The BRIC countries, and especially China, have significantly increased their share in the world economy. The Chinese model, with its special approach to development, can be seen as an accelerated version of the Japanese one, which has brought enormous success in Japan, and in the Tiger economies. In the past two decades China has become the EU's most important trading partner, and their relationship is getting more and more symmetric. Although there are areas where they have different approaches, there are much more issues with common interests, and room for cooperation. For Hungary China has been a special partner for decades. After the fall of communism the ties became weaker, and Hungary practically lost almost all of its previous advantage. The EU accession, however, opened up new possibilities, and new channels for the country, to pursue its interests, and regain at least some of its privileged status.


We consider the question what constitutes a good signature for the occurrence of an intermediate phase transition in a many-body system. In the context of a simple model for a temporary phase change exists in a finite system. We discuss the relevance of our result to the question of what constitutes an unambiguous signature for the formation of a quark-gluon plasma in relativistic nuclear collisions


A fundamental solution of Laplace's equation in three dimensions is expanded in harmonic functions that are separated in parabolic or elliptic cylinder coordinates. There are two expansions in each case which reduce to expansions of the Bessel functions J0(kr) or K0(kr), r2 = (x − x0)2 + (y − y0)2, in parabolic and elliptic cylinder harmonics. Advantage is taken of the fact that K0(kr) is a fundamental solution and J0(kr) is the Riemann function of partial differential equations on the Euclidean plane.


Proposal submitted for funding support from the FRIAA for Monitoring and Decision Support for Forest Management in a Mountain Pine Beetle Environment.


There are unimaginable benefits available if legal educators can bring the law classroom into the twenty-first century through the use of popular media and celebrities in their teaching. With the introduction of "pop culture," the professor can permanently alter the student's view of the course material. Bringing pop culture into the classroom will make the course material more relevant to our students' lives outside the classroom. This will enhance both their willingness and their ability to master legal concepts.
There are two major obstacles to bringing pop culture into the classroom. The initial major obstacle is the Copyright Act of 1976 ("Copyright Act"), which restricts the use of copyrighted material. Although the act allows a limited safe harbor for "multiple copies for classroom use." Educators may find the safe harbor to be unduly restrictive. The other potential obstacle is that the use of celebrities in hypotheticals also gives rise to problems associated with the celebrities' "right of publicity." In order to utilize celebrities in the teaching process, the educator must ensure that the use does not constitute commercial speech.
The sad fact is, that in order to effectively teach law, we need to overcome the restraints that law sometimes places on educational creativity.


The most striking feature of the volume is that it presents International Law primarily as a system based on treaties and administered by international institutions. Municipal practice, the opinions of writers and doctrinal disputes are given prominence only where the subject-matter is indeterminate or where International Law provides merely a general framework. The nature of the individual topics made it necessary, nevertheless, for some of the authors to dwell more deeply on fundamental problems or on disputed points, while others could content themselves with a factual exposition. Despite these difficulties, the work is surprisingly homogeneous, thanks in part to a self-denying ordinance when the discussion reached basic or sensitive controversies. Failure to observe it leads to less happy results in a work of such magnitude, if the text must be compressed. Thus the present reviewer's detailed study of the legal implications of the Calvo Clause is dismissed by the SouthAmerican author tout court as not in accordance with the facts, on the strength of the uncontroverted principle that a prorogatio fori by way of submission to the jurisdiction of a foreign court is valid. In general, however, such cavalier treatment is laudably absent in this work, which succeeds in conveying an immense mass of information lucidly, accurately and by a method which is truly international.


Accurate predictions of aircraft noise levels are desirable to enforce noise control regulations around airports and to evaluate noise abatement procedures. The current best practice noise contour prediction models assume certain default net thrust values depending on the engine type and aircraft altitude. This paper proposes a method for calculating the engine fan settings, N 1% , (and hence, the net thrust) directly from audio recordings. This method was tested with a large number of Airbus A330–300 and Boeing 777–200 flyover audio recordings. A significant correlation was found between the recorded noise levels and N 1% , explaining up to 45% of the variability in the noise levels. Using the calculated N 1% values in the noise prediction models, instead of the default values, increases the agreement with the actual recorded noise levels and explains parts of the variability. The inclusion of accurate values of N 1% and the update of the aircraft noise prediction calculations is, therefore, highly encouraged, for example by increasing the dependency on N 1% of the noise levels.


It is an electrically controllable unit of a motor vehicle, at least a comprehensive described a non-volatile memory device comprising. The component has a characteristic for the component and required the operation of the assembly base functionality. The memory comprises a memory area not used for the realization of the basic functionality of the component, in which the structural unit identified with a predetermined probability identifier is stored. Further, the identifier of the storage area of the component read out. Finally, a method for identifying such an electrically controllable unit will be described.


Matched‐field processing (MFP) presents a fertile area for applying, developing, and understanding new neural network architectures. Orders of magnitude in computational efficiency are still required to fully take advantage of MFP. Essentially, MFP is a signal processing technique that uses received acoustic data across an array to locate the position of radiating sources in, at best, an imperfectly known ocean environment. This ocean domain is huge. The concepts of MFP are reviewed emphasizing those aspects of the problem that would make it an attractive candidate for applying neural networks. The importance and subsequent treatment of the environment, which is characterized by oceanography, bottom geophysics, and ambient noise, are probably the most central issues from which the benefits of neural networks might emerge. Also relevant is the connection between MFP and remote sensing that further magnifies the impact of new computational structures.


On page 366 (DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24242), M. Althaf Hussain, Dolly Vijay, and G. Narahari Sastry demonstrate that carbaneous structures are efficient gas adsorbents, owing to their large surface area and porosity. The binding affinity of buckybowls and coronene to small molecules is assessed using density functional theory. The concave surface of the buckybowls shows remarkably high affinity and selectivity for the adsorption of small gaseous molecules, such as CO2 , acetylene, and methane. Energy decomposition analysis reveals that dispersion forces largely influence the binding of small molecules with these carbaneous surfaces.


This paper describes the major points in reading among the young people and the public libraries in Tunisia.. Relying on data gathered from surveys, statistics and investigations that used scientific methodology, this paper tries to understand the tendencies of reading among the young people as apart of cultural behaviours and leisure activities. In Tunisia Youth represents the majority of the users of information and documentation services and particularly as far as public libraries are concerned where young people represent nearly all the beneficiaries(90%); but reading practices which are the source of knowledge accumulation are still fragile. The main feature remains the lack of libraries' full exploitation and the shortage of reading behaviours. The low number of the users of the information services and cultural institutions remains the most important problem when it comes to evaluating theirs services (the ratios of users reluctant to benefit from public libraries services does not exceed in all cases the proportion of 6% of youth going to school) and keep reading behaviour confined to the limits of educational goals and school essays on the other hand. Most of the time communicative and "mediatic" practices based on the mass media (television and mobile phones..) remain dominant in serving the young people without looking for the best cultural practices and without engaging in collective life, despite the availability of many of the cultural services such as public libraries and in spite of the existence of cultural and recreational services such as the youth house. The paper attempts to explain the reasons behind refraining the Reading and the use of these services. There remains the contradiction between supply and demand, between what is available in libraries and information services and what is required by users and beneficiaries a long with a lack of material and human resources. These are the most important barriers to the development of libraries. The low level of the family educational background, especially when the mother is not well literate is the most important sociological obstacle to the improve of reading habits.


The spelling of the first author's name in No. 2 of "Recent Research in Science Teaching and Learning" (CBE Life Sci. Educ. [2012] 11, 351–352; doi:10.1187/cbe.12-09-0167) was incorrect. The correct literature citation is: Matz RL, Rothman ED, Krajcik JS, Banaszak Holl MM (2012). Concurrent enrollment in lecture and laboratory enhances student performance and retention. J Res Sci Teach 49, 659–682. The correction was made to the online full-text and pdf versions of the issue on March 28, 2013.


A pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system using activated carbon impregnated with SnCl 2·2H 2 O and pure activated carbon was used to remove CO from a model H 2/CO mixture representing the steam reformer process gas. On comparing PSA results for both carbons, the CO adsorptive capacity of impregnated carbon was found to be superior to that of the pure carbon. This was confirmed by the fact that the concentration of CO, initially at 1000 ppm, was successfully reduced to 4.02% and 1.04% of its initial concentration by the pure and the impregnated activated carbons respectively in the PSA system. The species in the impregnated carbon responsible for the improved gas phase CO adsorption was found to be SnO 2. Simulation results at a cyclic time of 600 s in the PSA operating at 10 atmospheres gave a product recovery and purity of 99.99% and 57.48%, respectively. At 6 atmospheres, the product recovery and purity were 92.17% and 77.12%, respectively.

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An IF steel/Al6061 composite elaborated by Accumulative Roll Bonding at room temperature is proposed for shielding effectiveness applications. The obtained composite is lighter than the copper and the steel with a density of 3–4.5. In the earlier rollings, a multilayered composite is developed which is in favor of strength but not of shielding. On the contrary, after 3 roll bondings, fragments of IF steel appear in the Al6061 matrix and drastically reduce strength but improve shielding. A finite element simulation of the shielding effectiveness is performed and


In aquatic ecosystems, species diversity is known t o be higher in poor nutrient conditions. The enrichment of nutrition often induces the loss of b iodiversity. This phenomenon is called the paradox of enrichment, since higher nutrient levels can suppor t more species. Furthermore, the species diversity i usually high in most natural communities of phytopl ankton. However, the niches of planktonic algae see m almost identical in apparently homogeneous, aquatic environments. Therefore, the high species diversit y of phytoplankton is incomprehensible and called the pa radox of plankton. Mathematical studies show that l oca coexistence of competitive species is rare. In a co mpetitive community, the most superior species elim inates all the inferior species in the long run. Experimen tal results using chemostats also support this theo retical prediction. Thus we have no sound explanation for t he local coexistence of many planktonic species in low nutrient conditions. Here we build a lattice model of ten planktonic species. All ten species are unde r competition for space in a relatively large lattice space. We report a few cases of simulation run. Si mulation shows that, in an ecological time scale, coexistenc e of many species is observed when all species have low identical birth rates. We also show that, when the av rage birth rates are high, the most superior spe cies exclude all the inferior species immediately. Our r esults suggest that competition for space does not fu c ion among species, when the densities of species are ex t mely low. The results of current simulation experiments may be related to the paradox of enrich ment as well as that of plankton.


