The invention relates to a pen with a knife. The pen with the knife comprises a pen holder and the knife. The pen holder is connected with the knife through threads and is a hollow cylindrical pen holder. A groove is formed in the side edge of a knife handle of the knife. A blade capable of being unfolded and folded is hinged to the inside of one end of the groove, and is stored in the groove in a matched mode. An arc opening for the blade to be pulled out conveniently is formed in the other end of the groove. An anti-skidding hole is formed in the position, located in the opening, of the blade so that the blade can be held by fingers and unfolded for use conveniently. The pen with the knife is simple in structure, the knife can be unfolded conveniently, the functions of the pen and the knife are realized at the same time, and convenience is brought to people.


The pistil in the flowers of the Iphigenieae (Camptorrhiza, Iphigenia, Omithoglossum) is usually tricarpellate. The carpels are coherent generally, with closed sutures and seemingly bitegmic ovules.Camptorrhiza differs from the others in having a single compound style. The pistils of most species of these genera have a common vascular structure: three dorsal bundles which run into the style(s), a number of lateral bundles, six placental bundles, and up to three compound septal bundles. The latter nine bundles usually differentiate from a central vascular plexus above the base of the locules. There may be fewer than three septal bundles in some specieS. When present, the septal bundles usually die out in the ovuliferous region, but in some cases they persist to the apex of the locules.


Reading materials handout in class have imposed undue cognitive load to students in the process of reading teaching.An action research has been conducted in which cognitive load theory is utilized to change author's instructional design and classroom teaching mode.In the whole process,classroom behavior is observed and data is collected,it comes to a conclusion that learners' reading can be maximized efficiently by due cognitive load inherent to learning materials.


The invention discloses an image-based method for reconstructing three-dimensional models of fruit tree limbs, comprising the following steps: adopting an acquisition device to acquire the color information values of the images of the fruit tree limbs in the current visual field and corresponding spatial position coordinate values; carrying out thinning, pruning and branch segmenting processes on the images of the fruit tree limbs; carrying out multi-segment fitting on the processed images to reduce the modeling data and discomposing the shapes of the fruit tree limbs into a plurality of modules in single shape; and combining the modules in single shape to complete modeling. The method reduces most redundant data during modeling, shortens the modeling time, reduces the mistakes, can adjust the accuracy of the modules and the connection relations among the modules according to the actual demands to realize controlling and adjusting the accuracy of the models at any time, and satisfies the obstacle avoidance requirement of the picking robots.


New results in the area of neural network modeling applied in electric drive automation are presented. Reliable models of permanent magnet motor flux as a function of current and rotor position are particularly useful in control synthesis—allowing one to minimize the losses, analyze motor performance (torque ripples etc.) and to identify motor parameters—and may be used in the control loop to compensate flux and torque variations. The effectiveness of extreme learning machine (ELM) neural networks used for approximation of permanent magnet motor flux distribution is evaluated. Two original network modifications, using preliminary information about the modeled relationship, are introduced. It is demonstrated that the proposed networks preserve all appealing features of a standard ELM (such as the universal approximation property and extremely short learning time), but also decrease the number of parameters and deal with numerical problems typical for ELMs. It is demonstrated that the proposed modified ELMs are suitable for modeling motor flux versus position and current, especially for interior permanent magnet motors. The modeling methodology is presented. It is shown that the proposed approach produces more accurate models and provides greater robustness against learning data noise. The execution times obtained experimentally from well-known DSP boards are short enough to enable application of derived models in modern algorithms of electric drive control.


This paper presents an application of the TOPKAPI model, a physically based, fully distributed hydrologic model, to flood simulation at three unique and flood prone sites in China. The TOPKAPI model was applied with a grid size of 1 km1 km and a time step varying from 1 to 24 h based on the basin conditions and data availability. Model calibration was chiefly based upon moderate variations of parameter values from the ones estimated on physical grounds. The three case studies demonstrated that the model performed well for flood simulation. The TOPKAPI model represents a comprehensive process-based model, which offers a wide range of capability for flood forecasting application, and has potential in prediction of ungauged basins.


SiO2@MnOx@Na2WO4@SiO2 core–shell catalysts were prepared and their fabrication was confirmed using transmission electron microscopy. The formation of Mn-based nanosheets on the silica spheres is important for the deposition of nanoscopic Na2WO4. The SiO2@MnOx@Na2WO4@SiO2 core–shell catalysts were used for the oxidative coupling of methane at a temperature of 700–800 °C at which the nanostructures were completely destroyed. Although the core–shell structures did not survive the high-temperature oxidative coupling of methane, the selective production of olefins and paraffins can be attributed to highly dispersed Na2WO4 derived from confined core–shell structures.


The theory underlying this appendix is given in Chapter 4; some of the computational aspects of Mie theory are discussed in Section 4.8. Perhaps the best known program for computing Mie scattering coefficients is that by Dave (1968)-it is certainly one of the earliest to have a wide distribution. We have profited greatly from this program, and we would be remiss if we did not acknowledge our indebtedness to Dave. The subroutine BHMIE described in this appendix is, however, sufficiently different that it should not be considered as merely a minor variant form. We have borrowed tricks from here and there as well as added a few of our own, all with the aim of writing a simple, efficient program, easy to understand and hence easy to modify. One of the major departures from the Dave program is that in BHMIE convergence of series is not determined by iteration. With the wisdom of hindsight, iteration seems inefficient because there is little disagreement about the approximate number of terms required for convergence: slightly more than x terms are sufficient, where x is the size parameter. We have tried various criteria, based more or less on guessing. After BHMIE was written, however, an extensive study was published by Wiscombe (1979, 1980), and we have modified our programs in the light of his work. Thus, series in BHMIE are terminated after NSTOP terms, where NSTOP is the integer closest to x + 4x1'3 + 2. A similar criterion was used by Wiscombe, who was guided by a suggestion by Khare and extensive computations. This criterion can, of course, be changed. But lest the reader with a large computer budget be seduced by the idea that if a certain number of terms is good then even more are better, we must issue a warning. Computation of +,, by forward recurrence is unstable, and roundoff error will eventually become unacceptable. Provided that one does not generate more orders of $,, than are needed for reasonable convergence, and that $,, is a double-precision variable, problems are not likely to be encountered with a computer of moderate size. But an attempt to squeeze out a few more decimal places might lead to disaster: scattering coefficients of order appreciably greater than NSTOP might be computed inaccurately, and greatly so, even though they are not really needed.


In this paper, we introduce an Automated Decision Support System (DSS) that can help reduce road accidents in developing countries. The system incorporates a number of networked sensors that collect information related to road usage crimes that includes images and send the information to a central server for processing via a GPS tracking device. The type of sensors employed are weight sensors on the vehicles suspension to detect overloaded vehicles, a speed sensor to detect over speeding vehicles a sensor on the seatbelts to identify which seatbelts are not in use, alcohol detecting sensors for drunk drivers, and a camera to capture the people in the vehicle so that an identity can be put on defaulters. The Servers send analyzed data to different institutions that include, the Traffic headquarters, Kenya's National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA), the judicially and the owners of the vehicles. Vehicle owners can also access more detailed information using a web browser. Sensors will collect information from the vehicles, forward this to an on-board data analyzer that will upload to the nearest access point (normally to be placed at authority stations).


As the development and study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts,hemeneutics is more and more becoming a popular discipline,which is now the important methodological base of both the human science and nature science.Both the hemeneutics and its application to concemed subjects are briefly presented in the article;The possiblity of hemeneutics introduced to the deciphement of treaties on exogenous febrile diseases is evaluated from the following aspects:their origins,development and philosophical horizon consistency;lastly,from the mode of thinking,methodology and research horizon three aspeds,we discussed the significance of hermeneutics introduced to the decipherment of treaties on exogenous febrile diseases.


With the vehicle-to-grid and computing capabilities, a parked electric vehicle (EV) has a dual role, namely being an energy prosumer as well as a computing node for accommodating computation-offloading services. This dual-role feature of EVs yields a new computing paradigm named Electric Vehicle Edge Computing (EVEC). To ease the implementation of EVEC, we propose a fine-grained EV management approach to jointly provide parking guidance for EVs and control their charging/discharging power in parking lots. We formulate a bilevel optimization problem where the top-level problem optimizes the matching between EVs and parking lots from the perspective of computation offloading, and the bottom-level problem optimizes the control of EV charging/discharging power from the view of power networks. We transform the bilevel optimization problem into a single-level form, which is a nonconvex mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem, and we further tackle it by linearization techniques. Finally, we provide numerical results to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of our approach.


Herein, the design, metal‐organic vapor‐phase epitaxial growth, fabrication, and characterization of buried‐tunnel junction (BTJ) current injection structures for InP/Si hybrid nanomembrane photonic crystal surface emitting lasers (PCSELs) are reported. Corresponding BTJ‐light‐emitting diodes on InP substrate show low series resistance and uniform carrier injection over square‐shaped device areas with side length ranging from 15 up to 250 μm, whereas BTJ‐PCSEL structures with similar current injection configuration fabricated on photonic‐crystal silicon‐on‐insulator substrate using transfer print technology show significant linewidth narrowing at low current density.


