In order to implement a wireless sensor network in process automation system it is needed to specify the sample number for the sensors. Because of the hardware and power supply limitations, wireless sensors are applied to discrete event control system. In wireless sensor network the highest sample number is restricted in comparison to the wired one. Moreover, the lowest sample number is also constrained by the limitations imposed by the control limits values. In this paper, relations between sample number and actuator's frequency drift in discrete domain is formulated and presented. The central and autonomous sensor network structures are introduced. In addition, ways to compromise the sample number with the actuator's frequency and control limits value are acknowledged. An approach to find the optimal sample number is proposed. It is shown when the sensor network becomes larger, autonomous network can partly compensate energy consumption increase by adding the sample number whereas central network does not support this feature.


Measuring macroeconomic demand and supply is important for a variety of reasons and is especially useful for gauging inflationary pressures. In this context, this paper departs from the standard Blanchard-Quah technique and proposes a novel identification strategy to extricate demand-supply from the business cycle. Based on insights from economy's production structure and the sectoral output mix, it uses a Bayesian Dynamic Factor Model to obtain two factors that are found to possess relevant characteristics of demand and supply. The gap between the two is found to have a causal relationship with inflation and is a better predictor of inflation, as compared to other conventional measures of slack such as the output-gap and capacity utilisation.


Radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation remains a major challenge in the search for radio technosignatures. Typical mitigation strategies include a direction-of-origin (DoO) filter, where a signal is classified as RFI if it is detected in multiple directions on the sky. These classifications generally rely on estimates of signal properties, such as frequency and frequency drift rate. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) offer a promising complement to existing filters because they can be trained to analyze dynamic spectra directly, instead of relying on inferred signal properties. In this work, we compiled several data sets consisting of labeled pairs of images of dynamic spectra, and we designed and trained a CNN that can determine whether or not a signal detected in one scan is also present in another scan. This CNN-based DoO filter outperforms both a baseline 2D correlation model and existing DoO filters over a range of metrics, with precision and recall values of 99.15% and 97.81%, respectively. We found that the CNN reduces the number of signals requiring visual inspection after the application of traditional DoO filters by a factor of 6–16 in nominal situations.


46 Computer Music Journal Adaptive concatenative sound synthesis (ACSS) is a recent technique for generating and transforming digital sound. Variations of sounds are synthesized from short segments of others in the manner of collage based on a measure of similarity. In electroacoustic music, this has been done by manually locating, categorizing, arranging, and splicing analog tape or digital samples—a style termed micromontage (Roads 2001, pp. 182–187). This is akin to performing granular synthesis by hand. Instead, ACSS provides an intuitive way to automate and control this procedure, freeing time for experimenting and composing with this flexible sound-synthesis technique. As an automation of micromontage methods informed by signal processing and extended to databases of any size, ACSS provides new paths for the art and science of sound collage. Sound synthesis and design—the general organization of sound objects—can develop in directions that are manually prohibitive. Additionally, ACSS provides a creative interface to large databases of sound, where the "query-byexample" paradigm becomes "synthesize-bysound-example." Through several illustrative examples, including compositions exploring aspects of the algorithm, this article attempts to demonstrate the potential of ACSS for these applications. A brief history of micromontage and the concepts behind ACSS are presented. Several implementations are reviewed, and a new one is demonstrated and compared to these. Finally, its application to composing in the style of micromontage is explored and analyzed. In the end, it is argued that ACSS provides a flexible, intuitive, and natural way to shape sound. A Brief History of Micromontage


Bright light treatment is an effective way to influence circadian rhythms in healthy adults, but previous research with dementia patients has yielded mixed results. The present study presents a primary outcome of the DEM.LIGHT trial, a 24-week randomized controlled trial conducted at nursing homes in Bergen, Norway, investigating the effects of a bright light intervention. The intervention consisted of ceiling-mounted LED panels providing varying illuminance and correlated color temperature throughout the day, with a peak of 1000 lx, 6000 K between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Activity was recorded using actigraphs at baseline and after 8, 16, and 24 weeks. Non-parametric indicators and extended cosine models were used to investigate rest–activity rhythms, and outcomes were analyzed with multi-level regression models. Sixty-one patients with severe dementia (median MMSE = 4) were included. After 16 weeks, the acrophase was advanced from baseline in the intervention group compared to the control group (B = −1.02, 95%; CI = −2.00, −0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups on any other rest–activity measures. When comparing parametric and non-parametric indicators of rest–activity rhythms, 25 out of 35 comparisons were significantly correlated. The present results indicate that ambient bright light treatment did not improve rest–activity rhythms for people with dementia.


We prepared a sulfated TiO2/mordenite solid acid for the heterogeneous catalytic conversion of inulin (polysaccharide) to 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural and 2,5‐furancarboxaldehyde. The hydrolysis of inulin and the dehydration of fructose were performed by using a one‐pot method in a water/2‐butanol biphasic system. With an inulin conversion rate of 82.3 %, a high 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural yield of 61.5 % was obtained, which represents moderate catalytic reactivity and selectivity but facilitates the separation process comprehensively. The catalytic performance was attributed to the SO42− groups and the Lewis acid sites on the titania surfaces. A delicate loading rate of titania over mordenite was critical to maintain sufficient active sites, whereas an appropriate porosity of the complex system was reserved for the diffusion of reactants and products.


In this study, a surrogate Machine Learning (ML)-based model was developed, to predict the load-bearing capacity (LBC) of concrete-filled steel square hollow section (CFSS) members, considering loading eccentricity. The proposed Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was trained and validated against experimental data using the following error measurement criteria: coefficient of determination (R2), slope of regression, root mean square error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE). A parametric study was conducted to calibrate the parameters of the ANN model, including the number of neurons, activation function, cost function and training algorithm, respectively. The results showed that the ANN model can provide reliable and effective prediction of LBC (R2 = 0.975, Slope = 0.975, RMSE = 294.424 kN and MAE = 191.878 kN). Sensitivity analysis showed that the geometric parameters of the steel tube (width and thickness) and the compressive strength of concrete were the most important variables. Finally, the effect of eccentric loading on the LBC of CFSS members is presented and discussed, showing that the ANN model can assist in the creation of continuous LBC maps, within the ranges of input variables adopted in this study.


Laurie Nathan suggests that international actors would do well to apply these core mediation principles - and to rely more on professional mediators' expertise.


Drifting snow in wind is considered in this paper as a two-phase flow problem.The mixture of air and snow is assumed to be one-way coupled so that the air phase can be treated as unaffected by the airborne snow,and the snow transport is mainly controlled by the air flow and surface conditions.The commercial CFD software,FLUENT,is adopted,with additional use of C++ code added to model the accumulation or erosion of snow.The mean wind pressures on the Terminal 3A of Beijing International Airport obtained from the wind tunnel test and numerical method are first compared to verify the reliability of computational fluid dynamics(CFD) results to some extent.Then the effects of some major parameters including the type of turbulence model,threshold of friction velocity,magnitude of wind velocity and wind directions,on the snow drift are analyzed.It is found that snow accumulation ratios obtained by using the realizable k-e model are somewhat larger than those obtained by using the standard k-e model,and snow accumulation ratio increases as threshold velocity increases or wind velocity decreases.


The suspension culture of cells at provides an opportunity to study the multicellular life at low cell densities. In our earlier work with the model eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum, we argued that the familiar but not understood transition from slow-to-fast growth at low cell densities (lag-log transition) was a collective, Allee effect during which cells communicate their density to one another by means of collisions. In this work, through improved protocols and assays, we put the phenomenon on a much firmer biological basis and show two new results. First, by means of variable shear rate experiments we prove that, in contrast to our previous conclusions, cell collisions are not responsible for the slow-to-fast growth transition. Second, we provide evidence that the transition is in fact caused by endocrine signaling – an unidentified molecule is secreted into the extracellular medium and used as a chemical signal. In order to interpret these results we developed a chemical signaling theory and calculated the expected cell density at the transition. This estimate agrees with observations, however within a broad range of theoretical uncertainty. Next, we estimate the experimentally observable variation in lag times at the transition, by considering the uncertainty in the inoculation density, possible variations due to asynchronous cell population and the fluctuations in receptor-ligand binding. None of these explanations are sufficient to explain the observed wide range of variation in lag times among identically prepared samples. PACS Classification: 87.17.Ee, 87.18.Fx


Background:Healthcare (HC) providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices with regard to infection control (IC) may positively or adversely affect rates of institutional healthcare-associated infection (HAI). Objectives:To determine paediatric HC providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HAI and guide IC interventions in a resource-limited setting. Methods:Paediatric HC providers at Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa completed an anonymous, self-administered, 37-item questionnaire. Results:Questionnaires (201, 66.6% participation rate) were completed by medical (90, 44.7%), allied health (16, 8%) and nursing providers (95, 47.3%). Median age was 34 years (IQR 27–43), and 84% were female. Knowledge scores were low [57% correct, mean (SD) 7.7 (1.7)/14 questions] but higher in the medical/allied category (P ≤ 0.001) and those qualified for ≥ 10 years (P = 0.008). Providers lacked knowledge of the main routes of infection transmission and misunderstood hand hygiene and terminal cleaning recommendations. Nurses scored higher for attitude questions [63% desired responses, mean 5 (1.2)/8 questions] (P = 0.02). Only 38% reported adequate undergraduate teaching on HAI and most (93%) wanted more in-service IC training. Providers agreed with punitive measures for colleagues ignoring IC recommendations (89%). Nurses scored higher for practice questions [53% desired responses, mean 3.2 (1.2)/6 questions] (P ≤ 0.001). Self-reported adherence to IC recommendations was high, 88% for hand hygiene and 74% for use of personal protective equipment. However, there was poor uptake of annual influenza vaccination (25%) and N95 respirator fit-testing (28%), and many felt obliged to report for work when sick (67%). Discussion:Expanded in-service and undergraduate training in IC should emphasize methods of hand hygiene and routes of infection transmission. Paediatric providers support mandatory reporting of HAI events and stricter enforcement of IC recommendations.


