as follow: Control diet based on 60:10:30 concentrate feed mixture (CFM), clover hay, and bean straw (T1); control diet supplemented with 10 ml of fish oil/ kg DM (T2), control diet supplemented with 5 g Spirulina Platensis / kg DM (T3). The results showed that T2 significantly improved nutrients digestibility (DM, OM, NDF, ADF, EE) as compared with control (T1). No differences (p>0.05) were recorded between experimental groups in different blood serum parameters, milk yield, energy corrected milk (ECM), milk fat (%) and milk total solids yield. Supplementing diet with Spirulina platensis (T3) increased CLA, C18:3 n6 , C18:3 n3 . T2 and T3 increased milk poly-unsaturated fatty acid and declined ∆ 9 desaturase index as compared with T1. The results of the current study suggested that supplementing diets with fish oil or Spirulina platensis had a potential positive impact in milk fatty acid profile which has a healthy benefit.


This paper explores the factors that account for the prophetic silence and examines its implications for religion, law and order, and social justice in contemporary Africa.


The invention relates to an infusion monitoring and controlling system. The system comprises a central processing module, an infusion monitoring module, an infusion controlling module, a wireless communication module and a control input module, wherein the central processing module is connected with the infusion monitoring module and the infusion controlling module respectively; the control input module is connected with the central processing module through the wireless communication module and comprises a data server, a monitor and a mobile phone, the data server is connected with the central processing module through the wireless communication module, the monitor is connected with the data server, and the mobile phone is connected with the data server through a mobile network. An infusion monitoring and controlling method is characterized by comprising steps as follows: (1) mounting an infusion apparatus; (2) setting the drug dose; (3) performing needle puncture and adjusting the infusion speed; (4) operating the infusion function; (5) giving an alarm; (6) performing shutdown. With the adoption of the system and the method, a series of problems that common infusion control is inaccurate, accompanying is required for infusion and the like during infusion are solved comprehensively.


In rats administration of progesterone and synthetic gestagens in appropriate dosages from Day 15 of gestation to Day 25 prolongs the gestation period to Day 26 and beyond. This method aptly demonstrates the uterus-relaxing effect of gestagens. In a laboratory experiment daily progesterone in 1.5 mg doses produces a demonstrably prolonged gestation period in 6 out of 8 rats. Conversely with administration of 50 mg hydroxyprogesterone caproate only 1/2 of the laboratory rats were able to go beyond Day 25 before giving birth. Chlormadinone acetate has a clear gestation-prolonging effect in daily doses of .5 mg and norethisterone acetate has this effect in daily doses of 1 mg.


The peculiarities influence of microwave resonance therapy and phototherapy with polychromatic light, and their combination, on the motor disturbances dynamics in patients with peripheral neuropathies have been studiedfor the first time. The algorithm of hospital medical rehabilitation program of patients with peripheral neuropathies with the use of optimized complex ofphysical factors has been worked out.


A recent study by Wylie et al. (2006) has revealed that s-process element abundances are enhanced relative to iron in both red giant branch and asymptotic giant branch stars of 47 Tuc. A more detailed investigation into s-process element abundances throughout the colour-magnitude diagram of 47 Tuc is vital in order to determine whether the observed enhancements are intrinsic to the cluster. This paper explores this possibility through observational and theoretical means. The visibility of s- and r-process element lines in synthetic spectra of giant and dwarf stars throughout the colour magnitude diagram of 47 Tuc has been explored. It was determined that a resolving power of 10 000 was sufficient to observe s-process element abundance variations in globular cluster giant-branch stars. These synthetic results were compared with the spectra of eleven 47 Tuc giant branch stars observed during the performance verification of the Robert Stobie Spectrograph on the Southern African Large Telescope. Three s-process elements (Zr, Ba and Nd) and one r-process element (Eu) were investigated. No abundance variations were found such that [X/Fe] = 0.0 ± 0.5 dex. It was concluded that this resolving power, R ~ 5000, was not sufficient to obtain exact abundances but upper limits on the s-process element abundances could be determined.