The judgement of grass slopes conditions must be done ecologically, for grass slopes are to be constructed to improve the localities and the landscapes from the road.The ecological judgement of grass slopes is equal to the judgement of the progression of succession. And succession must be judged from two viewpoints. One is from floristic composition and the other is from biological spectra.Firstly, the author investigated the plant communities of the railwayside slopes at Chuosen line in Tokyo, which were constructed 80 years before, in order to be able to compare succession stages of the slopes, which were constructed 1.5, 3, and 5 years before. The table work after this survey shows 4 plant communities.(Table 1) 2 Miscanthus types, Imperata type, and Zoysia type.Secondly, vegetation survey was practiced on the slopes (constructed 1.5, 3, and 5 years before), which were at first covered by imported species (Festuca arundinacea Schreber and Eragrostis curvula Nees) (Table 2, 3, 4) and native species (Zoysia japonica steud.).(Table 5) From these results the progression of succession was diagnosed.The method by floristic composition was firstly proposed. The diagnoses were as follows:1. The difference of the progression between the two method of construction, by imported species and by native species, could not be recognized clearly.2. On the banking slopes the progression is faster than the cutting slopes.3. Earlier, the cutting slopes were wetter, but after 5 years or so they became drier than the banking slopes.Then the method by biological spectra was proposed.(Table 6) The biological spectra were expressed according to the RAUNKIAER'S dominancy forms and the species percentage (Sp%). The results were as same as the former's. I recognized the stable condition of grass slopes, when the Sp% of Th became under 20% and the number of species became over 20


Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) is a clonal haematopoietic disorder of early childhood.1,2 It is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an overlap myeloproliferative or myelodysplastic disorder.3 Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia constitutes about 2% – 3% of all childhood leukaemias.2 The incidence of JMML in South Africa is not known, as the published paediatric tumour registry combines all the leukaemias in one group.4 There is limited literature on JMML in a background of HIV infection. The only curative modality for the majority of patients affected with JMML is allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) with an event free survival of 50%.2 We report a case of a 59-month-old child who was managed at the authors' institution.


This paper presents a methodology for the design of field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based real-time simulators (RTSs) for power electronic circuits (PECs). The programmability of the simulator results from the use of an efficient and scalable overlay architecture (OA). The proposed OA relies on a latency-insensitive design (LID) paradigm. LID consists of connecting small processing units that automatically synchronize and exchange data when appropriate. The use of such data-driven architecture aims to ease the design process while achieving a higher computational efficiency. The benefits of the proposed approach is evaluated by assessing the performance of the proposed solver in the simulation of a two-stage AC–AC power converter. The minimum achievable time-step and FPGA resource consumption for a wide range of power converter sizes is also evaluated. The proposed overlays are parametrizable in size, they are cost-effective, they provide sub-microsecond time-steps, and they offer a high computational performance with a reported peak performance of 300 GFLOPS.


Fruit of Cornelian cherry can be used fresh or processed, and cultivation practices are developing in this direction. Due to the rarity of its cultivation, Cornelian cherry is harvested from natural sites of occurrence. However, the fruit from natural sites is of lower quality than the cultivars, as their seedlings differ in terms of fruit ripening. The objective of this experiment was the evaluation of approximately a dozen cultivars in terms of growth and fruit yield under the conditions of Central Europe. The effect of climatic conditions on the onset date of particular phenological stages was also assessed. All the analysed cultivars are suitable commodity crops, but they should be accurately selected depending on the direction of production. The first phenological stage of Cornelian cherry is the appearance of inflorescences before the development of leaves. The start of particular phenophases depends on the temperature and precipitation. Cornelian cherries cultivated under ecological conditions show satisfactory fruit size and generally a small percentage of stone. Most cultivars have an elongated fruit shape, and the shape factor decreases with their growth and ripening. The fruit grows along a double sigmoid, and its first intensive growth occurs following the extinction of intensive shoot growth.


The rapid develoment of modern city was not totally achieved by hundreds
of old dwellings within it. Old settlements and residences, which are
settled side-by-side, consisting of small-sized houses called �Kampung�,
keep making a better living environment and socio-economical condition,
even accomplishing creative remarkable programs toward green and
clean sustainable habitats. These programs come from the Aga Khan
Award for Architecture called �Kampung Improvement Programme [KIP]
on 1968-1993, C-KIP (1995-2003) and Surabaya�s Government Green
and Clean competition creativity agenda from 2005 to now. This paper
explores the objective and the spectacular programs on old kampungs.
Each kampung participated in achieving the highest award by introducing
many programs such as planting greenaries and fruits, recycling dry and
wet wastes, producing greenary gas and eco-friendly fertilizer, filtering
and reusing grey water, and planting medical plants as well as conducting
waste bank in order to increase the sosio-economic activity in the
kampung by stimulating people to collect and separate daily wastes


Citrate is an indispensable component of bone. Reduced levels of citrate in bone and serum are reported in the elderly and in osteoporosis patients. Myostatin (Mstn) is implicated in skeletal homeostasis, but its effects on osteogenesis remain incompletely understood. Nox4 has critical roles in bone homeostasis. TGF‐β/Mstn‐associated Smad2/3 signaling has been linked to Nox4 expression. Insulin‐like growth factor (IGF‐1) has been shown to counteract many regulatory effects of Mstn. However, the crosstalk among Mstn, IGF‐1, and Nox4 is not well understood; the interactive effects of those factors on citrate secretion, osteogenic differentiation, and bone remodeling remain unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that osteogenic differentiation induced an IGF‐1–dependent upregulation of citrate secretion that was suppressed by Mstn. Inhibition of Nox4 prevented Mstn‐induced reduction of citrate secretion. In addition, Mstn reduced bone nodule formation; these changes were prevented by Nox4 inhibition. Moreover, Mstn increased the ratio of RANKL to OPG mRNAs to favor osteoclast activation. These results indicate that Mstn negatively regulates osteogenesis by increasing levels of Nox4, which reduced IGF‐1 expression, citrate secretion, and bone mineralization while also altering the RANKL to OPG ratio. These findings provide new and highly relevant insights into the osseous effects of myostatin.


Sea-Pol is a marine-deployable meteorological radar developed at Colorado State University. The radar architecture is presented, with a description of the platform motion compensation system and its performance. Initial observations at the Greeley, CO home base as well as during the SPURS-2 field campaign aboard the R/V Revelle are presented.


The purpose of the study is to identify the personality types and alacrity for job embeddedness of the candidate workers to work in the service sector and to test whether there is a meaningful relationship between these two variables and to determine which personality type has how much effect on the alacrity for job embeddedness if there is a meaningful relationship. Based on this purpose, data was obtained from the 84 candidates who applied to work in the call services within the scope of the training project organized by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in X. This data obtained was evaluated by SPSS program and analyzed by correlation, Kruskal-Wallis H and Mann-Whitney U. As a result of the correlation analysis; no significant relationship was determined between the personality type of candidate workers and the alacrity for job embeddedness. In addition, it was determined that the alacrity for job embeddedness of candidate workers to work was not significantly different according to their previous work experience, age and education level. As a result of the findings, all the hypotheses put forward have been rejected and Maslow's hypothesis of "the physiological needs of man is the most fundamental need" stated in the theory of motivation is supported.


Due to the importance of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in the biological fight, it is necessary to optimize its fermentation process and decrease its production cost. Statistical analysis is used not only to optimize fermentation conditions but also to describe and predict the culture behavior. In production of biological insecticide, one of the important phases is named as sporulation upon which, this work has been particularly focused on. The oxygen and culture time have an important effect on the production cost. So in the current research, the effect of such factors together with cell concentration, toxicity and sporulation has been considered. Regression analysis of the results, obtained in different conditions of aeration, showed that in all experiments, the percentage of total spores and mature spores increase with time. However, when saturated oxygen is used, this increase shows a very slow trend while in the case of interrupted aeration, the sporulation rate is so fast and the culture reached 100 % mature spore at 44th hours of fermentation. Toxicity and insecticide activity of fermentation product is significant even at the beginning of sporulation phase when time factor has only a positive effect at high oxygen concentrations.


Intermolecular hydrophobic interactions between the indole or phenyl moieties of the peptides containing L-tryptophan (L-Trp) or L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) residues and the apolar isopropyl groups of the peptides containing L-leucine (L-Leu) or L-valine (L-Val) in aqueous solutions have been detected by 1H NMR by monitoring the observed changes in the proton magnetic resonance parameters of the methyl resonances of the peptides containing L-Leu or L-Val residues. The 1H NMR data indicate that intermolecular hydrophobic interactions are responsible for the observed changes in the proton magnetic resonance parameters of the methyl resonances. For example, when a solution of glycylglycylleucine (Gly-Gly-L-Leu) in deuterium oxide was mixed with glycylglycyltryptophan (Gly-Gly-L-Trp), the methyl protons of Gly-Gly-L-Leu exhibited large diamagnetic ring current shifts. However, when glycylglycylglycine (Gly-Gly-Gly) was substituted for Gly-Gly-L-Trp in the NMR experiment, the methyl resonances did not show any upfield or downfield shift, thereby demonstrating that the observed upfield shifts are not due to bulk susceptibility differences between solutions. The C-terminus peptides containing L-Leu or L-Val residues bind to the aromatic L-Trp or L-Phe peptides better than the N-terminus L-Leu or L-Val peptides. The C-terminus Gly-Gly-L-Leu binds better than the C-terminus glycylglycylvaline (Gly-Gly-L-Val). The strength and specificity of hydrophobic interactions in several small peptides are discussed.


Endometriosis recurrence after surgery is still an issue that afflicts the gynecologist. Adjuvant hormonal treatments have been suggested and approved in order to delay recurrence in symptoms and endometriotic lesions. The current review analyzes the impact of postoperative gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists administration on the recurrence rate of endometriosis. We selected randomized controlled trials on this topic. The reported findings are controversial and the definition of recurrence varies among the sources. The emerging results report that the postoperative administration of gonadotropinreleasing hormone agonists seems beneficial on symptoms control and it delays the subjective recurrence (although it is related to the known side effects), but the duration of the post-operative treatment plays an


The author attempts to trace from their sources the more important principles and institutions which make up the laws and constitution of Pakistan.


