The during labor removed head of the newborn (configuration) regular within the following 4 days will become again his normal figure. This procedure we call "refiguration". By means of X-ray and hydrocephalometric investigations during the refiguration we conclude on the morphologic alterations during preceded configuration. Though we got the opinion, that by the force of labor the procedure of the configuration leads to a diminution of the volume of the head and to displacements of the cerebral substance. We think, that this are parts of the normal compensatory mechanism of the fetus against pressure under birth.


Syndesmos, which is co-localized with syndecan-4 cytoplasmic domain (Syn4 cyto ) in focal contacts, interacts with various cell adhesion adaptor proteins including Syn4 cyto to control cell signaling. Syndesmos consists of 211 amino acids and it exists as a dimer (44kDa) in solution. Recently, we have determined the structure of syndesmos by x-ray crystallography, however, dynamics related to syndecan binding still remain elusive. In this report, we performed NMR experiments to acquire biochemical and structural information of syndesmos. Based on a series of three-dimensional triple resonance experiments on a 13 C/ 15 N/ 2 H labeled protein, NMR spectra were obtained with well dispersed and homogeneous NMR data. We present the sequence specific backbone assignment of syndesmos and assigned NMR data with combination structural information can be directly used for the studies on interaction with Syn4 cyto and other binding molecules.


As compact sources of light pulses, Q-switched semiconductor lasers are suitable for many applications, including, in particular, telecommunications. We investigate here the dynamics of a micropillar semiconductor laser with an internal saturable absorber subject to delayed optical feedback [1]. Both theoretically and experimentally, this device has been shown to produce pulse-like periodic solutions, also referred to as temporal external cavity solitons [1, 2].


Transmembrane electrical potentials were recorded from cells of rat salivary glands in vivo, using microelectrodes. The mean (±se) from 61 impalements of unstimulated submaxillary cells was 28 ± 1.4 mv. In submaxillary gland, acinar cells and cells of granular tubules account for approximately 70 and 30%, respectively, of all secretory elements. Dividing the range of submaxillary potentials at 35 mv gave two groups with new means of 23 ± 1.0 and 41 ± 0.6 mv, in which were contained 70 and 30%, respectively, of all values. Potentials in submaxillary gland from which granular tubules had been caused virtually to disappear (by isoproterenol) were always below 35 mv (mean ± se = 25 ± 0.6 mv). Similarly, potentials from normal parotid gland (in which granular tubules do not appear) never exceeded 34 mv (mean ± se = 20 ± 2.4). In submaxillary, stimulation, at least over relatively long durtion, produced no change in average potential. It was concluded that membrane potentials from rat salivary glands are generally below the potassium equilibrium potential, with acinar cells showing lower values than cells of granular tubules.


The basic premise in this article is that human beings cannot exist outside the "community", that is, outside organization, and that organization molds human life in its material form and it is shaped by it (DUSSEL, 2002). Therefore, the question is the following: if we are somehow organized why not organize counter-hegemony from the bottom and start inside the dominant regime itself? The purpose of this essay is to discuss a certain way of organizing that may contribute to the construction or organization of a counter-hegemony against the current regime. The Gramscian argument is here used, that is, the construction of a (counter) hegemony occurs through the organization of consent without resorting to violence or coercion yet through ideological construction with the understanding that it is in the ideology and through ideology that a class may exert its hegemony over the others, that is, it may assure adhesion and consent (GRAMSCI, 1978). The paper attempts to show that organizations with self-managing proposals essentially carry the germ cell of counter-hegemony because they are based on horizontal practices and democratic organizations that have broken the strong hierarchical, asymmetric and clientelistic relationships which prevailed for centuries.


The results of the longitudinal and Hall magnetoresistivity measurements in the Shubnikov - de Haas oscillation regime for the HgCdTe/HgTe/HgCdTe heterostructures with a wide (20.3 nm) HgTe quantum well are presented. An anomalous phase shift of magneto-oscillations is detected: in the region of spin-unsplit peaks the longitudinal resistivity maxima are located at even filling factor numbers in contradiction with a conventional situation in 2D systems. It is shown that the observed features are associated with the inverted nature of the spectrum in the investigated quantum well with the electron-type conduction along the size-quantized subband H1 of HgTe band {\Gamma}8, for which the spin splitting is comparable to (and even greater than) the orbital one. The results obtained are compared with the phase shift effects of both magneto-oscillations and the plateau of the quantum Hall effect in monolayer graphene.


Resumen en: The article analyzes the work of Laclau-Mouffe and Hardt-Negri, perhaps the most influential theorists of Postmarxism. The goal is to show that their wor...


The classical discrete distributions binomial, geometric and negative binomial are defined on the stochastic model of a sequence of independent and identical Bernoulli trials. The Poisson distribution may be defined as an approximation of the binomial (or negative binomial) distribution. The corresponding q-distributions are defined on the more general stochastic model of a sequence of Bernoulli trials with probability of success at any trial depending on the number of trials. In this paper targeting to the problem of calculating the moments of q-distributions, we introduce and study q-factorial moments, the calculation of which is as ease as the calculation of the factorial moments of the classical distributions. The usual factorial moments are connected with the q-factorial moments through the q-Stirling numbers of the first kind. Several examples, illustrating the method, are presented. Further, the Euler distribution is characterized through its q-factorial moments.


©2020 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Swearingen, J. 2009a. WeedUS Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States: Climbing Euonymus (Euonymus fortunei). www.invasive.org/weedus/subject.html?sub=3024. Swearingen, J. 2009b. WeedUS Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States: English Ivy (Hedera helix). www. invasive.org/weedus/subject.html?sub=3027.


In a study of 469 nursing homes, the authors found a relationship between labor market competition, ownership, profit margin, size, case mix, occupancy, skill mix, workload, administrative resources, and clinical resources and turnover. These organizational variables explained 22%, 9%, and 15% of variance in RN, LVN, and aide turnover, respectively, in a path regression model. In discriminant analysis, these variables explained 59% of variance in group membership for homes with the lowest versus highest turnover. The proportion of resources allocated to administrative functions and roles was the most important predictor of differences between homes with the best and worst turnover rates.


Supportive care of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) diagnosed with cancer can be challenging, as they do not accept red blood cell (RBC) transfusions.


Background: L‐threo‐3,4‐dihydroxyphenylserine (L‐DOPS), a norepinephrine (NE) prodrug, is investigational for orthostatic hypotension, which occurs commonly in Parkinson's disease. Adjunctive anti‐parkinsonian drugs might interact with L‐DOPS. We tested whether L‐aromatic amino‐acid decarboxylase inhibition by carbidopa (CAR) attenuates L‐DOPS conversion to NE and blocks the pressor effect of L‐DOPS, whereas catechol‐O‐methyltransferase inhibition by entacapone (ENT) interferes with L‐DOPS metabolism and augments the pressor effect. Methods: Twelve patients with autonomic failure took 400 mg of L‐DOPS with 200 mg of placebo (PLA), CAR, or ENT on different days. Plasma L‐DOPS, NE, and deaminated NE metabolites (dihydroxyphenylglycol [DHPG], dihydroxymandelic acid [DHMA]) were measured. Results: L‐DOPS+PLA and L‐DOPS+ENT increased systolic pressure similarly (by 27 ± 8 and 24 ± 9 mm Hg at 3 hours). L‐DOPS+CAR did not increase pressure. The peak increase in plasma NE (0.57 ± 0.11 nmol/L) averaged less than 1/15000th that in L‐DOPS and less than 1/35th that in DHPG+DHMA. CAR prevented and ENT augmented responses of plasma DHPG and DHMA to L‐DOPS. Conclusions: After L‐DOPS administration plasma, NE levels do not increase sufficiently to increase blood pressure. Pressor responses to L‐DOPS seem to reflect NE produced extraneuronally that escapes extensive enzymatic deamination and O‐methylation and evokes vasoconstriction before reaching the systemic circulation.


A study of the non quaternary alka- loids of 'roots, stems, leaves and fruits of Limaciopsis loangensis ENGL. (Meni- spermaceae), resulted in the isolation of thirtaen alkaloids. The alkaloidal con- tent is typical for a menispermaceous plant. Most of alkaloids are bisbenzyl- tetrahydroisoquinolines, specially of the berbamine type; isotetrandrine is the main alkaloid. Two new alkaloids have been isolated, 2'-nor-isotetrandrine and 2'-N-oxyisotetrandrine. An oxoapor- phine and a protoberberine derivative are present.


The school is a major activity in which four components are interconnected. The four components are administrative administration staff, education technical staff inside the school and Teachers, school committees as independent bodies that help to implement education operations, and students as learners which can be placed as a consumer with adequate level of service. His fourth relationship should be synergistically, because the continuity of the operational school formation of the relationship "symbiosis Mutualis" the four components because the need for education is so high, should be faced with readiness that Optimal.


