This evocative essay explores the relationship between denial of anger and denial of Self in light of two aspects of Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration: the Levels of Emotional Development and the Overexcitabilities. It suggests that issues for gifted children are exacerbated by their emotional intensity and discusses dilemmas confronted by gifted children who are faced with resolving disparities between their idealism and their experience of anger. The search for Self of a gifted individual grappling with issues of denial of anger is illustrated by a poem describing inner turmoil and efforts to achieve resolution. In addition, the article offers examples of strategies that might enable gifted children's expression of overexcitabilities to help them move toward fuller development of Self in relationship to dealing with anger. A number of questions pertinent to the topic are also raised.


paid any fine. However, the bank has ceased its "political broadcasts" and similar anti-government activities which is an indication that it takes seriously the Singapore Government's warning that such activities may lead to a cancellation of the bank's license. Further developments are a matter for speculation. In view of the possible repercussions upon Singapore's relations with China and also because the presence of the bank facilitates flow of trade between the two countries, the Singapore Government is probably unlikely to resort to the extreme measure of canceling the license unless future actions of the bank leave the Government with no other choice.


Karl Marx's magnum opus, Das Kapital, presents an analysis of the long run dynamics of a mature capitalist economy. The analysis is conducted at two primary levels of abstraction – 'capital in general' (where competition between individual capitals is abstracted from) and 'many capitals' (where the phenomenon of competition between individual capitals is introduced) – and the presentation is organized into three volumes. In terms of structure, the analysis in the first two volumes is located at the level of 'capital in general', and the analysis in the third volume is located at the level of 'many capitals'. In terms of content, the first volume analyses the production and accumulation of surplus value, the second volume investigates the problems of realization of surplus value, and the third volume analyses the mechanisms that lead to the distribution of surplus value into income streams of different fractions of the ruling class – as profit of enterprise, commercial profit, interest and rent (and monopoly profit more generally). The three volumes together give a comprehensive picture of the workings of a mature capitalist economy and highlights its long run, contradictory tendencies.


This article presents a simple and efficient approach to persons tracking within large scale environment. The proposed approach is a point matching tracking algorithm based on a covariance descriptor. Object tracking, in general, is a challenging problem. Difficulties in tracking objects can arise due to abrupt object motion, changing appearance patterns of the object and the scene and partial and total occlusions. Tracking is usually performed in the context of higher-level applications that require the location and appearance of the object in every frame. Typically, assumptions are made to constrain the tracking problem in the context of a particular application. The ultimate purpose of the proposed approach is to propose an efficient tracking algorithm as a way for real time multi-shot re-identification. This approach is evaluated using standard datasets.


The use of Gaussian quadrature formulae is explored for the computation of the Macdonald function Kν(x) = ∫ ∞ 0 e cosh t cosh νt dt when x > 0 and ν is complex, ν = α + iβ. It is shown that Gaussian quadrature with weight function w(t) = exp(−et) on [0,∞] is a viable approach, unless x is small and/or β large, but in combination with Gauss–Legendre quadrature, even in these latter cases.


A study was conducted to determine post-secondary coaches' perceptions of American Sign Language (ASL) and the level of involvement with ASL when coaching postsecondary athletes who are deaf and hard of hearing. Seventy-three hearing coaches of postsecondary athletes who were deaf and hard of hearing and twenty-two post-secondary athletes who were deaf with hearing coaches were asked to complete a survey. Based on the results from the surveys, it was determined that interpreters using American Sign Language was the most used and effective source of communication between hearing coaches and athletes who are deaf. However, the athletes who were deaf and who had coaches that took the time to try and communicate directly with them developed a positive relationship with their coach. Both coaches and athletes believed direct communication lessened the barrier and communication gap between athletes and coaches. Ultimately, the positive relationship between them enhanced and improved the athlete's attitude and performance. The recommendation emerging from this study would be for coaches to learn American Sign Language when coaching athletes who are deaf. (11 Figures) Coaching Athletes who are Deaf 3 Effectiveness of ASL in Coaching Athletes who are deaf Athletes who are deaf have had a proud, but unassuming, history of competing in sports. In 1890, the New York Giants had three pitchers who were deaf on their team, including the legendary pitcher, Luther "Dummy" Taylor, who led the Giants to two pennants. In addition, there have been at least fourteen other major league ball players who were deaf. Contributions by athletes who were deaf have not been limited to the playing field. Outfielder, William E. Hoy, initiated the practice of using signs by umpires and coaches (Ritter, 1992). Football players from Gallaudet University, the only Liberal Arts College for the Deaf in the world, have been credited with creating the huddle to hide the discussion between players before each play (Strassler1976 & Gannon, 1981). Along with the accomplishments there are specific challenges that face athletes who are deaf. The athletes who are deaf are typically surrounded by coaches and teammates who can hear on the field and in the locker room. Each has an exclusive means of communication, creating a thorny challenge for both the athletes and the coaches. Lack of compatible communication styles not only impacts success and failure on the field, but often leads to feelings of isolation and frustration by the athletes who are deaf. Wayne Coffey (2002), author of Winning Sounds Like These, recounts his own attempts and struggles to communicate with the players of a basketball team of whom all were deaf. He meticulously documented the gap and frustration between the athletes who could hear and those who were deaf. He found that the levels of dissatisfaction were frequently so great that the athletes who were deaf often retired before their eligibility expired. While the world of sports can be a source of detachment, it can also provide avenues for socialization for the athletes who are deaf on and off the field. Deaf Sport, an Coaching Athletes who are Deaf 4 organization committed to supporting athletes who are deaf, aids in increasing and improving an athlete's overall psychological well being, self-esteem and integration into society (Stewart, 1991). Deaf Sport advocates that coaches guide and share information directly with the athletes who are deaf, specifically, they recommend the use of American Sign Language (ASL). ASL is the oldest and best-known form of communication for the deaf. It is a visual mode of communication that allows information to be gained by observing hand, body, and facial movements. This manual form of communication allows avenues of instruction that oral communication cannot provide athletes who are deaf. The American Athletic Association of the Deaf (AAAD) supports Deaf Sports proposal to use ASL and noted that the Deaf world used sign language as a means of communicating with each other and as a valuable way to communicate with their hearing peers. They found that by utilizing this mode of communication athletes who were deaf did well in competition with their peers who were able to hear (Ammons, 1990). Ralph Martens (1997), best known for his work in developing effective coaches, studied the nonverbal communication skills needed to be an effective coach when communicating with athletes who are able to hear. He suggests that body motion; including gestures and movements of the hands, head, feet, and the entire body, are effective communicators. His findings indirectly offer further support for ASL. Aaron Moffett (2001) used research conducted by Martens to springboard his own research. Moffett, a special education professor involved with disabled sports at Michigan State University, focused his research on communication methods of hearing coaches and athletes who are deaf. In 2001, he studied ASL with 23 male and 16 female athletes who were deaf. The purpose of his research focused on effective and ineffective uses of ASL. Coaching Athletes who are Deaf 5 Moffett found that athletes who were deaf seldom paid attention to directions from a coach during actual playing time. Instead, effective coaches communicated important instructions during warm-up periods and timeouts. He recommended that coaches of athletes who are deaf articulate the players' roles before they take the field. Moffett recognized the importance of finding ways to gain the athlete's attention before using ASL. He identified flickering lights on and off or waving ones hands as very effective means of gaining attention. In addition, consistent verbal and nonverbal messages enhanced the athletes' ability to properly interpret messages. Inconsistency with the delivery of the message lost the attention of the athlete, resulting in misunderstandings. He also found that using the different signs of the various regions or countries of the athletes who were deaf further reduced confusion and reinforced the athlete's individual importance. Moffett also suggested that coaches be aware of their environment, issues such as the glare from sun need to be considered when communicating with athletes who are deaf. The purpose of this study was to determine post-secondary coaches' perceptions of the effectiveness and level of involvement with ASL when coaching post-secondary athletes who were deaf and hard of hearing and to determine their performance and attitude based on coaches who communicated with ASL. Methodology A database of emails was compiled from the National Collegiate Directories, a company that supplies email databases for all levels and sports of collegiate coaches. Two surveys were designed, one for hearing coaches of athletes who were deaf and one for athletes who were deaf with hearing coaches. Coaching Athletes who are Deaf 6 Initially, a pilot survey was conducted and modifications were made. The survey was then sent via email to coaches at all post-secondary schools in the United States. It was requested that only those coaches that worked with athletes who are deaf previously or currently complete the survey. Those coaches were then asked to forward a specificallydesigned survey to any current athletes who were deaf on their team. A letter attached to the surveys assured coaches and athletes of confidentiality. The first survey was sent to 551 coaches of all sports throughout the country, 73 hearing coaches of post-secondary athletes who were deaf responded to the survey. These coaches were coaching in all division levels, National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) divisions one though three, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division one through three, and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) division one through three. Twenty-two athletes who were deaf who were currently being coached by a hearing coach in a post-secondary setting returned the second survey. Findings -----------------------------Insert Figure 1 here -----------------------------Coaches were asked if they believed direct communication between the athletes who were deaf and he or she affected the performance of the athlete. The majority of coaches (74%) believed that direct communication affected performance Interestingly, almost half (36%) of those who believed that direct communication affected performance stated that athletes who had interpreters or some form of special treatment in place of direct communication had a lower involvement and performance rate. Coaching Athletes who are Deaf 7 Most attributed this decrease to perceived preferential treatment by the athletes who were deaf. These coaches stated that the athletes who had several interpreters or who had coaches that made it obvious that alternate communication was an inconvenience to them had players quit before their four-year eligibility or suffered a decrease in performance. Coaches believed these athletes felt neglected and unwanted. Therefore, these twenty-six coaches believed direct communication affected performance because it alleviated the stress and pressure the athletes felt when receiving preferred treatment. Twenty-two coaches (30%) believed that direct communication required the involvement of the coach. These coaches felt that the job description of coach included being an effective communicator. Twelve of these coaches felt that direct communication provided a starting point for a positive relationship between themselves and their athlete. They believed that proper, respectable, and direct relationships with athletes enhanced their performance. Sixteen of the coaches (22%) believed that direct communication did not affect performance. Seven of the sixteen coaches (44%) replied that the athletes who were deaf obtained the same information regardless of who delivered the message. They believed that if an athlete wanted to perform at a higher level they w


This paper investigates the impact of temperature and extreme wind on homes and societies in vulnerable countries. Although, many studies have been carried out regarding extreme weather, this report includes some useful information specifically about high temperature and strong wind as well as some recommendations to prevent or limit their effect on communities and homes.