A series of political,economic and cultural constructions were conducted in areas with a large concentration of ethnic minorities in the early period of the New China and great achievements were made therein,including the establishment of the system of autonomous region,development of trade,free distribution of farming tools among farmers,agricultural tax reduction,development of education and public sanitation,settlement of disputes involving ethnic minorities,examination of the policies regarding ethnic minorities,etc.These policies and measures contributed to the ethnic minorities' identity with the Party's authority in ethnic regions such as Guizhou.


The proper use of a research microscope requires considerable skill, technique and an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of light microscopy. The use of color filters, internal and external oblique illumination, sample staining, dark field, phase contrast polarized light, fluorescence and differential interference are offering possibilities to enhance contrast and colour of the microscopic image. Microthermometry, embedding and cross-sectioning are other helpful tools in identifying materials. Reference is made to the fields of application of microscopy in the pulp, paper and related industries. A number of microscopic case studies provide examples of how the light microscope with all its accessories and techniques can be employed to solve problems related to processing difficulties of various printing materials and to identify unwanted inclusions in paper board and other composite packaging materials.


Optimal placement and performance of energy storage units are two important issues for power systems. Energy storage units help in energy supply and elevated reliability in the network. Energy storage system (ESS) cause many of the variables of planning, designing, and exploiting the network to alter, and thus planning and operational methods for the network will change as well. These units also assist in reducing the peak load with the aim of profit maximization. In this paper, a method is presented to optimize the performance of energy storage units in the power market. To solve the problem, a new optimization algorithm called social spider optimization (SSO) algorithm is employed. Cost reduction, losses reduction and voltage profile improvement are three main scenarios which are considered. The proposed method is applied to a 33-bus standard distribution system and results show that this novel method is efficient to use for ESSs optimal operation.


The growing literature of decision-making focusses attention on the selection of an optimal course from a series of hypothetical courses. Discovery of the position from which future action is to be taken has received rather less attention. Information systems are considered as means of discovering the facts antecedent to decision and action. "Management Technology", ISSN 0542-4917, was published as a separate journal from 1960 to 1964. In 1965 it was merged into Management Science.


Cracking a product sulfur reduction catalyst comprising zinc oxide, alumina, based on the total weight of the catalyst, the content of alumina is 20 to 99.9% by weight, the content of zinc oxide is 0.1 to 50 wt%, and satisfies each of the catalyst and the total content of the components is 100% by weight, the catalyst is prepared by a process comprising the steps of: (a) alumina and / or aluminum hydroxide, deionized water and mixing the acid, the amount of each component of the slurry pH value of 2 to 5, a solids content of 5 to 25% by weight; (2) step (1) mixing the resulting slurry with zinc-containing compound; (3) step (2) spray drying the slurry obtained, after 400 ~ 800 ℃ calcined in air for 0.5 to 10 hours. The sulfur-containing petroleum feedstock with a catalyst mixture of the present invention and contacting a catalytic cracking catalyst under catalytic cracking reaction conditions can be better reduced sulfur content of cracked products.


Image‐guided computer‐aided navigation system is an indispensable part of computer assisted orthopaedic surgery. However, the location and number of fiducial markers, the time required to localise fiducial markers in existing systems affect their effectiveness.


The handling of hundreds of thousands of files is a major challenge in today's IT forensic investigations. In order to cope with this information overload, investigators use fingerprints (hash values) to identify known files automatically using blacklists or whitelists. Besides detecting exact duplicates it is helpful to locate similar files by using similarity preserving hashing (SPH), too. We present a new algorithm for similarity preserving hashing. It is based on the idea of majority voting in conjunction with run length encoding to compress the input data and uses Bloom filters to represent the fingerprint. It is therefore called mvHash-B. Our assessment shows that mvHash-B is superior to other SPHs with respect to run time efficiency: It is almost as fast as SHA-1 and thus faster than any other SPH algorithm. Additionally the hash value length is approximately 0.5% of the input length and hence outperforms most existing algorithms. Finally, we show that the robustness of mvHash-B against active manipulation is sufficient for practical purposes.


A process for making ethylbenzene and/or styrene by reacting toluene with methane is disclosed. In one embodiment the process can include reacting toluene with methane to form a product stream comprising ethylbenzene and further processing the ethylbenzene to form styrene in an existing styrene production facility.


Genetic inconsistencies discovered during biological relationship testing can add complexity to the analysis and resolution of a case. Because of the low but not insignificant mutation rates in the VNTR and STR systems, an exclusion from paternity cannot be based on a single exclusion. An exception is the case involving closely related alternative fathers where one is excluded in only one system and the other is excluded in none. Since more STR systems than VNTR systems are commonly used to resolve a paternity case, the chance of encountering mutations in STR systems increases. Furthermore, resolving cases to determine if there is a true relationship with a genetic inconsistency as opposed to the detection of a close relative can be complex in the determination of biological relationship cases involving questions related to immigration.


HIV criminalisation is a term that describes the criminal prosecution of persons in instances of HIV transmission, exposure and so-called non-disclosure of their HIV serostatus. In the United States (US), there have been over 500 reported instances of HIV criminalisation. Over the past decade, several negative consequences of HIV criminalisation have been identified, including its capacity to increase stigma and social injustice. In addition, scholars have built an evidence base demonstrating that HIV criminalisation has the potential to undermine HIV prevention and that it is thus harmful to public health. This article contributes to that evidence base by (1) combining Foucaultian studies of 'governmentality' with the sociology of 'anomie' to theorise the larger implications of HIV criminalisation for the institution of public health, and (2) presenting interviews with public health service providers working in Tennessee, USA. This state is an important site for studying the public health implications of HIV criminalisation because, between 2008 and 2012, it was reported to have led all American jurisdictions in prosecutions of HIV-specific criminal offences. Concentrating on discussions of post-test counselling, this article argues that a major system-level effect of HIV criminalisation is the propagation of an anomic affective climate, which makes it difficult to establish norms of HIV prevention.


The present study investigated In-vitro antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic leaves extract (70: 30) of Gossypium herbaceum Linn. to provide scientific basis for traditional usage of this plant. The In-vitro antioxidant activity was evaluated by determining reducing power, total flavonoids and total phenolic contents using standard assay methods. The ability of the extract to scavenge 1, 1-diphenyl-2picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) was also assessed using spectroscopic method. Ascorbic acid was used as standard antioxidant and positive control. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of the extract was increased with the increasing concentration. The IC50 values for DPPH assay of Gossypium herbaceum and ascorbic acid were found to be 44.69μg/ml and 13.80μg/ml respectively. The reducing power of the extract was found to be concentration dependent. Total flavonoid content in the extract was found to be 410 ± 0.74 mg Quercetin equivalents/g of dry material. Total phenolic content in Gossypium herbaceum was found to be 5.86 ± 0.75 mg Gallic acid equivalents/g of dry material. The results obtained from this study indicate that Gossypium herbaceum is a potential source of antioxidants and thus could prevent many radical diseases.


Regional anesthesia offers safe, effective, and economical over general anaesthesia. Combined spinal epidural anesthesia (CSEA) has been used even for last two decades and involves the use of a minimal dose of spinal anesthetic for a shorter duration but allows flexibility of epidural reinforcement if necessary.CSEA technique has been used without any report of a unique or major complications attributed to the technique.1, 2 There are four main varieties of CSEA and a review of its history provides the opportunity to describe this sub – division. Single Needle – Single Interspace Method: Soresi was the first surgeon to report the technique3 and Sprotte et al reported an identical technique using an atraumatic needle.4 Double Needle – Double Interspace Method: A sequential separate interspace technique was employed by Brownridge.5 Double Needle – Single Interspace Method: It was used in Obstetrics in 1982, by Coates.6 Needle Through Needle – Single Interspace Method: Spectrum of indications of spinal or epidural alone and combined spinal epidural anaesthesia has improved over the years along with the developments of anaesthesia and surgery. This is the most popular variety of CSEA.7, 8 The ability of Extradural needle to guide the fine spinal needle to the dura matter prefers popularity due to a single skin puncture.9 Anaesthesiologists have possibly realized that the Chiba needle which have smaller bore in diameter and longer in length in comparison to 18"G Epidural "Tuohy" needle which can be easily negotiated trough Tuohy needle because of lesser in diameter and also can penetrate dural sac even when Spinal needle is aligned. The only precaution during penetration of dural sac is being taken because of long length and so chance of protrusion results in Chiba needle passing out anteriorly out of dural sac and so placement in all the cases done at L3, L4 interspace below termination of spinal cord. So, Chiba needle used for thesis worked as modified spinal needle because of its negotiation through Tuohy needle is easy and also punctures of dura safely as a single skin puncture method. Every care has been taken for its correct placement1, L3-L4 interspace2 and single skin puncture3 for dural puncture penetration.


The vibration and friction factors of two-axis motion platform cause video jitter and because of image feature extraction and matching influenced by illumination variation, noise and so on, the wrong motion vector will be estimated. The multi-scale space two dimension high precision video stabilization algorithm is proposed based on concentration degree. Invariant features are extracted, and then the depth first nearest neighbor search algorithm is used to get the matching double points. At last, concentration degree is computed, and different computing models are built to estimate compensation parameters by optimal concentration degree principle. 320×240 pixels gray video sequence is used in experiment, and the algorithm proposed in this paper has high precision. The estimation time is just 13% of Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC), which improves the performance of video stabilization.