Possibilities have been studied of using a solvation model to predict the retention behavior of solutes in liquid chromatography mobile phases of water-acetonitrile and water-methanol with the organic solvent content varying from 1 to 100 vol%. Twenty-one test solutes, both aliphatic and aromatic compounds, have been selected on the basis of two-level factorial designs. Using the multiple linear regression analysis, regression coefficients, which are characteristics of the stationary and mobile-phase system, were calculated for different mobile phases in the solvation model. Regression coefficients have been used for the prediction of the retention behavior. Unbiased results have been obtained by using two sets, one training and the other the testing set. The predicted retention has been compared with the experimental data. The methanol-water system provided good results at low and medium methanol concentrations; the retention prediction was unsatisfactory for mobile phases containing more than 90% of met...


>An annotated bibliography of publications relating to the preparation of uranium hexafluoride from uranium ores and concentrates by fluoride volatility processes is presented. (auth)


New concepts access of human resources in business sphere, with who modern sport have great number of touch points, remarkably emphasizes the importance of knowledge, education and abilities of personnel. So their total competentions, as key factor for development of specific organization, also as sport areas in global. Some of human potential needs to be improved through education and innovation of knowledge, which need permanent develop, improvement and promotion, so those potentials could transform into a capital (value), respectively conscious and rational activity in all working processes. In other words, modern management conceptions in sport affirm and potentiate importance of human resources in achieving of wanted and setted objectives of organization (primarily sport organizations - clubs, but also other organisational types necessary for existence of sport activity) where is quality of personnel potential directly responsible for coordination and routing of management processes, respectively immediately influence on every activity in sports. Management activities in sport organizations unavoidably are directly connected with working efficiency, which in first plan puts question of competences of human resources. In that manner they appear as very measurable category, which is evaluating with corresponding (accepted) organizational standards. So, observed from the position of management in sport, it can be stated that competencies represents very 'measurable' category in concrete sport system. On their improvement it can be influenced with permanent education (improvement of knowledge), so that, in essence, main components of competences of human resources in sport organizations be considered as: knowledge, skills, attitudes and values.


1,4,7,10-Tetraisopropyldibenzo[c,g][1.2,5,6]tetrachalcogenocins that were readily synthesized from 4,7-diisopropyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3,2-benzodichalcogenastannoles underwent selective ring contraction under irradiation with a highpressure mercury lamp to give the corresponding 1,4,6,9-tetraisopropylchalcogenanthrenes having bulky substituents on the benzene ring at adjacent positions of the 6-membered dichalcogenin unit in moderate yields. X-ray crystal structure determination of 22.214.171.124-tetraisopropylthianthrene revealed that the substituents of bulky substituents such as isopropyl groups scarcely affected the structure of the parent dithiin framework. Measurements of the cyclic voltammetry of thianthrene showed a well-defined reversible redox property, whereas the voltammograms of selenium-containing analogues showed irreversible oxidation waves. In contrast to electrical observations, facile reversible one-electron redox reaction systems were observed between the chalcogenanthrenes and the corresponding chalcogenanthrenium radical cations by chemical oxidation or reduction reactions.


This study aims to know and analyze the influence of green perceived value and green perceived risk on green purchase intention from mediation effect of green trust AC low watt in Surabaya. The results of this study showes the influence of green perceived value on green trust, green trust on green purchase intention, and green perceived value on green purchase intention. While the influence of green perceived risk on green trust and green perceived risk on green purchase intention rejected. Key Words: Green Perceived Value, Green Perceived Risk, Green Trust, Green Purchase Intention


Over the years, concern has mounted that many of the more than 26 million children certified to receive free or reduced-price meals may be ineligible for these benefits. This brief looks at the issue of reducing payment errors in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Mathematica's study, the first effort to quantify the amounts and rates of improper payments in these programs, looked at two types of certification errors: (1) household reporting errors, which occur when households misreport information on their applications; and (2) administrative errors, which occur when districts make mistakes in processing applications, determining eligibility, or recording certification status. For all students who applied for school meal benefits or were directly certified, about one in five were either incorrectly deemed eligible for the level of benefits they were approved for, or erroneously denied benefits. In addition, among those certified in error, overcertification was about twice as likely as undercertification. For both the NSLP and SBP, about nine percent of total meal reimbursements were erroneous because of certification error.


Creativity is an inevitable phenomenon resulting in people's need to solve their problems. This phenomenon is captured differently by each culture's values and beliefs. Though Western conceptions of creativity dominate literature with an impressive contribution from Eastern cultural conceptions, African conceptions of creativity seem to be obscure. This article uses the three dominant Nigerian cultures namely Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba to underscore the relationship between culture and creativity. It contends that any concept of creativity is reflective of a people's cultural viewpoint. While communal and religious interpretations of the association are traditionally Nigerian, there is, however, a contemporary dimension to the Nigerian concept of creativity which is also Western in outlook. The result is an amalgam of the traditional Nigerian and Western conceptions of creativity in one socio-cultural setting called Nigeria. However, the fusion of these two cultural concepts does not rob the traditional Nigerian notions of creativity the enduring traits of what other cultures understand to be creative. Consequently, if the various cultural understandings of creativity have all led to growth and development in their different cultural settings, it behooves multiple stakeholders of the Nigerian society the duty and responsibility of promoting the prevailing conceptions of creativity from their cultural backdrop for the growth and development of the Nigerian experience.


Purpose: Creation of a mathematical model, which combine ball tip radius error and small tilt of the stylus to determine translational motion (in two directions) of the stylus ball centre, due to the surface slope. Design/methodology/approach: First error is described on two dimensional model, thus is very simple. Second model is based on 3D-mathematical model, which is a basis to determine (and plot) translational movement of the stylus ball according to surface slope. Findings: Accurate scanning process on freeform surface with touch trigger probe head could not be performed, due to number of reasons connected to the stylus ball and trigger probe head errors. Research limitations/implications: According to nature of this problem, 4D, 5D and 6D-graphs could not be plotted, which would define translational motion of the stylus ball centre at any slope surface. Practical implications: Understanding the physical model for described error is a basis to create mathematical compensation error model. Originality/value: No such mathematical model to determine translational motion (in two directions) of the stylus ball centre was published in any paper before.


Under the Fusion Technology Program of the European eommunity a martensitic erNiMoVNb-steel (type 1.4914) potentially serving as structural material for the first wall and blanket was optimized and prepared as a 7 t melt. Thus, a uniform material in various semi-finished product sizes is available to the European partners for conducting their test programs. After a description in a previous paper of the results of experiments characterizing physical and mechanical properties of the MANET 11 (MArtensit for Next Iuropean Iorus) material, this paper reports about comprehensive results obtained in the creep rupture tests. The creep rupture strength and the creep behavior were examined of four single heats including different semi-finished product sizes (metal sheets, rods) in the range of temperatures from 400 7000 e up to 15000 h time-to-fracture in the reference state (hardened + tempered at 750°C). Likewise, the conditions after heat treatment at 600 and 7000 e tempering temperatures, respectively, were studied in the range of temperatures from 450° to 650 e in order to demonstrate the potential inherent in higher creep rupture strengths. In conclusion, it will be shown which influence is exerted by a prior, temporary temperature transient up to 850 e on the subsequent ereepand ereep rupture behavior at 450° and 500 e test temperatures. The creep rupture strength values up to 105 hours time-to-fracture and temperatures of 400 to 600 e will be estimated from the numerous data available.


Since the introduction of the European Working Time Directive, concerns about the impact of surgical training have been raised in many forums. Overnight on-calls should allow trainees to gain experience in managing ENT emergencies. However, when coupled with European Working Time Directive, the trainee will be missing out on training in 'office hours'. In our study, we see that Specialist Registrar's are called once every five hospital-nights and operations took place only once every 25 hospital-nights. This suggests that the training opportunities during nights are limited. Notably, one Specialist Registrar's in the region covered three hospitals; this brought the activity up overnight to a referral once every 1.3 nights, but not all hospital's geographical location lends them to sharing Specialist Registrar's in this way. We understand that this study only provides a 2-week snapshot of activity that may not be representative of other regions. Conclusion


ABSTRACTIn an earlier paper, I proposed that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is caused by a response to infection, involving the induction of inflammatory cytokines which induce, in turn, the inducible nitric oxide synthase, producing elevated nitric oxide. Nitric oxide reacts with superoxide to form the potent oxidant, peroxynitrite. Six positive feedback loops were proposed by which peroxynitrite may stay elevated, acting to increase levels of both nitric oxide and superoxide, which react to form more peroxynitrite. This vicious cycle based on known biochemistry is proposed to be the central cause of CFS. The current paper discusses additional inducers which may act by increasing nitric oxide (physical or psychological trauma) or increasing superoxide (hypoxia) and the role of orthostatic intolerance, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, excessive exercise, exercise intolerance and carbon monoxide in inducing hypoxia and consequently superoxide and peroxynitrite. The major symptoms of CFS can all be interpreted as re...


In GaN quantum dot is a promising optoelectronic material,which combines the advantages of low-dimensional and wide-gap semiconductors.The growth of In GaN quantum dots is still not mature,especially the growth by metal–organic–vapor phase epitaxy(MOVPE),which is challenge due to the lack of 、itin-situ monitoring tool.In this paper,we reviewed the development of In GaN quantum dot growth by MOVPE,including our work on growth of near-UV,green,and red In GaN quantum dots.In addition,we also introduced the applications of In GaN quantum dots on visible light emitting diodes.