From the perspective of educational ecosystem,we analyze the structure,composition and association of talent cultivating system of computer specialty in University.According to the characteristics and requirements of innovative applied computer talents,we propose the building solution of substance flow,knowledge flow and influence flow in the computer talent cultivating ecological system.


TRACER doses of radioactive isotopes have been used in biology and medicine with the assumption that their radiation does not change the physiology under investigation. However, there have been few studies made to establish this assumption as fact. Radioactive iodine has now been widely used for about ten years in the study of thyroid physiology and iodine metabolism. In order to interpret correctly the results of these studies, knowledge of any possible radiation effects of radioactive iodine tracer doses is necessary. We have undertaken studies with radioactive iodine (I131) in doses which have been used as "tracers" with two main objectives: 1. to determine the minimal amount of radioactive iodine which may interfere with the normal function of the thyroid and 2. to study the effects of irradiation by radioactive iodine on various known functions of the thyroid. The purpose of this paper is to report the radiation effect of I131 on the thyroid in respect to: 1. collection of radioactive iodine 2. capac...


The Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (New York: Schirmer, 1992; distributed by MENC), edited by Richard Colwell, features 832 pages of scholarly exposition, explanatory figures, and extensive bibliographies. By now, this publication is well known to music teacher educators and other music education scholars; many have already made extensive use of its fifty-five chapters. But to the average in-service music educator and others on the fringes of research and scholarship (for whatever reasons), the volume may seem to be a coffee-table curiosity-the type of book that, by its very nature, is essentially out of date upon publication. The Handbook was designed to "pro-


To extend high pressure gear pump service life, a parametric study was proposed between gear pump′ s radial force and the crowning of cylindrical roller bearing, then a parametric design method was proposed on the crowning of cylindrical roller.According to the typical gear pump bearing failure, a corresponding high pressure gear pump was chosen as the research object. To avoid low accuracy and ideal assumptions of traditional gear shaft radial force calculation, dynamical simulation was carried out on gear pump′s working process and visualize analyzed by using CFD technology. The influence of high pressure groove and high-pressure relief groove to pressure distribution was analyzed, and the gear pump′s radial force was accurately and dynamically calculated. Test data showed that the gear pump′ s CFD simulated radial force error was less than 3.5% compared with experimental value.When the crowning of cylindrical roller bearing was amended, the service life of the gear pump was improved by 30%. This study provides a theoretical basis for radial force calculation and bearing failure mechanism analysis of high pressure gear pump.


The scale effect of specimens on the shear behavior of joints is studied by performing direct shear tests on six different sizes in Granite. The peak and residual shear stress, shear displacement, shear stiffness, and dilation angle are measured with the different normal stress(0.29~2.65MPa) and roughness parameters. It is also shown that both the joint roughness coefficient(JRC) and the joint compression strength(JCS) reduce with increasing joint length. A series of shear tests show about 56~67% reduction in peak shear stress, and about 18~44% in residual shear stress, respectively as the contact area of joint increases from 12.25 to 361cm 2 . Also the variation of dilation angle is 27 o at normal stress of 0.29 MPa and 6 o at normal stress of 2.65 MPa, respectively. The envelopes considering sca le effect for JRC are made for the peak shear strength of rock joint in comparison with the Barton's equation.


Free space laser communications make transmissions at high data rates possible. But they suffer from atmospheric turbulence. Based on modelling and experimental acquisitions, we characterize the propagation channel influence on the optical links.


TiO2 fine particles were anchored on a porous alumina ceramic support by the alkoxide method under various hydrolysis conditions. The photocatalytic property of the obtained TiO2 precipitates, such as the photo-oxidation of ethanol, has been investigated. The amount, the dispersibility and the morphology of TiO2 precipitates on the ceramic support were closely related to the efficiency of the photo-oxidation of ethanol.


In this paper, we propose an innovative algorithm, namely block-overlapping parity check (BOPC), that can be applied to the existing halftone image data hiding algorithms data hiding smart pair toggling (DHSPT) to achieve improvement in visual quality. The proposed algorithm utilizes the properties of block-overlapping parity check to reduce the number of pair toggling required in DHSPT. Our experiments suggest that the proposed algorithm reduces the number of pixel pair toggling significantly and has a better performance in terms of modified peak-signal-to-noise ratio (MPSNR), especially when the watermark payload is high.


Road dust and vehicle exhaust are the main sources of air pollution in cities, especially in recent years with the quantity of vehicles and transportation construction continuously soaring; the hazy weather has been a dominant urban pollution form which is widely concerned by the Chinese society. By establishing a relationship model between traffic and land use, then applying analytic hierarchy process on the data from air quality monitoring station, this paper concludes the influence of different traffic behavior on air pollution which provides support to abate urban air pollution caused by traffic reasons through taking measures to control traffic.


Recent technological advances including brain imaging (higher resolution in space and time), miniaturization of integrated circuits (nanotechnologies), and acceleration of computation speed (Moore's Law), combined with interpenetration between neuroscience, mathematics, and physics have led to the development of more biologically plausible computational models and novel therapeutic strategies. Today, mathematical models of irreversible medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease (PD) are developed and parameterised based on clinical data. How do these evolutions have a bearing on deep brain stimulation (DBS) of patients with PD? We review how the idea of DBS, a standard therapeutic strategy used to attenuate neurological symptoms (motor, psychiatric), has emerged from past experimental and clinical observations, and present how, over the last decade, computational models based on different approaches (phase oscillator models, spiking neuron network models, population-based models) have started to shed light onto DBS mechanisms. Finally, we explore a new mathematical modelling approach based on neural field equations to optimize mechanisms of brain stimulation and achieve finer control of targeted neuronal populations. We conclude that neuroscience and mathematics are crucial partners in exploring brain stimulation and this partnership should also include other domains such as signal processing, control theory and ethics.


Syringe holder have a barrel (1) having a needle shroud (4), the needle shroud is anchored to the distal end of the barrel, and is urged forward by a spring (5). Needle shroud is rotatable to several locations in the set position, the nib (18) is positioned by engaging the longitudinal grooves in the front stretch member (3) of the barrel (1). Abutment of the needle shroud (21, 20) is thus aligned in a selected one of several abutment (12,9,14) in the barrel, these abutment (12,9,14) All axial position is different. Needle in one set are prevented exposed, in other settings, the injection needle as the barrel (1) is pushed forward during injection allows various exposure lengths.


In the present work fine Zinc, Manganese and Cobalt ferrites particles were prepared using the co-precipitation technique. The synthetic technique involved the co-precipitation of iron (Fe3+) and metal (zinc, manganese and cobalt) ions from aqueous solutions using NaOH base to create fine MFe2O4 particles (where M stands for metal). This technique provides greater homogeneity of the particles.
The microstructural studies were performed using x-ray diffraction technique. Samples of zinc ferrites were synthesized at different digestion temperature. The concentrations kept at 0.2M. Spontaneous magnetization of the samples was determined by using permanent magnet. The Spontaneous magnetization of the samples decreased with increase in the digestion temperature of zinc (Zn2+). The maximum magnetization was found for samples having digestion temperature of 55oC. Particle sizes for the magnetic samples were determined using Sherrer's formula. The XRD patterns of all the samples showed very close resemblance with the ICDD card data. The particle size was found to depend on the digestion temperature . Particle size of the samples increased with increase in the digestion temperature from 55oC to 85oC while it decreased for the digestion temperature of 95oC. The surface morphology and magnetic properties were also performed using SEM and VSM. The magnetic properties of zinc ferrite samples resembled those of ideal soft ferrite with almost no hysteresis loss.
Fine manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) particles were prepared using the co-precipitation technique. Samples with concentrations of 0.1 and 0.2 were prepared. The particle sizes of prepared samples were determined by using Scherrer's formula. The surface morphology and magnetic properties showed that the particles were of narrow size distribution and have good properties of soft ferrites.
In order to synthesize Cobalt ferrite particles, chemicals of FeCl3.6H2O, CoCl2.6H2O and NaOH were used. The magnetization of substituted ferrite nano particles synthesized by co-precipitation depends mostly on parameters such as reaction temperature, pH of the suspension, initial molar concentration etc. Cobalt ferrite samples were prepared from the mixed Fe2+ and Co2+ solutions, which were made from their stock solutions and had a constant initial total iron ions concentration and amounts of Co2+ ions. The size and size distribution was controlled by controlling the nucleation and growth rates. Magnetic nanoparticles of cobalt ferrite have been synthesized by wet chemical method using stable ferric and cobalt salts. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) confirmed the formation of single-phase cobalt ferrite nanoparticles in the range 15–48nm depending on the annealing temperature and time. The cobalt ferrite was also subjected to microwave which resulted in soft to semi hard ferrite transition. The size of the particles increases with annealing temperature and time while the coercivity goes through a maximum, peaking at around 28 nm.
In order to find the effect of variation in the metal ion to hydroxide ion ratio on particle sizes, we synthesized Cobalt ferrite particles using chemicals of FeCl3.6H2O, CoCl2.6H2O and NaOH. The magnetization of substituted ferrite nano particles synthesized by co-precipitation depends mostly on parameters such as reaction temperature, pH of the suspension, initial molar concentration etc. To find the transition temperature, the behavior of the specimen and the formation of phase of the magnetic material, resistively measurements were made on the sample.
We may conclude that the co-precipitation technique has resulted in very good soft ferrites of zinc, cobalt and manganese. The crystallite sizes were varied by varying the concentration ratios, changing digestion times, varying digestion temperatures and applying microwave digestion. The magnetic properties were found to be dependent on the particle size. The surface morphology showed that the defects were not observed in the samples.


