Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of cells caused due to the rapid increase of abnormal cells that later interfere with healthy cells. One of the main reasons for the increase in mortality is the cost of the devices used for the determination and late diagnosis. The most effective treatment option can be provided by accurate medical diagnosis. Automated segmentation of blood smear images plays a crucial role in the identification of the AML. This article proposes a new computer-aided diagnosis model to segment the blood smear images and identifies the stage of AML. The methodology presented in this work consists of various stages: Image acquisition, image segmentation, feature extraction/selection, and classification. The model is trained using 800 blood smear images collected from Kasturba Medical College Manipal, and 200 images collected from the dataset of microscopic peripheral blood cell images for the development of automatic recognition systems. The model is tested on 500 images. A novel algorithm is designed to accurately segment the blood smear images to identify AML and its stages. The segmentation algorithm addresses critical issues in blast cell detection, including identifying the blast cell and extracting the cytoplasm of the cell without involving manual intervention. It can identify the multiple lobes and the nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs), separate the overlapped erythrocytes from white blood cells (WBCs), and discover the presence of Auer rods and granules. The feature selection is performed using the InfoGainAttributeEval and the ranker search method. This article compares the performance of the various machine learning algorithms exploited for the classification of different types of cells and hence determines AML. The model successfully differentiated between NRBC and WBC with an accuracy of 99.81%. The model obtained a classification accuracy of 99.48 %. It achieved a prediction accuracy of 99.2% while predicting the unknown stage of AML. The algorithm's efficiency proves that it can be used by pathologists to form a prognosis.


Abstract The relationship of generalized locus of control expectancies to the judgment of emotion from facial expressions by male and female American college students in the context of anticipating and not anticipating an interaction with a stranger was examined. Subjects were randomly assigned to either anticipatory or nonanticipatory conditions. As hypothesized, internals were more accurate than externals in overall judgment of emotion from standardized slide photographs of facial expressions. Male, but not female, externals responded poorly to the anticipated interaction with a stranger. Females were significantly more accurate than males at identifying fear expressions and tended to be more accurate overall.


This paper reports results obtained from a surface (both visually clean and dirty/dusty surfaces) and active (aggressive) air testing scheme on 140 residential rooms in England, without visible water damage or mould growth, along with a few rooms with visible mould growth/water damage tested for comparison purposes, with the aim of providing background levels of mould in non-water-damaged interiors to benchmark a normal indoor environment, and in turn when there is a need for further investigation, and, possibly, remediation. Air and surface mould was quantified based on the activity of β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (EC 188.8.131.52; NAHA). The obtained readings showed a log-normal distribution. 98% of the samples obtained from visually clean surfaces were equal to or less than 25 relative fluorescence units (RFU), which is suggested to be the higher bound for the range which can be used as a success criterion for surface cleaning/remediation in non-problem buildings. Of samples obtained from visually dirty/dusty surfaces, around 98% were below 450 RFU, which is suggested to define the lower-bound for abnormally high levels of mould, rare even on dirty/dusty surfaces. Similarly, around 98% of the air samples were found to have 1700 RFU or below. Values above 1700 RFU are therefore unlikely in a non-problem indoor environment and can be indicative of a possible problem inducing mould growth. The samples with values below 1700 were further divided into three proposed sub-categories. Finally, these values were compared to those obtained in Denmark in a similar study and are currently used in national standards, and they were found highly congruent, suggesting that local climate regimes and room functions might not be as influential on indoor mould levels, or that the nuances between UK and Denmark in terms of these factors are not strong enough to lead to sizable changes in the typical indoor mould levels in these countries.


Markets for operating systems are classic two-sided platforms, where the users of the operating system must purchase applications from application developers, but neither side internalizes the welfare impact of their adoption of the platform on the other side. Studies of competition and compatibility between two-sided platforms have tended to focus on cases where both platforms are owned by profit-maximizing firms. This paper specifically focuses on the effects of competition and compatibility between a profit-maximizing, or proprietary platform and an open, freely accessible platform. Under certain conditions, compatibility (meaning applications developed for one platform can be used on the other) can in fact be a profitable strategy even for a proprietary platform, and can benefit developers on both platforms. It also unambiguously improves social welfare in some cases, and there are cases where compatibility is welfare-improving but the proprietary platform has no incentive to invest in it.


Purpose – Detail research undertaken to determine the key differences in the performance of certain centralised (physical) and distributed (virtual) bibliographic catalogue services, and to suggest strategies for improving interoperability and performance in, and between, physical and virtual models.Design/methodology/approach – Methodically defined searches of a centralised catalogue service and selected distributed catalogues were conducted using the Z39.50 information retrieval protocol, allowing search types to be semantically defined. The methodology also entailed the use of two workshops comprising systems librarians and cataloguers to inform suggested strategies for improving performance and interoperability within both environments.Findings – Technical interoperability was permitted easily between centralised and distributed models, however, the various individual configurations permitted only limited semantic interoperability. Significant prescription in cataloguing and indexing guidelines, great...


THE immunologic mechanisms of penicillin allergy are of interest to physicians, not only because of their practical value but also because they can serve as a model for the study of the immunologic...


FTIR spectroscopy was combined with the matrix isolation technique and quantum chemical calculations with the aim of studying complexes of isocyanic acid with sulfur dioxide. The structures of the HNCO⋯SO2 complexes of 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 stoichiometry were optimized at the MP2, B3LYPD3, B2PLYPD3 levels of theory with the 6-311++G(3df,3pd) basis set. Five stable 1:1 HNCO⋯SO2 complexes were found. Three of them contain a weak N-H⋯O hydrogen bond, whereas two other structures are stabilized by van der Waals interactions. The analysis of the HNCO/SO2/Ar spectra after deposition indicates that mostly the 1:1 hydrogen-bonded complexes are present in argon matrices, with a small amount of the van der Waals structures. Upon annealing, complexes of the 1:2 stoichiometry were detected, as well.


Achieving asymptotic stability for discrete-time control-affine systems using one-step-ahead optimal feedback control is the subject of this paper. The optimal control solution is called "greedy", since at every evolution stage the feedback is thought to keep an instantaneous cost function to its minimum, without taking into consideration the consequences of such a control action. Using instantaneous cost as a Lyapunov function, new sufficient conditions for asymptotic stability under greedy control are reported. The result is applicable to discrete-time affine-in-control dynamic systems with multiple inputs.


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of adding sugar and carrageenan on the physica l, chemical an organoleptic characteristic of soft candy cytrus calamansi, and to get the best soft candy cytrus calamansi from the combination of treatment . This study used the RAK (Group Random Block Design) with two factors, the first factors were of adding 40g, 50g, and 60g sugar, and the second factors was the addition of 10g, 13g, and 16g carrageenan. Analysis of data used anova test and further test DMRT (Duncan Multiple Range Test). The results showed that the addition of sugar and carrageenan had significant effect on water content, and organoleptic soft candy of citrus calamans i, but i there were no t significant effect on ash , vitamin C , total acid content and pH. T he best treatment was found in the addition of sugar 60g and carrageenan 13g , with water content of 11.08%, ash content of 2.44%, pH 2.86, vitamin C 1.06 mg, total acid 0.65% .  The overall prference of  panelists liked the soft candy wtih the soft canddy by adding 65 g sugar and 13 g carragenan with  average score of 4.03 (level of likes ).


If you suddenly became unable to make treatment decisions about your health care, would anyone know your choices regarding treatment? Who would you want to make those decisions for you? Would that person or persons know what treatments you would accept or refuse given little or no chance for recovery? Okay, admit it. It's not something you think about a Jot. Heaven knows it isn't pleasant to think about, but the possibility does exist, nonetheless. -Health Smart, 1992


By body pressure measuring and subjective comfort evaluating,the relationship between the properties of backrest cushions and sitting comfort was studied.Suggestions from ergonomically perspective were given on optimizing backrest cushions design.Experimental results showed that the hardness of the backrest impacted on the lumber,back and shoulder comfort in different degrees,the influence degree related to the layer structures of the backrests.


In researching witch culture,there are some theoretical problems which are difficult to solve.And these problems will inevitably enter the study field of primitive religion and traditional patriarchal religion.Distinguishing these problems might be beneficial in rewriting history.


BACKGROUND
In 2008, the Chilean National Nursing Examination Commission, COENENF, developed a national nursing exam (ENENF). Since 2013, COENENF has implemented a validated opinion survey at the time of the national examination to strengthen the quality of the exam and facilitate its continuous improvement.

AIM
To determine the perception of nursing students about general aspects, specific areas, representativeness, mastery and usefulness of the 2018 ENENF.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
A descriptive, cross-sectional study, using a self-administered Likert-type survey, was administered in 2018 to 2949 last-year nursing students from 29 nursing schools who took the ENENF. The survey comprised three areas: representativeness of the questions, student mastery of each area, and the usefulness of the exam.

RESULTS
Students had a positive perception of the Chilean ENENF and its application. Theoretical knowledge is effectively assessed and close to half of the sample agreed that the ENENF is useful. The results also suggest areas that should be improved.

CONCLUSIONS
Nursing students had a positive perception of the ENENF.