Abstract 'Yan haƙiƙa are a Sufi group that has come to prominence in the second decade of the twenty-first century in northern Nigeria, with a significant following in Kano. Although members of the group perceive themselves to be bona fide followers of the path of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Senegalese Islamic scholar and founder of Tijaniyya-Ibrahimiyya), they are considered by Sunni Muslims (both Salafis and Sufis) as a heretical faction. The basic ideology of this group is that Niasse Allah ne (Niasse is God); they also apotheosize their members. Their ideology stems from the concepts of Wahadat al-Wujud (oneness of being and unity of existence) and Tarbiyya (spiritual training), which is a method used by Sufi shaykhs to guide their disciples on the mystical journey to direct experiences of the Divine Essence – a method popularized by Tijaniyya-Ibrahimiyya. Initially, the group operated clandestinely, but in recent years its members have attracted public attention through Mawlid Baaye (celebrating the birthday of Niasse). During the celebration, they shower praises on Niasse and rank him above the Prophet Muhammad. Their comments generate violent reactions from Salafi and Sufi communities. While Salafis consider the creed of 'Yan haƙiƙa as typical Sufi heresy, the Sufis not only disown them but also question their 'Muslimness'. The emergence of 'Yan haƙiƙa has changed the contours and composition of Tijaniyya in Kano because its defining ideology of deifying Niasse and its members contradict the teaching and doctrine of the mainstream Tijaniyya. This article unpacks the place of 'Yan haƙiƙa in the highly contested and tense religious geography of Kano, exploring how its emergence complicates the category of 'Muslim' within mainstream Sunni Islam.


: This article proposes a situational reading of digital exclusion. This is developed using an analytical approach based on life courses. The perspective is to analyse digital exclusion risks around the transitions and ruptures that shape the life courses. The research examines multiple stages within educational, professional and private trajectories and explores the uses of technology in these situations. It analyses the diversity of use in relation to the situations in which they take place and according to their significance at different points in life. Recognising the heterogeneity of courses and of individual experience, this approach allows us to work out the characteristics of digital uses and the potential risks of exclusion to which the individual is exposed. protect people a priori from a risk of digital exclusion. For one thing, the continuity of a trajectory doesn't tell us anything about the social situation of the individual in question. In addition, this continuity can mask the latent, and all the more serious, risk that rupture in the trajectory will be significant for the individual. This is the experience, for example, of people who are faced with losing their job for the first time, after a relatively stable career path. Confronted with the process of job seeking sends them back to digital use or non-use which up to that point they had never tried under constraint or been challenged with. The life course perspective focuses on change: becoming a student, starting a job, becoming unemployed, marrying, divorcing, becoming a widow, retiring etc. Human lives are permeated by change. Our research shows an intersection between digital uses, ever more standardised and unavoidable within the life stages, and the 'becoming' of individuals who enter into a non-standard trajectory and who take different significances according to these individual trajectories. Highlighting these different forms of 'becoming' allows us to understand how past courses and the significance of transitions and ruptures shape the constraints of digital use within life stages. So, losing a long term job will be experienced differently to switching between short term jobs. But in terms of digital use, this distinction is not visible.


Now days the facet of vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is becoming remarkable research area; VANETis considered as a special case of mobile ad hoc network (MANET). VANET described as self- governing and self-configured wireless network. However, VANET have vibrant topology, large size, and constrained mobility; these characteristics lead to the need for efficient routing and resource savingVANET protocolsget rid with different VANET environments. Due to these differences traditional MANET's protocolsunsuitable for VANET. This paper gives anoverview of Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)comparisons between VANET and MANET,Characteristics, various routing protocols and applications.


Zr dimers (Zr2O32+) interacting with two exchange sites and uniform in structure were prepared by grafting anhydrous ZrCl4(g) onto H-ZSM5 followed by hydrolysis and dehydration. This method led to selective exchange, without concurrent formation of crystalline ZrO2 aggregates, ubiquitously formed via aqueous exchange because of the slow diffusion of aquo oxo-ions within small channels. ZrCl4(g) reacts with acidic OH groups to form HCl and ZrCl3+-ZSM5 species. This exchange stoichiometry was confirmed by the number of HCl molecules evolved during hydrolysis, a process that forms ZrO(OH)+ species. These species then dehydroxylate via condensation with vicinal ZrO(OH)+ to form (OZr−O−ZrO)2+ species interacting with two exchange sites and containing one bridging O-atom. This exchange process is consistent with the number of residual OH groups titrated by D2 and with the intensity of O−H infrared bands. X-ray diffraction, 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance, and infrared spectra showed that the exchange process di...


Abstract The self-assembly of a poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) blockcopolymer (EO13PO30EO13) in the presence of water was investigated. The phases have been studied with the mesoscopic simulation technique Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD). The micellar, hexagonal, lamellar, bicontinuous and inverse micellar phase have been identified with this method and showed remarkable agreement with the experimental phase behavior. This work showed that the Dissipative Particle Dynamics simulations are also suitable for complicated polymer systems such as the EO13PO30EO13 triblock copolymer.


Drive for an adjusting device within a vehicle, in particular a seat adjusting device within a motor vehicle, with a spindle (5) which is fixed to one of two relatively adjustable elements (3, 4) and can be driven with a by a motor (2) Transmission ( 9) (the second member 4) is arranged, the transmission (9) from the engine (2) drivable drive worm (20), which (with a (at the spindle 5) coupled to the worm wheel 40) is engaged, characterized in that the toothing of the worm wheel (40) viewed in the axial direction of the worm wheel (9) has a peripheral portion with a cylindrical toothing (Z) passes which on both sides in a diabolic gearing (G), such that at both ends of the worm wheel (40) at least one closed annular surface (F) remains.


The latest travel behavior modelling frameworks consider travel decisions as part of a general 2 time- and expenditure allocation problem. Their estimation consequently not only relies on large 3 amounts of travel data, but also on information about time-use and expenditure allocation pat- 4 terns. We present the TimeUse+ Platform, a novel data collection method based on state-of-the-art 5 GPS-tracking technology. Our approach combines a travel and a time-use diary format into one 6 comprehensive survey design. This multi-layered diary format allows to collect more accurate and 7 complete data when compared to previous work which is solely based on traditional paper-based 8 survey methods. This paper gives a detailed overview about the main components of the TimeUse+ 9 Platform. We derive requirements from the current state in smartphone-based survey methods and 10 travel behavior modelling, and show how the different design aspects of our solution fulfill those.


This paper explores the subject matter of human language as a social phenomenon in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society like Nigeria. The paper situates language as a complex social phenomenon which pervades every aspect of human life. It identifies the role of language in intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, and the complexities involved in every communicative event that must not be taken for granted. Furthermore, it identifies the functions and limitations of language, including its negative functions as viewed from Critical theory. The paper affirms that language is a central phenomenon in human cognitive development, internal conceptualization of thoughts and ideas, the external expression and sharing of thoughts, the perception and representation of social reality, the transmission of culture, and the maintenance of social relations. The paper further notes that language difference can be a source of social dysfunction in multi-lingual and multi-cultural societies like Nigeria.


Objective  The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) in myomatous uteri larger than 24 week's gestation (780 cm3).


This paper addresses the automatic online robust position and speed control design for variable speed drives while under varying load conditions using genetic algorithms (GA). Both the structure and parameters of the digital position and speed controllers are optimized online automatically directly on an experimental drive prototype. The automated design procedure is performed while the drive is being subject to varying mechanical load. Different mechanical load profiles are accurately emulated using a programmable load emulator. Experimental results of the online GA optimization of the speed and position controllers are presented and simulation results are shown for comparison


ObjectivesThis study investigated the effect of korean medicine treatment with Dangguisoo-san plus Yuhyangjeongtong-san (Dangguixu-san plus Ruxiangdingtong-san) on traffic accidents patients with night pain. Methods77 traffic accidents patients with night pain were treated with Dangguisoo-san plus Yuhyangjeongtong-san (Dangguixu-san plus Ruxiangdingtong-san), acupuncture, cupping, physical therapy. VAS (Visual Analogue Scale), NDI (Neck Disability Index), ODI (Oswestry disability index), total sleep time, the number of bed time arousal were checked to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment. ResultsVAS, NDI, ODI of patients treated with Dangguisoo-san plus Yuhyangjeongtong- san (Dangguixu-san plus Ruxiangdingtong-san) were all improved and there were statistical significance (p<0.05). Total sleep time, the number of bed time arousal of patients treated with Dangguisoo-san plus Yuhyangjeongtong-san (Dangguixu-san plus Ruxiangdingtong- san) were all improved and there were statistical significance (p<0.05). ConclusionsAccording to the study, Korean complex therapy with Dangguisoo-san plus Yuhyangjeongtong-san (Dangguixu-san plus Ruxiangdingtong-san) might effective in traffic accidents patients with night pain. (J Korean Med Rehab 2015;25(1):87-93)


We explored the problems which are soon to be faced while parking autonomous cars in parking lots. Like where is the closest parking slot available to the autonomous car? How to navigate to that location? What kind of parking structures could be good for autonomous cars? We also provide an initial solution which uses a central server and the graph of the parking lot to guide the cars to the closest parking slots. With experiments, we have shown that our proposed method should be effective for the controlled parking for self-driving cars.