Gentlemen of the American Pharmaceutical Association: —We feel honored by your presence here today. The significance of the meeting of the representatives of the two great professions or, rather, the two branches of the one great profession of medicine, is well worthy of consideration. Thoughtless men little realize how closely the professions of pharmacy and medicine are bound together, how dependent the one is upon the other, and yet how seldom we come together for our common weal. There is a tendency toward estrangement rather than that cooperation which should exist between the two, and the only way to overcome this estrangement is by coming together and cementing our friendship with united work. The pharmacist is the right hand supporter of the doctor. He is especially fitted for his part of the work, and without his support, the doctor would indeed be in a sorry plight. The perfection of our


The cliff effect is a phenomenon evidenced when the quality of received data drops abruptly when the channel quality falls below a critical point and does not improve once the channel quality surpasses this point. In modern networks (content delivery networks (CDNs), mobile, wireless), when content is transmitted over diverse channels to heterogeneous users, the cliff effect becomes a major impediment. In simultaneous video delivery to multiple users, the users with channel quality below the critical point will receive unwatchable streams, whereas those whose channel quality is well above it will not see any improvement. We propose a multiple description based joint source-channel coding approach to suppress the cliff effect in video delivery, which can be optimized according to a statistical description of the channels, and specific requirements of the application. After introducing the analytical model of the proposed approach, we describe two possible strategies to modify state-of-the-art video codecs. This involves design of a new data processing block based on linear complexity encoding by sparse codes, which is our ongoing work. © 2012 Alcatel-Lucent.


Deep Learning (DL) neural network methods have become a hotspot subject
of research in the remote sensing field. Classification of aerial satellite images depends on spectral
content, which is a challenging topic in remote sensing.

With the aim to accomplish a high performance and accuracy of Egyptsat-1 satellite image
classification, the use of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is raised in this paper because
CNN is considered a leading deep learning method. CNN is developed to classify aerial photographs
into land cover classes such as urban, vegetation, desert, water bodies, soil, roads, etc. In our work, a
comparison between MAXIMUM Likelihood (ML) which represents the traditional supervised classification
methods and CNN method is conducted.

This research finds that CNN outperforms ML by 9%. The convolutional neural network
has better classification result, which reached 92.25% as its average accuracy. Also, the experiments
showed that the convolutional neural network is the most satisfactory and effective classification
method applied to classify Egyptsat-1 satellite images.


Abstract Amphiphilic polystyrene-poly(ethylene glycol) resin-supported chiral imidazoindole phosphines (PS-PEG-L*), (3R,9aS)-2-aryl-3-(2-dialkylphosphino)phenyltetrahydro-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]indol-1-one, bearing PPh2, P(t-Bu)2, and P(c-Hex)2 groups were designed and prepared with a view toward using them in aqueous heterogeneous asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura biaryl coupling. The asymmetric coupling of 2-substituted 1-iodonaphthalenes and 2-substituted naphthalen-1-ylboronic acid took place in water under heterogeneous conditions in the presence of 10 mol% palladium of PS-PEG-L*-Pd complexes to give up to 94% ee of (S)-2,2′-disubstituted 1,1′-binaphthyls.


the 1890s. The haunting lilt of Antigo's Pearl Jacobs Borusky, a "Kentuck" from a singing family, and the Irish-derived woods singing of Rhinelander's emery denoyer are particularly stellar. They may also be heard singing "The Rich old Farmer" and "The Little Brown Bulls," respectively, on Anglo American Ballads (Rounder 1511). Pearl Jacobs Borusky's marriage into an extended Polish family and the acquisition of Irish American performance mannerisms by the French Canadian denoyer hint at the broader linguistic and cultural diversity of vocal styles and songs prevailing in wisconsin in the 1940s. Although we hear none of that diversity on Folk Music from Wisconsin, we are treated to five highly creolized "lumber camp" tunes performed by Iva and otto Rindlisbacher of Rice Lake. The children of Swiss German immigrants, the Rindlisbachers were adept players of Swiss ländlers (alpine couple dances in threefour time), and, by virtue of living amidst norwegian musicians, otto had even mastered the Hardanger fiddle. In 1926, otto, who had also worked in the woods and in sawmills, organized an old Time Fiddlers' Contest that featured lumber camp fiddlers in particular. The Rindlisbachers subsequently formed The wisconsin Lumberjacks to perform in a succession of national Folk Festivals, beginning in 1937. The lumber camp tunes featured on this recording, played mostly on a combination of fiddle and accordion, range from continental round dances, to Franco-Celtic-native American step dances, to a plaintive dirge: "The Swamper's Revenge on the windfall," a fast polka; "Pig Schottische," with playful fiddling onomatopoeically conjuring a grunting porker; "Couderay Jig," a Métis tune with a driving rhythm and asymmetrical phrasing resembling the "Red River Jig" beloved by upper midwestern and Canadian "Indian fiddlers"; "Lumberjack dance Tune," a reel; and "The Pinery Boy," an instrumental version of an upper midwestern adaptation of an english sailor's ballad, rendered in the ornamented manner of an Irish slow air on the "viking cello." Shown as played by Iva Kundert Rindlisbacher on page 15 of the Cd booklet, this "cello" is actually a pitchfork fitted with a wooden sound box and a single bowed string. Although attributed in the notes to an anonymous but inventive lumberjack, this instrument is clearly linked to both the one-stringed psalmodikon of nordic Lutheran hymnodists and the boomba associated with festive preLenten and tavern revelries in regions surrounding the Baltic Sea. examples of the viking cello's "parent" instruments were made and used throughout wisconsin. Thanks to the recent joint efforts of folklorists, ethnomusicologists, and librarians working for the Mills Music Library and the General Library System at the University of wisconsin, those intrigued by both the offerings and omissions of Folk Music from Wisconsin may now visit the web site Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937–1946 (http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/ wiscFolk Song/). In addition to sound files, photographs, information about performers, transcribed texts and tunes, a searchable index, and more for all seven hundred plus StratmanThomas recordings, the site includes earlier performances captured in wisconsin by Sidney Robertson. Considered together, the Rounder reissue and the library web site make wisconsin's remarkably rich and diverse yet seldomacknowledged folk music and song accessible to all.


Background: In this research an analysis technique is develop ed to model orthotropic composite toroids and optimize the fiber layup, accounting fo r the natural variation in thickness due to fiber stacking. The behavior of toroids is difficult to model using membrane shell theories due to a singularity in the strain-displacement relations oc curring at the toroid crest that yields discontinuous displacement results. Method of Approach : A technique is developed here where the constitut ive properties of multilayered toroidal shells are determined using lamina tio theory and the toroid strains and line loads are determined using finite element analysis. The toroid strains are rotated into the fiber directions, allowing the fiber stress and transvers e stress distributions to be determined for each layer. The fiber layup is modified heuristically u ntil an optimum is found. An optimum is reached when the maximum fiber and transverse direc tion stresses of each shell layer are equal, minimizing wasted fibers and excess weight. Results: Test cases are analyzed to verify the accuracy of the inite element model and an example composite toroid with Kevlar/epoxy material properties is optimized. Conclusions : The analysis technique developed here can decreas e the time and cost associated with the development of orthotropic toroidal pressu re vessels, resulting in lighter, cheaper and more optimal structures. The models developed can be expanded to include a steel liner and a broader range of fiber winding patterns.


Denote by ω(n) and Ω(n) the number of distinct prime factors of n and the total number of prime factors of n,respectively.For any positive integer ι,we prove that ∑↑2≤n≤x1/ω(n)=ι↑∑↑κ=0(ι↑∑↑i=κ(-1)^i-κCi^κF^(i-κ)(1)κ!x/(loglogx)^i+1+O(x/(loglogx)^ι+2) ∑↑2≤n≤xΩ(n)/ω(n)=x+ι↑∑↑κ=0ι↑∑↑i=κ∑↑p1/p^κ+2-p^κ+1(-1)^i-κCi^κF^(i-κ)(1)κ!)x/(loglogx)^i+1+O(x/(loglogx)ι+2) where F(z)=1/г(z)pⅡ(1+z/p-1)(1-1/p)^z,and the constant O despends on ι.This improves previous result of R.L.Duncan and Chao Huizhong.