Plasma‐deposited hard amorphous carbon films were studied by ellipsometry and photoluminescence. Both techniques are suited for the optical characterization of films on transparent as well as on opaque substrates. From the ellipsometric data the complex dielectric function was deduced for the energy range 1.8–5.6 eV for the as‐grown as well as for thermally annealed films. In the photoluminescence spectrum both peak energy and emission intensity were found to increase (the latter by four orders of magnitude) when going from hard, strongly cross‐linked films to softer, polymerlike layers.


The dried root of Angelica gigas (A. gigas) has been traditionally used as an oriental medicine, which is known to improve blood circulation and blood stasis. In the present study, leaves and stalks of A. gigas were used to investigate their effects on the innate immunity. The extracts were prepared from leaves and stalks of A. gigas and were fed to mice. The numbers of blood cells, total WBCs, neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils and basophils were increased by 50% in mice fed with leaves extract of A. gigas compared to control mice. However, the numbers of blood cells were decreased when treated with stalks extract of A. gigas. The level of cholesterol and triglyceride in serum was markedly reduced in both mice group fed with leaves extract and stalks extract of A. gigas compared to control group (P<0.01). There was no significant change in the level of albumin, total protein, phosphate and calcium in serum. Activity of cationic peptide was found to be diffused in the testicles of mice fed with leaves extract of A. gigas compared to control group, which might be due to increased lysozyme in testicle. The lysoplate assay and immunohistochemistry assay suggest that the extract of leaves and stalks of A. gigas are immunogenic, but the effects might be related with acquired immune response rather than innate immunity.


The effect of salt stress (50, 100 and 150 mM of NaCl) on the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC. 188.8.131.52), ascorbate peroxidase (APX, EC. 22.214.171.124), glutathione reductase (GR, EC. 188.8.131.52) enzymes and also on the rate of lipid peroxidation in terms of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) content and photosynthetic capacity in two wheat (C3 plants) and two maize (C4 plants) varieties was studied. In the non-salined control plants, the antioxidant enzymes activities were significantly higher for maize than for wheat. Adding salt to the nutrient solution increased the level of antioxidants in leaves of both maize and wheat. The first substantial response to salinity was found for SOD on the 2nd day, whereas changes occurred for APX on the 4th day and for GR on the 4th/5th day of salt treatment. Although SOD activity increased considerably more in wheat (C3), it never reached as high levels as in maize (C4) grown in the same treatment combinations. The total increase in APX activity was similar for wheat and maize, whereas GR activity was higher in leaves of maize. Lipid peroxidation analyses showed an increase in TBARS contents in both plants' species grown under salinity that corresponded to the damage that occurred in secondary oxidative stress. However, as a result of advanced antioxidant defense in maize, the TBARS quantities did not elevate to as high level as in wheat. Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements revealed a considerable decrease in the efficiency of PS II and electron-transport chain (ETC). Assimilation rate of CO2 decreased in both plant groups; however, in C4 maize, we observed a much better capacity to preserve the photosynthetic apparatus against overproduction of ROS. Results suggest that efficient antioxidant defense plays an important role in maize, the C4 plant, resistance to environmental stresses like salinity or drought.


Universidad de Malaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucia Tech.
The authors acknowledge the financial support from the "Plan Propio de Investigacion de la Universidad de Malaga" with project numbers, PPIT.UMA.D1, PPIT.UMA.B1.2017/20 and PPIT.UMA.B5.2018/17. This work has also received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 778045.


Background & aim: Mindfulness-based interventions are considered as one of the cognitive-behavioral therapies that reduce the psychological stress resulting from diseases such as high blood pressure in patients. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on tolerating helplessness, failure and anger control in women with high blood pressure. Methods: This study was quasi-experimental with pre-test design, post-test with control group. 30 women with hypertension were selected and randomly divided into a experimental group and a control (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 120 minutes of mindfulness-based stress reduction training, but the control group did not receive any intervention. The Simmons and Gaher (2005) Helplessness Tolerance, the Harrington Failure Tolerance (2005), the Spielberger Anger Control (1996-1999) questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance via SPSS-28 software. Results: The results showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction methods were able to increase the rate of helplessness tolerance, failure tolerance and anger control in women with high blood pressure ( p <0.05). Conclusion: In overall, the results showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction methods can be used as a treatment to reduce the problems of patients with hypertension, especially women in counseling centers and hospitals.


Aims and objectives: Our study addresses the following research questions: To what extent is L2 comprehenders' online sensitivity to morphosyntactic disambiguation cues affected by L1 background? Does noticing the error signal trigger successful reanalysis in both L1 and L2 comprehension? Can previous findings suggesting that case is a better reanalysis cue than agreement be replicated and extended to L2 processing when using closely matched materials? Design/methodology/approach: We carried out a self-paced reading study using temporarily ambiguous object-initial sentences in German. These were disambiguated either by number marking on the verb or by nominative case marking on the subject. End-of-trial comprehension questions probed whether or not our participants ultimately succeeded in computing the correct interpretation. Data and analysis: We tested a total of 121 participants (25 Italian, 32 Russian, 32 Korean and 32 native German speakers), measuring their word-by-word reading times and comprehension accuracy. The data were analysed using linear mixed-effects and logistic regression modelling. Findings/conclusions: All three learner groups showed online sensitivity to both case and agreement disambiguation cues. Noticing case disambiguations did not necessarily lead to a correct interpretation, whereas noticing agreement disambiguations did. We conclude that intermediate to advanced learners are sensitive to morphosyntactic interpretation cues during online processing regardless of whether or not corresponding grammatical distinctions exist in their L1. Our results also suggest that case is not generally a better reanalysis cue than agreement. Originality: Our three L2 participant groups' native languages were carefully chosen so as to create systematic typological contrasts. Our experimental materials and conditions were more closely matched compared to previous studies on German object-initial sentences, and our experimental design allowed us to link participants' reading profiles to successful comprehension. Significance/implications: L1 influence on L2 processing is more limited than might be expected. Contra previous findings, even intermediate learners show sensitivity to both agreement and case information during processing.


EPRG research aimed at establishing a limit on the toughness value that separates toughness-dependent from toughness-independent failure behavior. More specifically, one objective is to evaluate the toughness-dependent Battelle formula for burst resistance of gouges for (very) low toughness values. This mainly experimental project checks this behavior on several gas transmission pipes, a small diameter one, 150 mm, a medium diameter one, 350 mm, and a large diameter one, 900 mm.

Pipe material is carefully characterized in terms of tensile properties, Charpy energy, and shear area. Then, based on the toughness independent criterion, a set of gouges is defined, of different depths/lengths, so as to span the different regions of the criterion, covering both short and long defects. These defects are manufactured by spark erosion, resulting in thin slits. Each such slit is incorporated into a vessel that is submitted to a burst test, with a number of additional measurements, like strain gauges on the pipe surface, a clip gauge et the center of the defect. For the small and medium sized pipes, temperature is also controlled during the test, to ensure it is as low as practically feasible, without heavy infrastructure.

The results are interpreted both in terms of comparison with the criteria, and also in terms of analysis of the failure surface, to identify failure mechanisms.


: Ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) has attracted attention as one of actuators due to their light weight, fast response rate, and large deformation at low voltage. Especially, the operating properties of IPMC can be improved by increasing interfacial area between an ion exchange membrane and electrodes. In this study, IPMC was fabricated using nanorod-imprinted Nafion ion exchange membrane through thermal imprint lithography (TIL). It was confirmed that the length of nanorods onto the membrane gradually increased with increasing the time of thermal imprinting. Then, the IPMCs were fabricated by electroless plating method where the Pt electrode was coated onto the nanorod-imprinted membrane. As a result, nanorod-imprinted IPMCs showed outstanding displacement, response rate, and driving force rather than IPMC with untreated ion exchange membrane. It is because the nanorod-imprinted IPMCs have outstanding electroactive charging characteristics with the electrolyte at the interface.


Promoting the use of renewable energy sources is a central goal of most industrialized countries. Up to today, fixed feed in tariffs are a commonly used support scheme. However, these have major disadvantages concerning market integration. Thus, more market-conforming solutions come into focus. One of these are bonus payments. Their fundamental characteristic is an augmented market price for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources. This paper takes a closer look at the mechanics of bonus payments in an environment of market power and negative externalities connected to conventional electricity supply. We analyze the market participants' behavior in a long-term context: Suppliers react to an augmented price by adapting their level of capacity. It is an important question whether a social optimum can be reached by means of bonus payments or whether welfare losses occur. We use a two-stage model. In the first stage the public sector implements the bonus payment. In the second stage, the suppliers engage in Cournot competition, choosing their profit maximizing level of capacity. We find that in this setting, bonus payments can strongly increase overall welfare. However, they do not prove to be superior instruments for the promotion of renewable energy as they, like fixed feed in tariffs have major disadvantages compared to more market conforming instruments.


In this article, the author analyzes the features of inheritance and registration of intellectual property rights by the surviving spouse, identifies problems of legal regulation in this area, and also considers the order of inheritance of intellectual property rights.


