What kinds of services and support should be expected after the sale? Vendors are increasingly providing postsale services to their customers, typically in the form of account development. This panel discussion examined experiences that vendors, libraries, and consortia have had with one another, including which services have been beneficial, and explored future enhancements that will benefit libraries and users. The panelists provided specific examples of past collaborations, including customized trainings, usage analysis, and professional development events. Panelists discussed topics of interest to librarians and vendors with a focus on ways to get the best ROI out of library resources. Librarians and publishers on the panel highlighted the important role that each side has in improving ROI and marketing the resources to the library community. Q: Michael, can you tell us a little about your role at the University of Central Florida and a few ways you recommend your staff interact with vendors? Michael: I am Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development. I manage the Subject Librarian‐ Faculty Liaison collection development program and the library materials budget. I also work with library and publisher partners to leverage purchasing and share in collaborative ventures. I encourage my staff to build positive, mutually beneficial relationships with publishers and vendors. Our E‐Resources Librarian and Acquisitions Librarian are both active in committee work and publisher relations. We feel there is mutual benefit to working closely with vendors. Q: Tim, can you share with us a bit about your role as Founder/Chief Negotiator for the Carolina Consortium and how you facilitate communication with vendors among the members? What are the benefits of working within a group? Tim: I coordinate 180 public and private libraries and community colleges in a buying club. We have a cost avoidance of $250 million a year. This is an informal, buyer's club group (rather than a more traditional consortium). Communications are not so easy. Negotiators do the work and then distribute the offers to members of the buying club. As for advantages of working in a group, there are several. The entire group benefits from a collective wisdom. They share (stories of) benefits and problems with products, vendors, support, functions, pricing. Each library has its own expertise. We meet once a year. Some library experiences may not be valid. For example, someone may have had a bad experience with a particular sales rep, while others have had positive experiences with a different rep from the same company. The bad rep experience does not inform total company experience. Q: Sarah, can you give us some insight into Account Development at Springer a few of the tools your team use in their work with libraries? Sarah: My team, Account Development, helps customers achieve the best possible value or ROI from their purchases. We provide assistance with end‐user marketing, including offering on‐site presence for library or campus‐wide promotions and events (such as library days, vendor exhibits). We also provide regular usage and statistical analysis, for our own purposes and upon request. This helps us to keep track of customers and Copyright of this contribution remains in the name of the author(s). http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315605 372 Charleston Conference Proceedings 2014 usage trends. A newish tool in our repertoire is a sophisticated web analytics program called WebTrekk. This helps to gauge end‐user behavior . Additionally, I offer implementation and discovery assistance to customers as needed. Stephanie, you have worked in account development at both an STM publisher and a university press. How does account development differ between the two types of companies? Q: Stephanie: It's the difference in working with larger vs smaller publishers. Access to resources is obviously a big difference. My role at Cambridge is hybrid, in that I have traditional sales responsibilities in addition to managing the account development program. However, having my fingers in lots of pies and wearing many different hats has its benefits. This provides more opportunities to meaningfully interact with different departments within the Press and communicate the needs of our library customers internally. Also, unlike an STM publisher, the diversity of content published by a university press can prove challenging. For example, how do you compare your STM content with the humanities content when it comes to expected usage? Communication and Philosophies: Digging Deeper Q: Tim and Michael, could you describe a few of your philosophies and techniques for interacting with publishers and vendors? What are some obstacles to communication you have experienced? Michael: When working with publishers and vendors, my policy is "open door, open dialogue." This allows for collaboration and leverage of relationships. We appreciate the opportunity to assist with development and refinement of products and to act as beta sites. We often share experiences with other libraries through our involvement on library advisory boards and participation in various publisher and library forums. It is important to bring the wisdom of the various publisher representatives into the library environment. They visit with numerous libraries each year and are willing to share these ideas. They are a good resource. Typically, subject librarians only get to see publisher representatives during on‐campus events. More interaction is better, because it is possible to learn a lot from publisher representatives. We don't want publishers and vendors to fear contact with the library and rather we encourage collaboration including working together on presentations and articles. Tim: Don't start off with antagonistic relationships from consortium to vendor. When more schools are involved, the price point is lower. Both sides are looking for positive outcomes. However, as a consortium you must be willing to walk away. No negotiation is legitimate without that willingness to walk away. Why talk to a rep who is unwilling to negotiate any concessions with me? When there is one deal for schools in more than one state, there can be problems. The more obstacles with permissions on the library purchaser side, the tougher it is to coordinate. Q: Sarah and Stephanie, what are some of the ways you interact with the library community in a given year? Sarah: Throughout the year, I visit customers to present usage and end‐user behavior analyses. Conferences provide many opportunities for interactions—not only with scheduled meetings, but also via impromptu conversations at the booth and between sessions. I also work with librarians to plan events of various types: training, end‐user‐focused, professional development, to name a few. For example, my colleague hosted a Big Marketing workshop where area librarians traded ideas and shared experiences in marketing their libraries. It was so highly rated, we repeated it at ALA Annual in Las Vegas. Another way is reaching out through social media (see Springer's LibraryZone on Facebook), whether it's to share library news stories or for larger marketing campaigns like one we did for International Open Access Week.


A Hamiltonian cycle of a graph G is a cycle which contains all vertices of G. } are independent, we call C is mutually independent. The mutually independent Hamiltonicity IHC(G) = k means there exists a maximum integer k such that there exists k-mutually independent Hamiltonian cycles start from any vertex of G. In this paper, we prove that IHC(C m × C n) = 4, for m, n ≥ 3, m, n are odd.


It is a device for generating position signals described that specify the position of a tracked vehicle along a travel path. The apparatus includes a plurality of longitudinally of the travel path arranged markings (9), a arranged on the vehicle sensor (12, 14) for sensing the markings (9) and to the sensor (12, 14) connected to the evaluation unit (17). According to the invention the markings (9) are designed such that the sensor (12, 14), when the vehicle passes a mark (9), only a signal "flag present", otherwise produces a signal "flag absent". a receiver (18) of a global or local navigation system and a storage device (20) also are connected to the evaluation unit (17) in which the markings (9) associated with position data are stored. The evaluation unit (17) is arranged so that it "yet mark" determined from a comparison of the location signals provided by the navigation system with the stored position data of the mark (9) associated with the position signal upon receiving a signal and outputs (Fig. 5).


2.7%, 2.9%, 5.9% and 15.5% respectively and comparable to those of STS database ( 2013 - 2016 ) . Conclusion : The analysis of the JCVSD-congenital data revealed the mortality rate of major surgical procedures for congenital heart disease performed in Japan in 2017 - 2018, the frequency of complications, and the mortality rate by STAT Mortality Categories. We believe that these statistics will play an important role as a basis for trends in Japan and for comparison of results with other countries. Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 49 : 151 - 154 ( 2020 )


Renewable raw biocompatible materials can be prepared from beer production waste, that due to their nature contain the main chemical components present in bone (phosphorous, silicon, magnesium and calcium). Their characteristics can be tailored for use as replacement candidates in osteoporotic treatments, coatings for prostheses, bone grafts and odontoestomatologi implants, for example, with greater cost effectiveness than conventional scaffolds and eliminating the use of non-renewable raw materials or toxic substances in their preparation.


Family education,school education and social education are three organic parts of education.It is not enough for children to get school education.They must get family education and social education.The family education is the starting point of the child education and good family education plays an important role in the healthy growth of children.


This study aims to examine the "Effect of Promotion, Price Perception and Experience on Loyalty with Satisfaction and Trust as Intervening Variables".The sample of this study was 140 Shopee users in Yogyakarta using questionnaires which were distributed using purposive sampling technique. The research results show (1) there is a positive and significant effect of promotion on satisfaction, (2) there is a positive and significant effect of price perception on satisfaction, (3) there is a positive and significant effect of experience on trust, (4) there is a positive and significant effect on satisfaction with loyalty, (5) There is a positive and significant effect of trust on loyalty, (6) there is a positive and significant influence of promotion on loyalty through satisfaction, (7) there is a positive and significant effect on perception towards loyalty through satisfaction, and (8) there is a positive and significant influence of experience on loyalty through trust from Shopee users in Yogyakarta.Keywords : Promotion, Price Perception, Experience, Satisfaction, Trust, Customer Loyalty


We present first-principles calculations of structural and electronic properties of polar [001]-oriented interfaces between $\ensuremath{\beta}$-SiC substrates and strained cubic GaN or AlN. The formation enthalpies of reconstructed interfaces with one and two mixed layers and lateral $c(2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2)$, $2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1$, $1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2$, and $2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2$ arrangements are calculated. We find interfaces containing C-N ``donor'' and Si-Ga ``acceptor'' bonds to be energetically highly unfavorable. The most stable interfaces are predicted to possess unsaturated Ga-C and Si-N bonds only. Simple electrostatic arguments suffice to explain the energetically lowest lateral reconstructions among structures that have the same chemical composition. The present self-consistent total-energy minimizations show that atomic relaxations play a crucial role both energetically as well as for the band offsets. Qualitatively, these relaxations can be understood as size effects of the constituent atoms. The electronic valence-band offsets of various stoichiometric interface structures of GaN/SiC(001) and AlN/SiC(001) heterojunctions are found to depend strongly on the chemical composition of the interface layers but are less sensitive to the type of lateral reconstruction. Interfaces that have different chemical compositions but comparable formation enthalpies lead to valence-band offsets in the ranges of 0.8\char21{}1.8 eV and 1.5\char21{}2.4 eV, respectively, depending on the detailed interface mixing. However, the valence-band maximum is found to lie higher in SiC than in GaN or AlN in all cases.


S OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 145 APPENDIx: CONFERENCE ORGANISATION 169 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Lucill Ebong is a community health worker at Health & Rights Initiatives, Uganda. Her research focuses on access to health care by LGBT people, including HIV/AIDS care and treatment, sexual reproductive health and laws that deter them. She continues to sensitise health professionals and other service providers in the creation of a friendly environment at health facilities that encourages LGBT persons to benefit from health rights. Irene Fubara-Manuel is a prolific researcher originally from Nigeria, with interests in migration, race, sexuality, gender and media. She graduated with a BA (Double Honours) in Gender Studies and Psychology from the University of Manitoba in Canada. Following her addition to the hosts of university's feminist radio show (The F Word) in 2012, she successfully curated two art exhibitions featuring black student artists. In collaboration with her mentors – professors from the University of Manitoba – she works on a wide range of projects, including a multimedia project documenting the experiences of LGBTQ newcomers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Irene is currently enrolled in a Master's programme at the University of Sussex. Mark Gevisser is a South African author and journalist. From 2012-2014 he was an Open Society Fellow, looking at The Global Sexuality Frontier; he is now writing a book on the subject. His previous books include the award-winning A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the South African Dream, and Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir. With Judge Edwin Cameron he was the editor of Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa, the first collection of essays about LGBT lives and issues in South Africa, which was published in 1994. Chiedu Chike Ifekandu is a Health-communications researcher. He currently works at the Population Council Nigeria Office in Abuja. His research focus is on the use of social networking sites by adolescents and young people as well as key populations. He has made oral presentations at various international fora including the IAS Conference 2014 in Melbourne. Godfrey Kangaude, a philosopher and lawyer is a 2013 UCLA – Sonke Health and Human Rights Fellow, and currently works with Sonke Gender Justice, and is co-founder of Nyale Institute for Sexual and Reproductive Health Governance in Malawi. His area of expertise is sexuality, gender and human rights. His current interest is in working with adolescents to transform gender inequitable attitudes and practices through educational institutions.


The paper discusses Margaret Atwood's early work, especially her novel Surfacing (1972), in the context of second-wave feminism, the development of the ecological discourse, and the specific cultural movements and theoretical directions characterizing the Canadian context in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Margaret Atwood's fictional work (novels and poems) and non-fictional work (critical essays) reveal a constant preoccupation for Canadianness, filtered and explained via the combined discourses of environmentalism and feminism. At the crossroads, ecofeminism in the specific Canadian context unfolds as a narrative of national identity, women's position and the role played by nature in the collective imagination, sometimes a victim of humans, sometimes the Evil North, unyielding and dangerous.


The electronic properties of GaAsxP1−x/GaP(100) strained‐layer superlattices with x<0.5 are studied using both a tight‐binding model and an effective‐mass model. By varying the alloy compositions and thicknesses of the layers, it is possible to independently vary the band gap and lattice constant of these structures. For the structures in which the bulk [100] minima are mapped into the strained‐layer superlattice Γ point, a direct band gap occurs in the superlattice even though the bulk materials have indirect gaps. The results illustrate that strained‐layer superlattices in general form a broad new class of semiconductor materials with tailorable electronic properties.


Any technical development done in the context of agile manufacturing has limited benefit if it's not industrially utilized. This requires maturing the developed technologies to a point that they are robust enough to provide a productivity boost, while at the same time adhering to the relevant industrial standards. In this paper we present the various stages in which different robot demonstrators were able to achieve the required technical maturity for industrial deployment. We present the context about the importance of developing technologies that facilitate agile manufacturing followed by the gap between the state of the art and the state of the practice, due to which many promising technologies do not end up being deployed in the industry as they were not subjected to maturity actions required for the transition. We present the journey of four industrial demonstrators that bridged this gap. Furthermore, we provide the assessment methods to ascertain the iterative developmental steps, and present a generic approach to improve the technological readiness.


This paper presents compact D-band amplifiers in 55 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. Device models and design tools are first validated with measurements on elementary components above 100 GHz. Then, amplifiers are designed leveraging lumped components in matching networks for minimum area occupation. A differential topology is developed for robustness against parasitic effects of the non-ideal ground, a key issue with lumped components at high frequency. Experimental results are in very good agreement with simulations. The 1-stage amplifier reaches 8 dB gain at 156 GHz and 17.8 GHz bandwidth in 0.026 mm2 silicon area. The 2-stage amplifier displays 17.4 dB gain at 157 GHz with 42.7 GHz bandwidth in 0.048 mm2. Compared to previously reported SiGe amplifiers in similar frequency range, more than 2x core area reduction is demonstrated at comparable gain-bandwidth product.


The success of managing complex underground operations depends to a large extent on preparation for this very special operational environment. In this context, virtual entry into the underground structure before the start of the operation is crucial. The Fast Tunnel Modelling Tool supports visualization where digital data is not available. The integration of further Tunnel Information Modelling data and ventilation simulation enriches this visualization and increases its value.


Crabshellwastefromcrabindustry cause enviromentalproblem. Someeffortswereneededtoovercometheproblem. Crabflavourwas a potentialproductwhich has createdusingcrabeggshell. Thisresearchaimedtochoosebestmethodeformakingcrabflavour and toknowtheinfluence of dextrinonitsquality. Theresearchwasdividedintotwostages (the process to make crabshell powder and crabshell flavour). Thepowderwascreatedbyusinghydrolysis and non-hydrolysis. Full randomizeddesignwaschoosenwheredextrin (1, 2, 3%) used as a single factor. According to the result, non-hydrolysis was choosen for making crab flavourer because it improved calcium content (26,82%) and aroma. Meanwhile, based on sensory evaluation, respondents clearly stated "like" in aroma, taste, colours as well. Statistically, dextrin didn't produce significant influence in moisture content, aroma, colour, and taste


Accelerating the development and discovery of new catalysts is vital for advancing many electrochemical energy conversion technologies (EECT) required to achieve a sustainable future utilizing carbon-free fuel, a circular economy, and to meet the grand energy challenges of the 21st century. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is at the heart of many EECT such as water and carbon dioxide electrolyzers, fuel cells, and metal-oxygen batteries. The sluggish kinetics of oxygen electrocatalysis, resulting high overpotential necessary to attain practical current densities, and the high cost of the state-of-the-art OER platinum group metal (PGM) and precious metals catalysts (i.e., IrO2 and RuO2) limit the cost-effective implementation and development of several promising electrolysis technologies.1-3 The development of alternative PGM-free OER catalysts, with comparable or superior activity and durability to the PGM catalysts and derived from earth-abundant materials has thus been an active research area for decades.
 The application of perovskite oxides as PGM-free electrocatalysts for the OER in alkaline environments has seen significant research interest in the last decade, with tri-metallic and tetra-metallic compounds showing activities comparable to PGM-based catalysts.4,5 The chemical space of these compounds is exceptionally large, yet the development of new perovskite oxides with high OER performance (activity and durability) has been limited and often discovered through trial and error, a time and cost inefficient route that restricted the discovery of more advanced materials. Recent advances in high-performance computing, machine learning (ML), and high throughput material synthesis and screening technologies have enabled high-throughput catalyst design and discovery.4-10

 This presentation will describe how the machine learning and high throughput synthesis technologies worked synergistically to accelerate the discovery of alkaline oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts. The role of ML in accelerating the materials synthesis and the role of high throughput synthesis in optimizing the ML model predictions will be discussed.
 Acknowledgments
 This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the DIFFERENTIATE program. This work was authored in part by Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science laboratory operated for DOE by UChicago Argonne, LLC under contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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This paper proposes a model to learn word embeddings with weighted contexts based on part-of-speech (POS) relevance weights. POS is a fundamental element in natural language. However, state-of-the-art word embedding models fail to consider it. This paper proposes to use position-dependent POS relevance weighting matrices to model the inherent syntactic relationship among words within a context window. We utilize the POS relevance weights to model each word-context pairs during the word embedding training process. The model proposed in this paper paper jointly optimizes word vectors and the POS relevance matrices. Experiments conducted on popular word analogy and word similarity tasks all demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.