The cationic platinum complex [Pt(η2-C2H4)Cl(tmen)]+1(tmen =N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine) reacted with acridines {3,6-diaminoacridine [proflavine, NC13H7(NH2)2] and 3,6-bis(dimethylamino)-acridine [acridine orange, NC13H7(NMe2)2]} to give platinum species in which the metal is linked to the polycyclic molecule by an ethylene chain. In the case of acridine orange the attack occurs at the endocyclic nitrogen giving the complex [Pt{CH2CH2NC13H7(NMe2)2}Cl(tmen)]+2 which is in equilibrium with the starting species. On the contrary, in the case of proflavine the attack occurs preferentially at the exocyclic aminic groups leading to the formation of [{PtCl(tmen)}2{HNC13H7(NHCH2CH2)2}]+3, which does not dissociate into its constituents. In 3 each NH2 group of the incorporated proflavine molecule has lost a proton, one of them has been taken up by the endocylic nitrogen, the other by an extra molecule of proflavine. Crystals of 2, obtained from a dichloromethane solution, were characterized by X-ray crystallography: space group P21/n, a= 7.700(4), b= 25.446(3), c= 14.858(6)A, β= 99.08(2)° and Z= 4. The refinement converged to R= 0.0572. The co-ordination around platinum is essentially square planar and the co-ordination plane makes an angle of 29.2(4)° with the plane of the acridine moiety. The acridine rings are infinitely stacked in a head-to-tail fashion. The plane-to-plane distance is about 3.5 A and the closest Pt ⋯ Pt distance is 5.178(2)A.


We are also grateful for the additional background on their study that they have provided. We are obviously in agreement about gonioscopy being a crucial part of the ocular examination and that it remains the gold standard for assessment of angle structures. We will first address the very reasonable question that they pose. Intervention in any condition is determined by the natural history of the condition and the benefits and risks of intervention. Primary angle closure suspect (PACS) is not glaucoma, and is not guaranteed to progress to glaucoma. Although we are clearly in favour of its detection, PACS – as defined on gonioscopy – is not really a dangerous or sight-threatening condition: 8% of South Indians 4 and around 6.5% of Mongolians and Singapore Chinese 5 over 40 years of age walk around with it and cataract surgery also deals with it. We know that over 5 years, 22% of those affected (at least on a 180° basis) will admittedly progress, 4 but to what? Increased intraocular pressure (IOP)? Or a peripheral anterior synechia (PAS)? And rates of acute primary angle closure (APAC) in PACS are actually quite low: the risk of APAC in PACS estimated from published incidence data 6 is 0.1% per year overall and 1.0% per year over 60 years of age. That may not be sufficient reason to treat the other 78%. So not all PACS needs a laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI): the need where occludability is shown only on a meridian of an anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) scan is likely to be even less. Should we do LPI based on AS-OCT or wait until gonioscopy shows occludability? Although an LPI is a relatively safe procedure, it is not without potential complications. In the 'First World', a perceived medicolegal imperative to undertake LPI once a narrow angle has been detected is tempered by data and discussions such as this; for the Third World, treatment for all PACS is clearly an impossibility in any case. We would certainly treat primary angle closure (PAC), which requires raised IOP and/or PAS in addition to PACS as demonstrated with a gonioscope. And gonioscopy (as opposed to AS-OCT) at least reveals if PAS – which are more dangerous than just an occludable angle – are present. But based on currently available evidence, we are content to wait and observe on most PACS (using a 180° definition), remembering that


The power base of American research university president can be viewed from the organizational foundation and individual foundation,its "institutionalized power" takes the organizational structure and organizational control as the main power base; and their individual power is based on the principal's knowledge,experience and skills as well as the qualifi cations,character,emotion. How about the performance and achievements of president,whether they can maximize the effectiveness of the president's leadership,and whether they can successfully promote university development,all depend on the institutional environment which president plays power,the recognition for the nature of research universities,as well as the president using power creatively in dealing with specifi c affairs.


The incorporation of collaborative work in the educational field grows day after day, as does the research associated with this topic. One of the most recurring problems faced by teachers who want to employ this learning strategy is the good students' group formation since this task can be complex both conceptually and computationally, especially if the aim is to automate it. Considering that group formation is key when developing activities in collaborative learning scenarios, this article aims to propose a technique based on a genetic algorithm approach for achieving homogeneous groups, considering the students personality traits as grouping criteria, since, the aforementioned traits, have proven to be significantly predictive of academic performance and, in addition, to be associated with variables with a strong influence on academic success, such as intelligence and beliefs of self-efficacy. A controlled experiment was designed with 132 students, quantifying the personality traits through the "Big Five Inventory," forming working groups and developing a collaborative activity in the initial programming courses. The experiment results allowed validation, not only from a computational point of view evaluating the algorithm performance but also from a pedagogical point of view, confronting the results obtained by students: formation based on personality traits versus formation by the students' preference. The highlight of this article is that the homogeneous groups generated by the proposed approach produced better academic results compared to those obtained by groups generated by the students' preference, at the moment of developing a collaborative activity.


Daily hassles are a predictor for the experience of stress and for low life satisfaction in old age. Some activities in old age can cause disappointment, not only because they create additional difficulties, but also because they are a factor for low ability and physical decline. The main objective of this study was to determine the influence and relationship between daily hassles, personality traits as sociotropy and autonomy and life satisfaction. Objects of study were 685; some of them live in care home residents and some live independently in their homes.The average age was 76,83. Using regression analysis it ws shown that people with higher levels of sociotropy are more vulnerable to daily hassles than autonomous ones. Refs 20. Table 1. Fig 1.


Montalivet became the model for Cap d'Agde, on the Mediterranean, which in the 1970s was Europe's best-known destination for sex tourism. Emphasizing the economics of tourism, Harp notes that moral considerations receded as laws against public display of nudity were rarely enforced. Affluent resorts such as Biarritz and Nice, however, never adopted nudism because they could afford not to (209). Late twentieth-century French sites featured amenities including bars and apartments, which Harp calls the 'individualization' (178) of naturism, paralleling the decline in non-nudist group vacationing in colonies de vacances and the Touring Club de France (the latter closed in 1983). Social class distinctions that earlier naturists had sought to overcome became more openly expressed. Sexualized tourism fostered by changes in social attitudes after 1968 and tolerated by the local administration characterized Cap d'Agde, a centre for 'swingers' during the 1990s (191). Following Foucault, Harp shows that the discourse of recent sexual liberation masks a more complex reality. Despite arguments that increased sexualized tourism represented an 'uncontrolled ''liberation''' of the nude body, in reality, one set of rules replaced another. Cap d'Agde was carefully divided into sections for families, swingers and gays. Elaborate signs and rituals including hand gestures, the positioning of legs, and looks conveyed rules that were as restrictive in their own ways as those they replaced (208). In conclusion, Naturism, Nudism, and Tourism in Twentieth-Century France opens an invaluable window into the larger history of tourism and popular culture in twentieth-century France and Europe.


The immune status of athletes is closely related to nutrition, nutrients can affect almost all aspects of the immune system. In training, the athletes train for some purpose, often with some changes in the diet, such as high-protein diets, high-sugar diet, high fat diet, low-calorie diet, which can cause protein-energy malnutrition and immune damage, thus energy substances exacerbate exercise stress caused by the depletion of stress hormones rise, strengthen the immune response and decreased exercise capacity. In this paper, the skin is rich in glutamic acid as the main raw milk, add sugar, milk skin on the body's endocrine response after exercise showed beneficial anabolic effect. Movement skin supplement milk sugar, can promote anabolic hormone after exercise significant rise InS high, stimulating hormone ACTH decomposition decreased, while in motion and stress hormone levels did not increase after exercise, suggesting movement skin supplement milk sugar, it is conducive to the body's anabolic conducive to recovery after exercise, and there is no additional stress hormone response to exercise.


An increased demand has been placed on construction projects to be more accountable to their clients with measure to the company services and outputs. This demand is because of innumerable antecedent factors repelling risk management in construction projects. However, finishing the projects is not only the concern of the industries but also managing the risks involved with the projects. This paper investigated the effects of organizational structure and internal factors on the risk management among G7 contractors in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is threefold: (i) to propose an inclusive research model which comprises of the antecedent factors proposed in the model to improve effective risk management in Malaysia construction industries (ii) to serve as a validation process for the developed instrument of the on-going research with the identified constructs of the study (iii) to show the preliminary analysis and the results. A pilot study was conducted, data was collected and a total of thirty (30) respondents' responses were analysed using a questionnaire of eighty-one items. This was conducted to access and validate how reliable the analytical tools (i.e PLS-SEM model) used in the survey were. The results obtained indicated that the reliability of the measurement model and the ensuing data for pilot study suggested a veritable evidence of their validity.


High accuracy and ever-increasing computing power have made deep neural networks (DNNs) the algorithm of choice for various machine learning, computer vision, and image processing applications across the computing spectrum. To this end, Google developed the tensor processing unit (TPU) to accelerate the computationally intensive matrix multiplication operation of a DNN on its systolic array architecture. Faults manifested in the datapath of such a systolic array due to latent manufacturing defects or single-event effects may lead to functional safety (FuSa) violation. Although DNNs are known to resist minor perturbations with their inherent fault-tolerant characteristics, we show that the classification accuracy of the model plummets from 97.4% to 7.75% with a minimal fault rate of 0.0003% in the accelerator, implying catastrophic circumstances when deployed across mission-critical systems. Hence, to ensure FuSa of such accelerators, this article provides an extensive FuSa assessment of the accelerator exposed to faults in the datapath, by varying the network parameters, position, and characteristics of the induced error across multiple exhaustive data sets. Furthermore, we propose two novel strategies to obtain a diminutive set of functional test patterns to detect FuSa violation in a DNN accelerator. Our experimental results demonstrate that the obtained test sets can achieve an average of 92.63% (in some cases, up to 100%) fault coverage with cardinality as low as 0.1% of the entire test data set.