Abstract Distinctive surnames typically associated with Amish populations provide a useful means to identify group members. Utilizing listings of Wisconsin's licensed dairy producers between 1989 and 2001, growth and decline of various settlements of Amish dairymen are mapped and described. Overall, growth far exceeded decline, with the number of identified Amish surnamed dairy farmers increasing by nearly three-quarters. The examination of the spatial distribution of specific Amish surnames demonstrates the central role played by family groups in Amish settlement and migration. The prominence of several common Amish surnames differs among the state's largest Amish settlements, and Amish surnames new to Wisconsin are disproportionately found within recently established Amish settlements. Some of these surnames are only found in single communities.


Existing fire alarm mainly relies on traditional smoke and heat-based systems, yet their monitoring range is limited, which leads to serious security risks. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel method for video fire detection, in which the suspected areas are firstly segmented via a cascaded judgement by using dynamic segmentation, color model and Gaussian model, and then the obtained suspected regions are input into a transfer learning-based CNN model for fine judgement whether it is a true flame. Since pre-processing methods can filter out large non-flame area, and which can greatly optimize calculation of CNN model. We finally migrated the proposed approach into embedded IMX.6 platform and test on the collected dataset. The experimental results show that, the algorithm can achieve a detection of 15fps and more than 90% recognition rate with an input of 960*720.


In this paper,multi-class concurrency control based on resource prediction is discussed.This mechanism considers function alternative of real-time transaction,it divides concurrency control to alternative control and transaction control,also,multi-alternative is allowed to concurrency execute.Every alternative expresses an executed route,.If only an alternative is succeed,then the real-time transaction can be put in.But an alternative is aborted,indeed all the concurrency executed alternatives are aborted,the real-time transaction isn't aborted.It may start up other alternatives.This mechanism advances the real-time transaction success rate and depresses feasibility of system loss due to hard real-time transaction exceeds the deadline.


Aiming at the problems existed in spoken English teaching of higher vocational education,such as students' low learning interests,weak learning basis,little practice opportunities,etc.,the interactional teaching method was adopted,and the following effects were achieved:teachers' single indoctrination teaching model was changed,the teaching dominated by teachers was converted into students' exploration,and students' participation sense was enhanced through designing rich and colorful classroom activities.


An account of the third Iowa Foray concentrated on Lee County, including Shimek State Forest and eastern portions of Van Buren County. The foray involved several bird watchers active in the area on various dates between May 1 and June 10, 1979. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of summer 1979.


Objective To determine if using a soft-tipped guidewire to cannulate the common bile duct may ameliorate development of PEP(post-ERCP pancreatitis)and facilitate cannulation of the CBD(common bile duct).Methods A total of 78 patients treated treateed in our hospital underwent ERCP through conventional direct cannulation(52 diagnostic ERCPs,26 therapeutics ERCPs)from 1998 to 2001 were randomly selected as group A while 112 patients underwent ERCP through guide wire-directed cannulation(21 diagnostic ERCPs,91 therapeutics ERCPs)from 2007 to 2008 as group B.Then we retrospectively studied and compared the following parameters between the two groups:1)Success rate of biliary access;2)visualization rate of pancreatic duct;3)the level of serum amylase,severity of abdominal pain and the rate of PEP.Meanwhile,the correlation between grading of pancreatic duct visualization and PEP was analyzed.Results The success rate of biliary access of the guidewire group(106/112 cases)was significantly greater than the conventional group(33/78 cases)(94.64%vs.42.30%,P 0.05) in terms of the rate of hyperamylasemia between the two groups.The significant correlation was found between the grading of pancreatic duct visualization and the occurrence of PEP.Condusion Guidewire-directed selective access to the bile duct lowers likdihood of PEP by facilitating cannulation and lowering the visualization rate of pancreatic duct.The occurrence of PEP could be predicted by the grading of pancreatic duct visualization,which is a very important but not the unique factor leading to PEP.

Key words:
Pancreatitis; Guidewire directed selective biliary cannulation; Direct cannulation; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Grading of pancreatic duct visualization


This paper describes a planned study comparing the effectiveness of Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals on wearable computers and desktop computers. It details the stages of the study, and how a usability test will be conducted with Mechanical Engineering students from the University of Queensland's Formula SAE-Australasia team. This paper concludes with the expected outcomes of the study and plans for future research.


ABSRACT The report presents the elements of the Qualifications Standard for an engineering study program based on learning outcomes. The study is a summary of main outputs of the Joint EU/CoE Project "Strategic Development of Higher Education and Qualification Standards", Component 2-Qualification Standards, conducted by the authors as a working group for engineering. The basic approach and strategy in implementing the project activities are briefly explained and the minimal elements of qualifications standard for the study program of Civil Engineering at the first study cycle are suggested. Once implemented, the Qualifications Standard should assure a higher quality in engineering education and be in accordance to the European High Education Area.


In [1] a Fresnel approximation for a Physical Optics (PO) model was proposed to calculate the reflected field in propagation calculations. The purpose of these formulas is to overcome the two main disadvantages of the classical Geometrical Optics (GO) formulas. The GO formulas can not calculate the field in a direction different from the specular direction and they suppose always the presence of an infinite reflecting surface. The new Physical Optics formulas overcome these disadvantages and are computationally efficient at the same time. Measurements performed in the anechoic chamber of ESAT/TELEMIC to validate these new formulas, are described in this paper. Both the experimental procedure and the results are discussed.


Out of the period at the beginning of this century in which revolt and revision of the lines of established political control produced the Progressive movement, the initiative was developed as a means for amending state constitutions. It may not be said with accuracy, however, that the initiative was a product solely of the Progressive movement. Men such as Dr. John R. Haynes of California and W. S. U'Ren of Oregon were urging the initiative in their respective states before the Progressive movement crystallized. Nevertheless, the initiative was a tool much to the Progressives' liking, and most of the states that adopted it as a method of amending their constitution did so during the time in which the Progressives were at the height of their effectiveness as a party group.


In this paper the relative rainfall area in weather chart are discussed.We found that different relative rainfall area associated with different probabilities,thereby formed a probability distribution function.This paper also found the theoretical relationship between the appeared probability of relative rainfall area and the climatic probability of rainfall in weather stations.


Near memory computing (NMC) paradigm shows great significance in non-von Neumann architecture to reduce data movement. The normally-off and instance-on characteristics of spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) promise energy-efficient storage in the AIoT era. To avoid unnecessary memory-related processing, we propose a novel write-read-calculation triple-skipping (TS) NMC for multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation with minimally modified peripheral circuits. The proposed TS-NMC is evaluated with a custom micro control unit (MCU) in 28-nm high-K metal gate (HKMG) CMOS process and foundry announced universal two-transistor two-magnetic tunnel junction (2T-2MTJ) MRAM cell. The framework consists of a sparse flag which is defined in extra STT-MRAM columns with only 0.73% area overhead, and a calculation block for NMC logic with 9.9% overhead. The TS-NMC can successfully work at 0.6-V supply voltage under 20MHz. This Near-MRAM framework can offer up to ~9S.6 % energy saving compared to commercial SRAM refer to ultra-low-power benchmark (ULP-Benchmark). Classification task on MNIST takes 13nJ/pattern. The energy access of memory, calculation, and the total can be reduced by $52.49\times, 2.7\times$, and 11.3 × respectively from the TS scheme.


Abstract. In the work a task of driving wheel towing reduction of a mobile vehicle, which is exploited in bad passing conditions, is investigated. For that purpose transmission is used, when the engine-developed torque is transmitted to all driving wheels of the vehicle via the mean driving bridge differentials. For the auxiliary driving wheel transmission a hydrostatic system is used, made of constant operating volume hydraulic machines. In the work a mathematical model of hydraulic transmission of a mobile vehicle is given, being under analysis, basic properties of such transmission have been investigated, constructional parameter values, in which the torque distribution is realized so that the towing of driving wheels is minimum, have been detected. Also a hydraulic transmission power losses and the influence of the properties of some supporting surfaces to kinematical indexes of compatibility have been analyzed.


Being Boys: Youth, Leisure and Identity in the Inter-War Years. By Melanie Tebbutt. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2012. xii + 321 pp. ISBN 978-0-7190-6613-9, £75 (hardback).


Objective: Uterine sarcomas are rare tumors arising from mesenchyme of uterus and th are diagnosed late because of confusing clinical and radiological presentation as urerine fibroids .In post hysterectomy pateints uterine sarcomas can present as pelvic or abdominal tumors causing confusion with tumors of bladder , bowel or other abdominal/pelvic malignancies. Histopathological examination and immuno histochemistry aids in diagnosis of uterine sarcoma and proper management of pateints. Hence 20 cases are studied in detail for better understanding of this rare entity. Methods: A retrospective study of 20 cases of uterine sarcoma was done. Details of patient are collected from departments of surgical oncology, medical oncology, pathology, radiology and outpatient records. Results: Uterine sarcomas are rare tumors and are usually diagnosed late. Most common types of uterine sarcoma are endometrial stromal sarcoma. leimyosarcoma, undifferentiated uterine sarcoma and adenosarcoma Abnormal uterine bleeding is the most common complaint and there are no specific complaints or radiological findings.Endometrial stromal sarcomas are known for their indolent course,in our study 6 pateints had hysterectomy in the past and years later presented as pelvic or abdominal masses causing diagnostic dilemma .Histopathology and immunohistochemistry aids in diagnosis and timely management of uterine sarcomas. Conclusion: In 20 cases of uterine sarcoma, patients presented with complaints of abnormal uterine bleeding, pain abdomen, mass per abdomen, hematuria and constipation, radiological findings revealed either fibroid uterus or degenerated fibroid or ovarian cyst or bladder tumor or bowel tumor or retroperitoneal tumor in none of the cases uterine sarcoma was in list of differential diagnosis. Diagnosis was made only after histopathological examination and immuno histochemistry. Cases of Uterine sarcomas diagnosed at early stage through proper suspicion for this rare tumor and confirmation with histopathology and immunohistochemistry have better survival and quality of life compared to cases which are mis managed. Hence study was done.