Introduction Having the ability to succeed academically, alone, is not sufficed. A synthesis of the empirical literature indicates that there are a number of theoretical orientations, which have focused on other achievement and school-related attributes, for example: aspirations, decision making, and future orientations. Personal self-efficacy, arising from Bandura's (1986, 1997) social cognitive theory, and emphasizing on an individual's self-judgment of perceived competence, is an example of an achievement-related attribute that has been explored in-depth. This contention underlines the importance of psychosocial functioning and extraneous influences that may account for one's academic excellence. The question for consideration, in this case, entails a testament to the various factors and personal attributes that may maximize learning and enhanced performance outcome. Optimization, as a facet of an individual's well-being (ACU and Erebus International, 2008; Fraillon, 2004), emphasizes the importance of personal best and self-referenced benchmarking. Optimization, in this sense, entails an emphasis on efficiency and optimal learning outcomes. The notion of optimized functioning, focusing on the maximization of learning in an efficient manner, is an interesting attribute for consideration. The present research investigation, quantitative in nature, makes attempts to explore the impact of optimized functioning on other aspects of student well-being and academic achievement. This inquiry, involving secondary school students, uses structural equation modeling (SEM)(Kline, 2011) procedures to test a mediating-conceptual model of academic learning. Evidence ascertained from this empirical examination may yield fruitful information for consideration of educational-social practices. The Importance of Well-Being: A Theoretical Overview Well-being, a complex psychosocial construct (ACU and Erebus International, 2008), has been researched extensively in a number of professional fields, such as education, health, and psychology. The notion of personal well-being is relatively diverse in scope, and entails differing connotations, definitions, and meanings. In the contexts of schooling, specifically, personal well-being may be defined as "a sustainable state of positive mood and attitude, resilience, and satisfaction with self, relationships and experiences at school" (ACU and Erebus International, 2008, p. 5) and "the degree to which a student is functioning effectively in the school community" (Fraillon, 2004, p. 6). Personal well-being's complexity extends to its multifaceted nature, which a number of researchers have proposed and explored (Diener & Seligman, 2004; Headey & Wooden, 2004; Prilleltensky & Prilleltensky, 2006; Ryan & Deci, 2001; Soutter, 2011; Van Damme, De Fraine, Van Landeghem, Opdenakker, & Onghena, 2002). There is a collective view, for example, that the notion of well-being espouses a number of different 'beings', such as psychological well-being, physical well-being, social well-being, spiritual well-being, cognitive well-being, and student well-being (ACU and Erebus International, 2008). Some of the identified attributes that constitute the makeup of well-being per se include, for example: (i) an individual's positive affective state, (ii) one's inner satisfaction, (iii) connectedness, personal and social engagement with the community, in general, (iv) maximizing one' potential in a particular domain of functioning, (v) optimal functioning in cognitive and social development, (vi) a sense of resilience, (vii) thriving and flourishing, and (viii) a healthy lifestyle. These attributes from a global perspective, in totality, emphasize the importance of personal growth, optimal outcomes, and enriched learning and life experiences. Van Damme and colleagues' research inquiries, undertaken in Europe, are notable for their emphasis on both personal and social attributes of student well-being in school contexts (e. …


New markets are expected to open up for waste-fired steam generating equipment as chemical, oil-refining, and steel industries follow the example of the food-processing and paper industries in cutting energy costs and consumption. Combustible materials that would otherwise be discarded can be burned in this equipment, which is largely produced by four major companies, Combustion Engineering, Riley Stoker, Foster-Wheeler, and Babcock and Wilcox, all of whom have experienced new interest in their product but don't expect a substantial market increase for several years. By converting something that would have been disposed of into something that would have been purchased, industry can effect two important savings, although high initial costs of the boiler equipment are a deterrent for many. Manufacturers report new developments in the burning process to accommodate more types of materials and allow more thorough combustion. (DCK)


In the article the process of development of Russian banks' innovation activity in modern time is suggested to be divided into 4 periods, the trends of innovation process are being analyzed. It was found that the main task of Russian banks now is to improve quality of retail service with the use of various remote channels and to optimize internal technologies


LetH(p) be the set {x∈X:h(x) ≤p} whereh is a real‐valued lower semicontinuous function on a locally compact separable metric spaceX. This paper presents a general limit theorem for the sequence of random setsHn(p) = {x∈X:hn(x) ≤p}n≥ 1, wherehn,n≥ 1, are functions that estimateh


A new method is proposed for generating iodine atoms in a chemical oxygen-iodine laser. The method is based on a branched chain reaction of dissociation of the alkyl iodide CH{sub 3}I in a medium of singlet oxygen and chlorine. (active media)


The performance of biomedical optical imaging devices heavily relies on appropriate calibration. However, many of existing calibration phantoms for biomedical optical devices are based on homogenous materials without considering the multi-layer heterogeneous structures observed in biological tissue. Using such a phantom for optical calibration may result in measurement bias. To overcome this problem, we propose a 3D printing method for freeform fabrication of tissue simulating phantoms with multilayer heterogeneous structure. The phantom simulates not only the morphologic characteristics of biological tissue but also absorption and scattering properties. The printing system is based on a 3D motion platform with coordinated control of the DC motors. A special jet nozzle is designed to mix base, scattering, and absorption materials at different ratios. 3D tissue structures are fabricated through layer-by-layer printing with selective deposition of phantom materials of different ingredients. Different mixed ratios of base, scattering and absorption materials have been tested in order to optimize the printing outcome. A spectrometer and a tissue spectrophotometer are used for characterizing phantom absorption and scattering properties. The goal of this project is to fabricate skin tissue simulating phantoms as a traceable standard for the calibration of biomedical optical spectral devices.


The application of the prestressed tendon framework for high wall slope reinforcement projects on Baohe highway of Longgang district in Shenzhen city and then its practical application effects are introduced.The calculation theory of the tendon framework and its application method are developed hereby.At the same time,the new concept of reinforcement of slope by means of integrating the uses of tendon framework and the upward oblique unwatering hole techniques are presented by author too.


OBJECTIVE To ensure the cleaning quality of reusable puncture biopsy needle.METHODS Firstly,ultrasonic cleaning machine added cleaning fluid of total effect enzyme was used to remove the end toxin of reusable puncture biopsy needle and blood,body fluids,residual tissues,and so on,and then needle seat and lumen were repeatedly twisted by using cotton swabs and multi-enzymes ferment sponge robust needle bar.After washing by high pressure squirt gun,the cleaning effect was tested by protein residue monitor rob.RESULTS After protein residue monitor using ultrasonic machine and hand-washing for reusable puncture biopsy needle,the protein residual rate was 0.97%.CONCLUSION Effective cleaning is a prerequisite for the success of sterilization,it can minimize the risk of infection;and provide a safe and reliable guarantee for the operation of patient's medical care.


A basic compiler for arithmetic expressions is described in this note. The compiler will compile intermediate language t programs for assignment stalements and arithmetic expressions involving the delimiters -t-, , X , / , ( , ) and = . The compiler assumes that all identifiers are non-subscripted variables of type integer; however, it can be easily expanded to include subscripted variables and procedure identifiers. The purpose of this note is to present a working examl)le of a particular technique for compiling arithmeti(: expressions3 The compiler is given as a ["ORTRAN program in the Appendix. The compiler has been tested on the IBM 704, and test programs have been compiled and checked. I t is felt that a working model is the most effective way to present the technique to those who may wish to examine it for possible use.


With publication of the first number of volume 3 of OBESITY RESEARCH, the time is ripe to review where we have been and where we are going. There are now two widely accepted journals covering the field of obesity. It was not always so. Until 20 years ago only one journal had appeared with the word "obesity" in its title, and its publication was short lived (Table 1). The growth of medical journalism in this field over the past 20 years, as in other fields, is a reflection of the growth of scientific manpower and knowledge which had its beginnings in the scientific revolution more than 300 years ago. The frustration engendered by this steady and rapid growth of scientific journals has been reflected in the quotations from many scholars. Below are a few of these.


In order to study the effect of glaze erosion on the performance of porcelain post insulator, an inclined plane (IP) test similar to IEC 60587 standard was conducted on a cylindrical insulator sample under laboratory conditions for ac voltage, and a new test method, called graphite-layer-based glaze erosion test was proposed in this paper and performed on the sheds of a 40.5 kV post insulator. The experimental details of the graphite-layer-based glaze erosion test was introduced, the technical points of which are coating a graphite layer on the surface of the shed using a brush mold which contains multiple hollowed-out rhombic grids, and arranging high voltage electrode at shed root and grounded electrode at shed edge respectively at both ends of the graphite layer, so as to form continuous and stable surface arcing under ac voltage and therefore achieve desired glaze electrical erosion effect. The graphite layer is a uniform viscous mixture made up with flake graphite and liquid glue according to a quality ratio of 1:1.2. The arcing process, arc current characteristics, surface temperature, and glaze erosion appearance were analyzed. Leakage current under power frequency voltage and flashover voltage of the eroded cylindrical insulator by IP test were measured, while porosity test and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tests were conducted on samples taken from the sheds after graphite-layer-based glaze erosion test. The results indicate that glaze erosion will decrease both electrical and mechanical performance of the porcelain post insulator. The new test method proposed in this paper has been proved to be effective for glaze erosion test and consumes much less time compared with IP test, which provides a new idea for accelerated tracking and erosion test of glaze and porcelain materials so as to study the aging characteristics of porcelain insulators.


Exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control charts are well-established devices for monitoring process stability. Typically, control charts are evaluated by considering their Average Run Length (ARL), that is the expected number of observations or samples until the chart signals. Because of the limitations of an average, various papers also dealt with the run length distribution and quantiles. Going beyond these papers, we develop algorithms for and evaluate the quantile performance of EWMA control charts with variance adjusted control limits and with fast initial response features, of EWMA charts based on the sample variance, and of EWMA charts simultaneously monitoring mean and variance. Additionally, for the mean charts we consider medium, late and very late process changes and their impact on appropriately conditioned run length quantiles. It is demonstrated that considering run length quantiles can protect from constructing distorted EWMA designs while optimising their zero-state ARL performance. The implementation of all the considered measures in the R package 'spc' allows any control chart user to consider EWMA schemes from the run length quantile prospective in an easy way.


Why do insurgents target certain groups for extermination? Despite a great deal of attention to the targeting of civilian ethnic minorities, comparatively little scholarship exists on insurgent violence against sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transsexual individuals). This article maintains that the decision to target sexual minorities follows three distinct logics: two strategic and one ideological. First, insurgents face an incentive to outbid rivals by targeting sexual minorities when homophobic violence is politically and socially legitimated. Second, territorial control creates an incentive for insurgents to signal their ability to selectively punish, which they can accomplish through homophobic violence. Third, revolutionary ideologies provide legitimation for exclusionary violence in the pursuit of transforming society. Statistical analysis of insurgent violence against sexual minorities from 1985 to 2015 lends strong support for these arguments. Process tracing of the spread of violence against sexual minorities in Iraq and Syria clarifies the strategic causal mechanisms. When progovernment militias targeted perceived homosexuals with impunity, antigay violence was adopted by insurgent groups seeking to legitimize their claims to power; violence then quickly spread to competing insurgents. Two additional cases from Latin America demonstrate that ideology plays an important role in influencing which groups embrace homophobic violence even under these strategic constraints.


Synthetic technologies,properties of amphoteric starch and cationic starch GFD and GYD products are introduced,including the experimental condition and improvement of physical property of paper product.


This article studies the recognition of newly arrived students (NAS) knowledge in Swedish career guidance. It aims to analyze how career guidance (CG) counsellors at public schools a) describe and assess the already existing knowledge and competences of NAS, and b) express opinions towards their viewpoints on learning, education and work. The article is based on a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with five CG counsellors. The notion of "recognition" denote both the evaluation of a) knowledge and b) the general attitudes towards educational choosing. The acts of evaluation studied are informal in character, and derive from interviews with CG counsellors. The knowledge of NAS about the labor market and the educational system are considered inadequate, and that their vocational aspirations were held to be erratic, narrow and rigid. Educational preferences and strategies influenced by a collectivistic ethos are regarded as pedagogically and ethically erroneous, and are not recognized.


Monograph on the use of technology in Physical Activity and Sport, linked to the 1st International Congress of Technology in Physical Activity and Sport, held on November 24-27, 2020, in Seville, Spain. The 28 best research papers presented at the Congress have been selected, and a blind peer review has been carried out to guarantee their quality. All of them deal with technology in the field of sports management, health, education and high performance in sports.


Some recent experiments exploiting both phase-sensitive and phase-insensitive parametric effects for the processing of fast communication signals encoded with advanced modulation formats will be reviewed in this talk. Prospects and challenges will be discussed.


Ubiquitylation (or ubiquitination) has been documented to be of vital importance in virtually all cellular and physiological pathways. The ubiquitylation process is accomplished through a stepwise enzymatic cascade typically catalyzed by three different enzymes: E1 (ubiquitin-activating enzyme), E2 (ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme), and E3 (ubiquitin ligase). The sequential action of the E1–E2–E3 cascade results in covalent attachment of ubiquitin to the selected substrates. Until very recently, ubiquitylation has been recognized as an exclusive post-translational protein modification. However, a recent landmark study by Otten and colleagues revealed that host cells combat invading bacteria in the cytosol by tagging the lipid A moiety of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with ubiquitin, which leads to subsequent autophagic degradation of the pathogens (Otten et al., 2021). In general, intracellular bacterial pathogens such as Salmonella enter host cells by receptormediated endocytosis followed by forming a membrane-bound vacuolar compartment termed bacteria-containing vacuole (BCV), which further develops into a replicative niche. To propagate and disseminate, bacteria inside the BCV need access the host cytosol and finish a cytoplasmic lifestyle through vacuolar rupture (Santos and Enninga, 2016; Steele et al., 2016) (Figure 1). Although vacuolar rupture promotes cytosolic multiplication, damage of BCV exposes the pathogens to the surveillance of host innate immune system, leading to coating the bacteria with ubiquitin and subsequent activation of antibacterial autophagy (Perrin et al., 2004). Due to importance of the ubiquitylation system in host immune response to pathogen infection, extensive efforts have been made to identify components involved in the ubiquitylation of cytosolic bacteria (Tripathi-Giesgen et al., 2021). Nevertheless, the machinery and molecular mechanism that earmark the intracellular bacteria with host ubiquitin remain largely unknown. Otten and colleagues strived to fill the knowledge gap by decoding the ubiquitin coat of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) in human cells (Otten et al., 2021). They first monitored the dynamic localization of the ubiquitin coat using structured illumination microscopy and found the ubiquitin signals were localized on the surface of S. Typhimurium that escaped from the invasion vacuoles at 4 h after infection (HAI). The authors then prepared wild type and O-antigen polymerase defective mutant of S. Typhimurium from infected cells at 4 HAI for analysis of the ubiquitin coat formation, which led to the discovery that the ubiquitylated substrate were LPS molecules instead of proteins. The finding was further supported by the observation that the low molecular weight ubiquitin bands in the O-antigen polymerase defective mutant of S. Typhimurium and the majority of ubiquitin smear in wild type bacteria are heat resistant (i.e., soluble after boiling). Edited by: Venkaiah Betapudi, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States


IDHS (Intelligent Dictionary Help System) is conceived as a computer dictionary system for human use. It supports reasoning mechanisms analogous to those used by humans when consulting a dictionary. The starting point of IDHS is a Dictionary Database (DDB) built from an ordinary monolingual (explanatory) French dictionary. Meaning definitions have been analysed using linguistic information from the DDB itself and interpreted in order to be structured as a Dictionary Knowledge Base (DKB); this DKB is the support of the deduction mechanisms. The analysis of the definitions has been done after some empirical studies on the data contained in the DDB. The analysis mechanism is mainly based on hierarchies of phrasal patterns [4] with some extensions. The system has been implemented using KEE knowledge engineering environment.


Women continue to undertake substantially more unpaid labour than men, with the gaps closing if women bring economic resources to the household, spend time in paid work, or both partners hold egalitarian gender-role attitudes. Some attention has been given to how these patterns vary across ethnic groups, but the research is sparse and dominated by US studies. We examine the relationships between gender, ethnicity and housework supply within heterosexual couples in Australia using longitudinal data and individual- and couple-level panel regression models. We find large and statistically significant ethnic differences in gender divisions of household labour in Australia, with particularly egalitarian arrangements within Indigenous couples. These results have implications for understanding the processes underlying gender divisions of household labour, and highlight important, previously unknown, issues in Indigenous family processes. Particularly, our findings constitute first-time evidence of positive gender-equality outcomes for this subpopulation and call for further research on this topic.


Abstract Mercury Day = 4222.6 hours, Mercury rotation period = 1407.6 hours and Mercury orbital period = 88 days I claim the following: -These three cycles are related to each other -These three cycles depend on Jupiter Uranus distance (2095 mkm) -Please remember that, Earth moon Metonic Cycle also depends on Jupiter Uranus distance which makes these 4 cycles are related to each other By proving the previous claim I try to support my basic claim in all my papers that: The Solar Group is one machine or one body, each planet should be considered as a gear in this machine or as a member in this body. i.e. No Planet Motion is Found Independent From Other Planets Motions


N-Acylglycines (NAGs) with different acyl chains have been found in the mammalian brain and other tissues. They exhibit significant biological and pharmacological properties and appear to play important roles in communication and signaling pathways within and between cells. In view of this, a homologous series of NAGs have been synthesized and characterized in the present study. Differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) studies show that the transition enthalpies and entropies of dry as well as hydrated NAGs exhibit a linear dependence on the acyl chain length. Most of the NAGs show a minor transition below the chain-melting phase transition, suggesting the presence of polymorphism in the solid state. Structures of N-myristoylglycine (NMG) and N-palmitoylglycine (NPG) were solved in monoclinic system with C2/c and P21 space groups, respectively. Analysis of the crystal structures show that NAGs are organized in a bilayer fashion, with head-to-head (and tail-to-tail) arrangement of molecules. The acyl chain...


The purpose of this study was to investigate and present empirical evidence on the impact of networking on performance of Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gaborone, Botswana. For this quantitative methods were used for hypotheses testing. The results of this study showed that the level of education of the SME owner is positively correlated with networking. Today's market and economic conditions are forcing companies to adapt to changes in order to survive, grow and be competitive. Such changes include intercompany cooperation and networks, which allow for competition and innovation in a dynamic environment. Today, almost all industries in Gaborone are affected by the evolution of networking relationships within and between firms; however, previous studies have revealed that companies differ in their competitive strategies, strategic and technological orientation, and methods of networking. This paper provides framework for networking in SMEs and its contribution to the companies' performance in terms of cost efficiency, productivity, financial strength and effectiveness and social role.