With the rapid development of rural economy and the gradual improvement of urbanization level in China, the living standard of rural villagers in China has risen substantially, and their consumption capacity has increased day by day. At the same time, the total amount of rural garbage production in China is also increasing. In 2017, the amount of rural garbage production in China increased to 5.09 billion tons, but the harmless treatment rate of domestic garbage in established towns and townships is only 51.17% and 23.62% respectively. The increasing amount of rubbish in rural areas and its unscientific disposal methods have a certain negative impact on the ecological environment. Institutional engineering introduces the design method and analysis method of engineering organizational system, and puts the system into mathematical model and structure, so that the system maker can design and analyse organizational system in a more rational and quantitative way. Based on the theory and method of institutional engineering, this paper analyses the status quo of rural garbage classification in China from four aspects including behavioral resources, behavioral rewards, behavioral costs and observation intensity, and puts forward improvement suggestions, so as to promote the effectiveness of rural garbage classification, improve ecological environment and promote resource conservation.


Silicate self-assembly and zeolite beta crystallization in the presence of 4,4′-trimethylenebis(N-methyl, N-benzyl piperidinium) (TMP2+) structure directing agent were studied using a combination of 29Si and 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), small angle scattering (SAS), and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR/FTIR) spectroscopy. Crystallization of nanosized siliceous TMP2+ zeolite beta proceeds along three populations of particles (i.e., primary, secondary, and tertiary), differing in size and internal structure similar to crystallization of aluminum containing zeolite beta with tetraethylammonium (TEA+) as structure directing agent. Aluminosilicate TMP2+ zeolite beta, however, crystallizes along a very unique pathway, wherein secondary particles are final partially crystalline colloidally stable zeolite beta. TMP2+ zeolite beta crystallizes quickly when compared to TEA+ zeolite beta, which takes nearly a hundred hours to crystallize under similar synthesis conditions.


SoPC is the trend of the embedded system design development.FPGA-based SoPC not only has the portability and efficiency,but also a greater level of architecture to increase its flexibility.On this basis,a FPGA-based SoPC is presented to implement an embed empirical formula discovery systems through MicroBlaze processor soft IP core configuration and hardware platform interface design structures,then the uClinux embedded operating system and FDD algorithm are transplanted,finally the FDD FPGA-based embedded system is realized.


A comparison of the performances was made between crown vetch(Coronilla varia cv.'Lvbaoshi') and the erected Crown vetch strain selected and bred from the former.The results showed that the erected strain had a longer green-time and plant height.The growth speed was faster than Lvbaoshi.No significant difference was found between the stem-leaf ratio and the fresh-dry ratio.The erected strain had more reasonable spatial distribution of biomass(b=1.007 9) than that in Lvbaoshi(b=0.180 2).


Abstract We measured 305 absolute line intensities in the ν1+ν3(Σ+u)–0(Σ+g) band of 12C2H2 and 13C12CH2 and the ν1+ν2+(ν14+ν−15)0(Σ+u)–0(Σ+g), ν1+ν3+ν14(Πg)–ν14(Πg), and ν1+ν3+ν51(Πu)–ν51(Πu) bands of the main isotopomer, all observed near 1.5 μm. The absolute intensity of these bands are respectively 6.4882 (34), 0.12337 (10), 0.083746 (71), 0.58771 (28), and 0.32126 (11) cm−2 atm−1 at 296 K. In addition, we also determined Herman–Wallis factors for the first time in this spectral region.


K-means algorithm is a standard unsupervised clustering technique that helps in successful termination of problem in relatively efficient manner. Though K-means is simple and easy to implement, it fails to find the most optimal configuration as the initialization of clusters at the beginning is difficult and sensitive to cluster centers. To improve the efficiency of K-means, Evolutionary Algorithm, like Genetic Algorithm is used for solving local optima obtained from the former. The algorithm EKMGA is proposed in this paper, which finds the fittest value of the chromosome at the minimum number of generation with K-means selection of clusters. The algorithm EKMGA is tested using two different cancer datasets that were taken from UCI repository. The implementation is done using Java code and Weka tool.


Abstract : Studies were performed to clarify the influence of various factors which might be involved in vascular regulation. Topical application of lidocain and treatment with reserpine effectively blocked, while denervation of brown fat, syrosingopine and atropine were ineffective to prevent the blood flow increase in response to cold exposure. The blood flow in brown fat is likely to be regulated by multiple factors. In vitro experiments were carried out in order to elucidate the mechanism involved in the thermogenesis of adipose tissues. High level of serotonin was demonstrated in the brown fat. The content was not affected by cold exposure and norepinephrine. Monoamine oxidase activity of the brown fat was elevated by chronic cold exposure, but not by acute exposure. Catecholamines are of primary importance in the regulation of active thermogenesis in brown fat, while serotonin is likely to play a rather subsidiary role in the presence of catecholamine. (Author)


Those fishery law enforcement organizations' administerial authorities upon fishery contamination accident should be stated or authorized by laws regulations. In practice, however, not only ordinary people but also certain authorities including fishery law enforcement organizations are not certain about such administerial authorities mentioned above. This essay firstly introduces and analyzes the conception of fishery damage accident including three affiliated conceptions, such as fishery accident, fishery contamination accident and fishery water contamination accident. Then the author analyzes corresponding laws regulations and some cases and at last he definitely points out that those who cause fishery contamination accident damages should be investigated and punished by the fishery supervisor.


Abstract: In recent years, learning management systems (LMS) have become very popular in almost all traditional universities, generating a new learning strategy approach, mixing elements from both traditional and online learning: the blended learning or b-learning. How these new environments influence teaching activities and learning processes are the main topic of this paper. References about this subject are also analyzed, enriching them with the expertise and opinion of authors and other teachers. Finally, the students' point of view is presented, through the results of a survey of Polytechnic School students at Universidad Europea de Madrid.


Objective To investigate the characteristics of cerebral angiography in the diagnosis of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage(SAH).Methods The data of 94 patients with SAH confirmed by head CT were analyzed.All the patients underwent digital substraction angiography(DSA)of whole cerebral vessels.The data of 94 patients with SAH were retrospectively reviewed for clinical symptoms,hunt-hess scale,cerebral angiography and complications.Results Acute headache and vomit were the early important clinical manifestations in patients with SAH.The abnormal vessels existed in 54.2% of the total cases.The major etiology of SAH was identified as intracranialaneurysm.Conclusion The intracranial aneurysms is the most common cause for SAH.The cerebral angiography can make accurate diagnosis of the intracranial aneurysm to anatomic position,appearance and size,which is chief instrument to confirm the cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage.DSA is an accurate and safe method to evaluate SAH.


Abstract MWCNTs (Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes) are nanomaterials that can enter the soil through various sources. Our understanding of the effects of MWCNT on plant growth is not yet complete and needs to be further studied. In this study, the possible effects of MWCNTs (0, 50 μg/ml, 200 μg/ml) on the growth, physiological, and phytochemical performance of Mentha piperita plants under 50, 100, and 200 mM NaCl stress in greenhouse conditions were investigated. Changes in the essential oil of M. piperita were analyzed by GC. The most physiological and photosynthesis characteristics of M. piperita seedlings were negatively affected when plants were grown at different concentrations of NaCl. With increasing the salt concentration to 200 mM, a significant decrease was observed in the fresh and dry weight of the plant and the number of plant branches. The presence of both doses of MWCNTs significantly enhanced relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll content, growth indices, and essential oil percentage. Also, the plants treated with both MWCNTs and NaCl showed higher antioxidant enzyme activities such as superoxide catalase and peroxidase content under salinity stress. Among the different concentrations of carbon nanotubes, 200 μg/ml has a potential effect on physiological and biochemical parameters in plants under salinity stress. It is proposed that MWCNTs can significantly improve growth and salt tolerance in M. piperita plants by promoting water uptake, antioxidant enzyme activity, and photosynthesis performance. It can be concluded that MWCNTs improved the stress condition for the plant and reduced the plant's metabolic response to stress.


Five patients with malignant melanoma of the extremities experienced tumor regression while being treated with intravenous actinomycin D. Each had responded to a prior isolated perfusion with actinomycin D with transient tumor regression and drug toxicity in the perfused limb. Three patients are free of demonstrable melanoma for more than 4 1/2 years. These patients exhibited intense delayed skin hypersensitivity to test antigens; however, patients with melanoma exhibited a greater sensitivity to these antigens than did patients with carcinoma. Two other patients died of metastases to the brain without recurrent melanoma elsewhere. Five other patients similarly treated did not respond with tumor regression. No similar regression of melanoma has been observed in 23 patients treated with actinomycin D alone or among 101 other patients treated with 18 other chemotherapeutic agents.


Amoeba were injected with saturated aqueous and alcoholic (95%) solutions of picric acid. When an aqueous solution is injected in amounts equal to half the volume of the amoeba, no toxic effects can be seen. The amoeba is diffusely colored yellow, the intensity of color depending on the amount injected. If the injection be made so as to produce an injury at the point of insertion of the pipette, a local coagulation results. This coagulated portion is extruded by the amoeba, which then resumes normal activity and appearance, except for the yellow coloration. When a saturated alcoholic solution is injected, there is a tendency for coagulation to occur. Unless an enormous amount is injected, the coagulated portion is localized, and is always extruded. The yellow colored amoeba then recovers completely. Hiller 1 has shown that an injection of small quantities of alcohol in concentrations above 80% will cause a local reversible coagulation. The picric acid dissolved in the alcohol apparently makes this conoagulation irreversible. These experiments indicate that picric acid solutions which definitely coagulate proteins in the test tube, have no such action on the interior of the living amoeba. However, if there is a local injury, the picric acid will act on the injured cytoplasm, resulting in coagulation. In contrast to the non-toxicity to the internal healthy cytoplasm is the extreme toxicity of the picric acid when applied to the surface.