Many plants in New Guinean rainforest have relatively larger fruits than those in other tropical forests and may depend on large animal dispersers, but little is known about the impacts of forest disturbance, especially logging, on the species composition and abundance of these trees. In order to provide a baseline for the understanding of their vulnerability, we counted fruiting plants and measured habitat parameters in primary and human-altered habitats in the little studied lowland forest of northern Papua, Indonesia. During the surveys coinciding with peak fruit season, eighty-nine species were recorded in fruit, with 71 species in 24 families known to be consumed by birds, and most of them (97%) were trees. The diversity of bird-consumed fruiting plants differed among the habitat types and was highest in undisturbed primary forest and hunted primary forest. Secondary forests still had a high number of species and individuals but were dominated by light demanding plants and a low number of uniquely found species. Logged forest and agricultural habitats showed only a low abundance of bird-consumed fruiting plants, being about 2-3 times lower than in primary forests. Plants with large sized fruits (diam. > 20 mm) were mainly found in primary forests, confirming their importance for maintaining interactions between large frugivorous birds and plants that are of relevance for forest regeneration.


This book provides a short history of the labour movement, industrial development and economic development in postwar Japan. Nine chapters cover a range of issues from postwar to the outlook for the twenty-first century. The chapters cover: (1) post war reforms and the rise of the labour movement; (2) changes in occupation policies and the reconstruction of the Japanese economy; (3) union rivalries; (4) high economic growth and the spring wage offensive; (5) income doubling, the liberalisation of trade and the industrial transformation; (6) the oil shocks and the union strategy for restraining wages; (7) stable economic growth and the unification of the labour movement; (8) the bubble economy and coalition policies; and (9) the outlook for the twenty-first century.


The utility model discloses a method and an apparatus for predicting the deterioration trend of a rotating machine. According to absolute standards and relative standards in China and abroad and a specific condition of a device, the apparatus determines the deterioration limit value (shutdown value) of the device. Through online continuous measurement or offline regular measurement of parameters including vibration, rotating speed, load, temperature, and pressure of the rotating machine, current status of the device is automatically analyzed in virtue of an artificial intelligence expert system. According to the property of a fault, the degree of influence on the deterioration trend of the device is determined and the deterioration trend (shutdown time) of the device is regularly predicted. The apparatus for predicting the deterioration trend of a rotating machine is capable of directly displaying a predicted result and an influence factor, employing a preventive measure, effectively preventing a risk caused by a process from quantitative to qualitative change of the device status, and reducing loss caused by unreasonable advanced or delayed shutdown.


Bulk (silica gel) and nanometer silica, and their corresponding modified particles with a Schiff base binding moiety were prepared and their applications as adsorbents for Cu, Pb, Cd, Co, Ni and Zn ions were investigated. The Schiff base ionphore anchored on the silica particles was 3-methoxy salicylaldimine propyl triethoxy silane. The effect of parameters influencing the efficiencies of the studied adsorbents such as aqueous phase pH, shaking time, amount of sorbent, temperature and initial concentration of the investigated metal ions were assessed and discussed. It is shown that the modification affects significantly the adsorptive characteristics of the sorbent. The modified adsorbent shows to be selective adsorbent towards copper and lead ions. Comparison of the modified bulk silica gel and the corresponding nanoparticles reveals that, the later does not show a significant enhancement for uptaking the studied metal ions with respect to former. The advantage of applying the modified nanoparticles was that the more rapid kinetics with respect to the bulk modified sorbents. For the modified bulk and nanoparticles the graphical correlation of various adsorption isotherm models like, Langmuir, Freundlich and Tempkin have been carried out. The adsorption of these metal ions has been found endothermic. The kinetic studies suggest the process following pseudo second order kinetics.


The paper considers the problems of choosing strategies for diversifying companies. It was revealed that in corporate practice, there is a certain tendency towards moderately diversified companies with related business lines (relational diversification). The authors analyzed a set of four main growth strategies: market penetration; market expansion; product innovation, and diversification. Their advantages and disadvantages are identified. Depending on the degree of risk appetite, three types of diversification were studied: horizontal diversification, vertical diversification, and lateral diversification (diagonal diversification). The reasons for diversification are analyzed, which may lie both in the environment of the company (exogenous) and within the company (endogenous). The diversification of stocks and monetary investments is considered, the advantages of this process are assessed. It is revealed that despite the fact that the advantages of portfolio diversification are undeniable, due to its complexity, it is almost impossible for investors to independently create effective security portfolios. The need to take into account systemic and non-systemic risks in portfolio diversification is proved. The ways to diversify the portfolio of stocks are described. It is concluded that in companies, regardless of whether they are expanding their services or opting for long-term product diversification, in both cases, an entrepreneurial restructuring plan can only be implemented under certain conditions.