The bilateral teleoperation technique has drawn much attention with its attractive superiority to implement the tasks in hazardous environments. Transmission delays and uncertainties are the two main challenges in the nonlinear bilateral teleoperation system to guarantee stability and achieve good transparency performance (including position tracking and force feedback) simultaneously. In this paper, a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN)-based adaptive sliding mode control design is developed for the nonlinear bilateral teleoperation system with transmission delays and uncertainties. For details, the reference trajectory producer is designed in both the master and slave sides to produce the passive reference trajectories for the tracking of master/slave manipulators. The RBFNN-based adaptive sliding mode controller is designed separately for the master and slave to achieve the good tracking performance under system uncertainties. To mitigate the negative effect of transmission delays on the system's stability, a projection mapping by saturation function is applied in the master side to guarantee the boundedness of the delayed environmental torque. Thus, the global stability and the good transparency performance with both position tracking and force feedback can be simultaneously achieved for our proposed method. The comparative experiment is carried out, and the results show the significant performance improvement with our proposed control design.


Single electron detection is desirable in systems incorporating EBCCDs. The sources of noise in single electron counting are discussed and an expression is given for the total noise.


The ability of cells to sense and respond to endogenous cues as well as cues from neighboring cells and tissues underlies the life and death of cells, their growth and proliferation, differentiation into tissues, and ultimately development into morphologically diverse organisms. Being able to sense


The dynamic version of the Monge-Kantorovich optimal mass transport (OMT) inf π∈Π(μ,ν) ∫ R×R c(x, y)dπ(x, y), which is available whenever the cost functionn c(x, y) derives from a Lagrangian action, has, in a suitable sense the Schrödinger bridge problem (SBP) as a regular approximation (Mikami 2004, Mikami-Thieullen 2006,2008, Léonard 2012, 2014). The latter, originating with Schrödinger in 1931 and with important contributions due to Fortet, Beurlin, Jamison and Föllmer, is a maximum entropy problem connected to large deviations of the empirical distribution on path-space. It has important applications, for instance, to cooling of micro and macro mechanical systems [5]. Recently, we have derived implementable forms of the solution for general linear stochastic systems [2], [3], [4]. For Markov chains and Kraus maps of statistical quantum mechanics implementable solutions have been presented in [1]. In this talk, based on joint work with Yongxin Chen and Tryphon Georgiou, University of Minnesota, I wish to unveil some profound connections between the two theories (and their generalizations) which allow, in particular, to exploit the implementable solutions of SBP to get approximate solutions of a general OMT problem.


The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Survey Question Read Recite Review (SQ3R) method toward the results of reading comprehension of grade III elementary school students in Gugus Srikandi Semarang. The type of research was Quasi Experimental research with NonEquivalent control Group Design. Data collection techniques used tests and non-test. Data analysis used t-test and descriptive analysis. The results showed: 1) There was difference in reading comprehension learning outcomes between the experimental class and the control class, indicated by the t-count which was 4.178 greater than the t-table 1.998 (4.178 <1.998) and significance (0.000 <0.05 . Based on the n-gain test the value of the experimental class was 0.486, which was in the medium category, while the control class was 0.232 or in the low category. The increasing of average which was higher in experimental class showed that SQ3R method was effectively used in reading comprehension learning. Keywords—effectiveness, reading comprehension, SQ3R.


Transionospheric navigation and radar systems operating at single frequencies of less than 10 GHz are impacted by ionospheric refraction. Since the ionospheric delay is proportional to the total electron content (TEC) of the ionosphere along the ray path, a user friendly TEC model is helpful in various applications. Thus, a global TEC model (NTCM-GL) has recently been developed in DLR. The basic approach of the model is presented and the performance is discussed in comparison with GNSS single frequency correction models such as the Klobuchar or GPS model and the NeQuick model.
The empirical approach describes functions on season, local time, geographic/geomagnetic location and solar irradiance conditions. The solar activity is controlled by the solar radio flux index F10.7. The approach needs only 12 coefficients for describing the main ionospheric features in good quality. The model approach is based on global TEC data provided by the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE) at the University of Berne over more than half a solar cycle (1998-2007). The model fits to these input data with a negative bias of 0.3 TECU (1 TECU=1x1016m-2) and a RMS deviation of 7.5 TECU.
It has been found that the NeQuick and NTCM-GL model show a similar performance which is by a factor of nearly 2 better than the performance of the Klobuchar model at the European sector.
Since the coefficients cover a full solar cycle, no updating is required. Hence, NTCM-GL may easily be used as a correction model for single frequency GNSS applications.


We study the radiation patterns produced by a dipole placed at the surface of a nanofiber and oriented perpendicular to it, either along the radial (r-oriented) or azimuthal (Φ-oriented) directions. We find that the dipole induces an effective circular cavity-like leaky mode in the nanofiber. The first radiation peak of the Φ-oriented dipole contributes only to TE radiation modes, while the radiation of the r-oriented dipole is composed of both TE and TM radiation modes, with relative contribution depending on the refractive index of the nanofiber. We reveal that the field pattern of the first resonance of a Φ-oriented dipole is associated with a magnetic dipole mode and strong magnetic response of an optical nanofiber.


An introduction is presented that discusses the role of the organization American Public Health Association as the self-publisher of the journal, noting the viability of the organization's other periodicals, including "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR"), "MMWR" in Brief, and "Frontiers in PHSSR" (Public Health Services and Systems Research.


We investigate the effects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings on product market competition using data from the US airline industry. We find: i) bankrupt airlines permanently downsize their national route structure, their airport-specific networks, and their route-specific flight frequency and capacity; ii) bankrupt airlines lower their route-specific prices while under bankruptcy protection, and increase them after emerging. We do not find robust evidence of significant changes by the bankrupt airline's competitors along any of the dimensions above.


Present work reports an HPLC method with UV detection for quantification of terbinafine, ofloxacin, ornidazole, and clobetasol in a cream formulation along with two preservatives methyl and propyl paraben. The chromatographic separation and quantification was achieved by an octyl bonded column and a gradient elution program involving an ion-pairing reagent, hexanesulfonic acid (0.2%, pH modified to 2.7 using orthophosphoric acid) and acetonitrile. The method was simple and devoid of buffer salts and therefore advantageous for system and column life. The three step gradient program was initiated with 30% (v/v) acetonitrile for the first 5 min and ramped linearly to 60% in the next 7 min. The mobile phase remained constant for the next 11 min and then concluded at 30% (v/v) of acetonitrile. Flow rate throughout was 0.8 mL/min, and all the signals were monitored at 243 nm. The method was applied for assay of a cream formulation and its in vitro permeation studies to determine the penetration profile of the four drugs and two preservatives. A marketed cream formulation was selected for the permeation study, which was carried out using a diffusion cell consisting of topical simulated media, phosphate buffer (pH=6.8) solution containing 1% sodium lauryl sulfate as a receiver medium.


The present invention relates to a MEMS microphone package. The MEMS microphone package according to the present invention, a lead frame; As being mounted on the lead frame, an integrated MEMS chip formed on the signal processing unit a single silicon substrate which amplifies the electric signal generated in the eastern vibration and the intrinsic having an across the air gap are spaced apart from each other the diaphragm and the backplate; It comprises an electrical connection means for connecting the lead frame and the integrated MEMS chip. According to the invention, it is possible to the vibration and the signal processing unit simplifies the package manufacturing process in comparison with the conventional manner was mounted an integrated MEMS chips formed on a single silicon substrate to a lead frame, because the mounting and producing the two chips each, this productivity to be greatly improved. In addition, mounting only one chip on the lead frame, so can greatly reduce the size of the package in comparison with the conventional manner was mounted the two chips on the substrate.


To couple hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is a promising approach to produce H2 with reduced energy consumption. However, the development of a low‐cost and high‐performance bifunctional electrocatalyst toward HER and UOR is still a challenge. In this work, oxygen‐incorporated nickel molybdenum phosphide nanotube arrays are synthesized on nickel foam (O‐NiMoP/NF) via electrodeposition accompanied with in‐situ template etching. Benefiting from the modulated electronic structure and the nanotube array architecture of O‐NiMoP, the self‐supporting O‐NiMoP/NF electrodes demonstrate highly efficient bifunctional catalytic activity toward HER and UOR. Particularly, in the HER and UOR (HER||UOR) coupled system for H2 production, a significantly reduced cell voltage of 1.55 V is obtained at the current density of 50 mA cm–2, which is about 300 mV lower than that of the conventional water electrolysis. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the remarkable HER and UOR activities originated from the Ni sites with the modulated electronic environment induced by Mo, P and O atoms, which facilitate the water dissociation during HER and balance the adsorption/desorption of the intermediates during UOR. The development of Ni‐based phosphides nanotube arrays as a bifunctional electrocatalyst in HER||OER system provides a new approach enabling energy‐saving H2 production.


We present an approach for automatically identifying the script of the text localized in the scene images. Our approach is inspired by the advancements in mid-level features. We represent the text images using mid-level features which are pooled from densely computed local features. Once text images are represented using the proposed mid-level feature representation, we use an off-the-shelf classifier to identify the script of the text image. Our approach is efficient and requires very less labeled data. We evaluate the performance of our method on a recently introduced CVSI dataset, demonstrating that the proposed approach can correctly identify script of 96.70% of the text images. In addition, we also introduce and benchmark a more challenging Indian Language Scene Text (ILST) dataset for evaluating the performance of our method.