We have achieved successful induction of long-term immunosuppression (IS) free allograft survival in HLA mismatched renal allograft recipients using cyclophosphamide (CP) based conditioning regimen (NKD03, ITN036) and combined donor bone marrow transplantation. Transient mixed chimera for up to 3 weeks was induced in all recipients. ISwas successfully discontinued in 7/10 recipients for more than 5 years. Four of them remain off IS and continue doing well with normal kidney function after more than 8 to 14 years. Three recipients resumed IS after 5, 7 and 8 years due to either recurrence of the original kidney disease or development of DSA and chronic rejection (Table 1). However, wider clinical application of this protocol was hampered by acute kidney injury (AKI), which was observed when host hematopoietic cells started to recover (day 10-15). Biopsies taken during AKI showed hemorrhage and endothelial, pericapillary and tubular injury without cellular infiltrates (Fig. 1). Since AKI had not been observed in nonhuman primates which received low dose TBI–based regimen, a pilot study, in which cyclophosphamide was replaced with low-dose TBI, was conducted. Both recipients who received the TBI/anti-CD2 mAb regimen did well without development of AKI (Fig.1). Immunosuppression was discontinued in the first recipient at one year after transplantation. At 4 years after transplantation, the recipient remains well with normal kidney function without ongoing IS. The second subject failed to develop chimerism and IS was not discontinued. Since the anti-CD2 mAb, which all of these previous subjects received, is not currently available, we most recently evaluated another pilot study, the low dose TBI/belatacept/ATG regimen, in which anti-CD2mAbwas replacedwith ATGand belatacept.The recipient tolerated the treatment well without AKI and developed transient mixed chimerism. Because of IgA recurrence observed in the protocol biopsy, his IS has been tapered slowly. At 2 years, he is doing well withMMFonly to control IgA recurrence. Conclusion: Nonmyeloablative conditioning with low dose TBI in place of CP induced chimerism and long-term IS free kidney survival without AKI. 608.6


The melting kinetics of superheated crystals has been recently described via two entirely different approaches. One is based on a power law model proposed by Toda and co-workers. Another makes use of the traditional Arrhenius model. The present work explores the compatibility of these two approaches. By using the formalism of the Ozawa and Kissinger methods, it derives equations that allow one to use the power law parameters to estimate the activation energy of melting. The value estimated in such a manner is demonstrated to decrease with temperature (i.e., with the superheating) just as the activation energy determined via the Arrhenius treatment. It is noted that the decreasing dependence is consistent with the theories of nucleation and growth. Differential scanning calorimetry data on melting of superheated crystals of glucose are used to illustrate the similarity of the activation energies obtained via the two approaches. It is suggested that the equations derived can be used to supplement the power ...


Four new compounds (two coordination polymers (CPs) and two metal organic frameworks (MOFs)), namely, [Zn(cpp)(H2O)]n (1), [Cu(cpp)(4-bpmh)]n·nH2O·nMeOH (2), [Cd2(cpp)2(3-bpmh)2]n4nH2O·2nMeOH (3), and [Cd(cpp)(bpy)(H2O)2]n·2nH2O (4), have been synthesized through the slow diffusion technique using cpp ligand and different neutral linkers (H2cpp = 3-(4-carboxyphenyl)propionic acid, 4-bpmh = N,N-bis-pyridin-4-ylmethylene-hydrazine, 3-bpmh = N,N-bis-pyridin-3-ylmethylene-hydrazine, bpy = 4,4-bipyridine). Single crystal X-ray analysis of compounds 1–4 reveals their structural diversities which might have been generated due to both rigidity (aryl carboxylate) and flexibility (aliphatic carboxylates) of cpp ligands as well their bridging modes and the orientation of nitrogen atoms of the neutral linkers. In addition, the dihedral angle in the aliphatic carboxylates of cpp ligand is also playing an important role in directing the final structural arrangement. Compound 1 exhibits a uninodal 6-connected three-dime...


A complicated problem for big city governments today is the increasing volume of solid waste, due to population growth and mobility so that the waste load will also increase, especially in metropolitan cities such as Makassar City. To reduce the rate of organic waste generation, which is 60%, is to use organic waste as compost, both liquid and solid. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of composting with EM4 and MOL activators. The results of the study with the addition of EM4 activator, MOL activator and without the addition of activator from the first day to the fourteenth day the compost structure was different. The addition of MOL produces a slightly coarser structure compared to the addition of EM4, while the compost without activator still smells like wet waste. The quality (C/N) of compost, the addition of 100 ml of EM4 was in the optimum level, while the addition of 100 ml of MOL was less than optimum.


We have demonstrated for the first time that under suitable gate biases, single CdS nanobelt (NB) metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs) can serve as high-performance photodetectors. When a gate voltage near to the threshold voltage of the MESFET under illumination is supplied, the single NB MESFET-based photodetectors exhibit high photosensitivity, such as ultrahigh photoresponse ratio (Ilight/Idark ≈ 2.7 × 106) (among the best values reported so far for single NB/NW photodetectors), high current responsivity (∼2.0 × 102 A/W), high external quantum efficiency (∼5.2 × 102), and fast photoresponse: with rise and decay times of ∼137 and ∼379 μs, respectively. The working principle of the single NB MESFET-based photodetectors as well as the reasons for the enhancement in performance is discussed. Our accomplishment can be easily extended to other 1D semiconductor nanomaterials. All the above results show that the single NB/nanowire (NW) MESFETs can be a promising candidate for novel photodete...


The paper presents a model of business cycles in which households are uncertain and learn about the long-run growth of endogenous variables (e.g., income, rental rates of capital). The model features comovement and mutual stimulation between households'growth expectations and market outcomes and suggests a critical role of shifting long-run growth expectations in business cycle ‡uctuations. Allowing for policymakers'imperfect knowledge and assuming their use of trend-cycle decomposition to learn potential output, the model suggests that during the Great Recession policymakers may have substantially underestimated the size of output gap and cyclically-adjusted budget balance. The latter implies that in the wake of the recent …nancial crisis excessive …scal austerity may have been forced on some EU countries when in fact it is not warranted. JEL classi…cation: E32, E62, D84


Writing a book on software engineering has become an onerous task. Recent years have seen a proliferation of techniques and methods, as well as further developments and refinements of established practices. One of Stephen Schach's previous books, Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering, aimed to strike a balance between the two main modus operandi mentioned in the title: the tried and tested structured methods familiar to thousands of software engineers and the more modern objectoriented (OO) methods which have blossomed recently. Any example code is given in a subset of C++.


The invention discloses a composition for bactericidal corrosion inhibitors and application thereof. The composition for bactericidal corrosion inhibitors contains tetracycline antibiotics and a bivalent tin salt. The invention also discloses application of the composition for bactericidal corrosion inhibitors in treatment of circulating cooling water. According to the technical scheme, by applying the composition for bactericidal corrosion inhibitors to a circulating cooling water system, good bactericidal and corrosion inhibition effects can be achieved at the same time.


Strategic planning can be an arduous and complex task; and, once a plan has been devised, it is often quite a challenge to effectively communicate the principal missions and key priorities to the array of different stakeholders. The communication challenge can be addressed through the application of a clearly and concisely designed visualisation of the strategic plan – to that end, this paper proposes the use of a roadmapping framework to structure a visual canvas. The canvas provides a template in the form of a single composite visual output that essentially allows a 'plan-on-a-page' to be generated. Such a visual representation provides a high-level depiction of the future context, end-state capabilities and the system-wide transitions needed to realise the strategic vision. To demonstrate this approach, an illustrative case study based on the Australian Government's Defence White Paper and the Royal Australian Navy's fleet plan will be presented. The visual plan plots the in-service upgrades for addressing the capability shortfalls and gaps in the Navy's fleet as it transitions from its current configuration to its future end-state vision. It also provides a visualisation of project timings in terms of the decision gates (approval, service release) and specific phases (proposal, contract, delivery) together with how these projects are rated against the key performance indicators relating to the technology acquisition process and associated management activities.


Introduction: Mandibular fracture relatively less frequent in children when compared to adults, which may be due to the child's protected anatomic features and infrequent exposure of children to road traffic accidents. Mandibular fracture occurs in children mostly green stick fracture. Objectives: To assess the pattern of mandibular fracture in children and to compare the treatment results of two techniques (Conservative and IMF). Study design: Comparative Cross-sectional Study. Setting: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. Duration: Study was carried out for two years Jan 2015 to Dec 2016 Methods: Mandibular fractures in children at Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department LUH were analyzed by age, gender, etiology, type, site, occlusion time elapsed in reporting fracture and patients were treated by conservative and IMF. Result: A total of 50 patients with mandibular fractures diagnosed by clinically and radiographically was included in this study. The mean age of the children was 7.58+1.54years. Out of 50 children, 80% boys and 20% girls were reported 56% children were injured due to fall followed by 30% sports related injuries, 12% road traffic accidents and 2% were others. Fracture of condyle 60% (30/50) was more common in children followed by symphasis 54% (27/50). Eighty percent cases were reported within 3 days while 12% were reported after 3 days. Intermaxillary fixation was the commonest management modality. Conclusion: The mean age of trauma was from 7.58+1.54years, 80% boys and 20% girls, commonest cause was falls, condyle is most fractured site and IMF is the most appropriate treatment of mandibular fractures in children.