The assessment of the power efficiency realized in the current of heat supply system of technology of regulation of loading of the hot water supply system, considering unevenness consumption of hot water is executed. For the purpose of definition the applicability boundary of realized technology comparative analysis of indicators of the effectiveness of its work within the possible range of the parameters of regulations. Developed a software application "The calculation of the total economy of fuel and energy resources in the hot water supply system when you change of the parameters of regulations", which allows on the basis of multivariate calculations analyses of their results, to choose the optimum mode of operation heat supply system and to assess the effectiveness of load regulation in the hot water supply system.


Effects of cigarette smoke (CS) on eosinophils (EOS), important cells involved in the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases such as asthma, were studied in vitro. EOS were isolated from healthy and mildly atopic donors and exposed to soluble components of cigarette smoke (CSE). Viability and apoptosis were assessed by flow cytometry after staining with propidium iodide and Annexin-V. Activation was determined by release of newly-synthesized (IL-8, IL-6) mediators and by phosphorylation of MAPKs. CSE effects on ultrastructural morphology and production of neutrophil chemotactic factors in CSE-activated EOS were also evaluated. CSE concentrations from 0-2.5% were non-toxic for up to 18-24 hours of exposure. However, CSE at 2.5% activated EOS as evidenced by ultrastructural degranulation: release of IL-8 and IL-6, and increased expression of the MAPK, c-Jun. Supernatants from CSE-activated EOS were found to be significantly chemotactic for neutrophils. These results suggest that CS may aggravate lung inflammation by activating EOS which, in turn, release inflammatory mediators promoting inflammatory cell recruitment and lung remodeling.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between the contents of History and Science and Physical Education (PE) at school. Therefore, an effort was made to set principles to establish the sequence of contents for the 6t h to 9t h grades, and at the same time assuring the integration of PE to the school's political pedagogical proposal. The results demonstrate that those documents present a set of knowledge that offers possibilities to systematize the PE contents at school and show that the participation of PE teachers and their knowledge about books adopted is essential to build the political pedagogical proposal. Moreover, teachers from other disciplines should be aware of Physical Education specific knowledge and its value to school projects. This approach could lead to reflections on how to organize the contents while taking advantage of this work.


Covalent binding of acetylcholinesterase to water-soluble copolymers of acrylamide and acrylic acid was studied. It was found that, in contrast to radical copolymerization of the double-bond containing enzyme derivative, using Woodward's reagent as the condensing agent preserves the enzymatic activity of polymer-immobilized acetylcholinesterase


Abstract : As the telemetry community transitions into C-band with an ever increasing number of simultaneous targets on the range, there is a strong desire to track multiple targets from a single asset in all three telemetry bands. Through the AirPA program, Raytheon has developed a tri-band, multi-target telemetry reception system which is capable of tracking targets in azimuth and elevation. During the AirPA Phase 3 test event in September 2014, the element level digital beamforming phased array was successfully demonstrated at Edwards Air Force Base in L-band, S-band, and C-band at a technology readiness level of 6. The system tracked both ground and air mobile transmitters using ARTM Tier 0 and Tier 1 modulation techniques. A total of twelve simultaneous tracking beams were demonstrated across all three telemetry bands. This paper will discuss the results of the demonstration, as well as several possible paths forward for the technology.


In terms of baseline correction and high frequency filter,one of the Kobe earthquake records of Japan was selected as the actual seismic input for numerical simulating the damage evolution and distribution of large underground cavern group of some hydraulic power station in southwest China by software FLAC3D. The results show that the damage zone extends deeply from the sidewall's middle of main power building,main transformer chamber and tailrace surge chamber as the acceleration increases. The damage zones occur basically in the sidewall and top of main power building and tailrace surge chamber,and in the sidewall and bottom of main transformer chamber.The damage zone extends gradually with acceleration,and reaches the maximum area soon after the acceleration peak,and then keeps unchanged thereafter.


The process is described by which stigmasterin is reduced to unsaturated oxy-ketone C21 H32 02 to produce a substance similar to the corpus luteum hormone. Stigmasterin is reduced to oxy-bisnor-cholic acid. This substance is then reduced to C34 H42 0 with phenyl-magnesium bromide. C34 H42 0 is then reduced to C21 H32 02.


Sorption heat storage system performance heavily depends on the operating temperature. It is found that testing temperatures reported in literature vary widely. In respect to the building application for space heating, reported testing temperatures are often outside of application scope and at times even incomplete. This has led to application performance overestimation and prevents sound comparison between reports. This issue is addressed in this paper and a remedy pursued by proposing a static temperature and vapor pressure-based testing guideline for building-integrated sorption heat storage systems. By following this guideline, comparable testing results in respect to temperature gain, power and energy density will be possible, in turn providing a measure for evaluation of progress.


The social institutions and mechanisms of ideological mobilization of the population within the defensive doctrine aimed at the strengthening of centralization and the formation of totalitarian regime in the country are considered on the example of the Buryat-Mongolia in the 30s of the twentieth century.


A working hypothesis of salt-ridge, salt-dome formation in the Louisiana Tertiary was formulated in 1957 to explain the observed phenomena along the Caillou Island, Timbalier Bay, Bay Marchand, West Delta Block 30, Venice, and Delta Duck trend: (1) regional down-to-the-north faults of very large stratigraphic throw on the southerly sectors of the domes; (2) a salt, deep-water facies shale ridge connecting Caillou Island, Timbalier Bay, and Bay Marchand at depth; (3) shallow occurrence of older deep-water shales beneath a condensed section on the upthrown sides of down-to-the-north faults; and (4) thick "normal" facies sections on the north flanks of the domes. Application of results of seismic, bathymetric, and core data from the Gulf of Mexico continental slope gathered and interpreted by Lamont-Texas A&M and Shell groups shows that these phenomena are the results of wavelike salt ridge formation basinward from a prograding shelf edge due to differential loading. Such ridges are present on the continental slope and the major down-to-the-north fault planes are postulated to coincide with the northern faces. The salt ridge grows asymmetrically in cross section, lifting the thinly covered upthrown block and allowing a thicker ponding of sediments on the landward downthrown block. Deep-water shales covering the early ridge roots join the diapiric action of the salt and are confined to the upthrown block until the salt breaks upward through the northward-dipping fault plane. As the salt is further buried by the prograding shelf sediments, it may leave the linear control of the fault and form individual domes with the commonly recognized pattern of shallow salt dome faulting and oil and gas accumulation. End_of_Article - Last_Page 356------------


This report highlights the importance of a more cautious approach in a patient with a history of implanted cardiac leads presenting with chest pain or dyspnea, to prevent overlooking cardiac lead perforations especially in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which seems to be not absolutely protective.


In the aftermath of Chernobyl, major initiatives were undertaken in the area of nuclear safety. However, such initiatives do no take into full consideration the potential consequences resulting from acts of radiological sabotage. Two approaches for assessing the potential consequences of radiological releases due to sabotage are discussed. First, where qualitative assessments can be made by analysts knowledgeable of the facility and its operations, criteria for ranking the facility are described. Second, in cases where more specific information is required, quantitative criteria are suggested.


On the good foundation built by the University College of Dar es Salaam, which was a constituent part of the University of East Africa, we are now embarking upon our independent existence as a University. This is therefore an occasion for rejoicing. It is also an occasion which calls for re-dedication and renewed endeavour by all those involved. For it is now our responsibility to shape this institution so that it gives the maximum service to the people of Tanzania and their socialist objectives.


Explainable machine learning (ML) enables human learning from ML, human appeal of automated model decisions, regulatory compliance, and white-hat hacking and forensic analysis of ML models. Explainable ML (i.e. explainable artificial intelligence or XAI) has been implemented in numerous open source and commercial packages and explainable ML is also an important, mandatory, or embedded aspect of commercial predictive modeling in industries like financial services. However, like many technologies, explainable ML can be misused, particularly as a faulty safeguard for harmful black-boxes, e.g. fairwashing, and for other malevolent purposes like model stealing [1], [31], [34]. This text presents several definitions, examples, and qualifications in Section 2 before covering the details of responsible and human-centered use guidelines in Sections 3.1 – 3.4. This text concludes in Section 4 with the seemingly natural argument for a holistic approach to ML that includes interpretable (i.e. white-box ) models along with explanatory, debugging, and disparate impact analysis techniques for any ML system that impacts humans.


A 4th-order continuous-time band-pass filter for wireless receivers is here presented. The filter is composed by the cascade of two active RC cells. The overall pass-band (32dB) gain is distributed for each cell in order to minimize the power consumption. The operating point issues due to the low VDD/VTH ratio - a value of 2 is typical in CMOS 65nm technologies and down - have been solved by adding a proper bias circuit to the filter. The f@-3dB deviation due to the technological spread, aging and temperature in active RC circuits is adjusted by using variable capacitor with 4 bits of resolution. The device in 65nm CMOS technology consumes 1.3mW from a single 1.2V supply voltage, features −10dBm-IIP3 and 1.6mVrms output integrated noise over the pass-band − 300kHz÷8MHz.


The invention relates to the field of pile foundation project in building construction, and particularly relates to a tubular pile construction method applicable to penetrating a hard layer. The tubular pile construction method comprises the following steps: S1, pressing tubular piles in soil foundation; S2, stopping pressing the tubular piles upon contacting with a hard layer; S3, drilling out the hard layer to a soft layer by a drilling head; S4, grouting holes formed by a drilling head in the hard layer and the soft layer; S5, pressing the tubular piles further to the projected depth when grout hardened. The tubular pile construction method has the advantages that the tubular pile construction method is optimized, the difficulty of tubular pile construction for penetrating a hard layer is reduced, and the working efficiency and quality of tubular pile construction for penetrating the hard layer are improved, thereby being applicable to the tubular pile construction with the need for penetrating a hard layer.