Poetry as Knowing — Like the pure sciences, poetry is first and foremost a cognitive instrument, one of the most rigorous modes of knowing that exist. Everything about it is shaped by the search for insight, or even truth. Poets are no more in the business of "making pretty" than molecular biologists or computer nerds; they put us into un-mediated contact with the grid of the world, force us to dig deeper than ever before into the amorphous business of being. This they do by "making it new". Poetry is a "counter idiomatic" practise, one that grates against the words of the tribe, its received ideas and its verities. And "form" — whether "free" or forged out of constraints — plays an all-important part in making it new for us. Form is decorative only to the illiterate. For the competent receiver, it is acutely, intensely functional. By giving it form, making it new, forcing us out of the lexicalized varieties that have gone stale on us, poetry makes us feel our way to new truths, or to a gut knowledge of old ones. Hence the maieutic function of poetry. The very fact that poetry is so intolerant of the already-said is what explains the irreplicability or what Berman referred to as la lettre and makes the poem refractory to translation. Yet, most practitioners conceive of translation as a way of replicating what's already there. It's hard to imagine a more anti-poetic stance.


A ternary-weight neural network (TWN) inspired keyword spotting (KWS) processor is proposed to support complicated and variable application scenarios. To achieve high-precision recognition of ten keywords under 5 dB~Clean wide range of background noises, a convolution neural network consists of four convolution layers and four fully connected layers, with modified sparsity-controllable truncated Gaussian approximation-based ternary-weight training is used. End-to-end optimization composed of three techniques is utilized: 1) the stage-by-stage bit-width selection algorithm to optimize the hardware overhead of FFT; 2) the lossy compressed TWN with symmetric kernel training (SKT) and dedicated internal data reuse computation flow; and 3) the error intercompensation approximate addition tree to reduce the computation overhead with marginal accuracy loss. Fabricated in an industrial 22-nm CMOS process, the processor realizes up to ten keywords in real-time recognition under 11 background noise types, with the accuracy of 90.6%@clean and 85.4%@5 dB. It consumes an average power of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3.8 ~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at 250 kHz and the normalized energy efficiency is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.79\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> higher than state of the art.


This article will be focused on Prince Diponegoro's War Strategy that implemented Total War Strategy through Guerilla Warfare tactic. The purpose and objectives of this article are analyzing the Prince Diponegoro's War Strategy as the form of People's Total War to be comprehended as the Indonesia's total war strategy in facing threats so the readers will gain knowledge and deep information regarding the implementation of total war strategy. The qualitative method was conducted to create this article through historical research approach in designing the content of this article. The Total War theory was also implemented on this article. Based on the research result, it was found that the Indonesian War conducted by Prince Diponegoro is essentially a picture of the People's total War which are not only carried out by taking up arms, but also engaged in political, social, economic, and cultural fields. The Total War Strategy has applied by fighters both in armed struggle, which Total War values characterized by: populist, territorial, the total, has been embedded in every breath of struggle. Whole community participation in accordance with their respective roles, and empowering all resources maximum national power to be further combined with military power, become a form of "totality" that is powerful in dealing with various forms of threats. From the history of the Indonesian War by Prince Diponegoro which gave birth to the Total War concept, has demonstrated and proven that the involvement of all components of the nation, both military and civilian (non-military) have an important role in accordance with their respective fields.


Based on the identification features of stratigraphic sequences of the continental faulted basin along electric logging curves and seismic profiles as well as the characteristics of lithologic combination and palaeontological data,the authors identified six Paleogene sequence boundaries in Baiju sag of Subei basin and divided the Paleogene into one super sequence group,two super sequences,and five sequences.SQ1 and SQ2~SQ4 are lacustrine sequences developed in the initial faulting phase and faulting-depression stage of faulting episode I,while SQ5 is the fluvial sequence developed in the faulting convergence stage of faulting episode Ⅲ.Based on the episodic tectonic evolution,different climate conditions and suppy of sediments for the basin in each evolution phase,the authors established three kinds of sequence stratigraphy filling evolution models composed of initial faulting phase,faulting-depression stage and faulting convergence stage.It is thought that differenttectono-evolutionary stages have significantly different filling sequences,system tract constituents and sand body developments.A preliminary analysis was made on the relationship between sequence stratigraphic filling evolution models and oil-gas exploration potentials,which reveals that the configuration relationship between sand bodies in lowstand and highstand systems tracts and hydrocarbon source rock in lacustrine transgressive system tract of faulting-depression stage of the faulting episodeⅠ is the best in that it has the most advantageous hydrocarbon accumulation condition.


A number of studies and models have focused on collaborative information behavior (CIB) in various contexts as the importance of research on CIB is recognized in information behavior research. This study compared and analyzed the models of CIB developed by Prekop (2002), Reddy and Jansen (2008), Shah (2008), Karunakaran, Spence and Reddy (2010), and Yue and He (2010), and discussed the direction of future studies of CIB. The future research strategies for overcoming the limitation of previous studies and models on CIB are to extend research object and context, to do holistic research approach tracing complexity of CIB, and to debate and verify the models of CIB. In particular, it needs to modify and improve the models based on the empirical research for domestic context.


Summary In earlier experiments it was found that glucose was able to stimulate the utilization of ketone bodies in eviscerated nephrectomized rats. The present studies were conducted to find whether this action was due to an effect of glucose on the utilization of ketone bodies by adipose tissue. Thc following results were obtained:


Th is paper deals with portrayals of the "Moro" in contemporary folk dramatizations of medieval struggles between Moors and Christians, found in village or town fi estas in parts of Spain, Central America, and the Philippines. It is oft en believed that the standard theme of these performances is Christian superiority, and the "Moro" is always cast in the role of villain and vanquished. While this still holds true for most performances, in a number of places, fi esta committees have decided to break with tradition, and have introduced formats and content that depart signifi cantly from the standard formula.


Owing to the ageing of the population and rising rates of diabetes, more patients suffering from chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) need revascularization for often complex, multilevel peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Below the knee (BTK) lesions are common in CLTI and short term outcomes of BTK endovascular revascularizations have improved substantially over the last decade as a consequence of improved techniques and dedicated low profile devices. However, rates of re-stenosis and re-occlusion are high after infrapopliteal interventions limiting long-term success and necessitating frequent repeat procedures. In this article we aimed to summarize current knowledge regarding the need, options and outcome of repeat BTK interventions through a limited literature review and presentation of own data.


BACKGROUND/AIM
Intraoperative blood loss (IBL) has been reported to decrease survival after surgical resection of some malignancies; however, there are few reports on the effects of IBL on recurrence and survival in locally advanced esophageal cancer. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between IBL and postoperative recurrence and overall survival in patients who underwent surgery for esophageal cancer.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
One hundred and ninety-eight patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer who underwent preoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and curative resection as standard treatment were included in this study. Based on a defined cut-off value for IBL, 27 and 171 patients were classified into the high and low IBL groups, respectively. The relationship between each group and clinicopathological factors, postoperative recurrence, and overall survival were investigated.

RESULTS
In terms of the relationship between IBL and clinicopathological factors, the high IBL group had significantly more patients with pathological T4, longer operative time, and higher incidence of postoperative complications than the low IBL group. Both recurrence-free and overall survival were significantly worse in the high IBL group than in the low IBL group. Furthermore, multivariate analysis identified high IBL as an independent factor for predicting poor reference free survival and overall survival.

CONCLUSION
Heavy IBL in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer may be a useful predictor of postoperative recurrence and overall survival.


The invention relates inter alia to a dry dual clutch comprising a first friction clutch and a second friction clutch, the friction clutches being connectible to a respective transmission input shaft in order to transmit torque from at least one drive to the respective transmission input shaft. The friction clutches comprise at least one clutch plate each having at least two friction linings that are disposed on different sides of a carrier element. The invention is characterized in that the friction surfaces and the corresponding friction partners of the two friction linings of at least one of the clutch plates have different lining qualities.; Dry dual clutches having clutch plates with different lining qualities (i.e. when the right-hand friction face is compared to the left-hand friction face of the clutch plate) result in a good functional overall system compromise with respect to torque capacity, comfort and wear properties.


ZnO microspheres synthesized by a hydrolysis method were sensitized with Bi2Sn2O7 (BSO) nanoparticles prepared using a hydrothermal method at different concentrations. Various characterization methods were employed to study the microstructural, morphological, optical and photocatalytic properties of the BSO-ZnO heterostructures. The effect of the BSO concentration on the photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared samples was also investigated. The 12.5BSO-ZnO sample exhibits the highest photocatalytic efficiency. The enhanced photocatalytic efficiency is ascribed to an effective separation of the photogenerated electrons and holes due to the presence of the BSO-ZnO heterojunction.