The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with blood, if there occurred atherosclerotic plaque or coronary artery diseases their lumen will be reduced and there will not be enough supply of blood, that occur in myocardial ischemia. If over time spraying occurs of the atherosclerotic plaque, material will pour from it and it will lead to full closure of the circulation, there will be no supply of blood and oxygen, and if this condition take longer, part of the myocardial cells will die. This condition will be accompanied by symptoms and visible ECG changes that makes easy for diagnose. To accommodate such a pathological condition of the patient it should be present more risk factors such as: smoking, hyperlipidemу, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, genetics, physical inactivity, psychosocial factors and consumption of alcohol in large quantities. Because of this in primary care should be worked more on this pathology, regularly to share recommendations with the risk categories of citizens in order to act preventively.


This paper,based on Excel form function and its statistical function,focusing on the running program of electric multiple unit(EMU)of passenger dedicated lines,works out the number of the EMU in operation and the number of the cars stationing in railway station,and figures out the average daily cars kilometers.This calculation method can simulate the application process of EMU,can break through the limitation of the traditional,simple and average calculation,can achieve logic judgment and calculation for the connection and interweaving of EMU running route,and can make the statistics of EMU allocation.Moreover,this calculation method is useful to improve the accuracy of calculation,to relieve the calculation workload,to guide the determination of the scale of EMU depot,to adjust relevant parameters dynamically,to optimize the parameters of EMU operation,to decrease EMU allocation,to lessen the scale of EMU depot and to reduce project cost.


The major function of the stock exchange market is to better the assignment of sources.Over speculation spoils the foundation of sources, i.e.the all around competetive market system.However, the bull rule can assure the all around competition in the market and the realization of better assignment of sources.


The overall objective of this research is to identify and optimize enzymatic applications that have the potential to degrade middle lamella lignin, so as to decrease economic and environmental costs associated with the production of mechanical pulp. Non-productive binding of enzyme to lignin in lignocellulosic biomass reduces enzyme availability and efficiency. The elucidation of non-productive binding behavior between hydrolytic enzymes and lignocellulosic substrates could significantly improve the efficiency of corresponding industrial bioprocesses. The first part of this report presents a study that characterizes non-catalytic interactions between enzymes and fibre. The second part of this report presents the biochemical and mutational studies of a novel, small laccase SCO6712 from Streptomyces coelicolor. The findings from this research support the design, control, and optimization of enzymatic treatments of lignocellulosic fibres in the pulp and biofuel industries.


Transport characteristics of an atmospheric general circulation model have been estimated byanalysing 30 000 trajectories over several months. These trajectories have been used to constructan advection-diffusion operator for the zonally-averaged transport of passive tracers. Severaldifferent methods have been tried for this purpose. The most promising seems to be a methodwhere eddy-flux statistics for a large number of tracers are generated and used to find anoptimized flux-gradient relationship. An alternative approach based on Lagrangian averagingis shown to be much less robust with respect to changes in the details of the procedure. Themeridional circulation of the advection-diffusion operator is direct almost everywhere, but isvery weak outside the tropics. Diffusion coefficients show a quite complicated structure withminima near the jet maxima. Certain limitations of the advection-diffusion model have beenidentified. In particular, there seems to be problems related to Walker cells. The use of a largenumber of different tracers has also allowed us to improve on the flux-gradient relationship byincluding higher order terms. The relevance of the advection-diffusion approach for the transportof potential vorticity has been tested. The Stokes drift is shown to be very important forpotential vorticity fluxes near the tropopause. DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1998.t01-3-00006.x


This paper deals with a new version of a web-based software simulation tool MLD-STAR (Management Learning and Decision making – Simulation Tool with Anticipation and Retardation), for the numerical simulation of mathematical models of management systems. A new algorithm is presented to automatically compute the numerical values of the parameters of models to be simulated. The main idea consists in generating successive sets of values of the parameters of the model with a random number generator, and to use a selection criterion for accepting or rejecting the sets of values. This self-adapting parameters method is so based on a Darwinian process of selection. Results of simulations with such self-adapting parameters are given in using the mathematical model given in Dubois and Holmberg (2006).


406State responsibility — Nature and kinds of State responsibility — For other breaches of contractual obligations — Foreign company obliged to transfer assets to new mixed ownership company — State corporation acquiring shares — Payment by shares linked to payment of dividends by new company — Government subsequently nationalizing new company and cancelling agreement for payment for shares — Whether expropriation of foreign company's interest in purchase price of shares — OPIC insurance contract — The law of the United States State responsibility — Nature and kinds of State responsibility — For taking of, or interference with, property — OPIC insurance contract — Meaning of "expropriatory action" — Company persuaded to negotiate agreement with government under threat of nationalization — Agreement providing for transfer of company's assets to mixed ownership company — Provision for purchase of shares by State corporation — Whether agreement voluntary — Whether expropriatory action — Whether property capable of being subject to two expropriatory acts — Date of expropriation — Principles and scope of OPIC insurance — The law of the United States


Time and intensity specific very short-term forecasting or nowcasting is the biggest challenge faced by an Aviation Meteorologist. Ground-based Microwave Radiometer (MWR) has been used for nowcasting convective activity and it was established that there is a good comparison between thermodynamic parameters derived from MWR and GPS radiosonde observations, indicating that MWR observations can be used to develop techniques for nowcasting severe convective activity. In this study, efforts have been made to bring out the efficacy of MWR in nowcasting thunderstorms and fog. Firstly, the observations of MWR located at Palam, New Delhi, India have been compared with the nearest radiosonde (RS) data to ascertain the variation in respective profiles. Large differences were found in Relative Humidity (RH) whereas temperatures from MWR were found to be close to RS observed temperature upto 3.5 Km. Subsequently, the scattered plots and correlation coefficient of thermodynamic indices / parameters indicated that most of the parameters are either not correlated or have moderate correlation only for 1200 UTC profiles. The superepoch technique of lagged composite for various thermodynamic indices / parameters to obtain a combined picture of all the thunderstorm and dense fog cases on the time series could not determine any pattern to predict thunderstorm and dense fog with lead time of 2-4 hours. MWR profile for a case of occurrence of thunderstorm was analyzed. No significant variation was observed in most of the indices (as calculated from MWR observed parameters) prior to the occurrence of thunderstorm. RH at freezing level and between 950 and 700 hPa levels were the only parameters which increased four hours prior to the occurrence.


Hydrological and hydrochemical regimes, dynamics of stock abundance and biomass of plankters, including crustaceans, which are dominant component in juvenile sockeye salmon feeding, were characterized on the base of hydrobiological studies, carried out in pelagic zone of Azabachye Lake in 2006-2010. It was found that juvenile sockeye salmon had favorable conditions of feeding in 2006-2009, in the pelagic zone, and the indication of that is the highest for recent 15 years body weight of the juvenile migrants in 2007-2008. The rich stock of the forage plankters in the lake was result of sufficient food supply for the plankters and abundance decrease of juvenile sockeye salmon and its principle concurrent — residential threespine stickleback. It is suggested that an increase in the abundance of plankton-eating fishes in the pelagic zone since 2009 can cause decrease of the biomass of the plankton crustaceans and consequent decrease of juvenile sockeye salmon size and weight.


BACKGROUND
Elevated cortisol indicates stress and may be a risk factor for cognitive decline in aging. Genetic factors may influence individual vulnerability to the adverse effects of stress on cognitive function in aging.

METHOD
The authors investigated whether the gene-environment interaction between the genotype for the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) and cortisol predicted cognitive performance in older urban adults. Cross-sectional data were analyzed from a population-based sample of 50-70-year-old men and women. Cognitive performance, salivary cortisol levels, and APOE genotype were assessed in 962 subjects. Scores on 20 standard cognitive tests were combined into seven domain scores (language, processing speed, eye-hand coordination, executive functioning, verbal memory and learning, visual memory and learning, visuoconstruction).

RESULTS
In adjusted models, while a higher cortisol level was associated with worse cognitive scores, the slopes of the adverse relations were steeper in persons with at least one APOE-epsilon4 allele. Effect sizes were large: for example, the effect of having one epsilon4 allele plus a cortisol area under the curve greater than the 75th percentile was equivalent to a decrease in language score expected from an age increase of 8.0 years (95% confidence interval=1.7-14.4), while having two epsilon4 alleles and a cortisol area under the curve greater than the 75th percentile was equivalent to an age increase of 33.4 years (95% CI=14.8-52.0).

CONCLUSIONS
These data suggest that APOE genotype modifies cortisol's relations with cognitive functioning and that the epsilon4 allele increases vulnerability of the aging brain to adverse effects of stress.