Context. Asteroseismology is an efficient tool not only for testing stellar structure and evolutionary theory but also constraining the parameters of stars for which solar-like oscillations are presently detected. As an important southern asteroseismic target τ Ceti, is a metal-poor star. The main features of the oscillations and some frequencies of τ Ceti have been identified. Many scientists propose to comprehensively observe this star as part of the Stellar Observations Network Group. Aims. Our goal is to obtain the optimal model and reliable fundamental parameters for the metal-poor star τ Ceti by combining all non-asteroseismic observations with these seismological data. Methods. Using the Yale stellar evolution code (YREC), a grid of stellar model candidates that fall within all the error boxes in the HR diagram have been constructed, and both the model frequencies and large- and small- frequency separations are calculated using the Guenther's stellar pulsation code. The χ 2 vc minimization is performed to identify the optimal modelling parameters that reproduce the observations within their errors. The frequency corrections of near-surface effects to the calculated frequencies using the empirical law, as proposed by Kjeldsen and coworkers, are applied to the models. Results. We derive optimal models, corresponding to masses of about 0.775-0.785 M o and ages of about 8-10 Gyr. Furthermore, we find that the quantities derived from the non-asteroseismic observations (effective temperature and luminosity) acquired spectroscopically are more accurate than those inferred from interferometry for τ Ceti, because our optimal models are in the error boxes B and C, which are derived from spectroscopy results.


This study seeks to investigate the association between Person – Environment (PE) Fit and the organizational commitment with the moderator of personality (Big Five). The study shows the personality of individual has influence towards organizational commitment. The participants of study were collected from various co-operatives located; the samples are not only consisting Malaysian who is working in Malaysia. It includes Malaysian who currently works abroad, and also foreigner who is presently worked in Malaysia (Indian, Vietnamese and Japanese). With sample size 183 participants (83 Male, 100 Female). The subjects completed the questionnaire that included 3 variables of PE fit, 'Big five' personality traits and 3 dimension of organizational commitment. The major finding was there are significant relationship between PE fit and Organizational Commitment. The second major finding revealed is partial of the personality traits do influence in the relationship of PE Fits and Organizational Commitment. This research offer the human resource practitioner and hiring manager rational approach to understand and manipulating the relationship between PE Fit, Organizational Commitment and Personality Traits in order to increase the organizational commitment in their firms.


Abstract : A summary is given of some of the characteristics of geomagnetic micropulsations. Based on a knowledge of micropulsation data measured at surface land stations, expressions are presented for obtaining estimates of the horizontal and vertical components of the electric and magnetic fields in the open ocean in the period range of interest, 0.5 to 1000 sec. Numerical results are presented for a seawater layer over an earth bottom. Perturbations in the open ocean field components by the proximity of a coastline are discussed.


A new method – 'Integrated information and prediction Web Service WaterPUCK' for investigation influence of agricultural holdings and land-use structures on coastal waters of the southern Baltic Sea is presented. WaterPUCK Service is focused on determination of the current and future environmental status of the surface water and groundwater located in the Puck District (Poland) and its impact on the Bay of Puck (the southern Baltic Sea) environment. It will highly desired tool for land-use and environment management. WaterPUCK combines several different components and methods such as retrospective analyses of existing monitoring data sets, in situ measures and the application of various models to estimate main mechanisms and threats responsible for the pollution transport from the agricultural holdings and land-use structure to the surface and groundwater and potential predictability of environment change of the Puck District and the Bay of Puck ecosystem. The WaterPUCK Service is constructed as part of the project with the same name 'WaterPUCK' (www.waterpuck.pl). Developed within the framework of this project, the model of the Puck Bay "EcoPuckBay" will be a three-dimensional ecohydrodynamical model of higher vertical and horizontal resolution that assimilates satellite data. EcoPuckBay model consists of active ocean, ecosystem and ice modules, coupled together with active land module (SWAT plus ModFlow) which provide data, such as freshwater inflow and nutrient discharge from rivers and ground, and passive atmospheric module which provide data such as weather forecasts from external sources (UM ICM). From the side of the open sea, boundary conditions will be fed from the three-dimensional model of the ecosystem for the Baltic Sea 3D CEMBS (www.cembs.pl). The model horizontal resolution is 1/960°, which corresponds to ca. 115 m grid. Vertically model is divided into 19 layers. The first of 5 layers is 0.4 meters thick. 3D EcoPuckBay model will generate 72-hour forecast which include currents, temperature, salinity and ice parameters. In addition, the model will forecast ecological parameters i.e. nutrients, pesticides, dissolved oxygen concentration and biomass of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the entire water column. Each of these variables will be calculated with a second-order advection-diffusion, partial differential equation. This work was supported by the National Centre for Research and Development within the BIOSTRATEG III program No. BIOSTRATEG3/343927/3/NCBR/2017.


The article is focused on Milos Wasserbauer's and Frantisek
Troster's two productions of Dmitri Shostakovich's opera
Katerina Izmailova in State Theatre in Brno and Teatro alla
Scala in 1964. The author deals with the interpretation of the
opera, the direction-scenography concept, and reception and
historical context of the productions. In the sixties in former
Czechoslovakia, theatre director Wasserbauer and scenographer
Troster represented the operatic staging practice that
substantially relied on progressive tendencies in direction and
scenography. The author analyses the direction-scenography
concept of the productions which represent the shift in
theatrical imagination of operatic staging practice of the era.


Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common disabling joint disease affecting both males and females. Sexual dysfunction (SD) is a common association with RA. Aim and objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the frequency rates of sexual problems and associated factors in a cohort of married females with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to investigate the correlation between hormonal profile (serum testosterone level, estrogen and progesterone level) and female sexual function in RA patients. Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional analytical study included 100 female RA patients and 80 age matched healthy control female from Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Clinic in Qena University Hospital. Results: there were a highly statistically significant negative correlation between Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and each of DAS, VAS, MHAQ, HAM-A and Testosterone level while it showed statistically significant positive correlation between Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and each of Estrogen and Progesterone. Conclusion: Our study suggests that rheumatoid arthritis has a negative impact on patients' sexuality. Age of patients and partners, pain, and tender joints appear to be the main factors influencing sexual function.


Analysis of Teacher Career Development at SDS Kampung Sawah Jakarta. Thesis Management Study Program, Jakarta Triguna College of Economics Jakarta. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of the implementation of teacher career development in terms of aspects of promotion as well as to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors for teacher promotion in Jakarta's Private Elementary School. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods with data collection techniques through interviews, observation, and documentation. Data processing stages namely through data analysis, data reduction, data display, verification, and increasing the validity of the results. The results showed that teacher career development had been fulfilled namely in the elements of education, learning / guidance and certain assignments. However, in the element of continuing professional development the teacher still has difficulty in realizing the sub-elements of scientific publications and innovative works. So this has an impact on the delay in the promotion of teachers. Teacher supporting factors in a career are (1) self-motivation, (2) support from school leaders, (3) peer support, (4) guidance from services to students, (5) guidance from related agencies. While the inhibiting factors of teachers in a career are (1) limited competence, (2) cultural barriers, (3) limitations in fulfilling credit lift, (4) administrative barriers, (5) teacher personality barriers.


This study analyzed the genotype distribution and frequency of lamivudine (LAM) and tenofovir (TDF) resistance mutations in a group of patients co‐infected with HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV). A cross‐sectional study of 847 patients with HIV was conducted. Patients provided blood samples for HBsAg detection. The load of HBV was determined using an "in‐house" real‐time polymerase chain reaction. HBV genotypes/subgenotypes, antiviral resistance, basal core promoter (BCP), and precore mutations were detected by DNA sequencing. Twenty‐eight patients with co‐infection were identified. The distribution of HBV genotypes among these patients was A (n = 9; 50%), D (n = 4; 22.2%), G (n = 3; 16.7%), and F (n = 2; 11.1%). Eighteen patients were treated with LAM and six patients were treated with LAM plus TDF. The length of exposure to LAM and TDF varied from 4 to 216 months. LAM resistance substitutions (rtL180M + rtM204V) were detected in 10 (50%) of the 20 patients with viremia. This pattern and an accompanying rtV173L mutation was found in four patients. Three patients with the triple polymerase substitution pattern (rtV173L + rtL180M + rtM204V) had associated changes in the envelope gene (sE164D + sI195M). Mutations in the BCP region (A1762T, G1764A) and in the precore region (G1896A, G1899A) were also found. No putative TDF resistance substitution was detected. The data suggest that prolonged LAM use is associated with the emergence of particular changes in the HBV genome, including substitutions that may elicit a vaccine escape phenotype. No putative TDF resistance change was detected after prolonged use of TDF. J. Med. Virol. 82:1481–1488, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The article presents a discussion on the documentary on the situation of refuge in childhood for children. The objective is to emphasize a debate on the critical production of audiovisual records and its interference in education, within the scenario of children's invisibility and forced displacement. Two authors representing Cultural Studies, Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson, were elected for the theoretical debate. As an empirical analysis, the German documentary "Child Refugee Tiba" (Fluchtlingskind Tiba, 2015-2017) was listed, which aims to problematize the ways in which the critical production of educational media content enables visibility, understanding and awareness about the phenomenon of refuge. In this way, a reflection on the impact and repercussion of this documentary on the children and youth audience is approached. The discussion results in a debate, with the purpose of encouraging ways to build a culture in common.


Synopsis By means of multiple linear regression analysis, an equation for the prediction of food intake in the laying fowl was derived: where F = daily food intake (g), ΔW= daily live‐weight change (g), W 0.75 = metabolic body size (g) and E= daily egg mass (g) A correction factor for the effect of environmental temperature upon food intake is given, whilst a modification of the intercept value is presented to account for the effect of the dietary energy/body weight interaction upon food intake. It is suggested that equation variation with age, so as to attain maximum accuracy of intake, may only be required in the periods immediately following peak output of egg mass. Individual equations for two strains of hybrid are also presented, and it is concluded that such equations are very narrow in their capability of prediction; not necessarily applying to strains with a similar body weight.