Virtual curve counts have been defined for threefolds by integration against virtual classes on moduli spaces of stable maps (Gromov-Witten theory), ideal sheaves (Donaldson-Thomas theory), and stable pairs (Pandharipande-Thomas theory). The first two theories are proven to be equivalent for toric threefolds, and all three are conjecturally equivalent for arbitrary threefolds. One may ask whether there is such a correspondence for surfaces. In particular, the Gromov-Witten theory of K3 surfaces has recently been computed by Maulik, Pandharipande, and Thomas; it is governed by quasimodular forms and is closely related to invariants obtained from the moduli spaces of rank r = 0 stable pairs with n = 1 sections. We compute the Hodge polynomials of the moduli spaces of stable pairs for higher rank r ≥ 0 and level n ≥ 1, and explore the modularity properties and relationship to Gromov-Witten theory.


Under the guidance of the fundamental task of moral education, the ideological and political concept of curriculum has become an important theoretical support for the implementation of teaching activities in higher education. In the teaching process of various majors and disciplines, teachers should not only comprehensively improve students' professional knowledge and skills, but also comprehensively infiltrate ideological and political education to guide students to establish correct values, political views and moral views, So as to comprehensively promote the healthy development of College Students' ideology. Taking college English teaching as the research direction, this paper explores the path and strategy of College English Teaching Reform under the ideological and political theory of curriculum, so as to provide necessary help for improving the quality of College English teaching and enhancing the comprehensive quality of college students.


This paper describes the method used at the Electrical Testing Laboratories for measuring the dielectric power losses in 10-foot samples of three-conductor cables with three-phase potential applied to the cable. The difficulties encountered and the methods employed to overcome them are discussed in considerable detail. Typical results are given in the form of data for two specimens of cable, one having a low power loss in the dielectric and one having a high power loss in the dielectric. The data are also presented in the form of curves. The discussion includes: (a) The theory of excessive internal dielectric loss as accounting for cable failures at local ``hot spots.'' (b) The advantages of plotting data with logarithmic scales. (c) A comparison of results obtained by computation from single-phase measurements with those obtained by direct measurement with three-phase potential. The conclusions drawn are: (a) The power loss in the dielectric in a three-conductor cable under actual three-phase conditions can be readily measured in the laboratory with specimens ten feet long. (b) No special apparatus is necessary for such measurements other than a reflecting high sensitivity wattmeter. (c) Apparently the power loss in the dielectric cannot in all cases be accurately calculated from data obtained in single-phase tests although it is highly probable that for all practical purposes the discrepancy would not be serious.


Logistic support of local government units in Poland is a one of subject that, in the area of logistics considerations, occupies an even more important place. On the one hand, the question is whether logistics in LGU should be considered as an element of effective management and, on the other hand, logistic activities should be considered in terms of support. The differences in consistency and scope of logistic activities (and logistical support) at different levels of LGU have been assumed to be the basic issue. The reflections were based on theoretical assumptions about the possibilities of using logistic processes and actions in the functioning of local government units. The article has a theoretical character. The logistic paradigm has attempted to define integrated logistical support for local government units. Using the method of secondary analysis of documents and the deduction technique, the possibility of proposing the concept of vertical integration of logistic support measures in local government units was proposed. To this end, the scope of logistic support for territorial self-government units has been characterized, taking into account the voivodship, poviat and commune levels. Identification and discussion of the concept of integrated logistic support of the territorial self-government units has been identified and implemented thus realizing the purpose of the article aiming at identifying possibilities of integration of logistic support measures as a contribution to the economic and social development of Poland's regions.


This paper describes an integrated skill- and knowledge-based system for autonomous highway vehicles. The purpose of the research is to realize an autonomous cruising system which works as an intelligent driver support system. The state transition network model is introduced to integrate the skill and knowledge-based system. Using this model, a method to select driving programs (DP) based on cruise planning is proposed. An experimental vehicle is also developed based on this framework, and the feasibility of driver support functions are presented.


In this article we propose a novel visualization method to explore graphs with numerical attributes associated with nodes – referred to as scalar graphs. The proposed visualization strategy seeks to simultaneously uncover the relationship between attribute values and graph topology, and relies on transforming the network to generate a terrain map. A key objective here is to ensure that the terrain map reveals the overall distribution of components-of-interest (e.g. dense subgraphs, kcores) and the relationships among them while being sensitive to the attribute values over the graph.


Study objective: To determine if measuring skin tissue thickness by a recently developed 10 MHz ultrasound scan may be used as a valuable parameter to guide fluid therapy and detect fluid shifts to the extravascular space during surgical procedures in addition to central venous pressure (CVP).


Coastal zone management has become an increasingly important topic as coastal populations continue to grow and the numerous ocean and coastal uses associated with coastal development exert tremendous pressure on the marine environment and its resources. Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process that can help direct when and where multiple coastal activities take place, and can also make areas of conflicting and compatible uses more visible to fisheries and coastal managers. Stakeholders in North Carolina are concerned about the sustainability of the economically and culturally significant blue crab fishery after significantly reduced landings during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Managers are currently exploring the relationships among stakeholder groups whose activities impact the blue crab including navigational dredgers, shrimp trawlers, commercial crab and oyster dredgers, and blue crab potters. Identifying conflicting interactions between blue crab potting and navigational dredging, shrimp trawling, and commercial crab and oyster dredging may improve management and add valuable information to marine spatial planning efforts in North Carolina's coastal zone. Through 25 semi-structured interviews with fishermen (blue crab potters, shrimp trawlers, commercial crab and oyster dredgers), fisheries and coastal managers, and Army Corps of Engineers' staff in cities and towns along the coast of North Carolina, this study examines how these stakeholder groups perceive crab potting to interact with navigational dredging, shrimp trawling, and commercial crab and oyster


A simple and concise finite-difference algorithm is presented for the solution of non-Fourier one-dimensional heat conduction. The numerical algorithm is developed by applying the Godunov scheme on the characteristic equations that govern thermal waves within the medium. A vigorous investigation of the order of accuracy and stability of the procedure is presented. Several heat conduction problems are tested with the scheme, and the predicted temperature field is verified by comparing with results available in the literature. The accuracy of the solution is limited only by the selection of the mesh width in the space and time directions. The solution is free of oscillation, while the dissipation error associated with the numerical scheme in the wave front is controlled by specifying the proper Courant-Fredrichs-Lewy (CFL) condition. The algorithm provides a convenient, accurate, and efficient approximation to the hyperbolic heat conduction equation. It is evident that the procedure is beneficial for the st...


Abstract:Xin shiji was a Chinese journal published in France by Chinese anarchists and revolutionaries from 1907 to 1910. This article examines the views of education and learning and views of Chinese language and script expressed in Xin shiji. Xin shiji presents a cosmopolitan moment of educational imagination in the late Qing and early Republican period of China that has been largely ignored in the scholarly literature on education of this period, which has focused instead on the role of education and educational transformation in state building. Dispassionate about disseminating ideas about citizenship and about exploring the role of education in creating new citizens, writers for Xin shiji emphasized the connection of an autonomous individual member of society who is not bound by the nation-state. This cosmopolitan vision of education did not situate itself within an existing tradition or presuppose the institutional and political forms through which education and learning should be implemented.


ABSTRACT In order to compare the effect of water space upon chick growth and feed efficiency, two trails have been conducted at the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. The first trial involved seven pens with 250 New Hampshire chicks with equal numbers of each sex per pen. The second trial involved eight groups of 150 Crossbred broiler chicks with equal numbers of male and female chicks in each pen. Trial 1 was conducted during the winter months and Trial 2 was carried out during the summer season. In Trial 1, the watering equipment in six pens consisted of "V" shaped metal troughs with a constant flow of water. The water space allowances were .22, .43 and .77 inch per chick in duplicate pens. The seventh pen contained a circular pan type waterer that furnished .22 inch of space per chick. In one-half of the pens using the "V" troughs, the waterer was . . .


The direct synthesis of N-arylated carbazoles through a palladium-catalyzed amination of cyclic iodonium salts with anilines is described. In particular, electron-poor aniline derivatives reacted smoothly with only 5 mol % of Pd(OAc)2 as catalyst to give the desired products in up to 71% yield. Furthermore, the reactivity of cyclic iodonium salts is compared with the reactivity of the corresponding cyclic bromonium analogues.


A procedure is described for the assay of {sup 222}Rn in water that reliably distinguishes between alpha and beta radiations. Sample preparation is minimized, background is low, an energy resolution of 6% is possible and conventional 20-mL, liquid-scintillation vials are used. The method was developed using the alpha-beta discrimination feature of the Beckman LS6000 counter. Application of this technology to current liquid-scintillation procedures for {sup 222}Rn in drinking water provides a background of about 0.1 cpm and a detection limit of 20 pCi/L for a 40-minute count on a two-day-old sample or 4 pCi/L for a 1000-minute count. Environmentally-safe cocktails are compatible with the technique.