We introduce a novel Fuzzy ARTMAP (FAM) architecture: FAM with Feature Weighting (FAMFW). In the first stage, the features of the training data are weighted. In the second stage, the obtained weights are used to improve the FAMFW training. The effect of this approach is a more sensitive FAM category determination: Category dimensions in the direction of relevant features are decreased whereas category dimensions in the direction of non-relevant feature are increased. Potentially, any feature weighting method could be used, which makes the FAMFW very general. In our study, we use a feature weighting algorithm based on the Neural-Gas algorithm.


As summer turned into fall, Quebec's family physicians, specialists, residents and medical students were scrambling to convince provincial Health Minister Francois Legault not to let regional health councils decide how, where and when they practised.

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Scholars in Latin America tend to agree that the religious landscape of the region is undergoing transformation. Yet, there are on-going discussions about the causes, depth, and direction of this change. There is evidence that the Catholic Church no longer holds a religious monopoly, but not much research on how Roman Catholicism is practiced today has been carried out. The Author introduces a series of papers that presents a broader qualitative, comparative study that investigates the lived religion of Latin Americans in a wider cultural context which accounts for the influences of Spain and Italy in South America.


'Not belonging' is becoming a prevalent theme within accounts of the first‐year student experience at university. In this study the notion of not belonging is extended by assuming a more active role for the idea of liminality in a student's transition into the university environments of academic and student life. In doing so, the article suggests that the transition between one place (home) and another (university) can result in an 'in‐between‐ness' – a betwixt space. Through an interpretative methodology, the study explores how students begin to move from this betwixt space into feeling like fully‐fledged members of university life. It is concluded that there is a wide range of turning points associated with the students' betwixt transition, which shapes, alters or indeed accentuates the ways in which they make meaningful connections with university life. Moreover, transitional turning point experiences reveal a cast of characters and symbolic objects; capture contrasting motivations and evolving relationships; display multiple trajectories of interpersonal tensions and conflicts; highlight discontinuities as well as continuities; and together, simultaneously liberate and constrain the students' transition into university life.


MF-$0.83 HC-$1.67 Plus Postage. Cost Effectiveness; *Leveloping Naticns; *Educational Alternatives; Educational Methods; Educational Policy; *Educational Radio; *Educational Television; *Policy Formation; *Ercgram Evaluation; Program Planning The potential role of radio and televisicr in improving equity and efficiency in the delivery of education in developing countrias is discussed. The following fctr seY=tions discuss maior educational issues and reforms involving th,t use of instructional television and radio in countries such as Ab.3rican Samoa, El Salvador, and the Ivory Coast: (1) alternatives c,, 11 in organizing a formal schooling system, with emphasis cr the technological alternatives; (2) available eviderce on the effectiveness of a number of the alternatives; (3) a summary of available information on the costs of instructional radic and television; and (4) some policy implications from tke cost-effectiveness summaries. (CMV) 3***************###44#44#3143**4(3**314#31431444444#44314*4.431*3131313144,31414141414131***** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that car to made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U S OEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN. ACING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STA TED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OP POLICY ESEAPC1-1 MEMORANDUM RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Dean T. Jamison RM 75 2 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


The focus of this study lies in researching a human speech behavior, which displays tolerant or intolerant type of a discursive personality. The results of such interpretation of the ecolinguistic approach find their expression and place in the system of ideas about the world and, as a result, shape the habits of human interaction. The research material consists of dialogic fragments from film scripts, which illustrate the differences in verbal and non-verbal behaviour of a tolerant or intolerant discursive personality in institutional and everyday discourse types. The analysis of the differences in the speech repertoire of a tolerant / intolerant discursive personality is based on the principles of ecolinguistics, discourse theory and linguopragmatics. The methodological basis allowed to investigate the ecological rules of human interaction which contribute to tolerant behavior.


ABSTRACT
The present work has the objective of making an analysis regarding the Brazilian prison system taking into account the bankruptcy of the system as a whole. The system suffers from excessive prisoners, lack of physical structure and lack of resocialization policies for the victims. Brazil is the country where Laws are created and aren't obeyed due to lack of supervision, lack of structure, lack of citizenship to respect them, lack of State commitment to implement the necessary policies to guarantee the permanence of the Law and sometimes by Political will of certain segments of society. There are also Laws that take part and become lukewarm, as we see in several articles in our Traffic Code, other Laws try to be too rigid as we see in our Criminal Laws where penalties and raising of penalties are frequently created to try to inhibit Practice. Other Laws are created and with the passage of time they evolve and must be improved to adapt to the reality of the moment, like the Law no 8.069, of July 13, 1990, the Statute of the Child and the Adolescent however, is in discussion Approximately 10 years ago the reduction of the criminal majority by means of the PEC no 171/1993. This measure stems from the clamor of society against some serious crimes committed by minors and that served as a matter for the media to televise effective campaigns of sensationalism regarding the lack of criminal responsibility of those under age of 18 years. (RANGEL, 2015).
Given this fact how will our prison system? Will lowering the criminal age will reduce crime? Will it advance this change without changing the penal system?


In our research we have discussed the following problems in the frames of the mezo scale range of the gas impurities distribution in the atmosphere: calculation of the gaseous impurity moderate quantity discharge, which density is higher, than the air density, and the problem of discovery of the 'active' gas concentration distribution in the atmosphere. The concentration distribution is modeling by the turbulent diffusion equation, in which the determining function consists of two functions, accordingly describing the 'heavy' and the 'active' gas qualities. Key-Words: turbulent diffusion, concentration distribution, active gas, mezzo-scale range of discharge, mathematical modeling.


Abstract The phonon dispersion relations and the elastic constants are evaluated near the melting point for the alkali halides composed of isoelectronic ions, using a density-functional approach which relates the renormalized force constants of the hot crystal to the partial structure factors of the liquid phase and to the Debye—Waller factors. The input on liquid structure is obtained from a symmetric model of charged hard spheres, modified to account for dielectric screening from ionic core polarizabilities. Core polarization affects mainly the correlations between ionic charge-density fluctuations at long wavelengths and hence the longitudinal optical phonon branches. Major softening from anharmonicity is found for all the branches of the dispersion relation, this result being confirmed for the acoustic branches by the reasonable agreement obtained with data on the elastic constants at high temperatures and for the optical branches by consistency with the scanty experimental evidence concerning the dep...


Technology has taken a big role in all aspects of human life. From the way we work, to the way we spend time to having fun, technology has changed everything including the way humans to run banking activities. The existence
of a bank has a large function around human life. Previously, banks were only known to those who wanted to save some of their money, now the functions and activities of bank operations are increasingly diverse. The bank is now accommodating the various needs of the community for financial services.
Starting from transferring funds in real time between accounts, payment and receipt of salaries, payments for goods and services, to make financial investments can be done through this institution. Indonesian banks are
demanded to develop in line with Industry 4.0, where everything has been done using IT. Banks must also improve their quality through the advancement of existing fintech. The thing that is really considered by consumers is the speed and ease in conducting transactions wherever the customer is.


Objective: To observe and compare the role of ultrasonography and computed tomography in evaluation of causes of obstructive jaundice. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study done in Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. Results: Computed tomography and ultrasonography were able to detect the presence of biliary obstruction in 100% of cases. Liver function tests were altered in all the patients with alkaline phosphatase raise out of proportion to the AST/ALT. The highest incidence of biliary obstruction was found in 61-70 years' age group with mean (±SD) age of the patient was 62.7 ± 12.64 years. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of computed tomography and ultrasonograhy in detecting the various causes of obstructive jaundice were 90.85%, 99.21% ,98.15% and 84.15%, 98.86% and 97% respectively. Conclusions: Computed tomography has a high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy in detecting the causes of biliary obstruction. Considering these attributes, computed tomography can be used as an effective diagnostic modality in cases of obstructive jaundice. Accuracy and specificity for ultrasonography is high in detecting the causes of biliary obstruction with a slightly low sensitivity. Hence, ultrasonography can be used as an effective screening modality in cases of obstructive jaundice.


It introduces characteristic and design point of construction technology of Geo reinforcement ecological retaining wall, illustrates its construction procedure and key operation of each process, and points out it is new technology, which will be perfected and optimized.


Hands-on labs have been proved to be effective in improving students learning and motivation. This paper presents the results of an assessment study conducted to compare hands-on labs for teaching ...