A key problem of a rolling bearing's fault diagnosis is the feature extraction of the fault signal. Wavelet analysis can accomplish local analysis in the time-domain and frequency-domain, which is widely used in many different fields, such as signal processing, image processing and fault diagnosis. In this paper, we analyze the fault signal of a rolling bearing under different rotation rates, and analyze the vibration signal with damage in the inner ring, with damage in the outer ring and with damage in the ball. Basing on the wavelet analysis, signals are separated and reconstructed and a new method to figure out the characteristic parameter of the AE signal of rolling bearings is studied.


During prolonged hypertrophic insult to the myocardium, while the function of cardiomyocytes needs to be protected, the hyperactivation of cardiac fibroblasts has to be curbed to prevent fibrosis. Previously, we showed that integrin-mediated non-receptor tyrosine kinase (NRTK) activation is required for normal functioning of both cardiac fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes. We hypothesized that inhibition of NRTKs in cardiac fibroblasts without affecting cardiomyocytes would be beneficial to the stressed myocardium. Our initial studies using kinase inactive forms of Src, Pyk2 and FAK expressed adenovirally in isolated primary cardiac fibroblasts showed that the pro-fibrotic signaling events as studied by fibronectin and collagen deposition are downregulated. Our in vivo studies in mouse transverse aortic constriction (TAC) model suggest that dasatinib, a multikinase NRTK inhibitor administration via a peritoneally implanted mini-osmotic pump is able to preserve ventricular geometry and function and reduce the accumulation of fibrotic extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins upon 4 wk pressure overload. Data obtained from cell culture experiments with kinase inactive NRTKs and dasatinib suggest that NRTK inhibition is able to reduce the proliferation, migration and mitogenic signaling in cardiac fibroblasts without affecting the cell survival pathways in cardiomyocytes. These data indicate that NRTKs play a significant pro-fibrotic role in cardiac fibroblasts and curbing the activity of NRTKs could be a potential therapeutic approach to treat fibrosis in hypertrophic heart diseases.


A beverage product comprising at least one beverage base and at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid emulsion, not the emulsion comprises a mixture comprising a continuous liquid phase, an emulsifier, and a polyunsaturated fatty acid source and a dispersing agent It includes a continuous liquid phase, wherein the polyunsaturated fatty acid source comprises at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid, the weight ratio to said dispersing agent of the fatty acid source in said mixture is from about 9: 1 to about 1: 10 is in the range of, beverage products.


In his Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, Thackeray used once again the persona of Michael Angelo Titmarsh, which he had created for Punch. The volume published in 1846-had been preceded by a series of articles in that magazine, under the title « Wandering of our Fat Contributor ». Thackeray had a personal knowledge of colonial matters, but his text is presented as the trite reflections of a blast tourist, who constantly asserts England's superiority. In Notes..., the reader also finds the usual Thackerayan phenomenon of split personality, the narrator and the illustrator being one and the same person. Pictures play a central part in the book, hinting at the impossible immediacy of travel writing, a genre in which the traveller's testimony is inevitably filtered by all kinds of obstacles, as opposed to the Victorian ideal of a direct transcription of reality.


The reaction of a pulsed 18O beam on a self-supporting and gold-backed isotopically-enriched 164Dy target of thickness 6.3 mg/cm2 at separate primary beam energies of 71, 76 and 80 MeV was studied at the accelerator at the ALTO facility of the IPN Orsay. The γ rays produced were detected using the newly-constructed ν-Ball spectrometer which comprised of HPGe and LaBr3(Ce) detectors. This conference paper describes the methodology and effectiveness of multiplicity/sum-energy gating, for channel selection between fusion evaporation events and lower multiplicity/energy events from inelastic nuclear scattering and Coulomb excitation of the target, and from two-neutron transfer reactions to 166Dy.


With the rapid development in agricultural mechanization and the increase in farm machinery,the scope of socialized service for agricultural machinery is broadening.The maintenance to these machines is of great significance to their safety and sound operation.This article deals with the existent problems in this area and puts forward proposals to ensure a sound growth in this field in Fuxin area.