Previous studies have indicated a high proportion of left‐handers in association with a variety of handicaps. In the present study of 203 children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus, a statistically significant high incidence of left and mixed handedness has been found in comparison with the control group of 200 normal children. In both groups there was a marked decline in the percentage of mixed handers between the ages of five and six years. The mixed handers (i.e. those who showed no specific hand preference in a simple drawing and writing test) exhibited significantly lower verbal IQS on the wise, substantially lower reading attainment, and they were more likely to have the upper limit of their myelomeningocele in the thoracic vertebrae. The latter finding suggests that handedness is not only determined by cortical factors but may also be influenced by asymmetrical motor or sensory dysfunction due to lesion of the thoracic cord. The findings are not inconsistent with the suggested practice of teaching mixed handers to achieve a definite hand preference, but further prospective studies are needed to substantiate this suggestion. In the cases of the left‐handed children in both groups, other researchers have already emphasised the need for appropriate instruction, particularly when they are learning to write.


The midterm evaluation of USAID's HIV Program in Nicaragua aimed to assess the extent to which the objectives and targets for the 2008-2013 period had been met and provide recommendations for the remaining years of the PEPFAR Central America Partnership Framework (CAPF-2010-2015). Methodologically the evaluation was structured around the four programmatic components (prevention health system strengthening strategic information and policy environment). It was guided by five questions related to the program's 17 performance indicators. The evaluation also assessed the overall program with respect to its compliance with the PEPFAR principles contributions to strengthening the national response to the HIV epidemic and future challenges. (Excerpt)


This paper tackles a compressed sensing problem with the unknown signal showing a flexible block sparsity structure, where flexible means that blocks of nonzero elements have no predetermined positions and only their minimum length is known. By capitalizing on the Minkowsky functional, the related support recovery problem is written in terms of a new vector norm that outperforms the classic l1 norm in describing the considered sparsity structure. Also, the minimum number of measurements that are needed for perfect reconstruction is estimated by the Gaussian-width analysis of the new norm.


Recent evidence has been accumulating that the sleep of individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not only disrupted in a nonspecific way but that ADHD has an increased association with simple sleep related movement disorders such as restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movements in sleep (RLS/PLMS), rhythmic movement disorder (body rocking and head banging), and parasomnias, such as disorders of partial arousal (sleep walking, sleep terrors, and confusional arousals). In addition increased associations have been reported between ADHD and hypersomnias such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea as well as circadian rhythm disorders, such as delayed sleep phase syndrome. These relationships are reviewed and the implications for such associations are explored. Patients with sleep disorders should be queried about the symptoms of ADHD and vice versa.


This paper examined the impact of internal control on operational performance in CSM Cooperative Society. Cooperatives have become a good source of affordable finance for both low and medium income group all over the world. As critically important as cooperatives are to the growth and development of Nigeria vide the provision of funds for business and investment hence employment, they may not survive in the long term if they are not properly managed. The presence of an effective and efficient internal control system will go a long way in aiding the cooperatives to manage their operations well. The study investigated internal control impact on performance of cooperatives in Abuja. The target population was the Executive Management Committee, Senior Management, Senior and Junior staff of CSM Cooperative, Abuja, Nigeria. Survey method was employed, and questionnaires were distributed to all the categories of employees identified. Multiple-Linear Regression was used to analyze the data collected vide a 5 point Likert-scale questionnaire. The study revealed that the relationship between internal control (monitoring, control environment, control activities) and performance of cooperatives is not significant. It was recommended that cooperatives should ensure that they seek for and implement measures that increase profitability in addition to instituting a good and functioning system of internal control. The study also recommended that future research should add the two variables of internal control not covered in this research and also use a sample number of cooperatives in Abuja.


According to Technorati's [1] 2007 report, the blog sites is up rising to 72 millions and the popularity of blogers has drawn many attention. This phenomenon has turned many web users into bloggers. The vast amount of blog information also brings the phenomenon of information overloading which is not handled by the blog function yet. In addition, the personalized recommendation service, which should be provided, is also not incorporated in the blog function now. To better service the bloggers and to overcome the above problems, this research proposes a Blog Article Recommendation System (BARS) which provides personalized article recommendation based on blogger's interests. This research adapts the ontology technique in BARS to construct a personal preference tree for understanding blogger's interests. The ART (Adaptive Resonance Theory) network is also utilized to cluster the group with similar interests. In order to find the similar preference between target blogger and the corresponding neighbors, we apply the Collaborative Filtering (CF) technique to generate the recommendation. The "cold-start" problem, i.e. lacking of blogger's usage data at the very beginning, is handled by combining ontology and Content-Based (CB) filtering method to infer the potential preference in BARS. The purpose of this research is to achieve the followings. (1) To solve the problem of information overloading. (2) To propose the cold-start problem when making the recommendation. (3) To build the BARS for personalized blog-article recommendation.


We consider the solution of spectral problems with elliptic potentials in the framework of the Hermite ansatz. We show that the search for potentials and their spectral characteristics is reduced to a system of polynomial equations solvable by the Gröbner bases method and others. New potentials and corresponding solutions of the Sawada–Kotera, Kaup–Kupershmidt, Boussinesq equations are found.


The author presents a new method for solving multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problems that is based on the skeleton concept of optimality. The theoretical foundations of the skeleton method are presented. The MCDM problem is formulated and the concept of optimality of the skeleton method is explained. Given upper and lower aspiration levels in the objective space, the skeleton set is determined and the best compromise solution is found as the intersection point of the skeleton and the nondominated set.<<ETX>>


ABSTRACT Based on the lower bound limit analysis, the bearing capacity of a tapered pile in clay is computed. The numerical analysis is performed for various parameters such as embedment length to base diameter ratio (Lp /D 0), taper angle (β), a factor m for the linear variation of cohesion, and adhesion factors (αb and αs ). The results are presented in the form of bearing capacity factors Nct b, Nct s and Nct which represent resistances due to pile base, shaft and total load carrying capacity, respectively. The factor Nct b is found to be decreasing, while the factors Nct s and Nct are increasing, due to an increase in β. The increases in Nct s and Nct are found to be significant for smaller β (between 1–3°) and larger Lp /D 0. The bearing capacity factors are significantly affected by undrained cohesion. It is expected that the results of the present analysis will be helpful to the practicing engineers.


In military aircraft weapon bays, experience has shown that an open cavity at moderately high speeds can have a profound efiect on internally carried weapons, their suspension equipment, separation characteristics, and the structural loads on the parent aircraft. Acoustic resonance causes high pressure, ∞uctuating loads in and near the bay, high enough to very quickly fatigue metal parts, and to damage sensitive electronics on smart weapons. When two such cavities are placed in close proximity to one another, it is natural to expect the instabilities from the cavities to interact. This paper presents the results of an experimental study conducted on twin, closely spaced cavities in order to understand the physics of the interaction mechanisms between the instabilities and the changes in these mechanisms as the cavities are moved apart. The following important results emerged from this study: (1). When twin cavities are placed in close proximity they exhibit coupled resonant instability modes that can be distinct from those produced by each cavity resonating by itself. (2). As these twin cavities are moved apart, the Mach number range where resonant instabilities are observed decreases, which is indicative of a decoupling behavior. (3). Prior to an instability mode switch or mode decay, the interaction density metric increases, thus acting as a precursor to a mode change. (4). When multiple instability modes are present at a given operating Mach number, the cross-bicoherence spectrum is dominated by interaction clusters, whereas, when a single instability mode is dominant, the cross-bicoherence spectrum displays a lineal pattern of interactions.


Existing research on enterprise logistics outsourcing decisions factors is decentralized, and lack of theoretical foundation. Based on resource-based theory, the paper combines logistics outsourcing decision models, and constructs systematic enterprise logistics outsourcing decisions factor model.


The paper selected the producer services data of 31 provinces,building the spatial panel data model by calculating the Moran' s Index,then analyzed the spatial agglomeration of China' s producer services on province level and the contribution of each industry in producer services to the economic growth.It has been found that:all variables of producer services show significant spatial agglomeration features,even economic resource competition to some degree.In the aspect of the contribution to the economic growth,wholesale and retail industry,transportation industry and storage and postal industry have the most obvious effect on promoting economic growth,while the effect of financial industry is slightly weakened due to the financial crisis,and the realty industry has the least effect on economic growth.


Objective:To detect the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α(HIF-1α) in placenta and the expression of placenta growth factor(PlGF) in maternnal serum from normal pregnancy and preeclampsia.To investigate their correlation and the relationship with pathogenesis of preeclampsia.Methods:The expression of HIF-1α in placenta collected from 40 preeclampsia patients and 20 normotensive controls was determined by immunohistochemistry.PlGF level in the maternal venous serum was measured by enzyme linked immunoassay(ELISA).Results:The expression of HIF-1α of placental tissues was significantly higher in mild and severe preeclampsia groups than in normal pregnancy group.PlGF level in the maternal serum from mild preeclampsia group and severe preeclampsia group was significantly lower than those from normal pregnancies.Conclusions:PlGF expression in maternal serum was depended on the expression of HIF-1α in placenta.Increased expression of HIF-1α in placental tissues and the decline of PlGF in serum might play important roles in pathogenesis of preeclampsia.


These are open wooded landscapes of the lowlands, foothills and mountains of the boreal zone, traditionally managed for grazing, hay-making and woodland products, mainly by pollarding. Diverse very open canopies of broadleaved and coniferous trees, including veterans, often with few or no associated shrubs, occur scattered over pasture and meadow vegetation. Long traditions of complex interactions and cultural associations made these landscapes both dynamic and distinctive and the biggest threat is dislocation of management of the different elements of the landscape, abandonment which permits encroachment of shrubs and extension of tree cover, afforestation and urbanisation. Losses in extent and degradation of quality have been enormous and the condition of remaining wooded pastures and meadows are still deteriorating rapidly, especially for the most valuable examples where grasslands are maintained by mowing. Conservation management should focus on the maintenance of traditional use or on reintroducing new ways of mowing and grazing. Old trees should be protected as they provide habitat for many rare epiphytic cryptogams. Less damaged example can have a high capacity to recover if mowing, grazing and tree management is reintroduced but, if untouched, there is no regeneration as areas turn quickly into forest.