It is very important to know and master the status of atmosphere vapor in operation of artificial precipitation enhancements. The principle of dynamical meteorology is used to calculate the vapor transportation, convergence and divergence in spring over northeast Qinghai, the total vapor content and liquid water are observed by the microwave radiometer. The calculated result shows that the input of vapor in northwest Qinghai is more than output, and the vapor about 83 percentcan pass the area and then move out Qinghai, and it has bigger potential water resource. From the liquid water content, though the vapor content is less than the area of plain, but the liquid water content is more than that one. Otherwise, according to calculations of tatal cloud condensation water and precipitation efficiency from the third dekad of March to the first dekad of May 1997, the atmospheric total condesation water is obtained to be 284×10\+8t, but actual precipitation is about 34×10\+8t, the average precipitation efficiency is 0.12. If precipitation efficiency rised 1 percent, precipitation would increase about 2.5×10\+8t, these have good artificial precipitation potential


The invention provides a touch screen without a border. The touch screen comprises a protective panel and a conducting film. The protective panel comprises a top plate and a side plate, wherein the top plate and the side plate are formed integrally, the side plate extends from one side of the top plate and is not located in the same plane as the top plate, the top plate is a transparent visible area, and the inner side of the side plate is provided with a shading layer so as to form a shielding area. The conducting film is attached to the protective panel and comprises a substrate and a conducting layer arranged on the substrate; the conducting layer comprises an induction area and a lead area, wherein the induction area is located in the middle of the substrate, the lead area is located at the edge of the substrate, transparent electrodes used for sensing touch operation are arranged inside the induction area, leads connected with the transparent electrodes are arranged in the lead area, and the lead area right is aligned with the shielding area of the protective panel. According to the touch screen without the border, the top plate of the touch screen is not provided with ink, as a result, the range of the visible area can be broadened to the maximum with no need for increasing the size of electronic equipment, and an electronic device can be decreased in size and provided with a larger screen beneficially.


The invention discloses a method for carrying out ecological irrigation on trees by using northern mine water. The method comprises the following steps that: firstly, a cone is prepared from double-layer transparent materials, and a matched round basin is placed below the cone; overflow openings with different heights are arranged on one side of the cone, the top of the cone is also provided with two openings, the openings can be plugged by using pistons, in rainless days, the external opening is plugged by using a piston, and in rainy days, the external opening keeps open, and the internal opening is closed, thereby facilitating the collection of rainwater; and the cone is provided with a channel leading to the root of a plant at a depth of 20-30 cm, a certain amount of peat is filled in the channel, and the tail end of the channel is filled with wheat straw. According to the invention, a mine-water ecological irrigation method which is low in treatment cost, can be recycled and can carry out nutritive salt adjustment according to the types of plants is developed by using northern natural conditions and adopting a technique of increasing required nutritive salts of plants through sunlight natural evaporation, condensation, drip irrigation and water quality adjustment, and the method has certain innovative and practical values.


The rise of the modern science including natural sciences in the western world is one of the most important historic events in the entire world history. Traditionally, the western Europe is a Christian world. So we have a temptation to contend for merits of Christianity to the rise of modern science. However, the cause of the event is not monolithic but complex. One interesting alternative is to attribute one main reason of its rise to Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas reintroduces Aristotle"s thought into the western world through the Arab region. But Aquinas" doctrine of creation has some problems which are short of the proper Christian doctrine. Aquinas" view on creation still has some Neo-platonistic tendency. The influence of Aristotle through Aquinas on the western world during the later middle age is also a complex factor. In some sense, Aristotle"s thought recommends the rise of scientific methods including empirical observation. In other sense, however, his some thoughts on the heavenly realm is to be overcome for the advance of modern science. So the rise of modern science is not to be explained exclusively through one factor.


The Royal College of Psychiatrists has started a training scheme for overseas doctors. The scheme is for a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 4 years and the training is approved for sitting the membership exam in psychiatry. The scheme provides training in general psychiatry and in subspecialities in the field. There are other training courses in various teaching hospitals in the UK. Some are tailored according to the needs of the applicant and require the payment of fees. This article describes some of these schemes and points out some necessary requirements which an interested applicant from overseas may find helpful


【Objective】To study curative effect on femoral neck fracture in elderly patients thighbone head and entire hip replacement operation.【Method】Curative effect were compared for 136 patients over 55 years old with neck bottom below type or neck bottom type fracture in which 56 cases for manural thighbone replacement and 80 cases for entire hip replacement from February 2000 to 2006.【Results】Two groups of patients are interviewed for to 3 years averagely. The artificial thighbone replacement is higher for medium and long term of the complication and reoperation rate,the entire hip jiont replacement rate operation and its joint function excellent rate higher.【Conclusion】 The manural thighbone head replacement is suitable for elderly patients with worse health,but the manural entire hip jiont replacement is suitable for better health and elderly patients suffered thighbone head and bottom fracture.


Objective To investigate the effect and related factors of radiotherapy on the visual pathway funtion in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC).Methods 254 NPC patients who initially received radiation were observed with visual acuity, automational visual field, slit-lamp microscopic findings, pattern visual evoked potential ( P-VEP ) and fundal findings at before, during and after radiotherapy.The CT or MRI were performed for patients with radiation retinopathy or clinical manifestations of brain injury.Results The radiation retinopathy rate was 9.4%(24/254) and radiation brain injury was 6.3%(16/254). The P100 peak latency (PL) of VEP in patients with early stage retinopathy (Ⅰ~Ⅱ level ) is normal in 84.2~102.9 ms, but the patients with late stage retinopathy (Ⅲ~Ⅳ level) and optic nerve and brain injury are abnormal in 112.2~123.2 ms,112.4~137.6 ms and 127.5~168.6 ms. The radiation retinopathy incidence of 91.7% (22/24) and 8 patients with brain stem injury had happened in first 3 years after radiotherapy in patients with NPC. 38.1%(8/24) of patients had injury in temporal lobe after radiation retinopathy (15.6±8.3) months.The patients with injury in temporal lobe are earlier than radiation retinopathy. The visual field injury in 2 patients were found during in 2 and 3 months after radiotherapy, and the brain stem injury had been observed after 9 and 30 months since first term of radiotherapy.The radiation retinopathy and encephalopathy rates of patients with radiation dose in 75~79 Gy are significantly higher than that of in 70~74 Gy (all P0.05).Conclusions Radiation-induced injury of brain in temporal lobe is follow up radiation retinopathy. Following-up radiation retinopathy may be of real significance in early diagnosis of radiation injury of brain in temporal lobe. Radiation retinopathy and encephalopathy are significantly related to the radiation dose. The visual field detection may be helpful for evaluating to radiation visual pathway injury in eyes after radiotherapy.


Bare and coated TiO₂ nanoparticles with particle sizes d 100 nm after 1300 K. PAC spectra taken in the same temperature range show that with increasing temperature, the initially disordered state transforms to well-ordered rutile TiO₂. The data suggest a critical grain size of d ~10 nm for the onset of the ordering process. The spectra of coarse-grained TiO₂ are reached at a particle size d >= 30 nm. In n-TiO₂ coated with Al₂O₃ and ZrO₂ both the cores and the coatings were found to grow with increasing temperature; the cores of the coated particles, however, grow much less than those of the noncoated particles. The PAC method was used to investigate the QI in both TiO₂ cores and in the ZrO₂ coating of n-TiO₂/ZrO₂ at different temperatures. These data suggest that although the coated particles grow with temperature, the ordering process is obstructed, possibly by a solid state reaction between the TiO₂ kernels and the coatings.


In current marketing scenario, it is highly difficult to earn the high profit by satisfying the customers as well to increase to turn over of the company. For increasing the profit, the organizations are struggling to find a method to analyze their marketing strategy and to understand the customer's requirements. The main solution to increase the profit of any organization is to manufacture the limited and the needed goods based on the customer's needs and dislikes. For this, they need to find the customers behavior and the opinion regarding their products. This claims the usage of machine learning algorithms to predict and analyze the behavior of the customer. With this information scenario, we have extracted the wine data set from UCI Machine learning repository. The wine data set is analyzed to decide the dependent and independent variable. The dimensionality reduction is done by applying the ensembling methods. The feature importance of the various ensembling methods like Ada boost regressor, Ada boost classifier, Random forest regressor, Extra Trees Regressor and Gradient booster regressor. The extracted feature importance of the wine data set is fitted with logistic regression classifier to analyse the performance of the each ensembling methods. The metrics used for performance analysis are accuracy, precision, recall, and f-score. Experimental results shows that feature importance obtained from Ada Boost regressor fitted with logistic regression classifier is found to be effective with the accuracy of 94%, Precision of 0.95, Recall of 0.94 and FScore of 0.94 compared to other ensembling methods.


Let $G$ be a noncompact semisimple Lie group equipped with a certain invariant Riemannian metric. Then, we can consider a heat kernel function on $G$ associated to the Riemannian metric. We give an explicit formula for the heat kernel when $G = SL(2,\mathbb{R})$. The main tools are spherical transform and Helgason-Fourier transform for homogeneous vector bundles studied by R. Camporesi.


One of the key elements that nationalist ideologues have used over the last two centuries as a mobilising force is "a highly stylised symbolic identity of ideal womanhood to which the ordinary women of the nation are meant to conform or at least to aspire". Women are called upon to be mothers, not only of their private families, but of the "super-family" that is the nation. In Afrikaner nationalism this translated into the image of the volksmoeder. During a time of immense turmoil and change, Afrikaner women had to be, in the words of D.F. Malan, then leader of the National Party in the Cape Province, the constructive force of the nation as "no nation can be built by the sword alone; the trowel must feature too. The woman works with the trowel in a constructive manner, particularly in the social terrain, the terrain of education and health". After considering the genesis of the concept volksmoeder and various reflections on it, this article will look at the tertiary education of women, specifically at the University of Pretoria (UP). Firstly, the position of women as defined by Afrikaner nationalism and how it manifested at UP will be discussed. Secondly, it will consider the causes and implications of Afrikaner women's move away from their designated role and place and whether this shedding of their traditional image lead to the undermining of Afrikaner nationalist ideals.