Yulia Brovkina PhD (Economics), Associate Professor of Business Management Department, Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies, Odesa, Ukraine E-mail: email@example.com orcid.org/0000-0003-0066-3560 Introduction. Innovation is one of the major factors of economic growth in modern economy on the macrolevel, and a prominent contributor to an enterprise's profit increase at microlevel. Nevertheless, innovation activity is accompanied by a high level of risk and may cause significant losses. Thus, the problem of limiting the risk by developing rational methods of decision making is relevant. Aim and tasks. The article aims at development of integrated methodology for taking a decision as to selection of rational innovative production alternative based on the usage of a group of decision making methods in dependency on conditions under which the decision is being taken. Results. The article analyses decision making process in the context of system approach and defines stages of decision making. Criteria of effective decision are described and classified. Methods of decision making are observed and classified according to the conditions of decision making. The necessary components of integrated methodology of selection of rational innovative production alternative are defined. The formation principles and general structure of the integrated methodology of selection of rational innovative production alternative are described. Conclusions. The task of decision effectiveness assessment is complicated by simultaneous existence of number of performance goals with different suitability for formal evaluation, negative correlation between speed and accuracy of decision making, and temporal distance between decision making process and goal achievement, which requires employment of discounting methods. The abovementioned factors determine the necessity for an integrated criterion, which includes economic efficiency indicators but is not reduced to them. Thus, integrated methodology of selection of rational innovative production alternative consists of multicriteria decision making solution, assessment of sufficient range of alternatives, allowance for uncertainty as to input information about criteria, inclusion of different types of criteria measurement, provision of possibility to use alternative information at all stages of decision making process.


SARCOMAS of the larynx are extremely unusual neoplasms. Statistics from large series of patients with laryngeal cancer indicate their incidence is less than 1%. 1 Rhabdomyosarcoma must certainly rank close to, if not the least common of the laryngeal sarcomas. This appears to be true in spite of (1) the appreciation that rhabdomyosarcoma is the malignant neoplasm most often observed in the head and neck of children and adolescents, 2 and (2) earlier confusion in tumor nomenclature, wherein benign and malignant lesions, presumably of muscle origin, were all designated as "rhabdomyomata." The present authors have been able to accept only five documented cases of rhabdomyosarcoma of the larynx from the literature (1949 through 1968). The apparent rarity of this neoplasm in the larynx and its sometimes confusion with other laryngeal tumors has prompted this report. Report of a Case A 3-year-old white boy was admitted to the University of Michigan


For mobile communication system with multi-service of multiple users, spectrum utilization rate is low and user's QoS requirements need to be improved. The paper proposed a cross-layer based on cognitive radio technology and OFDM technology model and designed the core technology of this frame structure model  such as service division, spectrum sensing and spectrum aggregation in detail. Comprehensive judgment through the service needs of different users, and the spectrum holes judgment, not only meet different user's QoS, but also improve spectrum utilization and increase the system suitability. Finally, the simulation analysis of the model's performance shows that the model can not only reasonable use of the spectrum holes, and better meet the user's QoS requirements.


These two edited volumes, which cover much of the same ground, both begin from a common premise: polar tourism, as its been experienced by wealthy travellers for over a century, has a very definite shelf life. With the acceleration of global climate change, the Arctic and Antarctic are being changed, changed rapidly, perhaps permanently and, if one pays attention to the news, seemingly by the day. When combined with popular documentaries and feature films like An inconvenient truth, March of the penguins and Happy feet potential polar tourists have been sensitized to see the polar regions not as implacably hostile wastes once challenged only by the likes of Nansen, Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton but as irreplaceably fragile zones that, once lost, will take some essential part of the planet with them. (Published: 21 April 2011) Citation: Polar Research 2011, 30 , 7152, DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7152


The elytro-tergal stridulatory organ that occurs in Bondarius Rosado-Neto, 2006 a genus of the tribe Sternechini (Curculionidae, Molytinae) is described and illustrated. The stridulatory apparatus is present both in male and female and is composed by the file, a narrow elevated carina which is transversely multistriate located at the apical third of the internal side near the suture of left elytron, and by the plectrum, a narrow striate area located transversely at the dorso-apical margin of the abdominal tergite 7.


Recovery of gallium from gallium-germanium concentrate was studied.The effect of leaching temperature and time on gallium leaching rate and effect of solution acidity and extraction time on gallium extraction was examined.The results show that gallium leaching rate was over 93% using industry hydrochloric acid of 7.95 mol/L at the conditions of leaching temperature of 75 ℃,leaching time of 2.5 hours,and recovery rate of gallium was over 92% at the conditions of solution acidity of 9.0 mol/L,phase ratio(Va∶Vo) of 3∶1,4 times extraction and back-extraction using 20 g/L NaOH solution and electrolyzing after adjusting pH using 300 g/L NaOH solution.