(i)
The experiment described in this paper was designed to investigate Sheppard's (1951) results which showed that thrushes predated individuals of G. nemoralis selectively, and further that the relative disadvantage of the yellow morph changed with the changing colour of the background.

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Because of the scarcity of thrushes only a relatively few individuals were predated. The predation was much later in the year than in Sheppard's experiment, probably because of the differences in weather conditions.

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The results of the experiment indicate that yellows are at a disadvantage during the summer months in the area under investigation, probably because there is a dense and tall growth of herbs in the area and this gives rise to a dark background near the ground.

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These results are similar to those obtained by Wolda (1963) who could not explain them in terms of the colour of the background. It seems likely that the present explanation could account for his results.

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A comparison of the yellow morph-frequencies of predated samples removed from the area before the present experiment was begun, with those in the predated sample from the original natural population found by Sheppard 12 years previously show very little difference although the addition of Sheppard's experimental population changed the frequency of this morph considerably. It is therefore suggested that systematic processes play a large part in determining the population genetic structure.


Some residents of Bulukumba adhered to the bohe' rite as a religious practice. The residents of Lembanna Village, Bontobahri District, Bukukumba Regency thought that the bohe' ritual, in this case involving a walnut crab, possessed supernatural qualities and could cure a variety of illnesses. This study attempted to explain the ancestry of the bohe ceremony and evaluate Islam's approach to community rituals. This study employed a sociocultural, qualitative methodology. According to the research, bohe' was an animistic ritual based on the ancestral practices of the inhabitants of Lembanna Village that was believed to be able to treat a variety of maladies, including skin diseases, itching, and allergies, and many people even asked for children. When one of the sick was immediately sent to bohe' for a ritual to be performed in the hope that the ailment he experienced might be treated, the ritual became highly mystical in the community because it was a reference for previous individuals and a stigma for society. From the bohe' ritual, it is possible to conclude that the rituals of the ancient people were not in accordance with the teachings of Islam, as the ritual process diverged from the religious faith, consisted of bad habits, and sought healing from a source other than Allah. In order to avoid deviating from the Islamic faith, it was hoped that the public would pay close attention to right and wrong and engage in a great deal of self-reflection by reading the prayers or mantras cast by Sanro (local shaman) or a handler with a more Islamic orientation, such as by reading shalawat or other suras from the Qur'an and Hadith.


An 8-day flight for the Cang'e 5-T1 capsule ended successfully when it parachutted to safety in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. Chang'e 5-T1 rode a rocket to space on October 23rd and swung around the lunar farside about.


This paper analyzes the views of representative theoreticians of possible
 worlds semantics and possible worlds theory in an attempt to ascertain the
 degree and manner of interdisciplinary borrowing through focusing on possible
 worlds and individuals in those worlds. The paper first clarifies the general
 perceptions of possible worlds, perceptions in the field of modal
 restrictions, transworld identity, and identity over time, as presented in
 the works of Saul Kripke, David Lewis, and Nicholas Rescher, the
 representative semanticists of possible worlds, and then ascertains the
 degree and manner of their adaptations in the theory proposed by Ljubomir
 Doležel within literary theory. The conclusion is that the cooperation
 between the two disciplines stands on fertile ground but that it is necessary
 to perform more systematic adaptations due to different subjects of research
 and different objectives.


The problems of principles in social security law, theoretical basis of the notions "principles of social security law' and legal category "social security" are considered. The classification of the principles of social security law is analyzed.


Geometric programming is a type of nonlinear programming problem that has a special form.Generalized geometric programming is a special DC programming whose solution is very difficult.This paper by using linearization technique converts generalized geometric programming into a sequence of convex programming programming,and proposes a new algorithm for unconstrained generalized geometric programming.The goble convergence can be attained.


Abstract Numerical simulation was used to predict the profile of a three-dimensional aspherical microlens and a microprism array. Based on the simulated results, the desired micro-optical lens profile was obtained using excimer laser ablated polyimide. The simulation method applied to excimer laser ablation can significantly reduce the quantity of microablation experiments. Ablated microstructures with surface roughness R a < 20 nm were successfully achieved for micro-optical components. The excimer laser ablation parameters included laser fluence, shot number, workstation velocity, and repetition rate. Numerical simulation can be applied to predict various profiles of microlens and microprism arrays with different dimensions, the desired geometries being formed by laser ablation.


An instrument is described for measuring circumferential strains in plactic specimens of circular cross section. It consists of four direct-current differential transformers (DCDTs) suitably mounted on an invar ring. The DCDTs probe the position of the surface of the specimen at opposite ends of two mutually perpendicular diameters. Examples of performance are given for creep of a thin-walled tube of polyurethane. /Author/


Single planar 'interstitial implants aim to irradiate 10 mm thickness of tissue to uniform dose.
Interstitial iridium implants are normally practised with the same linear activity throughout the implant. As a result, the peripheral regions of the implant get lesser dose contribution from the central wires. Out study with the Planning System for a 5 x 4 cm2 area of parallel implant geometry shows that the peripheral regions receive only 83% of the prescribed dose and the minimum treated thickness is 7.6 mm only. increasing either the activity or time weight to the peripheral wires by 25% enables the peripheral regions to receive a minimum of 92% of the prescribed dose and the minimum treated thickness increases to 8.80 mm. The removal time of peripheral wires with time weight option can be calculated manually by a simple formula.


The cases of multiple-support as well as uniform seismic excitations of these long and flexible structures are considered; furthermore, effects of the nondispersive travelling, seismic-wave on the bridge response are studied. Different sources of nonlinearity for such bridges are included in the analysis using the large deflection theory. A tangent stiffness iterative procedure is utilized in the analysis to capture the nonlinear seismic response. Numerical examples are presented in which a comparison between a linear earthquake-response analysis (based on the utilization of the tangent stiffness matrix of the bridge at the dead-load deformed state which is obtained from the geometry of the bridge under gravity load conditions), and a nonlinear earthquake-response analysis using the step-by-step integration procedure is made. In these examples, two models having center (or effective) spans of 1100 ft (335. 5m) and of 2200 ft (671 m) are studied; this range covers both present and future designs.


General methods for the preparation of hydrocarbon-soluble, monomeric ytterbium (II) aryloxides are described {Yb+2TIOAr, or [Yb(NR2)2(OEt2)2]+2ArOH;RSiMe3, ArC6H2But2-2,6-Me-4; crystalline [Yb(OAr)2(thf)3](thf = tetrahydrofuran)(1) has the unprecedented square-pyramidal YbII stereochemistry (one thf apical), whereas the complexes [Yb(Oar)2(L)2][L = thf (2) or OEt2(3)] are tetrahedral, with 2.207 (12)(1), 2.137(10)(2), or 2.154(28)A(3); complex (3) with thf readily yields (1) or (2)}.


This paper compares the differences in epistemological considerations ofCognitive Constructivism, Social Constructivism, and VCAE(Visual Culture ArtEducation) through construction of art lesson plans based on these threeapproaches to art education. For the purpose of this study, it explicates what t...


In light of its own working practices,from the aspects of staff's construction capacity and skills,engineering change,design details and drawings reviewing,it elaborates some experiences on the post-service of architectural design,with a view to make post-service play a real role in project construction.


ABSTRACT This article synthesizes the literature on Dutch flood risk governance to analyze how external conditions shaped past and present dynamics of cross-sector collaboration for integrated flood risk management in the Netherlands. It traces the extent to which policy and legal frameworks, socio-economic circumstances, political realities, power relations and conflict situations have influenced attempts at collaboration between flood safety, spatial planning, environmental protection and other sectors. Despite the growing interdependences, existing power relations between the sectors are characterized by the dominance of the water sector. Hence, cross-sector collaboration can develop as long as it does not compromise flood safety.


Background The diagnosis of the etiology of exudative pleural effusion is a great challenge in clinical practice. Aims To evaluate the diagnostic value of medical thoracoscope in unexplained exudative effusions and the frequency of various diagnoses in a multicenter study in Egypt. Patients and methods A retrospective analysis was done of all thoracoscopies done at our centers for diagnosis of the cause of the exudative pleural effusion. Results Among 542 thoracoscopies performed at our centers, definite diagnosis was reached in 476 (87.8%) cases. Malignancy was the most common diagnosis (60.7%) followed by tuberculosis (24.5%). Conclusion Thoracoscopy was a safe and efficient tool for diagnosis. Malignancy and tuberculosis were the most common etiologies.


Speech Delivered by Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor of KNUST as a Guest Speaker to the National Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools on the theme "Quality Senior High School Education: a Prerequisite for National Development" on 22nd September, 2010 at Kumasi Anglican Senior High School Auditorium at 9.30am


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Cryptocurrencies promise to replace fiat money with private money underpinned by algorithms, not government guarantees. While the technology is elegant, the success and failure of cryptocurrencies in the competition with fiat will not be determined by technology alone. It is more important to avoid serious economic and social consequences, and a cryptocurrency based monetary system would suffer from persistent price volatility and high systemic risk and would exasperate inequality.