George D. Spindler, ed. The Making of Psychological Anthropology. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1978. xiv + 665 pp. Figures, tables, notes, references cited, photos, biographical sketches, indexes. $27.50 cloth, $10.95 paper. Erika Bourguignon. Psychological Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Nature and Cultural Differences. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. viii + 375 pp. Figures, notes, references cited, photos, indexes. $14.95. Philip K. Bock. Continuities in Psychological Anthropology: A Historical Introduction. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1980. xii + 288 pp. Figures, tables, references cited, drawings, index. $15.00 cloth, $7.50 paper.


Despite substantial progress of research efforts in the field of photovoltaic (PV) power generation, some serious problems remain to be solved, including a fairly low energy generated by PV systems in comparison to the expected output, and a broad spread of output values among individual PV systems. The expected level of generated energy is usually evaluated by means of such coefficients as "the performance ratio" which is obtained as the energy actually generated by a PV array over a period of 1 year divided by the calculated output over the same period. However, this method has some limitations, such as the necessity to continuously perform data measurements over a long time, difficulties in the examination of factors reducing the level of the generated energy or improving the system efficiency, and so on. In this study, the authors propose a new method of accurate evaluation of the generated energy. The authors also examined a method for classifying the losses caused by the rise of the PV cell temperature and presented a method of data measurements over a short time period. The proposed method can also be applied to the classification and analysis of losses occurring at the time of the MPPT operation of the system (Pmax operation). © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 154(4): 24–33, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20222


Toll-like receptors (TLRs) mediate evolutionary conserved immune responses against invading microorganisms by recognizing specific pathogen-associated molecules. Major inflammatory pathways elicited upon engagement of TLRs and interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) proceed through the bipartite adaptor, MyD88. The adaptor is comprised of an N-terminal death domain (DD, residues Thr17 to Gln120 in the human protein) and a C-terminal Toll?IL-1R (TIR) domain (Glu159 to Pro296), connected by a long, unstructured linker. TLR?MyD88 and IL- 1R?MyD88 complexes bind protein kinases IRAK-1 and 4 to trigger a phosphorylation cascade that eventually culminates with NF-?B activation and downstream transcription of pro- and antiinflammatory genes. This inflammatory response, in turn, is down-regulated by the catalytically disabled member of the family, IRAK-M, although the mechanisms underlying this process are currently unknown. In addition, although it is known that formation of MyD88?IRAK complexes depends upon homotypic interactions of their death domains, the architecture of these complexes also remains in dispute. A truncated splice variant of the adaptor, MyD88s, which lacks residues Glu110 to Leu154, cannot recruit IRAK-4 and fails to elicit inflammatory responses.
In the present work, with the aim of elucidating the interactions between MyD88 and IRAK proteins in the TLR/IL-1R signaling pathway, we have cloned, overexpressed, purified and characterized recombinant proteins comprising the death domains of MyD88, IRAK-1, IRAK-M and IRAK-4, both alone and extended by the linker to C-terminal TIR or kinase domains, respectively. Using these recombinant fragments, we have shown that the DDs of MyD88 and IRAK proteins form large aggregates in solution. In addition, we have demonstrated that the death domain of the adaptor is able to interact with similar domains from IRAK-M and IRAK-4. Of particular note, both forms of recombinant MyD88 are able to bind to the linker-extended variant of IRAK-4 death domain and pull down native, full-length IRAK-4 from monocyte extracts.
Specifically, we show that residues Glu110-Gln120 including the C-terminal helix ?7 of MyD88, but not the irregular DD-TIR linker, are required for IRAK-4 recruitment, while residues up to Lys115 in the DD?kinase linker of IRAK-4, and not beyond, are needed for strong interactions with the adaptor. Further, we demonstrate that residues beyond Glu143 in the MyD88 DD-TIR linker, at least, are dispensable for IRAK-M binding to MyD88. Altogether, the current findings can be integrated in a model for sequential assembly of membrane-proximal MyD88 complexes, as we propose, and provide a straightforward explanation for the negative regulation of innate immune responses mediated by MyD88s.


A diffusive species-interactive epidemiological model is investigated.The dynamics of a coupled system of semilinear parabolic equations is discussed using the method of upper and lower solutions and of constructing the Lyapunov function.The asymptotic behavior of the solution is given.Result shows that if the intra-specific competition of susceptible prey is weak enough,the infection rate of susceptible prey is big,the death rate of infected prey is small,and the capturing rate of susceptible prey by the predator is small,then the positive equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable.


This article was presented as a lecture on "Capital Law School Day", an event organised by the New Zealand Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to mark the occasion of the centenary of the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, in 1999. The article identifies the past strengths and achievements of the Law School, and discusses how the legal profession and legal education has changed throughout the 20th Century, suggesting how Victoria can build on these changes as well as its past achievements to continue to excel as a Law School in the future.


Stability, rapidity and accuracy are very important performances in Electric Power Steering (EPS). In this paper, it was explained that the contradictions among these performances can't be avoided when using traditional feedback control methods. To resolve this problem, the EPS model and feed-forward control method were studied. And then, a fuzzy PID associate with feed-forward control algorithm was proposed. Through the real vehicle experimental verification, the integrated control algorithm can improve the performance of EPS significantly.


We analyze the achievable performance of bit-interleaved coded differential amplitude and phase-shift keying (DAPSK) systems over frequency nonselective Rayleigh-fading channels with suboptimal differential detection assuming an ideal bit interleaving. The suboptimal differential detection in this work refers to the bit metric calculation based only on the difference between two consecutive symbols, in contrast to more complex maximum-likelihood (ML)-based differential detection, which makes use of all the observed consecutive symbols for its metric calculation in channel decoding. As benchmarks of coded system performance, we analyze the average mutual information (AMI) and cutoff rate of this system. Exact probability density functions of the suboptimal differential detector outputs are derived for this purpose. Comparative studies suggest that the performance loss of the suboptimal approach is in fact noticeable. Therefore, we also develop a low-complexity receiver structure in the framework of suboptimal differential detection that can approach the performance of ML-based system by suitably incorporating the amplitude statistics of received symbols. The theoretical framework developed in this paper is also confirmed by simulations using convolutional and turbo codes.


Adaptive-wall technology is being seriously considered for many aeronautical wind tunnel applications. A new degree of freedom is introduced into adaptive-wall wind tunnels. It is shown that the adaptive control system used to adjust wall boundary conditions may be used to select a wide variety of flow fields. These flow fields, in turn, maybe directly related to many useful unconfined or semiconfined flows. The generalized adaptive-wall concept is demonstrated for both two- and three-dimensional flows using simple analytical techniques.


This thesis is a study of the possibilities of introducing freight trams on tram networks in cities and to examine the possibilities in Helsingborg as a concrete example. The city of Helsingborg has plans to in the next ten years start the building of a new tram network in the city, a measure implemented to increase the capacity of the public transport system and to improve the environment in the city. Measures to reduce the congestion and environmental impact in Helsingborg are interesting since the air quality in the city has been poor for a long time. Similar projects with cargo transportation on tramways exist or have existed in, for example, Amsterdam, Dresden, Paris and Zurich. With the experiences from these projects, a number of criteria have been developed to describe some conditions that a city would need to successfully start and run a project like this. These criteria concern, for instance, that there should be a strong continuous flow of goods, and that it would not result in extra transhipments which take a long time and increase costs of the transport. In Helsingborg, it would be possible to transfer parts of grocery retail company ICA's transports within the city from trucks to the tramway. Several of the city's ICA stores are located in the vicinity of the planned tramway and the goods come from a large central warehouse which is located in Langeberga, east of the city. (Less)


ABSTRACT In organizational psychology, staff perceptions of organizational climate have been found to be an important predictor of employee outcomes, such as employee stress. However, only a small pool of research has investigated the psychological mechanism that underpins the relationship, and no past literature has explored how the relationship persists over time. This paper uses the social identity approach to investigate whether social identification predicts and mediates the relationship between staff perceptions of organizational climate and their levels of stress and self-esteem over time. Employing a sample of public school teachers, the study was conducted over two years (N = 281, 65 schools). The results indicated that social identification fully mediated the relationship between organizational climate and self-esteem longitudinally but showed no significant relationship with stress. The implications of these findings are discussed, with recommendations for future research.


Aromatic polyamic acid alkyl ammonium salt exhibits very good transfer behavior under suitable deposition conditions. A superconducting thin film of YBa2Cu3Ox (YBCO) on Langmuir–Blodgett film (LB) has been obtained when the substrate temperature is higher than 500°C. Superconducting edge junctions of (Pb—In)/LB/(Pb—In) and YBCO/LB/YBCO incorporated with polyimide LB films were fabricated. Their current–voltage characteristics are discussed in terms of the temperature stability of polyimde LB films. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


ullying is among the major concerns that parents, teachers, professionals (e.g. psychologists, social workers), and stakeholders have about children's safety and well-being. Bullying is a public health issue that merits special attention. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development1 found that about 3 in 10 children are affected as bully, victim or both. According to the National Center of Education Statistics2, 28% of students aged between 12 and 18 years of age, reported that they were bullied at school and 6% that they were cyber-bullied during the 2008-09 school year.