In this paper, we derive some new Gagliardo-Nirenberg type inequalities in Lorentz type spaces without restrictions on the second index of Lorentz norms, which generalize almost all known corresponding results. Our proof mainly relies on the Bernstein inequalities in Lorentz spaces, the embedding relation among various Lorentz type spaces, and Littlewood-Paley decomposition techniques. In addition, we establish several novel criteria in terms of the velocity or the gradient of the velocity in Lorentz spaces for energy conservation of the 3D Navier-Stokes equations. Particularly, we improve the classical Shinbrot's condition for energy balance to allow both the space-time directions of the velocity to be in Lorentz spaces. MSC(2020): 35A23, 42B35, 35L65, 76D03


Calculus has been developing for almost three hundreds years.It was first introduced by Newton and Leibniz.Without the basis of rigorous theory,it was ambiguous,which is called the first generation of calculus.Later,it was established on the concept of limit in a rigorous and abstract way,called the second generation of calculus.However,it is difficult to understand for most beginners.In this paper,we introduce two concepts of function A and function B,on which a new calculus is built in a rigorous and simple way.The new calculus is called the third generation of calculus.Due to its basis being elementary mathematics,the difficulty of its teaching and learning is reduced greatly.In addition,it is expected that this new calculus will have a profound influence on mechanization of calculus.


Objective To study in vitro cytotoxic activity of NK-92 cells against human cervical cancer cells and effect of irradiation on NK-92 cytotoxicity.Methods NK-92 cells were mixed with 51 Cr-labeled Hela or K562 cells at different effector-to-target ratios for a 4h 51 Cr-release assay. On the other hand, NK-92 cells were irradiated at 0 and 400 cGy and tested after 2d for cytotoxicity against K562 and Hela cells.Results NK-92 cells (0 cGy) displayed high in vitro cytotoxicity against Hela with a mean specific lysis of 47% and 50% at 10∶1 and 20∶1 E∶T ratios , while these levels at 1∶1 (15 %) and 5∶1 (33 %) E∶T ratios were lower; The cytotoxicity of NK-92 against K562 ranged from 33 % to 69 %. NK–92 cells maintained up to 14 %~47 % cytotoxicity against Hela and 30%~60% cytotoxicity against K562 when irradiated with 400cGy after 2d.Conclusion In vitro cytotoxic activity of NK-92 cells against Hela cells is high at suitable E∶T ratios,and substantial cytotoxicity can be retained up to irradiation dose of 400cGy.


Lower bounds of variance of estimators are derived for one-parametric quantum estimation problems without differentiability assumptions of models. In non-asymptotic cases, lower bounds are derived based on, in a sense, first-order difference and k-th order difference. In asymptotic cases, lower bounds are derived for a continuous model and for a discrete model. We then consider three examples. In the first example, the problem is easy since only one point is differentiable but it is important as a model of an optical experiment. In the second example, there are infinitely many non-differentiable points which are not isolated. In the third example, the parameterization is discrete.


Curriculum in today's world: configuring knowledge, identities, work and politics, edited by Lyn Yates and Madeleine Grumet, Series: World year book of education, London and New York, Routledge, 2011, 254 pp., £95 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-41557582-9 Australia's curriculum dilemmas: state cultures and the big issues, edited by Lyn Yates, Cherry Collins, and Kate O'Connor, Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 2011, 360 pp., AU$49.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-522-85770-2


The invention relates to application software security access management in mobile communication devices having a software services component and an interface component, the interface component having at least one application programming interface (API) 12, 13 for providing access to the software services component for enabling applications to be installed, loaded and run on the mobile device. A security access manager receives a request from an application for access to the software services component and determines in a security module 22 if the request should be granted by verifying the authenticity of the application by means of a digital signature 21. The security module informs a local web server 24, which acts as a security broker, to allow access to protected APIs. The invention allows off-the-shelf scripting software, e.g Flash (RTM), to be used to create applications which securely access cellular phone APIs and mobile network APIs.


Chiral secondary alcohols are useful synthetic building blocks. One direct approach to chiral secondary alcohols is by catalytic reduction of ketones using molecular hydrogen or by asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. This review focuses on recent developments using immobilized chiral metal catalysts, and their role in developing greener chemistry. Immobilization of chiral ligands on silica, polymer, dendrimer and magnetite nanoparticles and their application as catalyst with metals in the hydrogenation of ketones under environmentally friendly solvent conditions is discussed.


Parameter identification used to obtain the analytical mathematical model of the mechanical system is requisite to allow high-performance control. The typical online indirect parameter identification method, which simultaneously estimates six parameters using the least square method with an adaptive filter, has achieved a good effect. Nevertheless, the drawbacks, such as the heavy computational burden and the adaptive filter invalidation, restrict its use for real-time identification. To address these issues, the simplified discrete-time output error model is proposed, which can be used to estimate four key parameters online instead of six. Furthermore, this article presents an adaptive filter parameter correction algorithm via the pole assignment to guarantee its stability and effectiveness. Finally, the proposed method can significantly reduce the calculation burden of typical identification method. The experimental results indicate that the proposed identification method maintains a high precision.


Benjamin M. Compaine's The Book Industry in Transition: An Economic Study of Book Distribution and Marketing (White Plains, N.Y.: Knowledge Industries Inc., 1978—$24.95) One Book/Five Ways: The Publishing Procedures of Five University Presses (William Kaufmann, Inc., One First St., Los Altos, Calif. 94022—price not given, paper) J. Sherwood Weber, ed. Good Reading: A Guide for Serious Readers (New York: R.R. Bowker, 1978—$12.95) Kenneth Kister's Encyclopedia Buying Guide (New York: R.R. Bowker, 1978—$17.50) Elmer Gertz and Felice Flanery Lewis, eds. Henry Miller: Years of Trial and Triumph 1962-1964–The Correspondence of Henry Miller and Elmer Gertz (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978—$17.50)


Enforcing Communist Party Members advancement of the college students is one of the important elements of Communist Party members advancement education in colleges.Due to its importance,this essay discusses the ways of cultivating the interior accomplishments and exterior behaviors of the college student Party members.


The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health emergency. Various omics results have been reported for COVID-19, but the molecular hallmarks of COVID-19, especially in those patients without comorbidities, have not been fully investigated. Here we collect blood samples from 231 COVID-19 patients, prefiltered to exclude those with selected comorbidities, yet with symptoms ranging from asymptomatic to critically ill. Using integrative analysis of genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and lipidomic profiles, we report a trans-omics landscape for COVID-19. Our analyses find neutrophils heterogeneity between asymptomatic and critically ill patients. Meanwhile, neutrophils over-activation, arginine depletion and tryptophan metabolites accumulation correlate with T cell dysfunction in critical patients. Our multi-omics data and characterization of peripheral blood from COVID-19 patients may thus help provide clues regarding pathophysiology of and potential therapeutic strategies for COVID-19. COVID-19 is a critical public health threat, but molecular characterizations of patients' immunity is still lacking. Here the authors collected blood from patients with various disease severity, and prefiltered to exclude selected comorbidity, to obtain genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and lipidomic profiles to report a trans-omics landscape.


By an explicit analytic solution it is shown how, in the accretion of a poloidally magnetized plasma into a Kerr black hole, a torque is exerted on the infalling gas; this result implies the extraction of rotational energy from the black hole. The torque arises from the twisting of magnetic field lines by the frame-dragging effect. It is also shown how, under suitable conditions, a sizable charge separation can be found in the magnetosphere of accreting black holes; hence, an electric charge is expected to be induced on the black hole. (AIP)


Benthic foraminifera have been used as proxies for the prevailing conditions at the sediment–water interface. Their distribution patterns are thought to facilitate reconstruction of past environmental conditions. Variations of bottom water oxygenation can be traced by the downcore distribution of benthic foraminifera and some of their morphological characters. Being one of the strongest and most pronounced OMZs in today's world oceans, the Peruvian OMZ is a key area to study such variations in relation with changing climate. Spatial changes or an extension of the OMZ through time and space are investigated using sediment cores from the lower OMZ boundary. We focus on time intervals Late Holocene, Early Holocene, Bolling Allerod, Heinrich-Stadial 1 and Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to investigate changes in bottom-water oxygen and redox conditions. The recent distributions of benthic foraminiferal assemblages provide background data for an interpretation of the past conditions. Living benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Peruvian margin are structured with the prevailing bottom-water oxygen concentrations today (Mallon et al., 2012). Downcore distribution of benthic foraminiferal assemblages showed fluctuations in the abundance of the indicator species depicting variations and a decreasing trend in bottom water oxygen conditions since the LGM. In addition, changes in bottom-water oxygen and nitrate concentrations are reconstructed for the same time intervals by the pore density in tests of Planulina limbata and Bolivina spissa (Glock et al., 2011), respectively. The pore densities also indicate a trend of higher oxygen and nitrate concentrations in the LGM compared to the Holocene. Combination of both proxies provide information on past bottom-water conditions and changes of oxygen concentrations for the Peruvian margin.

Glock et al., 2011: Environmental influences on the pore density of Bolivina spissa (Cushman), Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 41, no. 1, p. 22–32.