There are many ways a doctor's schedule can get derailed — an expecting mother is ready to deliver her baby, a patient in respiratory distress needs immediate attention, or there is an influx of patients with influenza requesting to see a doctor. Do you have a scheduling disaster plan?


"Is research in AID a lost cause? The answer is probably no, but its condition is far from healthy with little chance for revival in the near future. And that just possibly may be an optimistic view."Eugene Skolnikoff is associate professor of political science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Science, Technology and American Foreign Policy, M.I.T. Press.


We developed a heat-resistant acoustic emission (AE) sensor using AlN thin films and detected AE signals from molten-salt attack of Type-304 stainless steel pipe. Aluminum nitride (AlN) is a promising AE sensor element for high-temperature environment, such as gas turbines and other plants because AlN maintains its piezoelectricity up to 1200°C. Highly c-axis-oriented AlN thin-film sensor elements were prepared on silicon single crystals by rf magnetron sputtering. The AE sensor sensitivity increased with d33 and thickness of AlN elements and the heat-resistant AE sensors were developed using AlN elements with high d33 values and thickness of 9 μm. The sensor showed a constant sensitivity across a frequency range of 100 kHz to 1 MHz at ambient temperature. The sensor characteristics were evaluated at elevated temperatures up to 700°C. It was confirmed that the AE sensor works well up to 700°C and does not deteriorate. The AE sensor detected AE signals from frequent cracking of oxide scales produced by molten-salt attack (85% V2O5 + Na2SO4) at 700°C during cooling of the pipe.


Extended Place/transition Net (EPN) that is one of software formal modeling languages consists of the parts of PN and VDM++. The PN part deals with state transitions of software. On the other hand, the VDM++ part deals with actions and guards on the transitions, and requires skills of system engineers who construct EPN models. We propose an extended training technique of EPN-based modeling using visual blocks for the VDM++ part. The visual blocks implemented by Blockly will be useful to accelerate the trainees' understanding of syntactical aspects of VDM++, and thus they are introduced into each step of the existing training technique for EPN-based modeling. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is discussed through a preliminary experiment using our prototype tool


Multiple sea-floor reflections in deep water often are not effectively suppressed by either CDP stacking nor standard predictive deconvolution methods. These methods fail because the reflection coefficient varies markedly with angle of incidence and also because of the variation of arrival time with offset and because of dip. For a reasonablly flat sea-floor, multiples of various orders and the primary sea-floor reflection which have all been reflected at nearly the same angle lie along a straight line through the origin in time-offset space. This line is called the "radial direction." The multiples which lie along this line show a systematic relationship because they all experience the same water-bottom reflection effect. In other words, multiples behave in a stationary manner along the radial directions on multi-trace seismic records. A technique of multi-channel predictive deconvolution, called "Radial Multiple Suppression," utilizes this aspect to design Wiener operators for the prediciton and suppression of water bottom multiples. The effectiveness of the technique is demonstrated by the study of field records, autocorrelations, velocity analyses, and stacked sections before and after Radial Multiple Suppression processing.


Abstract We used the method of Silva & Cruz (2006), which distinguishes between planetary and stellar companions by fitting transit light curves, to select the most promising CoRoT candidates to be monitored with radial-velocity measurements. Testing this method on the light curves of confirmed CoRoT exoplanetary systems shows that the estimated radius for such planets is smaller than 2 RJup, while for most of the light curves in which no planet has been detected, the secondary companion has an estimated radius larger than 2 RJup. We present preliminary results concerning other light curves for which no planet has been detected yet.


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The intension of concept of reliability and the definition of reliability are discussed according to whether the fault tolerant control system satisfies performance requirement. The fault probability, the degree of fault tolerance and problem of reliabilty in the fault tolerant control system are analyzed in the view of statistics. And Markov chain is used to analyze and model for the reliability problem.


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In the last few years, the use of wireless networks has been increasingly seen in industrial automation and process control. Network Control Systems are examples of driving applications in industrial environments. For these types of applications, support for real-time communications services is one of the major requirements. In traditional approaches, many of these real-time applications assume no data losses during the control cycle. However some more recent studies indicate that the effect of control messages discards upon the performance of the control systems may be significantly encompassed with the adoption of other techniques. The IEEE 802.15.4 protocol is an attractive solution for a wide range of applications in the field of Wireless Sensors Networks and more recently in the field of wireless instrumentation. Thus, this thesis aims to propose approaches to providing Quality of Service (QoS) in IEEE 802.15.4 for real-time applications that tolerate deadline misses. First, a mechanism for prioritizing traffic for real time devices during Contention Access Periods (CAP) was proposed. This mechanism, called DDBP offers in a decentralized way, priority access in accordance to the distance to device failure. Subsequently, two approaches to scheduling during Contention Free Periods (CFP) were proposed: SDBP approach which provides deadlines guarantees by the adoption of a deterministic scheduling test and an on-line prioritization heuristic; and (m,k)-spin approach, which presents a schedulability analysis based on the busy period concept. The proposed approaches applied to the CFP scheduling provide temporal guarantees for applications with QoS constraints, modelled according to the (m,k)-firm task model. Devices that cannot perform their transmissions during contention free periods, can try to perform their transmissions using the real-time traffic prioritization approach developed for the CAP.


The paper argues that cross-cultural psychology is not a discipline within the broad field of psychology but an approach to the subject. It describes briefly some of the applications of this approach to the studies of perception and traces the effects and possible effects of these on psychology in general and on further crosscultural works. Although applications of psychology are recognized as important, the paper is primarily concerned with theoretical issues and draws especial attention to the benefits which may accrue from symbiosis between cross-cultural psychology and ethnography. Some of the hostile reactions which cross-cultural psychology occasionally provokes are briefly dealt with.


Drug regulatory documents published alongside the authorisation of aripiprazole intramuscular depot for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder identify clinical, methodological, and ethical issues related to the pivotal trials and the drug approval process.


As China continues its rapid global emergence, what are the consequences for its ecosystems, native biodiversity, and ethnic minority peoples? And how will China's rise impact the rest of the world? Spotlighting conservation issues in the Nu River watershed in Yunnan Province in southwest China, I show how current conservation and hydropower controversies provide insight into the importance of biocultural protection within the overall process of technological development in the People's Republic of China.


PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Change and Continuity in Industrial Relations - Russell D Lansbury and Chrissie Verevis An Introduction PART TWO: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE STATE IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS The Role of the State in Industrial Relations - Janice R Bellace State Regulation of Unions and Collective Bargaining - Roy J Adams An International Assessment of Determinants and Consequences A New Province for Law and Order - Braham Dabscheck The Australian Experiment With Industrial Tribunals The Role of the State in Industrial Relations - Se-il Park The Case of Korea The Role of the State in Industrial Relations in Japan - Kazuo Sugeno The State's Guiding Role in Socioeconomic Development PART THREE: TRADE UNIONISM AND THE FUTURE Trade Unionism in the Future - Edward Davis Trade Unions in the Future - Gideon Ben-Israel and Hanna Fisher Organizational Strategies in a Changing Environment Local and Global - Olle Hammarstrom Trade Unions in the Future Union Organisation - Jelle Visser Why Countries Differ On the Future of Trade Unionism in the United States - Kirsten S Wever PART FOUR: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Human Resources Management - John Purcell Implications for Teaching, Theory, Research, and Practice in Industrial Relations Managing Transformational Change - Tom A Kochan and Lee Dyer The Role of Human Resource Professionals The Industrial Relations of Skills Formation - John Mathews Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations in European Companies - Marino Regini The Take-Up of Human Resource Management by Mainstream Companies - John Storey Key Lessons from Research PART FIVE: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION Myth and Reality - Amira Galin Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in the Transition to Democracy The Impact of Industrial Relations on Political Transformation in Poland - Ludwik Florek Political Changes and the Transformation of Industrial Relations in Hungary - Lajos Hethy Decolonization Without Independence - David A Levin and Stephen Chiu Political Change and Trade Unionism in Hong Kong Strategy and Opportunism - Clive Thompson Trade Unions as Agents for Change in South Africa PART SIX: LABOR MARKET POLICIES AND PRACTICES The Macro/Micro Interface in Labor Market Policy and Practice - Eng Fong Pang Corporate Pay Policies and the Internationalization of Markets - William Brown and Janet Walsh Industrial Relations and Labour Policies in European Countries - Carlo Dell'Aringa and Manuela Samek Lodovici Who Gets What? Institutions, Human Capital, and Black Boxes as Determinants of Relative Wages in Australia and the United States - Robert Gregory and Anne Daly Part-Time and Other Nonstandard Forms of Employment - Isik Urla Zeytinoglu Why Are They Considered Appropriate for Women? PART SEVEN: CHANGE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Change and the International Exchange of Ideas - John R Niland


ASMA ABBAS is an associate professor of politics and philosophy at Bard College at Simon's Rock, and is a founding member of Hic Rosa, an art, education, and politics collective. She is the author of Liberalism and Human Suffering: Materialist Reflections on Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics (2010). She studies the history and poetics of forms of materiality, and is committed to decolonial, anti-fascist, and transdisciplinary refigurings of subjects who become "problems" for dominant paradigms of thought and practice and who thus retain the possibility of politics in the face of erasure, enclosure, and settlement. (firstname.lastname@example.com)


Kinetic analysis of the forward and backward reactions of 1,3‐dimethyluracil and uridine showed that the rate constants and kinetic orders of the photochemical reactions were strongly dependent upon the substituent groups present in the excited molecules. Thus the irradiation of 1,3‐dimethyluracil in aqueous solution with ultraviolet light followed first‐order kinetics in 0–1 mM solution, while in 0.5, 1 and 5 mM solutions the reaction was pseudo‐zeroth‐order. Such a change in the order of reaction is characteristic for a light‐dependent reaction. For uridine, the reaction followed first‐order kinetics for all concentrations between 0.5 and 10 mM, showing that the dark step may be rate determining. Effect of pH in buffered solution and dilute hydrochloric acid solution, light intensity and temperature on the rate of reactions were studied and are discussed. Quantum yields for the various reactions were calculated. The reconstitution reaction of 1,3‐dimethyluracil from 6‐hydroxy‐1,3‐dimethylhydrouracil was first‐order in both acid and base catalyzed dehydration. The 6‐hydroxyhydrouridine reverted to uridine by a first‐order reaction when catalyzed by acid and by a second‐order reaction when catalyzed by base.