Human motion classification is emerging technology which can improve healthcare system and to realize context-aware body area network (BAN). This paper focused the fact that the radio channel characteristics between sensor devices and coordinator may have stronger potential for motion classification than the conventional methods using accelerometer and the video sensor. Due to extremely large variety of possible combination of the channel components it is actually very difficult to obtain the accurate motion classifier based on measurement. Therefore, this study proposed a simulation-based classifier that is generated by large amount of data from the combination of individual channel components in computer simulation. This paper presented the current development that included only the free-space path loss variation by body motion. The automatic motion classification for 6 motion scenarios by using the radio channel between four sensor devices and coordinator was evaluated. From the results, it was seen that the method using radio channel entirely outperforms the method using acceleration, particularly in static motion scenarios.


We report the detection of a large glitch in the pulsar B0919+06 (J0922+0638). The glitch occurred in 2009 November 5 (MJD 55140) and was characterized by a fractional increase in the rotation frequency of Δν/ν ∼ 1.3 × 10−6. A large glitch happens in the pulsar whose rotation has an unstable character. We present the results of the analysis of the rotation behavior of this pulsar over the 30 year time span from 1979 to 2009. These results show that the pulsar's rotation frequency underwent continuous, slow oscillations that resembled glitch-like events. During the 1991–2009 interval, the pulsar experienced a continuous sequence of 12 slow glitches with a fractional increase in the rotation frequency of Δν/ν ∼ 1.5 × 10−9. All the slow glitches observed have similar signatures related to a slow increase in the rotation frequency for ∼200 days and to the subsequent relaxation back to the pre-glitch value for ∼400 days. We show that a continuous sequence of such slow glitches is characterized by practically identical amplitudes of Δν ∼ 3.5 × 10−9 Hz and identical time intervals between glitches of ∼600 days and is well described by a periodic sawtooth-like function. The detection of two different phenomena, such as a large glitch and a sequence of slow glitches, indicate the presence of two types of discontinuities in the rotation frequency of the pulsar B0919+06. These discontinuities can be classified as normal and slow glitches.


The purpose of this paper was to discuss rainwater quality based on chemical oxygen demand (COD)
concentration and to map COD spatial distribution for an area of approximately 3.5 km x 3.0 km of Parit Raja,
which is located at Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. Rainwater samples were collected four times from June of 2007
to July of 2007 at eleven sampling stations. The measured COD concentration data were averaged and
transformed into their common logarithms and then mapped through the application of kriging interpolation
technique. The measured COD concentration was found ranging from 5.3 mg/L to 40.7 mg/L. The areas that
received rainwater with high and low COD concentration were able to be identified and the presence of sources
of rainwater contamination was suggested from observation on the developed COD spatial distribution map.


Indonesia is now inseparable from the threat of dissolution due to the emergence of radical ideas. The rise of radical movements in Indonesia has caused its own concern among the Indonesian people, because radicalism is closely related to terrorist attacks.  The organization of the school plays an important role in creating a successful education. School activities (morning education/learning activities) and extracurricular activities (afternoon education/learning activities) are encouraged by school organizations. An attitude of leading, discipline, and many other positive things can be formed by participating in HDI, so that their talents are more channeled and honed. HDI is a role model for other students, so HDI plays a big role in shaping students' views on how to behave and deal with things, especially radical attitudes that trigger terrorism.


In this paper, we propose the first federated correlation test framework compatible with secure aggregation, namely FED-COR. In FED-COR, correlation tests are recast as frequency moment estimation problems. To estimate the frequency moments, the clients collaboratively generate a shared projection matrix and then use stable projection to encode the local information in a compact vector. As such encodings can be linearly aggregated, secure aggregation can be applied to conceal the individual updates. We formally establish the security guarantee of FED-COR by proving that only the minimum necessary information (i.e., the correlation statistics) is revealed to the server. The evaluation results show that FED-COR achieves good accuracy with small client-side computation overhead and performs comparably to the centralized correlation test in several real-world case studies.


that are central to understanding Sri Lankan women's lives. Three thought-provoking essays on sex work in this volume – by Firdous Azim, Toorjo Ghose and Ashwini Sukthankar – point to how the focus on sex workers as victims of exploitation and trafficking, while appealing to donor priorities, marginalises issues of sexuality that might trouble the middle-class sensibilities of many activists and NGOs. One of the great strengths of this volume is that insightful and sustained critique is consistently accompanied by attention to the possibilities for South Asian feminisms opened up when we listen to the voices of those who have been silenced and marginalised, whether these are Free Trade Zone workers whose writings, as Sonali Perera reveals, disrupt dominant national narratives in Sri Lanka; migrant labourers who, as Anannya Bhattacharjee asserts, fuel growth in the neoliberal era but remain "nonentities" (p. 130); or Kashmiris who narrate the egregious violence experienced at the hands of the Indian state to the People's Tribunal in Angana Chatterji's essay. This volume suggests that as South Asian feminisms continually reconfigure to engage these voices and expand their politics to be more inclusive to the concerns of a historical moment marked by communal violence, war and increasing capitulation to a neoliberal order, they have much to contribute to feminist theorising and politics globally.


We propose a dual-functional broadband tunable terahertz polarization converter metasurfaces. The designed structure is composed of a hybrid of electromagnetic materials and provides tunable polarization conversion in the reflection and transmission states. Not only does the polarization converter provide a wide range of polarization conversion from 5.34 to 7.80 THz with a high polarization conversion ratio (more than 0.97), but also is tunable and controllable.


Lastly, Chapter 7 takes us to the MoroccanSpanish border and the permanent state of exceptional violence that migrants encounter there. Faced with violence that is clearly less elusive and slow than that captured in other chapters, NGOs must take the difficult decision to either stay silent and operate within the boundaries imposed by the state to provide minimal humanitarian relief for distressed migrants or adopt a more activist stance to record and condemn human rights violations, with the risk of being banned from working on the ground. Gazzotti suggests that, in the end, civil society seems to have chosen silent support over more radical resistance. Ultimately, Gazzotti's study showcases that against widespread expectations, international donors are not all-powerful, as NGOs and partner countries subvert the aid for their own agendas. She hereby provides much-needed nuance in a research field that often tends to homogenize actors' interests and power dynamics. However, reading Immigration Nation, one keeps wondering, page after page, what Gazzotti would propose as an alternative to this dysfunctional, dangerous system of aid: not providing any aid at all? In the last paragraphs of the book, she provides a clear, powerful answer that demands a complete rethinking of migration and border politics:


This thesis examines the way in which Business Day portrayed the neo-liberal logic of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) strate gy as both common sense and natural. It utilises framing analysis, adapting its application to the context of media studies as the guiding theoretical framework in trying to unde rstand how Business Day, as representative of the mainstream financial media, f r me economic policy issues. Using content analysis, the thesis examines how elite sou rces are the preferred news sources above ordinary citizens and are thus in a position to sha pe news content in line with their neo-liberal views on the economy. The thesis analyses how Business Day, by means of the globalisation frame and other frames, legitimated and in the proc ess perpetuated the GEAR strategy as the macroeconomic policy of choice for South Africa in 1996 against the background of the country's political transformation and economic pol icy development in preceding years.


Patients with patulous Eustachian tube (ET) typically complain of autophony, tympanic membrane (TM) fluttering with respiration, and aural fullness. The latter makes it difficult to differentiate this disorder from tubal dysfunction or obstruction. Patients with patulous ET report that symptoms worsen with exercise. Symptoms, however, improve in supine position because of reduced venous congestion. Binocular microscopy in the upright position is the best method to confirm patulous ET by revealing TM mobility that increases with nasal breathing. When the patient is asymptomatic during examination in clinic, symptoms can be elicited by performing exercises for several minutes. Additional testing to evaluate patulous ET include impedance tympanometry, nasal audiometry, and nasopharyngeal endoscopy (1,2). CT scanning in an upright position can be performed to demonstrate the patency of the patulous ET (3,4). We present a unique imaging case where a patulous ET is confirmed by CT scanning in recumbent position.


Automatic planning of forest road networks is an on-going, challenging task. Advances have been triggered by the increased availability and accuracy of digital terrain models, greater computing power, and improvements in optimization techniques. Defining one's objective functions is a crucial step in guiding the design process and controlling optimization. However, the problem still exists for mapping the fitness of design alternatives to valuable, spatially explicit figures for one or more of those functions. This paper aims (1) to present system models that map the spatial variability of three objective functions (construction and maintenance costs, negative ecological effects, and the suitability, or attractiveness, for cable-yarding landings); and (2) to evaluate the effects of this multi-objective problem on Pareto-optimal solutions. We have taken two approaches for articulating our objective preferences (a priori "choice before search" and a posteriori "search before choice") as well as two optimization methods (graph algorithms and a heuristic search). Our results show that (1) the Steiner minimum tree solutions are located on convex trade-off surfaces, as expected from the multi-objective optimization theory; (2) singlepoint solutions are clustered on the Pareto frontier, such that small changes in the relative weights of objective-function components can trigger movement from one cluster to the next; and (3) allocation of relative weights to those components greatly affects the solution.


The microstructure and martensitic transformation behavior of Ni50−xTi50Lax (x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7) shape memory alloys were investigated experimentally. Results show that the microstructure of Ni50−xTi50Lax alloys consists of a near-equiatomic TiNi matrix, LaNi precipitates, and Ti2Ni precipitates. With increasing La content, the amounts of LaNi and Ti2Ni precipitates demonstrate an increasing tendency. The martensitic transformation start temperature increases gradually with increasing La content. The Ni content is mainly responsible for the change in martensite transformation behavior in Ni50−xTi50Lax alloys.


Each of the Negative Liberty theory and the Positive Liberty theory has theoretical and practical origins and certain one-sidedness and limitation. It is of high necessity for the realization of Liberty to combine them organicly. Genally speaking, the Maxist Liberty belongs to Positive Liberty, but it doesn't deny Negative Liberty. Under new historical conditions, we should develop Maxist Liberty theory in accord with the times and the practice, realize organic combination of Negative Liberty with Positive Liberty, and construct socialist political culture.