The article provides a legal analysis of the current state of legal support for employment promotion in Ukraine during martial law. Amendments to the legislation in the field of employment promotion are analyzed, the adoption of which was conditioned by the necessity to return to Ukraine the citizens who had been temporarily displaced, abroad, as well as their integration into the social and economic life of the state. The need to stabilize the employment sphere is emphasized, considering the emergence of various population groups suffered as a result of hostilities, in particular, internally displaced persons, women, minors, persons with disabilities, as well as participants in hostilities exempted from military service due to their health. Also, considering the current state of employment in Ukraine and global trends in the development of digital employment, the article draws attention to the need to improve national legislation in the field of digital employment. The article notes that despite the positive innovations, one should not forget that in recent years, views on the field of employment had changed significantly and digital employment had developed significantly. As a result, in order to achieve a balance between the interests of employers and employees, the European Union adopted Directive (EU) No. 2019/1152 of June 20, 2020 «On transparent and predictable working conditions». The Directive primarily aims to ensure that the rights provided for in it cover all employees in all forms of work, including those with the most flexible non-standard and new forms of work, such as work on the basis of contracts without fixed working hours, temporary work, home work, work on the specialized platforms. Consequently, the existing global experience in the field of digital employment should be taken into account by the legislative and executive authorities in the process of forming a balanced state policy in the field of ensuring employment promotion. In general, the introduced amendments regarding the legal provision of employment promotion are positive and allow creating prerequisites for the further development of employment promotion in legal relations and improvement of national legislation, the main aim of which would be the return to Ukraine of the temporarily displaced citizens and their integration into the socio-economic life of the state.


EXPERIMENTALRESULTS We present an experimental study of a simple low-threshold Raman fiber laser, pumped by amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of an erbium doped fiber amplifier Such pumping for stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and Raman Laser, that is used to the best our best knowledge for the first time, suppresses Stimulated Brillouin scattering and thus increases the pumping efficiency. The ASE pump had a central wavelength at 1550 nm and the outcome RFL oscillation wavelength was around 1670 nm, determined by the fiber Bragg gratings that formed the fiber resonator. We used various types of fibers, cavity lengths (2 - 25km) and output grating reflectivities (4 - 97%). We obtained 340/0 overall laser to pump power efficiency and a pumping threshold power as low as ----160mW (as far as we know, the lowest ever achieved so far). The laser cavity shown in the Fig. I, consisted of a single mode fiber (SMF) and two fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with a central wavelength near 1670 nm. It is pumped by the ASE of an EDFA. One ofthe gratings had reflectivity of 99% while the reflectivity of the grating output coupler varied from 52% to 970/0. In one case the output coupler was the broadband Fresnel reflection of --..,40/0 from the cleaved fiber end. We increase the pumping efficiency by reusing the pump leftover part. It was done by adding at the output side a back reflecting chirped FBG with about 800/0 reflectivity that covered the full ASE wavelength region. Fig.2 shows typical spectrum of the laser, that also includes the pump leftover part.


AIM
To investigate differential gene expression of Langerhans cell-related chemokines in condyloma acuminatum (CA) epidermis and normal epidermis.

METHODS
Gene expression of Langerhans cell-related chemokines in three CA epidermal lesions and in three normal controls was screened using Affymetrix oligonucleotide microarrays HG-U 133A 2.0, and part of the above differential gene expression was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR.

RESULTS
With microarrays, seven down-regulated genes of Langerhans cell-related chemokine were detected in three CA epidermal lesions as compared with three normal controls, and the down-regulation of CXCR4 and CCL20 was verified by semi-quantitative RT-PCR.

CONCLUSION
Several Langerhans cell-related chemokine genes are found down-regulated in CA epidermis as compared with normal epidermis, and the down-regulation of these genes may contribute to the decreased number and the homing disturbance of LC in CA epidermis.


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In the last years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained increasing attention from both research community and actual users. Since sensor nodes are battery-powered devices, the main issue to resolve is to minimize the energy consumption of nodes so that the network lifetime can be extended to reasonable periods of time. Several algorithms were proposed to meet strict energy saving requirements which may be divided into: Location; Data-centric; Mobility; Multipath; Heterogeneity; Qos and other specific criterions. However, those protocols based on the client-server concept don't actually consider the fact that a sensor node has to afford various capabilities for multiple applications. That's why researches introduced the Mobile Agent (MA) approach which is a special kind of software that migrates among network nodes to carry out tasks autonomously and intelligently. The Mobile Agent saves a great amount of energy but still presents much more latency compared with the client–server approach. Looking for alternative energy source seems efficient for prolonging the network lifetime moreover, solar energy has become more attractive recently because of its environmental benefits and because the efficiency of photovoltaic cells has increased significantly in the past few years. That's why, in this work, we tried to find a trade-off balance between the energy consumption and task latency using both solar powered nodes and Mobile Agents and we presented afterwards an improved version of the Balanced Itinerary Planning for Multiple Mobile Agents (BST-MIP) algorithm based on solar powered sensors as alternative energy source in order to highlight the pros of our new approach.


The role of normative information, task difficulty and goal commitment on task performance in an assigned goal condition was investigated in a laboratory study using 209 student volunteers. The experiment was a 2 (task difficulty) by 2 (normative information) factorial design. All subjects received assigned difficult goals and normative information indicating how previous individuals had performed on one of two versions of an anagram task (easy or difficult) after which subjects indicated their goal commitment and completed anagrams for a short work period. Results indicated a significant 3-way interaction (task difficulty, normative information and goal commitment) on task performance. Findings suggest that goal commitment moderates the effects of normative information and task difficulty on task performance.


Ambiguity is frequently seen as an impediment to the recovery of a unique interpretation and meaning in texts. Machine learning algorithms have recently been deployed as an effective way to automate the process of semantic disambiguation. However, a growing body of literature has raised questions about problems of reduced accuracy and interpretability that come with disambiguation defined in terms of optimization at large data scales. We propose a hybrid methodology that can take advantage of the increased expediency of optimization (i.e. how a machine learning algorithm efficiently identifies semantic patterns within a corpus), while rethinking ambiguity as a semantically meaningful and interpretively useful feature of linguistic corpora. Our method examines why ambiguity occurs within a natural language corpus and the consequences of ambiguous meanings. Combining the "how" and the "why" dimensions of ambiguity requires a team science approach of researchers trained to study language from different disciplines, and we demonstrate how transdisciplinary digital scholarship centers located in academic libraries can create a space to foster precisely such collaborations purposefully created to analyze ambiguous datasets in more nuanced ways.


OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of Chaenomeles speciosa.

METHODS
Isolation and purification were carried out by varied chromatographies, and structure identifications of compounds were carried out by physical methods, chemical methods and spectral data.

RESULTS
Seven compounds were obtained from the ethyl acetate fraction of C. speciosa, and were identified as cinnamic acid (I), 2'-methoxyaucuparin (II), 2-hydroxyl-butanedioic acid-4-methylester (III), esculetin (IV), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (V), chlorogenic acid (VI), caffeic acid (VII).

CONCLUSION
Compounds I - IV are obtained from Chaenomeles genus for the first time.


The singular LQ problem for a kind of descriptor systems is considered.Under some usual conditions,the optimal control and optimal state are obtained,and the optimal control can be synthesized as state feedback.Some good properties of the closedloop are also obtained.


In the last two requests in His model prayer in Matthew 6: 9-13, Jesus alluded to leading into "temptation" and delivering from "evil." The two requests form a composite by the use of the conjunction alla. The construction of the expression ἄpo tou ponērou in Koine Greek poses some translation and theological dilemmas. Does the statement tou ponērou refer to "evil" as a substantive phenomenon or as a personality? Is Jesus requesting deliverance from "temptations," "tests," and "trials," or from the one who originates these conditions? The idiom, tou ponērou, may be interpreted and understood as the sinister conditions in the world. Suggestively, the idiom may also be understood as "the evil one," or "the devil" due to the use of the preposition ἄpo "away from", instead of ek "out of" both of which take the genitive case. This article demonstrates, by the use of interpretive methods, that the two requests form one appeal by the employment of the conjunction alla and that the literal translation of the expression alla hrusai hmas apo tou ponērou should be "but deliver us away from the evil one/devil" the theologically alleged source of all "evil." This petition, which is missing in the Lukan account, hinges on the request before it; hence Luke finds it redundant and omits it.

Keywords: Lead, temptation, deliver, evil, evil one.


Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease currently affecting more than 47 million people in the world. There are now many complex classifiers that can accurately distinguish AD patients from healthy controls, based on the subject's structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scan. Most such automated diagnostic systems are blackboxes: While their predictions are accurate, it is difficult for clinicians to interpret those predictions, due to the large number of features used by the classifier, and/or by the complexity of that classifier. This work demonstrates that an automated learning algorithm can produce a simple classifier that can correctly distinguish AD patients from healthy controls (HC) similar to its more-complex counterparts. Here we build this classifier from the data in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative database, using a fairly small set of features, including grey matter volumes of 33 regions of interest derived from structural MRI, as well as the APOE genotype. We first considered three simple base-learners that each produce a classifier that is simple and interpretable. Running our overall learner, involving standard feature selection processes and these simple base-learners, on these features, produced a 7-feature elastic net model, EN7, that achieved accuracy of 89.28% on the test set. Next, we ran the same overall learner using two more-complex base-learners over the same initial dataset. The accuracy of the best model here was 90.47%, which was not statistically different from the performance of our much simpler EN7 model.