A review of the recent benchmark efforts since the First Symposium on Solution Methods for Radiative Heat Transfer in Participating Media is presented. The Symposium was first held at 1992 28th National Heat Transfer Conference and then at 1994 6th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference. Also presented is the continuing effort to improve the solution accuracy of the YIX method for benchmarking. The latest work is focused on multi-dimensional, gray, and nonhomogeneous participating media. Three higher order interpolation schemes, i.e., piecewise linear, tri-linear, and tri-quadratic, are presented to improve solution accuracy in generating benchmarks with YIX method. Detail and systematic error analyses indicate that superconvergence exists for these interpolations. Significant saving in computational time and memory can be achieved with high order interpolation. This has important implications when coupling the RTE calculations with flow codes. Alongside the interpolation error, the integration errors of the YIX method, which include distance and angular quadratures, are also examined. The use of discrete ordinates sets in the angular quadrature is studied rigorously and compared with the use of Simpson rule. The use of high order distance quadrature is discussed. The main intent of these results is to provide a verified set of solutions which can be useful as benchmarks when developing other methods. NOMENCLATURE Cm function space where a function and its partial derivatives of order less than or equal to m are continuous within the definition domain e blackbody emissive power of the medium [W/m2] h grid spacing K kernel function of the radiation transport integral equations L characteristic length of the geometry [m] N order of the discrete ordinates (S-N) set Nw number of angular quadrature points n unit surface normal vector q radiative heat flux vector [W/m2] q (surface) radiative heat flux [W/m2] r position vector, (x, y, z) β coefficient of the linear anisotropic scattering phase function κ extinction coefficient [m-1] τ optical thickness, κL Φ scattering phase function Ω computational domain ω direction vector Subscripts g volume quantity s surface quantity x, y, z coordinate axes Superscript ' in-scattering direction, dummy argument


Silviculture, as an integrative discipline, must combine management skills with scientific and technical knowledge in the management of forests and woodlands. While traditionally, silviculturists worked in fine resolution landscapes, today's practitioner must look at encompassing both larger geographic areas (adjacent stands, watersheds, regions, subregions) and wider objectives (trees as well as wildlife, commodities, recreation, sustainability, biological diversity, air quality, and ecosystem resilience). The 12 papers in this proceedings explore the past, present, and desired future of silviculture's role and practice. Examination of disturbance ecology in ecosystem management includes natural and induced disturbances, and management options. Discussion of desired future conditions includes the importance of understanding the connection between ecological values and social values, as well as historic reference conditions as they relate to creating forest plans. A section on inventory, monitoring, and adaptive management looks at multiresource and multiscale data assessments and temporal continuity; included are design alternatives and a discussion of how to adapt silvicultural prescriptions. Case studies throughout the proceedings help the reader understand the practical applications, the successes, and the need for further work.


The major objective of this study was the application of help-seeking models to the study of radio psychology. A total of 443 subjects was divided into two research groups, non-listeners (n = 246) and listeners (n = 197) to at least one of two Israeli radio counselling programmes dealing with parent-child and interpersonal relationships. Through telephone interviews the subjects' responses to the instruments designed specifically for this type of study were reported: listening motivations, attitudes towards psychological help and reasons for non-listening. The results revealed that while listeners do not necessarily perceive themselves as help-seekers they, as well as the non-listeners, attributed listening to the motivations of curiosity, comparison with others and attaining psychological knowledge. The results suggested that listening to radio psychology programmes is a means of facilitating the earlier stages of the help-seeking process.


The techniques for analyzing an axially symmetric or two-dimensional electrode system with an emitting surface have been studied with a computer program. The program is very easy to use and performs in one pass the steps which have usually previously been followed on analog and digital devices separately. The program alternately solves Poisson's equation by a relaxation technique, traces trajectories, recomputes the space-charge distribution and again performs a relaxation process. This procedure continues until satisfactory convergence has been achieved. The ease of use of the computer program has allowed the investigation of different methods of speeding up the convergence. The results are illustrated with two specific examples.


This research is meant to analyze the influence of financial performance and dividend policy of the company to the reaction of investors. The population of this research is automotive and component companies which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2010-2014, it has been retrieved by using purposive sampling and based on the determination criteria, and the samples are 8 companies with the 40 firm years which have met the criteria. The data analysis method has been done by using multiple regressions analysis.Based on the result of multiple regressions analysis, it shows that the financial performance and dividend share has an influence to the reaction of investors. Based on the result of R test, it shows that financial performance and dividend policy variables are feasible to explain the variable of the reaction of the investor reaction is 39.6%. Based on the result of F test with the significance level is 5%, so the result of the research shows that financial performance (return on investment (ROI), debt to equity ratio (DER), earning per share (EPS), and dividend policy (DPR) have influence to the reaction of the investor (abnormal return), so that it is feasible to use t test. The result of hypothesis test shows that return on investment (ROI) has positive influence to the reaction of the investor, debt to equity ratio (DER) has positive influence to the reaction of the investor, earning per share (EPS) has positive influence to the reaction of the investor, and dividend policy (DPR) has positive influence to the reaction of the investor. Keywords: financial performance, dividend policy, the reaction of investors.


Specific light is defined as light from artifical or altered natural sources. The use and manipulation of light in three dimensional sculptural work is discussed in an historic and contemporary context. The author's work with metal arc light sources is presented and documented with developmental drawings and photographs. The use of light sources in space to define volume and mass is seen as the natural development of artificial light as a viable material in art. Thesis Supervisor: Otto Piene Title: Professor of Visual Design


The topic group work carries over from the last column, which focused on classroom management strategies for large writing classes. Unlike the material presented there, which addressed logistical concerns, group work follows a specified pedagogical framework from which certain logistical matters follow. Due to its complexity, the topic receives singular attention here, and while a good portion of this piece focuses on the writing classroom, the material presented is applicable to all disciplines and skill areas. Given the blend of pedagogy and logistics, group work encompasses complexities for implementation that straightforward classroom management strategies do not. Common questions capture the nature of this complexity. These focus on a range of elements-group size, forming groups, getting groups started and monitoring their work, handling problems with participation or groups going offtopic, accounting for group work in course grades, and the frequency of group meetings. Additional concerns include the role of faculty and reduced time for direct instruction. These areas of concern point to issues about implementation rather than weak points or limitations in the pedagogy itself. Consistently, in both research and practice, we learn the benefits of having students learn through one another. The advantages reach to skills and personal development, acquisition of content, orientation to diversity, and other plusses that capture the true essence of the education of individuals. A belief about the benefits of group work does not make incorporating it in the classroom automatic or easy, though. The aforementioned questions manifest the dynamics of group work that faculty members themselves must organize when preparing to get group work underway. Challenging their efforts is the reality of the classroom experience. Group work will vary from class to class in relation to the student body, the setting, and resulting dynamics. Accordingly, incorporating group work in class is best understood through multiple examples and models. This column opens the topic for readers' reflection by presenting illustrations in two settings: (1) a literature course in which the development of critical thinking skills is emphasized and (2) a first-year composition course delivered in formats for both atlevel and developmental students. The former describes a two-step methodology for introducing group work and stresses the link between group work and instruction; the latter describes an instructor's work to make group activity an integral part of the course for an entire semester. Group Work in Two Different Settings Dr. Mia Zamora provides an orientation to the topic by describing group work in her literature class. In the literature classroom, I often utilize organized group work as a productive means to foster the development of my student's critical thinking skills. It is particularly effective in courses with non-English majors, such as the General Education core literature course I teach. Since I engage a "captive" audience in this required course, I have particular goals in mind regarding student outcomes. Fundamentally, I strive for each student to become a more critical thinker. As both critical thinking skills and close reading skills are the foundations of any good education, they are not only a necessary key to analyzing literature and fiction, but the cornerstones of all analytical thinking as well. I often stress to my students that non-critical readers limit their knowledge by memorizing statements within a text. A non-critical reader reads for information. In contrast, a critical reader reads for something beyond information-a critical reader reads to understand, to capture meaning. My students seem to grasp this elusive yet crucial distinction regarding knowledge by the end of our course together. They understand that critical readers/thinkers come to discern textual meaning by understanding a text's tone and persuasive elements, apprehending the subtly of language, and actively engaging interpretative possibilities. …


Concern about mercury emissions and their control has increased over the past several years in Canada and the United States. Mercury and most of its chemical compounds are volatile. Its different forms, whether elemental or oxidized in various chemical compounds, affect the control of its emission and transport in the environment. At this stage, only limited information on mercury in raw materials and fuels used in the portland cement industry has been identified in the literature. This paper provides an overview of the cement manufacturing process, how mercury enters and exits the pyroprocessing system, and a review of the data available on mercury in kiln systems. The differences between cement kilns and other emitters of mercury will also be presented.


The authors report on an analysis of conditions on the boundary between layers having varied electromagnetic properties. The research is performed using consistent theoretical derivation of analytical formulas, and the underlying problem is considered also in view of multiple boundaries.The paper includes a theoretical analysis and references to the generated algorithms. The main algorithm was assembled to enable simple evaluation of all components of the electromagnetic field in relation to the speed of the wave propagation in a heterogeneous environment. The proposed algorithms are compared by means of different numerical methods via the wave equation in the ANSYS; moreover, electromagnetic field components in common points of the model are also subject to comparison. This analytical solution includes the time-dependent propagation of electromagnetic waves in a heterogeneous medium and evaluates the distribution of the electromagnetic field on the surfaces of the boundaries at certain moments of time. When in conjunction with tools facilitating the analysis of material response to the source of a continuous signal, the algorithms constitute a supplementary instrument for the design of a layered material. Advantageously, the presented analysis allows us to acquire an accurate solution of the response of an electromagnetic field to very short pulses and transient or continuous exciting electromagnetic sources.