This paper presents the optimization of the loss efficiency of inductive heating devices by the application of a sensitivity approach. Based on a mixed potential FE skin effect problem a new sensitivity formulation is derived and extended to the adjoint variable method. Through this the time for the calculation of the cost function and its gradient is minimized. The algorithm is applied to the positioning of the field turns of a simple inductive heating device. Finally the optimization of a crucible induction furnace is shown.


Income polarization adds to the literature on income distribution by providing information on the poles of the distribution of income, but little is known about this issue in Europe. This article explores income polarization and its determinants for twenty European countries over the period 2004–13 based on EU-SILC microdata and Shapley decomposition. The results suggest that income polarization is rather low in Europe; it rose in West-EU15 countries during 2004–08, but declined afterwards. The opposite development is witnessed for Central and Eastern European new member states. Moreover, in most cases, market income induced higher polarization, while tax-benefit systems were polarization-reducing.


Mobile e-commerce has offered new channels for trading products in e-marketplaces over mobile devices by applying the intelligent and mobile agent technologies. These existing ecommerce applications have two specific limiting factors. First, it is difficult for them to be integrated together due to the lack of common communication languages and interaction protocols. Secondly, they might cause expensive participation cost because mobile devices are required to maintain a longtime connection with the network when mobile agents are employed. This thesis proposes a feasible FIPA-compliant framework to address these problems. The standard agent communication language and interaction protocols defined by the FIPA specifications are incorporated in the framework. This enables agents to talk in multiple marketplaces. The use of mobile agents is improved to reduce connection time and simplify the manipulation of mobile devices.


acquisition over the Holstein field (undershoot polygon in green). NRMS is estimated in a 1s window centered at 2.5s. An average NRMS value of 0.23 on final migrated data and an average shot+receiver repeat error of 75m is achieved. Time-lapse seismic makes a significant business impact at Holstein Hesham Ebaid*, Mosab Nasser, Paul Hatchell, Shell Exploration and Production Co, Darrell Stanley, BP America Inc.


Introduction Part I The Impact of Speech on a Planet - a 'Meteorite' Hits the Earth 1. The Phylogeny of Language 2. Functional Models of Language 3. Religion, Philosophy and Language Impact Theories Part II The Impact of Language as a System 1. Language as energeia: Wilhelm v. Humboldt 2. Language, Thought, Reality 3. The 'Linguistic Seduction' of Thought: Critique of Language (Bacon, Locke, Hume, Berkeley / Cassirer, Mauthner, Kainz) 4. General Semantics (Korzybski, Hayakawa, Stuart Chase) 5. Linguistic Constructivism (Michael Halliday etc.) 6. Cognitive Linguistics: the Impact of Metaphor and Frame 7. Summary (Part II) Part III The Impact of Discourse on the World 1. Language as Discourse 2. Precursors of Pragmatics 3. Pragmatics 4. Further Topic Areas in Pragmatics 5. The Impact of Texts 6. Discourse Ethics (Habermas, Apel) and Dialogue 7. Discourse Strategies 8. Critical Discourse Analysis: Language, Ideology and Power (Fairclough) 9. Women, Men and Discourse 10. Interaction between Language and World (Ecological Linguistics) 11. Language Combined with Other Modes and Media Summary: Expansion and Limitation Appendix I: Glossary of Terms Appendix II: Commented List of Thinkers on Language Impact


Background: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is the gold standard for detecting esophageal varices (EV) in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). However, due to the possible limitations of EGD, there has been much interest in the use of noninvasive techniques for this purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of liver and spleen stiffness measured by ultrasound shear wave elastography (LS-SWE, SS-SWE) in prediction of presence and grading of EV in CLD. Methods: One hundred-twenty CLD patients were included in this crosssectional study and subjected to EGD and LS-SWE and SS-SWE after informed consent. Either absence or the grade of EV if present was correlated with values of LS-SWE and SS-SWE. Univariate and multivariate analysis of data and areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) were used. Results: LS-SWE was better than SSSWE in detection of EV (AUC of 0.755 vs 0.621) with cutoff values of 10.3 and 18.25 kPa respectively. On the other hand, SS-SWE was better than LS-SWE in discrimination of the EV grade (AUC of 0.865 vs 0.724 for F2 EV, and 0.864 vs 0.713 for F3 EV) with cutoff values of 19.62 and 14.21 kPa respectively for F2 EV and 28.75 and 15.6 kPa respectively for F3 EV. Conclusion: LS-SWE and SS-SWE could be considered as a choice noninvasive method for screening EV by sparing EGD for patients in need for intervention. [Amany M. Dwidar, Waleed S. Mohamed, Mohamed A. Tawfik, Hazem Omar, Fouad Harras. Liver and Spleen Stiffness by Shear Wave Elastography For A Noninvasive Evaluation of Esophageal Varices in Chronic Liver Disease Patients. Life Sci J 2019;16(5):47-55]. ISSN: 1097-8135 (Print) / ISSN: 2372-613X (Online). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 7. doi:10.7537/marslsj160519.07.


With the development of human civilization,awareness of human rights and recognition of humanity of penalty,the reform of penalty structure of all the countries in the world on lighter punishment has increasingly become mainstream.China's penalty structure is the felony penalty structure which dominated by the death penalty and sentence of imprisonment,this hinders the penalty function effectively.To reduce death penalty,improve freedom penalty,increase criminal fines and add related species of criminal penalty should be the direction of perfection of China's penalty structure.


The Tasmanian bettong, Bettongia gaimardi, is a mycophagous marsupial that occurs in fire-prone dry sclerophyll forests. Previous studies have demonstrated that some of the hypogeous fungi on which it feeds become abundant soon after fire, and have suggested that it might depend on regular burning of its habitat. The longer-term effects of burning on B. gaimardi and its food supply were evaluated by comparing six sites, matched for soil, vegetation and climate, in southeastern Tasmania that had been left unburnt for periods ranging from 1 to 50 years. At each site, the density of B. gaimardi diggings was measured and sporocarps of hypogeous fungi were surveyed. Abundance of hypogeous sporo-carps was low at sites 2 years or less post-fire, but was high at sites 4 years and more post-fire. Species richness was similarly low at recently burnt sites, an effect that was due to the absence of many shallow-fruiting taxa. All species (with one exception) present at recently burnt sites were also present in long-unburnt sites. Densities of B. gaimardi diggings were highest at a very recently burnt (<1 year) site and at a site left unburnt for 10 years. These trends suggest that a high frequency of burning may be unfavourable to B. gaimardi in the forest type investigated in this study.


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Arteritis temporalis (art. temp.) is to day a relatively well-known disease. It was described as early as 1890 by Jonathan Hutchinson (9) but Horton et al. (8) must be credited for giving art. temp. its entity. As recently as 1942 only 1 7 cases had been described in the literature (19). Especially in recent years a large number of reports have been published. The authors have not only been ophthalmologists, but also pathologists, internists, neurologists and rheumatologists (3, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 27, 32). This indicates the general medical interest of the disease. Contributors from Scandinavia are (1 , 2, 4, 5, 6 , 7, 10, 1 1 , 12, 13, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 29,33, 34) among others.


The five hundred twenty-second meeting of the American Mathematical Society was held at Hunter College in New York City on Saturday, February 25,1956. The meeting was attended by about 325 persons including 286 members of the Society. By invitation of the Committee to Select Hour Speakers for Eastern Sectional Meetings Professor Everett Pitcher of Lehigh University delivered an address entitled Inequalities of critical point theory at a general session presided over by Professor R. E. Langer. Sessions for contributed papers were held in the morning and afternoon, presided over by Professors J. H. Barrett, A. A. Bennett, R. H. Bing, G. K. Kalisch, D. E. Kibbey, and C. H. W. Sedgewick. Abstracts of the papers presented follow. Those having the letter t after their numbers were read by title. Where a paper has more than one author, the paper was presented by that author whose name is followed by "(p)". Dr. Banaschewski was introduced by Professor D. B Sumner, Drs. Bremermann and Huckemann and Miss Weiss by Professor R. D. Schafer, Mr. Friedberg by Dr. Hartley Rogers, Jr., Professor Kalish and Dr. Montague by Professor Alfred Horn, Professor Kreyszig and Dr. Nitsche by Professor Stefan Bergman, Dr. Laugwitz by Professor E. R. Lorch, and Mr. Robinson by Professor R. F. Rinehart.


Vinyl sulfone-substituted l-cysteine N-carboxyanhydride (VSCys-NCA) monomer was designed and developed to afford a novel and versatile family of vinyl sulfone (VS)-functionalized polypeptides, which further offer a facile access to functional polypeptide-based materials including glycopolypeptides, functional polypeptide coatings, and in situ forming polypeptide hydrogels through Michael-type addition chemistry under mild conditions. VSCys-NCA was obtained in two straightforward steps with a high overall yield of 76%. The copolymerization of γ-benzyl l-glutamate NCA (BLG-NCA), N-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine NCA (ZLL-NCA), or l-leucine NCA (Leu-NCA) with VSCys-NCA using 1,1,1-trimethyl-N-2-propenylsilanamine (TMPS) as an initiator proceeded smoothly in DMF at 40 °C, yielding P(BLG-co-VSCys), P(ZLL-co-VSCys), or P(Leu-co-VSCys) with defined functionalities, controlled molecular weights, and moderate polydispersities (PDI = 1.15–1.50). The acidic deprotection of P(BLG-co-VSCys) and P(ZLL-co-VSCys) furnished wa...