The cosmological consequences of a pervasive, rolling, self-interacting, homogeneous scalar field are investigated. A number of models in which the energy density of the scalar field red-shifts in a specific manner are studied. In these models the current epoch is chosen to be scalar-field dominated to agree with dynamical estimates of the density parameter, Qd""-0.2, and zero spatial curvature. The required scalar-field potential is "nonlinear" and decreases in magnitude as the value of the scalar field increases. A special solution of the field equations which is an attractive, timedependent, fixed point is presented. These models are consistent with the classical tests of gravitation theory. The Eotvos-Dicke measurements strongly constrain the coupling of the scalar field to light (nongravitationalj fields. Nucleosynthesis proceeds as in the standard hot big-bang model. In linear perturbation theory the behavior of baryonic perturbations, in the baryon-dominated epoch, do not differ significantly from the canonical scenario, while the presence of a substantial amount of homogeneous scalar-field energy density at low red-shifts inhibits the growth of perturbations in the baryonic fluid. The energy density in the scalar field is not appreciably perturbed by nonrelativistic gravitational fields, either in the radiation-dominated, matter-dominated, or scalar-field-dominated epochs. On the basis of this effect, we argue that these models could reconcile the low dynamical estimates of the mean mass density with the negligibly small spatial curvature preferred by inflation. One consequence of observational astronomy over the last half-century has been the accumulation of fairly persuasive evidence that a substantial fraction of the gravitationally bound mass associated with observed structure in the Universe is nonluminous. ' Dynamical estimates of the mass density on large (clusters of galaxies, etc. ) scales (which assumes that galaxies trace mass) suggest Qd~"— — 0.2+0. 1 (Ref. 2). [The density parameter Q is the ratio of the mean mass density to the Einstein — de Sitter value, Q(t) =8m.Gp/(3H ), where G is Newton's gravitational constant, H is the Hubble constant, and p the relevant mass density. ] The fact that the baryon mass density Qa needed for nucleosynthesis falls within this range is sometimes taken as evidence that the nonluminous mass is purely baryonic and that the total mass density in all forms, A,o, is appreciably less than the Einstein — de Sitter value. If the equations of general relativity (i.e., Einstein s theory of gravity with baryons and radiation) govern cosmology, this would mean that spatial sections must have appreciable mean curvature. However, this conflicts with the inflation paradigm,


Nihoul, J.C.J., Deleersnijder, E. and Djenidi, S., 1989. Modelling the general circulation of shelf seas by 3D k-c models. Earth-Sci. Rev., 26: 163-189. One examines the modifications which must be made-and the limitations which must be set-to classical k-c models to extend their application to the simulation of marine mesoscale, synopticscale and macroscale processes which compose the weather-like and general circulations of the sea. The case of the general circulation- For which sub-grid scale fluctuations include such semi-organized motions as tides and storm surges-is discussed in more detail. A 3D k-c model appropriate to the study of the general circulation in n shallow stratified sea is presented and illustrated with the results of a simulation of the general summer circulation in the Northern Bering Sea, made in the scope of the NSF ISHTAR ("Inner Shelf Transfer and Recycling") Program.


The external representation of the euro, particularly within the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is certainly complex. It has been the subject of doctrinal and political positions since the Single Act recognized a monetary capacity for the European Community (EC); it is now gaining momentum, especially in view of the quota adjustment undertaken by the IMF. The issue goes far beyond the seemingly technical aspects of the euro area's integration into the IMF. It is, in fact, a central aspect of Europe's place in the new world order, characterized by the birth of a new equilibrium: the crisis of identity of a superpower, the rise in strength of so-called emerging countries, the de-legitimization of the G7 and the construction of a new Europe. This is the meaning of the title of a recent contribution by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: Powerless Europe: Why is the Euro Area still a political Dwarf? That such an appeal, which is not an alibi, as sometimes happens to central bankers quick to blame politics, comes from a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) says a lot about the lack of imagination and, therefore, the initiative of the political leaders. What is at stake is the European Union (EU) in general.


We analyzed age- and sex-specific morbidity and mortality data from SARS-COV-2 pandemic in China and Republic of Korea (ROK). Data from China exhibit a standard Gaussian distribution with peak morbidity in the 50-59 years cohort, while the ROK data have a bimodal distribution with highest morbidity in the 20-29 years cohort.


This is a reply to:Halldorsson, Valdimar J. 2017. "Affective collaboration in the West Fjords of Iceland." Global Discourse 7(4): 548–564. https://doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2017.1355096


Aiming at the shortcomings of current reservoir flood forecasting,a computational method for reservoir flood and dam site flood is proposed in terms of digital elevation model(DEM).This technique computes the unit hydrograph(UH) of reservoir surface boundary,the dimensionless UH of dam site formed by unit inflow of reservoir surface boundary,the UH of dam site by rainfall on reservoir surface with concentration time.It also calculates the UH at the dam site formed by net regional rainfall,which is obtained by convoluting the UH into reservoir surface boundary and the dimensionless UH.Finally,the total flood hydrographs of reservoir and dam site is determined.Taking Yanshan reservoir for an example,HEC-HMS model is used to simulate the reservoir inflow and dam site hydrographs and the results accord with actual situation.


ABSTRACT: Pesticides are applied all over the world to protect plants from pests. However, their application also causes toxicity to plants, which negatively affects the growth and development of plants. Pesticide toxicity results in reduction of chlorophyll and protein contents, accompanied by decreased photosynthetic efficiency of plants. Pesticide stress also generates reactive oxygen species which causes oxidative stress to plants. To attenuate the negative effects of oxidative stress, the antioxidative defense system of plants gets activated, and it includes enzymatic antioxidants as well as non-enzymatic antioxidants. The present review gives an overview of various physiological responses of plants under pesticide toxicity in tabulated form.


Magnetic core-coil structures for resonant wireless power transfer are proposed to enhance power transfer efficiency between opposed flat coils. A central region in the direction perpendicular to the plane of a magnetic core plate is constricted with a coil wound closely around the region to increase the figure of merit kQ, the product of the coupling coefficient k and the quality factor Q. The proposed effect is analyzed in terms of a magnetic circuit model. Electromagnetic field simulation of the systems determines the equivalent circuit parameters and confirms quantitatively the increase in kQ by the center-constricted structures.


In recent papers it is shown that in the presence of price stickiness, investment and capital accumulation activity, active monetary policy (MP) rules can lead to indeterminacy under various assumptions about the structure of the model. We analyze the conditions for real indeterminacy to occur in the model with capital accumulation. The key assumption is that we add response to output to the monetary policy rule. In our paper we show that adding Current or Expected Output to MP rule substantially changes the conditions for real indeterminacy to occur. In contrast to some existing research we show that under current-looking with respect to output MP rules indeterminacy is almost impossible; under forward-looking with respect to output MP rules indeterminacy is almost impossible under active MP rules and very likely to occur under passive MP rules. We also show that stability conditions are almost not sensitive to changes in capital share in output and aggregate markup. We provide the nominal determinacy analysis and show that active and forward-looking MP rules with respect to output give


Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) has been used to consolidate a lithium-doped duplex α–β sialon with the overall composition Li0.5Si9.5Al2.5O2.0N14. The kinetics of densification has been studied, and the phase transformation, reactions and grain growth occurring in the dense compacts upon further heat treatment have been investigated. Two sources of Si3N4 powders were used, namely α- and β-Si3N4. Green bodies heated at a rate of 100 °C min−1 yielded fully dense compacts at 1450 °C (α-Si3N4) and 1500 °C (β-Si3N4) without holding, and these compacts consisted mainly of a locally formed liquid and precursor Si3N4 particles. Upon further heating it was observed that α-sialon is formed initially, irrespectively of whether α-Si3N4 or β-Si3N4 powder is used as Si3N4 source; and when α-Si3N4 is used as starting powder, almost monophasic α-sialon compacts are formed before any transformation to β-sialon takes place on further heating. When β-Si3N4 is used as starting powder the formation of β-sialon is kinetically promoted, and compacts containing α-sialon, β-sialon and β-Si3N4 are obtained before the equilibrium phase assemblage is reached, i.e. a lithium-doped duplex α–β sialon ceramic. These observations can be interpreted in terms of the Ostwald step rule. Grain growth does not occur until the equilibrium phase assemblage has been established. The separation of grain growth from densification and phase transformation has implications for preparing Si3N4-based nano-ceramics and provides possibility for further studies of the kinetics of grain growth in Si3N4-based ceramics.


ABSTRACT: Christoffersen, J., Marner, T. and Raabo, E. (Department of Paediatrics, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark). LDH‐isoenzymes in children. A comparison of values from capillary and venous blood. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64: 822, 1975.–A comparison has been made of serum values of LDH‐isoenzymes obtained by simultaneous sampling of capillary and venous blood in 40 normal children. No satisfactory correlation between the paired values could be found. Evaluation of the pattern of serum LDH‐isoenzymes in children therefore requires a reference, i.e. normal values of isoenzymes obtained by the same technique of blood sampling.


ABSTRACT An appropriate oil spill response involves evaluation of the likely consequences of treatment or cleanup on ecological and human resources. Two cases are examined: the first is the Metula ...


One of the biggest social, economic, and scientific challenge of the present and the near future is to address environmental and global climate change issues. These concerns including the production of drinking water and the treatment of industrial wastewaters in a way that protects the environment and be harmless to human health. Various regulatory limits our disposal that seek to regulate pollutant emissions, unfortunately many countries persistently exceed their emission/pollution levels. In recent decades, in addition to traditional water treatment processes, alternative processes have been developed to eliminate organic pollutants such as textile dyes, pesticides and herbicides used in agriculture. One such group of solution could be the so-called "Advanced oxidation processes (AOP)", which includes methods that degrade organic pollutants using various redox reactions into less toxic compounds, preferably water and carbon dioxide. Among AOP/s the heterogeneous photocatalysis prominently investigated, in which a semiconductor catalyst is able to decompose contaminants in water by excitation with light of a suitable wavelength. The best-known semiconductor photocatalyst is titanium-dioxide (TiO2), but scientific interest has long been directed to other semiconductors such as bismuth oxohalides (BiOX, X = Cl, Br, I), which are considered highly potential catalysts under UV and visible irradiation. After production, BiOX do not require further modifcations to be excitable by visible light (natural or artificial), which can greatly reduce operating costs


The educational goals of modern college become variety with development of college function.The author briefly depict the edu- cational goals of modern college in the west mainly about the epistemological goal viewpoints of Humboldt,Newman,Hutchins and the instru- mentalism goal viewpoint of Clark Kerr.It based on these philosophical ideas and emphasizes the goal of humanism which with a view to contin- ual and integrated characteristic of individual.