Mallon et al., 2012: The response of benthic foraminifera to low-oxygen conditions of the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone, in ANOXIA, pp.305-322.


the purpose of this project was to evaluate two systems for restraining the movement of 345kV high-pressure oil-filled (HPOF) cable joints during load cycling. Problems with joints and adjacent cables due to thermomechanical bending (TMB) experienced by the Consolidated Edison Company of New York and Public Service Electric Gas Company of New Jersey are reviewed. Some approaches to reducing or preventing TMB induced damage to HPOF pipe type cable joints are discussed. The design and operation of a special test apparatus for simulating TMB effects under laboratory conditions is described. One of the two joint restraint systems evaluated under this project was developed by PSE G and employed wedging devices, which could be retrofitted into existing installations, that limited the longitudinal movement of the joints during load cycling. The other system developed by Pirelli Cable Corporation applied the restraining force to the cylindrical portion of the hand applied joint insulation by means of support spiders and steel rods attached to the reducer faces. The test results show that the PSE G restraint system can effectively limit joint longitudinal movement while causing a minimal amount of mechanical disturbance to the joint stress cones. The test results obtained with the PCC systemmore » are inconclusive and indicate that further refinement and testing are required to demonstrate the effectiveness of this promising joint restraint system.« less


Development and application status of electrochemical noise technology in material corrosion and protection,battery,electrodeposition and bio-electrochemistry were summarized.The newly achievements and the unsolved problems of electrochemical noise technology when using in material corrosion and protection,especially in local corrosion were reviewed in detail.The future of the application of electrochemical noise technology in industrial electrochemistry was forecasted.


WiFi promises to revolutionise how and where we access the internet. As WiFi networks are rolled out around the globe, access to the internet will no longer be through fixed networks or unsatisfactory mobile phone connections. Instead access will be through low cost wireless networks at speeds of up to 11Mbps. It is hard not to be impressed by the enthusiasm with which WiFi has been embraced. GREEN, ROSENBUSH, CROKETT and HOLMES (2003) assert that WiFi is a disruptive technology akin to telephones in the 1920s and network computers in the 1990s. WiFi is seen as both an opportunity in its own right, as well as an enabler of opportunities for others. Computer manufacturers are hoping that WiFi will increases sales of their laptops, whilst Microsoft feels that WiFi will result in users upgrading their operating systems to Windows XP. This paper seeks to understand why three companies have sought to provide WiFi.


The scope and scale of China's miraculous economic growth are matched only by the nation's massive resource destruction and environmental degradation in the last two decades. The sharp contrast and alarming rate of environmental deterioration have prompted the central government to rethink the development strategy of the country and to pursue a new paradigm for achieving a harmonious society. This is by no means an easy task. To highlight its determination for change, the Central Government made an ambitious goal to cut the energy intensity as measured by energy use per unit of GDP and to cut emission of major pollutants, particularly COD and SO2 by 20% and 10%, respectively, in the Fifteenth Five Year Planning. The bold endeavor is dwarfed by the environmental performance in 2006, the first of the five planned years; both indicators rose sharply, not decreased, to everyone's disappointment. One could not help to wonder why environmental objectives are so hard to achieve in China ? To gain a more in-depth understanding to this seemingly simple question, a team of researchers of multidiscipline is formed with sponsorship of the Center of Environmental Governance and Industrial Development at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management. The Center is established and supported with a generous grant from Toyota Corporation for research on environmental governance, industrial development and institutional renovations. The goal of the project is to develop a theoretical framework that can be applied to understanding the institutional constraints and to assess the effectiveness of the system of environmental governance in China. Specifically, the project is aimed at 1. describing clearly the environmental governance system in China; 2. formulating a theoretical framework to explain the institutional constraints that lead to environmental degradation; and 3. evaluating the effectiveness of China's environmental governance. The project is not intended to propose policy prescriptions for the institutional problems analyzed. Nevertheless, a few policy recommendations were derived from the conclusions of the analysis.


The influence of the rate of N fertilization on the mineral content of winter wheat grown in Ontario, Canada, was studied. Treatments were main plots of wheat type, either soft white winter or hard red winter, and subplots of 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, or 240 kg of N ha -1 . Grain yield, yield components, nitrogen concentration, and grain ash concentration were determined for each subplot, and the concentrations of K, P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, and Mn in the whole grain were determined for the 40 and 160 kg of N ha -1 treatments


We observed AR Lac, an eclipsing RS CVn binary star, with the Chandra High Energy Grating Spectrometer for a total of 100 ks divided into six intervals covering both quadratures and eclipses. We repeated observations at each phase. At least two flares were seen, in which the flux increased by factors of two and four. The flares occurred near eclipse phases and compromised detection of eclipse modulation. The quadrature fluxes were the most stable, but they also show non-repeating trends. Quadrature line profiles are broadened relative to eclipse profiles, presumably due to orbital velocity Doppler shifted emission from each binary component. The spectrum appears to be iron poor and neon rich, similar to HR 1099, but not as extreme as II Pegasi. We will examine line strengths, widths, and positions vs. phase, and present preliminary differential emission measure models and abundance determinations using the APED emissivity database.
This work is supported by NASA contract NAS8-38249 (HETG) and SAO SV1-61010 (CXC) to MIT.


By researching and summing-up the construction experiences of the overfall concrete facing rockfill dams built in China,a number of design criteria and construction requrements are put forward in general layout of embankment spillway,in selection of materials,in controlling of deformation and filtration,in structural design of the spillway-chute,in draining system of dam foundation,and so on;in addition,the experiences in the design and construction for the built projects are introduced.


With the growing wave of acquisitions of practices by hospitals, antitrust regulators are putting the deals under harsh scrutiny to see if they're just a cover for raising prices rather than coordinating care and improving quality. "If there's an issue, I want to know about it now," says St. Luke's President and CEO Dr. David Pate, whose hospital met such a roadblock. "Let's just see if there are issues. We don't believe that there are."


Objective
To study the effect and mechanism of the extract from grub on the CD40 of microglia cells in rabbit model of central retinal vein occlusion.

Methods
The 60 color rabbits were randomly divided into the blank group, model group, Xueshuantong group and sputum group. The Xueshuantong group was intragastrically administered with Xueshuantong tablets suspension 5 mg/ml, the sputum group was given gavage extract 1 g/ml, and the blank group and the model group were intragastrically administered with normal saline once daily. Except for the blank group, the other groups of rabbits were modeled by argon laser irradiation of the retinal vein trunk, and the fundus photography and FFA examination were performed immediately after modeling and at 1, 14 and 28 days after modeling, respectively, at 1, 3, 7, 14 and 28 day, the expression of CD40 in the optic nerve of rabbits was observed by immunohistochemical staining.

Results
The FFA results showed that the veins were not filled at 1 day after model establishment, and some veins were not developed at 14 days, and there was no evidence of revascularization at 28 days. Part of the venous in the thrombus group and the sputum group was not filled. The venous filling time was significantly shorter than that in the model group at 14 days, and the venous filling time returned to the normal level at 28 days. The results of immunohistochemistry showed that the number of microglia increased significantly at 1 d in model group. The number of microglia reached the highest peak at 3 d, and the number of microglia decreased at 7 d, 14 d and 28 d. Compared to the model group, at the 3, 7, 14, 28 d, the integrated optical density of CD40 (3 d: 8 908.91 ± 96.30, 6 099.92 ± 273.44 vs. 10 436.4 ± 1 306.8; 7 d: 5 982.06 ± 483.37, 2 957.36 ± 424.19 vs. 8 798.12 ± 444.39; 14 d: 3 225.36 ± 468.88, 342.04 ± 64.56 vs. 5 356.74 ± 439.16; 28 d: 756.97 ± 80.17, 72.85 ± 11.06 vs. 4 215.27 ± 361.00) in the Xueshuantong group and sputum group significantly decreased (P<0.05).

Conclusions
The thrombus and sputum extract can inhibit the activation of microglia to varying degrees, and the sputum extract is moreinhibitory effect.

Key words:
Retinal vein occlusion; Microglia; CD40 antigens; Larva holotrichiae; Rabbits


Anaphase bridge (arrow) in a human colonic adenocarcinoma with chromosomal instability (CIN) is suggested as a potentially powerful diagnostic tool. The manuscript by Montgomery et al. provides evidence that the simple assessment of histological sections of tumors for anaphase bridges associated with chromosome mis-segregation could provide essential clinical clues which are likely to impact on treatment decisions. Given the different clinical behavior between chromosomally stable and unstable colonic neoplasms and the absence of false negative bridges in chromosomally stable tumors, this appears to be a promising advance in making a diagnosis of interest not only in colonic, but pancreatic cancers and sarcomas which were also investigated in this study.