Objective To seek diagnostic tests with high sensitivity,specificity and simplicity for tuberculous ascites. Methods Adenosine deaminase (ADA) and anti-TB in ascites were tested by modified Martineck's method and ELISA in 45 cases of tuberculous ascites, 42 cases of carcinous ascites and 28 cases of cirrhotic ascites were tested as the control group. Results The level of ADA and anti-TB in ascites was remarkably higher in tuberculous ascites than that in carcinous ascites and cirrhotic ascites (P0.01). When ADA was above 30U/L and positive anti-TB were present, their sensitivity, specificity and accuracy in diagnosis of tuberculous ascites were 100%, 98.6%, 99.2% and 90%, 93.3%, 92% respectively. Conclusion The tests of ADA and anti-TB in ascites are very important in diagnosis of tuberculous ascites.


Received: 18 June 2020 Accepted: 11 October 2020 Abstract. In this paper, we try reducing the moral hazard of profit misreporting in Profit and Loss Sharing Contract (PLS). In this kind of contracts , the corporate manager has a temptation to misreport profits which can lead to either project failing or to financiers receiving an unfair allocation of profits. To help in solving this problem we propose a new model that includes a real option that gives the corporate manager (agent) the right, but not the obligation, to gradually buy shares in the corporation from the financier/bank. We compare our results with the standard case of PLS without real options. We show, using a multi-agent simulation (Netlogo) that embedding real options in the PLS contract can reduce the profit misreporting case. The fact that PLS contracts are riskier compared to other forms of financing such as debt, provides an incentive for the creation of models that reduce their risk to capital providers. Given the results obtained from our real options model, the latter could prove to be of practical use to financial institutions willing to engage in PLS financing.


While there are more than 10,000 reptile species, and reptiles have historically contributed to our understanding of biology, genetics research into class Reptilia has lagged compared to other animals. Here, we summarize recent progress in genetics of coloration in reptiles, with a focus on the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. We highlight genetic approaches that have been used to examine variation in color and pattern formation in this species as well as to provide insights into mechanisms underlying skin cancer. We propose that their long breeding history in captivity makes leopard geckos one of the most promising emerging reptilian models for genetic studies. More broadly, technological advances in genetics, genomics, and gene editing may herald a golden era for studies of reptile biology.


Methylamine and methylamine hydrochloride were adsorbed from aqueous solutions on Camontmorillonite and the adsorption isotherms were determined. Orientations of methylamine molecule and methylammonium cation between the layers of montmorillonite were determined by comparing the basal spacings d (001) of XRD patterns of the pure clay sample and clay-organic complexes. The binding mechanisms of methylamine molecule and methylammonium cation on the clay surface were discussed by comparing the IR spectra. In addition, the changes caused by the organic matter in the DTA-TGA curves of the clay were analyzed.


The ultimate purpose of local festival is to develop economy and culture in that area. "Cheonan World Dance Festival," and "Andong International...


A polemic is presented in regards to a recent paper by Laffort and Héricourt [J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2006, 46, 1723-1734].


Introduction: "An art that knows its mind" 1. English or Irish lyric? 2. 60s Heaney 3. Phonetics and feeling - from "Wintering Out" to "Field Work" 4. 70s Heaney 5. "The Limbo of Lost Words" - the Sweeney complex 6. Beyond the alphabet - "The Haw Lantern" and "Seeing Things" 7. Heaney's "Ars Poetica" - Mandelstam, Dante and "The Government of the Tongue" Conclusion.


Effects of two commonly used selecting agentsin genetic transformation,kanamycin(Kan) and phosphinothricin(PPT),on the differentiation of adventitious shoots from hypocotyl and in vitro-leaf explants and on rooting of in vitroshoots of Platanus acerifoliawere investigated.The results indicated that both Kan and PPT showed a stronginhibition effect on the growth and differentiation of the hypocotyland leaf explants of the species,with 12.5~20.0 mg/L Kan or 2.0 mg/L PPTinhibiting shoot regeneration from leaves completely,and 50 mg/L Kan or 1.0 mg/L PPTinhibiting shoot regeneration from hypocotyls.The concentrations of Kan and PPT to inhibit the rooting of in vitroshoots were 50 mg/L and 4.0 mg/L,respectively.In this paper,proper concentrations of Kan and PPT for selection in genetic transformation using hypocotylor leaf as explants were determined,which established a foundation for the genetic improvement of P.acerifolia via gene engineering.


Aim To study the role of Hataan virus GP an d NP in anti -infectious immune.Methods The rabbits were immunized respectively with GP、NP and GP +NP samples which were purified from suckling mice brains infected HFRS LR 1 strain by zonal centrifugation and c hro-matography,the neutralizing antibody and prote ctive test were carried out.The immunized rabbits were chal lenged by 10 -5 (100ID 50 )attack of HFRS virus LR 1 strain.Result The titre of neutralizing antibody was≥1:10in the rabbits immunized by GP an d GP +NP and≤1:5in the rabbits immunized by NP,but all immu nized rabbits by NP、GP、NP +GP could protect 100ID 50 attack of Hataan virus LR1stain.Conclution Above -mentioned experiments show t hat GP and NP of HFRS virus play an important role in anti -infec tious immune.


Individuals Who Sell Drugs Placed in Treatment: The Perspective of Their Counselors by Natasha Herbert MA, McDaniel College, 2007 BS, McDaniel College, 2006 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Proposal of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Counselor Education and Supervision Walden University January 2019 Abstract Individuals who sell drugs are often mandated by legal forces to substance abuse treatment because of their criminal offenses and the belief they may have a drug problem. Previous researchers have noted this population may be disruptive in the treatment process, but it has not been explored in depth. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to learn the lived experiences of counselors who work with individuals who report a primary problem of selling drugs, not substance abuse, who are mandated to a substance abuse treatment program. Thirteen semi structured interviews were conducted with counselors who have worked with individuals who sell drugs that were mandated to participate in a correctional-based therapeutic community substance abuse treatment program. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed with the assistance of NVivo for meaning and themes. Data were examined through the theoretical lens of the social learning theory (SLT). The results of the study indicated counselors were prepared for their jobs through education and training to have longevity in working in a correctional environment and provided treatment services. The counselors found that individuals who sell drugs had a history substance use, which the individuals minimized. During treatment, counselors sought to challenge individuals who sell drugs to think and explore the effects of their behaviors. Counselors found individuals who sell drugs were able to engage in treatment to avoid negative consequences. The results of this research can encourage positive social change by initiating a discussion about assessments prior to drug treatment, characteristics of drug treatment program participants, and counselor training to improve quality of drug treatment services provided.Individuals who sell drugs are often mandated by legal forces to substance abuse treatment because of their criminal offenses and the belief they may have a drug problem. Previous researchers have noted this population may be disruptive in the treatment process, but it has not been explored in depth. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to learn the lived experiences of counselors who work with individuals who report a primary problem of selling drugs, not substance abuse, who are mandated to a substance abuse treatment program. Thirteen semi structured interviews were conducted with counselors who have worked with individuals who sell drugs that were mandated to participate in a correctional-based therapeutic community substance abuse treatment program. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed with the assistance of NVivo for meaning and themes. Data were examined through the theoretical lens of the social learning theory (SLT). The results of the study indicated counselors were prepared for their jobs through education and training to have longevity in working in a correctional environment and provided treatment services. The counselors found that individuals who sell drugs had a history substance use, which the individuals minimized. During treatment, counselors sought to challenge individuals who sell drugs to think and explore the effects of their behaviors. Counselors found individuals who sell drugs were able to engage in treatment to avoid negative consequences. The results of this research can encourage positive social change by initiating a discussion about assessments prior to drug treatment, characteristics of drug treatment program participants, and counselor training to improve quality of drug treatment services provided. Individuals Who Sell Drugs Placed in Treatment: The Perspective of Their Counselors by Natasha Herbert MA, McDaniel College, 2007 BS, McDaniel College, 2006 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Counselor Education and Supervision Walden University January 2019 Dedication I dedicate this to the people who have worked behind the walls. It is hard work and not always easy to be locked in too. Although the appreciation may not be expressed, there are lives that are being shaped by what you do. Acknowledgments I would like to thank my family and friends who have been with me in this process. It has been a long journey. I am grateful for the love and support I have received. I appreciate the understanding when I said no to things or came with my laptop. Thank you to Dr. Haley who has been there since I started this dissertation and through its ups and downs. Thank you to Dr. Patton who came on as my methodologist. Your assistance and expertise are greatly appreciated. Thank you to Dr. Frazier for your feedback in review of my dissertation.


A portable spectrometer for second-derivative ultraviolet absorption spectrometry (DUVAS) has been evaluated for the screening of aromatic contaminants in groundwaters. Benzene, its derivatives, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were found to be amenable to analysis by this technique at concentrations down to 1 ug/mL. Based on these encouraging results, construction of a rugged, underwater fiber optic probe for direct, down-well pollutant monitoring using DUVAS has begun. A prototype of the probe was used successfully to obtain spectra in the laboratory. When the new probe is completed it will be used to monitor benzene in a groundwater well at a hazardous waste site. 5 figs.


South Honan Union Hospital was constructed in response to epidemic disease in 1920.The fund of South Honan Union Hospital comes from donation and regular income.According to the rules,donation serves the construction,and the regular income is used for treatment.But the uptrend that donation being used for treatment can not be changed at last,because the regular income is not ensured in war,but brings much more invalids to rescue,and the postage due to hospital has added the economic burden to hospital.


This paper presents the application of gamma ray scanning technique to distillation/absorption columns and FCC risers.The flow regime transition.clear liquid height,froth height.crestliquid height over the exit weir on a V-1 type valve tray and downcomer hydraulics were investigatedusing the scanning device previously developed.The solid distribution and coke deposition were experi-mentally simulated in a FCC riser simulator by employing a three dimensional scanning device devel-oped for the present investigation.The success of this investigation should shed a light forquantifying two-phase contact phenomena in various gas liquid and gas solid two phase flow system.