The effects of the processing technology and formulation on the structure and properties of crosslinked PE were studied by peroxide crosslinking.The effect of peroxide proportion on gel fraction of crosslinked PE and the relationship between gel fraction and the mechanical properties of the compound were investigated.The results showed that the mechanical properties and heat resistance of peroxide crosslinked PE raised substantially. With the increasing of the concentration of DCP,gel fraction and tensile strength increased,but elongation at break lowered.When carbon black was blended in,the tensile strength increased and elongation at break lowered.ZnO in advantageous to crosslinking reaction and tensile strength.Antioxidant 1010 can restrain oxygenolysis and improve heating ageing property.


Over complex numbers, the Fourier-Mukai partners of abelian varieties are well-understood. A celebrated result is Orlov's derived Torelli theorem. In this note, we study the FM-partners of abelian varieties in positive characteristic. We notice that, in odd characteristics, two abelian varieties of odd dimension are derived equivalent if their associated Kummer stacks are derived equivalent, which is Krug and Sosna's result over complex numbers. For abelian surfaces in odd characteristic, we show that two abelian surfaces are derived equivalent if and only if their associated Kummer surfaces are isomorphic. This extends the result [doi:10.1215/s0012-7094-03-12036-0] to odd characteristic fields, which solved a classical problem originally from Shioda. Furthermore, we establish the derived Torelli theorem for supersingular abelian varieties and apply it to characterize the quasi-liftable birational models of supersingular generalized Kummer varieties.


: Adverse drug reactions are serious unintended effects from drug usage. It affects millions of people worldwide each year, resulting in numerous deaths and hospitalizations. Because millions of people are affected, it would be beneficial to know the frequent cases so health care practitioners can use more caution when prescribing drugs to patients. In this paper, I present a clustering model that identifies the significant groups of patients with adverse drug reactions. Clustering model is an unsupervised machine model that finds the best number of groups or classes for the instances in the data set. Using the clustering approach, I find that the optimal number of groups of patients in the data is five, meaning that there are five groups that can be identified from the data. Knowing this, when health care practitioners prescribe drugs for treatment, they would be more knowledgeable about the kinds of patients that belong to a certain group of frequent cases and use more caution to avoid high risk prescriptions.


After the boom of Japaness major in vocational colleges,there comes a period when the disadvantages in the major construction gradually expose due to the reduction in both prospective students and market demand.These colleges must face the difficuties,transform their concepts,and actively explore new modes for the major so as to promote the major′s statues in the higher vocational education and cultivate more eligible,highly qualified and practical graduates.


Inverters for induction heating have been applied in surface-heat-processing of metal parts and metal melt-ing.For the small parts surface-heat-processing,both the frequency and power of the inverter should be high enough.An in-verter consist of high-speed MOSFETS is introduced.The frequency and power are 1MHz/ 5kW respectively.A high-speed PLL MM74HC4046 is used for power control.The experimental results improve the design.


This invention relates to a coating composition intended for protecting plastic windows, more particularly for lighting and signaling devices for motor vehicles. It comprises a crosslinked polyurethane polyurea obtained by reacting an excess of triisocyanate on a polyesterpolyol and / or polyetherpolyol.


Quantum channel identification, a standard problem in quantum metrology, is the task of estimating parameter(s) of a quantum channel. We investigate dissonance (quantum discord in the absence of entanglement) as an aid to quantum channel identification and find evidence for dissonance as a resource for quantum information processing. We consider the specific case of dissonant Bell-diagonal probes of the qubit depolarizing channel, using quantum Fisher information as a measure of statistical information extracted by the probe. In this setting dissonant quantum probes yield more statistical information about the depolarizing probability than do corresponding probes without dissonance and greater dissonance yields greater information. This effect only operates consistently when we control for classical correlation between the probe and its ancilla and the joint and marginal purities of the ancilla and probe.


ABSTRACT The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) is a managed migration programme that aims to fill labour shortages in Canada's agricultural industry with Black and Brown workers from the global South. For decades, migrant workers, scholars, and advocate groups have called for fundamental changes to address power imbalances produced by the design of the SAWP. The continued operation of the SAWP during the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the underlying structural violence that migrant labourers experience. Analysing the SAWP as a case study in how globalised labour processes dehumanise and make workers disposable, we argue that it is one component in a web of social and structural factors rooted in colonialism and racial capitalism, constituting the structural determinants of death. Whereas the structural determinants of health point to health 'inequities' and 'disparities', we advance the concept of structural determinants of death to politicise the numerous and multidimensional forms of violence embedded within state policy and to shed light on their beneficiaries. In doing so, we detail how policies can diminish the agency necessary to avoid death in deadly conditions and, specifically, draw attention to the preventable suffering and death perpetuated by the SAWP.


Experimental and theoretical results about entropy limits for macroscopic and single-particle systems are reviewed. It is clarified when it is possible to speak about a quantum of entropy, given by the Boltzmann constant k, and about a lower entropy limit $S \geq k \ln 2$. Conceptual tensions with the third law of thermodynamics and the additivity of entropy are resolved. Black hole entropy is also surveyed. Further claims for vanishing entropy values are shown to contradict the requirement of observability, which, as possibly argued for the first time, also implies $S \geq k \ln 2$. The uncertainty relations involving the Boltzmann constant and the possibility of deriving thermodynamics from the existence of a quantum of entropy enable one to speak about a principle of the entropy limit that is valid across nature.


Isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (APVR) is an uncommon finding. A patient with isolated APVR had pulmonary hypertension without demonstrable left‐to‐right shunting prior to anticoagulant treatment of pulmonary emboli. After anticoagulant therapy, with a fall in pulmonary pressures and resistance to near‐normal levels, left‐to‐right shunting was then detected by oximetry and angiography. The anomaly was visualized on electron beam angiography and confirmed by conventional angiography after anticoagulant therapy. Contrary to the expected obligatory drainage of highly saturated blood associated with APVR, lack of detectable shunting was thought to be due to the obstruction of regional blood due to thromboembolism. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;58:548–552. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The invention provides a high efficient external control type antistaling agent, which, according to the percentage of the quality, is composed as the following; 30 to 50 per cent silicon dioxide, 49.995 to 68 per cent edible alcohol and 0.005 to 2 per cent allyl isothiocyanate. The antistaling agent is obtained by using the following methods: mixing the edible alcohol and the allyl isothiocyanate according to the quality percentage and then mixing with the silicon dioxide; then loading the mixture into a moisture permeability packaging film after stirring evenly under normal temperature for sealing. The invention can be used for storing food, medicinal materials, reagent, tobacco and leather. When it is used for storing food, packing the invention into packet, scraps with the moisture permeability packaging film and then placing them into the package of food to make the antistaling agent being released slowly in gas mode and being volatilized into the internal gaps, thus forming a gas phase protective layer with certain concentration around the food to be preserved, so as to effectively restrain, kill many kinds of leaf mold and bacterium as well as other spoilage organisms; besides, the invention increases the permeation pressure in the package and lowers the water activity of the food, so as to preserve the food with high efficiency.


One kind of a wheel suspension device is connected, comprising: a rotatable spindle balancing elbow (a) having two opposite ends; (b) a pair of balancing the arm extending substantially perpendicularly from each end of the elbow balancing spindle; ( c) projecting the arm fixed to the edge portions of each balanced, rotatably supports the wheel balance wrist pin, characterized in that the balancing toggle pin extending in opposite directions from each other, with each other and less than 180 Angle.


The need for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is crucial in health care environments, since electromagnetic interference (EMI) effects on critical care medical equipment may be life-threatening. Field strength measurements, made inside and outside five Montreal hospitals at frequencies between 30-1000 MHz, were compared to fields predicted using line-of-sight, and hybrid methods. Although measured fields generally remained below 3 V/m, EMI still caused medical equipment malfunctions at the five hospitals. The line-of-sight prediction method provided a worst-case estimate of the electromagnetic environmental hazard, predicting outside fields to within 20 dB of those measured. The hybrid method predicted fields to within 10 dB.


This article investigates the phenomenon of the 'natural blonde' as an ideal of feminine beauty, looking at notions of blond glamour in the 1950s and their deconstruction in recent periods. The article explores the fabricated nature of natural blondness and its relationship to changes in the beauty industry, stardom and celebrity culture since the late 1940s. The role of the beauty industry in fashioning star identities is analysed in relation to Grace Kelly, whose smooth, wavy, fair hair was a crucial element in defining her style as the ultimate cool blonde, an icon of understated elegance and impeccable grooming. Her 'natural blonde' look was crafted to produce an aspirational image of white femininity with specific class attributes, an ideal that was challenged in her film roles. Social change contributed to the decline of this ideal, as 'natural' beauty increasingly became something that could be acquired rather than an innate quality, and 'ironic blondness' gathered momentum. Nicole Kidman's trajectory from flame-haired tomboy to epitome of manufactured blond star glamour, along with her impersonation of Grace Kelly in the 2014 film Grace of Monaco, is used to illuminate these cultural shifts.