Chaubal, Lodin and Korgaonkar (3) and Chaubal, Lodin and Pilny (4) have rightly stated that the development of two-wavelength methods of interference microscopy requires an accurate knowledge of the refractive indices of both the medium and the specimen at different wavelengths. In a recent note (3) they have attempted to derive formulae expressing the variation of the refractive index of protoplasm with wavelength. Their derivation is somewhat cumbersome and includes an assumed value of 100 m i for the optical path difference of a typical cell. Since the optical path difference (which is related to dry mass per unit area) is itself the product of concentration and thickness it rests on two independent variables. A simpler and more fundamental derivation can be obtained by considering the way in which the refractive index varies with concentration. According to the well known relationship (1, 2)


Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) have significant dysfunction in cardiovascular autonomic regulation. While recent findings postulate that spinal cord stimulation improves autonomic regulation, limited scope of past methods have tested only above level sympathetic activation, leaving significant uncertainty. To identify whether transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation improves cardiovascular autonomic regulation, two pairs of well-matched individuals with and without high-thoracic, complete SCI were recruited. Baseline autonomic regulation was characterized with multiple tests of sympathoinhibition and above/below injury level sympathoexcitation. At three subsequent visits, testing was repeated with the addition sub-motor threshold transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation at three previously advocated frequencies. Uninjured controls demonstrated no autonomic deficits at baseline and had no changes with any frequency of stimulation. As expected, individuals with SCI had baseline autonomic dysfunction. In a frequency-dependent manner, spinal cord stimulation enhanced sympathoexcitatory responses, normalizing previously impaired Valsalva's maneuvers. However, stimulation exacerbated already impaired sympathoinhibitory responses, resulting in significantly greater mean arterial pressure increases with the same phenylephrine doses compared to baseline. Impaired sympathoexcitatory response below the level of injury were also further exacerbated with spinal cord stimulation. At baseline, neither individual with SCI demonstrated autonomic dysreflexia with the noxious foot cold pressor test; the addition of stimulation led to a dysreflexic response in every trial, with greater relative hypertension and bradycardia indicating no improvement in cardiovascular autonomic regulation. Collectively, transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation demonstrates no improvements in autonomic regulation after SCI, and instead likely generates tonic sympathoexcitation which may lower the threshold for dangerous autonomic dysreflexia.


The static pressure recovery coefficient of the exhaust hood has significant impact on the aerodynamic performance of the low pressure cylinder for steam turbines. Numerical investigations on the aerodynamic performance of the exhaust hood and full last stage with consideration of the rotor tip leakage were presented in this paper. Three-dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solutions and k–e turbulent model were utilized to analyze the static pressure recovery performance of the exhaust hood using the commercial CFD software ANSYS-CFX. Effect of the last stage rotor tip leakage flow on the aerodynamic performance of the downstream exhaust hood was conducted by comparison of the computational domains for the exhaust hood and full last stage with and without tip clearance. The numerical results show that the last stage rotor tip leakage jet can suppress the flow separation near the diffuser wall of the exhaust hood and improve its static pressure recovery performance. The detailed flow fields of the exhaust hood with and without consideration of the rotor tip leakage flow were also illustrated and corresponding flow mechanism was discussed.© 2013 ASME


There are many issues surrounding the introduction of social robots into society, including concerns about how they may be used to replace true social interaction in personal life, dehumanise formerly social occupations such as elderly care, and be perceived as more human than they actually are. This paper shall present a psychological perspective on the human reception of social robots and apply the gathered information to address these concerns.


In order to improve polices and practice in mental health services, a study was carried out in Iceland to explore users' perspectives about recovery. Qualitative research methods were used with a diverse cross-section of subjects who considered themselves "survivors" of mental illness. The study identified supports and barriers to recovery from the user's perspective. A group of users and occupational therapists worked together to utilize the results and create new ideas in service delivery for individuals with mental health problems. They expanded their partnership by involving occupational therapy students to work on a quality assurance project. This collaboration has already promoted the development of new services in Iceland, which are driven by user's perspectives on recovery and empowerment and concepts from the Model of Human Occupation.


For the random design nonparametric regression, we use the double smoothing technique to construct kernel estimators of the regression function and its derivatives. As an estimator of the regression function, this double smoothing estimator (DSE) shares the superior asymptotic variance quantity of the Nadaraya-Watson estimator (NWE) and the nice asymptotic bias quality of the Gasser-Mueller estimator (GME). Based on the asymptotic mean square error (AMSE), the DSE is uniformly better than the GME. To estimate derivatives of the regression function, the estimators derived by the DSE give insight directly and good interpretability, and are also uniformly better than those derived by the GME, in terms of the AMSE. Under the regularity conditions, these DSE of the regression function and its derivatives are asymptotically normal.


Mobile and wearable computing have becoming bloom in these years.For which the interaction usually based on the restricted field of view devices,e.g.hand-held small display and head mounted display,as well as the multi-touch pointing device.However,the encountered various display field of view and small targets while interacting with those devices may significantly affect the interaction efficiency,and further influence the usability of traditional Fitts' law,the common tool to study it.This paper conducted two user studies focused on the various field of view and small target conditions,to quantitatively analysis the pointing task's efficiency.On the basis of this,also investigated the usability of the traditional Fitts' law in the context of mobile/wearable computing.The results show that Fitts' law would no longer adequate for modeling the task performance when display FOV is smaller than 11.5° and when target is smaller than 15.7′ arc-minutes.This paper concluded with a formula which helped designers and users to better understand the border condition when applying Fitts' law to mobile/wearable computing.


Simple Summary Monkeys are at risk of performing abnormal behaviours in captivity: signs of poor well-being that are easily recognizable. For practical reasons, researchers typically pool different abnormal behaviours together. However, this is typically performed without assessing whether the behaviours are actually related to each other. Consequently, such subcategories may be misclassifying behaviours. Most importantly, using arbitrary subcategories may reduce their precision to measure animal welfare since different abnormal behaviours are likely to have distinct risk factors and treatments. We therefore investigated the validity of four previously used abnormal behaviour subcategories in laboratory rhesus monkeys (i.e., we assessed whether the subcategories were actually formed of behaviours that co-occurred). These included behaviours previously labelled 'self-injurious' (e.g., self-biting), 'self-stimulating' (e.g., hair-pulling), 'postural' (e.g., floating limb), and 'motor' (e.g., pacing). Using a large dataset on 19 different types of abnormal behaviour from over a thousand monkeys, we discovered that none of the subcategories analyzed were valid. Therefore, we reanalyzed the data to create four new valid subcategories that were formed of related behaviours. We additionally identified four behaviours that were not related to any other behaviour and should thus be categorized alone. Once replicated, using this new validated scheme will help researchers and laboratory staff study the conditions that trigger them and develop the most appropriate treatment strategies. Abstract Laboratory monkey ethograms currently include subcategories of abnormal behaviours that are based on superficial morphological similarity. Yet, such ethograms may be misclassifying behaviour, with potential welfare implications as different abnormal behaviours are likely to have distinct risk factors and treatments. We therefore investigated the convergent validity of four hypothesized subcategories of abnormal behaviours ('motor', e.g., pacing; 'self-stimulation', e.g., self-sucking; 'postural', e.g., hanging; and 'self-abuse', e.g., self-biting). This hypothesis predicts positive relationships between the behaviours within each subcategory. Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) data on 19 abnormal behaviours were obtained from indoor-housed animals (n = 1183). Logistic regression models, controlling for sex, age, and the number of observations, revealed that only 1/6 'motor' behaviours positively predicted pacing, while 2/3 'self-abuse' behaviours positively predicted self-biting (one-tailed p-value < 0.05). Furthermore, 'self-stimulation' behaviours did not predict self-sucking, and none of the 'postural' behaviours predicted hanging. Thus, none of the subcategories fully met convergent validity. Subsequently, we created four new valid subcategories formed of comorbid behaviours. The first consisted of self-biting, self-hitting, self-injurious behaviour, floating limb, leg-lifting, and self-clasping. The second comprised twirling, bouncing, rocking, swinging, and hanging. The third comprised pacing and head-twisting, while the final subcategory consisted of flipping and eye-poking. Self-sucking, hair-plucking, threat-biting, and withdrawn remained as individual behaviours. We encourage laboratories to replicate the validation of these subcategories first, and for scientists working with other species to validate their ethograms before using them in welfare assessments.


Most of the existing works view the shapefrom-shading problem as equivalent to a non-linear first-order partial differential equation in surface elevation. Recently, there is a new approach to this problem, namely the shape-from-shading using the heat equation. This paper reviews several works either using the first or the second approach. The previous approach is also implemented in solving the photometric stereo which is an extension of shape-from-shading problem. This paper also reviews the 2-D Leap-Frog algorithm for solving photometric stereo problem.


It is a common technological way in the fields of national land investigation and maritime,etc.to obtain images and interpret ground information with remote sensing.In this paper,based on the works involved with comprehensive control monitoring for Weihe River in the Pilot Projects of Shanxi Provincial Geographic Conditions Monitoring,the authors discussed several key issues concerning image interpretation with remote sensing images,and presented the points that should be noted when classifying features with different grading and classification systems and interpreting with remote sensing images.


Discussions of technology and education often promise revolution, and freedom from the constraints of campuses and classrooms. There is less discussion of why such infrastructures were needed in the first place, or of the challenges facing learners when these are no longer available. In order to explore such critical alternatives, we can begin to ask different kinds of question. What is the cloud made of? What do learners work with, when they study? Where are they, and what places do they move between? From a sociomaterial perspective, such questions draw attention to the ways in which academic work is encoded, transmitted and stored; how the cloud, far from being nebulous, relies on undersea cables and server farms; and how learners try and coordinate all this as they take bus journeys, sit in class or meet with friends in the bar. These points will be illustrated with examples from a longitudinal study of University students' uses of technology, in which they recorded and described how, where and when they studied. This analysis has implications for the design of e-learning, raising questions about whose responsibility it is to build the infrastructure that students need to learn, and introducing a note of caution to discussions about the transformational potential of technology.


This study approached the bilingual representation with ERP(event-related potentials) technology.Comparisons were made for ERP amplitudes and latencies N400 elicited by the last word of the semantically congruous and incongruous sentences in the conditions of two primes;pictures and sentences while using verbs and nouns as the target stimulus. The result suggested that N400 represented the effect of lexical processing which was different between pictures and sentences, verbs and nouns,electrode position.The result indicated that N400 effect was exsited in the Chinese of Uighur-Chinese bilinguals and is closely related with the Semantic Cognition.