The features of regulation of the social - labour relations in civil aircraft of Ukraine are considered. The role and meaning of principles of management of the social - labour relations, their place in the mechanism of management is proved. The formulation of algorithm of acceptance of the decision about expediency of application of the international experience in personnel selection of the airenterprises of Ukraine is carried out. The critical analysis of fundamental principles of management is carried out which are recognized by the International organization of work and can be used by a manual of the airenterprises of Ukraine for improvement of the relations in social-labour sphere.


By combining numerical simulation and experimental investigation, this paper intensively investigated the influence rules of adding three active agents (SiO2, TiO2 and NaF) on the dynamic behaviors of flow field in the laser welding 304 stainless steel thick plate pool. First of all, the mathematical model of the activating laser welding stainless steel thick plate was constructed to numerically investigate the impact of active agents on the fluid flow in the pool. Secondly, based on the tungsten particle tracing principle test, the high speed camera system was adopted for real-time monitoring to investigate the mechanism of action of the active agents on the flow field in the pool. The results suggested that, the active agents partially affected the mode of fluid flow. The velocity vector from both sides of the pool to the center occurred on the pool surface, while vortex from the pool margin to the center occurred on the pool cross section. The phenomenon that the tracing tungsten particles moving from the pool margin to the center, it shows that the flow direction of the fluid changed after coating with the active agent, the fluid flew from the pool margin to the center. At the same time, the coating of active agents changed the flow velocity of fluid inside the pool, and SiO2 active agent has the most significant increase effect, the maximum velocity of fluid flow on the upper surface, the longitudinal and cross sections at the same position of the SiO2 active agent coated specimen increased by 25.8%, 8% and 33.8%, respectively, compared with that without the active agents.


Indonesia ranks number one in the world for the level of rice consumption reaching 124 kg per capita per year . In fact, the amount of rice in Indonesia are decreasing because of environmental factors . Meanwhile, the population growth rate in Indonesia are increasing with an average growth rate of 1 . 43 % per year which leads to the increasing demands of rice . Food diversification could be a solution to tackle this problem . It can be done by processing breadfruit into flour and make it as noodle . Breadfruit flour contains high nutrient that makes it potential to be an alternative for the substituent of staple food . It contains 302 calories of energy and 78 . 9 g of carbohydrate . The main processes are immersion, drying, milling and straining . As a result, breadfruit noodle could be an alternative staple food in Indonesia so that Indonesia will not only depend on rice as its staple food .


Abstract The convenient, synthetically useful bifunctional chelating agents, (10-p-aminobenzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetate (p-ABz-DO3A) 3 and (11-p-aminobenzyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8-triacetate (p-ABz-TE3A) 6 , were obtained by reaction of an ethyl bromoacetate with 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane and 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane followed by reaction with nitrobenzyl bromide. This method proved more efficient than any described in the literature since the overall yield in a two-step synthesis sequence starting from tetraazamacrocycles was 68%.


The notion of top space as a generalization of Lie group is deflned in (1) and the case with flnite number of identities was studied in (2, 3, 4). In this paper we investigate top spaces whose right/left translations are difieomorphisms. These top spaces - called right/left top spaces may have an inflnite number of identities. A characterization of right top spaces is given in Section 2, where we prove that left/right invariant vector flelds of this kind of top spaces form a Lie algebra, whose dimension is equal to the rank of the left shift mapping lg, for any g from the top space. In Section 3, a relation between the Lie algebra of a top space and the Lie algebra of a spatial class of Lie groups is presented. In Section 4 the quotient space of right top spaces and the generalized action of a top space on a manifold are deflned and discussed.


In analogy to the auroral substorm concept, workers have recently attempted to describe the radar aurora as a sequence of radar auroral substorms. All of the radar substorm signatures to date have been characteristic features that appear on range-time-intensity plots of fixed beam radar data. However, because fixed beam radars are capable of probing along only one dimension (range), it is often difficult to interpret those radar signatures in terms of physical processes. In this paper we present three two-dimensional radar substorm signatures obtained with a phased array radar operated at Homer, Alaska. We show that all three of the radar signatures are closely associated with the expansive and/or recovery phases of auroral substorms. Two other radar substorm signatures, which can be detected only by a rapid scan phased array radar, are presented in a companion paper (Tsunoda and Fremouw, 1976).


This paper puts forward the concept of "wide bearing" and its basic calculation principle, in which the action effect of construction process to the dead load is considered. It also carries out a comparison between the calculation results under different bearing conditions. Moreover, it puts forward suggestions to modification of the calculation span of longitudinal girder stipulated in the Design and Construction Code of High-piled Wharf (JTJ291-98).


The device structure, fabrication and performance of a solid-state color image sensor using hydrogenated amorphous silicon as a photoconductive materal are reported in this paper. The number of photodiodes made of nitrogen doped amorphous silicon is 485 (V) × 384 (H), and they are scanned by n-MOS switches. An RGB color filter array is put on the chip to make a 2/3'' size single chip color sensor. This device features high spectral sensitivity, high blooming suppression, low lag and little burning.


The invention relates a Chinese veterinary medicament composition for treating dairy cow retained afterbirth and a preparation method thereof. The Chinese veterinary medicament composition is characterized by being prepared the following medicaments in portion by weight: 1 to 3 portions of Chinese angelica, 1 to 10 portions of szechuan lovage rhizome, 1 to 20 portions of chaff flower root, and 1 to 10 portions of motherwort herb. The preparation method is characterized by comprising the following steps: (1) weighing 1 to 3 portions of the Chinese angelica, 1 to 10 portions of the szechuan lovage rhizome, 1 to 20 portions of the chaff flower root, and 1 to 10 portions of the motherwort herb as raw materials in portion by weight; and (2) crushing the Chinese medicaments, screening the crushed Chinese medicaments by a 200-400-mesh shaking screen, and mixing the crushed Chinese medicaments evenly. The Chinese veterinary medicament composition has the advantages of significant curative effect, wide medicament source, low cost, no residue and convenient use.


Base on the completely investigation and study on germplasm resources in Guanshan Mountain National Natural Reserve,the statistics and analysis on the diversity of rare and endangered plants in the Natural Reserve are reported according to the investigation of plant resources and the evaluation standard system about rare and endangered plants of Chinese.The results indicate that the diversity of rare and endangered plants is rich in this reserve(121 species which belong to 78 genera and 50 families),26 species have been included in List of the Important Wild Plants for Conservation in China(first passel),34 species have been included in List of Rare and Endangered Plants in China(first issue),85 species have been included in List of the Important Wild Plants for Conservation in Jiangxi Province.They had characteristics of rich in category,ancient origin and floristic complexity.


Coccoliths recovered at 69 localities from the northwest coast of San Miguel Island provide definitive biostratigraphic criteria for subdivision of more than 1,425 m of submarine fan strata of the Mirounga formation of Late Cretaceous age. The seven coccolith zones recognized from the stratigraphic distribution of 38 species suggest that San Miguel Island has one of the most complete sequences of Upper Cretaceous strata in southern California. The zones are, from oldest to youngest: Quadrum gartneri, Eiffellithus eximius, Marthasterites furcatus, Micula staurophora, Broinsonia parca, Quadrum trifidum, and Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis zones. These coccolith zones are known elsewhere in the world. They appear to represent a time interval from the early Turonian to the middl Maestrichtian, although coccolith criteria for the Santonian stage interval were not observed, possibly because of ecological restrictions. Coccolith localities along the northwest coast of San Miguel Island indicate Upper Cretaceous strata where the Paleogene Pozo-Canada Formations and South Point sandstone had been mapped previously. These new data may add more than 500 m of rock to the previously recognized Late Cretaceous stratigraphic column. On the basis of coccolith criteria, various parts of the Mirounga formation correlate with Upper Cretaceous rocks of the southern California mainland such as: the Jalama Formation (western Santa Ynez Mountains), the Chatsworth Formation (Simi Hills), the Holz Shale Member of the Ladd Formation (Santa Ana Mountains), and the Point Loma Formation of the Rosario Group (San Diego area). Correlations are possible also with the Valle Formation of Mexico (Vizcaino Peninsula). End_of_Article - Last_Page 670------------


Bubble formation and layering, which often plague vacuum-evaporated films, are prevented by properly regulating process parameters. Vacuum casting may be applicable to forming thick films of other polymer/solvent solutions.