Mergers and Acquisitions is a critical form of corporate restructuring identified as a strategic tool for competitive advantage, diversification, expand profitability, articulate global presence and also to maximise shareholder's wealth. The Indian banking paradox has seen significant increase in the Mergers and Acquisitions since the nationalisation era in due consideration of the stressed importance of consolidation by the Narasimham Committee I (1991) recommendations. This paper uses Market Model (most popular statistical model under event study methodology) to analyse the role of M&A announcements in creating value to the shareholders of acquiring banks spanning nearly two decades i.e. from 1991to 2017. The findings of the study indicate that there has been significant impact of M&A announcements on the short term stock returns of acquiring banks and that shareholders earn significant cumulative abnormal returns as a result of the M&A announcement. Also, the aggregate analysis of percentage CARs revealed that acquirer bank stocks generated significant positive increasing abnormal returns as the duration of the event window increases.


Updating prior probabilities to posterior estimations has recently been suggested as an intuitive, effortless process. Specifically, estimating the probability of a person being, e.g., an engineer, is affected by stereotypes when participants are instructed to rely on statistics (e.g., a person is described as a stereotypical engineer and the assessed sample consists of 5 engineers and 995 lawyers), but is also affected by base rates when participants are instructed to rely on their beliefs. If base rate processing is intuitive, it should be automatic and influence all other related judgments. To test this assumption, individuals were asked to make belief based judgments, specifically, to evaluate how well the description of a person fits a particular stereotype. Experiment 1 showed that when the probability of a person being an engineer was high, their description fitted the stereotype of an engineer better than when the probability of them being an engineer was low. This suggests that base rates are processed intuitively and that they influence other intuitive processes.The above reported effect could also be explained in terms of the anchoring-and-adjusting fallacy: the tendency to focus on a particular starting value (995 or 5 respectively) and insufficiently adjusting to a true probability estimate. This possibility was discounted by Experiment 2, which showed that base rates affected description-stereotype fit ratings but not description-control item fit ratings (e.g., the likelihood of having sibling). To conclude, additional evidence is provided that base rates are grasped intuitively, and automatically interact with other related judgments.


This research was carried out at the Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University in growing season of 2011-2012. The aim of research was to evaluate the effect of foliar application of nano-iron chelate and bacterization of mesorhizobium bacteria on root nodulation, growth, grain yield and yield components of chickpea under rainfed conditions. A randomized complete block design with three replications and eight treatments (T1: control; non-inoculated and non-foliar application, T2: seed inoculation with mesorhizobium bacteria, T3: foliar application of nano fertilizer at flowering stage, T4: seed inoculation+ foliar application at flowering stage, T5: foliar application at podding stage, T6: seed inoculation + foliar application at podding stage, T7: foliar application at flowering and podding stages and T8: seed inoculation + foliar application at flowering and podding stages) were used. The effect of treatments on all traits (except harvest index) was significant. Based on mean comparisons, maximum values for traits of plant height, number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, number of grain per plant, 1000-seeds weight, biological and grain yields, number and dry weight of root nodule were achieved at T8 treatment. However, there is no significant difference for grain and biological yields between T4 and T8 treatments. Therefore, inoculation of chickpea seeds with mesorhizobium bacteria and foliar application of nano-iron chelate in either flowering stage or flowering + podding stages can produce the highest root nodulation, agronomic indices and grain yield.


In this study, a novel radar-based people counting (PC) method is presented using the deep learning (DL) approach. The DL algorithm is a great tool that enables the automatic formation of the optimal features; however, it must be utilized carefully, considering the domain knowledge to prevent the concerns of learning unnecessary information, followed by overfitting. To address the problem and successfully apply the DL framework to the radar-based PC, we propose three novel solutions. First, we establish the preprocessing pipelines to transform the raw signals into a suitable form for network inputs. Second, a network architecture is newly proposed considering the radar signal characteristics and PC application. Finally, we propose several data augmentation strategies to artificially increase the size of training data. It was observed from experiments using real measured data that the proposed DL-based PC approach outperforms the conventional PC methods.


In approaching contemporary art it is useless to try to determine to what extent it conforms or not to a previously conceived notion of art acquired from past centuries. It is more advisable instead to understand what idea, perhaps even an original one, this art imposes on us. In other words, when faced with a new experience, we should draw from it the original &dquo;problematic,&dquo; that is, formulate appropriate ideas to explain it. If we limit ourselves to the first years of the twentieth century, we can observe both in its content and style one particular characteristic: the importance of play. Artists have sought in related activities, such


After narrating the technology characteristics and explaining the reasons of detecting keyhole in K PAW,this paper introduces the actual primary means of detecting keyhole detailedly and analyzes their advantages and disadvantages.Finally this advanced material processing technique is prospected.


The X- and gamma-ray telescope ECLAIRs onboard the future mission for gamma-ray burst studies SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) is foreseen to operate in orbit from 2014 on. ECLAIRs will provide fast and accurate GRB triggers to other onboard telescopes, as well as to the whole GRB community, in particular ground-based follow-up telescopes. With its very low energy threshold ECLAIRs is particularly well suited for the detection of highly redshifted GRB. ECLAIRs consists of a X- and gamma-ray imaging camera (CXG) observing in a field of view of 2 sr. The CXG is a 2D-coded mask imager with a 1024 cm2 detection plane made of 80 x 80 CdTe pixels, sensitive from 4 keV to 250 keV, with imaging capabilities up to about 50 keV and a localization accuracy better than 10 arcmin. ECLAIRs includes also a triggering electronics which uses the CXG data and detects GRB as countrate increases or the appearance of a new source in cyclic sky images. GRB alerts are transmitted to observers within tens of seconds via a VHF network and all detected photons are available hours later. In this talk we present the lastest ECLAIRs concepts, with emphasis on the expected performances.


A new neutral [Ag2(Hida)(NH3)2] molecule (1, H3ida = 1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxy- lic acid) has been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal diffraction. Compound 1 crystallizes in monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 18.3928(8), b = 8.3299(5), c = 13.682(7) , β = 113.179(2)o, V = 1926.9(10)3, Z = 8 and Dc = 2.784 g·cm-3. In the solid state, this disilver(I) compound can aggregate to furnish the energetically stable ligand-unsupported AgI–AgI interaction concomitant with significant photoluminescence changes in different aggregate states, and such argentophilicity interaction is also supported by molecular orbital calculations.


Through investigations of development practices of Eucalyptus plantations in Zhangzhou, it was found that such development could be considered a chimeric type of afforestation. It includes Eucalyptus with indigenous tree species, breeding big and middle diameter timber with short and long rotations; developing fast-growing Eucalyptus plantations in combination with precious species and maintaining a balance between wood utilization and ecological protection in management ideas; promoting near nature management to protect native plants and improve the ecological environment; and, supporting leading science and technology to help guide governmental policy and following with industry promotion in the macro management. These practices have relevance to future sustainable development of Eucalyptus plantation resources.


are discussed. In all cases considered, the stopping rule is the first time a certain random walk leaves a bounded interval. (Thus various inequalities and approximations due to Wald can be utilized in obtaining properties of these tests.) For models in a one-parameter exponential family, each LMP sequential test is shown to be a Wald SPRT for a family of paired (conjugate) simple hypotheses.


In the paper we examine discrete time dynamic games in which the external state variable changes in response to players' decisions while the players form some expectations about its future values based on the history. Besides, there are also players' private state variables. A general model is built, encompassing both games with nitely many players as well as games with innitely many players. This model extends the class of games with distorted information considered by the author in [38]. A notion of belief-distorted Nash equilibrium (BDNE), is dened and measures of inaccuracy of beliefs are introduced. The relations between Nash equilibria and BDNE are examined as well as the existence and properties of BDNE, including self-verication of various beliefs. A model of a nancial market { a simplied stock exchange { is presented as an example, in which variuos beliefs are examined, including fundamental beliefs and innite speculative bubbles, and self-verication of such beliefs is proven. AMS subject classication: 91A10, 91A13, 91A50, 91B26, 91B52.


Professional football in Japan, as elsewhere, has increasingly become linked to agents, structures, and processes of global capitalism. However, football is as much about culture as it is about business. Placing Japanese football into the context of world sports seems to be a promising endeavour to get fresh insight into the dialectics of the global and the local in transnational cultural flows and the processes underlying the globalization of sports. By analysing the institutional arrangements, vested interests, and power relationships of parties involved in the production, practice, and consumption of 'the people's game' in Japan, this study explores a recent showcase for the globalization of sports. It also addresses the question of whether the culture of sports may be considered a political agent that affects political choices, for example in regional development planning, local economic policy, or public health policy. As popular interests and domestic politics have shaped and continue to shape football in Japan, it is argued that globalization cannot be regarded as a commercially driven process aiming at the creation of a global market for products whose popular consumption leads to the standardization of cultures that were once distinctive.