The fundamental problem in roentgenography, according to the clear formulation of Weyl, Warren, and O'Neill is the selection of technical procedures which will produce roentgenograms having minimum observable unsharpness and predetermined average densities and contrasts. The solution of the problem in each case is dependent upon the exposure factors, such as the correct voltage, exposure time, and focal-film distance, and a combination of auxiliary devices, as cones and Potter-Bucky diaphragm (1). We are concerned, in the present paper, with but one of these factors, the focal-film distance. In order to obtain a point source of x-rays and reduce the unsharpness of the image due to the size of the focal spot, it is commonly considered necessary to place the tube at a distance of 30 to 36 inches from the film. As the object-film distance increases, the focus-film distance must also be increased to insure the maximum definition. At an object-film distance of 2 inches and a focal-film distance of 2 feet, the ...


SrTiO 3 thin films have been prepared on titanium substrates using strontium acetate solutions in newly constructed flow-system equipment by the hydrothermal-electrochemical method. The synthesis parameters (temperature of 120°-200°C and flow rate of 1-40 mL/min) allow fabrication of dense, single-phase films with grain sizes in the range of 80-340 nm by controlling nucleation and/or growth rates. The flow can be closed, enabling easy recycling of the solutions used. This processing route may serve as an inexpensive and environmentally friendly way of fabrication of single-phase SrTiO 3 thin films as well as functionally graded ferroelectric materials.


Numerical simulation of migration-accumulation of oil resources in porous media is to describe the history of oil migration and accumulation in basin evolution. It is of great value to the evaluation of oil resources and to the determination of the location and amount of oil deposits. This thesis puts forward a mathematical model, a careful parallel operator splitting-up implicit iterative scheme, parallel arithmetic program, parallel arithmetic information and alternating-direction mesh subdivision. For the actual situation of Tanhai region of Shengli Petroleum Field, our numerical simulation test results and the actual conditions are coincident. For the model problem (nonlinear coupled system) optimal order estimates in l 2 norm are derived to determine the errors. We have successfully solved the difficult problem in the fields of permeation fluid mechanics and petroleum geology.


It's well known that brands should engage employees, suppliers, and partners, as well as consumers. Craig A. DeLarge discusses how intranets and extranets can be used to share important brand facts and strategies with a cross-brand teams network. He highlights the attributes of this networked approach and describes how it can make brand management a team effort that enhances efficiency, promotes consistency, and saves resources.


Abstract : Results of calculations carried out for a model of air in dissociation equilibrium are presented in graphical form. The quantities computed are (1) flow variables (including species concentrations) behind normal and oblique shock waves, (2) flow variables in axisymmetric conical flow fields, (3) stagnation point values of flow variables on the 'stagnation' streamline behind two-dimensional and axisymmetric detached shock waves, and (4) flow variable gradients at the shock wave on stagnation streamlines. Computations are given for free stream temperatures of 273.16K and 300K, free stream pressures of 1.0, .1, .01, .001, and .0001 atmospheres, and a range of initial Mach numbers and cone angles to provide flow field temperatures in the range 3000K - 10,000K. Brief derivations of the equations employed are given. The present calculations are oriented toward application in experiments in hypersonic flow with ground facilities such as shock tubes and ballistic ranges. In addition, they furnish important supplementary information to theoretical studies of nonequilibrium flows.


Objective: To study acute toxicity,anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects of 70%ethanol extract( E70% Et OH) and water extract( Ewater) of Oxalis corniculata,HPLC was used to analyze figure information and determine the best extrat. Method: The maximum dosage test was used to evaluate safety of E70% Et OHand Ewater. Permeability increasion of celiac capillary induced by glacial acetic acid in mice was performed to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect,writhing test induced by glacial acetic acid in mice was used to observe the anti-nociceptive activity. Analyze different extracts by HPLC. Result: E70% Et OHand Ewaterdidn't show toxicity in the range of 35 to 1 120 mg·kg- 1,MTD 1 120 mg·kg- 1. Compare with Ewater,E70% Et OHcould remarkable inhibit the permeability increasion of celiac capillary and the writhing reaction in mice,HPLC peak information is richer and the common peak ratio is higher than that of Ewater. Conclusion: Lethal dose of E70% Et OHand Ewatermay be very high and toxicity of E70% Et OHand Ewatermay be very low. The effects of E70% Et OHis better than that of Ewater,E70% Et OH can more fully the enrichment of active component.


The original SOLT model [1] now includes the evolution of ion pressure consistent with the driftordered model derived by Simakov and Catto [2]. SOLT is a two-dimensional, electrostatic reduction of the BOUT equations [3] wherein closure relations, obtained by integrating the equations along the B-field, model parallel physics that includes sheath-mediated current and heat flux in the scrape-off-layer and electron drift waves inside the separatrix. Low (L) and high (H) confinement regimes are observed in SOLT simulations, depending on the strength of an ion pressure (i.e., ion heating) source localized inside the separatrix: With increasing heating, particle and energy confinement times at first decrease in the L-mode then rise in the H-mode. The L-H transition is marked by distinct changes in sheared-flow profiles. The addition of ion pressure dynamics enables modeling the self-consistent interaction between the ion diamagnetic drift and the radial electric field (mean and zonal flows). The roles of these sheared flows in mediating the L-H transition are explored.


Spin ordering in (cid:1) -Ag 0.33 V 2 O 5 , a ladder-type pressure-induced superconductor, was observed from NMR and zero-field resonance (cid:1) ZFR (cid:2) at ambient pressure as an ordering of a 3 d 1 electron confined within a molecular orbital formed at two V sites on a rung.


Comparative observations were made on the morphology and anatomy of secretory cavities in leaves of 22 genera, 40 species and two varieties by the whole mounting, paraffin and thin section method. A mature cavity consists of one layer of epithelial cells surrounding a large intercellular space and one to five layers of peripheral sheath cells. The epithelial cells were flattened, thin walled and integrated, which suggests that the cavities developed schizogenously. The sheath cells were also flattened. The cell walls of the outer layers had relative thickenings. The number of layers of the sheath cells varied with species. A few of species appeared to lack the sheath cells. The localization and structure of the cavities were correlated with taxa at generic and specific level. According to their structural features and arrangement in leaves, the secretory cavities can be grouped into four types as follows: the notch type (between the leaf teeth), the mesophyll type which is subdivided into spongy parenchyma subtype and palisade parenchyma subtype, and the mixed type (with both notch and mesophyll cavities). Based on these observations evolutionary trends concerning the morphology and anatomy of cavities and affinity among subfamilies or genera are discussed. It is suggested that the mixed type of cavities developed from the notch and mesophyll types.


A year ago came the suprising discovery that animals have perhaps hundreds of micro-RNAs (miRNAs). Now the importance of miRNA in plants and animals is being revealed. In his perspective, [Baulcombe][1] describes new work ([Llave][2] et al .; [HutvAigner and Zamore][3]) that gives insight into how miRNA and related small RNAs may control processes as diverse as translational arrest, RNA cleavage, and genome rearrangement.

 [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/297/5589/2002
 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/297/5589/2053
 [3]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/297/5589/2056


The existence of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in source water seriously affects the quality of drinking water. Although enhanced coagulation can effectively remove NOM in source water, it could hardly remove the dissolved disinfection by-product precursors effectively. To find new methods for NOM removal in source water based on enhanced coagulation becomes a research focus both at home and abroad. The combined technologies of adsorption, pre-oxidation, magnetic technology and bio-degradable with enhanced coagulation to remove the NOM in source water are reviewed in this paper. The advantages and disadvantages of the combined technologies and their applications are analyzed with respect to technical principle, process conditions, removal efficiency, and operation costs. This paper provides a scientific basis and technological support for selecting suitable technology for NOM removal in source water.


Glass fiber reinforced plastic material is widely used in the transmission line tower structure,but the factors in determining its performance and quality are complex,and the lack of related structure research brings certain influence.Through the axial compressive test of glass fiber reinforced plastic material and steel casing composite member,the axial compressive mechanical properties and failure mode of glass fiber composite component are studied in this paper;Based on the strength theory of transversely orthotropic material,finite element method is used to analyze the influence of eccentricity ratio and diameter-thickness ratio on glass fiber composite component.Results show that brittle failure occurs in glass fiber composite component,and the failure mode is oblique fracture in the node,and the maximum stress of glass fiber composite component is less than the compressive strength of material,so that reduction should be considered in engineering design;Steel casing remains in the state of elastic stress.The ultimate bearing capacity of eccentric compression member decreases with an increase in eccentricity ratio,and the decrease extent reduces gradually;The reduction of diameter-thickness ratio can improve the ultimate bearing capacity of components;when diameter-thickness ratio decreases by 20%,ultimate bearing capacity will increase by 20%.


In order to enhance the energy saving and production of quality substrate for oyster
mushroom growing, the study on the improvement of formerly designed material fermentation and
sterilization machine was conducted. The prototype was designed as single screw shaft mounted
round bottom container type waste cotton use oyster mushroom substrate natural fermentation and
sterilization without heating energy input. The fermentation container had occupancy of dry material
of 2,500kg for one batch, and the water can be supplied through pipeline, and fresh air supply rate
was design as 0.12m3/min.
In the fermentation process, the substrate material's temperature rose up to 40 Ž after 24 hours
from the wet raw material's temperature of 15 Ž, and the fermentation temperature of the material
rose 60 Ž after the 48 hours. As the sterilization process, it was measured that the substrate
material's temperature had rose between 60 Ž and 70 Ž, however, the temperature curve had
declined after reached the top point of temperature.
The prototype can process the material fermentation by natural fermentation without heating
energy. For the fermentation process, material wetting, fermentation and pasteurization can be
finished within 7 days from that of conventional fermentation of 15 days. The input labor for the
tractor rotavator use conventional fermentation needed 40 hours but the mushroom substrate
production by the prototype required 17 hours only, therefore, the machine can be saved the input
labor by 58%.