Tool-flow deadlock is an unsolved difficult problem for tool-flow control in FMS.A new method for the tool-flow deadlock problem is proposed in this paper.It is the first time that a conception of Tool-applying Allocation Graph(TAAG) is put forward,in which a definition of tool-flow deadlock graph is given and the tool-flow deadlock is related to the deadlock graph.A theory of tool-flow deadlock criterion is deduced and two deadlock detection algorithms are proposed.The new method resolves the problem of tool-flow deadlock in FMS,and lays a foundation both in theory and technique for further research of tool-flow control.


Ruffeera Sock Industries Sdn. Bhd is the company that producing and selling school sock. This company is situated in Kawasan Perindustrian Shah Alam, Seksyen 16, Shah Alam Selangor. The company is owned by the Malay entrepreneur.
There are a few factors selecting this business such as to produce sock with existing technology especially in textile industries. The company starts the business with required minimum capital. The company also abundant labors force with the right skill. The company had some future prospective for our business which is to increase a demand of the production as well as increase the sales and income level. As a result, these industries create healthy competitive environment among socks industries throughout Malaysia. In addition, it encourage Malay entrepreneur involve in business.


Low frequency collective excitations-the so-called edge magnetoplasmons (EMP)-can propagate along the edge of a 2D-electron system in a magnetic field. In this paper, we construct from first principles a theory of EMP in various 2 0 systems (heterojunctions, MIS structures and electrons on the surface ofliquid helium). We obtain an exact solution to the EMP problem at a sharp rectilinear boundary between two half-planes with differing conductivities. In strong magnetic fields the EMP propagate in a narrow strip near the edge of the system, and are characterized by a gapless spectrum and anomalously weak attenuation. We work out an approximate method of solution for real structures in strong magnetic fields (e.g., for a system with a diffuse edge, for a strip and for a disk). We investigate EMP-like excitations of an inhomogeneous 2 0 system in the quantum Hall effect regime, and determine the EMP contribution to the response of a 2 0 system in an external AC electric field. Our results agree with experimental data.


The focus of this thesis is to investigate the impact of the boundary conditions on configurations in the Abelian sandpile model. We have two main results to present in this thesis. Firstly we give a family of continuous, measure preserving, almost one-to-one mappings from the wired spanning forest to recurrent sandpiles. In the special case of $Z^d$, $d \geq 2$, we show how these bijections yield a power law upper bound on the rate of convergence to the sandpile measure along any exhaustion of $Z^d$. Secondly we consider the Abelian sandpile on ladder graphs. For the ladder sandpile measure, $\nu$, a recurrent configuration on the boundary, I, and a cylinder event, E, we provide an upper bound for $\nu(E|I) − \nu(E)$.


The growing world population is challenging the animal products supply system, particularly in developing countries, where demand for meat and milk in 2050 is estimated to increase to 109% and 116%, respectively, amidst deteriorating livestock feed sources. Globally, adequate production and availability of animal feed products to subsistence farmers has been declining due to factors such as global warming, growth in population, and low economic growth. This paper seeks to examine the existing scientific literature on the utilization of some unconventional feed resources, to abate the challenge of feed deficit and thus improve animal nutrition. The use of fruit waste and agricultural farm residues affords alternative, nutritive livestock dietary supplements; it has been proven they contain a spectrum of vital bioactive phytochemicals essential for sustainable growth and development of animals. The biochemical composition of the plant wastes and residues include carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and fatty acids, while the common bioactive phytochemicals are polyphenols, alkaloids, carotenoids, and flavonoids, along with tannins, terpenes, and saponins, which play vital roles in reducing disease-causing agents, such as bacteria, viruses, and free radical-associated diseases. The phytochemicals exhibit antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory, as well as anti-parasitic and antiprotozoal properties. However, it is important to guard against antinutritive and toxicity levels in animal feed products. The paper concludes that agroresidues'/wastes' nutritive and therapeutic potential could serve as alternative livestock feed resource, while also acting as additional job and income generator for communities.


Marxism,as a doctrine and concept,is introduced into China and takes root.Marxism is great scientific truth,not only because it adapts to the historical development of modern China,but also because it has many inherent common points and resonance with the Chinese cultural psychology formed through thousands of years.Sinicized Marxism Theory contains rich connotation of the Chinese traditional culture.


Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by decreased functional β-cell mass and poor compensation to insulin resistance. Thus, understanding of the mechanism(s) responsible for the physiological adaptation of β-cells to states of high metabolic demand is desirable. We aimed to dissect the transcriptome and m6A mRNA methylation landscape in the β-cell adaptation to insulin resistance. To this end we conducted RNA-sequencing in sorted β-cells and m6A-sequencing in whole islets from three mouse models: a) a dietary model (60% high-fat diet: Control-HF), b) a genetic model (liver-specific insulin receptor KO mouse on chow: LIRKO-C), and c) a superimposed dietary and genetic model of insulin resistance (LIRKO on a high fat diet: LIRKO-HF). These data were compared to littermate controls fed a chow diet (Control-C). Control-HF, LIRKO-C and LIRKO-HF each presented an increase in insulin resistance compared to Control-C. However, LIRKO-C and LIRKO-HF presented a robust insulin secretion capacity and a graded increase in β-cell proliferation and mass compared to Control-C. First, we correlated the transcriptome with surrogates of β-cell adaptation such as insulin secretion, β-cell mass or proliferation. Next, we intersected the genes that positively correlated with β-cell compensation with single-cell RNA seq datasets performed in islets from humans with or without T2D. This bioinformatics analyses identified extracellular matrix (ECM) as the most enriched pathway in the β-cell adaptation to insulin resistance. On the other hand, m6A-sequencing of Control-C, LIRKO-C and LIRKO-HF islets and the intersection of this dataset with the differentially methylated genes in human T2D islets, revealed enrichment in pathways associated with chromatin modifications. Together, these results point to ECM pathways as being important in the transcriptomic remodeling and that m6A acts on chromatin-modifying enzymes in the β-cell compensation to mammalian insulin resistance.

 D.F.De jesus: None. Z.Zhang: Research Support; SinoVac. J.Wei: None. N.K.Brown: None. J.Hu: None. S.Kahraman: Employee; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. E.Dirice: None. R.Kulkarni: Advisory Panel; Novo Nordisk, Inversago, Biomea Fusion, Inc., REDD Pharma, Research Support; Inversago.

 American Diabetes Association (7-21-PDF-140 to D.F.DJ.); National Institutes of Health (R01067536)


Recent years have seen a massive increase in research on mindfulness as both a therapeutic practice as well as a protective health factor. While many associations have been made between mindfulness and clinical outcomes, understanding of the underlying mechanistic processes is still in its infancy. In this review, associations between mindfulness and other established frameworks in cognitive control are explored—in particular the dual modes of control framework in cognitive control theory. Studies in mindfulness providing evidence towards a dual-mode mindfulness model are reviewed and compared with the proactive and reactive modes of cognitive control to identify common underlying principles. Studies involving cognitive testing, advanced neuroimaging, and neurotransmitter levels and their associations with proactive and reactive control are reviewed in the context of the dual modes of mindfulness. While evidence supporting relationships between proactive and reactive modes of mindfulness and cognitive control are preliminary, existing literature on mindfulness already supports the notion of two components of mindfulness and is in line with the hypothesis that cognitive control and mindfulness are closely related. Since preliminary evidence suggests that proactive forms of mindfulness are more associated with improvement in clinical outcomes, mindfulness programs could be modified to target proactive mindfulness practices to maximize outcomes. The implications of proactive and reactive mindfulness on therapy, limitations of the framework, and necessity of studies providing direct evidence are further discussed. Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 16 December 2020 © 2020 by the author(s). Distributed under a Creative Commons CC BY license. 2 Dual mode mechanisms Although mindfulness and cognitive control have a distinct history in regards to modern scientific inquiry, it shares many biological and psychological similarities. For the past few decades, cognitive control has been a focus area in cognitive neuroscience research and has resulted in well-accepted frameworks of which the dual mechanisms of control (DMC) has gained prominence1,2. DMC frames cognitive control as comprising of two components: one responsible for anticipatory priming of cognitive processes and another for conflict resolution and other stimulus-evoked processes. Subsequent studies have built upon this framework and tested it across several experimental conditions3,4 and studied it in the context of pathology5,6. While it is known that mental training such as Mindfulness programs7,8 are known to improve cognitive control9, the similarities in the psychological and neural constructs are not well defined. Similar to the DMC framework, estimates of mindfulness also seem to reveal a two-dimensional construct10–12 one being more aligned with focused-attention whereas the other being more aligned with open-monitoring. It is interesting to find that the two constructs of mindfulness observed in the mindfulness literature overlap with mechanisms of proactive2,13 and reactive cognitive control4 which does not contain mindfulness as one of its foundational theoretical drivers. Thus these two domains of cognition have been predominantly studied as separate fields though each is based on similar notions. While cognitive control theory has been a key focus area in the field of cognitive neuroscience and has been studied using advanced technological and mathematical methods, mindfulness though much older in its origin, has only gained popularity recently with fewer established theoretical frameworks. Furthermore, the overlap in the literature between these two fields is minimal. This review aims to highlight the overlap between these fields and identify the similarities in the theoretical underpinnings of mindfulness and cognitive control in the context of the dual mechanistic model. Aspects of cognitive control that influences mindfulness such as sustained attention14 and the cortical associations in the brain using fMRI studies15,16 and the sustained attention aspect of mindfulness17,18 are explored. Similarly, the aspects of mindfulness that influence cognitive control such as training programs (mindfulness-based stress reduction program)19,20 and intervention strategies (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy)21,22 are reported. Specifically, the review focuses on the dual mechanistic model in the context of cognitive control and mindfulness.