The present invention is a negative electrode, positive electrode, and to a lithium secondary battery comprising a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises an aqueous binder, the non-aqueous electrolyte, (a) a cyclic anhydride or a derivative thereof; and (b) borane compound include borate compounds and any one of anionic receptor selected from the group consisting of mixtures. According to the present invention, the negative electrode in a stable SEI film is formed, the amount of LiF of formed within SEI film improves the life characteristics of the battery by being controlled.


The this study aimed to expand urban heritage using Public Goods and to suggest the assemblage of urban heritage and urban spaces in order to improve landscape conservation and management scheme of urban heritage exposed to a rapidly changing urban environment. The results obtained in this study were summarized as follows: First, in order to improve understanding of the heritage in urban spaces, urban heritage were illustrated on a 1:1000 map with all the public facilities surrounding it using a cultural heritage conservation map listed on the Cultural Heritage Administration's web site, standards for changing present condition, and a topographic map. Second, the status and changes of urban heritage and surroundings were analyzed using the minutes of Historical Cultural Heritage Division Committee for 10 years from 2005 to 2014 to create a status map of urban heritage. Land uses surrounding the urban heritage were investigated the areas of conservation potential and the places that can enhance the to find out values of urban heritage. Also, a profile was created to examine the site characteristics surrounding urban heritage, and photos were taken at important heritage areas and public facilities in order to record the field. Third, analyzed were the relationship of the distance, location, function, and distribution between urban heritage and public facilities surrounding the heritage. using visual features and moving routes in order to identify their impacts on urban heritage and their functions as potential resources. In addition, the role of Public Goods in urban spaces and the plan for revitalizing surrounding areas asset were examined. Fourth, selections were made on Public Goods that have direct or indirect effects on urban heritage. The role of public asset was investigated through visual, areal, and linear elements. The results were summarized to suggest improvement landscape and management mauser on of urban heritage.


In order to establish the thermal process required by acidified papaya pulp (pH 3.8) var. "Formosa", a study was carried out on the kinetics of thermal inactivation of heat resistant enzymes, present in the pulp. Since no peroxidase activity was detected, the study was focused on pectinesterase. The heat inactivation curves of pectinesterase at 75, 77 and 80°C indicated the presence of two different portions of the enzyme, one heat labile and the other thermostable. The decimal reduction times (D) of pectinesterase were 0.8, 0.3 and 0.2 min. for the heat labile portion and 16.7, 7.2 and 3.7 min. for the thermostable portion respectively. The thermal coefficient was 9.2°C for the heat labile portion and 7.8°C for the thermostable portion, while the activation energy were 61.7 and 72.7 kcal/mol. Thermal destruction studies conducted with Clostridium pasteurianum, at the same temperatures, showed that the thermostable portion of pectinesterase presented greater resistance and should be used as target for the establishment of the required process.


Using prospective data collected from a sample (N = 161) of male, incarcerated youth, we compared the maltreatment histories of violent (n = 59) and nonviolent (n = 78) offenders. We measured the frequency of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect for both groups. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. We found that violent offenders reported significantly greater frequency of physical neglect and sexual abuse and a higher total score on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire than nonviolent offenders. This contradicts past literature (Capaldi & Patterson, 1996; Farrington, 1991; Haapasalo & Hamalainen, 1996) suggesting that there may be more differences in the amount and type of maltreatment experienced by violent and nonviolent offenders than previously thought.


The view of Langmuir (1) that the molecules in the films of the insoluble long-chain fatty acids on water, examined by himself and others, are arranged in a single layer and orientated with their carboxyl groups towards the water, is generally accepted at the present time. Arguing chiefly from analogy, he formed the opinion that similar films must exist at the surfaces of aqueous solutions of the short-chain acids, and identified these with the surface excess of solute present in accordance with Gibbs' adsorption equation. In Part I (2) further evidence was obtained which supports this view in cases where the concentration of the solutions is less than 0·1 molar. Extending a theory due originally to Traube, Langmuir regarded the observed reduction in the surface tension of the water as due in both cases to an outward force exerted by these films, which he considered to be the two-dimensional analogue of fluids respectively in the liquid and gaseous state. He did not undertake a detailed examination of the analogy in either case.


This evaluation was conducted with 43 second-year students, or teacher candidates, attending the science education program of an education faculty in a Turkish university. In this study, students were asked to complete a single open-ended and gap-filling questionnaire, and their answers were evaluated according to a five-point Likert-type rubric. The manuscript provides several examples of the students' answers. In this context, the aim of this study was to determine science teacher candidates' level of knowledge regarding the use of microscopes. Based on the study results, we determined that in general the science teacher candidates had a partially adequate or inadequate level of knowledge regarding the use of microscopes.


Background: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic imaging modality that can generate slices anatomy body multiplanar by contrast in a very good resolution. The results of the  of an MRI description is more accurate for diagnosing Carcinoma of the nasopharynx. On examination of of the neck MRI  with the case of carcinoma, after infusion of contrast Moeller and Reif (2003) suggested to use T1 TSE Coronal and axial sequence  and using the 4 mm slice thickness , but in Radiology instalation of  Ken Saras Hospital using  T1 and T1 TSE TSE Fat Saturation Coronal, sagittal and axial sequence as well as using slice thickness 2 mm in axial slices. The purpose of this research is to know the procedure of examination of of the neck MRI  in the case of Carcinoma of the nasopharynx, justifying  T1 Fat Saturation sequence after infusion media kontaras and reasons of  wearing slice thickness 2 mm in axial slices. Methods : This type of research is qualitative research with case studies approach. Data retrieval is done by  observation, documentation, interviews with two specialists in radiology, 2 radiografer and 1 doctor who send the patient.  The data obtained  analized  by using the table  categorisation and coding. Result: The results of the research showed that MRI examination procedure of the neck in the case of Carcinoma of nasopharynx in Radiology Installation of  Ken Saras hospital using  T1 TSE multi planar (coronal, sagittal and axial), T2 TSE multi planar and T2 TSE Fat Saturation multi planar sequences before infusion of contrast media,  T1 and T1 TSE TSE Fat Saturation multi planar sequences after infusion contrast and using the slice thickness 2 mm in axial slices. Addition sequence T1 TSE Fat Saturation after infusion of contrast aimed to clarify the limits of the tumor with surrounding tissue and image of  Lymphadenopathy. Conclusion : While using 2 mm slice thickness  in axial slices aims to show the abnormalities or nodules-small nodules on the nasopharynx and to see the expansion Stadium in the  surrounding area of the nasopharynx.


ABSTRACT:As a viable mechanism for the public sector to crowding-in private capital in the delivery of public infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships (PPPs) can play a vital role in accelerating economic growth. Using a panel of five South Asian countries over 1990–2017, we compute macroeconomic rate of returns to evaluate the effects of an investment in PPPs through a panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) analysis with four variables: public investment, private investment, PPP investment and GDP. One of the defining features of infrastructure is its large upfront cost. The funding sources (user fees and taxes), however, materialize only after the facility is built – and then only slowly, over its lifecycle. Under the PPP mechanism, private partners finance the projects to bridge that gap. However, PPP is not a free lunch; eventually public pays for it either through user fees, taxes, or both, therefore causing interest rates to rise, leading to a crowding-out effect on investment. PPP investment, however, can create additional favorable conditions for private investment, for instance, by providing relevant infrastructure such as roads, highways, sewage systems, harbors or airports. These may increase the productivity of private investment, resulting in a crowding-in effect on private investment. Hence, the study also carries out an assessment of the crowding-in/crowding-out effects of PPP investment. The findings show that rates of return to public investment are positive, while returns to private investment are negative. Although the total rate of return to PPP investment is found to be positive, the magnitude is very small. Moreover, the partial rate of return to PPP investment is negative. Concerning crowding-in/crowding-out effects, an increase in PPP investment crowds-in both private and public investment, while public investment results in a crowding-out effect in both private and PPP investment. Lastly, private investment shows a crowding-in effect both in PPP investment and in public investment. Findings of the study have important policy implications for South Asian economies. In terms of both macroeconomic rate of return and crowding-in effect, South Asian countries need to promote the forms of PPP investment. They should formulate effective policies to encourage private investors to invest in PPP projects. To this end, governments should establish a legal framework and favorable conditions for this type of investment to develop and create an environment that help stimulate investment efficiency.


Two major questions in galaxy evolution are how star-formation on small scales leads to global scaling laws and how galaxies acquire sufficient gas to sustain their star formation rates. HI observations with high angular resolution and with sensitivity to very low column densities are some of the important observational ingredients that are currently still missing. Answers to these questions are necessary for a correct interpretation of observations of galaxy evolution in the high-redshift universe and will provide crucial input for the sub-grid physics in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy evolutions. In this chapter we discuss the progress that will be made with the SKA using targeted observations of nearby individual disk and dwarf galaxies.