We generalize Jacobi forms of an arbitrary degree and construct torus bundles over abelian schemes whose sections can be identified with such generalized Jacobi forms.


The goal of the project was to demonstrate that it is FEASIBLE to eradicate paratuberculosis, and that it can be done fairly quickly. The project was not intended to evaluate the most cost-effective strategy for Johne's eradication. Conscientious implementation of husbandry changes to limit spread of M. paratuberculosis infection coupled with accurate record keeping, and a testing program to identify the infected cows for culling should lead to control and eventual elimination of paratuberculosis from most dairy herds.


V2X, "Vehicle-to-Everything" sidelink in 5G, facilitates communication between vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists while relying on a central scheduler in the main mode. In many applications, sidelinks in highways are formed based on the location of vehicles on the road. This defines an inherent ordered-tree structure to be used for delay-aware scheduling in LTE frame. Having these in mind, we propose the first two-dimensional expansion of a popular leading delay-aware scheduler in the literature. Our designed scheduler matches the V2X LTE multichannel environment and benefits from resource reuse while being capable of handling delay in sensitive vehicular safety applications. Compared to the existing competitors, delay control is the main feature of our scheduler. Having less or similar complexity order, this feature comes at the cost of less efficient resource reuse.


This paper presents a theoretical network programming formulation of the extended gateway concept in port hinterland container logistics. The model represents a novel extension of the inward interport model developed by Iannone and Thore (2010), as it simultaneously incorporates economic, environmental and social parameters into a single objective framework. A methodological overview on the relations between primal and dual models in linear programming is firstly provided. Based on the configuration of a hypothetical port hinterland network over which typical container distribution operations are performed, a detailed analytical formulation of the primal and dual programs of the interport model is then presented. Possible research developments aimed at applying and improving the model are finally introduced.


We present calculations of ionization rates, trapping probabilities, and electron densities for a three-dimensional hydrogen atom in an intense, high-frequency, pulsed laser field. Under certain conditions, we find that hydrogen has a significant probability of surviving the ramp of the laser field to intensities at which ionization is strongly suppressed. We examine the dynamics of this process and discuss a method to observe it experimentally.


Ground liquefaction during earthquakes can produce a significant amount of lateral ground displacement. For buried gas pipelines, deformation and strain are likely to be concentrated on the pipe bends. Closing and opening in-plane bending experiments were conducted for various kinds of pipe bends until the measured strain exceeded 25% using pipe specimens of a diameter from 100 to 300 mm. The deformation behavior was different between the closing mode and the opening one. In the closing mode, an ovalization was observed in the central cross section of the bend, and internal pressure was maintained in all experiments. On the other hand, unique behavior was observed in the opening mode. When the pipe diameter was 300 mm (Do/t=43), local buckling was observed at the center of the bend. However, when Do/t was less than 32 (200 mm in diameter), the flexural rigidity of the bend became much higher than that of a straight pipe, and buckling and rupture were observed in the straight pipe. Finite element analyses were carried out using linear shell elements, and the validity of the numerical modeling technique over 25% of plastic strain was confirmed.Copyright © 1998 by ASME


The emergence of digital technology has changed the structure and functions of products. Digitalised products are connectable with digital resources, reprogrammable for personal customisation, and upgradable for continuous improvement. Digital innovation (DI) not only makes industrial products capable of serving various customers' needs, but also brings great challenges to companies. In the literature, DI critical success factors remain uncovered, so do the environmental conditions that support DI. In this paper, we developed a theoretical model that identifies product attributes (e.g., product modularity, upgradability, usage frequency, and uniqueness) that have effects on product DI performance. Further, we elaborated the importance of establishing and selecting appropriate environment at country level (e.g., degree of uncertainty avoidance and degree of technology proficiency), and firm level (e.g., strategy, resources, and structure) for DI. Essentially, this study suggests that interaction effects of product attributes and supporting environments could significantly improve product DI performance.


THE VERY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS CONSIDERABLY ASSISTED BY AN EARLY LIBERALIZATION WHICH ESPECIALLY PROMOTED COMPETITION IN QUALITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. DIFFICULTIES ARE PRODUCED BY ARTIFICIAL COST DISTORTIONS RESULTING FROM STATE INTERFERENCE OR PROHIBITIVE TAXES AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE IMPORT OF VEHICLES. THE PRONOUNCED RISE IN LABOUR COSTS IN GERMAN INDUSTRY IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THIS, ALONG WITH THE REVALUATION OF THE EXTERNAL VALUE OF THE MARK, LEADS TO DIFFICULTIES FOR EXPORTING. FOR THE FORECASTING OF FUTURE EXPORT POSSIBILITIES, ESPECIALLY THE USA AND JAPAN REPRESENT A DECISIVE FACTOR. HERE THE IMPORT POLICY OF THE USA AND THE EXPORT STRATEGY OF JAPANESE INDUSTRY DESERVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON EUROPEAN MARKET HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGES ESPECIALLY FOR THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES OF THOSE COUNTRIES INVOLVED. ARTIFICIAL COST INCREASES RESULT MAINLY FROM THE MULTIPLICITY OF ACCEPTANCE REGULATIONS WHICH EXIST IN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES IN ADDITION TO EEC AND GERMAN STANDARDS.


A growing body of scienti fi c research supports the principles and practices of The Mindfulness Diet as a successful approach to estab-lishing a healthy relationship to food and eating based on mindful eating, mind/body integration, stress management, and mindful awareness of body, mind, emotions, and behavior (1,2) . Mindful eating is endorsed as means to avoid possibly maladaptive dietary restrictions while maintaining a healthy weight (3) . Although hypothetically related, no studies have examined the correlations between mindful eating, and weight control in the same sample (4,5) . This study sought to examine these structures and their correlations with body mass index (BMI), eating-disordered behaviors, and meal consumption in an adult Cypriot sample. The aim of this research was to investigate the prevalence of " Mindful Eating" among Cypriot adults and to correlate it with the Body Mass Index. Participants (N = 265) completed an online validated CyMindful Eating Questionnaire (CyMEQ). The CyMEQ was made up of different parts (demographics, anthropometrics, dietary history, nutritional habits, and MEQ with scoring (6) ). The fi nal scale consisted of 28 items and fi ve subscales: disinhibition, organoleptic awareness, external cues, emotional response, and distraction. The study was granted ethics approval by the Cyprus Bioethics Committee. Mindful eating (ME) and dietary restrictions were not correlated. Multiple regression analyses indicated that restricted and mindful eating reported signi fi cant variance in disordered eating and BMI. The elevated restriction was associated with increased BMI and disordered eating; elevated mindful eating was associated with decreased BMI or normal and disordered eating. Analyses suggested that speci fi c mindful eating subscales accounted for unique variance in the relationship between mindful eating and disordered eating. ME was the only structure that was signi fi cantly


The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) San Antonio District manages and maintains a roadway network of 4,253 centerline miles, rehabilitating an average of 10 to 15 percent of this road inventory yearly. The District recognizes the need to provide safe routes for bicycles, but had no information about bicycle demand, and no bicycle roadway information database. The University of Texas at San Antonio developed a computerized GIS tool to assist the District in determining bicycle accommodation priorities for roads that are due for rehabilitation, and another to inform the public about bicycle suitability of existing routes. The study started by determining latent and existing demand, as well as the public's preferences. Nearly 800 survey responses from cyclists were processed and merged to an existing highway database containing relevant road management information. A GIS-based rural bicycle accommodation map was developed. A public information map was developed, offering bicycle suitability guidance to users. A data collection and update plan was also prepared for both the decision-aid map and the public information map. A five-year bicycle accommodation plan was prepared based on these results. These results already are under implementation. The first route, a 50-km-long scenic route connecting Garner and Lost Maples State Parks, will be open to the public in 2007. Utopia 100K is a two-lane road with twelve-foot lanes and five-foot shoulders, proper bicycle signals, and paved according to the results of the pavement bicycle ride quality survey conducted by the study. It is located in an area identified in the bicycle survey, and found to be routinely used by major competitive bicyclists such as Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.


Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the value of stereotactic aspiration by comparing surgical outcomes of stereotactic aspiration and craniotomies in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhages (HICH). Methods: A total of 60 HICH patients, admitted to Affiliated Zoucheng Hospital of Ji'ning Medical College, from January 2015 to January 2018, were recruited for the study. They were randomized into two groups, group A (n=30) undergoing stereotactic aspiration and group B (n=30) undergoing craniotomies. Operative times, incidence of rebleeding, and length of stays were recorded and compared between the two groups. Hematoma volumes of two groups were measured and compared at day 1, day 3, and day 5 after surgery. Impairment in neurological function was evaluated before and 2 weeks after surgery, using the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Activities of daily living (ADL) scores were rated before surgery and at month 3 after surgery. These indicators were compared for differences between preoperative and postoperative levels. Times to awakening and postoperative complications were also recorded and compared. Results: Operative times and length of stays in group A were significantly shorter than those in group B (both P<0.05). There were no significant differences in incidence of rebleeding between the two groups (P=0.742). However, hematoma volumes in group A were significantly lower than those in group B at day 1 (P<0.05), but were not significantly different from those in group B at day 3 and day 5 after surgery (both P>0.05). There were significant differences between the two groups in differences between preoperative hematoma volume and hematoma volume at day 1 after surgery (P<0.05). There were no significant differences between the groups in differences between preoperative hematoma volume and hematoma volume at day 3 and day 5 after surgery, respectively (both P>0.05). Regarding NIHSS scores and ADL scores, there were no significant differences between the two groups before surgery (both P>0.05). NIHSS scores in group A were significantly lower than in group B at week 2 after surgery (P<0.05). ADL scores in group A were significantly higher than in group B at month 3 after surgery (P=0.040). Differences between postoperative and preoperative levels were statistically significant (P<0.05). Times to awakening of group A were significantly shorter than those of group B (P=0.011). Group A saw significantly less postoperative complications than group B (P<0.001). Conclusion: Stereotactic aspiration is more effective than craniotomies in the treatment of HICH. It can significantly shorten operative times and length of stays, effectively removing hematomas. Stereotactic aspiration can also effectively promote life quality by significantly improving recovery of neurological function and independent daily living. Therefore, it is worthy of clinical promotion.


In order to solve the problem of instability of solar battery,design an DC-DC switching circuit of a Boost circuit.According to DC-DC switching circuit characteristics,design the pulse width modulation circuit,push-pull circuit and so on.It is confirmed to be feasibility by simulation and actual experiments.Layout the design through the Protel 99 SE.


A real world controlled effectiveness study carried out in unselected patients from UK general practices provides a better way of evaluating drug treatments for use in routine clinical care than standard randomised controlled trials, say the authors of a study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).1

The Salford Lung Study randomly assigned 2799 patients with COPD to a once daily inhaled combination of fluticasone-furoate and vilanterol or to usual care. The patients were recruited from 75 general practices in Salford …


Radiative charge-transfer coefficients for single-electron transfer between doubly or singly charged noble-gas ions and noble-gas atoms have been determined at thermal energy using a drift-tube mass-spectrometer apparatus. At 300 K, k (He/sup 2 +/ + He) = (4.8 +- 0.5) x 10/sup -14/ cm/sup 3//sec, with slightly smaller coefficients for the reactions Ne/sup 2 +/ + Ne, Ar/sup 2 +/ + Ar, Kr/sup 2 +/ + Kr, and Xe/sup 2 +/ + Xe. Differences in reactivity are found for the different, low-lying /sup 1/S, /sup 1/D, and /sup 3/P states of the doubly charged ions. A three-boby contribution to the radiative process is noted, with rate coefficients ranging between 10/sup -31/ and 10/sup -30/ cm/sup 6//sec at 300 K for the different noble-gas systems. The radiative charge-transfer coefficients for singly ionized ions are somewhat smaller, k (He/sup +/ + Ne) approx. 1 x 10/sup -15/ cm/sup 3//sec and k (Ne/sup +/ + Ar) approx. 6 x 10/sup -15/ cm/sup 3//sec at 300 K. The measured value of k (He/sup 2 +/ + He) is in reasonable agreement with the very recent theoretical calculations of Cohen and Bardsley.


Reactive dyes for demonstration to study the processing of industrial wastewater,it provided a certain basis for the actual industrial operation. In this paper,through the physical and chemical methods to deal with reactive dye wastewater,it compared and analysed the experiments,and found the best decolorizing conditions which guarantee the decolorizing rate was above 80% ~ 97%. So as to determine a relatively economic,environmental protection,effective decolorization method,it lay a foundation for the research of bleaching wastewater. According the waste water processing levels,it put forward the feasibility of recycling. It can be recycled,achieve the goal of energy-saving emission reduction.


Routine therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) during treatment with anti‐tumour necrosis factor (anti‐TNF) agents in inflammatory bowel disease may increase treatment efficacy and cost‐effectiveness, and reduce the risk of loss of response.


Harpins produced by gram-negative plant pathogenic bacteria,a class of elicitor proteins,can induce hypersensitive response(HR) or hypersensitive cell death(HCD) in non-host plant leaves.HrpNEa is one kind of Harpins.It is separated from Erwinia amylovora.A large number of experiments proved that HrpNEa causes hypersensitive reactions in plants,also can induce acquired systemic resistance of plants and stimulate plant growth and development at the same time.The study analyzed protein structure and function of HrpNEa from the perspective of molecular biology by using bioinformatics software such as NPSA,Swiss-Model,SAPS,InterPro Scan and so on.HrpNEa is composed of 403 amino acids,and it has more β-sheet and random coil structure;HrpNEa protein without N-signal peptide,does not form a transmembrane structure,located in the cytoplasm.


«The copulative conjunction in the rhythmic pattern of the Cantico espiritual».Well-known the stylistic tendency of Juan de la Cruz toward the repetition of rhythmical, lexical and morphosintactical structures, the present article tries to investigate the bond that links the iteration of copulative conjunction —in the rhythmic scheme of Spiritual Canticle— and the element of repetition that it entails he spiritual life.


The first part of the monograph is analyzed «Traditional Clothing of Rivne Region» by Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine A. Ukrainets is analyzed. It is emphasized that this work is the first attempt in Ukrainian ethnography, local history and culture of a comprehensive study of the historical and cultural genesis of traditional clothing of the population of Rivne region - part of the great Volyn-Polissia region of Ukraine, from the late Paleolithic period to the middle of the twentieth century. It is noted that in the context of the contemporary orientation of Ukrainian ethnography, local lore and cultural studies, aimed at analyzing the historical and cultural processes of development of traditional culture of Ukrainians and reviewing the established views on the perception of phenomena and features of regional folk culture in Ukraine, the choice of a researcher of the topic of the monograph. The undeniable scientific value and perspective of its use in historical, ethnographic, local lore and cultural studies, respectively in museum and cultural-educational practice, as well as in higher education institutions of Ukraine in the courses «History of Ukraine», «History of Ukrainian culture», «Ukrainian ethnography», «Traditional culture of Ukrainians», «Culturology», and the conclusions formulated at the end of the monograph are a strong theoretical basis for further research and development of the strategy of other scientific studies.It is noted that the monograph will be useful for scientists, students, cultural workers and is a significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian ethnography, local lore and cultural studies.


Summary Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of prosthetic treatment on the masticatory function improvement in patients suffering from different kinds of tooth loss. Material and methods: The study was carried out in a group of 30 patients with different kinds of tooth loss and in 15 healthy volunteers with full natural dentition taken as controls. Based on the clinical examination, the missing teeth were classified according to Eichner's classification and the state of masticatory organ was established with regard to functional dental units. Masticatory efficiency was measured using the Optosil test for 20 and 80 cycles of chewing before and one year after treatment. All validated parameters were statistically analyzed. Results: The negative correlation was found between the number of existing teeth, the number of functional dental units and the ability to crush food for 20 and 80 cycles of chewing before and after treatment. In each case, the prosthetic treatment improved the masticatory function. However, statistically significant differences were noted only for 80 cycles of chewing in persons with at least one posterior functional dental unit. Conclusion: Improvement in the hard food grinding in patients treated with removable partial dentures depends on the number of posterior functional dental units. HASŁA INDEKSOWE: wydolnośc zucia, leczenie protetyczne, cześciowe protezy osiadające


Janicki and Rosen 1 showed that certain copepod crustaceans belonging to the genera Cyclops and Diaptomus were the first intermediate hosts of Diphyllobothrium latum. Okumura 2 found that Cyclops leukarti was the necessary first intermediate host of a species of Diphyllobothrium which he designated as "Sparganum mansoni". Since considerable doubt has been indicated as to whether the spargana found in man and other vertebrates in the Orient belong to one of several species, the present writers have undertaken to study the life cycle of forms found in North China. In one series of cases eggs from naturally infected dogs and cats have been utilized as the starting point of the experiment; in another, spargana commonly found in the somatic musculature of the hedgehog, Erinaceus dealbatus, have been fed to uninfected dogs and cats, resulting in the development of these larvae into adult worms, from which, eggs were readily obtained. Morphological study of the mature worms in these cases has shown that the former type belongs to the species Diphyllobothrium decipiens (Diesing), while the latter is D. erinacei (Rudolphi). The eggs were washed and incubated at temperatures from 15° to 35° C. Both species developed equally well. At the lower temperatures 21 to 30 days were required, while at 35° C. only 9 days for complete development and hatching. Eight species of Cyclops were obtained in considerable number from the ponds, rice-fields and streams in the environs of Peking. None of these were ever found naturally infected with tapeworm larvae. The Cyclops were introduced one at a time into watch-glass cultures containing numbers of free-swimming coracidia and usually began immediately to ingest the coracidia, which showed no avoiding reaction. In 15 minutes such a Cyclops might swallow 20 to 60 larvae, which packed the whole digestive tract.


In our previous article we discussed the importance of including provision for future increases to any guaranteed annuity as a feature of the annuity contract that you purchase upon retirement. The main reason for buying a guaranteed annuity is to provide you with protection from outliving your financial resources if you live for a very long time. An annuity that does not increase over time will quickly reduce in purchasing power and become meaningless no longer providing you with the longevity protection that you sought in the first place.