A Neural Network (NN), implemented in 0.35 μm CMOS technology, was integrated in order to increase the distance range of a phase-shift laser range-finder and to achieve surface discrimination. The overall sensor was validated for well defined experimental conditions. Then, a digital updating system was developed, so that the embedded sensor achieves its task autonomously onboard the application, whatever the experimental conditions. Nevertheless, if a digital implementation was justified by the parameters storage robustness and the update easiness, it led to a high number of ADCs and DACs, and then to an increase of the overall consumption and complexity. Thereby, in order to simplify the system and to decrease the sensor onboard consumption, other ways were prospected. The most promising idea was to design digitally the NN structure. If an analog NN implementation was justified in well-defined conditions, a digital NN could be more appropriate for varying experimental conditions since it limits the number of conversions. Thus, different structures of digital neurons were designed in order to emphasize the advantages and the drawbacks of both analog and digital implementation methods regarding several criterions, such as power dissipation, signal propagation speed and resolution. This paper focuses on the instrumentation and the first tests achieved on different digital neuron structures.


ABSTRACT Liu, J., 2019. Economic target of regional water resources based on bearing capacity. In: Guido-Aldana, P.A. and Mulahasan, S. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Exploration. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 93, pp. 883–888. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. In this paper, to clarify the importance of regional water resources in supporting the overall coordination and sustainable development of economy, society and ecology of the whole basin or region, based on the carrying capacity of water resources, the economic targets of water resources based on the principle of economic efficiency and the ecological goals based on the principle of sustainability were analyzed; combining with the principles of regional water security and fairness, the social goals, environmental objectives and water balance constraints of regional water resources utilization were studied; an accounting model for maximizing the economic benefits of regional water resources and minimizing regional water shortage was constructed to guide the adjustment of regional economic structure and optimizing the layout of regional economic and social development.


This paper discusses the GPS navigation and positioning algorithm that visible satellites number is less than four.Extrapolating the receiver clock error fitting,joint priori ellipsoid height and map-matching,these three aided methods are proposed in this paper.Their mathematic models are deduced,and program based on these algorithms is implemented with GPS data collected by a moving car in urban canyon.The results indicate that using the proposal method can provide navigation location even under the condition of insufficient visible satellite.


When certain dyes or foreign particles are injected through the rete testis into the seminiferous tubules, they may be seen with the light microscope 24 h later in the cytoplasm of the Sertoli cells (Clegg & Macmillan, 1965). This observation is consistent with the ability of Sertoli cells to phagocytose germ cells under various abnormal circumstances (Lacy, 1962). The present report describes an investigation into the phagocytic properties of the Sertoli cell, using the electron microscope. At first carbon suspensions were injected into the tubules, but it proved difficult to identify the earliest stages of ingestion. A proprietary preparation of saccharated iron oxide ('Ferrivenin'-Benger) was found to contain more suitable particles. The term Ferrivenin will be used for the sake of brevity.


Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) has become a worldwide threat to public health. Recent reports showed an increasing numbers of Staphylococcus aureus infections caused by PVL-positive organisms worldwide which explain the need to carry out this study in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of PVL-positive Staphylococcus aureus among patients and healthcare workers in Malaysian Public Hospital. Collectively, 230 swabs were collected from the anterior nares of inpatients and healthcare workers at Sungai Buloh Hospital. The isolates were identified and characterized using conventional and molecular methods. From 230 samples collected, 23% (53/230) were detected as Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Out of the 53 Staphylococcus aureus isolates, 2 (3.8%) were found to be PVL-positive Staphylococcus aureus (from patient's sample) and the remain-ing 51 (96.2%) isolates were PVL negative Staphylococcus aureus . Out of 53 Staphylococcus aureus isolates, 40 (75.5%) were methicil-lin-sensitive and 13 (24.5%) were methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus . The finding of the prevalence of PVL-positive Staphylococcus aureus among patients and healthcare workers will provide awareness to the hospital authority to take action for prevention and control.


a variety of food at an early age and continue to build up their interest in variety. All of the women's magazines are aware of this. Read their monthly food pages. For example, one month you see a beautiful picture and a recipe for Gateau St. H 0110re, using as part of the recipe a convenience food. Onlv recentlv have we seen classical French dess~rts on the pages of a woman's magazine. These magazines are fiercely competitive, imaginative, orderly, and above all they leave room for the creativity of the cook to develop interest and ultimately skill. Read them. Their market is your market. The American home has wholly' accepted convenience foods. Yet many of the prepared products are falling short of their advertising. They need not. Classical cookery can help them. '


: The ' lived ' body is a concept I have borrowed from Meredith McGuire, a sociologist of religion whose work has contributed greatly to the conceptualization of the ' Lived Ancient Religion ' approach. This paper em-ploys recent advances in history of religions and socio-anthropology and divides its attention between Aelius Aristides ' Hieroi Logoi and Lucian ' s Podagra , Lucian ' s tragicomic take on gout. In a nutshell, the argument is that pain, both physical and mental, is the tertium comparationis in the cultural conception of illness as initiation that runs through both narratives. The perception of extreme physical pain and anguish as an initiation rite may not make immediate sense to the clinician, or indeed the patient, of the 21st century. However, this view of pain did resonate with the ' lived ' bodies of members of the socio-political elite in the Antonine period. Raising awareness of this culture-specific cognitive process is, thus, a sine qua non for our understanding of the ' lived ' body in that era. Acknowledgments: I would like to thank Anna-Katharina Rieger for her insightful comments on an earlier draft of this paper, Elisabeth Begemann and Paul Scade for carefully editing the paper, and Jan Bremmer for discussing with me the centrality of suffering in the Eleusinian Mysteries. I am grateful to the whole of the LAR team (Janico Albrecht, Christopher Degelmann, Valentino Gasparini, Richard Gordon, Maik Patzelt, Rubina Raja, Anna-Katharina Rieger, Jörg Rüpke, Benjamin Sippel, Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli, and Lara Weiss) for keeping me on my toes and for the constant stream of inspiring new ideas. I am indebted to Jörg Rüpke and the Max-Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt for a generous research fellowship I received under the aus-pices of the DFG and FWF-funded International Research Training Group (IGS) " Resonant World Relations in Ancient and Modern Socio-Religious Practices "


The complex interactions between forests and the water cycle might end up with more rain falling in the ocean—far from a thirsty land.


The invention discloses the technical field of electronic testing and measurement and relates to a pair of wide-frequency-band current testing calipers, which at least comprise a radio-frequency connector, a caliper shell, a wound magnet core and lock catches. The wide-frequency-band current testing calipers are characterized in that the caliper shell is a circular ring structure and consists of four parts, i.e. a caliper left lower shell, a caliper left upper cover, a caliper right upper cover and a caliper right lower shell, and each part is semicircular-ring-shaped; the caliper left lower shell, the caliper left upper cover, the caliper right upper cover and the caliper right lower shell are fixedly connected through the lock catches; the wound magnet core is arranged in the caliper shell and the magnetic conductivity range is 50000 to 90000; and the radio-frequency connector is embedded in the external surface of the caliper shell. The wide-frequency-band current testing calipers have the advantages that the testing is convenient and rapid to conduct, the cable conducted emission characteristic of normal working equipment can be tested and a characteristic template for the equipment in a typical working state is generated; and the conducted transmission of the cable at typical positions can be tested and conduction source faults can be rapidly found.


A challenging aspect of the collection management process is effectively
 communicating with stakeholders about library resources.  Communication can range from
 obtaining patron feedback integral in collection planning to effective messaging
 elaborating on collection budgets and cancellation decisions.  It has also become
 increasingly necessary to explain the various acquisition models that affect the
 landscape of library content and use of electronic resources. In this paper, the
 University of South Florida will present the results of a survey of the approaches used
 in academic library websites to communicate collection policies along with related
 considerations, statistics and data, justifications, and factors affecting selection
 practices. Information about the important elements used to construct a dialog with
 faculty and administration in order to demonstrate the costs and value of library
 resources to those in the academic community is included. A case study demonstrating the
 practical implementation of these communication principles at the Arthur Lakes Library
 at the Colorado School of Mines will be discussed. The study will show how the Library
 was able to break free from a cycle of collection stagnation, which was perpetuated by a
 lack of effective communication. The result was that the Library was able to tell a
 story with data in order to communicate a message, as well as strengthen their
 partnerships with faculty regarding collection management.


The term "green financing" denotes a new area of finance that has application in the process of integration of environmental protection and economic profit. This term encompasses wide ranges of environmentally friendly technologies, projects and industries, as well as verification of the viability of concepts for balancing ecological depreciation in the process of assimilation of carbon in the atmosphere. Essentially, green financing is part of the green carbon issue because it connects the financial industry, environmental improvement and economic growth, which is essential for long-term sustainable development. As this is an innovative concept, the paper pays special attention to the development of market mechanisms and policy formulation for green financing. By revealing the internal contradictions between green financing and environmental protection in achieving ecological balance and sustainable economic growth, the paper proposes some options for the mobilization of private capital for green investments that can be applied in Serbia. The paper also compares two countries, Indonesia and Serbia, with regard to the green financing sector. The authors highlight differences between the economies of Indonesia, as a representative of ASEAN, and Serbia, demonstrating that Indonesia is far ahead of Serbia in terms of the concepts of green financing and sustainable development.