The importance of optimism in health and performance is being object of study in psychology in the last years. In this article, the main theoretical contributions are revised, trying to approach to some studies inside education and sport context. Finally, some of the most important keys for the intervention are proposed, inciding in the importance of people around athletes and young students during their formation stage.


Many curved bridges are established on high-type highway and overpass. Further research on exact calculation theory is needed because of complexity of stress and design. In this paper, based on a numerical example, the result that calculated by using finite element method is analyzed and discussed. Finally, the suggestion that refered to application is given.


The quantity of the remaining double bonds (RDB )in sixty −six kinds of polymeriz (娼 visible light−cured resins was measured . As monomers , three kinds of cyclophosphazene monomers and eight kinds of commercial monomers were prepared for the visible light −cured resins by changing the photoinitiator compositions (six kinds). Trial resins were investigated by means of a FT −IR with the liquid創 m method , The infrared absorbance measurements were made before irradiation and chronologlcally repeated after the resins had been polymer ・ ized by irradiation for 90 sec . The quantity of RDB of all trial resins decreased linearly with the logarithmic time after the start of irradiation . When the inhlbitor(BHT )was added , the order of the conversion was :9G > BPE −200≧ 4G ≧3G ≧ U −2 TH > BPE −100> (EPM −800+ 3 G )≧ 2.6E > (EMA >6 > (EMA )7 > (EMA )8. When the inhibitor was not added , the order of the conversion was :BPE −200> 9G ≧4G ≧3G ≧ U −2 TH > BPE −100> (EPM −800+ 3G )≧ 2.6E > (EMA )6 > (EMA >7 > (EMA )8 . The conversion increased with the decrease in the number of polymerization group in cyclophosphazene resins and with the increase of the CH2CH20 chain 孟ength in EDMA and BMPEPP resins , The resins with photoinitiator composition A (CQ O.50 wt % , DMAEM 1.00 wt % and BHT O.Ol wt %)and C (CQ O.30 wt % , DB O.15 wt %,DMAB − EMA 1.40 wt % and BHT O.01wt %)were preferable ,showing high conversion , The resins not containing the inhibitor showed higher conversion than those containing the inhibitor , but had a shorter dhe且f life ,


PAMELA TAMARO. The Influence of Salary Satisfaction, Role Stress, and Burnout to Turnover Intention Auditors. Faculty of Economics. Jakarta State University, 2019.
This study aims to determine the effect of salary satisfaction, role stress, and burnout on auditor turnover intention levels. The sample in this study was 85 auditors working in international affiliated KAPs in Jakarta. The sampling technique used convenience sampling. Data was collected by using a questionnaire survey technique with 85 auditor as respondents. The research method used is multiple regression analysis using the IBM SPSS Statistics 25 application. The result shows that salary satisfaction, role ambiguity, and role overload do not affect auditor turnover intention. While the role conflict and burnout has a positive effect on auditor turnover intention
Keywords: salary satisfaction, role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload, burnout, auditor turnover intention


The Sellafield nuclear site has operated in West Cumbria, UK, since the 1940's. Since this time, the site has been home to all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle, from commercial power production and fuel manufacture through to reprocessing operations, waste management and the current site focus, Decommissioning. Today the key priority for the site is Hazard and Risk reduction, particularly in relation to the numerous legacy facilities. Many of these facilities are significantly degraded despite being under continuing care and maintenance regimes and their decommissioning presents a number of challenges, ranging from a requirement to upgrade the facility and equipment even before access can be achieved to having to devise remote decommissioning tools and techniques in areas where the radiological conditions preclude human operations. This paper will focus on the decommissioning of the legacy facilities at Sellafield, looking at why decommissioning activities need to take place at Sellafield and using specific examples from across the Decommissioning Directorate to identify the key elements of nuclear safety. The author will then review and provide feedback on the leadership and safety initiatives that have been introduced at Sellafield to help enhance nuclear safety as well as those which previously existed and have been reviewed. This will include an overview and discussion of the work that has been carried out to achieve the buy in and commitment of the site workforce to achieving and maintaining the increasingly high safety standards being imposed on them. Finally, the paper will discuss and analyse the impact and influence of these initiatives on safety culture across the site as well as their impact against the existing nuclear safety benchmark, so that the learning and improvements from them can be shared across the industry for the future benefit of all.


Four different pixel architectures to be used in CMOS based indirect time-of-flight (ToF) rangers were designed, fabricated and characterised. The measured results are presented here for their direct comparison. Sharing a very similar, yet case optimised readout circuitry in each case, three fabricated CMOS rangers were based respectively on a pinned photodiode (PPD), a photogate, and a newly developed CMOS intrinsic lateral drift-field photodiode (LDPD), having a 40μm pixel pitch in each case, and finally compared to the pixel configuration based on a CMOS standard n-well based photodiode (PD). In all four cases, ranging is based on pulsed laser illumination and indirect time-of-flight measurements.


Taking the exergy efficiency of a heat exchanger as the objective function, the present research investigates the irreversibility of counterflow and parallel-flow heat exchangers with gas or liquid as the working media. When the effects of heat transfer and fluid friction are taken into account, the results show that under the conditions of given inlet temperatures of cold and hot fluids, there is a maximum exergy efficiency .The paper presents the method for calculating the maximum.


Design in fitness function is one of key problems in GP's application,according to characteristics in automatic distilling intrusion detection rules,this paper designs fitness function,and makes use of GP's powerful search performance to gain better intrusion detection rules,in order to reduce the False Alarm rate(FA) and the Detected Attacks rate(DR).At last shows experimental results,and compares them with other papers,in this way,proves this method validity and advantage.


Civil-Military Relations in Israel * The Geostrategic Transformation of the 1990s * The Political Arm of the Military * The Modus Operandi of the Military * The Democratic Putsch of 1999 * The IDF Confronts a New Intifada * Sharon's Double-Headed Government * Political-Military Relations in Low-Intensity Conflict * The Tragedy of CGS Ya'alon * The Chief of Staff as a Political Actor * Is It a Just War? * Conscientious Objection * Who Won the Intifada? * Israel's Security Culture * Camp David and the Intifada: What Went Wrong? * The IDF: Sword or Olive Branch?


The aim of the national 'IT Culture in Medical Education' project in Finland is to enhance the opportunities new technology may provide for medical education. The project focuses on attitudes towards information technology (IT) and on its current use among teachers and students.


M.S. Assistantship: Belowground Production and Dynamics in Cellulosic Bioenergy Crops The School of Forest Resources, University of Arkansas, Monticello has a M.S. Assistantship available beginning in the summer or fall of 2013. The assistantship is half time and carries a stipend of $15,000+tuition. Project: The successful candidate will work on a USDA, AFRI funded project developing cottonwood/switchgrass agroforest systems for supplying cellulosic bioenergy feedstock in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). The project is a coordinated effort between scientists in Arkansas and Louisiana. The MS assistantship will focus on belowground biomass (course and fine root) production and dynamics in bioenergy agroforests (cottonwood, switchgrass, and combined cottonwood/switchgrass cropping systems) compared to that in traditional agriculture ecosystems that are grown on marginal soils in the LMAV. In addition the successful candidate will quantify the contributions of belowground biomass to carbon sequestration of these crops. More information on the project can be found at the following link http://www.afrc.uamont.edu/liechtyh/Bioenergy%20Agroforest.htm


Colloidal nanocrystals are crystalline objects grown by colloidal chemistry approaches. Thanks to quantum confinement, their optical properties depend on their size, and can then be tuned accordingly. Using mercury selenide and mercury telluride, we grow infrared-absorbing nanocrystals. While HgTe nanocrystals interband gap can be tuned from the NIR to the MWIR, HgSe nanocrystals display self-doping and intraband transitions in the MWIR to LWIR. With a careful control of their surface chemistry, those nanocrystals can be integrated into electrical devices to create cheap infrared photodetectors. In my PhD work, I am interested in probing carrier dynamics in those devices using various time-resolved techniques, either based on photocurrent measurements or on direct observation of the photocarriers relaxation. From dynamic study of HgSe intraband devices, I identify the issue brought by the degenerative doping level of those nanocrystals: transport is driven by the doping of this material, resulting in very poor IR-sensing performances. By taking inspiration from the III-V semiconductor developments, I propose several successful approaches to uncouple optical and transport properties in HgSe-based, MWIR detectors.


Size-selected silver clusters on Ag(111) were fabricated with the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. Unoccupied electron resonances give rise to image contrast and spectral features which shift toward the Fermi level with increasing cluster size. Linear assemblies exhibit higher resonance energies than equally sized compact assemblies. Density functional calculations reproduce the observed energies within $0.6\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{eV}$ and enable an assignment of the resonances to hybridized atomic $5s$ and $5{p}_{z}$ orbitals with silver substrate states.


Weight gain occurs commonly in young adults and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Following on a previous report that two self‐regulation interventions reduced weight gain relative to control, this study examines whether these interventions also benefit CVD risk factors.