ABSTRACT Leadership has been documented as one of the factors affecting successful fisheries co-management, yet the attributes of good leadership in fishing communities need more analysis. This study investigates the influence of the leaders of fishers' organizations on fishers' participation in co-management in Tam Giang Lagoon, Vietnam, and analyzes the elements that make a leader influential in that context. The findings show correlation between the fishers' level of trust in their leaders and the participation of fishers in co-management. Six attributes give leaders influence over fishers: (1) fairness, (2) accountability, (3) acting as a role model, (4) being a "servant leader" (one who focuses on the needs of others), (5) professional competencies (resource knowledge and management skills), and (6) social qualities (ethical, moral, understanding the community, relation with community). The study has implications for selection of appropriate leaders and human resource development in fishery associations.


This paper present a six port PCWG channel created from a circular photonic crystal array (CPC) with filtering functions. PC based waveguide (PCWG) created along the radial direction of CPC enables the transmission of lightwaves in subwavelength width structures. Additional filter rods are added to the PCWG to server as filtering function so that only allowed lightwaves with designated frequency can pass through the rods set. The other frequencies will be reflected. This PC device allow the distribution of light for different frequencies to different output port channel, which is very useful for multiplexing optical circuit and system.


In Reply. —I appreciate the thoughtful responses to my article and the opportunity to respond. Part of Dr Couper's difficulty with intraoperative DNR orders relates to his broad use of the term resuscitation . He applies the term not only to intraoperative arrest but to events that can lead to arrest. By contrast, I specifically defined resuscitation as an attempt to reverse intraoperative cardiac arrest. It is only by distinguishing arrest from prearrest interventions, like vasopressor and fluid support, that we can avoid confusion in this matter. Drs Franklin and Rothenberg write that my approach to DNR policy "fail[s] to mention... the patient's option to have life support discontinued." They propose a therapeutic trial of surgery with a guarantee that life support will be discontinued in particular circumstances. I should point out that this option was addressed in my article's policy considerations. I wrote that during discussion, one may well "find


Elastic and plastic properties of metals and Young's modulus of ceramics are determined in the microindentation regime by continuous measurements of load versus depth of penetration with spherical indenters. Calibration procedures, usually applied in nanoindentation experiments, are not needed in the microregime where spherical indenters (rather than sharp indenters with microscopical spherical tips) can be manufactured. As indenters of larger diameters are used, the elastic response of the specimen can be probed during the loading stage of the indentation tests (and not only during unloading, as is the case with nanoindenters). Hence, an accurate determination of Young's modulus can be achieved without a prior knowledge of possible "piling up" or "sinking in" which may occur at the perimeter of the contact area. The contact response of materials is shown to undergo four distinct regions: (i) pre-Hertzian regime, (ii) Hertzian regime, (iii) small-scale plasticity, and (iv) large-scale plasticity. A general methodology for estimation of yield strength and hardening exponent of metals is proposed in the last regime.


The well-known approach towards testing mixed-signal cores is functional testing and basically measuring key parameters of the core. However, especially if performance requirements increase, and embedded cores are considered, functional testing becomes technically and economically less attractive. A more cost-effective approach could be accomplished by a combination of reduced functional tests and added structural tests. In addition, it will also improve the debugging facilities of cores. Basic problem remains the large computational effort for analogue structural testing. In this paper, we introduce the concept of Testability Transfer Function for both analogue as well as digital parts in a mixed-signal core. This opens new possibilities for efficient structural testing of embedded mixed-signal cores, thereby adding to
the quality of tests.


RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY (A514) STEEL BUTT SPLICE FASTENED BY A490 BOLTS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON HYBRID JOINTS. STATIC TENSION TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON 15- DOUBLE-SHEAR BUTT JOINTS WITH 4 TO 19 HIGH-STRENGTH BOLTS IN A LINE. EACH BOLT WAS SUBJECTED TO STANDARD CALIBRATION TESTS INCLUDING DIRECT AND TORQUED TENSION CALIBRATIONS AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE SHEAR-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOLTS. THE INSTRUMENTATION OF THE SPECIMENS INCLUDED SR-4 STRAIN GAGES AND DIAL GAGES. THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE STRAIN GAGES WERE ATTACHED TO THE EDGES OF THE PLATE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE JOINT. THEY PROVIDED A MEANS OF EVALUATING THE LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM AND ENABLED A COMPARISON TO BE MADE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PLATE LOADS THROUGHOUT THE JOINT. THE JOINTS WERE LOADED IN STATIC TENSION BY MEANS OF A 5,000 KIP UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINE USING WEDGE GRIPS. THE SLIP COEFFICIENT OF STEEL BLAST CLEANED WITH NO. 50 CHILLED STEEL GRIT WAS DETERMINED TO BE ABOUT 0.34. THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PREDICTING THE ULTIMATE LOAD OF A514 STEEL JOINTS AND HYBRID STEEL JOINTS WERE CONFIRMED. CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY STEEL JOINTS FASTENED BY A325 BOLTS CANNOT PRODUCE YIELDING ON THE CROSS SECTION IF THE ELEMENTS OF THE JOINT ARE DESIGNED ACCORDING TO CURRENT PRACTICE. THE A325 BOLT IS NOT AS SUITABLE A CONNECTOR FOR A514 STEEL AS IS THE A490 BOLT. THE HYBRID JOINT TESTS CONFIRMED THE PREDICTION THAT HYBRID JOINTS BEHAVED SIMILARLY TO HOMOGENEOUS JOINTS AND THAT THEIR STRENGTH IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THAT OBTAINED FOR SIMILAR HOMOGENEOUS JOINTS. THE USE OF HIGHER ALLOWABLE SHEAR STRESSES FOR A325 AND A490 BOLTS IN VARYING-TYPE CONNECTIONS AS SUGGESTED WAS SUITABLE FOR BOTH HYBRID AND A514 STEEL JOINTS.


Banks can play as a key indicator to stop environmental pollution through green banking practices, because they are funding to different types of industrial and production organizations which are polluting the environment in several ways. They should ascertain the outcome of the social and environmental feasibility before giving credit facilities to these organizations. A Bank may ensure its green banking activities through in-house green decoration, solar energy consumption, offering green products to customers and paperless communication in national and international arena. The study has been carried out on the basis of secondary data and the period of the study has covered five years from 2011 to 2015. The study outlines that DBBL has taken almost sufficient initiatives to promote green banking in order to be free from its internal liability. But the study has degraded the bank due to its finance in green project that is only 283.58 million taka lower than 0.20% of total investment in the financial year 2015.Moreover, only 9 branches and 50 ATM powered by solar energy instead of electric power. In addition, the percentage of EEVA on EVA is negative and 6.24% on MVA which is very poor that does not cover study proposed requiring standard. DBBL has almost covered the standard of phase-I and phase-II except phase-III required by Bangladesh Bank. Multiple Regression analysis identifies that the variables are perfectly correlated and their association and contribution, suggest accepting the alternative hypothesis. Paired Sample t-Test indicates that climate risk fund and profit before provision are statistically significant. Furthermore, it is seen from ANOVA table that EVA, EEVA, SC and MVA are statistically and significantly associated with them and OneSample t-Test showed deposits do not statistically make a contribution to the expansion of green investment volume with required proportionate rate.


Abstract New chiral dopants β-hydroxy ketones 1, 1,3-diols 2, 1,3-dioxanes 3 and 1,3-dioxan-2-ones 4 were designed and synthesized. Reaction of (R)-1,2-epoxyoctane with carbanions derived from 2-(4-substituted phenyl)-1,3-dithianes followed by hydrolysis of the resulting hydroxy dithianes afforded 1. Reduction of 1 gave the diols 2, which yielded 3 upon acetalization and 4 upon carbonation. The syn isomers of 2, 3, and 4 exhibited larger spontaneous polarizations, when applied as chiral dopants, than the anti isomers or hydroxy ketones 1.


Enterprise application integration (EAI) is the use of technologies and services across an enterprise to enable the integration of software applications and hardware systems. Many proprietary and open projects provide EAI solution support.EAI is related to middleware technologies. Other developing EAI technologies involve Web service integration, service-oriented architecture, content integration and business processes.Intercommunication between enterprise applications (EA), such as customer relations management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and business intelligence is not automated. Thus, EAs do not share common data or business rules. EAI links EA applications to simplify and automate business processes without applying excessive application or data structure changes. However, EAI is challenged by different operating systems, database architectures and/or computer languages, as well as other situations where legacy systems are no longer supported by the original manufacturers. Keyword Web services and business integration


In this paper we present an example of how laser manufacturing technology can benefit from the use of realistic process simulations. The general design of the multiphysical model used allows for the simulation of different kinds of laser processes such as welding, cutting or more recently even ultra-short pulse ablation [1]. The model is able to perform the simulation of the complete process, thus providing useful technical information such as the influence of keyhole front inclination or of surface tension on the flow of the molten material and its consequences after the solidification. In addition to the implementation of physical models, the current ongoing work presented is aimed to improve the simulation performance in massively parallel scenarios such as HPC-clusters or cloud environments, because the increasing availability of these resources shall eventually enable the application of expensive numerical calculations for production purposes.


We build a two asymmetric regions model with cross‐border pollution related to production. Each region issues emission permits and revenues from their sales finance public pollution abatement. The decentralized level of emission permits is efficient when permits are interregionally tradable and cross‐border pollution is perfect. This result is robust in a variety of cases—for example, when (i) capital is immobile or internationally mobile or only mobile between the two regions, and (ii) revenue from permits sales is transferred to a federal authority.