Solar radiation components reflected by the sea surface () are additional energy sources comprising the solar radiation regime. Previous studies, based on observational approaches, indicated that is an available climatological resource. However, an estimation process for has not been established. In this case study over Jeju Island in South Korea, we applied a new estimation process to solar radiation modeling and discussed the spatial distribution of and its seasonal variation. Our results showed that the illuminated area and the intensity of became greatest at the winter solstice and least at the summer solstice. We estimated the illuminated area of as it expanded over the southern slope of Jeju Island. At the winter solstice, on a daily basis, the area and intensity of illumination by were and , respectively. Comparing the daily accumulative and instantaneous values of intensity, the difference was about 20 times greater in daily cases than in instantaneous cases. On the other hand, for instantaneous values, the intensity accounted for up to 33% of the three components, i.e., direct, diffuse and reflected radiation in winter solstice. In addition, it was estimated that the sea surface reflectance depended on the wind speed. Therefore, in a practical use of this revised model, wind conditions should be considered as a critical factor in estimating .


Previous research has concluded that the natural gas is mainly composed of coal-bed gas in Guxi fault zone,one of the richest areas of deep natural gas in Jiyang depression.Based on the analysis of source rock characteristics,many indicators,such as chemical component,carbon isotope,rare gas isotope and light hydrocarbon composition of natural gas and biomarkers of associated crude oil,combining with the study on geologic condition of gas pools,are used to clarify the genesis and source of Paleozoic natural gas in Guxi fault zone.It is proposed that there are three types of source-mixed gas in Guxi fault zone rather than coal-bed gas.Natural gas in Gubei buried hill is mainly composed of coal-bed gas sourced by C-P source rocks,mixed with part of oil-type gas.Gas from Bogu 4 and Boshen 6 buried hill are both mainly consisted of high-mature oil-type gas generated by upper Es4 source rocks in Bonan Sag.The former is mixed with coal-bed gas,and the latter is mixed with oil-associated gas from lower Es3 source rocks.


Closed forms are found for the dispersion relations describing the propagation through a uniform anisotropic plasma of the three modes of electromagnetic waves whose wave vectors are perpendicular to a steady and uniform magnetic field. Such relations are found to be conveniently expressed in terms of hypergeometric functions of the second order.


The exploitation efficiency of oil fields with H2S concentrations depends on the monitoring quality all the way from the bottom-hole to the stock-tank oil delivery and associated petroleum gas sales points. Numerous studies show that without certain physical and (or) chemical treatment, the concentration of H2S in the produced water, oil and associated gas remains constant for a long time. This permanence makes it possible to solve a number of field development tasks such as mapping reservoir flooding patterns, separating oil production from multi-zone field with numerous targets, indirect assessment of corrosion on field equipment.


Section I: Essential Topics of Kinesiology. Fundamental Principles of Kinesiology. The Structure and Basic Function of Joints. Muscles: The Ultimate Force Generator. Basic Biomechanical Principles of Kinesiology. Appendix 1: Glossary of Key Terms. Section II: The Kinesiology of the Upper Extremity. The Shoulder Complex. The Elbow. The Wrist. The Hand. Appendix 2: Attachments and Innervation of the Musclers of the Upper Extremity. Section III: The Kinesiology of the Axial Skeleton. The Axial Skeleton - Part 1: Osteology and Arthrology. The Axial Skeleton - Part 2: Muscle and Joint Interaction. The Axial Skeleton - Part 3: The Temporomandibular Joint and the Mechanics of Breathing. Appendix 3: Attachments and Innervation of the Muscles of the Axial Skeleton. Section IV: The Kinesiology of the Lower Extremity. The Hip. The Knee. The Ankle and Foot. The Kinesiology of the Human Gait. Appendix 4: Attachments and Innervation of the Muscles of the Lower Extremity. Index.


Criticisms of particular governments' foreign policies and proposals for creating a more orderly and peaceful international system are familiar to lawyers and political scientists alike. Lawyers may be less aware, however, of arguments about whether the power politics theory, which has dominated European study of international relations since 1648 and American study since 1945, is adequate for understanding the existing international system. Lawyers should be interested in this discussion not only because what is presented depends heavily on the conceptual lenses employed, but also because the newer ideas offer the promise of a richer understanding of the roles international law and international organization play in world politics. Stripped to its essentials, the power politics (or Realist) theory assumes that:


The Virtual Instrument and LabVIEW were introduced.Based on Virtual Instrument Technology and LabVIEW,the hardware circuit of acquiring oil-film pressure,temperature,as well as oil-film pressure analytical program,was depcited in detail.Finally,partial experimental analysis has been given,and some conclusion have been drawn.