Based on Euroboreal and Alpine data we propose a new composite set of 41 ammonite fauna! horizons for the Upper Sinemurian. These are considered the most complete succession potentially correlatable. The sequence of horizons includes published information that is extended and improved for the Raricostatum, Macdonnelli, and Aplanatum Subzones.


A novel strategy for enhanced field‐effect biosensing using capacitive electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) structures functionalised with pH‐responsive weak polyelectrolyte/enzyme or dendrimer/enzyme multilayers is presented. The feasibility of the proposed approach is exemplarily demonstrated by realising a penicillin biosensor based on a capacitive p‐Si–SiO2 EIS structure functionalised with a poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH)/penicillinase and a poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/penicillinase multilayer. The developed sensors response to changes in both the local pH value near the gate surface and the charge of macromolecules induced via enzymatic reaction, resulting in a higher sensitivity. For comparison, an EIS penicillin biosensor with adsorptively immobilised penicillinase has been also studied. The highest penicillin sensitivity of 100 mV/dec has been observed for the EIS sensor functionalised with the PAH/penicillinase multilayer. The lower and upper detection limit was around 20 µM and 10 mM, respectively. In addition, an incorporation of enzymes in a multilayer prepared by layer‐by‐layer technique provides a larger amount of immobilised enzymes per sensor area, reduces enzyme leaching effects and thus, enhances the biosensor lifetime (the loss of penicillin sensitivity after 2 months was 10–12%).


Objective:To analyze the problems of infusion pump which exist during quality detection,propose countermeasures and provide guidance and reference to improve the infusion pump control.Methods:We collected and discussed the various influence factors of infusion pump control detection.Results:We found out approaches on improving the effect of infusion pump quality control detection by analyzing these problems and strengthened the management and maintenance.Conclusion:Qualified quality control detection of the infusion pump can provide a great help to normal clinical treatment.


Leo Driedger, Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities, Second Edition, Don Mills ON: Oxford University Press, 2003, 318 pp. Carl E. James, Seeing Ourselves: Exploring Race, Ethnicity and Culture, Third Edition, Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing, 2003, 340 pp. Both of these books, intended as texts in university courses in race and ethnic relations in Canada, are updates of previously-published versions dating back to 1989. The 1989 version of Leo Driedger's book was entitled The Ethnic Factor: Identity in Diversity and published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. An updated version appeared from Oxford University Press in 1996 as Multi-Ethnic Canada: Identities and Inequalities. The current book is the "Second Edition" from Oxford. The 1989 version of Carl E. James' book was published by Sheridan College. A revised edition was published by Thompson in 1995, with an update in 1999. Since the 2003 versions of both of these books are very much like the earlier versions (Driedger's text has title changes, James' has more new material), readers may usefully consult previous reviews such as those appearing in the pages of this journal. Eric Fong reviewed Driedger' s Multi-Ethnic Canada in 1999 (v. 24, 4; pp. 553-4) and Subhas Ramcharan reviewed James' Seeing Ourselves in 1997 (v. 22,3; pp. 396-7). Driedger's text adopts a fairly conventional approach, covering the wide range of topics expected in a comprehensive survey course on race and ethnic relations in Canada. There are five parts, including classical and contemporary theory, a description of the ethnic diversity of Canadian society, analysis of identity formation and inequalities, respectively, and concluding with a discussion of human rights issues. This is an excellent format, and the discussion of many specific topics is quite comprehensive. Driedger's own research contributions are extensive, and he can hardly be faulted for making full use of them in his text. The book also is very clearly written. These virtues undoubtedly are major reasons for the success of the text. Fong's review of the 1996 edition cited "many limitations" to the book. These include the neglect of "most recent theoretical and empirical discussions of ethnic relations" in sociology. Given the minor updating for this 2003 edition, the limitation has become rather more worrisome. Fong' s list of neglected topics included the human capital analysis of immigrant employment, ethnic entrepreneurship and the enclave economy, segmented assimilation, and processes of inter-ethnic competition. Today one might add other interests such as native-born racial minorities, sub-ethnicity, transnationalism, and a global perspective. As well, most policy discussions are woefully out-of-date, and there is little sense of current policy debates regarding immigration (symptomatically the points-based immigration selection points system is described as it was in 1986, Table 3. …


A generalised form of a local contact condition for the charge profile in a primitive model planar double layer [Bhuiyan, Outhwaite, and Henderson, Mol. Phys. 107, 343 (2009)] at low electrode charge is examined for completely asymmetric, binary electrolytes. The cation and anion sizes are taken to be different from each other with the valencies being 2+:1− or 1+:2−, while the electrode surface charge density is varied from being negative through zero to being positive. Monte Carlo simulation data obtained for such double layer systems at varying ionic radius ratios and electrolyte concentrations suggest the generalised contact relation to be valid at low charge on the electrode.


The present study was undertaken to evaluate the anxiolytic activity of methanolic extract of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.(Sapindaceae) . The anxiolytic activity was evaluated by Elevated plus maze, Y-maze, Hole-board, Actophotometer, and Marble-burying behavior models. The efficacy of the extract (200 and 400 mg/kg) was compared with the standard anxiolytic drugs Diazepam (2 mg/kg) and Fluoxetine (10 mg/kg). The result showed that the extract significantly increased the number of entries and time spent in the open arm in the elevated plus maze. The results also showed that the extract significantly increased the number of head dipping and line crossing, decreased the numbers of visits to the three arms, locomotor score and number of marble-buried in Hole-board, Y-maze, Actophotometer and Marble-burying behavior models respectively. Present study confirms that the extract showed significant anxiolytic activity at both dose levels which is comparable with standard anxiolytics Diazepam and Fluoxetine.


Abstract The short term oxidation behaviour of an Fe,Al,Si alloy, oxidised at 1000°C in unpurified air, has been characterised using a range of techniques including transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). It was observed that this alloy formed a flat adherent alumina scale, even though analysis did not detect any conventional reactive elements. The research showed that the scale developed during the early stages of oxidation was similar to that formed at longer times (up to 24 hours) and that the tendency for the scale to remain flat and adherent was due to the presence of an impurity, uranium. Upon initial oxidation, uranium was found to segregate strongly to the metal/oxide interface, but was not detected at the oxide grain boundaries until oxidation times of approximately 20 minutes. Sulphur was observed within the scale during the initial stages of oxidation but was not associated with the uranium, the oxide grain boundaries or the metal/oxide interface. Therefore, uranium is not acting as a sulphur getter, reducing sulphur activity in the scale, but instead it appears to either block the sites at the oxide/metal interface where sulphur would normally segregate or change the chemistry of the interface in such a way as to make the segregation of sulphur thermodynamically unfavourable.


I examine one theme within Tom Morawetz's complex jurisprudential work (stemming from Wittgenstein): the concept of a practice. After considering this theme in some detail, I then sketch a different jurisprudential approach that still proceeds within the inspiration of Wittgenstein's later philosophy. Here, I summarize Stanley Cavell's elaborate recounting of Wittgenstein's twin concepts, criteria and grammar. In a third and final section, I employ this alternative method to provide a brief example of how a Wittgensteinian approach might be made toward explicating and understanding Holmes' classic claim regarding the need in jurisprudence to separate legal and moral concepts.


Based on the analysis of design principle of WPT-2000 WAN protocol test instrument, the paper presents its architecture and hardware configuration and software design. The developed protocol test instrument is provided with the same performance as the international like products.


Brachistochrones are constructed for attractive central force, with logarithmic potential. Each pair of points (except those with the centre between them) are connected by an unique brachistochrone. AMS subject classification: 70D05, 49J05 1 Logarithmic Potential Under any force field, the path of quickest descent from one point to another is called the brachistochrone for those points. For any central force, each brachistochrone is in a plane through the startpoint, the endpoint and the centre of force. Logarithmic potential applies to forces between parallel lines of uniform charge or mass etc. Such problems are inherently 2–dimensional, with every plane normal to the parallel lines having the same potential field. Any force field can be produced on a spaceship (with adequate propellant); but otherwise there do not seem to be any realistic physical instances of 3–dimensional fields with radial symmetry and logarithmic potential. Nonetheless, such 3–dimensional fields can be studied as mathematical problems, with each brachistochrone being a plane curve. A central logarithmic potential of the form φ(r) = μ log r (1) where r is the radius from a centre O, gives a force (per unit mass) directed towards O, which is inversely proportional to the radius: F = μ r . (2) The unit of time can be scaled so that μ = 1 for attraction, and μ = −1 for repulsion. For a particle released from rest at A, whose radius is taken as 1, the speed at radius r is v(r) (cf. Tee, 1999, (14)), where 1 2 v(r) = −φ(r) = −μ log r, (3)