Typical biological samples are inherently complicated. They may contain a myriad of compounds that are electroactive at the same potential as that used in many electrochemical biosensors. Therefore, a biosensor design feature must be included that either eliminates or blocks the interferents from generating false positive signals. The ability to use an insoluble compound, that of MnO2, in order to oxidize interferents such as ascorbic acid, acetaminophen and uric acid, was investigated in a prototype sensor system at a bias potential of 0.6 V versus Ag/AgCl. Unlike previous work with these materials, a difference between the ability for the metal oxide to oxidize the interferents was observed. Most effective was the capability of MnO2 to oxidize uric acid. Alternatively, the MnO2 had little effect on acetaminophen. The study is both introduced and results are discussed within the context of an implantable glucose sensor.


Tumor radioresistance, or the lack of control of certain tumors with this treatment, can result in locoregional recurrence; therefore, there is great interest in understanding the underlying biology and developing strategies to overcome this problem. MicroRNAs (miRNAs, miRs) are small non‐coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post‐transcriptional level and participate in cancer invasion, progression, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. Emerging evidence indicates that miRNAs play a critical role in modulating key cellular pathways that mediate response to radiation, influencing radiosensitivity of cancer cells through interaction with other biological processes such as cell cycle checkpoints, apoptosis, autophagy, epithelialmesenchymal transition, and cancer stem cells. Today, most studies on patient data report different, results on the miRNAs evaluated for each tumor type, highlighting miR‐106b whose overexpression can determine radioresistance both in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting apoptosis and promotion of cell proliferation. The objective of this study was to find the signaling pathways involved with miR‐106b‐mediated radioresistance.


Location-based services are increasingly popular, and the Earth has become covered with geotagged data. To assess a novel approach to access this information, we conducted a field trial of a mobile mixed reality application called MAA, which operates on a mobile phone. MAA displays a view through the Earth and geospatial content in the direction to which the user is pointing the device. In this paper, we report the results of the two-week long field trial of MAA. We found that the embodied usage of MAA is experienced as engaging and surprising, but may also be cumbersome in some usage situations. Virtual viewing of locations around the planet was considered pleasant. MAA was often shown to friends, and was used for watching visual materials and searching for information about cities. MAA was found to be a promising platform for many kinds of location-based content, especially for real-time events and local information.


Increasing ecological risks and greater impacts of climate change are among the most serious threats to Southeast Asian countries. High economic growth, population increase, industrialization and rapid urbanization have been occurring in the region, which are not only affecting the vulnerability of natural and socioeconomic systems, but also affecting food and health security of the people. In addition, increased human settlements, agricultural activities, and industrial development, ecological risks have caused significant impacts on agricultural, food and water supply on which public health heavily depends. Food and health risks, which result from both inadequate supply as well as poor quality of food and water, are contributing significantly to the public health conditions. This problem is worsened by reported impacts of a changing climate felt directly by farmers, rural and urban dwellers, often characterized by increased flooding, landslides and drought. The monsoon Asian region is often experiencing flood disasters, following typhoons, or heavy monsoon rains leading to heavy casualties and grave public health issues due to the spread of diseases and submersion and also aggravated by resulting food security problems. Authors will examine and assess the risks to human health associated with the exposure to heavy metals bioaccumulation in fish products from Laguna Lake. Anthropogenic activities continuously increase the amount of heavy metals in the environment, especially in aquatic ecosystem. The major sources of contamination in surface waters can be traced to industrial discharges, domestic waste disposal and application of agrochemicals on farmlands. Environmental degradation affects the ability of coupled ecological and social systems to provide critical services that are directly linked to human being. It is considered to be particularly important because the poorest of the poor are dependent on the natural environment for their daily sustenance that is rapidly being eroded by factors such as urban developments, rapid expansion of the population and other economic factors.


Public Elections are the best way to elect the government in democracy. Thus, it is the utmost responsibility of the state to organize non-fraudulent elections. With the advancement in technology we have an opportunity to switch our voting system from ballot paper to an electronic voting system. The Estonian voting system is one of the leading electronic voting systems which is still not perfect & need to improve its security & privacy features. Keeping in focus the privacy & transparency concerns this paper introduces a blockchain based decentralized electronic voting system for elections on large scale. The significant features of the proposed system are data integrity & transparency. Blockchain uses encryption & hashing to ensure the security of each vote. The scalability & verifiability in proposed system make the voting process more secured and reliable.


The aim of this research is to study the relationship between Trust, Collaborative Culture, and Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Project Management as a source of Team Creativity in the context of delivering value through knowledge. There are numerous scientific papers indirectly pointing to the relationship between these constructs, however there isn't a work which would present the above relationship directly in one model which would also include Tacit Knowledge. Learning about the structure of this relationship is crucial today because of a growing awareness of the great significance of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in a present day economy. Tacit Knowledge in contrast to explicit knowledge is absolutely novel, which makes it truly advantageous. Tacit knowledge is specific: it is produced and stored in people's minds, thus creative culture and trust are significant for the act of tacit knowledge sharing which is a dynamic social process characterised by profound human interactions. Sharing informal knowledge is an informal voluntary act of the knowledge owner. It is impossible to formalise the act of commitment, for you cannot express your commitment in a notcommitment way. Bearing this fact in mind, the authors studied the relationship between Tacit Knowledge Sharing, Trust and Collaborative Culture as a source of Creativity. For this purpose, they conducted a study of 514 Polish professionals with different functions and experience in managing projects in construction industry. The data collected during the study has been analysed with the equal structural modelling method. The results indicate that a total effect of Trust on Tacit Knowledge Sharing is strongly mediated by Collaborative Culture. That interrelation suggests that team building is substantial even in such temporary organisations as project teams. Tacit Knowledge Sharing is closely related to Creativity which is a crucial part of innovation processes. This, on the other hand, is an indispensable condition for development. That points out to a new context of Tacit Knowledge Sharing as a key factor for value co-creation in project teams as a source of Creativity. What is more, in light of the presented research the essence of a Tacit Knowledge Sharing management process can be brought down to human resource management. Thus, it is the soft skills that seem to constitute key management skills. Practical implications resulting from the research suggest that hard substantive competences connected with, in this case, construction industry, are necessary, however not sufficient for creating an efficient temporary project team which is able to solve problems in a dynamic and creative way, and this ability often determines the project's success or failure. Delivering value through knowledge in project teams is making sure that knowledge which is necessary for effective action to take place is delivered. Delivering value through knowledge does not only require an efficient Transactive Memory System but most of all a diligent approach to human resource management, with special emphasis on the culture of collaboration, in order to ensure Tacit Knowledge Sharing, whose key element is the trust between team members.


Abstract : This report includes a manual of the M-2 Bailey Bridge (M2BB) Component Inspection Procedures which were developed from April 1996 to November 1996. The M2BB is an old system of the Army, and there were no inspection procedures available to classify their components using the Federal Condition Codes before this development. Early in FY96, the US Army Aviation-troop Command (ATCOM) tasked the Support Bridge Team (SBT), US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to develop inspection procedures to evaluate the Bailey Bridge assets. These procedures were developed to inspect all components of the M2BB basic set and classify them as serviceable with qualification or not. In July 1996, ATCOM requested SBT to update these procedures to include components of M2BB erection equipment set and conversion set and using the Federal Condition Codes B (serviceable with qualification), E (limited restored), F (unserviceable but repairable), G (unserviceable - incomplete), and H (unserviceable and condemned) in order to evaluate Bailey Bridge assets in Europe. During the progress of the development, the target audience of soldiers with MOS 12C was always kept in mind. In November 1996, the M-2 Bailey Bridge Component Inspection Procedures were finalized and put together as a manual.


This Linking Theory & Practice section contains an interesting article on organizational responses to sexual harassment. Although the legal environment so far hasn't found an adequate answer to the ways in which organizations address the problem of sexual harassment, the authors of the piece "Improving Organizational Responses to Sexual Harassment Using the Giving Voice to Values Approach," Stacie F. Chappell and Lynn Bowes-Sperry, ask attention for a new perspective based on organizational ethics. Their article draws on the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) approach pioneered by Mary Gentile and written about by her in this journal in 2012. Gentile's (2012) GVV does not by any means restrict itself to sexual harassment issues, but in their article in this issue, the authors utilize it to help make their points regarding the limitations of current training as it is commonly presented in many corporate and organizational settings. Thus, the authors contend here that the main problem with the legal approach to dealing with sexual harassment on the organizational level is that the focus is on the implementation of organizational "solutions," such as training focusing on definition, policies, procedures, and legalities. Paradoxically, this results in protecting the already more powerful worker instead of protecting the less powerful. The legal procedures can be a threshold for those who want to discuss certain behaviors


By analyzing the characteristics of remote sensing images and current algorithms of edge detection, this paper presents an improved edge detection algorithm of remote sensing images, which is based on fuzzy logic theory and the conventional Pal-King algorithm. We redesign the membership function, modify the method of fuzzy enhancement, and use an edge evaluation criterion to control the iterative procedure automatically. Experimental results show that this algorithm is superior to the others in edge detection of remote sensing images, and is very useful in the processing of multi-temporal and/or multi-source satellite image analyses. It is an algorithm with high feasibility and effectivity.


A preparation method of alpha/beta- Sialon ceramic powder by the use of discarded refractory and slag, includes a) preparing the materials in the percent of weight, which includes the discarded refractory with the content of alumina and monox more than 80% in the percent of 15-40, the cinder with the content of quicklime more than 30% in the percent of 15-25, the Si material with the content of Si more than 97% in the percent of 15-35, the Al material with the content of Al more than 95% in the percent of 5-25, the alpha-/beta- composite Sialon crystal in the percent of 10-20. b) Encasing the fully mixed materials in the reactor, inflating 20-60MPa nitrogen with the purity more than 99.9%, and firing the materials to act. c) When the action finished, globe milling the acting materials to get the ceramic powder with particle size less than 0.045mm and good performance.