Liver X receptors (LXRs) orchestrate cholesterol metabolism with diverse metabolic and immune functions. Chan et al. show that in the thymus, thymic epithelial cells protect against involution and promote regeneration, whereas T cells require LXRs to escape negative selection.


The Queer Review 1 - 30th BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival Opening Night Special, with red carpet interviews from the world premiere of 'THE PASS' including:


Objective
To analyze the value of 12-lead dynamic electrocardiogram in myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia in elderly patients with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CHD).

Methods
Eighty elderly patients with CHD admitted Jinan to Central Hospital from February 2018 to September 2018 were randomly selected. The patients were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, with 40 cases in each group. The routine electrocardiogram was performed for the control group, and the 12-lead dynamics was performed on the observation group. The results of examination of arrhythmia and myocardial ischemia were compared between the two groups.

Results
The positive rate of myocardial ischemia in the observation group (80.0%) was higher than that in the control group (52.5%, P 0.05).

Conclusions
The 12-lead dynamic electrocardiogram can detect transient abnormal electrocardio-gram changes, and has a high detection rate of arrhythmia and myocardial ischemia, which can be used as an auxiliary diagnosis method for CHD.

Key words:
Twelve-lead dynamic electrocardiogram; Coronary heart disease in the elderly; Arrhythmia; Myocardial ischemia


Rare-earth (RE) based inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are emerging nanoprobes, have been widely explored. Single RENP as contrast agent for multimodal bioimaging is able to combine optical, ultrasonic, magnetic and electronic...


When a charged particle beam passes axially through a cylindrical cavity, under proper conditions, it can excite and ultimately grow certain characteristic electromagnetic modes of the cavity. The effect, called transit‐time effect, has been known since the 1930's. Transit‐time effects can be used as an oscillator to generate microwave or as an amplifier for coherent amplification. Based on transit‐time effects we have developed an rf amplifier with output power in the giga‐watt range and an efficiency approaching 35%. With no foils to erode, the repetition rate can exceed 1000/sec. Furthermore, as a result of strong rf feedback on the structure, the emission into the diode gap is gated, leading to potentially very large efficiencies. In this device, called acceletron, a dc pulse is launched into a coaxial structure that is the diode, the buncher, and the oscillator all in one. Electrons are emitted from the surface of the inner conductor and as they accelerate axially towards the anode they interact with...


Linear and nonlinear models for time series analysis and prediction are well-established. Clustering methods have also been applied to this area. This paper explores a framework that can be used to cluster time series data. The range of values of a time series is clustered. Then the time series is clustered by data windows that flow into the initial set of value clusters. This allows predictive temporal patterns to be discovered across the whole range of values.


We report on an experiment performed at the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in which a new adaptive control algorithm, one with known, bounded update rates, despite operating on analytically unknown cost functions, was utilized in order to provide quasi-real-time bunch property estimates of the electron beam. Multiple parameters, such as arbitrary rf phase settings and other time-varying accelerator properties, were simultaneously tuned in order to match a simulated bunch energy spectrum with a measured energy spectrum. The simple adaptive scheme was digitally implemented using matlab and the experimental physics and industrial control system. The main result is a nonintrusive, nondestructive, real-time diagnostic scheme for prediction of bunch profiles, as well as other beam parameters, the precise control of which are important for the plasma wakefield acceleration experiments being explored at FACET. © 2015 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.


Channel transmission models for use in estimating the performance of radio systems on line-of-sight paths at 6 GHz are explored. The basis for this study is the simple three-ray multipath fade, which provides a channel transfer function of the form H(ω) = a[1 − b exp −j(ω − ω0)τ], where a is the scale parameter, b is a shape parameter, τ is the delay difference in the channel, and ω0 is the (radian) frequency of the fade minimum. This model is indistinguishable from an ideal channel model, within the accuracy of existing measurements. The propagation data that confirm the model were obtained in summer 1977 from a 26.4-mile hop near Atlanta, Georgia. The received power at 24 sample frequencies spaced at 1.1 MHz and centered on 6034.2 MHz was continuously monitored and recorded during periods of anomalous behavior. The model is applied to estimating the statistics of the channel delay difference, τ. The average delay difference giving rise to significant selectivity in the channel is between 5 and 9 ns. The distribution of delay difference is obtained for delay differences greater than 10 ns. The channel is found to have more than 3 dB of selectivity (difference between maximum and minimum attenuation in band) due to delay differences greater than 20 ns for more than 70 seconds in a heavy fading month. (This is comparable to the time the channel attenuation of a single frequency exceeds 40 dB.) The three-path model requires further simplification for narrowband channel application. For a channel with 30 MHz bandwidth, a model with fixed delay of 6.3 ns provides a sufficiently accurate representation of all observed channel conditions. The resulting nonphysical model is used to statistically characterize the condition of the fading channel. The statistics of the parameters of the fixed delay model are almost independent and of relatively simple form. The distribution of the shape parameter b is of the form (1 − b)2.3. The distribution of a is lognormal.


The local contexts define the target and its surrounding background within a constrained region, and have been proved useful for visual tracking, but how to adaptively employ them for building robust models remains challenging. By using the spatial weight maps, the correlation filter (CF) methods with spatial regularization provide an alternative to exploit the local contexts for appearance modeling. However, they generally utilize naive spatial weight map functions, and fail to flexibly regulate the effects of the target and background on model learning, thereby restricting the tracking performance. In this paper, we address these issues by presenting an adaptive multiple contexts correlation filter (AMCCF) framework. In particular, a novel sigmoid spatial weight map is first proposed to control the impacts of local contexts for learning more effective CF models. Based on this, different levels of local contexts (multiple contexts) are further modeled by incorporating the spatial weight maps with different parameters into multiple CF models. To adaptively utilize the local contexts on the tracking stage, the minimal weighted confidence margin loss function with a weight prior constraint is adopted for jointly estimating the target position and adaptive fusion weights of response maps from different CF models. To validate the proposed method, extensive experiments are conducted on four tracking benchmarks. The results show that our AMCCF can adaptively leverage the local contexts for robust tracking, and performs favorably against the state-of-the-art trackers.


In this review, the authors discuss the properties of chemokines and their receptors and highlight the roles of these chemoattractants in selected clinical disorders.


There are many computer games in the world, but generally game players challenge either the computer, or real players in the case of many person games. In view of the strong connectivity advocated between communication and entertainment in the field of entertainment computing, the use of biological signals for computer games is of interest. Here, a novel type of game using biological signals was developed as an entertainment device. The change in skin conductance caused by sweating was measured as a signal reflecting the player's agitation during the game. This type of game incorporates various characteristics relating to communication. First, players of the game challenge themselves because they are able to view their detected biological signals. In this situation, a kind of self-reference system is constructed. Second, the environments in which the game is played changed how the game was enjoyed. Third, the game system reveals differences of context between player and observer. From these characteristics, it is considered that the use of biological signals is attractive for entertainment computing.


Solar power plants are characterised by the fact that the primary energy source, the solar radiation, varies throughout the day causing changes in plant dynamics which leads to distinct several main operating points. Therefore it is difficult to obtain an acceptable performance over the total operating range with a fixed controller. This paper presents the investigation of a fuzzy switching supervisor PID control strategy to the distributed collector field of a solar power plant at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (Spain). The fuzzy supervisor technique, using measured actual data available from the plant, provides a way to switch between several fixed PID controllers, a priori tuned with a neural network strategy. To deal with the effects of fast and unexpected deviations on inlet oil temperature the introduction of a feedforward compensator is also investigated. Simulation and experimental results are presented showing the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


The undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Technology (FT) of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) completed 15 years in the first semester of 2019. During this period, enrolled 837 students, of which 238 (28%) have already graduated, 335 (40 %) continue to study and 263 (32%) have left the course. Given this percentage of dropout and the need to research more about the topic, this article aims to investigate the main causes of abandonment in this course in order to propose strategies to minimize the problem. The method used was the Survey, which applied a five-part electronic questionnaire sent to 203 dropout students who had e-mail. After analyzing the answers of 39 (19.21%), it was concluded that most students did not receive vocational orientation before joining the University and the main reasons that influenced the students to quit the course were the didactic-pedagogical deficiency of the teachers, the difficulty in conciliating study and work, and the course did not satisfy their expectations.


A novel technology of shift uniformity in LiFePO4 slurry was researched in this paper.The microstructure was characterized by means of SEM and the physical properties of slurry were proved by viscidity and constant test.The electrochemical properties of samples were also evaluated.It is found that the steady and even slurry of LiFePO4 can be produced and the performance of finished cell is improved significantly by means of the novel technology mentioned above.


I first met Bruce in the summer of 1976, when he came to Cambridge University as a postdoctoral researcher. He had a prestigious two-year NSERC Fellowship from Canada, the first year of which he spent at the University of California at Berkeley hosted by Charles Desoer. The second year was spent at Cambridge hosted by Alistair Mac- Farlane. I was one year into a Ph.D. program, and Alistair was my supervisor.


Objective To establish a quality control method of Buxue Tiaojing Tablets.Methods The HPLC system of a Alltima HP C18(4.6 mm ID×250mm,5 μm) was used and a mixture of acetonitrile-2% phosphoric acid(95∶5,volume ratio) as the mobile phase.The detection wavelength of Protoca-technic acid was 260 nm.Results Protocatechuic acid showed good linearity(r=0.999 99) within the range of 0.0165~0.165 μg.The average recovery was 99.56%,RSD% was 0.39%.Conclusion The method is simple,accurate and exclusive and it can be used for the quality control of Buxue Tiaojing Tablets.


There are abundant residue product resources in China, but most of them still have not been utilized scientifically and reasonably as well as they could be. This paper reviewed the profile, characters and the application of residue product resources in pig industry in China.